books about: addison

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Sarah Addison Allen

Bantam Discovery, 2008

Magical, Enchanting book! Highly recommended!
There are clearly numerous positive reviews. I will opt to keep mine brief. This book is amazing. I have fallen in complete love with the characters and needless to say the story. It is the kind of book that read become so enraptured with that when you finally stop ...

I.O.U.S.A.: One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.

Addison Wiggin, Kate Incontrera

Wiley, 2008

Can't wait to see the film documentary DVD
The powerful people interviewed in this book really astounded me. It is a case of 'what do we do now' after reading this book and essential reading to really understand how America got to its current financial turmoil today.

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)

Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994

If you are a programmer, this is a must read
The concept of design patterns transcends programming languages. If you wish to think "outside the box" yet be effective and efficient, either this book will provide the answer or help you think in ways that you can develop our own design. A must read.

The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master

Andrew Hunt, David Thomas

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999

Pragmatic advice for programmers, project managers, and anyone in the programming or knowledge fields
A readable, insightful look into the programming trade, designed to give purpose to an otherwise undervalued field. Andy and Dave's perspective on programming offers significant reference material, as well as inroads to two direct companion books, Pragmatic Thinking ...

Cocoa(R) Programming for Mac(R) OS X (3rd Edition)

Aaron Hillegass

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

Great Book, even better Class
This book is by-far the best book for learning Cocoa Programming and understanding why you doing what you are. The book is based on Aaron's years of working with and teaching Cocoa programming at NeXT, Apple and his company Big Nerd Ranch. Aaron keep's the book ...

PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition) (Developer's Library)

Luke Welling, Laura Thomson

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

Great book!
I bought the 4th Edition, and it was exactly what I expected for a PHP & Mysql book. It comes separated in 5 parts: PHP course, Mysql course, E-Commerce & Security, Advanced Techniques, Building Practical Projetcs. The First two parts are a simple "crash course" for ...

The Sugar Queen

Sarah Addison Allen

Bantam, 2008

SWEET!!!!!
I bought this because I loved Garden Spells. I loved this book as well! Can't wait for more from this author!

Java Concurrency in Practice

Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006

you're not threadsafe
you can't just synchronize everything... and that's the point of this book. synchronizing is critical but most of us do it incorrectly without a thorough understanding of the jvm. this book has given me some useful concurrency patterns which are sufficient for good ...

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition (2nd Edition)

Frederick P. Brooks

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995

Software Development
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering is a book on software project management by Fred Brooks, whose central theme is that "Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later." This idea is known as Brooks's law, and is presented along with the ...

The iPhone Developer's Cookbook: Building Applications with the iPhone SDK (Developer's Library)

Erica Sadun

Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

Must have
Excellent book with many sample code. I hope the author prepares a newer edition with more recipes.

Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd Updated Edition (Book & CD-ROM)

David C. Lay

Addison Wesley, 2005

Excellent
I bought it used for half the price of the same book used at my college textbook, and yet when I received it the book was practically brand new. Excellent Service.

Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places

Alonzo C. Addison

Collins, 2008

Great coffee table book - with substance
I found this to be a really interesting book about an important, and I think, little known subject. I had heard a bit about world heritage sites but I wasn't really sure what they were. The book is very well-organized and easy to read. For each of the 100 sites ...

Elementary Statistics With Multimedia Study Guide (10th Edition) (MyStatLab Series)

Mario F. Triola

Addison Wesley, 2007

Great service
I am amazed and very pleased at the speed in which I received my order and in the perfect condition it was in. I will, from now on, use Amazon for my next purchases. JC

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series)

Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, ...

Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999

Must have in any developers collection
I was referred to this book from a colleague after a quick discussion on "Replace temp with Query" in our projects code base. I thought I knew it all as a software developer, but reading this book, I soon came to realize that as a software developer I was leaving a ...

The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics: The Definitive and Extended Edition

Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, ...

Addison Wesley, 2005

The Greatest Physics Tutorial Ever Written
Feynman doesn't just teach physics in these books: he teaches you to think like a physicist should. One complaint I've heard is that there's not enough math in them. "Too many words." (Kinda reminds you of Armadeus.) There are plenty of books that have the math. ...