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    21st Century Complete Guide to the National Security Agency (NSA) with Information on NSA Cryptology and History,
    list: $25.00 - our price: $21.25
    by Progressive Management
    CD-ROM (27 January, 2003)
    (1 reviews) 1 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: No Secrets Here...: This CDROM contains a copy of all the pages on the www.nsa.gov website as it appeared sometime in the recent past.
    A Practical Guide to Linux
    list: $49.99 - our price: $33.99
    by Addison-Wesley Pub Co
    Paperback (25 June, 1997)
    (26 reviews) 4.46 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A perfect combination of textbook and reference guide!: If you have installed Linux, and need a coherent, step by step method to show you how to use it,

    Administrator's Guide to Linux in the Windows Enterprise
    list: $69.00 - our price: $69.00
    by TechRepublic
    Spiral-bound (26 December, 2003)
    Advanced DBA Certification Guide and Reference for DB2 UDB v8 for Linux, Unix and
    list: $59.99 - our price: $44.39
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (07 July, 2003)
    (12 reviews) 4.92 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good Book, good reference: I have been working with DB2 for a few years now, this book has info I have not seen anywhere else and a lot of information on the new features of V8.T

    Advanced Linux 3D Graphics Programming (With CD-ROM)
    list: $59.95 - our price: $59.95
    by Wordware Publishing
    Paperback (June, 2001)
    (2 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Absolutely Brilliant!: I highly recommend this book. Reading through the introduction,the author states an 'educational slant' to the design and construction of the code within the book.
    Advanced Linux Networking
    list: $49.99 - our price: $32.99
    by Addison-Wesley Professional
    Paperback (15 July, 2002)
    (2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: The best all-in-one resource on Linux system configuration: There are many books available covering a wide array of Linux configuration subjects,

    Advanced Linux Programming
    list: $45.00 - our price: $29.70
    Paperback (11 June, 2001)
    (19 reviews) 4.05 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good Quality: This book is mostly on system programming. The title is accurate. The chapter on "Threads" is outstanding, which is not a topic in any other Linux book I've read.
    Assembly Language Step-by-step: Programming with DOS and Linux (with CD-ROM)
    list: $55.00 - our price: $36.30
    by Wiley
    Paperback (24 May, 2000)
    (33 reviews) 3.88 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good introduction to the language but....: In general, a good introduction to the x86 assembly language although and as somebody already noted,

    Automating UNIX and Linux Administration (The Expert's Voice)
    list: $49.99 - our price: $32.99
    by Apress
    Paperback (01 September, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Recommended: This is a good book for everyone that want to go a little bit deeper in the Linux Adminstration. In Linux distributions we often find differents solutions to address the same problem.
    Beginning Linux Programming (Programmer to Programmer)
    list: $39.99 - our price: $39.99
    Paperback (26 January, 2000)
    (65 reviews) 4.51 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A great book for fast-paced learners: When I began this book, I was comfortable with Linux and I had written several C programs for Mac and Windows.

    Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, Second Edition (Scientific and Engineering
    list: $40.00 - our price: $34.80
    by The MIT Press
    Paperback (01 December, 2003)
    (3 reviews) 2.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: readable and informative beowulf resource: I've read this book cover to cover, and then gone back to various parts throughout the course of building a large beowulf.
    Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base
    list: $44.99 - our price: $30.59
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (29 October, 2004)

    Building Embedded Linux Systems
    list: $44.95 - our price: $31.46
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (22 April, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Building Embedded LINUX Systems (review): I am (and have been since October) in the midst of new hardware bring up. I am not a LINUX novice but performing a kernel bring up -- well let's just say I assembled a number of books in preparation of the project.F
    Building Linux Clusters
    list: $44.95
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (July, 2000)
    (13 reviews) 2.62 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Given that computers are a creation/projection of the human spirit, itis no surprise that they work against each other more often than not. Clientscompete for the attention of servers, networks drain each other's bandwidth,

    Building Linux Virtual Private Networks
    list: $44.99 - our price: $30.59
    Paperback (04 February, 2002)
    (8 reviews) 4.62 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: A virtual private network (VPN) enables computers to access remote resources--like the mail store on another office's mail server--from a geographically remote location. Rather than access the files over a private (and expensive) wide area network (WAN) link,
    Building Secure Servers with Linux
    list: $44.95 - our price: $29.67
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (November, 2002)
    (10 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Must-have book to secure your linux server!: The author covers all of the major issues facing an administrator looking to secure a linux server.

    CramSession's LPI General Linux Part 1 : Certification Study Guide
    list: $7.50 - our price: $7.50
    by CramSession.com
    Digital (17 August, 2000)
    (1 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: it's nice: i just want linux books to get good name in linuxand one more thing i want to become a excellent netadm in linux environmentok
    DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, Unix and Windows
    list: $59.99 - our price: $49.19
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (24 December, 2002)
    (6 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: DB2 SQL Procedural Language for Linux, UNIX, and Windows: This book is excellent. I'm an Oracle DBA learning DB2. It has been very difficult to find DB2 books of this quality.

