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Price: $44.99

Edition: 1ST

ISBN: 0072122919

Summary: Despite many corporate marketing departments that would like you to think otherwise, Apache--the software with performance, reliability, and free availability as its marketing team--is the Internet's most widely used Web server. "Administering Apache" gives plenty of detail on everyday interactions with the Apache software, as well as considerable information on once-in-a-while operations that involve the server. Author Mark Arnold and his partners know Apache well and are capable of sharing their knowledge in detailed (if sometimes dense) prose. You'll be disappointed if you come to this book expecting a candy-coated guide. Apache administrators with a bit of experience, however, will come away from this book with deeper Apache familiarity.
The book's problem lies in its way of heaping explanatory information on top of listings of what to enter at various prompts, and what you should see in response to those entries. This strategy leads to dense pages that can be hard to follow--except for those that have to do with installing the software under Unix, which are very well suited to a reader who's never worked under that OS before. Fortunately, there's a large and detailed index that should help you locate the information you need in most cases. The authors also help matters by organizing their coverage around typical Apache jobs, such as setting up a Web site in both single-site and multisite configurations. Altogether, this book represents a detailed, if sometimes overwhelming, look at installing, configuring, and adjusting Apache. "--David Wall"
Topics covered: The Apache 1.3.6 Web server under Unix variants as well as Windows NT. There's coverage of alternate strategies for using the software (in a small business, for example, as opposed to in an ISP environment), then detailed information on installing it. Configuring content and arranging for tight security are big thrusts, too.

Price: 27.40

ISBN: 0828111669

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Price: $39.95

Edition: 3

ISBN: 156592469X

Summary: Earlier editions of O'Reilly's "Running Linux" served as central guides on installing, configuring, and using the OS. The third edition of this guide covers the kernel through version 2.2.1 and will prove especially useful to those with high technical aptitudes and a well-tested willingness to experiment with their computing environments.
The explanation of how to rebuild the kernel--a particularly daunting task for many--deserves special praise, as do the sections on configuring network links and servers. Users will find that the informative, prose-heavy style packs maximum information into this book's pages. For example, the purpose of a Linux element is described and then the reader is shown various ways of using it, complete with explicit statements of what you type and what you get in response. Back this book up with a good command reference (Linux in a Nutshell is solid), and you'll be well on your way to Linux mastery. "--David Wall"
Topics covered: KDE and Gnome windowing systems; Samba, file, and system management; shells; windowing systems and networking; installation on Alpha, PowerPC, Motorola 680x0, and Sparc boxes.

Price: $22.95

ISBN: 0671528238

Summary:
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets -- "including the Chinese" -- Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly captures the Cold War crisis at home -- the strategies and politics of Truman, Acheson, Marshall, MacArthur, Ridgway, and Bradley -- and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam.

Price: $3.50

ISBN: 0912550015

Summary: Guide to identifying native (and some widely introduced) trees of U.S. and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains. Organized as a dichotomous key, the book leads the user through a series of simple questions about the shape or appearance of different parts of a tree. Includes 161 species. Illustrated with line drawings. The small (6" by 4") format fits in pocket or pack to take along on a hike.

Price: $24.99

ISBN: 0785263535

Summary: Michael Savage is the host of "The Savage Nation", a radio program that airs on over 300 stations nationwide. A self-described victim of "truth-in-mouth syndrome," he claims to be "the only man in the country saying it the way it really is." His stated purpose for writing the book is to save a "homosexualized, feminized America" from a liberal assault that is "unraveling the very fabric of this great nation." Declaring that "a minority of feminist zealots rule the culture," he blames Democrats and liberals for everything from a general decline in morals in the United States to bringing the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. Although one chapter is entitled "Crimes of the Democrats" (with special attention paid to Al Gore), Savage is no Republican stooge--this "bipartisan basher" reserves plenty of venom for the GOP as well, particularly regarding immigration, one of his favorite subjects. Savage calls for a severe tightening of U.S. borders and vigilant racial profiling in order to combat terrorism and the spread of infectious diseases. He also rails against liberal media bias, big government, the lack of prayer in schools, rampant pornography, the UN, the ACLU, and a host of social ills that he believes were caused almost exclusively by hippies in the 1960s and the Clinton administration in the 1990s.
Like many talk-show personalities, Savage is confrontational, angry, entertaining, and prone to exaggeration, sometimes all at once. He can also be funny and sarcastic. But while he does offer some interesting observations and enough food for thought to make this slim volume worth a read, his book is essentially one long rant with precious little useful information to back up his often bombastic claims. His angry-man shtick may make for stimulating drive-time listening (and high ratings), but it doesn't make for a particularly convincing book. "--Shawn Carkonen"