Michael's X'Mas List

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Windows 98 Programming from the Ground Up
Cost: $6.24
Location: Amazon.com

This is an old book on Windows programming I rented at the library. It's price is nearly nothing, but I've looked through the book and I know it's much more useful than the prices lets on to.

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Programming Role Playing Games with DirectX
Cost: $59.99
Location: Amazon.com

Yay! A book on how to program games in 3D! I need a good book on Direct3D, and the people online said this was the best one.

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Revolutionary Guide to Assembly Language
Cost: 44.95
Location: Amazon.com

Book on assembly language programming. Don't ask me why I want to learn assembly. If you don't know what assembly is.... well.... I'll explain it later =-)

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Network Programming for Microsoft Windows, Second Edition
Cost: $41.99
Location: Amazon.com

I really really need a book to learn how to create networked programs, so I can let people play my games multiplayer online. Good books on this subject is hard to find, but someone online pointed me to this book.

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Voices of a Distant Star (Hoshi no Koe) DVD
Cost: 44.95
Location: Amazon.com

Space-drama anime... Please buy me =-)

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Crest of the Stars Vol. 3 & 4 (Seikai no Monshou) DVD
Cost: $41.99
Location:
Volume 3 Amazon.com
Volume 4 Amazon.com

Space-drama anime... more of it..... Please buy me =-)

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M$ Windows XP Professional Edition (*not* the upgrade)
Cost: $299.99
Location: Bestbuy.com

I know I'm not gonna get it. Think of it as the "pony" on my Xmas list =-) But I really need an Operating System for my computers for when I explode them and need to reformat and reinstall everything.

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