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Big Beat Heat: Alan Freed and the Early Years of Rock and Rock
Published in Paperback by Schirmer Books (2000)
Authors: Jackson. John A. and John A. Jackson
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Beat the Heat a Radical Survival Handbook
Beat the Heat, a Radical Survival Handbook is a relic from days gone by. The book is intended as a guide to those involved in the revolutionary struggle against repression that was said to have begun in the late sixties. Content in the four standard sections of any revolutionary guide book, People's Law, Community Organization Guide, First Aid for Activists and Firearms and Self-Defense is detailed and full of common sense.
Beat the Heat will guide you step by step through such experiences as being busted by the pigs for drugs, how to print your own demonstration leaflets, how to avoid the diseases of communal living, first aid for confrontation situations, firearm selection and tactical defensive firearm use. Overall, the book is detailed, and is a basic common sense approach to avoiding trouble while doing illegal things. What it lacks in originality, it certainly compensates for in volume.

The DEFINITIVE Alan Freed bio
Legends take on a life on their own, and that is as true with Alan Freed as with anyone in the early rock years. Much of the mis-information, hype, lies and distortions have surfaced from his ardent fans and his vitriolic enemies, and some of the mis-information (i.e. hype) came from Freed himself.
But, then, he WAS a showman, after all. This book cuts through much of the haze, hype and harangues and gets to the real Freed. Interviewing many family members and close friends, this is a thoroughly interesting and readable story, even for those who THINK they know what the story is.
From the early days in Ohio on to the "heyday" at WINS and then, all too quickly to the debacle in Boston, which caused all the "rats" within the industry to bail out on Freed, this is a story all true music fans should read.

But, regardless of the money and favors that changed hands during the birth of rock and roll, it seems likely that Freed never played anything that he didn't have faith in musically. Much as Lenny Bruce became the "fall guy" for un-censored social commentary, Freed paid the price for a new kind of music, and also paid the price because that music was a key factor in bring ing the races together.
When Alan's death came just a few scant years after his fame was ripped from him by the rock-n-roll foes, it was undoubtedly his heavy drinking and a weakened liver that was the actual cause of death. Emotionally, a broken man at the young age of 43, Alan Freed was actually far more influential than he could have ever imagined himself. In those incendiary moments at the live shows that he so artfully orchestrated, and in the telephone book-pounding and sing-along fervor of his radio shows,it is doubtful that even he could have known how far his ground-breaking work would influence and change the world of music in the ensuing decades.


A Glossary of Computing Terms
Published in Paperback by Addison-Wesley Pub Co (1996)
Authors: British Computer Society Schools Committee Glossary Working Party, Arnold Burdett, Diana Burkhardt, Alan Hunter, Frank Hurvid, Brian Jackson, John Jaworski, Tim Reeve, Graham Rogers, and John Southall
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"Computer definitions that get you marks"
This, folks, is the reference book for my A Level Students.

A Level is the main exam route taking in the UK for entry into Universities.

The continual rapid development of computer technology means it is a nightmare trying to keep up with terminology and acronymns. This glossary has the defintions the examiners will accept. Very useful when different text books all have their own definitons.

The 4star rating rather than 5 is a reflection of the date of issue of this glossary. There must be another one on its way soon, we sure need it.


Java By Example
Published in Textbook Binding by Prentice Hall (31 December, 1996)
Authors: Jerry R. Jackson and Alan L. McClellan
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Not for newbies to Object Oriented Programming.
An utter waste of money. I was thinking the creaters of Java would make the best authors of an introduction to Java. I was mistaken. Cool cover art, though

Disappointing
This book was purchased because it was the required book for a second year computer science Java course. The book fails to cover even the simplest aspects of Java. Almost all my classmates purchased another book after discovering that this book did not fulfill their needs

Finally a book with DECENT examples
Finally, a book with DECENT examples. While it isn't a book that will teach you everything there is to know about the theory of object orientated programming, it is THE book to learn how to write practical Java applications and applets.


Java 1.2 By Example (3rd Edition)
Published in Paperback by Prentice Hall PTR (08 December, 1998)
Authors: Jerry R. Jackson and Alan L. McClellan
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And I thought I knew Java
The amount of mistakes and confusing abstraction combined with a awful writing style make this one of the worst computing books I've read. I actually only read it half-way though because it was making me naucious.

no comment
I have just bought this book and hope it will be good by then.

Excellent book for the practitioner
I was working on a project, and used this book for understanding how different parts of the Java API work. Found it very helpful. I used the chapters on Collections classes, Reflection, Arrays, Memory and Constructors, and Interfaces as Types quite extensively.

It's not a complete book in and of itself. You will still need a Java Language reference book. This book is more of a tutorial. It's great for self-learning.


2002 Documents Supplement to Legal Problems of International Economic Relations (American Casebook Series and Other Coursebooks)
Published in Paperback by West Wadsworth (2002)
Authors: John H. Jackson, William J. Davey, and Alan O., Jr Sykes
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Alan Jackson / The Best of Alan Jackson for Guitar
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Warner Brothers Publications (01 May, 1994)
Authors: Yoichi Arakawa and Alan Jackson
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Alan Jackson 2001 Calendar: Lookin' Back
Published in Calendar by Andrews McMeel Pub (Cal) (1900)
Author: Signatures Network
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Alan Jackson 2002 Wall Calendar
Published in Calendar by Andrews McMeel Publishing (15 July, 2001)
Authors: Signatures Network and Signatures Network
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Alan Jackson 2003 Wall
Published in Paperback by Simon & Schuster (2002)
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Alan Jackson 2004 Wall Calendar
Published in Paperback by Simon & Schuster (2003)
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