From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
Subject: [misc.books.technical]  A Concise Guide to Unix Books
Followup-To: misc.books.technical 
Summary: A list of recommended Unix books and documentations
Keywords: Unix, related areas, books, documentations
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 11:25:48 GMT

Archive-name: books/unix
Last-modified: Nov 25 1992
Version 1.6.1

    ------------------------------------------------------------
       [misc.books.technical]   A Concise Guide to Unix Books
    ------------------------------------------------------------
** Compiled by: Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)

** This is a good selection of the "best" Unix books / documentations.
   The selection is based on i) recommendations from netnews readers,
   ii) the US/Canada sales figures, and iii) a bit of my own preference.

** Subject areas covered:
   A. General Unix Texts
   B. Shells
   C. Unix Editors
   D. Networking and Communications
   E. System Administration
   F. Unix Security
   G. Programming
   H. TeX
   I. X Window System
   J. Dictionary
   K. Other Lists

** This guide is intended to be concise, so it is far from exhaustive.
   For other Unix bibliographies, please read section K - Other Lists.

** THANKS to all who have helped in improving this guide. However, to save
   some bandwidth, I do not want to include a long list of acknowledgment.
   I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has contributed to
   this compilation in one way or the other.

   [[ BTW, from your responses since this list was first posted ...
     The best publisher:
                        O'Reilly & Associates
     The most-recommended books:
         Unix Network Programming by Richard Stevens
         Unix System Administration Handbook by Nemeth, Snyder and Seebass
         The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog by Ed Krol ]]

** If you think there are some other really good Unix books, please let me
   know. Besides any comments, suggestions and flames will be very much
   appreciated.

** I will try to update and post this list at least once a month. The latest
   version is also obtainable by anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu (in
   /pub/usenet/news.answers/books). If you do not have ftp or netnews access
   you can get it by email from mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu and the body
   of your request should be   send usenet/news.answers/books/unix  .

** I am now preparing this list in other formats. More info in the next issue.

** Here it goes ...


  A. General Unix Texts
*************************

1. Title: Unix for the Impatient
   Authors: Paul Abrahams and Bruce Larson
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-201-55703-7
   Comment:  **** Highly Recommended ****
             A new, comprehensive, in-depth reference to Unix ...
             "a handbook you can use both as a manual to learn UNIX and as
              a ready reference for fast answers to specific UNIX questions."

2. Title: The Unix Operating System 
   Author: Kaare Christian
   Publisher: Wiley
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
   ISBN: 0-471-84781-X
   Comment: A classic overview of Unix commands ... Good in coverage ...

3. Title: A Practical Guide to the Unix System
   Author: Mark Sobell 
   Publisher: Benjamin / Cummings
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-80-530243-3
   Comment: Similar to Christian's book ... Slightly easier to read ...
            There is a new edition for System V Release 4 ...

4. Title: The Waite Group's Unix System V Primer
   Authors:  Mitchell Waite, Donald Martin and Stephen Prata
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
   ISBN: 0-672-30194-6
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended  ****
            A very good hand-holding tutorial-type book for Unix/SVR4 ...

5. Title: Mastering SunOS
   Authors: Brent Heslop and David Angell
   Publisher: Sybex
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-89588-683
   Comment: A good, comprehensive hand-on text to SunOS and OpenWindows ...

6. Title: Peter Norton's Guide to Unix
   Authors: Peter Norton and Harley Hahn
   Publisher: Bantam Computer
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-553-35260-1
   Comment: Good coverage ... A good introduction for beginners (especially
            those accustomed to DOS) ...

7. Title: Unix System V Release 4: An Introduction
   Authors: Kenneth Rosen, Richard Rosinski and James Farber
   Publisher: McGraw Hill
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-07-881552-5
   Comment: A very comprehensive text targeted to novice users ...

8. Title: Unix System V Release 4: The Complete Reference
   Author: Stephen Coffin
   Publisher: McGraw Hall
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-07-881653-X
   Comment: Another good book on Unix fundamentals and related subjects ...

