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100 Questions every first-time home buyer should ask
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Glink
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A decent educational book for the first time home buyer. I picked up this volume prior to buying my first house.
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A Practical Guide to the UNIX System
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Sobell
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Advanced .NET Remoting
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Rammer
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This was a somewhat dry read for me. The book does go into great depth on showing you how to override various parts of the Remoting framework.
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After the Gold Rush
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McConnel
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Creating a true profession of software engineering.
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Ajax in Action
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Crane, Pascarello, James
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Applied .NET framework Programming
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Richter
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A great introduction to the .NET framework.
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ATL Internals
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Rector, Sells
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Great book that explains what goes on under the hood in ATL. A must have!
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Beginning MFC COM Programming
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A good book. Complements chapters in MFC Internals... But if you're going to write COM components, do it in ATL/WTL.
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Beginning MFC COM Programming
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Julian Templeman
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Building Java Enterprise Applications - Volume 1: Architecture
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McLaughlin
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C++ IOStreams Handbook
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Teale
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The nuts and bolts of iostreams. A dry read, but worth it.
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Concepts of Programming Languages
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Good college text on programming languages/interpreters/compilers.
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Creating a Software Engineering Culture
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Karl E. Wiegers
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Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
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Weiss
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Good introduction
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Design Patterns
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Gamma, Helm, Johnson, Vlissides
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Should be on every programmers bookshelf.
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Designing Applications with MSMQ
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Dickman
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Developing Applicaions with Visual Studio .net
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Grimes
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A great introduction to the .NET framework. Includes good coverage of using VisualStudio.NET.
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Developing ASP.NET Server Controls and Components
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Kothari & Datye
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Digital Color Management - Encoding Solutions
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Edward Giorgianni, Thomas Madden
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Doing Objects in Visual Basic 6
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Deborah Kurata
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Dynamic HTML - The definitive reference (2nd edition)
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Danny Goodman
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A 1000+ page reference manual on all things CSS/DHMTL/JavaScript. EXCELLENT REFERENCE.
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Effective COM
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Box, Brown, Ewald, Sells
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Excellent book. Gives many pointers on effective COM programing.
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Enterprise JavaBeans
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Monson-Haefel
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Enterprise Solution Patterns Using Microsoft.NET
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Essential .NET - Volume 1
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Box, Sells
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The first couple of chapters are excellent 'history' material explaining why/how the Windows world came from it's humble beginnings, developed a case of 'COM', then has moved into .NET.
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Essential COM
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Don Box
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Excellent book on COM by one of the industries recognized gurus.
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Extreme Programming Explained
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Beck
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Fundamentals of Database Systems
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Getting Started in Annuities
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Williamson
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Guide to Successful Investing
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Money Maker
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Covers the bases where the average investor is likely to tread.
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Handbook of Image Processing Operators
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Klette, Zamperoni
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Heads you win, tails you win
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Dirks
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Hearding Cats: A Primer for Programmers Who Lead Programmers
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Rainwater
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How to Buy & Manage Rental Properties
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Milin
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One of the best books on residential income property management I have read thus far!
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How to Program C++
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Deitel/Deitel
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How To Retire Rich
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O'Shaughnessy
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Primarily pushes stock strategies - the author's company's stock strategies. Interesting read, till you realize he his just trying to get you to call his business.
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Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting
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I bought this book for a basic introduction to the world of accounting.
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Inside COM
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Rogerson
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Excellent book for new comers to the world of COM. Gives a raw level up perspective which is invaluable, even if you rarely have to go to that level.
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Inside Windows NT
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Hellen Custer
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Excellent book covering the internal architecture of Windows NT. A new version is available..
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Introduction to ActiveX/OLE
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Intro for new programmers/managers. Useful for an overview.
