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Books: Text Books: Operating Systems
Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American Legal System by Jay M. Feinman List Price: $27.50 Available from Amazon $17.33 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Product Review Thanks to TV cop shows, most Americans can probably recite the Miranda warnings, but do they know when the warnings do--and do not--apply? Tort reformers cite the $2.7 million in punitive damages a jury awarded a little old lady in Albuquerque when the cup of coffee she had set between her legs spilled and scalded her. These crusaders against "excessive" damage awards do not usually note that the trial judge reduced the award to $480,000, or that the coffee was 20 degrees hotter than competitors' coffee. The law is all around. People continually invoke their rights, and every year millions of Americans are involved in formal legal proceedings. Yet most people are ignorant of even the basic concepts and organizing principles of U.S. law. Into the breach comes Jay Feinman's engrossing book Law 101: Everything You Need to Know About the American legal System. Akin to a crash course in the first year of law school, Law 101 is a clearly written, eminently readable guide to the tenets of our legal system. It is structured around basic questions such as "If a contract is unfair, can a court refuse to enforce it?" and replete with clarifying examples--real and hypothetical. In explaining battery, Feinman writes: "If someone consents to a certain bodily invasion, he does not necessarily consent to any bodily invasion, however. When Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are in a boxing match, Holyfield has consented to Tyson punching him in the nose but he has not consented to Tyson biting off a piece of his ear." Much clearer. Law 101 won't instruct you on how to write your will or get divorced, but it will educate you at a more systematic level. It is also a great read. --J.R.
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Establishing a System of Policies and Proceduresby Stephen Page Available from Amazon $25.95 On 7-21-2006
See Item's Page Linda Zarate, IT Consultant and Amazon Top 100 Reviewer, 2/2002 This book is a straightforward "how-to" book for writing policies and procedures that are effective and clear. September 1998, IHRIM Journal [International Association for Human Resource Information Management], pages 72-3 "This book is a rewrite of the business Policies and Procedures Handbook which was first published in 1984. That book focused on printed policies and procedures while this one has been expanded and updated to include not only printed manuals but also online manuals for local area networks (LANs) and company Intranets. The author has had extensive experience in producing policies and procedures to help employers meet requirements for ISO certification and he has served as the chair for the Standards Manual Committee for the business Forms management Association (BFMA). This experience shows throughout this very helpful and informative book. Page lists the decisions that must be made by a newly formed policies and procedures department (or perhaps an old one that is transforming itself). He emphasizes the importance of industry networking and lists many organizations that can be useful in researching organizational policies and procedures. This book is a thorough and complete discussion of how to produce a policies and procedures manual, starting with information gathering information and research. Helpful hints are provided on how to develop forms to support your policies and procedures. The author also discusses how to determine a Review and approval process, how to determine the manual's overall format, and how to select a writing style. Page even provides recommendations on how to package the manual and how to conduct employee training on the use of the policies and procedures as well as on any application business processes. Page points out the many benefits of using an online methodology for distributing policies and procedures manuals, but also suggests that you have a printed manual first. Having said that, there are many helpful techniques that can be used with online documentation such as pop-up definitions, hypertext, and online help. In addition to the recommendations and sample forms included in this book, Page also includes a number of contacts and bibliographical resources that can be useful in helping you create policies and procedures." |
Concurrency: State Models and Java Programsby Jeff Magee and Jeff Kramer List Price: $55.00 Available from Amazon $34.65 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Concurrency provides a thoroughly updated approach to the basic concepts and techniques behind concurrent programming. Concurrent programming is complex and demands a much more formal approach than sequential programming. In order to develop a thorough understanding of the topic Magee and Kramer present concepts, techniques and problems through a variety of forms: informal descriptions, illustrative examples, abstract models and concrete Java examples. These combine to provide problem patterns and associated solution techniques which enable students to recognise problems and arrive at solutions. New features include:
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Class: A Guide Through the American Status Systemby Paul Fussell List Price: $13.00 Available from Amazon $10.01 On 7-21-2006 
See Item's Page Product Review Chicago Sun-Times Highly amusing.a witty, persnickety, and illuminating book.fussell hits the mark. Move over, William Buckley. Stand back, Gore Vidal. And run for cover, Uncle Sam: Paul Fussell, the nation's newest world-class curmudgeon, is taking aim at The American Experiment. The Atlantic A fine prickly pear of a book.Anyone who reads it will automatically move up a class. The New York Times Book Review A shrewd and entertaining commentary on American mores today. Frighteningly acute.
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