Dennis Shasha

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1.		Puzzles for Programmers and Pros from Wrox Price: $16.49 Customer Review: I have always enjoyed Prof. Shasha`s mathematical puzzle column for Dr. Dobb's Journal. So when I stumbled across this book, I was pleasantly surprised. Overall, I really liked the puzzles in this book. The descriptions of the puzzles are generally not too long (usually a page or two) and the... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		Database Tuning: Principles, Experiments, and Troubleshooting Techniques (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) from Morgan Kaufmann Price: $70.51 Customer Review: The book does a great job of clearly explaining the principals with concrete example and providing relevant information about various commercial database systems. I found the ppt at [...] to be a very useful companion for the book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Iraq's Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape from Modern Babylon (Palgrave Studies in Oral History) from Palgrave Macmillan Price: $63.96	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists from Springer Price: $9.99 Customer Review: This is a fast paced fun read. The book covers 15 scientists of the early to middle ages of computers. No list will satisfy everyone (note some of the reviews who were unhappy with this book). There is no section on Alan Turning, John von Neumann or Woz from Apple (sorry Apple PR machine), although... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		The Puzzler's Elusion: A Tale of Fraud, Pursuit, and the Art of Logic from Running Press Price: $15.95 Customer Review: This book is superior for anyone interested in thinking about logical and mathematical problem solving. It's written in a light style with interesting character development and includes mostly new material in the puzzling realm. Many problems are open ended with possibly ground breaking results to... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco from Dover Publications Price: $9.95 Customer Review: I bought The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco just before going on vacation, and was hooked before the plane took off. It is the perfect book for puzzle-lovers, including a broad range of topics across many levels of difficulty. My husband and I sat long after our lunches had been cleared on several... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Dr. Ecco: Mathematical Detective (Codes, Puzzles, and Conspiracy) from Dover Publications Price: $12.95 Customer Review: This book is a continuing story about Dr. Ecco and his conflict with his arch-enemy Baskerhound. Dr. Ecco is presented with a series of puzzles to solve, each of which takes him a bit closer to the truth. There is an intertwined subplot based on an evil government conspiracy to completely control... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Red Blues: Voices from the Last Wave of Russian Immigrants (Ellis Island Series) from Holmes & Meier Publishers Price: $24.69 Customer Review: This book is a collection of interviews with recent Russian immigrants to the US. The authors have organized the book in sections according to the reason for migration or the immigrant's occupation in either the Soviet Union or the US, including Privilege Lost, God and Religious Dissent, Artists,... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	Codes, Puzzles, and Conspiracy from W.H. Freeman & Company Customer Review: Incredibly successful, master piece! A must for an omniheurist. I really liked the way puzzles were presented, too. The writer is not only a real omniheurist but an artist as well. If you enjoy puzzles which requires deep thinking then buy this book without hesitating. Do not forget to add "The... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		Dr. Ecco's Cyberpuzzles: 36 Puzzles for Hackers and Other Mathematical Detectives from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $11.96 Customer Review: Presumably, this collection of mathematical puzzles is for fans of one Dr. Ecco whose life is full of adventures. For people not familiar with the character, the book appears very dull and the characters contrived, uninteresting, and, well, kind of lame. The narration is a little over the top, but... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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