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Bestsellers
The top 25 best-selling O'Reilly books for this week based on Bookscan. Nielsen Bookscan aggregates point-of-sale data from about 70% of US bookstores, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, and many smaller chains and leading independent bookstores. Each week they supply us a list of the top 10,000 computer books, which we load into a MySQL-based data mart, categorize, and use to drive our bestseller rankings. You can read more about Bookscan in Tim's blog Book Sales as a Technology Trend Indicator.
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Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
December 2007
912 pages, $34.99 USDWith Leopard, Apple has unleashed the greatest version of Mac OS X yet, and David Pogue is back with another meticulous Missing Manual to cover the operating system with a wealth of detail. Amusing and fun to read, this is the authoritative book for Mac users of all technical levels and experience. Which new Leopard features work well and which do not? What should you look for? What should you avoid? Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition offers objective and straightforward instruction. Read more.
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iPhone: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
August 2007
304 pages, $19.99 USDAs you'd expect of Apple, the iPhone is gorgeous. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a book as breathtaking as its subject. Written by New York Times columnist and Missing Manual series creator David Pogue, this book shows you how to get the most out of your new Apple iPhone. Read more.
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Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual
by Barbara Brundage
October 2007
586 pages, $39.99 USDWith Photoshop Elements 6, the most popular photo-editing program on Earth just keeps getting better. It's perfect for scrapbooking, email-ready slideshows, Web galleries, you name it. But knowing what to do and when is tricky. That's why our Missing Manual is the bestselling book on the topic. This fully revised guide explains not only how the tools and commands work, but when to use them. Read more.
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iPod: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition
by J.D. Biersdorfer
Fifth Edition November 2006
255 pages, $19.99 USDWith iPod and iTunes, Apple's gotten the world hooked on portable music, pictures, and videos. One thing they haven't delivered, though, is an easy guide for getting the most from your sleek little entertainment center. This new edition thoroughly covers the redesigned iPod Nanos, the video iPod, the tiny Shuffle and the overhauled iTunes 7. Each page sports easy-to-follow color graphics, crystal-clear explanations, and guidance on the most useful things your iPod can do. Read more.
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iMovie '08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
October 2007
464 pages, $39.99 USDApple's iMovie 08 and iDVD 08 are amazing right out of the box. But the box doesn't include much of a user's guide, so learning about these applications is another matter. iMovie 08 & iDVD: The Missing Manual gets you up to speed on everything from choosing and using a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs or publishing it to YouTube. Read more.
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Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
December 2006
848 pages, $34.99 USDWindows Vista: The Missing Manual offers complete and comprehensive coverage of all five versions of Vista. In his inimitable witty style, New York Times columnist and bestselling author David Pogue illuminates this subject with clear technical insight and hard-nosed objectivity. He explains Vista's features clearly and thoroughly, revealing which work well and which don't. Written for beginners, veteran stand-alone PC users, and those who know their way around a network, this jargon-free guide is the book that should have been in the box! Read more.
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Mac OS X Leopard Pocket Guide
by Chuck Toporek
November 2007
223 pages, $14.99 USDThis little guide is packed with more than 300 tips and techniques to help you get acquainted with Mac OS X Leopard. You get all details you need to learn Leopard's new features, configure your system, and get the most out of your Mac. There's a Survival Guide for newcomers, and chapters on system preferences, applications and utilities, and configuring for experienced Mac users. Read more.
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Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Tiger Ed
by David Pogue
July 2005
864 pages, $29.95 USDAs soon as Apple comes out with another version of Mac OS X, David Pogue hits the streets with another impeccable Missing Manual to cover it. This edition explores the latest features in Mac OS X Tiger, such as Spotlight, iChat AV and Automator. Ideal for every user, this guide has something new on every page, along with David Pogue's celebrated wit and expertise. Read more.
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Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual
by David Sawyer McFarland
June 2007
1020 pages, $44.99 USDThe fifth edition of this bestselling book by experienced web site trainer and author David McFarland, Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual helps both first-time and experienced web designers bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. With jargon-free language, clear descriptions, and welcome humor, this new edition addresses both beginners who need step-by-step guidance as well as long-time Dreamweaver users who need a handy reference to address the inner-workings of the program. Read more.
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One
by Deke McClelland
June 2007
544 pages, $49.99 USDPioneering computer graphics author Deke McClelland updates his bestselling hands-on tutorial for Adobe Photoshop CS3, the latest version of this industry-standard image editing and production program. You'll be guided step by step through the program's features and functionality. Once you read about a particular technique, you can see how it's done first hand in the video. The combination is uniquely effective. And hugely popular. Read more.
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Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Tiger Edition
by David Pogue, Adam Goldstein
September 2005
528 pages, $24.95 USDThe latest reprint of this book has been updated to reflect the new generation of Mac models that run on Intel chips. There's even a new appendix that guides you through the installation of Windows XP on your Macintosh (using adapter software like Boot Camp or Parallels), so that you have the best of all worlds: a single, beautiful machine that can run 100 percent of the world's desktop software. (Note to people who've already bought the book: this appendix is available as a free PDF download from missingmanuals.com.) Read more.
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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
by Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman
December 2005
694 pages, $39.99 USDTired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learn HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually maintain and expand your web pages over time, and so your web pages work in all the browsers and mobile devices out there. So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin. Read more.
