IT Department Wish List

The following textbooks represent the wish list of the IT Department at Blantyre International University. Ten, fifty, and sometimes two hundred students share the one or two copies of a course's textbook that are kept in the university library. Students usually do not have access or funds to purchase their own textbooks for their university classes. 

At the moment, because this project is in its infancy, I am asking for donations of only textbooks (or any newer editions of these textbooks) on the Wish Lists. 

Computer Programming 

Brookeshear, J. G, Wesley, A (1997): Computer Science : An Overview, 5th Edition, Prentince Hall, London.

Peckham, H.D(1979): Programming Basic with the TI Home Computer, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Venugopal, K.R, Vimala, H.S(2001): Programming With PASCAL and C, McGraw-Hill, New York. 

Data Communications and Networks

Fitzgerald, J. & Dennis, A (2003): Business Data Communications and Networking, 5th edition, Willey Publications, Mumbai. 

Goldman, J.E. (2006): Applied Data Communications: A business-oriented approach, 2nd edition, Willey Publications, Mumbai.

Stallings, W. (2008): Data and Computer Communications, Pearson Education, New Del  

Software Applications

 

Courter G, Marquis A, (2003): Microsoft Office 2003: User Certification Study Guide.

Gold R. S., (1991): Microcomputer Applications. Kerper Boulevard, Wm. C. Brown Publishers (WCB).

Microsoft (2003):  Step By Step Microsoft Office System 2003.

Web Development

 

Henderson, C(2006): Building Scalable Web Sites, O’Reilly, New Delhi.

Musciano, C(2001):  HTML and XHTML – The Definitive Guide,6^th Edition, O’Reilly, New Delhi.

Musciano, C(2005): HTML and XHTML – The Definitive Guide, O’Reilly, New Delhi.

Niederst, J(2003): Learning Web Design A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Graphics, and Beyond, O’Reilly, New Delhi.

Robbins, N.J(2006): Web Design in a Nutshell, 3^rd Edition, O’reilly, New Delhi. 

Visual Programming 

Francesco, B(2002): Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, Microsoft Press, New York.

Kurata, D (2007): Doing Objects in Visual Basic 2005, Addisson-Wesley, New York.

Vaughan, W. R(2007):  Hitchhikers's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server, Addison-Wesley, New York.

Electrical and Electronic Principles

Milnes, A.G( 1991): Semi-conductor Devices and Integrated Electronics, Longman, London. 

Nelkon, M, Parker, P(1992): Advanced Level Physics, Heinemann, London.

Stanley, (1996): Principles of Electronic Devices, New Delhi.

Computer Architecture

 

Carpinelli, J. D(2002):  Computer System Organization and Architecture, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Chambers, M. L(2006): Building a PC for Dummies, Prentice Hall, London. 

Gilster, R(2004):  A+ Certification for Dummies, 3^rd  Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York. 

Object Oriented Programming

 

Balgulusamy, E(2004): Object Oriented Programming, McGraw-Hill, New York.

Kulata, D(2002): Doing Objects in Visual Basic, Addison Wesley, New York.

Operating Systems

Dhamdhere, D.M (2004): Systems Programming and Operating Systems, Tata McGraw Hill.

Negus, C(2004): RedHat Linux Bible, Unlimited Edition, Hungry Minds, New Delhi.

Silberschatz, A(2008): Operating Systems Principles, John Wiley & Sons, New York.

Computer Assembly and Maintenance Technology

 

Carpinelli, J. D(2002):  Computer System Organization and Architecture, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Chambers, M. L(2006): Building a PC for Dummies, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Gilster, R(2004):  A+ Certification for Dummies, 3^rd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

 

Computer Control Audit

 

Chaplain, J(2004): Auditing Information Systems, 2^nd Edition,  John Wiley and Sons, New York. 

Hansche, S, et al(2006): The Official (ISC) Guide to the CISSP Exam, McGraw Hill, New York.

Schneier, B(2000):  Applied Cryptography, John Wiley and Sons, New York.

Computer Security

 

Burns, B, et al(2003): Security Power Tools, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Cranor, L, Garfinkel, S(2005): Security  and Reusability, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Hendry, M (2000): Practical Computer Network Security, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

Database Systems 

Date, C.J (2002): An Introduction to Database Systems, 7^th Edition, Addison-Wesley, New York.

Elmasci, N. (2006): Fundamentals of Database Systems, 3rd Edition, Benjamin Cummings, New Delhi.

Hoffer, M. (2003): Modern Database Management, 5th Edition, Addison-Wesley, New York.

Hitchhikers's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server, Addison-Wesley, New York.

