Books from 1995 and before, sold by Telegraph.com

These were the books sold and reviewed by Telegraph Online in the mid 1990s. They include the computer books from which engineers, programmers and the first generation of web builders learnt their craft.

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O'Reilly computer books

The surviving Telegraph Online O'Reilly collection.

Windows Annoyances (annoy.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales Brazil (brazil.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales: Food (food.htm)
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O'Reilly Catalog Page: Writing GNU Emacs Extensions Editor Customizations and Creations with Lisp (gnuext.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales: Gutsy Women Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road (gutsy.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales Brazil (hm2e295.htm)
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O'Reilly Catalog List of Books & Prices in the United Kingdom (index-1.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Bandits on the Information Superhighway (index-10.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical C++ Programming (index-100.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition (index-101.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 2nd Edition (index-102.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programmer's Supplement for Release 6 (index-103.htm)
index-104.htm (index-104.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming Python Object-Oriented Scripting (index-105.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming with curses (index-106.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming with GNU Software Tools from Cygnus Support (index-107.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Pthreads Programming A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing (index-108.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Running Linux, 2nd Edition (index-109.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building an Industrial Strength Web World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 4 (index-11.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: SCO UNIX in a Nutshell (index-110.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Scripting Languages: Automating the Web World Wide Web Journal: Volume 2, Issue 2 (index-111.htm)
sed & awk, 2nd Edition (index-112.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: sendmail Desktop Reference (index-114.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building a Successful Software Business (index-12.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Internet Firewalls (index-13.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: sendmail, 2nd Edition (index-133.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Your Own Web Conferences (index-14.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Your Own WebSite Everything You Need to Reach Your Audience on the Web (index-15.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web (index-16.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Checking C Programs with lint (index-17.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Childhood Leukemia A Guide for Families, Friends, and Caregivers (index-18.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Computer Crime A Crimefighter's Handbook (index-19.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: 4.4BSD System Manager's Manual (index-2.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Computer Security Basics (index-20.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Computer User's Survival Guide Staying Healthy in a High Tech World (index-21.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: C++: The Core Language (index-22.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Database Programming with JDBC and Java (index-23.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: DCE Security Programming (index-24.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Designing for the Web Getting Started in a New Medium (index-25.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Designing with JavaScript A Guide for the Rest of Us (index-26.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Developing Java Beans (index-27.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Dictionary of PC Hardware and Data Communications Terms (index-28.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Distributing Applications Across DCE and Windows NT (index-29.htm)
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O'Reilly Catalog Page: DNS and BIND, 2nd Edition (index-30.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats The Complete Reference on CD-ROM with Links to Internet Resources (index-32.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Essential System Administration (index-33.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Exploring Expect A Tcl-based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs (index-34.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Exploring Java (index-35.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Exploring Java, 2nd Edition (index-36.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: World Wide Web Journal (index-37.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Future Does Not Compute Transcending the Machines in Our Midst (index-38.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Getting Connected The Internet at 56K and Up (index-39.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: 4.4BSD User's Supplementary Documents (index-4.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: GIF Animation Studio Animating Your Web Site (index-40.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Guide to Writing DCE Applications (index-41.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society (index-42.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: HTML: The Definitive Guide (index-43.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: HTML: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition (index-44.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Inside the Windows 95 File System IFSMgr, The Installable File System Manager (index-45.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Inside the Windows 95 Registry A Guide for Programmers, System Administrators, and Users (index-46.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java AWT Reference (index-47.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Distributed Computing (index-48.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Fundamental Classes Reference (index-49.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Access Database Design & Programming What You <I (index-5.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference for Java Programmers (index-50.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition A Desktop Quick Reference for Java Programmers (index-51.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java in a Nutshell, Deluxe Edition (index-52.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Language Reference (index-53.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Language Reference, 2nd Edition (index-54.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Network Programming (index-55.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition (index-56.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Threads (index-57.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Java Virtual Machine (index-58.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Key Specifications of the World Wide Web World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 2 (index-59.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Advanced Oracle PL/SQL Programming with Packages (index-6.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Korea Business The Portable Encyclopedia for Doing Business with Korea (index-60.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning GNU Emacs, 2nd Edition (index-61.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning Perl (index-62.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning Perl, 2nd Edition (index-63.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning the bash Shell (index-64.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning the Korn Shell (index-65.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning the UNIX Operating System (index-66.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning the vi Editor (index-67.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Learning VBScript (index-68.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: lex & yacc (index-69.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Advancing HTML: Style and Substance World Wide Web Journal: Volume 2, Issue 1 (index-7.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Linux in a Nutshell (index-70.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Linux Multimedia Guide (index-71.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Linux Network Administrator's Guide (index-72.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Love Your Job! Loving the Job You Have...Finding a Job You Love (index-73.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Making TeX Work (index-74.