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Greetings from Amazon.co.uk Delivers, Computers & Internet
Editor, Tamsin Todd

FEATURED IN THIS E-MAIL:
* Bestsellers of 1999
"Weaving the Web"
by Tim Berners-Lee
"Web Design in a Nutshell"
by Jennifer Niederst
"Running Linux"
by Lar Kaufman, Matt Welsh et al
"The Nudist on the Lateshift"
by Po Bronson
"Professional Active Server Pages 3.0"
by Brian Francis, Alex Homer, David Sussman et al
* Editor's choice: Best of 1999
"Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing"
by Philip Greenspun
"A Brief History of the Future"
by John Naughton
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
by Eric Raymond
* Up and Coming in 2000
"Dealers of Lightening"
by Michael Hiltzik
"Code: And Other Laws of Cyberspace"
by Lawrence Lessig
"Designing Exceptional Web sites"
by Jakob Nielsen

From the ascendancy of Open Source to the denouement of the
Microsoft trial, 1999 has been a dramatic year for the tech
industry. At Amazon.co.uk we've put together a list of books
that best reflect the excitement, as chosen by you our
customers through your purchases and by our expert editors.
Finally we sneak-preview three books we predict will take
centre-stage in 2000. Happy reading.

***BESTSELLERS OF 1999***
"Weaving the Web"
by Tim Berners-Lee
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0752820907/entertainments08
You wouldn't be reading this if it weren't for the author of
this book. A decade ago, visionary Oxford-trained computer
consultant Tim Berners-Lee created a system to link information
stored on computers. He called it the World Wide Web and
"Weaving the Web" is the story of how he did it.

"Web Design in a Nutshell"
by Jennifer Niederst
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565925157/entertainments08
Graphic designer Niederst's encyclopedia of Web design and
production gets uniformly rave reviews from Amazon.co.uk
customers. Styled in the O'Reilly Nutshell tradition, this
single volume contains the essentials that anyone designing
Web pages will need.

"Running Linux"
by Lar Kaufman, Matt Welsh, Matthias Kalle Dalheimer
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/156592469X/entertainments08
Since the previous edition of O'Reilly's classic on the open
source operating system, Linux has become speedier, more
reliable and richer in features. This year's edition is a
complete guide, equally well-suited to the ambitious newcomer
as to the experienced user looking for a quick reference.

"The Nudist on the Lateshift"
by Po Bronson
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0436204770/entertainments08
Wired journalist Po Bronson spent years hanging with Silicon
Valley entrepreneurs as they made millions, lost their shirts,
or worked night shifts in the nude. This is a collection of
true stories about the real people making it happen in the
virtual world.

"Professional Active Server Pages 3.0"
by Brian Francis, Alex Homer, David Sussman et al
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861002610/entertainments08
ASP is maturing all the time and Wrox Press's "Professional
Active Server Pages 3.0" brings you up to date. While early
chapters cover the origins of ASP and new features that
appear as part of Win2000, this is for the most part a
completely new book, taking concepts a step further for a
savvier audience.

***EDITOR'S CHOICE: BEST OF 1999***
"Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing"
by Philip Greenspun
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558605347/entertainments08
How can you design a site that won't get featured at suck.com?
That's the question MIT veteran Philip Greenspun sets out to
answer. With its glossy photos, hilarious anecdotes and wry,
thoughtful approach, this is a technical tome that could grace
any coffee table.

"A Brief History of the Future"
by John Naughton
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0297643304/entertainments08
Engineer-turned-"Observer" columnist John Naughton spins the
unprecedented tale of the evolution of the Internet.
Interfacing personal anecdotes with a scientific account, he
argues that "the real question is not what has the Internet to
learn from us, but what might we learn from it"

"The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
by Eric Raymond
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565927249/entertainments08
Taking its name from Raymond's 1997 manifesto, "The Cathedral
and the Bazaar" confronts programming orthodoxy as it
demonstrates the efficacy of the Open Source method of creating
software. Whether you're among the already converted or in the
market for new ideas, you'll want to get familiar with what's
arguably the most important computer programming thinking to
follow the Internet revolution.

***UP AND COMING IN 2000***
"Dealers of Lightening"
by Michael Hiltzik
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1842030000/entertainments08
Xerox Parc is the Palo Alto think tank that famously
conceptualized the desktop computer, graphical user
interfaces and layered screens long before IBM, Microsoft and
others. Xerox may never have realized its financial potential
but Hiltzik's account of this band of eccentric innovators
working collaboratively makes for a fascinating read.

"Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace"
by Lawrence Lessig
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/046503912X/entertainments08
Can we regulate cyberspace--and should we? What forces undercut
the legendary freedom of the Net? In this challenging--some may
call it heretical--tract, Harvard Law School professor Lessig
insists that computer code can be just as much a threat to free
speech, intellectual property and privacy as legislative code.

"Designing Web Usability"
by Jakob Nielsen
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/156205810X/entertainments08
The guru of Web page usability discusses the principles of Web
site design and information architecture. Nielsen's work is
backed by years of research but it's the readability of
"Designing Web Usability" that's likely to make it a classic.

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