    DB2 UDB v8 Handbook for Windows and UNIX/Linux
    list: $59.99 - our price: $40.79
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (06 August, 2003)
    (14 reviews) 4.79 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Straight and to the Point: The chapters on Type-2 indexes and MDC really helped me better understand how type-2 indexes improve performance now I understand what a dimension is and how to identify good candidate dimensions.
    DB2 Universal Database V8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Database Administration Certification
    list: $59.99 - our price: $40.79
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (10 February, 2003)
    (4 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent Book: This is an excellent book to learn about UDB and to help you to prepare for the certification. Fairly easy to follow.

    Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed
    list: $49.99
    Paperback (28 December, 1999)
    (7 reviews) 4.14 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Written by several members of the Debian development team, Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 Unleashed does an excellent job of documenting the second most popular Linux distribution (according to most counts, Debian takes second place to Red Hat).
    Debian GNU/Linux 3.X Bible
    list: $39.99 - our price: $26.39
    by John Wiley & Sons
    Paperback (14 February, 2005)

    Debian GNU/Linux Bible
    list: $49.99 - our price: $32.99
    by Wiley
    Paperback (01 May, 2001)
    (6 reviews) 2.83 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good for Newbies: This is a great introduction to Debian as server or workstation. It covers lots of basic information needed to understand how to administer a debian machine and get a debian server setup.
    Debian GNU/Linux for Dummies
    list: $24.99
    by Hungry Minds
    Paperback (01 August, 2000)
    (2 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: DEFECTIVE Software on CDs: Defective software on CDswhen the Debian GNU/Linux install program is run, it generates numerous error messages about Broken Packages etc.

    Developing Linux Applications with GTK+ and GDK
    list: $34.99 - our price: $23.79
    Paperback (08 February, 1999)
    (20 reviews) 3.1 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: In Developing Linux Applications with GTK+ and GDK, Eric Harlow provides a comprehensive explanation of how to program with the GIMP Toolkit (GTK+) and the Graphics Drawing Kit (GDK). These tools dramatically ease the process of building graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Linux applications.
    Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing
    list: $54.99 - our price: $37.39
    by Addison-Wesley Professional
    Paperback (07 March, 2002)
    (11 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent!: I picked this book up -- in a word, excellent. Much of the work in this book is very similar to the current embedded project that my company is working on.

    Exploring the JDS Linux Desktop
    list: $34.95 - our price: $23.77
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (September, 2004)
    GIMP for Linux® Bible
    list: $39.99 - our price: $26.39
    by Wiley
    Paperback (02 March, 2000)
    (4 reviews) 3 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: The remarkable growth of Linux as a computer operating system has no doubt been fueled in part by applications like the GIMP. GIMP for Linux Bible clearly illustrates how this flexible, powerful, and free graphics-editing application takes advantage of a robust host environment like Linux.

    Guide to Linux Networking and Security
    list: $70.95 - our price: $70.95
    by Course Technology
    Paperback (14 October, 2002)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great Teacher: Although the books in this series are a little on the expensive side, I think they are worth it. Using this book and the one before it I was able to understand the basics behind Linux administration,
    Guide to UNIX Using Linux, Second Edition
    list: $70.95 - our price: $70.95
    by Course Technology
    Paperback (11 June, 2002)
    (16 reviews) 2.94 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Revised Edition .... Much Better: I too was leery of using this textbook in a Unix workshop that I sometimes teach for a graduate program at IUPUI.

    Hack Attacks Denied: A Complete Guide to Network Lockdown for UNIX, Windows, and Linux,
    list: $50.00 - our price: $33.00
    by Wiley
    Paperback (06 September, 2002)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Chirillo Strikes Again!: As a companion with his other title, Hack Attacks Revealed, John Chirillo gives us another great book on keeping our networks away from the prying eyes and stubby fingers of the those out there that don't need to be inside our networks,
    Hack Attacks Revealed: A Complete Reference for UNIX, Windows, and Linux with Custom Security Toolkit,
    list: $60.00 - our price: $39.60
    by Wiley
    Paperback (21 August, 2002)
    (10 reviews) 4.3 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent Security Handbook and Toolkit: Hack Attacks Revealed, 2nd Edition is exactly what the title says - A Complete Reference for UNIX,

    Hack Proofing Linux : A Guide to Open Source Security
    list: $49.95 - our price: $49.95
    by Syngress
    Paperback (10 July, 2001)
    (5 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Worth the reading.: Follow simple step by step procedures to hardening your linux system, i was able to read the meat of this book in a 4 hour airplane flight.
    Hacking Linux Exposed, Second Edition
    list: $49.99 - our price: $32.99
    by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
    Paperback (04 December, 2002)
    (38 reviews) 4.89 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: "Throw up a Linux box," comes the chorus whenever there's a need to provide some network service or other without impinging upon the boss's martini budget. Fair enough, but by doing so are you opening security holes you don't know how to find or fix?

