The Be Bookstore

The Be Bookstore
In Association with Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Be is delighted to be partnering with Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk to bring you the Be Bookstore. We've collected together all the information you need to find books relevant to the BeOS, especially developing for the BeOS. The books listed here are either directly related to the BeOS, or are highly recommended by Be's own engineers as being useful to learning the techniques that will help you write the best BeOS software possible. If you know of a Be-related book that is not listed here, please let us know!

Books for BeOS Users
Books for BeOS Developers
Books for Everyone

Books For BeOS Users

The BeOS Bible Author: Scot Hacker, et. al. Date Published: January 1999 Cover Price: $34.99 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $27.99 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Forthcoming.	Learning the bash Shell, 2nd Edition Author: Cameron Newham, Bill Rosenblatt Date Published: 1/1/98 Cover Price: $29.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $23.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses

Books For BeOS Developers

BeOS-Specific
Be Developer's Guide Author: The Be Development Team Date Published: 12/1/97 Cover Price: $49.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $39.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Be Advanced Topics Author: The Be Development Team Date Published: September 1998 Cover Price: $39.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $31.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Practical File System Design with the Be File System Author: Dominic Giampaolo Date Published: November 1998 Cover Price: $34.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $27.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Forthcoming. Written by a real Be Kernel Engineer!	BeOS: Porting UNIX Applications Author: Martin Brown Date Published: August 1998 Cover Price: $44.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $35.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Graphics and Video Programming
Computer Graphics, 2nd Edition Author: James Foley, Andries van Dam, et. al. Date Published: 1/96 Cover Price: $69.95 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	OpenGL Programming Guide, 2nd Edition Author: Mason Woo, Jackie Neider, et. al. Date Published: 1/97 Cover Price: $46.95 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Video Demystified Author: Keith Jack Date Published: 07/96 Cover Price: $59.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $47.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Television Engineering Handbook Author: K. Blair Benson (Editor) Date Published: 1992 Cover Price: $0 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Currently out of print, so the price varies. The Third Edition is expected in mid-1998, and will be 1,500 pages. Information can be found at http://www.technicalpress.com/televisi.htm.
POSIX Layer Programming
Posix Programmer's Guide Author: Donald A. Lewine Date Published: 4/1/91 Cover Price: $34.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $27.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment Author: W. Richard Stevens Date Published: 6/1/92 Cover Price: $63.45 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Operating System Concepts
Operating System Concepts, 5th Edition Author: Abraham Silberschatz, Peter Baer Galvin Date Published: 11/1/97 Cover Price: $59.13 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Operating System Design: The XINU Approach Author: Douglas Comer Date Published: 11/85 Cover Price: $70.00 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: The Xinu operating system inspired the design of the BeOS. The two are similar in some interesting ways, which is why we recommend this book.
C++ Programming
The C++ Programming Language, 3rd Edition Author: Bjarne Stroustrup Date Published: 7/2/97 Cover Price: $43.00 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $34.40 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	The Design and Evolution of C++ Author: Bjarne Stroustrup Date Published: 4/1/94 Cover Price: $31.15 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Large-Scale C++ Software Design Author: John S. Lakos Date Published: 7/1/96 Cover Price: $41.95 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Win32 Multithreaded Programming Author: Aaron Cohen & Mike Woodring Date Published: 1/98 Cover Price: $39.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $31.96 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Very relevant multithreaded programming material applicable to the BeOS, especially if you use the public domain bebits library.
Learning C++
C++ Primer, Third Edition Author: Stanley B. Lippman Date Published: 4/98 Cover Price: $45.95 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	The Beginner's Guide to C++ Programming Author: Oleg Yaroshenko Date Published: 1/1/95 Cover Price: $27.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $22.36 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
General Programming
These two books are recommended by multiple Be engineers as excellent resources for learning how to be a better software engineer.
Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction Author: Steve McConnell Date Published: 5/1/93 Cover Price: $35.00 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $28.00 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software Author: Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides Date Published: 10/94 Cover Price: $49.95 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Simply an outstanding book, recommended by more Be engineers than any other book on this page. Many of the principles outlined here are used in the BeOS APIs. This book won't just make you a better programmer, it will make you a better BeOS programmer.
User Interface Design
Designing Visual Interfaces Author: Kevin Mullet, Darrell Sano Date Published: 1/1/95 Cover Price: $50.00 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses

Books For Everyone

The Third Apple: Personal Computers & the Cultural Revolution Author: Jean-Louis Gassée Date Published: 1987 Cover Price: $0 Order from Amazon.com Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses Note: Out of print, and so there is no specific price. But we think it's worth looking for! ;-)	Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from the Inside Author: Marlin Eller, Jennifer Edstrom Date Published: 6/1/98 Cover Price: $25.00 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $17.50 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses
Microserfs Author: Douglas Coupland Date Published: 6/96 Cover Price: $13.00 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $10.40 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses	The Microsoft File: The Secret Case Against Bill Gates Author: Wendy Goldman Rohm Date Published: 9/1/98 Cover Price: $25.95 Order from Amazon.com and pay only $15.57 Or order from Amazon.co.uk for faster service to European addresses

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