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Assuming no prior knowledge of programming, this book teaches you the fundamentals of the C++ language. It is suitable for use as the beginning text in a college first semester C++ programming course either for Computer Science or for Engineering majors. It meets CS I requirements.

Continuing where the above book, C++ for Cs and Engr, ends, this book extends your knowledge of C++ into more advanced areas. It covers pointers, dynamic memory allocation, structures, C++ classes and various data structures including linked lists, stacks and queues. It meets CS II requirements.

Continuing where the above book, Beginning Data Strurctures in C++, ends, this book extends your knowledge of C++ into complete coverage of Object Oriented Programming and the advanced forms of data structures, program analysis and the Standard Template Library. It covers operator overloaded, inheritance, b-trees, AVL trees, graphs, and sets. It meets CS III requirements.

This book extends your knowledge of basic C++ or C programming into the object oriented programming arena. It covers all aspects of C++ class construction, operator overloaded functions, inheritance, error handling and much more. It totally grounds one in OOP programming. It is highly application oriented.

This book teaches you how to write Windows MFC C++ programs (Microsoft Foundation Classes). It begins with the C API (Application Programming Interface) message-driven style of programming. Then, the OOP MFC classes are presented enabling you to write GUI type programs (graphical user interface). You learn how to handle dialog boxes, bitmap image processing, tool bars, status bar operations, animation effects, fonts, colors and so on. The document-view architecture is presented along with how to use the AppWizard and Class Wizard. The book uses a gradient approach, starting out with very simple applications and progressively becoming more complex. When you have mastered this book, you are ready for a basic Windows programming career.

This book continues where the previous one stops, covering many intermediate and advanced topics. Printing is covered in depth with six very different situations. Enhanced metafiles, ODBC, writing ActiveX controls and DLLs, multithreading, and complex document view handling are some of the many topics, which also include using many of the more advanced controls, such as the list and tree controls and property pages. 

When programming computer games, many common situations arise which must be solved. This book covers many of the basic methods and algorithms fundamental to a wide variety of games. Emphasis is equally split between artificial intelligence algorithms and the physics of motion in 2D and 3D. It is illustrated with both C++ DOS Console programs and simple Windows applications.

When programming computer games, many games do not need a fancy graphics interface. These type of games are covered in depth. common situations arise which must be solved. This book covers many of the basic methods and algorithms fundamental to a wide variety of games.  It is illustrated with C++ DOS Console programs.

This text covers C# programming using Visual Studio .Net2008. Beginning with the basics of the C# language, the text covers the OOP aspects, including operator overloaded functions and inheritance with abstract base classes. Then, interfaces and events are discussed, which leads into Windows forms, that is, the making of Windows applications. Database accesses are covered. From there, the text explores making Web applications. Coverage of the system registry and dlls is included along with various methods of application installation, including the Microsoft Installer.

Jon Brown, a music student, inherits a leather bound book of paintings. He discovers that the book is a magical book of portals - a gateway to other worlds.

After visiting these worlds, he quickly becomes involved in a dual mystery involving the development of his own mental powers and a major war. Jon is aided by two new friends: Mandy Blackthorn, a beautiful ranger of the forests, and Alison d'Ambrose, a powerful magic user.

To save their own lives from demons, they must unravel the mystery of the war; they must find out who is behind it and why. But their troubles have just begun. Ultimately, they must face both the Arch-devil Dispater and the Goddess of War, Morrigan - an explosive combination with their souls at stake.

Celtic and Finnish mythology provides the back ground for the novel which is both a mystery and a love story.

In the second in the Trident series, Jon Brown, now a musician, discovers his fiancé Alison near death. She was attacked by a swarm of demonic bugs from the Abyss. With the help of their friends, they heal Alison and then attempt to track down from where the bugs came and who sent them. Their travels take them ultimately into the Abyss itself.

During the process, they find some of Alison's long lost brothers and a sister, rescue a town and an entire caravan of migrating people. Read this thrilling sequel.

Celtic and Finnish mythology provides the back ground for the novel which is both a mystery and a love story.

In the third in the Trident series, Jon Brown and his fiancé Alison go on a lengthy quest to find out the truth behind the destruction of her family's castle some twenty-one years ago. Following a clue of a brown dragon, they travel across country into the Canyon Lands and face a Marquis from the Abyss and are nearly slain. In the process they are aided by Glasya, a devil mage. Next, they encounter the Cult of the Black Scorpion before they encounter the long sought brown dragon.

The dragon guides them to the original person who led the attack on her family's castle. The Archmage Sarah le'Gard has a tall tower but has not been seen for five years. Exploring the tower leads them to the ultimate answer.

