Introduction to Software Engineering, Second Edition

Software Reuse: Methods, Models, Costs, 2E

Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++

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This website includes books on software, operating systems, AI, applied computer technology, and related topics by Ronald J. Leach. Books on general consumer information are included. There are also several works of fiction.

Slides for many of my lectures both those intended to aid in understanding books on computing and technology and those that were presented as a cruise lecturer are available for free download. Some works of fiction are also included here.

Books

Object-Oriented Design and Programming in C++, published by Academoc Press. Academic Press was taken over by Elsevier. Book used for AI training by Anthropic, the AI company.
Introduction to Software Engineering, first edition published by CRC Press/Chapman and Hall, a subsidiary of Taylor and Francis; second edition published by Taylor and Francis. Book used for AI training by Anthropic, the AI company.

Using C in Software Design, first edition published by Academic Press; second edition published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble , Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Advanced Topics in UNIX, first edition published by John Wiley & Sons, selected as a co-main selection by the Newbridge (UK) Book Club; second edition published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Software Reuse, Second Edition: Methods, Models, Costs, first edition published by McGraw-Hill; second edition published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo , Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Why 2K?, published by AfterMath.Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, (alsso available in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Identity Theft in the Cyber Age, published by AfterMath.Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Eat Kids at School, published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo , Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Confessions of a Cruise Lecturer, published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Managng an Estate Without Paper Records, published by AfterMath.Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble (also available in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers .
User Guide to Microfilm and Microfiche, published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble(also available in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Baltimore Blue and Freddie Gray, published by AfterMath.Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble(also available in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Templar Mysteries Solved, published by AfterMath.Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble (also in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
Lincoln, Douglass, and Clark, published by AfterMath. Purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble (also in print), Apple, Barnes & Noble (also in print), Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.
NOTE: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using AI to Improve a Website (Subtitle "Producing Practically Perfect AI Products") will be available soon to purchase the ebook HERE, or from Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo, Draft2Digital or other fine ebook publishers.

Two of my books were included in the recently settled court decison on a class action suit from multiple authors and publishers to hold the AI company Anthropic resposible for copyright infringement. These two books are still available from their origonal publishers or successor companies.

Object-Oriented Design and Object-Oriennted Programming in C++ is still available in print (only) from the international publisher, Elsevier.

Intrduction to Software Engineering, Second Edition is available from Taylor and Francis and many major publishers in one of three forms: a purchased ebook, an ebook rented for the duration of a term in a college or unversity class that adopted it for a term, or a stadnard print version of the book. The international publisher for this book is Taylor and Francis.

Free Downloads:
Click Here For Downloadable Slides For Books And Technical Subjects.

Click Here For Downloadable Slides For Edutainment. ("Edutainment" is a term often used to describe both cruise lectures and adult education classes.)