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Managing Internet Information Services World Wide Web, Gopher, FTP, and more (index-75.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Managing NFS and NIS (index-76.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Managing Projects with make (index-77.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Mastering Oracle Power Objects (index-78.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Mastering Regular Expressions Powerful Techniques for Perl and Other Tools (index-79.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Apache: The Definitive Guide Vital Information for Apache Programmers and Administrators (index-8.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: NetActivism: How Citizens Use the Internet (index-80.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Net Law: How Lawyers Use the Internet (index-81.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: NetLearning: Why Teachers Use the Internet (index-82.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Net Lessons: Web-Based Projects for Your Classroom (index-83.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: NetResearch: Finding Information Online (index-84.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: NetSuccess: How Real Estate Agents Use the Internet (index-85.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: NetTravel: How Travelers Use the Internet (index-86.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Networking Personal Computers with TCP/IP Building TCP/IP Networks (index-87.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Oracle Design (index-88.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Oracle Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition (index-89.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Applying RCS and SCCS From Source Control to Project Control (index-9.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The O'Reilly/Netcraft Report on Secure Transactions:THE STATE OF WEB COMMERCE A Network-Based Worldwide Analysis (index-91.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Perl 5 Desktop Reference (index-92.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: PGP: Pretty Good Privacy (index-93.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: PolyForm (TM) Web Forms Construction Kit (index-94.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Porting UNIX Software From Download to Debug (index-95.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: POSIX.4 Programming for the Real World (index-96.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: POSIX Programmer's Guide (index-97.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Power Programming with RPC (index-98.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical C Programming (index-99.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: 4.4BSD Programmer's Reference Manual (index.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog List of Books & Prices in the United Kingdom (index1.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Bandits on the Information Superhighway (index10.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical C++ Programming (index100.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical C Programming, 3rd Edition (index101.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Practical UNIX & Internet Security, 2nd Edition (index102.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programmer's Supplement for Release 6 (index103.htm)
index104.htm (index104.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming Python Object-Oriented Scripting (index105.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming with curses (index106.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Programming with GNU Software Tools from Cygnus Support (index107.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Pthreads Programming A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing (index108.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Running Linux, 2nd Edition (index109.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: SCO UNIX in a Nutshell (index110.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Scripting Languages: Automating the Web World Wide Web Journal: Volume 2, Issue 2 (index111.htm)
sed & awk, 2nd Edition (index112.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: sendmail Desktop Reference (index114.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building a Successful Software Business (index12.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Internet Firewalls (index13.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: sendmail, 2nd Edition (index133.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Your Own Web Conferences (index14.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Building Your Own WebSite Everything You Need to Reach Your Audience on the Web (index15.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: CGI Programming on the World Wide Web (index16.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Checking C Programs with lint (index17.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Childhood Leukemia A Guide for Families, Friends, and Caregivers (index18.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Computer Crime A Crimefighter's Handbook (index19.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales India (india.htm)
Product Index (menu2.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales Mexico (mexico.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Smileys (smileys.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales Spain (spain.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: System Performance Tuning (spt.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Statisphere(TM) Web Traffic Analyzer (statis.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: TCP/IP Network Administration (tcp.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Using csh & tcsh (tcsh.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: termcap & terminfo (term.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 6C: Motif Tools Streamlined GUI Design and Programming with the Xmt Library (test.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Travelers' Tales Thailand (thai.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog (twi2.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog, Academic Edition (twi2aca.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Whole Internet for Windows 95 (twiwin.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Understanding DCE (udce.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Using & Managing UUCP (umuucp.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: UNIX Web Server Administration (unixweb.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition (unutv.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: UNIX Power Tools (upt.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: UNIX Tools, 2nd Edition (upt2.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: When You Can't Find Your UNIX System Administrator (usa.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Using Email Effectively (usemail.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: UNIX Systems Programming for SVR4 (usp.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 0: X Protocol Reference Manual (v0.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 1: Xlib Programming Manual (v1.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 2: Xlib Reference Manual (v2.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 3: X Window System User's Guide Standard Edition (v3.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 3M: X Window System User's Guide Motif Edition (v3m.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 4M: X Toolkit Intrinsics Programming Manual Motif Edition (v4m.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 5: X Toolkit Intrinsics Reference Manual (v5.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 6A: Motif Programming Manual (v6a.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 6B: Motif Reference Manual (v6b.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 6C: Motif Tools Streamlined GUI Design and Programming with the Xmt Library (v6c.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Volume 8: X Window System Administrator's Guide (v8.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: WebSite(TM) 1.1 (web1_1.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: WebMaster in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference (webmast.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: WebSite Professional (TM) (webpro.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Web Security & Commerce (websec.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Windows NT File System Internals A Developer's Guide (winin.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Windows NT in a Nutshell A Desktop Quick Reference for System Administration (winnut.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The Web After Five Years World Wide Web Journal: Volume 1, Issue 3 (wj3.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: Web Security: A Matter of Trust World Wide Web Journal: Volume 2, Issue 3 (wjsum97.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: The X Window System in a Nutshell (xnut.htm)
O'Reilly Catalog Page: X User Tools (xtools.htm)