9. Title: Unix in a Nutshell
   Authors: Daniel Gilly and O'Reilly staff
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1992 (for System V and Solaris 2)
   ISBN: 1-56592-001-5
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            An excellent desktop reference to almost all Unix commands ...
            "a complete reference containing all commands and options, plus
             generous descriptions and examples that put the commands in
             context." ...
             Also, an edition for 4.3. BSD ...

10. Title: Life with Unix - A Guide for Everyone
    Authors: Don Libes and Sandy Ressler
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 1990
    ISBN: 0-13-536657-7
    Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
             An everything-you-want-to-know-about-Unix book ...
             It includes info you might not find elsewhere ...
             "This book is the "other" book about Unix ... a study in
              reading between the lines - which is very much what learning
              UNIX is like." ...

11. Title: Learning Unix
    Author: James Gardner
    Publisher: Sams
    Edition: 1991
    ISBN: 0-672-30001-X
    Comment: With disks containing MSDOS simulation of Unix (MKS Tools) ...
             A good tutorial / reference book for those without constant
             access to Unix ...

12. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to Tools
    Author: Pete Holsberg
    Publisher: Sams
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 0-672-30202-0
    Comment: A new and comprehensive guide to numerous Unix utilities ...

13. Title: The Frequently Asked Questions List
    Author: Ted Timar
    Edition: 92/10/20 (biweekly)
    Comment: This is a multi-part list of often-asked Unix questions (with
             answers) ... Read the postings on news.answers or get them
             by anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/
             news.answers/unix-faq) ...

14. Title: The Design of the Unix Operating System
    Author: Maurice Bach
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 1986
    ISBN: 0-13-201799-7
    Comment: An excellent reference on the internals of System V ...
             This book and the next one are indeed highly technical ...
             And if you just want a short case study on Unix, consult a good
             text on operating systems like Modern Operating Systems by
             A. Tanenbaum or Operating System Concepts by A. Silberschatz,
             J. Peterson and P. Galvin ...

15. Title: The Design and Implementation of the 4.3 BSD Unix Operating System
    Authors: Samuel Leffler et al
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley
    Edition: 1990
    ISBN: 0-201-06196-1
    Comment: An authoritative description of the design of BSD Unix ...
             "It covers the internal structure of the 4.3BSD system and the
              concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing
              the system facilities." ...


  B. Shells
*************

1. Title: The Unix C Shell Field Guide
   Authors: Gail Anderson and Paul Anderson
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1986
   ISBN: 0-13-937468-X
   Comment: The C-Shell Bible - everything you need to know to understand
            csh and use Unix effectively ...

2. Title: Unix C Shell - Desk Reference
   Author: Martin Arick
   Publisher: QED Technical
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-89435-328-4
   Comment: A more recent text on maximizing the use of C-Shell ...

3. Title: Unix Shell Programming
   Authors: Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
   Publisher: Hayden
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-672-48448-X
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A classic on using and programming Bourne Shell (and Korn Shell) ...

4. Title: Unix Desktop Guide to the Korn Shell
   Author: John Valley
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-672-48513-3
   Comment: This one is even better and easier to read than the authoritative
            work by Korn and Bolsky ...

    
  C. Unix Editors
*******************

1. Title: GNU EMACS Manual
   Author: Richard Stallman
   Publisher: Free Software Foundation
   Edition: 6th ed. 1988
   Comment: The official manual of GNU Emacs ... Essential for emacs users ...

2. Title: Learning GNU Emacs
   Authors: Debra Cameron and Bill Rosenblatt
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-937175-84-6
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Probably the best documentation on editing with GNU Emacs ...

3. Title: Desktop Guide to Emacs
   Authors: Ralph Roberts and Mark Boyd
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-672-30171-7
   Comment: Another good book on emacs ...

4. Title: Learning the vi Editor
   Author: Linda Lamb
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-937175-67-6
   Comment: A very good guide to vi and ex commands ...
            With a quick reference card ...

5. Titles: vi Tutor and vi Reference
   Authors: Micheal Pierce and Robert Ware (Tut), Maarten Litmaati (Ref)
   Edition: 1.3 (Tut), 8 (Ref)
   Comment: These and other good vi stuff are obtainable by anonymous ftp
            from cs.uwp.edu (in pub/vi) ...


