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The number of postings to this list discussing favorite Internet books
shows that the bookstores are indeed on to a good thing! One small
effort toward bibliotherapy for Internet beginners and pros alike will be
a review article on such guides now being prepared for a 1995 issue of
_Technical Communication_. Most of the books listed below will be
evaluated; other titles will be added once I've looked at them and
decided to include them. Not all books received from publishers have
made it onto this list. I don't want to publish evaluative comments just
yet--the article will offer lots of analysis and recommendations. Please
E-mail any suggestions to me individually rather than to the list.
Thanks much to all you TECHWR-L folks.
Avon Murphy
Book Review Editor
_Technical Communication_
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2404 Chandler Court SW
Olympia, WA 98502-6034
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And the list as it now stands:
Albitz, Paul, and Liu, Cricket. DNS and Bind in a Nutshell. Sebastopol,
CA: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., 1992.
Carl-Mitchell, Smoot, and John S. Quarterman. Practical
Internetworking with TCP/IP and UNIX. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc., 1993.
Carroll, Jim, and Rick Broadhead. Canadian Internet Handbook: 1994
ed. Scarborough, Ontario, Canada: Prentice Hall Canada, 1994.
Cheswick, William R., and Steven M. Bellovin. Firewalls and Internet
Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley,
1994.
Dern, Daniel P. The Internet Guide for New Users. New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Engst, Adam C. Internet Starter Kit for Macintosh. Indianapolis: Hayden
Books, 1993.
Engst, Adam C., Corwin S. Low, and Michael A. Simon. Internet
Starter Kit for Windows. Indianapolis: Hayden Books, 1994.
Estrada, Susan. Connecting to the Internet. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly &
Associates, Inc., 1993.
Fisher, Sharon. Riding the Internet Highway Indianapolis: New Riders,
1993.
Gibbs, Mark, and Richard Smith. Navigating the Internet. Indianapolis:
Sams, 1993.
Gilster, Paul. The Internet Navigator. New York: John Wiley & Sons,
1993.
Godin, Seth, and James S. McBride. The 1994 Internet White Pages.
San Mateo, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 1994.
Hahn, Harley, and Rick Stout. The Internet Yellow Pages. Berkeley:
Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Hahn, Harley, and Rick Stout. The Internet Complete Reference.
Berkeley: Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1993.
Heslop, Brent, and David Angell. The Instant Internet Guide: Hands-on
Global Networking. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Hoffman, Paul E. Internet Instant Reference. Alameda, CA: Sybex,
1994.
Kehoe, Brendan P. Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide.
3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PTR Prentice Hall, 1994.
Kent, Peter. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet. Indianapolis:
Alpha Books, 1994.
Kochmer, Jonathan, and NorthWestNet. The Internet Passport:
NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online. Bellevue, WA:
NorthWestNet and Northwest Academic Computing Consortium, Inc.,
1993.