Williams, H. E(2007): Web Database Application with PHP & MySQL, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Telecommunication Systems

 

Halsall, F(2001) Data Communications, Computer Networks, and Open Systems, Pearson Education , New Delhi.

Kurose, J. F , Ross K.W.(2005): Computer Networking: A top Down Approach, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

Shepard S(1998): Telecom Crash Course, Professional; 1^st  Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Cave, M(2002): Handbook of Telecommunications Economics, 1^st Edition, North-Holland.

E-commerce

Baja, N(1999):  E-Commerce-The Cutting Edge, McGrawHill, New York.

Harris, M(2008): The Business Value of IT, CRC Press, New Delhi.

Musciano, C, Bill, K(2002): HTML & XHTML: The Definitive Guide, 5^th Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Information Systems

Bradley, R (2001): Understanding Computer Science for Advanced Level, Stanley Thornes.

Morley, D (2007): Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, 10^th Edition, Thomson.

Norton, P (2007): Introduction to Computers, 6^th  Edition, McGraw-Hill, London.

Unix/Linux Operating System 

Appu, A(2002): (Administering and Securing the Apache Web Server, Premier Press, London.

Frisch, A(2006): Essential System Administration, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Siever, E, Weber A(2004): Linux in a Nutshell, O’reilly, New Delhi. 

Web Technologies

 

Tansley, D(2004): Create Dynamic Web Pages Using PHP and MySQL, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Welling, L, Thomson L(2002):  PHP and MySQL Web Development, O’reilly, New Delhi.

William, H.E(2007): Web Database Application with PHP & MySQL, O’reilly, New Delhi.

Computer Programming 1

Brookeshear, J. G, Wesley, A (1997): Computer Science: An Overview, 5^th Edition, Addison Wesley, New York.

Buchana, W (1998): Mastering Pascal and Delphi Programming, MacMillan, London.

Venugopal, K.R, Vimala, H.S (2001): Programming With PASCAL and C, McGraw-Hill, London.

Computer Graphics

 

Harrington, S(1983): Computer Graphics: A Programming Approach, McGraw-Hill, NewYork.   

Hill, F.S, Stephen, K(2007): Computer Graphics Using Open GL, 3/e, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

    

Salmon, R(1987): Computer Graphics Systems and Concepts, Addison-Wesley, New York.

Networking 1

 

Grigons, R (2002): Disaster Survival Guide for Business Communications Networks, CMP Books, London.

Kurose, J. F, Ross, K.W(2005): Computer Networking: A top Down Approach, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Bertsekas, D(2006): Data Networks, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

ICT Project Management

 

Field, M, Keller, L(1997): Project Management , Cengage Lrng Business Press, Mumbai.

Nokes, S(2007):  The Definitive Guide to Project Management: The fast track to getting the job done on time and on budget, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Business Horizons, (1996): How to Fail in Project Management (Without Really Trying), New York.

Artificial Intelligence

 

Russell, Stuart, J, Peter, N(2003): Artificial intelligence: a modern approach, 2^nd Edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.

Winston, P. H(1992): Artificial Intelligence, 3^rd Edition, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, New York.

Schapire, R( 2002): The Boosting Approach to Machine Learning An Overview, MSRI Workshop, New York. 

Networking 2

 

Halsall, F, Kulkarni, L (2005): Computer Networking and the Internet ,5^th Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Stallings, W (2004): Data and Computer Communications, 7^th Edition, Pearson Education, New Delhi. 

Odom, W (2008): CISCO CCNA ICND2 Official Exam Certification Guide, Pearson Education, New Delhi.

Software Engineering

 

Ramesh, G.(2007):  Software Maintenance, Tata McGraw-Hill, New York.

Sommerville, I(2006): Software Engineering, Pearson Education,  New Delhi. 

Pressman, R(2005): Software Engineering,  McGraw-Hill, New York.

ICT for Development

 

Brown, J.S, Duguid, P (2000): The Social Life of Information, Harvard Business School Press, New York.

Farquhar, et al (2003): Legal and regulatory issues regarding spectrum rights trading, Telecommunications Policy 27, no. 7: 527-532, London.

Nuechterlein, J, Weiser. P (2005): Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age, MA: MIT Press, Cambridge.

Server Technology 

Appu, A (2000): Administering and Securing the Apache Web Server, Premier Press, London.

Kabir, M.J (2004): Apache Server 2 Bible, Hungry Minds, New Delhi.

Linux Administration Handbook, (2006): 1st Edition, Prentice Hall, New Delhi. 

Stanek, W.R (2004): Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Inside Out, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi.

*Due to the large number of textbooks on the wish list, some references may be incorrectly cited and/or missing information.