Microsoft Press computer books

The surviving Microsoft Press catalogue and review pages.

Book reviews

Sams and other computer books

Windows NT Server 4.0 Administrator’s Desk Reference (que1.htm)
que10.htm (que10.htm)
Special Edition Using Microsoft Site Server (que11.htm)
Special Edition Using Project 98 (que12.htm)
Internet 6-in-1 (que13.htm)
Special Edition Using Access 97, Second Edition (que14.htm)
Platinum Edition Using Access 97 (que15.htm)
Using the Internet Starter Kit (que16.htm)
What Makes People Click: Advertising on the Web (que17.htm)
Special Edition Using Oracle Web Application Server 3 (que18.htm)
Special Edition Using Netscape Communicator 4 (que19.htm)
Web Development with Visual Basic 5 (que20.htm)
Oracle Database Construction Kit (que3.htm)
Platinum Edition Using Visual Basic 5 (que4.htm)
Using Microsoft PowerPoint 97 (que5.htm)
Using Microsoft Works 4.5 (que6.htm)
Using Microsoft Word 97 (que7.htm)
Special Edition Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (que8.htm)
MCSE Test Prep: Windows NT Server 4 (que9.htm)
Deploying Windows NT 4 in the Enterprise (sams1.htm)
Teach Yourself UNIX in 24 Hours (sams10.htm)
Visual C++ 5 Unleashed, Second Edition (sams11.htm)
Teach Yourself JavaBeans in 21 Days (sams12.htm)
Client/Server Developer's Guide with Delphi 3 (sams13.htm)
Peter Norton's Guide to Access 97 Programming (sams14.htm)
Paul McFedries' Windows 95,1998 Edition UNLEASHED (sams15.htm)
Presenting XML (sams16.htm)
Java 1.1 Developer's Guide, Second Edition (sams17.htm)
Teach Yourself More Java in 21 Days (sams2.htm)
Oracle Data Warehousing Unleashed (sams3.htm)
Visual J++ Unleashed, Second Edition (sams4.htm)
Teach Yourself Visual Cafe 2 in 21 Days (sams5.htm)
Visual C++ 5 Developer's Guide (sams6.htm)
Visual Basic 5 Fundamentals Unleashed (sams7.htm)
Teach Yourself Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 in 24 Hours (sams8.htm)
Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 4 in a Week, Fourth Edition (sams9.htm)

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