[buug] Pearson Education User Group Program: Books & Newsletters (1/2)
Michael Paoli
Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
Tue Sep 8 22:31:44 PDT 2009
Pearson Education User Group Program: Books & Newsletters (1/2)
These arrived today - I should be bringing them to the 2009-09-17 BUUG
meeting. Not sure why it's been so many months since I received the
last such shipment (they used to come approximately monthly - would be
nice if they emailed a shipping confirmation when they're sent - so I'd
know to expect them, and if any shipment(s) went missing).
Official Ubuntu Book, The, 4th Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0137021208
o By Benjamin Mako Hill, Matthew Helmke, Corey Burger
o Published Jun 29, 2009 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2009
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 512
o Edition: 4th
o Book: ISBN-10: 0-13-702120-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-702120-8
o eBook: ISBN-10: 0-13-704276-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-704276-0
Official Ubuntu Server Book, The
http://www.informit.com/title/0137021186
o By Kyle Rankin, Benjamin Mako Hill
o Published Jul 17, 2009 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 528
o Edition: 1st
o Book: ISBN-10: 0-13-702118-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-702118-5
o eBook: ISBN-10: 0-13-704491-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-704491-7
And catching up (in reverse chronological order) on Newsletters (I
figured folks might not be as interested in having all the Newsletters
go out to all the list without so much as a shot at a review copy of a
book for the meetings - anyway, now that books have finally arrived
again ...).
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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 20 -- September 2009
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Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- August 2009
To: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 19 -- August 2009
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