  D. Networking and Communications
*************************************

1. Title: Unix Networking
   Authors: Edited by Stephen Kochan and Patrick Wood
   Publisher: Hayden
   Edition: 1989
   ISBN: 0-672-48440-4
   Comment: Fairly technical on different issues of networking ...

2. Title: Managing NFS and NIS
   Author: Hal Stern
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-75-7
   Comment: A comprehensive, technical guide for system admins on distributed
            computing tools - NFS and NIS(YP) ...

3. Title: Unix Network Programming
   Author: Richard Stevens
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-13-949876-1
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            An excellent book on programming network softwares ...
            The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp
            from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books) ...

4. Title: Adventures in Unix Network Applications Programming
   Authors: Bill Riekan and Lyle Weiman
   Publisher: Wiley
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-471-52858-7
   Comment: A recent, fine book on network programming ...

5. Title: The Waite Group's Unix Communications
   Authors: Bart Anderson, Brian Costales & Harry Henderson
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
   ISBN: 0-672-22773-8
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended  ****
            A really excellent book on e-mail (Mail, elm), netnews (rn, nn)
            and UUCP ...

6. Title: Managing UUCP and Usenet
   Authors: Tim O'Reilly and Grace Todino
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 10 ed. 1992
   ISBN: 0-937175-93-5
   Comment: Well written on the setting-up and maintenance of UUCP
            and Netnews ...

7. Title: Using UUCP and Usenet
   Authors: Grace Todino and Dale Dougherty
   Publisher: O'Reilly 
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-10-2
   Comment: Well written on how to use uucp and netnews ...

8. Titles: Internetworking with TCP/IP  Vols I, II and III
   Authors: Douglas Comer and David Stevens
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-13-468505-9 (I), 0-13-472242-6 (II), 0-13-474222-2 (III)
   Comment: A detailed discussion on the architecture and implementation of
            the Internet and its protocols ...
            Vol I (on principles, protocols and architecture) is readable by
            everyone, Vol 2 (on design, implementation and internals) is
            more technical, and Vol 3 (on client-server computing) is
            recently out ...

9. Title: TCP/IP Network Administration
   Author: Craig Hunt
   Publisher: O'Reiily
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-937175-82-X
   Comment: With everything you need to know about the installation and
            running of a TCP/IP network ...

10. Title: DNS and BIND
    Authors: Paul Albitz and Cricket Liu
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 1-56592-010-4
    Comment: A unique guide on domain name system for system admins ...
             "DNS and BIND discusses one of the Internet's fundamental
              building blocks: the distributed host information database
              that's responsible for translating names into addresses,
              routing mail to its proper destination and many other services."

11. Title: The Whole Internet - User's Guide & Catalog
    Author: Ed Krol
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 1-56592-025-2
    Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
             Definitely a MUST for any new and not-so-new Internet users ...
             "It is a complete user's guide to the Internet, covering everything
              from the basics, like electronic mail and newsgroups, to the
              newest developments. A large part of the book tells you how to
              find the resources you want." ...

12. Title: Zen and the Art of the Internet
    Author: Brendan Kehoe
    Edition: 1st ed. 1992
    Comment: A comprehensive overview of the Internet for beginners ...
             This document, in different formats, can be obtained by
             anonymous ftp from world.std.com (in /obi/Internet/zen-1.0) or
             ftp.cs.widener.edu (in /pub/zen) or as zen10.zip from
             /pub/msdos/books at oak.oakland.edu ...
             The second edition (with 30 more pages and changes) is published
             by Prentice Hall (ISBN: 0-13-010778-6) ...

13. Title: E-Mail: Pervasive and Persuasive  in IEEE Spectrum
    Authors: Tekla Perry and John Adam
    Edition: October 1992  Volume 29 Number 10
    Pages: 22 - 33
    Comment: An interesting special report on E-Mail networks ...


  E. System Administration
****************************

1. Title: Unix System Administration Handbook
   Authors: Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Scott Seebass
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1989
   ISBN: 0-13-933441-6
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Classic, also known as the sys-admin bible ...
            "an attempt to condense everything that a system administrator
             should know about UNIX into a single, easy-to-use volume" ...
            Source codes for programs listed (sa-book.tar.Z) can be
            obtained by anonymous ftp from boulder.colorado.edu (in
            /pub/sa-book) or oak.oakland.edu (in /pub/unix-c/sysadmin) ...

