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UPDATE: Everything except Operating Systems 2e (Deitel) has been claimed. I'll try to get everything shipped out in the next few days. Happy Holidays everyone!

- Sean

It's been a little while since one of these was posted. I'm giving away a handful of technical books. If you see some you like, just email me (in profile) and I'll send it to you, no charge.

Net Words (Usborne) -- Gone!

Ruby for Rails (Black) -- Gone!

Pragmatic Version Control with CVS -- Gone!

Web Design on a Shoestring (Bickner) -- Gone!

Design Patterns (GoF) -- Gone!

Operating Systems 3e (Stallings) -- Gone!

Pragmatic Ajax -- Gone!

Restful Web Services (O'Reilly) -- Gone!

Nerds A Brief History of the Internet -- Gone!

Cascading Style Sheets The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly) -- Gone!

Pragmatic Project Automation -- Gone!

Operating Systems 3e (Deitel) -- Gone!

Operating Systems 2e (Deitel)

Agile Web Development with Rails 1e -- Gone!

Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit -- Gone!

The Rails Way 1e (Fernandez) -- Gone!

Eric Meyer on CSS -- Gone!

Designing with Web Standards 1e (Zeldman) -- Gone!

Here are some pictures of what's available:

http://imgur.com/3FgKs.jpg

http://imgur.com/mrV6E.jpg

http://imgur.com/OFkw7.jpg

http://imgur.com/zBKQg.jpg

Comments

Looks like I can't edit any more. All the books have been claimed at this point. I hope you all enjoy them!

Damn, I was hoping for the last operating system book!

Thanks for your generosity anyway!

plug: there are still some free books available on http://hntrades.com/

Sorry I missed the books. There are some real gems in there.

I had no idea something like HNTrades existed. Shameless self-promotion... I just posted my iMac up for sale on there: http://hntrades.com/items/show/151

That's awesome! Exactly the kind of books I'm looking for. quickly sends a message

Getting a 404 here.

Gosh, why did I have dinner instead of checking this thread! :)

Just kidding. I think it is a great initiative. Kudos to you for offering such an amazing collection of books.

aww man... didnt see this....

just if by any chance any free book for html newbie learning?

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