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At the beginning of the 1980s, computers were generally the size of cabinets, usually stood in data-processing centers and had to be fed by experts. While computers with 10 MB of storage were then considered the ultimate, any USB stick today offers one hundred times the capacity. Twenty-five years ago—in 1984—change arrived: the Mac revolutionized the computer world, commercial television conquered Germany’s media landscape, and much more. Addison-Wesley belongs to a generation that experienced its world transformed by the introduction of a new technology: the personal computer.
Addison-Wesley participated in the arrival of IT in everyday life and, in a sense, made hardware, software and related topics understandable to a generation. As a guarantor of valuable knowledge transfer, the publisher produces books meeting the highest standards under the motto “The Sign of Excellence.” “Anyone who cannot offer something special will ultimately have to disappear,” publishing director Axel Nehen summarized. “Specialist knowledge alone is not enough to make a technical book successful—just as a fashionable sweater does more than simply keep you warm. Assuming they are current and accurate, computer books must engage with the lives of the people for whom they are intended. In this respect, they are fundamentally no different from any other consumer product. Because the spectrum of technology enthusiasts is so broad, it is particularly helpful to differentiate the offering through different products—from books and video training to e-books on CD or DVD. Addison-Wesley is a publisher that does exactly that.”
Publishing History
Addison-Wesley has operated in Germany for 25 years. The publisher, whose emblem consists of “three red diamonds,” is one of the most experienced and respected computer-book publishers in the German-speaking market. Based first in Bonn and later in the IT hub of Munich, Addison-Wesley works closely with leading companies in the IT industry, including Adobe, IBM, Microsoft and Apple.
Since 1999, Addison-Wesley Germany has belonged to educational publisher Pearson Education and, as its German branch, embodies the parent company’s ambitious publishing policy. The most important works by American authors continue to appear in German, including those by innovators such as Bjarne Stroustrup, inventor of C++; James Gosling, who developed Java; Photoshop expert Scott Kelby; and many others.
A Quarter-Century Later
In addition to books, the publisher offers leading German-language video training on DVD in cooperation with Video2Brain. More recently, computer-based training courses on programming topics and e-books on CD and DVD have rounded out the range.
With around 120 new publications annually, Addison-Wesley accompanies all major developments in the highly dynamic IT industry. Whatever the subject, the publisher’s hallmark and programmatic commitment remains “THE SIGN OF EXCELLENCE.”
Many new Addison-Wesley titles will reach the market in the publisher’s 25th year, including a limited anniversary edition.
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Addison-Wesley Germany at 25: The Anniversary Edition with Five Bestsellers.
The year 2009 marks 25 successful years of publishing for Addison-Wesley Germany—reason enough to celebrate. Five IT classics and bestsellers from the Addison-Wesley program are being reissued as anniversary editions with magnetic bookmarks at a special price of €44 each.
The C++ Programming Language
By C++ inventor Bjarne Stroustrup: this standard work, also known as the C++ Bible, is based on the ANSI/ISO C++ standard and provides current, accessible information about the language, standard library and design techniques. The fourth edition of the bestseller includes two new appendices on locales and exception safety.
ISBN: 978-3-8273-2823-6, 1,104 pages, hardcover, magnetic bookmark, €44.00 [Germany]
Book link: http://www.awl.de/9783827328236.html
Creating Professional Websites
In this anniversary edition, bestselling author Stefan Münz examines the current state of the web, available technologies, the browser market and users’ expectations. Building on this foundation, he teaches the most widely used description and programming languages for websites through practical examples. The range extends from HTML, CSS and JavaScript/DOM to PHP/MySQL. Readers are also introduced to configuring a web server such as Apache and acquire important basic knowledge of Linux, the typical server operating system. A perfectly coordinated standard work for web designers, web programmers and webmasters.
EXTRA: Stefan Münz created a wiki for this bestseller at http://webseiten-professionell.wikidot.com/.
ISBN: 978-3-8273-2821-2, 1,232 pages, 1 DVD, color chart, hardcover, magnetic bookmark, €44.00 [Germany]
Book link: http://www.awl.de/9783827328212.html
Excel 2007 for Controllers
Excel makes “playing” with numbers simple and efficient. Professionals know this because they need comprehensive functions every day that immediately reveal what is possible. These “what if” scenarios are now available to you as well.
Using numerous tips and ready-made solutions, author Wolfram E. Mewes shows you everything Excel can do.
ISBN: 978-3-8273-2820-5, 736 pages, 1 DVD, hardcover, magnetic bookmark, €44.00 [Germany]
Book link: http://www.awl.de/9783827328205.html
Linux Administration Handbook
This anniversary edition of the Linux Administration Handbook makes a unique collection of best practices gathered over many years for Linux system administrators available at a particularly attractive price. Authors Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder and Trent Hein explain every relevant topic in detail, from the fundamentals of system and network administration to performance analysis and backup strategies. Their explicitly practical approach allows them to concentrate on the problems that truly matter.
ISBN: 978-3-8273-2822-9, 1,272 pages, hardcover, magnetic bookmark, €44.00 [Germany]
Book link: http://www.awl.de/9783827328229.html
Design Patterns
The classic work on design patterns and object-oriented software development in an anniversary edition. Authors Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, also known as the Gang of Four, formulate, name and describe 23 design patterns and explain their use. These patterns provide simple, concise solutions to frequently occurring programming tasks. They enable proven solution strategies to be reused and make it easier to communicate about one’s work.
ISBN: 978-3-8273-2824-3, 504 pages, hardcover, magnetic bookmark, €44.00 [Germany]
Book link: http://www.awl.de/9783827328243.html
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