2. Title: Unix System V Release 4 Administration
   Authors: David Fiedler, Bruce Hunter and Ben Smith 
   Publisher: Hayden 
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
   ISBN: 0-672-22810-6
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A must for any intermediate / advanced users of Unix ...
            "you'll find the information you need to organize a practical,
             efficient, and productive UNIX system" ...

3. Title: Essential System Administration
   Author: Aeleen Frisch
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-80-3
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A must for serious users / sys admins of Unix ...
            "It provides a compact, manageable treatment of the tasks and
             issues that everyone responsible for a UNIX system faces." ...

4. Title: Unix System - Advanced Administration and Management Handbook
   Author: Bruce Hunter and Karen Hunter
   Publisher: MacMillan
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-02-358950-7
   Comment: Another good book on system administration ...

5. Title: System Performance Tuning
   Author: Mike Loukides
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-937175-60-9
   Comment: A fine book for sys admins on how to fine tune your Unix
            system(s) to do more work ...

6. Title: Downsizing to Unix
   Author: Steven Glines
   Publisher: New Riders Publishing
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 1-56205-074-5
   Comment: A book for people involved or interested in downsizing mainframe
            data-processing to a distributed Unix network ...

7. Title: Dropping The Mainframe without Crushing the Users
   Authors: Peter Van Epp and Bill Baines
   Edition: Nov 1992
   Comment: A paper describing the migration at Simon Fraser University from
            centralized mainframe (MTS) to distributed computing (Unix) in
            9 months ... The paper (LISA-VI.paper.ps.Z (postscript)) can be
            obtained by anonymous ftp from ftpserver.sfu.ca (in /pub/ucspapers)
            ... Also, RPIPaper92.ps.Z ...


  F. Unix Security
********************

1. Title: Practical Unix Security
   Authors: Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-72-2
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            Simply the best book in this field ...
            "everything you need to know to make your UNIX system as
             secure as it can be." ...

2. Title: Unix System Security - A Guide for Users and System Administrators
   Author: David Curry
   Publisher: Addision Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-201-56327-4
   Comment: Good and comprehensive coverage ...With pointers to further info ...

3. Title: Unix System Security
   Author: Rik Farrow
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-201-57030-0
   Comment: Another fine book on Unix security ... But some errors ...

4. Title: Site Security Handbook
   Authors: Edited by Paul Holbrook and Joyce Reynolds
   Edition: 1991
   Comment: A guide to setting computer security policies and procedures
            for sites that have systems on the Internet ...
            This is rfc1244.txt which is available by anonymous ftp from
            nic.ddn.mil (in rfc directory) ... Also, rfc1281.txt - Guidelines
            for the Secure Operation of the Internet ...

5. Title: Computer Security Basics
   Authors: Deborah Russell and G T Gangemi Sr.
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-71-4
   Comment: A clear overview on many different security issues ...

6. Title: The Cuckoo's Egg
   Author: Cliff Stoll
   Publisher: Pocket Books
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-671-72688-9
   Comment: A fascinating real story on computer espionage ...
            A good alternative to this is Cyberpunk written by Katie Hafner
            and John Markoff and published by Touchstone Book ...


  G. Programming
******************

1. Title: The Unix Programming Environment
   Authors: Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike
   Publisher: Prentice-Hall
   Edition: 1984 
   ISBN: 0-13-937681-X
   Comment: A true classic on Unix programming ...

2. Title: Advanced Programming in The Unix Environment
   Author: Richard Stevens
   Publisher: Addison-Wesley
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-201-56317-7
   Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
            A going-to-be classic on how programs work under Unix ...
            The source codes and errata list are obtainable by anonymous ftp
            from ftp.uu.net (in /published/books) ...

3. Title: Advanced Unix Programming
   Author: Marc Rochkind
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1985
   ISBN: 0-13-011818-4
   Comment: A superb book covering all system calls in detail ...

