Wing Tang Wong

Stuff I Think Is Great To Read

Hey, here's my read list. I've grouped them into various categories.

Programming, Coding, and Sysadmin

• C Programming Language (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Software)
• Introduction to Algorithms
• Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Second Edition
• Operating System Concepts (7th Edition)
• Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (3rd Edition) (seriously, this book changed my life!)
• Advanced Programming in the UNIX(R) Environment (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
• Learning MySQL (Learning)
• High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, and More
• PHP and MySQL Web Development (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library)
• Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition
• Learning Perl, Fourth Edition
• Advanced Perl Programming
• UNIX System Administration Handbook (3rd Edition)
• Essential System Administration (Nutshell Handbooks)

Team and Project Management

• Time Management for System Administrators
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lean Six Sigma (Complete Idiot's Guide to)
• Six Sigma for Dummies
• Agile and Iterative Development: A Manager's Guide (The Agile Software Development Series)
• Agile Estimating and Planning (Robert C. Martin Series)
• The Art of Agile Development
• The Art of Project Management (Theory in Practice (O'Reilly))

Legal & HR

• HR Handbook for California Employers
• Doing Business in California: An Employment Law Handbook
• Labor and Employment in California: A Guide to Employment Laws, Regulations, and Practices
• Equal Employment Opportunity: Labor Market Discrimination and Public Policy (Sociology and Economics)
• Discrimination, Jobs, and Politics: The Struggle for Equal Employment Opportunity in the United States since the New Deal

Marketing/Advertising, Design, and User Interfaces

• Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
• Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Interactive Technologies) (Interactive Technologies)
• Web Analytics: An Hour a Day

Food, Cooking, Eating

• I'm Just Here for the Food: Version 2.0
• I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking
• Martin Yan's Feast: The Best of Yan Can Cook (Yan, Martin)
• Martin Yan Quick and Easy
• Martin Yan's Invitation to Chinese Cooking (Yan, Martin)
• Martin Yan's Asian Favorites: From Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Thailand

Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, and Public Policy (CESifo Seminar Series) asin: 0262112876

The Book of Letters: How to Write a Letter for Every Occasion author: Peter Breen asin: 186508669X

Boycott! Amazon insurgency spreads to UKComputerworld, MA - Apr 9, 2008Amazon says that by keeping POD publishing in house it is creating efficiencies and cost savings that can be passed on to the consumer. Would you agree? No. ...

Winning Cover Letters, 2nd Edition author: Robin Ryan asin: 0471263648

Writing and Materiality in China: Essays in Honor of Patrick Hanan (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) author: Judith Zeitlin,Lydia H. Liu asin: 0674010981

This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 1004 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Newsprint prices fell in spring 1996 after nearly doubling between 1994 and 1996.  read more »

First published by George Allen & Unwin in the 1950s, this collection reprints three classic volumes on Jeremy Bentham's economic writings. Also including historical introductions and collections of passages from Bentham's non-economic writings, this is an essential resource for students and researchers alike.Volume 1 covers the period 1787-1795 and contains The Defence of Usury, the Manual of Political Economy in its authentic form, and two financial treaties that reflect Bentham's work to find a way in which government could be carried on without taxation.  read more »

author: Stephen Page asin: 1929065493 binding: Paperback list price: $39.95 USD amazon price: $35.96 USD

"Achieving 100% Compliance of Policies and Procedures" is the third book of a four-part series on policies and procedures. This exciting new business book focuses on a subject that fills a major void for those individuals who are responsible for the life cycle of business processes, policies, and procedures. This 359-page book is all about change and continuous quality improvement as it applies to policies and procedures. A real-life case study is used to help explain the principles of this book.  read more »

asin: 0226386694 binding: Hardcover list price: $90.00 USD amazon price: $90.00 USD

This volume explores East Asia's macroeconomic experience in the 1980s and the economic impact of East Asia's growth on the rest of the world. The authors explore the causes of capital flows, changes in trade balances, and exchange rate fluctuations in East Asia and their effects on other countries.  read more »

asin: 0262062720 binding: Hardcover list price: $35.00 USD amazon price: $31.50 USD

Demographic realities will soon force developed countries to find ways to pay for longer retirements for more people. In Pension Strategies in Europe and the United States, leading economists analyze topical issues in pension policy, with a focus on raising the retirement age, increasing retirement savings, and the political sustainability of reforms that will accomplish these goals.  read more »

author: Adam Starchild asin: 0894992368 binding: Paperback list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $24.95 USD

Travel and tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Occupying a vast sector of the economy, the industry is comprised of countless individuals and companies that provide a wide assortment of services to travelers. With the number of travelers increasing annually throughout the world, it is expected that the travel and tourism sector will continue to expand. When people travel for pleasure or business, most turn to travel agents to help them plan their trips. Thus, the travel agent is at the hub of the industry.  read more »