This is the first in a series of Elizabeth Stanton novels. Follow the adventures of an immortal spirit as she grows up in the world called Tarra. The Greenway, a land of rolling hills and forests. A group of druwids look after the well-being of the people who live here. Organized into Circles of Seven, these people have a profound love of Nature. Follow how the six year old Bethany grows up and becomes the leader of her Circle.

This novel follows her exploits until her body is killed, while she trying to reason with an insane king. Now once more free of a body, she is given a new task by the founder of the druwid movement, to find out all she can about the Great Messiah who has recently been born and reputedly is to save his people in Juda Arad from the Centurons.

This is the second novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. She befriends the young Great Messiah, Jes. From childhood these two are inseparable and eventually marry.

Jes has the goal to bring spiritual freedom to his people. Follow the exciting action as he attempts to bring such to his people in Juda Arad, a land that has been under the domination of the Centurions for a great many years. 

However, a new threat comes from the northern steppes, the Galt cavalrymen invade the countries of Tarra, wiping out the Centurion control over most all areas. Over a period of several years, these barbarian horsemen systematically loot all countries as they head for the greatest prize of all, Megalos itself.

With the apparent death and resurrection of the Great Messiah, the ten disciples split into several groups and found the religion of Jehosanity, each with their own twists on the original preaching of Jes.

This is the third novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. Stunned by her body's recent death, she acquires a new life only to find it is a male body and that a significant number of years have passed while she was comatose. Struggling with this change of circumstances, she must continue her quest, to find and rescue Alabaster.

Forming into a roving band of troubadours, they travel the length and breadth of Tarra, searching for the druwid leader. Wild adventures accompany their every move, including several encounters with the mysterious Grey Creatures.

With Alabaster rescued, the two devise a plan that may eliminate both the two strange species who have been controlling evolution on Tarra.

This is the fourth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. Ket (Elizabeth) and Caitlyn take up married life as King and Queen. However, their kingdom has suffered greatly from last years devastating war. It will take a massive rebuilding effort to secure their kingdom.

 

However, their towns are now minus nearly all younger men, two towns prime for the taking. Surely another king will attack them and soon, looking for the spoils of war.

 

Yazi and his Church of Jehosanity assumes even more control over Megalos and the Centurions. He takes the most feared assassin in all Megalos under his wing as his Security General. Worse, they learn that the Great Messiah's wife had children. Off go the assassins to eliminate all of Jes Amir's line.

 

Worse still, the Guardians, as a movement is dying. Ket must find a solution and fast.

This is the fifth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. For a time, she is running two bodies. Ket barely recovers while at sea in his funeral boat, while she begins a new life as a new born baby girl. Confusing? Yes, she gets very confused, but finally sorts it out. Ket dies not long after, while stealing the incriminating documents of Pope Yazi I.

Upheaval is the order of the day across all of Tarra, especially across the occupied Sea Prince Sectors. Within each sector, the people handle the suppression in different ways, each trying to throw off the yoke of the Holy Paladins from Megalos.

The Pope and the Mano del Dio clamp down even harder, becoming utterly ruthless towards the women within these sectors.

The Santi del Dio must now cope with the messes being forced onto the Sea Prince population. Many people make their thrusts for power and control.

The centuries old abberations being inflicted upon women come to the forefront in this chilling tale of power and resolve. Yet, ever the Santi stand alone against those who would enslave.

This is the sixth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. With the invention of the fast caravel, she embarks on an exploration of the entire world, becoming the first to sail around the world.

They encounter many new civilizations that were totally unknown to the known world. However, always in mind is their mission to track down any surviving Grey Creatures or mantis monsters, who have been inflicting pain and abberations upon the people of Tarra.

Shocking is an understatement for what they find in many of these new lands. The many surviving mantis creatures are still active, brutalizing women. One by one, the explorers rescue numerous people who are in dire need, taking them to the safety of the Santi fortresses and the rehabilitation facilities of the Laird Foundation.

As they nearly finish their voyages of discovery, they again run into more of the mantis creatures. This time, Elizabeth herself becomes a victim of their brutality. Yet, she recovers and continues her fight against these despicable aliens. However, few actually suspect the magnitude of the abberations that these creatures have imbedded within the subconscious minds of the inhabitants of Tarra.

This is the seventh novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. At long last, she discovers the underlying truths behind what has been happening on Tarra over the centuries. It is shocking beyond belief.

The revelations come after she is abducted by the aliens, not once, but twice. A Grey Creature has returned to Tarra and his first action is to abduct and imprison those people who are trying to help the people out of their dark ages. Hence, the key inventors and spiritual healers are abducted and maimed and imprisoned in the desert, where they cannot escape nor can they be rescued.

Yet, the impossible happens. With help from her husband and her own skills, she gets everyone rescued.

However, not long after that, she and her children are again abducted, this time imprisoned at an alien base underneath the North Pole. Here, she finds others who have been abducted for an even longer time.