4. Title: The C Programming Language
   Authors: Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie 
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 2nd ed. 1988
   ISBN: 0-13-110362-8
   Comment: This book is 200% a MUST for any C programmers ...
            And the answers to the exercises can be found in  C Answer Book
            ... written by Tondo and Gimpel and published by Prentice Hall
            (ISBN: 0-13-109653-2) ...

5. Title: C - A Reference Manual
   Authors: Samuel Harbison and Guy Steel
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 3rd ed. 1991
   ISBN: 0-13-110933-2
   Comment: An authoritative reference to C programming language ...
            A good companion to Kernighan and Ritchie ...

6. Title: The Waite Group's New Primer C Plus
   Authors: Mitchell Waite and Stephen Prata
   Publisher: Sams
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-672-22687-1
   Comment: A really good introduction to C for beginners ...

7. Title: C: The Complete Reference
   Author: Herbert Schildt
   Publisher: McGraw Hill
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-07-881538-X
   Comment: Another classic on the C language ...

8. Title: Practical C Programming
   Author: Steve Oualline
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-937175-65-X
   Comment: Yet another good C book describing how to create programs that
            are easy to read, maintain and debug ...

9. Title: Using C on the Unix System
   Author: David Curry
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-937175-23-4
   Comment: This book is directed to (would-be) system programmers ...

10. Title: Obfuscated C and Other Mysteries
    Author: Don Libes
    Publisher: Wiley
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 0-471-57805-3
    Comment: With practical C programming hints and winning programs from
             the Obfuscated C Code Contests ...

11. Title: The Berkeley Unix Environment
    Author: Nigel Horspool
    Publisher: Prentice Hall
    Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
    ISBN: 0-13-089368-4
    Comment: **** Highly Recommended ****
             An excellent book on C programming for Berkeley Unix system ...
             "a companion text intended for use in college and university
              courses concerned with Compiler Construction, Software
              Engineering and Operating Systems" ...

12. Title: The Waite Group's C++ Programming
    Author: John Berry
    Publisher: Sams
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 0-672-22771-1
    Comment: A fine book on OOP with C++ (for Unix and Dos) ...

13. Title: The C++ Programming Language
    Author: Bjarne Stroustrup
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley
    Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
    ISBN: 0-201-53992-6
    Comment: A classic reference on C++ ...

14. Title: C++: The Complete Reference
    Author: Herbert Schildt
    Publisher: McGraw Hill
    Edition: 1991
    ISBN: 0-07-881654-8
    Comment: Another good text on C++ ...

15. Title: Managing Projects with make
    Authors: Steve Talbott and Andrew Oram
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 2nd ed. 1991
    ISBN: 0-937175-90-0
    Comment: An unique text on using make for software development ...

16. Title: The AWK Programming Language
    Authors: Alfred Aho, Brian Kernighan and Peter Weinberger
    Publisher: Addison-Wesley
    Edition: 1988
    ISBN: 0-201-07981-X
    Comment: A complete description by the authors of awk ...

17. Title: Sed and Awk
    Author: Dale Dougherty
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1991
    ISBN: 0-937175-59-5
    Comment: A very good work on programming / text processing with
             sed and awk ...

18. Title: Programming Perl
    Authors: Larry Wall and Randal L. Schwartz
    Publisher: O'Reilly
    Edition: 1992
    ISBN: 0-937175-64-1
    Comment: The authoritative guide to Perl - the programming language for
             for any serious Unix users ...

19. Title: Writing A Unix Device Driver
    Authors: Janet Egan and Tom Teixeria
    Publisher: Wiley
    Edition: 2nd ed. 1992
    ISBN: 0-471-53574-5
    Comment: A unique book on writing programs to control hardware devices ...


  H. TeX
**********

1. Title: The TeXbook
   Author: Donald Knuth
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-201-13448-9
   Comment: The Bible ... A definite guide to typesetting with TeX ...

2. Title: TeX for the Impatient
   Author: Paul Abrahams
   Publisher: Addison-Wesley
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-201-51375-7
   Comment: A more user-friendly handbook on TeX ...
  
