Computers, the Internet and Information Science

3Com U.S. Robotics 56K Voice Faxmodem User’s Guide

1998, 3Com Corporation

Invaluable as it contains all the commands and registers for any standard modem.

Advanced Linux Networking

Roderick W. Smith

2002, Addison-Wesley, 0201774232

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Beginning Ajax with PHP

Lee Babin

2007, Apress, 1590596676

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C for Dummies, Volume One

Dan Gookin

1994, IDG Books, 1878058789

C for Dummies, Volume Two

Dan Gookin

1997, IDG Books, 156884915X

Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide

Eric A. Meyer

2000 (first edition), O’Reilly, 1565926226

2006 (third edition), O’Reilly, 0596527330

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Computer Programming

Richard Murray-Shelley

1967, English Universities Press, 0340059389

Computer Science: A Modern Introduction

Les Goldschlager & Andrew Lister

1988, Prentice Hall, 0131659456

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Content Management Systems

Dave Addey, James Ellis, Phil Suh & David Thiemecke

2002, glasshaus, 190415106X

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Don’t Make Me Think!

Steve Krug

2000, New Riders, 0789723107

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DOS User’s Desktop Companion

Judd Robbins

1988, SYBEX, 0895885050

Both a reminder of the old days and invaluable when confronted by a dinosaur application that still uses DOS. (And believe me, there’s still a lot of them in use.) Also comes in handy for setting up a retro-gaming box.

Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Danny Goodman

2002 (second edition), O’Reilly, 0596003161

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Electronic Computers

F.L. Westwater

1962, English Universities Press

Ending Spam

Jonathan A. Zdziarski

2005, No Starch Press, 1593270526

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Ethernet: The Definitive Guide

Charles E. Spurgeon

2000, O’Reilly, 1565926609

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Introduction to Computer Science: An Algorithmic Approach

Jean-Paul Tremblay & Richard B. Bunt

1989, McGraw-Hill, 0071003487

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

David Flanagan

1998 (third edition), O’Reilly, 1565923928

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JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook

Danny Goodman

2003, O’Reilly, 0596004672

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Linux <em>iptables</em> Pocket Reference

Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Gregor N. Purdy

2004, O’Reilly, 0596005695

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Out of the Inner Circle

Bill Landreth

1985, Microsoft Press, 014087139X

PHP Developer’s Dictionary

R. Allen Wyke, Michael J. Walker & Robert M. Cox

2001, Sams Publishing, 0672320290

This is one of those books that are both utterly useless and completely invaluable at the same time. Basically a rehash of the online PHP manual (hence utterly useless), it becomes an invaluable resource when working onsite (behind firewalls and no Internet access). But then again, why not just download the PHP manual onto removable media? Outdated