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Learning Python, Third Edition
by Mark Lutz
Third Edition October 2007
746 pages, $39.99 USDWith this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. Each chapter is a self-contained lesson that helps you thoroughly understand a key component of Python. Each chapter also contains Brain Builder, a unique section with practical exercises and review quizzes that let you practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. Read more.
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Head First C#
by Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene
November 2007
778 pages, $49.99 USDHead First C# is a complete learning experience for object-oriented programming, C#, and the Visual Studio IDE. Built for your brain, this book covers Visual C# 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and the .NET Framework 3.5, and teaches everything from language fundamentals to advanced topics including garbage collection, extension methods, and double-buffered animation. You'll also master C#'s hottest and newest syntax, LINQ, for querying your data in .NET collections, SQL databases, and more. By the time you're through, you'll be a proficient Visual C# programmer, designing and coding large-scale applications.
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Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
by David Pogue
January 2007
423 pages, $19.99 USDFast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of Windows Vista so you can start using the operating system right away. Written by "New York Times" columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue, the book covers Vista quickly and clearly so you can navigate the desktop, the Media Center, Internet Explorer 7, and much more. Read more.
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JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fifth Edition
by David Flanagan
Fifth Edition August 2006
1018 pages, $49.99 USDThe indispensable reference for JavaScript programmers since 1996, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition is completely revised and expanded to cover JavaScript as it is used in today's Web 2.0 applications. Read more.
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Beautiful Code: Leading Programmers Explain How They Think
June 2007
618 pages, $44.99 USDHow do the experts solve difficult problems in software development? In this unique and insightful book, leading computer scientists offer case studies that reveal how they found unusual, carefully designed solutions to high-profile projects. You will be able to look over the shoulder of major coding and design experts as they work through their project's architecture, the tradeoffs made in its construction, and when it was important to break rules. Read more.
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Linux Pocket Guide
by Daniel J. Barrett
February 2004
200 pages, $9.95 USDLinux Pocket Guide gets you up to speed quickly on day-to-day Linux use. The book begins with general concepts like files and directories, the shell, and X windows, and then presents detailed overviews of the most essential commands. You'll learn each command's purpose, usage, options, location on disk, and even the RPM package that installed it. Throw in a host of valuable power user tips and a friendly, accessible style, and you'll find this practical, to-the-point book a small but mighty resource for Linux users. Read more.
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Essential ActionScript 3.0
by Colin Moock
June 2007
946 pages, $54.99 USDMore than two years in the making, ActionScript 3.0 presents perhaps the most substantial upgrade to Flash's programming language ever. The enhancements to ActionScript's performance, feature set, ease of use, cleanliness, and sophistication are simply staggering. Revolutionary improvements abound. Essential ActionScript 3.0 is an update to Essential ActionScript 2.0, once again focusing on the core language and object-oriented programming with some coverage of the Flash Player API. Approximately half of the book focuses on the new features and functionality of ActionScript 3.0, while the rest focuses on changes between the 2 and 3 releases. Read more.
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Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, StyleSheets, and Web Graphics, Third Edition
by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Third Edition June 2007
479 pages, $44.99 USDEverything you need to know to create professional web sites is right here. Learning Web Design starts from the beginning -- defining how the Web and web pages work -- and builds from there. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to create multi-column CSS layouts with optimized graphic files, and you'll know how to get your pages up on the Web. Read more.
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The Myths of Innovation (Hard Cover)
by Scott Berkun
May 2007
192 pages, $24.99 USDIn The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation history, including the software and Internet Age, to reveal how ideas truly become successful innovations-truths that people can apply to today's challenges. Using dozens of examples from the history of technology, business, and the arts, you'll learn how to convert the knowledge you have into ideas that can change the world. Read more.
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Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications
by Toby Segaran
August 2007
360 pages, $39.99 USDThis fascinating book demonstrates how you can build web applications to mine the enormous amount of data created by people on the Internet. With the sophisticated algorithms in this book, you can write smart programs to access interesting datasets from other web sites, collect data from users of your own applications, and analyze and understand the data once you've found it. Read more.
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Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual
by Bonnie Biafore
November 2007
446 pages, $24.99 USDQuicken 2008: The Missing Manual picks up where Quicken's help resources leave off. You'll find step-by-step instructions for using the most useful Quicken features, including those you may not have quite understood, let alone mastered, such as budgeting, recording investment transactions, archiving Quicken data files, and so on. You also learn why and when to use specific features, and which ones would be most useful in your situation. Read more.
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Head First Java, Second Edition
by Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
Second Edition February 2005
720 pages, $44.95 USDHead First Java delivers a highly interactive, multisensory learning experience that lets new programmers pick up the fundamentals of the Java language quickly. Through mind-stretching exercises, memorable analogies, humorous pictures, and casual language, Head First Java encourages readers to think like a Java programmer. This revised second edition focuses on Java 5.0, the latest version of the Java development platform. Read more.
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Making Things Talk: Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects
by Tom Igoe
September 2007
428 pages, $29.99 USDThrough a series of simple projects, this book teaches you how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations with you and your environment. Whether you need to plug some sensors in your home to the Internet or create a device that can interact wirelessly with other creations, Making Things Talk explains exactly what you need. Read more.
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