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Charles Hertan
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Charles Hertan lives near Northampton, Massachusetts with his wife Rhonda and daughter Emma. His groundbreaking book Forcing Chess Moves, exploring the thought processes behind master tactics, won the prestigious 2008 Chess Café Book of the Year Award. He followed that up with three chess books for children, the acclaimed series Power Chess for Kids Vols. 1&2, which teach kids the basics of thinking ahead and winning the opponent's pieces; and Basic Chess Openings for Kids, which covers the important ideas behind starting the game right. His latest work is a beginner's book for kids, Start Playing Chess!...
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Matthias Felleisen
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Matthias Felleisen grew up in Germany and came to the United States at the age of 21.In 1987, he received his doctorate from Daniel P. Friedman, with whom he had also rewritten The Little Lisper, his first book. At this point, The Little Lisper has been in print for nearly 35 years, an incredible age in the fast-lived world of programming and programming languages. The book covers the fundamental topic of recursive programming in an entertaining dialog style. While the book summarizes the high level ideas as a collection of ten commandments, the reader must work through the material and formulate lessons on his or her own.Felleisen...
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