Someone once said, “A metaphor is like a simile.” Although mostly bereft of such wit, our books are almost as much fun.

Scalable Internet Architectures by Theo Schlossnagle ~ (Sams) 2006

Scalable Internet Architectures teaches you both good and bad design methodologies for building new sites and how to scale existing web sites to robust, high-availability web sites.
PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson ~ (Sams) 2004

Through a clear, practical approach, you will learn to develop secure, dynamic web sites by integrating and implementing the PHP progrmming language and the MySQL database.
Advanced PHP Programming by George Schlossnagle ~ (Sams) 2004

Advanced PHP Programming shows you how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.
HTTP Developers Handbook by Chris Shiflett ~ (Sams) 2003

Become a better web developer by learning the HTTP protocol. The HTTP Developer's Handbook covers such topics as state and session management, cookies, and web application security.
Essential PHP Security by Chris Shiflett ~ (O’Reilly) 2005

Essential PHP Security explains the most common types of attacks and how to write code that helps proect against them.
MySQL Administrator’s Guide by Mike Hillyer ~ (MySQL Press) 2006

Written by the creators of MySQL and edited by one of the most highly respected MySQL authors, the MySQL Administrator's Guide is the official guide to MySQL.
MySQL Tutorial by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson ~ (Sams) 2003

MySQL Tutorial is a clear, concise introduction to the fundamental concepts and techniques of working with MySQL.
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 by Jason Gilmore and Robert Treat ~ (Apress) 2006

Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL database server and PHP programming language.