George's Library Books and more...

a.k.a. Books in my "Library" and books that I've read or are currently reading...and, by no means exhaustive!

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Christian & Family books   Computer & Tech Books   Database books   BI books   Development books
Miscellaneous books   Subdivision Book Club books

Christian & Family Books

Holy Bible

Outstanding. A must-read every day!

The New Birth Order Book

by Dr. Kevin Leman

The Five Love Languages

This is a must-read book...for everyone!

Ordering Your Private World

Too Busy Not to Pray:
Slowing Down to Be with God

by Bill Hybels

(outstanding book)

Intimate Encounters (a Bible Study for married couples)
{Look for the Bible Study that relates to this book. The study is intense!}

 

Becoming a Contagious Christian

by Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg

This Present Darkness

by Frank Peretti

(exciting spiritual fiction)

Wild at Heart

Finished 6/5/2003. Excellent book.

Left Behind

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ISBN 0-8423-4270-2

Confessions of a Reformission Rev: Hard Lessons from an Emerging Missional Church (The Leadership Network Innovation)



ISBN 0310270162

Very stimulating book! And hilarious.

 

 

Computer & Technology Books (no particular order)

TELECOSM: How Infinite Bandwidth will Revolutionize Our World
(Simon & Schuster)

ISBN: 0-7432-0547-2

Very stimulating reading.

Beginning Active Server Pages 3.0
(Wrox)

ISBN: 0-7645-4363-6

[I gave this away some time ago]

Special Edition Using FrontPage 2000
(Que)

ISBN: 078971910X

See also:
"FrontPage 2000 Developer's Guide"
 

Cryptography Decrypted
(Addison-Wesley)

ISBN: 0201616475

Special Edition Using Microsoft Expression Web
(Que)

by Jim Chesire

ISBN: 0789736055

Windows Vista Inside Out
(Microsoft Press)

by Ed Bott, Carl Siechert, & Craig Stinson

ISBN: 0735622701 
 

Ethereal Packet Sniffing
(Syngress)

 

ISBN: 1932266828

 

Dr. Tom Shinder's Configuring ISA Server 2004
(Syngress)

ISBN: 1931836191

RSA Security's Official Guide to Cryptography

(This may be out of print and substituted)

ISBN: 0072254947

[My copy currently MIA]

Linux+ Study Guide, 3rd Edition (XKO-002)
(Sybex)

ISBN: 078214389X
 

   
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Step by Step
(Microsoft Press)

ISBN: 073562075X

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit
(Microsoft Press)

ISBN: 073561881X

Mastering Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
(Sybex)

by C.A. Callahan,
a fellow MCT!

ISBN: 0470127287
 

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Infrastructure Design: A Service-Oriented Approach
(Sybex)

ISBN: 978-0-470-22446-5

Introducing Windows Server 2008

by Mitch Tulloch

ISBN-13:  978-0-7356-2421-4
 

 

 

 

Database Books

Using Microsoft Office Access 2003,
Special Edition

(Que)

by Roger Jennings

ISBN 0789729520

Very thorough...great book.

Access Cookbook
(O'Reilly)


ISBN 0-596-00084-7

 

XML Step By Step (Microsoft Press)

ISBN 0-7356-1465-2

 
Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

by Itzik Ben-Gan

ISBN 0-7356-2313-9

(Itzik's books are amazing;
this one is not for beginners)
 

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

by Dejan Sarka, Itzik Ben-Gan , Roger Wolter...

ISBN 0-7356-2197-7

(Another Itzik book; again not for beginners)
 

Microsoft SQL Server 2008
T-SQL Fundamentals


by Itzik Ben-Gan

ISBN 0735626014

(Another Itzik book; this is for beginners...and beyond)

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

by Kalen Delaney

ISBN 0735621969

Database Design for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Relational Database Design
 

by Michael Hernandez (Addison-Wesley)

ISBN 0201752840
 

The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL

by Ken Henderson
(Addison-Wesley)

ISBN 0201615762 

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing Data Access
by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

by Sara Morgan and Tobias Thernström of Grand Masters

ISBN 073562383X
Microsoft Press

Dissecting SQL Server Execution Plans

by Grant Fritchey

ASIN: B0018PCIFG
SimpleTalk Publishing
In Association with RedGate

 

 

Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000

by Kalen Delaney
(Microsoft Press)

ISBN 0-7356-0998-5
 

Head First SQL

by Lynn Beighley
(O'Reilly Press)

ISBN 0596526849

Thanks, O'Reilly, for the seed copy!
 