Once more, they are all rescued. This novel finally solidifies the methods and the how behind the major abberation implanted into the people of Tarra. By the time that you have read all seven novels, you will have an insight into abberation and how it is propagated between generations. At last, the large picture emerges.

This is the eighth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. Although all is finally calm in the Sea Princes, it is not elsewhere. Ancient prophesies come to the forefront, causing her to take preventative measures.

She picks up her new baby body down in one of the newly discovered lands. Not just any baby, the one of which the prophesies claim will become the Empress of Demokritos, the country deigned to soon conquer the entire world, subjugating it to the Emperor's will. This, she cannot allow to happen, it would mean the destruction of everything, including the freeing of all spiritual beings.

She does become the foretold Empress. Now she must work behind the scenes to prevent the Emperor from attacking her own family from last lifetime, who live in the Zargarb sector of the Sea Princes.

Follow the intricate means by which, though nearly helpless, she manages to salvage the Emperor from his folly and save all of Tarra from being destroyed in massive wars.

This is the ninth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. 

Picture a perfect society, a whole country without any crime, where anyone can walk down any street at any time without even a threat of a pick pocket. Picture a country where all children are fully educated until they are fourteen. Picture a country where there is no divorce, couples are happily married for life. Picture a country where all live in harmony and no one goes hungry. Picture a people who are very religious and always attend church. Ah, the perfect society of millions.

Yes, the perfect society was created centuries ago by the alien Mantis Creatures. Now Bethany must discover if the Mantis are still there and if so eliminate them. If they are not there, she is charged with finding a way to help these millions overcome their horrible situation.

This is the tenth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. 

A third alien race has been discovered in the heavily populated country of Tashien. Now these aliens have left and the overall suppression of the men and women of Tashien is ended. Unfortunately, the alien's suppression has driven the average person there down to emotions close to death itself. Now free of this suppression, many begin to rise into the anger and hatred zone. The entire country is thrown into utter chaos, as overlords fight each other for control, once the leaders, the Empress and Emperor, are assassinated.

Their chaos now has spread to many other lands and countries. Bethany now must travel there to deal with the mess and attempt to bring some order to Tashien.

This is the eleventh novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. 

After a period of peace combined with more inventions, the Church of Jehosanity launches another attempt to conquer its archenemy, Velona. Instigating a new approach to control countries that it dominates, the church creates the Confessore del Dio, who go into action striking hard at opponents of the church.

With the support and backing of the Church, the Greenway kingdoms launch an offensive to conquer the remaining free countries of the Sea Princes. This yields the Second Crusade for Religious Freedom across Tarra.

This is the twelfth novel in the Elizabeth Stanton series. 

The mantis aliens return to Tarra to genetically modify the human bodies whose spiritual beings are slowly becoming freed from their fleshly bodies and thus escaping their prison. Additionally, both the Grey Creatures and the Plasticine Dolls return, dumping more of their undesirables onto Tarra.

The mantis capture Bethany and follow her advice in the creation of the genetic modifications. The mantis release the plague upon Tarra, but Bethany manages to stop it before it can completely infect the entire planet. The results of the plague are devastating and she devises a clever scheme to undo its awful effects.

This is the first novel in the Lindsey Barron series. Set in our future, now twelve years old, Lindsey discovers that she has been given a full scholarship to Bradbury's School of Magic, somewhere near Telluride, Colorado. Her father, though she did not know it, was a famous wizard, primarily responsible for capturing the incredibly evil wizard known as Dominus Malefic, some fifteen years ago. He, however, died in an accident when she was only five.

Living in a tiny town called Plano, she and her rancher mother, Lena, squeaked out a bare existence. Now, she discovered that the strange things she has been doing for years is actually magical spells. So off to school she goes.

A hundred years ago, wizards and witches finally came out, openly working their spells, accepted by those who have no such skills. Until Dominus came along, all was peaceful. Around the country, magic schools were established, where the students go to learn both their traditional subjects and also magic.

When they graduate, they have a high school diploma as well as mastery of much magic. At the school, the big extra activities are track and soccer. Lindsey joins both teams.

The head of the school, Governor Alister Broadwell, has hidden an ancient magical relic on the school grounds, because the imprisoned wizard, Dominus, has escaped and he also freed his henchmen, called Death Stalkers. Dominus greatly desires this ancient rod, for with it, he can control and dominate the entire world.

As Lindsey makes many new friends, she also gets captured by Dominus. Disguised as Lindsey, Dominus steals the rod. Now Lindsey must get free and also retrieve the rod.

This is the second novel in the Lindsey Barron series. Now in her second year at Bradbury's School of Magic, Lindsey becomes involved in a sinister plot. Someone is conducting a lengthy series of attacks upon the students and the school. From blowing up the stadium stands, to attacking her school bus, someone is trying to harm them.