3. Title: LATeX - A Document Preparation System
   Author: Leslie Lamport
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1986
   ISBN: 0-201-15790-X
   Comment: The bible for LATeX users ...


  I. X Window System
**********************

1. Title: X Window System Users' Guide 
   Authors: Valerie Quercia and Tim O'Reilly
   Publisher: O'Reilly
   Edition: 1990 (Motif or MIT)
   ISBN: 0-937175-61-7
   Comment: Volume 3 in O'Reilly's excellent X-Window series ...
            A fairly useful tutorial-type book to X11R4 ...
   [ BTW ... Some other books in O'Reilly's X Window System series ...
    Vol. 0 - X Protocol Reference Manual, for X 11 R4 and R5
    Vol. 1 - Xlib Programming Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
    Vol. 2 - Xlib Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
    Vol. 4 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual, R4
    Vol. 5 - X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual, for X11 R4 and R5
    (An update for owner of Vols 1, 2, 4 and 5 ...
     Programmer's Supplement for Release 5 of the X Window System, Verion 11)
    Vol. 6 - Motif Programming Manual
    Vol. 7 - XView Programming Manual
    (also XView Reference Manual)
    Vol. 8 - X Window System Administrator's Guide, for X11 R5
    The X Window System in a Nutshell ]

2. Title: The X Window System - A User's Guide
   Author: Niall Manfield
   Publisher: Addison Wesley
   Edition: 1990
   ISBN: 0-201-56344-4
   Comment: Another good tutorial-type book to using X ...

3. Title: X Window Inside & Out
   Author: Levi Reiss and Joseph Radin
   Publisher: McGraw Hill
   Edition: 1992
   ISBN: 0-07-881796-X
   Comment: A recent text on using and programming X Window ...

4. Title: X Window System Programming and Applications with Xt
   Author: Doug Young
   Publisher: Prentice Hall
   Edition: 1989 (Motif or Open Look)
   ISBN: 0-13-497074-8
   Comment: An excellent book on X programming ...


  J. Dictionary
*****************

1. Title: The New Hacker's Dictionary
   Author: Eric Raymond 
   Publisher: MIT Press
   Edition: 1991
   ISBN: 0-262-68069-6
   Comment: This book corresponds to version 2.9.6 of the on-line
            jargon file ... The latest (at the time of writing) is
            version 2.9.10 (jargon2910.ascii.Z) which is available
            by anonymous ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu (in mirrors/gnu) ...
            Changes since the publication of this book can be found
            in the file jargon-changes.Z ...


  K. Other Lists
******************

1. Title: Yet Another Book List
   Author: Mitch Wright
   Edition: Nov 6 1992
   Comment: This is an excellent compilation of almost all Unix and C book
            titles along with info for locating them and short reviews and
            summaries of book contents ...
            You can get it (yabl) by anonymous ftp from ftp.rahul.net (in
            /pub/mitch/YABL) ...

2. Title: X Technical Bibliography
   Author: Ken Lee
   Edition: Nov 4 1992
   Comment  A good collection of publicly available X window system technical
            materials ... The bibliography is posted periodically on
            misc.books.technical and you can also get it by anonymous ftp
            from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/misc.books.technical) ...

3. Title: Network Reading List: TCP/IP, Unix and Ethernet
   Author: Charles Spurgeon
   Edition: 3.5  Feb 1992
   Comment: This annotated list describes those items that cover the subject
            areas well ... It is obtainable by anonymous ftp from ftp.uu.net
            (in /inet/doc) ...

4. Title: Catalog of O'Reilly Books
   Authors: O'Reilly staff
   Edition: Nov 21 1992
   Comment: You get can it (book.catalog.Z) by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.ora.com ... where you can also find source codes for examples
            in many books in the Nutshell and X series ...
            Or read the more-updated online catalog on O'Reilly gopher
            server (telnet gopher.ora.com  login: gopher) ...
--
Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) (aka: The Smart One)
Expert in Computer Books and Documentations ...

-- 
><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-><
| Samuel C. Ko (aka The Smart One / BOZO) <--> a celebrity & DOS/UNIX wizard :)
:) kko@sfu.ca <--> Outspoken,Highly-talented,Charming... I post this for You! |
[-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-]