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Investing For Dummies
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Tyson
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Java Examples In a Nutshell
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Java In a nutshell ( 1.1 )
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JavaScript 1.2 in a Nutshell
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Javascript The definitive Guide
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Flanegan
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JavaServer Pages (JSP 1.2, JSTL 1.0)
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Bergsten
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Introduction to JavaServer Pages and the Java Standard Tag Library
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Kipplinger's Making Money in Real Estate
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Janik
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Large-Scale C++ Software Design
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Learning Perl - Third Edition
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Schwartx & Phoenix
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I'm still learning...
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MFC Internals
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If you use MFC, you should have this book!
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Modern Real Estate Practice
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Galaty, Allaway, Kyle
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Text Book. In depth (but textbook DRY) coverage of real estate law, concepts. This was one of Jessica's text books from a class she took.
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Multitask Windows NT
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Joel Powell
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Not recommended.. Poorly orgainized.
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Network Programming in Windows NT
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Shina
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Network Security
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Kaufman, Perlman, Speciner
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Object-Oriented Analysis And Design (with Aplications ) - 2nd Edition.
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Grady Booch
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OpenGL Programming Guide - Third Edition
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Operating Systems Concepts
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Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture
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Martin Fowler
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Peter Nortons Guide to VB4 for Win95
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Pragmatic Programmer
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Another every developer should have.
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Principles of Transaction Processing.
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Professional DCOM
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Grimes
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A good coverage of COM and DCOM. More detail required.
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Professional NT Services
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Miller
|
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Decent book
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Programming ASP.NET
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Liberty, Hurwitz
|
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Good introduction to the ASP.NET framework (page model, process/thread model, server controls, custom controls, caching, security)
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Programming ASP.NET 2.0 Applications - Advanced Topics
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Dino Espinito
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Programming ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference
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Dino Espinito
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Programming Jakarta Struts
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Cavaness
|
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Coverage of the Struts MVC( Model-View-Controller) framework for developing java web applications.
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 |
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Programming Windows Security
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Keith Brown
|
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Covers windows security, kerberos, traditional RPC, DCOM security, as well as the COM+ model.
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Readings on Microsoft Windows and WOSA
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Microsoft Press
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Real Estate Finance & Investment Manual
|
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Cummings
|
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This book includes hundreds of strategies, tips, and hints to help anyone finance any deal in the market.
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Real World XML Web Services
|
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Shohoud
|
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Gives a detailed examination of the actual 'packets on the wire'. Really pounds into your head that yes, all your messages are XML and you need to understand the format.
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Rich Dad's Guide to Investing
|
|
Robert T. Kiyosaki
|
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Motivational reading in investing. Opens your eyes to what you SHOULD be doing - but does not give much detail.
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Rich Dad, Poor Dad
|
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Robert T. Kiyosaki
|
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Motivational reading in investing. Opens your eyes to what you SHOULD be doing - but does not give much detail.
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Software Project Survival Guide
|
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Steve McConnell
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The C++ Programming Language ( special edition )
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Strousnop
|
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The updated reference.
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The Get Rich Investment Guide
|
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Money Maker
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The Java Programming Language ( 2nd edition )
|
|
Arnold Gosling
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The Millionare Next Door
|
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Stanley/Danko
|
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Motivational book telling of how everyday average people get rich - DON'T SPEND EVERYTHING YOU MAKE & ACTUALLY INVEST YOUR CASH. (Duh)
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 |
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The Mythical Man Month
|
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Brooks
|
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A Software Engineering classic - a must read.
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Understanding the professional programmer
|
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Gerald M. Weinberg
|
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One of the excellent books from Gerald M. Weinberg
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Using Visual C++4.2 Special Edition
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VB 4.0 Enterprise Development
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client/server how to.
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Visual C++5 ActiveX COM Control Programming
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A reasonable reference.
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Warren Buffett: Master of the market
|
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Jay Steele
|
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Average light reading on the story of Warren Buffet.
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Windows Forms 2.0 Programming
|
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Sells
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Writing Solid Code
|
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Steve Maguire
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