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            ::: C++ Without Fear: A Beginners Guide That Makes You Feel Smart, 2 edition :::   Brian Overland, "C++ Without Fear: A Beginners Guide That Makes You Feel Smart, 2 edition" 2011 | ISBN: 0132673266 | 581 pages | PDF, EPUB | 10 MB If youve always wanted to learn how to program a computer, or to learn the widely used C++ programming language in particular, C++ Without Fear, Second Edition, offers an ideal way to get you started. Written with the same approach that earned the first edition rave reviews, the author first emphasizes short, simple examples that are easy to enter; then, within a couple of chapters, he has you creating useful utilities, playing games, and using the computer to solve interesting puzzles. His approach is a welcome departure from many programming texts, which quickly get bogged down in complex and sometimes meaningless examples. Youll find here, patiently explained and clearly illustrated, everythi...

Gindlesperger, James and Suzanne Gindlesperger. So You Think You Know Antietam? The Stories Behind Americas Bloodiest Day . John F. Blair Publisher, Winston-Salem, NC. 2012. 234 pages, 199 pages of text. Color and B/W photos, maps, index, four appendices. ISBN 9780895875792, $19.95. Coming off the success of their prior book with a similar name except dealing with Gettysburg (see my review here) it was only natural for husband and wife authors James and Suzanne Gindlesperger to create another highly readable and visually appealing book dealing with another great Civil War battle. This time around they have chosen to tackle Antietam. On that September day in 1862 approximately 23,000 men were casualties with over 3,500 paying the ultimate price. Now the well preserved battlefield stands as a monument to these men no matter which side they were fighting for or what their reason for fighting was. Part history, part travel log, part pictorial reference this is a book tha...