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I Love Books!   On this page you will find a list of all the books currently stacked up in my shelves. 

I belief that there is no better way to show you what I am interested in, than showing you what I am reading.

I am a great admirer of books and they are my most precious belongings...

 

 


Index

Accounting
Databases
Mathematics
Programming
Reference Manuals
System Analysis and Design
System Software
The Web
Other


 

Accounting

Title Author ISBN Review
Praktiese Rekeningkunde Van Lill et al. 0 7 021 2746 9 A good Afrikaans book with a solid introduction into VAT.

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Databases

Title Author ISBN Review
Database Processing David M. Kroenke 0-13-649450-1 A very good and fun book to DBMS.
Database Systems Peter Rob et al. 0-7600-4904-1 A good and complete book. Still have a lot of pages to read...
MS Access 2000 H.A Napier et al. 0-538-42610-1 My original feeling: "Access Cool, book sux...".
The Practical SQL Handbook J.S. Bowman et al. 0-201-44787-8 As long as the rational model is widely used, I will not give up this book for anything!
Using Borland Paradox Jonson et al. 1-7897-0205-3 When I was beginning with Delphi and it's local Paradox tables, this book helped a bit. Not that much though...

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Mathematics

Title Author ISBN Review
Introductory Linear Algebra Bernard Kolman 0-02-366032-5 A good and interesting book to have if you have nothing better to do.

I read, and liked, a huge part of it, but forgot most of it...

Analytic Geometry Douglas F. Riddle 0-534-17274-1 Analytic Geometry truly fascinates me! 

Haven't had time to read it though...

Toegepaste Bedryfstatistiek Trevor Wegner 0 7021 311 6 Aced subject, but hated it and book...

...It is really not that bad, and rather interesting.

Technikon Mathematics I Joubert et al. 0-9583068-2-6 One day I will take this subject!

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* Programming *

Title Author ISBN Review
Understanding Programming - An Introduction using C++ Scott T. Cannon 0-314-20410-5 Five stars for this book!!! 

It helped me get 100% for Technical Programming!

Visual Basic 6 - How to Program Deitel & Deitel 0-13-456955-5 ALL Deitel & Deitel books are good!
UML in a nutshell Sinan Si Alhir 1-56592-448-7 One of my brand new books.
SYBEX MCSD Study Guides for Visual Basic 6     Part of my vision for the future...
SYBEX MCSD Test Success for Visual Basic 6     Part of my vision for the future...
Problem Solving and Programming Concepts Maureen Sprankle 0-13-631805-3 With this book and a good instructor, you are sure to have a solid understanding of structured programming
COBOL: From Micro To Mainframe R.T, Grauer et al. 0-13-790817-2 If I ever have to recommend a COBOL book it will be this one!
C++ How to Program Deitel & Deitel 0-13-528910-6 If I could, I would give this book 10 starts at Amazon.com!
Understanding FORTRAN M Boillot 0-314-85219-0 And you thought "Grandfather COBOL" was old...
COBOL in 21 days Mo Budlong 0-672-30469-4 I got the first edition, it is not completely COBOL-85.

This makes my Bud long.

Building Multimedia Applications with Visual Basic 4 M Regelski 0-7897-0139-1 Old but interesting.
Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in C++ M.A. Weiss 0-8053-5443-3 It is in my favorite programming language, need I say more?

The math do however put me off a little.

Borland C++ 5 Tom Swan 0-672-30802-9 One of the BEST books I have!
Delphi 2 by Example Paul Goldsman 0-7897-0592-3 This book is fun and easy, not enough detail for me though.

I would say that this book would be excellent as an introduction to programming.

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Reference Manuals

Title

Borland Pascal 5 Reference Manuals
Delphi 1 Reference Manuals
Delphi 4 Getting started - Borland sucked and only included this skinny book in a box I paid a lot for...
C++ Builder 3 Manuals
SuSE Linux 6.0 Manual
JBuilder 2 Manuals

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System Analysis and Design

Title Author ISBN Review
MCSD: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures - Study Guide Published by SYBEX   No book can prepare you for exam 70-100...
MCSD: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures - Test Success Published by SYBEX    
System Analysis and Design Methods J.L. Whitten et al. 0-256-19906-X A good book, I like it.

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System Software

Title Author ISBN Review
Rekenaar Stelsels UNISA N/A An Afrikaans book I used at school to study computers.
Computers - Tools for an Information Age H.L. Capron 0-201-30558-5 A very good introduction to a career in IT, if you know nothing about computers.
Structured Computer Organization A.S. Tanenbaum 0-13-020435-8 If you want to know how complex stuff works, read this book!
Understanding Operating Systems I.M. Flynn et al. 0-534-95093-0 This book will give you a good overview of the complex issues involved in operating systems.
Writing Compilers and Interpreters Ronald Mak 0-471-11353-0 This book scares me...

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The Web

Title Author ISBN Review
Photoshop for the Web Mikkel Aaland 1-56592-641-2 An excellent book if you use Photoshop for your web graphics.
Creating Web Pages for Dummies Bud Smit et al. 1-56884-645-2 I had this book for ages and it is now a bit dated, but still relevant.
Front Page 2000 Gene Weisskopf 0-7821-2482-8 It helped me create this site...
Designing the User Interface Ben Shneiderman 0-201-69497-2 Remind me to read this!
Webmaster in a Nutshell S Spainhour et al. 1-56592-325-1 An Excellent reference!
i-Net+ Study Guide Groth et al. 0-7821-2637-5 New, and part of my future vision.
i-Net+ Certification for Dummies R Gilster 0-7645-0654-4 A very fun book to help you prepare for the exam.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet Arthur Goldstruck 1 86870 021 6 I love this book because it is one of the few South African books I own.

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Other

Title Author ISBN Review
Microsoft Office 97 Shelly, Cashman & Vermat 0-7895-1332-3 A book we had to buy...

Generally good as an introduction to Microsoft Office 97.

Master Your Memory T Buzan 0 563 38447 6 I doubt if this will help me...
A+ Complete Study Guide David Groth 0-7821-2490-9 This book, and years of experience, helped me ACE the A+ Exam, I would recommend it!
Cyberpunk Handbook St Jude et al. 0 09 9791617 I once tried to be cool, I am over it now...

When I first read this book I thought it was cool and 31337...

Now I think it, and the whole hacker image, just plain suck!

Is Ek Slim of is Ek Dom? K. Neetling et al. 0 86812 757 4 The question still remains...

(You will only get the above joke if you understand Afrikaans)

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