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Dave Taylor

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Dave Taylor has been involved with the online world since it was the ARPAnet and is recognized globally as an expert on technical and business topics. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startups, written more than twenty business and technical books and has an MBA and MS Ed.

He runs the popular YouTube consumer electronics review channel AskDaveTaylor, is a columnist for the Boulder Daily Camera and appears in other publications both online and in print. Dave teaches undergrad and graduate courses on marketing, public speaking, film, and media & society at the University of Denver, where he's also a recognized Leader in Teaching Excellence.

Based in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, Dave is an award-winni ...more

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	Wicked Cool Shell Scripts 3.69 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Learning Unix for OS X: Going Deep With the Terminal and Shell 3.74 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2012 — 14 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
	Sams Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours 3.42 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1991 — 18 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
	Learning Unix for Mac OS X by Dave Taylor (Goodreads Author), Brian Jepson, Grace Todino 3.44 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2005 — 10 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
	Creating Cool Web Sites with HTML, XHTML, and CSS 3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 5 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
	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Growing Your Business With Google 3.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	Sams Teach Yourself Unix System Administration in 24 Hours (Sams Teach Yourself in 24 Hours) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Creating Cool HTML 4 Web Pages really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1998 — 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
	Teach Yourself Unix in a Week liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994	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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The Last Kings of Hollywood: Coppola, Lucas, Spielberg―and the Battle for the Soul of American Cinema

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Starting in the late 1940s, people across the United States began reporting sightings of unidentified flying objects. Most of these reports described mysterious lights high in the sky, moving in inexplicable ways or seemingly defying gravity and conv ...more
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Historian Laurence Bergreen reconsiders the famous Venetian Marco Polo’s travels in "Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu". Starting in 1271, we follow 17-year-old Marco, his father, and his uncle as they leave the bustling merchant nexus of Venice to e ...more
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In popular video games like Helldivers, Starcraft, Halo, and Warhammer 40K, groups of players band together to destroy enemy bases in far-flung universes. But what if you were on the receiving end of that barrage of violence? That’s exactly what Oliv ...more
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[[bing bong]] Welcome to MJN Air. Please buckle up. If you can find a seatbelt that works. Cabin Pressure follows the adventures of Carolyn, the owner, Martin, the angst-ridden but endlessly self-important pilot, Douglas, the extremely sarcastic first ...more
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