Titles starting with M from Vashon Island Books (Greenwood Warehouse)

Mayo Cornelius (M.C.) Higgins dreams of the day he and his family will be able to move away from the strip-mined mountains that surround their home. With the help of two mysterious strangers, M.C. begins to realize that he and his family need to do a lot more than just leave the mountains to become truly safe and happy. Winner of the 1975 Newbery Medal.

This chronicle of an ordinary middle-class family from the Depression to the Vietnam War--in which a beloved son is lost--is told from the points of view of a shifting collection of family members. When it was published in 1984, Phillips's novel was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

This tutorial and handbook gives beginners and intermediate programmers a solid foundation in the special techniques of Macintosh. Readers become familiar with memory management, QuickDraw, and more by using a sample C++ program. Chapters emphasize programming techniques over syntax for better code, regardless of language, and the disk includes an interactive tutorial, plus reusable C++ code.

This book shuns theoretical verbiage to present the philosophy of the leadership that founded and captained 'The Silent Empire' through its centuries of expansion and success.