Horde of Amazons
Got the rest of my shipment of books from Amazon today. Unfortunately they charged my credit card only when they shipped, which was after the last financial year. Guess I won't be able to claim these ones, except for the cook book which is obviously not work related, as deductions for this year. The books that arrived are as follows:
Hearn, D. & Baker, M. P. 2003, Computer Graphics with OpenGL (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall. [Hardcover, US$83.75]
Bruegge, B. & Dutoit, A. H. 2003, Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Using UML, Patterns and Java (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall. [Hardcover, US$62.84]
Lafore, R. 2002, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java (2nd Edition), Sams. [Hardcover, US$40.79]
Chung, S. Y. 2001, Korean Home Cooking (Essential Asian Kitchen Series), Tuttle Publishing. [Hardcover, US$13.57]
Suprisingly these books arrived ahead of schedule, shipping for the books came to $US24.62 which is better value than the first shipment. The condition of the books wasn't as good as at a local shop but this is international shipping after all. Still it was disappointing to find the data structures book with a big puncture in its spine.
The computer graphics book is a good combination of graphics text book and OpenGL primer. It doesn't quite go into as much practical detail as the official OpenGL programming guide. However between that and resources on the web most things should get covered. The other two computer textbooks are pretty comprehensive and will make great references (well I should hope so after spending hundreds on textbooks so far this year).
The Korean cook book is actually written by a Korean woman living in Sydney. It contains a good range of recipes but some of the classics are missing such as kim chi jiggae (kim chi soup with tofu). Still it's my first and only Korean cook book, should keep me occupied in the kitchen for a while.
Hearn, D. & Baker, M. P. 2003, Computer Graphics with OpenGL (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall. [Hardcover, US$83.75]
Bruegge, B. & Dutoit, A. H. 2003, Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Using UML, Patterns and Java (2nd Edition), Prentice Hall. [Hardcover, US$62.84]
Lafore, R. 2002, Data Structures and Algorithms in Java (2nd Edition), Sams. [Hardcover, US$40.79]
Chung, S. Y. 2001, Korean Home Cooking (Essential Asian Kitchen Series), Tuttle Publishing. [Hardcover, US$13.57]
Suprisingly these books arrived ahead of schedule, shipping for the books came to $US24.62 which is better value than the first shipment. The condition of the books wasn't as good as at a local shop but this is international shipping after all. Still it was disappointing to find the data structures book with a big puncture in its spine.
The computer graphics book is a good combination of graphics text book and OpenGL primer. It doesn't quite go into as much practical detail as the official OpenGL programming guide. However between that and resources on the web most things should get covered. The other two computer textbooks are pretty comprehensive and will make great references (well I should hope so after spending hundreds on textbooks so far this year).
The Korean cook book is actually written by a Korean woman living in Sydney. It contains a good range of recipes but some of the classics are missing such as kim chi jiggae (kim chi soup with tofu). Still it's my first and only Korean cook book, should keep me occupied in the kitchen for a while.
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