WebSmiths Books Welcome to WebSmiths Books. This has been compiled from the books that we have found useful or interesting. If a particular book sounds interesting then click on the links to the right to find out more about the book, using the Amazon.co.uk link if you live in the UK (or Europe) otherwise use the Amazon.com link. Buying from Amazon is usually much cheaper than buying in high street  bookshop, and depending where you live delivery is often overnight. Book Shop departments Project management Software Programming and project management Web and Internet Business Ascension and South Atlantic NASA and Space flight

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Project management bookshelf

The Mythical Man Month The original definitive work on the problems of computer project management. Frederick Brooks book elegantly distills the lessons that were drawn from the original implementation of OS/360 in the sixties. If you only ever read one book on computer project management, then this is the book to read. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Debugging the Development process A interesting modern day contrast to The mythical man month. Steve Maguire's book stems from his work as a software development manager at Microsoft. Like man month this is an enjoyable read. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Show-Stopper! : The Breakneck Race to create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft Although not strictly project management, this book provides a fascinating insight in to the way that that Bill Gates set-up the NT project recruiting Dave Cutler, fresh leading the team that created the VMS operating system for Digital's VAX computer line, and the various problems and triumphs along to road to the eventual first release. If you are an outsider and want to understand the Microsoft culture then this is probably the book for you. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com

Web bookshelf

Where Wizards stay up late: the origins of the internet If you have ever wondered about the origins of the internet then be warned ... you will find this a compulsive read. The pioneer developers of the Arpanet and it's succesors through to today's internet were in a league of their own. Forget today's hype and vapourware these guys did it for real. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Web designer's guide to FrontPage 97 FrontPage 97 comes with a very thin manual. If you prefer learning from a book rather than constantly delving around in help then this is as good as any of the others and it is very readable. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Teach yourself Javascript1.1 in a Week If you can cope with raw HTML and are looking to teach yourself JavaScript then this is a good starter point , although the week might be an optimistic timescale. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Looking good in print A very practical and down to earth guide to making both web and DTP pages attractive and eye catching . More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com

Web page design An excellent, thought provoking book by a couple of Sun employees, with lots of dos and don'ts. One of the best starter books for novice webmasters around. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Using HTML A good solid starter book for the writing HTML More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

HTML and CGI unleashed If you want to know a bit more about HTML and CGI before getting into the server side of things then this book will find a permanent place on your desk. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Wild Web Graphics A good introduction to Image Composetr that comes bundled in with Frontpage. It has plenty of worked examples of how to build graphics up from scratch. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Increasing Hits and Selling more on your Website. An excellent introduction to website promotion. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Commonsense Direct Marketing Not strictly a web book, but many of the ideas and concepts in this book about snail mail and offline marketing can be readily applied to web site promotion. Moreover it is a good read. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Programming bookshelf

Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls : Confessions of a coder Originally essay's in author Jon Bentley's "Programming Pearls" column in the Communications of the ACM, these two books form a very readable collection which also demonstrate many aspect of programming. A must read for beginners but also a good read for the more experienced programmer. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The Art of Computer Programming - Sorting and Searching Eventually every programmer has gets involved sorting and/or searching. This is Donald E. Knuth's original definitive book on the subject. It can get as technical as you want to go! More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Learning to program in Structured COBOL Volume 1 and Learning to program in structured COBOL Volume 2 These two volumes might be nearly twenty years old, but out in the real world COBOL is still used. So if you have suddenly have a need to learn COBOL give these a try as they are still one of the best introductions to COBOL around. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Introduction to Database systems Ted Codd might have been the original database guru, but Chris Date's Book is still unchallenged as the best introduction to world of databases. If you only buy one database book, then get this one. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

MVS power programming So you fancy becoming an MVS system programmer, well if you want to write some system utilities or functions then this book fills in the gaps that the IBM manuals leave, plus cover some IBM system programming folk-lore. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com

More books on MVS Some more MVS related books More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Object-oriented modeling and design There is a lot of talk about object orientated programming, but not many readable books on Object orientated design. This book covers a lot of ground, but nevertheless it is very readable, with some typical case studies. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Books on JCL Find that difficult to locate book on JCL More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Building the Data WareHouse This is the classic book from William h Inmon who invented the data warehousing concept. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The Data Warehouse Toolkit : Practical Techniques for Building Dimensional Data Warehouses At 338 pages it is not a five minute read, but more of a comprehensive one. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Business bookshelf

Selling the Dream : How to Promote your Product, Company, or Ideas-And make a Difference-Using Everyday Evangelism. Macintosh marketing guru Guy Kawaski's book dates back to 1992 but it is still relevant today and a good read. It you have ever heard anyone talk about "Product Evangelism" they probably read about it first in this book. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

World Wide Web Marketing A good introduction to web marketing. Useful for both marketing old timers who are new to Internet and also Webmasters who want to know how to improve marketing for their site. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Accidental Empires Revisited : How The Boys Of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions Robert X. Cringely's book is a compulsive read, but at the same time contains many important marketing and management lessons for companies that want to aspire the Microsoft rates of growth. The original book spawned the TV series "Triumph of the Nerds" and this updated version contains several chapters covering recent events More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Microsoft Secrets A interesting contrast to Accidental Empires. The authors spent nearly two years onsite at MSHQ in Seattle, so they are inevitably a bit pro Microsoft, nevertheless a good read with many interesting insights. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Crossing the Chasm A classic work on marketing for high tech products. Often compulsory reading for graduate intake in high-tech companies. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Marketing for Dummies An excellent introduction to marketing in general. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Commonsense Direct Marketing Not only a good read, but an excellent primer and also reference work on the esoteric art of the mailshot. Read this, apply it and then sit back and watch the sales figures take off. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

The Dilbert Principle Dilbert proves that books about management don't have to be boring. Cubicle man has never been so well documented. If you think your company is doomed then read Dilbert to find out about warning signs like a new company logo or mission statement. More reviews, price and ordering details from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

Other Dilbert books For readers who have an appetite for more Dilbert and friends. Find out more/ buy from Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk

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