    HackNotes(tm) Linux and Unix Security Portable Reference
    list: $29.99 - our price: $19.79
    by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
    Paperback (26 June, 2003)
    (6 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: One of the best Unix/Linux security books I own: I own a lot of security books and I try to keep up with what his happening. After reading a few reviews I had been wanting to buy this book until I attended a conference where the author was singing books.
    Hardening Linux (Hardening)
    list: $39.99 - our price: $26.39
    by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
    Paperback (11 May, 2004)

    How Linux Works
    list: $37.95 - our price: $26.56
    by No Starch
    Paperback (14 May, 2004)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Excellent teaching guide: This is one of the best basic books on learning Linux and is written with the power user in mind. It takes a different approach to learning Linux than most other books.
    IA-64 Linux Kernel: Design and Implementation
    list: $59.99 - our price: $51.59
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Hardcover (30 January, 2002)
    (5 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: SUPERB!!: In one word - EXCELLENT!!!I bought this book to fulfill my desire of knowing how does anOS work and what happens under the hood.

    Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vol. III: Client-Server Programming and Applications,
    list: $75.00 - our price: $66.00
    by Prentice Hall
    Hardcover (11 September, 2000)
    (1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: A perfect book for linux network programming: If you are a linux lover and want to dig into client/server (socket) programming ,
    Interprocess Communications in Linux: The Nooks and Crannies
    list: $54.99 - our price: $46.19
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (13 January, 2003)
    (2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great book on IPC topics for intermediate level: This book covers local IPC(pipes,lock files, locking files, semaphores,message queues and shared memory) and remote IPC(RPC,

    Introduction to Unix and Linux
    list: $62.50 - our price: $62.50
    by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
    Paperback (09 December, 2002)
    (5 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Well Thought Out Text and Support Materials: Reference books do not provide the teaching that new people to the UNIX or Linux world need to quickly come up to speed.
    Java Programming on Linux
    list: $49.99 - our price: $33.99
    by Pearson Education
    Paperback (21 December, 1999)
    (9 reviews) 3.44 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: The point of Java Programming on Linux is that while Java software generally looks the same from platform to platform--that's the glory of its portable nature--the tools for generating that software differ among operating systems.

    Java(TM) Application Development on Linux(R) (Bruce Perens Open Source)
    list: $39.99 - our price: $27.19
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (22 November, 2004)
    Kernel Projects for Linux (with CD-ROM)
    list: $47.40 - our price: $47.40
    by Addison Wesley
    Paperback (15 January, 2001)
    (9 reviews) 2.11 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: VERY , VERY OUTDATED.....: This book is based on a previous , very old kernel of Linux... Need I say more ? Well, I will anyways ..

    Lab Manual for Linux & Guide to Linux Certification
    list: $29.95 - our price: $29.95
    by Course Technology Ptr (Sd)
    Paperback (01 March, 2003)
    Learning Debian GNU/Linux
    list: $34.95
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (01 September, 1999)
    (17 reviews) 3.71 out of 5 stars
    Editorial Review: Learning Debian GNU/Linux assumes only that its readers have a bit of Windows or Macintosh experience, are willing to learn, and aren't afraid to do a little experimenting. From there, it provides a complete introductory-level explanation of installing and using Linux and the GHU suite of tools,

    Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora
    list: $34.95 - our price: $23.07
    by O'Reilly
    Paperback (01 April, 2004)
    (3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Good intro to Fedora: My recommendation is, this is a good book for a Linux novice or someone starting with Fedora for the first time.T
    Linux 3D Graphics Programming
    list: $59.95 - our price: $37.77
    by Wordware Publishing
    Paperback (15 April, 2001)
    (9 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: not what I expected: The author provides information on how to program 3D graphics in X-Windows rather than the OpenGL/GLUT standard.

    LINUX Administration for Dummies
    list: $24.99
    by For Dummies
    Paperback (01 September, 1999)
    (8 reviews) 3.62 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: Great Linux Primer: Linux Administration for Dummies is a good primer for those that are new to linux. I found the book very informative while at the same time being fun to read.
    Linux Administration Handbook
    list: $49.99 - our price: $40.49
    by Prentice Hall PTR
    Paperback (25 March, 2002)
    (19 reviews) 4.26 out of 5 stars
    Customer Review: An Excellent Book for the Professional: This is an excellent book on the subject; it is comprehensive and very well-written. The authors explain not only how things work,

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