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Don Jones has written dozens and dozens of books and ebooks on information technology topics, and is perhaps most well-known in that space for his "Month of Lunches" series, published by Manning. Don's recently branched out into topics like business management, instructional design, and self-improvement/motivational, along with launching books in science fiction and fantasy. Don lives in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, is a huge fan of Disney Parks, and loves Figment best of all. ...more

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	Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches by Don Jones (Goodreads Author), Jeffery Hicks 4.30 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 2011 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pubs & Pegasi: Tales from the Broken Claw - A Cozy Fantasy 4.45 avg rating — 375 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anvils & Avatars: A Cozy Fantasy (Tales from the Broken Claw Book 2) 4.49 avg rating — 221 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learn PowerShell Toolmaking in a Month of Lunches by Don Jones (Goodreads Author), Jeffery Hicks 4.43 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volumes & Villainesses: A Cozy Fantasy (Tales from the Broken Claw Book 3) 4.20 avg rating — 128 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	PowerShell in Depth: An Administrator's Guide by Don Jones (Goodreads Author), Richard Siddaway, Jeffrey Hicks 4.33 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shell of an Idea: The untold history of PowerShell 4.30 avg rating — 67 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teas & Tribulations: A Cozy Fantasy (Tales from the Broken Claw Book 4) 4.12 avg rating — 66 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daniel Scratch: a story of witchkind (author's preferred edition) (stories of witchkind Book 1) 4.02 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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