books by W. Richard Stevens     books:       Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)76 reviews W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago Addison-Wesley Professional, 2005 awesome book for systems programming This book is literally saving me right now in an Introduction to Operating Systems class I'm taking. We have projects to complete in the UNIX envrionment and the fact that this book gives you every real code example you could possibly need for all levels of systems programming is GOLD. It's laid out in a very straightforward way, has tons of code examples, and is overall awesome. Highly recommend ...             The Earth And Its Peoples: A Global History1 review Richard W. Bulliet, Pamela Kyle Crossley, ... Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004 Excellent, informative textbook This textbook is a wonderful resource for anyone in a college level or AP world history class. Stemming from over 5000bce to 2000ce, this book covers most major historical events in stunning detail. The pictures and historical accounts are excellent parallels to the information contained in the text. I highly recommend this textbook, it is a must for anyone studying world history in detail!             Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)1 review W. Richard Stevens, Stephen A. Rago Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008 Great that it's now available in paperback! Three years ago, this second edition was released in hardcover. A worthy and needed updating of the first edition. Now this paperback edition is made available. The cheaper cost will benefit some readers. Its reputation as one of the standard unix texts means that many unix and linux programmers need it in their workplace. But possibly the cost of the hardcover version was a deterrent. ...             Rush University Medical Center Review of Surgery10 reviews Steven D. Bines, Jose M. Velasco, ... Saunders, 2006 essential for the Absite Although the format of the questions is different than the Absite, the info is great. Tough questions with plenty of info to keep you busy. Aim to finish this book before the Absite and you'll be well-prepared (at least for the lower levels).             UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI; Volume 147 reviews W. Richard Stevens Prentice Hall PTR, 1998 One of Two Must-Have UNIX Books This is one of two must-have UNIX books ("UNIX Network Programming" and "Advanced Programming for the UNIX Environment"). After I had been using UNIX for a long time and was getting into more advanced UNIX programming about a decade ago, these two books were recommended. I checked around and made comparisons. Sure enough, I had to agree. I bought both of them and use them a lot, even when doing ...             UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications (2nd Edition) (The Unix Networking Reference ...11 reviews W. Richard Stevens Prentice Hall PTR, 1998 Five star book on a four star subject Since anyone considering buying a technical book always needs to know what it covers, here's the table of contents: Part 1. Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Posix IPC 3. System V IPC Part 2. Message Passing 4. Pipes and FIFOs 5. Posix Message Queues 6. System V Message Queues Part 3. Synchronization 7. Mutexes and Condition Variables 8. Read-Write Locks 9. Record Locking 10. Posix Semaphores 11. ...             Public Personnel Administration: Problems and Prospects (4th Edition)2 reviews Steven W. Hays, Richard C. Kearney Prentice Hall, 2002 Great condition, fast shipping This was in great condition, good price. Arried fast. Would buy from here again. Eerything as advertised             TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)78 reviews W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley Professional, 1994 This Is The Bible On The TCP/IP Protocol Stack This is THE BIBLE. This is the gold standard for the exposition of the TCP/IP protocol stack. Every other TCP/IP protocol book must be measured by the yardstick of this book. This is simply the most comprehensive book ever written on the TCP/IP protocol stack. It's crystal clear and utterly lucid. Stevens tome leads the reader logically, methodically and effortlessly through all of the layers of ...             Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional ...24 reviews W. Richard Stevens, Bill Fenner, ... Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 Comprehensive. The Best series of books to learn Network programming from. The BEST in the world. Nothing comes close.             TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX Domain Protocols5 reviews W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley Professional, 1996 An excellent book supplimenting the first 2! Like the other two volumes, this book is the definite bible if you are interested in HTTP, T/TCP and UDP. As time passes, these protocols will be used more widely and one will see more people interseted in the book. Similar protocols just start to emerge in areas such as wireless....             Death by "Gun Control": The Human Costof Victim Disarmament5 reviews Aar S. Zelman; Richard W. Stevens Mazel Freedom Press, Inc, 2001 A Must Read! Before you raise your voice against gun ownership, get the full picture of what happens when citizens in a country are disarmed, and denied the right to defend themselves. I also highly recommend the short movie, entitled "Innocents Betrayed". It is a real eye-opener!!             Rapid Review Behavioral Science: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Rapid Review) Vivian M. Stevens, Susan K. Redwood, ... Mosby, 2006 Get the most from your study time...and experience a realistic USMLE simulation! These new additions to the Rapid Review Series-highly rated in the First Aid rankings-make it easy for you to master all of the basic science material covered on the USMLET Step 1 Exam. Each title focuses on a particular basic science subject, providing an at-a-glance, outline-format review of all the information you need to know. A user-friendly 2-color layout, ...             Legal Writing Laminate Reference Chart (Quickstudy: Law) Richard W. Stevens Barcharts, 2001             The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History : To 15002 reviews Richard W. Bulliet, Pamela Kyle Crossley, ... Houghton Mifflin College Div, 1997 The earth and its people: a global history Excellent book for senior high school-college-undergraduate studies, covering the broad field of world history. The text is structured in such a manner as to suit both brief studies of various areas and times, as well as more in depth, long term programs. A fascinating assortment of primary source excerpts have been included, from earliest human societies to issues facing humanity in the ...             Pocket Guide for Nonprescription Product Therapeutics2 reviews Richard Finkel, W. Steven Pray Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004 Great Book I actually had the author of this book as my teacher in pharamcy school. I took his class in the spring of 2005 and he uses this book in his lecture. It really is a great book! It gives a lot of stories throughout the book that give real life examples of what can happen in a pharmacy. It points out the good products from within a class of medications, while also pointing out the bad in other ...             TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)18 reviews Gary R. Wright, W. Richard Stevens Addison-Wesley Professional, 1995 Bible for TCP/IP This is a bible, sliced into 3 neat pieces to explain and demonstrate everything related to TCP/IP right from the 0's and 1's in the packet. It is something like a must have set of books for someone who really wants to know the basics of networking right from its foundations.             UNIX Network Programming16 reviews W. Richard Stevens Prentice Hall PTR, 1990 A Unix Bible I have been actively involved in computer software/hardware for close to 20 years and have purchased probably 200+ books in this time period. Over 75% I wish I hadn't purchased. This book is probably in my top 10 however. This book is what's called a "Bible". It's an authoritive reference on Unix networking and communications (ipc/rpc) and much else. I equate it to the Kernighan & Ritchie C book, ...             Dial 911 and Die12 reviews Richard W. Stevens, Garn Turner Distributed by Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc, 1999 A must read!!! This is a must read for anyone who is undecided as to the necessity of having a gun for self defense. The stories are actually true. One of the stories happened in my hometown and I remember it well.              search for books addison, addison-wesley, administration, advanced, behavioral, communications, computing, control, disarmament, edition, environment, illustrated, implementation, interprocess, laminate, networking, nonprescription, personnel, problems, product, professional, programming, prospects, protocols, quickstudy, reference, sockets, therapeutics, transactions, university books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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