When I first read this title, I had my doubts. Could a book that purported only to cover the "good parts" of a language really do justice to the language? Or would it be like telling your kids only about the "good parts" of sex, not mentioning the risks and responsibilities that go along with sharing intimacy? After reading the book, I'm impressed with the book and its approach. The book is good enough and substantive enough in its 150+ pages to get someone new to PHP both excited about the language and coding some useful PHP applications in short order.

If you think you have a good handle on how big a problem hacking has become for the world at large, think again. Inside Cyber Warfare is going to change your view completely. If you think it's just bored teenagers and introverted misfits that are attacking systems, you're dangerously out of touch. It's organized crime and the political underground. It's hackers hired or condoned by corrupt bureaucracies. And they're out to steal money and industrial secrets, fight battles over public opinion, destroy the effectiveness of enemy groups and break critical infrastructure.

Unlocking the Clubhouse leaves Cameron cold.

If you find yourself getting calls from all your neighbors just because you're a systems geek and can pull a network together in your sleep, here's a great source of fundamental network know how that you might recommend.

If you're a Unix systems administrator who every now and then has to tend to Cisco routers and switches, here's a book that's going to relieve your stress level. Cisco Routers for the Desperate is just that -- nearly everything you need to know when you don't have time to read the tomes of Cisco documentation.