Yet, as the plot unfolds, her friend, Pam, discovers that it is really an attempt by Dominus to have Governor Alister disgraced and forced to relinquish his position as the leader of the school.

During the school year, Lindsey becomes more and more a Dispeller, like her father was, one who can cancel an attacking wizard's spells, saving her friends from harm. Pam becomes a Sleuth, one who can solve mysteries others cannot. Amanda becomes a Tracker, one who can see the faint magical energy lines left by spell casting.

It takes the combined skills of everyone, especially Pam, to stop the Mad Bomber and keep Alister from being fired.

This is the third novel in the Lindsey Barron series. Now in her third year at Bradbury's School of Magic, a strange hurricane becomes stalled over south Texas for months, wreaking havoc. Mountains of snow plague Colorado, but massive flooding forces massive evacuations in Texas.

Lindsey now faces Dominus once more, as his men capture her and her friends. Somehow she must get free.

Later, Dominus captures Governor Alister, threatening to drown him. Lindsey's new adopted sister, Ashley Stokes proves her mettle as a Diviner, discovering that he has captures Alister and roughly where he is being held. Amanda tracks them to their location and the professors and students rescue him.

This is the fourth novel in the Lindsey Barron series. This year, Bradbury's is hosting foreign exchange students from the Utrecht School of Magic, the Netherlands. One of the students is like Ashley and Lindsey works with both Ashley and Jeannette to regenerate their arms, giving them back their quality of life.

Dominus continues his  bid for the President of the United States. He begins handing out valuable golden rings to his ardent supporters, well over a million of them.

During their day trip in Telluride, Pam leads them to a house which is actually a secret place where Dominus is keeping his tortured, female toys, as he calls them. Finding these young women so badly mistreated, Lindsey rescues them and sees that they are fully healed.

Dominus loses his bid for president, but secretly activates the millions of rings he has given out. These rings embed themselves into the wearer's fingers and cannot be removed. Via the rings, Dominus can now force the wearer to do what he chooses. One of the rings is now worn by the newly elected President, Missy Snow. Her first action is to grant Dominus and his Death Stalkers a full pardon for all past crimes, making Dominus now a model citizen! 

This is the fifth novel in the Lindsey Barron series. Now that Dominus has gotten the President under his control, he sets off on gaining control of the country, via the National Health Care Program of the President. Who could be against the idea of such a program?

Under the program, pills are dispensed which does indeed create totally healthy individuals with no criminal tendencies. Others call these people automatons or zombies.

This is the sixth novel in the Lindsey Barron series. The National Health Care program threatens Civil War between the President and the Western States. As Dominus spreads his control over more states, others begin fighting back.

Civil War nearly breaks out before Lindsey and crew can finally take action. They discover the truth behind Dominus Malefic and set about finding someway to stop him. Perhaps the top power magic spells will give them a way.

This is the first novel in the Zoran series. 

Someone is out to assassinate young eighteen year old Zoran. After the third attempt, he flees his father's Castle Dorumova. Hiding his surname, Zoran becomes an apprentice to the Archmage Oldrich. His father, Baron Kazimir, is the evil Baron, a despot intent on conquering all of the planet called Adapazan.

On another planet where dragons make their home, starvation has become a serious problem, due to over population. Thus, dragons are seeking a new home, a new planet where there is an abundance of food.

Do dragons and humans mix? Follow the exploits and adventures of Zoran and the dragons.

At one time, there were great wizards capable of tremendous cause and effects. Now, there are none. The great wizards, the Mizzinti, have disappeared in the abyss of time. What remains in the land of Isel are isolated civilizations of men, dwarves, and elves. The threat of doom has come upon them all. Under the control of an evil wizard, goblins and wild men have begun to pillage, plunder, conquer, and enslave the people of the land.

Into these perilous times, eleven unlikely companions attempt to save their people from destruction. As they explore the lands, face new adventures, experience successes and failures, they gain an understanding of themselves and regain abilities attributed to the great wizards of the past. You are invited to explore the methods that the eleven use to obtain abilities far beyond their imagination.

This lab manual covers Assembler Language Programming on IBM mainframe computers from the basic first steps all the way through the beginnings of System Programming. Beginning with a simple programming shell, the manual step-by-step, covers all of the basic instructions on a gradient scale of difficulty. The middle chapters cover the more advanced instructions. The later chapters cover the more difficult instructions and systems programming features, such as Channel Programming, Blocking/Deblocking, Data Compression and Reentrant Subroutines.

This manual is designed for a college level introductory and intermediate Assembler for IBM mainframes course.

It is also very useful for self-study on the more advanced features of the language, such as Systems Programming.