Microsoft Windows XP: Brief Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) [Paperback]

Gary B. Shelly (Author), Thomas J. Cashman (Author), Steven G. Forsythe (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 078956419X | ISBN-13: 978-0789564191 | Edition: 2

Part of the highly successful Shelly Cashman Series, this text offers a clear step-by-step, screen-by-screen approach to learning Microsoft Windows XP. Two projects provide coverage of Microsoft Windows XP fundamentals.

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Gary Shelly Gary Shelly, together with co-author Tom Cashman, wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. Since then, more than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman textbooks have been sold. In recent years, Gary, Tom, and a talented group of contributing authors have produced leading textbooks on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software. Thomas J. Cashman Thomas J. Cashman received his education at California State University, Los Angeles. In 1960, he established one of the first business data processing programs in the United States at Long Beach City College in California, where he taught and served as department head from 1960 to 1966. In 1969, he began collaborating with Gary Shelly. Since that time, Cashman, Shelly, and a talented group of contributing authors have produced more than 186 leading textbooks on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software. He has also taught summer institutes for teachers at the University of Central Oklahoma, Memphis State University, and Purdue University. The Shelly Cashman Series Thirty-five years ago, computer educator Tom Cashman collaborated with Gary Shelly, one of his programming students, on their first book: IBM System/360 Assembler Language, published by Anaheim Publishing Company. With the success of this book, they formed a writing partnership that has endured to this day. Shelly and Cashman soon became the best-selling authors in computer and computer programming education. In 1980, they published the first ever full-color Introduction to Computers text. Not only did they sell 1.8 million copies of this edition, they changed the face of the Introductory computer course forever. Today, the Shelly Cashman Series books, published by Course Technology, are used by thousands of educators and millions of students, all around the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Course Technology; 2 edition (April 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078956419X
• ISBN-13: 978-0789564191
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,128,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Gary B. Shelly wrote and published his first computer education textbook in 1969. To date, more than twenty million copies of Shelly Cashman Series' textbooks have been sold. Gary and a talented group of contributing authors have produced books on computer programming, computer concepts, and application software, that are the leading textbooks in the computer technology market today. For the past 34 years, Gary has hosted the annual Shelly Cashman Institute, a week-long training event focusing on the latest topics in technology.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Who should buy this book?, February 27, 2009

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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP: Brief Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) (Paperback)

I had Vista removed from my HP computer in favor of XP as an easier step up from Windows 98. Then, just because I had never navigated XP, "thought" "Windows XP" would a different approach with pictures and text. And the used version was advertised as "like new." The cost was low, too. But the book arrived late, sent first class mail by someone with a conscience, but was not as advertised by seller. Cover was bent--the quizzes were partially filled in by a student. Bad advertising! Plus the book seemed to me to lack text explaining the "pretty pictures," and I certainly didn't need a full page photograph of Bill Gates.
Wish I had saved my husband's money. Constance Kritzberg

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Condition Textbook, September 4, 2008

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This review is from: Microsoft Windows XP: Brief Concepts and Techniques (Shelly Cashman) (Paperback)

The entire book is in great condition. No real highlighting or marks and there are no tears or rips in the book.