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Microsoft Windows Internals (4th Edition): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000
Mark E. Russinovich, David A. Solomon
Microsoft Press, 2005
Excellent technical reference
I highly recommend this book to anyone who needs a very detailed analysis of Windows XP/2000/2003. It's so good, I've already ordered Windows® Internals: Including Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista, Fifth Edition (PRO-Developer).
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Sew Fast Sew Easy: All You Need to Know When You Start to Sew
Elissa K. Meyrich
St. Martin's Griffin, 2002
I learned to sew with this book
I learned to sew with this book and have had great sucess. I just bought the new book "Sew On" to progress my sewing and the patterns and projects are amazing! I have learned even more techniques with the new book and I still use my Sew Fast Sew Easy book for ...
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Java Concurrency in Practice
Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, ...
Addison-Wesley Professional, 2006
The best book on Java concurrency out there.
As others have written, this is the best book out there on Java concurrency. I am a decent journeyman coder, not a guru, and this helped me wrap my head around what is involved with concurrency. Concurrency is in many ways orthogonal to the rest of Java programming, so ...
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread (Tale of ...
Kate Dicamillo
Candlewick, 2006
fantastic !
am 7 years old and i like the book of Despereaux because Despereaux was so little and it was funny because he have big ears but it was kind of sad when Despereaux went to the dungeon but all stories have happy endings so am sure the tale of Despereaux ...
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Thread of Fear
Laura Griffin
Pocket Star, 2008
Griffin Writes Another Winner!
Laura Griffin strikes gold with her third book, Thread of Fear. Fiona Glass is a forensic artist, the best in the business. She no longer wants her job. The haunted faces of the killers and victims she's sketched over the years have taken their toll. But police ...
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A Thread of Grace
Mary Doria Russell
Ballantine Books, 2005
An Inspiring Tale of Human Courage
As I have indicated in my many reviews of books from this period, I am a fan of tales of the human courage that was displayed throughout Europe in WW2 by ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the face of incredible danger. In as expert a fashion as Alan Furst ...
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The Scarlet Thread
Francine Rivers
Living Books, 2000
Another excellent book by Francine Rivers
I found this author a year ago and have loved every book I have read by her. I think this may be my favorite yet.
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The Art of Multiprocessor Programming
Maurice Herlihy, Nir Shavit
Morgan Kaufmann, 2008
An invaluable resource for contemporary programmers
This book gives programmers the practical and theoretical tools they need to adapt to the proliferation of multi-core machines. It opens with six chapters on theoretical subjects. These chapters are fascinating in their own right as well as directly applicable to my ...
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Quilter's Knot: A Harriet Truman/Loose Threads Mystery
Arlene Sachitano
Zumaya Enigma, 2008
Long-arm quilter Harriet Truman and her quilt group the Loose Threads set off for what should be an enjoyable week of stitching at the Angel Harbor Folk Art School, where member Lauren Sawyer is attending a two-year program in part to quiet the accusation that she copies other people?s work. It appears Lauren is up to her old tricks when Harriet's ...
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Head First C# (Brain-Friendly Guides)
Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007
Delivers as Promised
Background:
After getting a degree in engineering and landing a job finance, I was tasked with writing an extensive analysis program in C#. Eventually I hobbled through the first draft and many many updates using dry, technical reference books and online searches. ...
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The Language of Threads: A Novel
Gail Tsukiyama
St. Martin's Griffin, 2000
Better than the first!
Although "Women of the Silk" was one of the best books Gail Tsukiyama wrote, I would have to say that her sequel was more appealing than the first. Pei is once again on her own, having to leave the silk factory, and has an orphan named Ji Shen. Pei lost her best friend ...
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Thread Painting Made Easy
Terry White
American Quilter's Society, 2008
Thread Painting Made Easy
Couldn't wait to receive it and it lived up to all my expectations. It is a wonderful new hobby which I am hoping, with the help of this book, to eventually conquer. Very informative and inspiring.
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The Red Thread: An Adoption Fairy Tale
Grace Lin
Albert Whitman & Company, 2007
Perfect
I am a mother of a 4 year old boy adopted through the foster care system at two years. We have read many books about adoption together. Very few books relate to his story and he's never "loved" any of them. This story is beautifully writen and poetic. The visual of ...
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Programming with POSIX(R) Threads (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
David R. Butenhof
Addison-Wesley Professional, 1997
A 'need to have' for experts and non-expers
I first read the book about 6 years ago (2003) when on my MSc studies. A friend lent me the book to read as a basic introduction for thread programming. At that time I was doing projects in Java only, but surprisingly it was so easy to understand Java thread model by ...
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Positively Crochet!: 50 Fashionable Projects and Inspirational Tips
Mary Jane Hall
Krause Publications, 2007
A positive experience
I recieved this book as a gift. I love it. There are 3 fantastic tops all on my "to make" list! There are several creative and fun accessories. Mary Jane Hall uses a wide variety of fibres, and still gives enough information for the crocheter to make substitutions as ...
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