Latest Library Editions

I’ve had a bit of a windfall of books in the past 2 weeks. I purchased 2 books for the flights to/from the US, picked up an Amazon order on some Database Reference Material for some writings I’m doing, and quite a bounty at the MySQL Users Conference.

  • “Screw It, Lets’ Do It – Lessons in Life” by Richard Branson
  • “Losing My Virginity – The Autobiography” by Richard Branson
  • “An Introduction to Database Systems – Eighth Edition” by C.J. Date
  • “Database in Depth – Relational Theory for Practitioners” by C.J. Date
  • “The Database Relational Model – A Retrospective Review and Analysis” by C. J. Date
  • “MySQL in a Nutshell”
  • “PHP in a Nutshell”
  • “MySQL Clustering”
  • “MySQL Stored Procedures”
  • “MySQL Administrator’s Guide and Language Reference”
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