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• GNU Octave Manual Version 3 by John W. Eaton et al. (ISBN 0-9546120-6-X) $39.95 (£24.95) This manual is the definitive guide to GNU Octave, an interactive environment for numerical computation with matrices and vectors. This edition covers version 3 of GNU Octave. For each copy sold $1 is donated to the GNU Octave Development Fund.

• GNU Bash Reference Manual by Chet Ramey and Brian Fox (ISBN 0-9541617-7-7) $29.95 (£19.95) This manual is the definitive reference for GNU Bash, the standard GNU command-line interpreter. GNU Bash is a complete implementation of the posix.2 Bourne shell specification, with additional features from the C-shell and Korn shell. For each copy of this manual sold, $1 is donated to the Free Software Foundation.

• Version Management with CVS by Per Cederqvist et al. (ISBN 0-9541617-1-8) $29.95 (£19.95) This manual describes how to use CVS, the concurrent versioning system--one of the most widely-used source-code management systems available today. The manual provides tutorial examples for new users of CVS, as well as the definitive reference documentation for every CVS command and configuration option.

• Comparing and Merging Files with GNU diff and patch by David MacKenzie, Paul Eggert, and Richard Stallman (ISBN 0-9541617-5-0) $19.95 (£12.95) This manual describes how to compare and merge files using GNU diff and patch. It includes an extensive tutorial that guides the reader through all the options of the diff and patch commands. For each copy of this manual sold, $1 is donated to the Free Software Foundation.

• An Introduction to GCC by Brian J. Gough, foreword by Richard M. Stallman. (ISBN 0-9541617-9-3) $19.95 (£12.95) This manual provides a tutorial introduction to the GNU C and C++ compilers, gcc and g++. Many books teach the C and C++ languages, but this book explains how to use the compiler itself. Based on years of observation of questions posted on mailing lists, it guides the reader straight to the important options of GCC.

• Valgrind 3.3 by J. Seward, N. Nethercote, J. Weidendorfer et al. (ISBN 0-9546120-5-1) $19.95 (£12.95) This manual describes how to use Valgrind, an award-winning suite of tools for debugging and profiling GNU/Linux programs. Valgrind detects memory and threading bugs automatically, avoiding hours of frustrating bug-hunting and making programs more stable. For each copy of this manual sold, $1 is donated to the Valgrind developers.

• An Introduction to Python by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr. (ISBN 0-9541617-6-9) $19.95 (£12.95) This tutorial provides an introduction to Python, an easy to learn object oriented programming language. For each copy of this manual sold, $1 is donated to the Python Software Foundation.

• Python Language Reference Manual by Guido van Rossum and Fred L. Drake, Jr. (ISBN 0-9541617-8-5) $19.95 (£12.95) This manual is the official reference for the Python language itself. It describes the syntax of Python and its built-in datatypes in depth, This manual is suitable for readers who need to be familiar with the details and rules of the Python language and its object system. For each copy of this manual sold, $1 is donated to the Python Software Foundation.

• An Introduction to R by W.N. Venables, D.M. Smith and the R Development Core Team (ISBN 0-9541617-4-2) $19.95 (£12.95) This tutorial manual provides a comprehensive introduction to GNU R, a free software package for statistical computing and graphics.

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