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~Title: How to Use the Internet
Author: Mark Butler
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Press
ISBN: 1-56276-222-2
Price: $17.95
Pages: 144
Published: 1994
For more information: 800/688-0448
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~Title: In acht Sekunden um die Welt (In eight seconds around the world)
Language: German
Author: Gunther Maier/Andreas Wildberger
Publisher: Addison Wesley
ISBN: 3-89319-701-X
Price: DM 39.90 / oeS 311,00
Pages: 160
Published: released 1994 (Second edition)
For more information: wildberg@nestroy.wu.wien.ac.at
Thanks for the info: pcsaal15@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de (Lutz Lademann)
Notes: It's a quite comprehensive introduction to the Internet, its history
and the services available (Mail, News, Gopher, FTP, Telnet, WWW and more).
For more information about the book mail one of the authors:
wildberg@nestroy.wu.wien.ac.at (Andreas Wildberger.) Three chapters of this
book are available via WWW:
URL: http://rektorat.wu-wien.ac.at/stuff/netzbuch.html
~Title: Information Infrastructure Sourcebook, version 4
Author: Brian Kahin
Publisher: JFK School of Government/Harvard University
ISBN: none listed
Price: $85
Pages: 1700
Published: April 1994
For more information: keller@ksgrsch.harvard.edu
Notes: The fourth update of this compendium of official policy documents on
information infrastructure, including the Internet. Includes historical
policy documents, vision statements and position papers, program and
project descriptions, reports and pending legislation.
~Title: The Information Superhighway: Beyond the Internet
Author: Pete Otte
Publisher: Que
ISBN: 1-56529-825-X
Price: $19.99
Pages: 241
Published: 1994
For more information: ?
Notes: "Written for anyone curious about the network of the future, this
book is a conceptual overview of the future of computer communications."
~Title: Instant Internet Access
Author: Kris Jamsa
Publisher: ?
ISBN: ?
Price: $49.95
Pages: ?
Goodies: CD-ROM and 45-minute video
Published: 1994
For more information: ?
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~Title: Internet
Authors: Jean-Bernard Condat and Nicolas Pioch
Publisher: J.C.I., Inc, 2700, Joliette #201, Montreal, Canada H1W 3G9
ISBN: ?
Price: 195 FF ($29.95 CAN)
Language: French
Pages: 214
Published: Oct, 1994
For more information: condat@altern.com or Nicolas.Pioch@enst.fr
Notes: From the authors: "Written by two well known French Internet
pioneers, this book presents all the French use of Internet for company
chiefs, students, schools and gives some tips for a total and comprehensive
adaptation of Internet in France."
~Title: The Instant Internet Guide
Author: Brent Heslop & David Angell
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-62707-8
Price: $14.95
Pages: 209
Published: 3rd printing.
For more information: dangell@shell.portal.com
Thanks for the info: matisse@well.sf.ca.us (J Matisse Enzer)
Notes: Good quick intro to Internet and quick reference sections on using
e-mail, Usenet, gopher, telnet, file transfers, very basic UNIX etc. Nice
check-list of questions to ask when shopping for Internet access. Oriented
entirely towards a dial-up terminal user on a UNIX system.
~Title: Internet Access Essentials
Author: Tittel, Ed
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0-126-91393-5
Price: ?
Pages: ?
Published: 1995
For more information: 955 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
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