  SQL Server Magazine

{Sorry about the small pic}

 

I Don't Own These SQL books, But If I Had an Unlimited Budget (and Time)...

Pro SQL Server 2008 Replication

by Sujoy Paul

ISBN-13: 978-1430218074

(APress)

 

SQL Server 2008 Administration with Windows PowerShell

by Ananthakumar Muthusamy, & Yan Pan

 

ISBN-13: 978-0470477281

(Wrox)

 

Business Intelligence books

The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit

ISBN 0471267155

Using the Kimball Methodology for designing and implementing a Data Warehouse.

Data Mining
with Microsoft SQL Server 2008

by Jamie MacLennan,
ZhaoHui Tang, and
Bogdan Crivat

ISBN 978-0-470-27774-4

 

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-448): Microsoft SQL Server 2008-Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

by Teo Lachev, Dejan Sarka, & Erik Veerman

ISBN-10: 0735626367
ISBN-13: 978-0735626362

Fast Track to MDX

by Mark Whitehorn, Robert Zare, and Mosha Pasumansky

ISBN: 1-84628-174-1
 

   

I Don't Own These SQL BI Books Either, But If I Had an Unlimited Budget (and Time)...

SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Step by Step

by Scott Cameron

ISBN-13: 978-0735626201


(Microsoft Press)

SQL Server 2008 MDX Step by Step

by Bryan C. Smith, C. Ryan Clay, & Hitachi Consulting

ISBN-13: 978-0735626188


(Microsoft Press)

 

Learning SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

by Jayaram Krishnaswamy

 

ISBN-13: 978-1-847196-18-7


(Packt Publishing)

Expert Cube Development with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services

by Alberto Ferrari, Chris Webb, Marco Russo

 

ISBN-13: 978-1-847197-22-1

(Packt Publishing)

 

Business Intelligence Step by Step books by Microsoft Press

SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step

by Hitachi Consulting Services,
Reed Jacobson, and
Stacia Misner

ISBN 0735621993

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Step by Step

by Paul Turley, Joe Kasprzak, Scott Cameron, Satoshi Lizuka, et al. of Hitachi Consulting Services

ISBN 0735624054 

 

SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step

by Hitachi Consulting Services

ISBN 0735622507

 

    SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Step by Step

by Stacia Misner

ISBN 0735626472

Development books

Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server: Best Practice Architectures and Examples
(Addison-Wesley)

by William R. Vaughn, Peter Blackburn

ISBN 0321243625 

Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart
Make Your Move Now from VB6 to VB 2005

by Wei-Meng Lee
(O'Reilly Press)

ISBN 0-596-10071-X

Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition: Build a Program Now!

by Mr. Patrice Pelland
(Microsoft Press)

ISBN 0735625417

 

 

Miscellaneous Books

La Storia, Five Centuries of the Italian American Experience

Make Your Job Interview a Success

Selling the Dream

Guy has personally signed a couple books of his I purchased!

 

{I don't own this one (yet) but highly recommend it}

Living the Simple Life, A Guide to Scaling Down & Enjoying More




Elaine St. James
ISBN: 0786882425

Read during the summer of 2003. Thanks for the loaner, Chris Kloecker!

Ancient Rome
(a Barnes & Noble book)

Consulting Editor: Dr. Paul C. Roberts

ISBN:0-7607-5070-X

Pirate
(a Dorling-Kindersley  book)

by Richard Platt

ISBN 9780756630058

50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Tony Crilly

ISBN-10: 1847240089
ISBN-13: 978-1847240088

Take Back Your Life!

(Full Title) "Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 - Take Back Your Life!: Using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to Get Organized and Stay Organized"

by Sally McGhee and John Wittry

ISBN: 0735623430
 

 

 

Subdivision Book Club books (not necessarily endorsed, and in reverse chronological order)

[I haven't developed this section yet.]

Very incomplete listing at the moment...    
     
The Millionaires, by Brad Meltzer

A thriller novel I read the summer of 2003. Very good.