Andrew Cooke has sent us a review of Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman's book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. This is not a book for those who are getting into coding for the first time-this is a nice, big MIT press book that assumes you're smart, and that you want to learn. So, if you want to check out what they think you need to do, click below.

Giving some actual theory to the whole cryptography discussion, Ian S. Nelson's review of Handbook of Applied Cryptography takes a look at this veritable tome of information. This isn't a book for those of you trying to figure out exactly what the NSA actually does; this is for the real meat and numbers behind it all. Click below for more info.

Mike Hostetler has sent in a review of the "red book" Unix System Administration. Not so much a book for the home user, this book is for all of you out there with a network to contend with. If the armadillo book was one you enjoyed, then click below for more info.

Mike Hostetler has graciously taken the time and energy to send a review of Neil Matthew and Richard Stones' Beginning Linux Programming. The title isn't quite what it would seem, so if you want more info, click below.

Nate, resident Everything developer and consumate chef-and book reviewer has written a review of Gary William Flake's The Computational Beauty of Nature : Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation . This is an excellent book for those interested in more of the theory and philosphy behind nature, and is recommended for all geeks out there.

SEGV, another of our resident book reviewers has written a review of the new Scott Meyer's book More Effective C++: 35 New Ways to Improve Your Programs and Designs. This is a follow-up to his previous book, and is designed for people familiar with the language.
On a different note, if you are interested in reviewing, drop me a line. We need more reviews, and I even have some books to send out as tank oos.

Starting the week off in our customary fashion Jason Bennett sent in his latest book review. This time around, we're looking at The Deadline, written by Tom DeMarco. This book takes on a might-as-well-be-true story about some of the problems with software development management. Click below to read more.

Well, I finished reading Kim Stanley Robinson's new fiction book Antarctica, and had a few comments to make on it. The nutshell is that as is usually the case with Robinson, he has his facts straight and weaves a good tale. Let me know what what you thought, if you've read it.

Perenial contributor Jason Bennett has sent in a review of Built to Last, by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. This is part of Jason's continuing series of review about books that are not directly code related, but about how you run a programming/information shop. Check out the full review below.

SEGV has submitted a review of UML Distilled: Applying the Standard Object Modeling Language, the first book by Addison-Wesley that is UML Specific in their Object Technology Series. If you're interested in knowing more about the Uniform Modeling Language, click below.

Actually titled Darwin Among the Machines: The Evolution of Global Intelligence, this review of the George Dyson book was sent to us by Tal Cohen. To give a good idea about what the book is exploring, I believe that this quote from Dyson, the author is well suited: "In the game of life and evolution, there are three players at the table: human beings, nature, and machine. I am firmly on the side of nature, but nature, I suspect, is on the side of machines." Touted in intellectual circles, this book examines the convergence of man, nature and machine, and the ramifications as well as examining aspects of it within a well developed historical context. For more, click below.

Trevor has written up a review of ORA's Linux Device Drivers. Like Linux Application Development this is a pretty important book. We all know about getting drivers written, and getting the hardware to work-now learn about how to be better at doing that. Read below for more.

Continuing his voyage, Jason Bennett has submitted his review of Peopleware. This is a book about how to run an office in the age of the "information worker". Not about coding, but about creating environments in which the work we are all used can be done. So, if you are interested (or have a manager who should read this), click below.

Back from his vacation, Jason Bennett has written a review of Code Complete. Written by Steve McConnell, this takes a good overview of coding constructs, style and technique. Click below if you want to read more, and if anyone is interested in doing reviews, drop me a line.

Slashdot reader (and now reviewer) Mark Pruett sent us a book that has pretty critical importance, Linux Application Development . If we are really to win the world over, we must have more and more applications. That, and write them well. If you want to do that, read below.

In a truimphant sophmore return, Jason Bennett has sent us in a review of Software Project Survival Guide. Part of ongoing series of books reviwed by Jason, the goal is to walk through a number of valuable software engineering books. For the full scoop, check below.

Arjen Laarhoven has graciously provided the Slashdot community with a review of Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment. Basically, if your goal is guru-dom, then this book is for you, covering the a full range of systems programming. Check out the review below.

A review of the venerable The Mythical Man-Month was sent our way by Jason Bennett. While this book has some years on it, the fact that it is still around is a testament to the strength of the text. This latest addition contains additional essays and thoughts about engineering. So, click below and enter into the wonderful world of software engineering.

John "Kate" Looney has sent us a review of Tad Williams' new book Otherland. For those of you familiar with Williams, you can attest to his storytelling abilites. The first book in his new series, Otherland shows off his writing abilites. This new series blends in elements of Williams' view of future technology as well as interesting characters. If you want to laze away August with some reading, read the review below.

Danny Yee, interpid book reviewer and Slashdot reader has sent us a review of Sendmail. So, if you've always been intrigued by this wonderful util, click below.