Advanced Assembler Language and MVS Interfaces for IBM Systems and Applications Programmers
Author: Carmine A. Cannatello Publisher: Wiley Computer Publishing ISBN: 0-471-36176-3
This is the standard reference work for assembler programmers. Early chapters include assembler basics such as register usage, building macros and programming style. Later chapters cover the advanced instruction set, such as privileged instructions.

CICS for the COBOL programmer
Author: Raul Menendez Publisher: Mike Murach and Associates ISBN: 1-890774-09-X
This is a complete reference for COBOL programmers who want to advance their CICS skills. It handles every aspect of CICS programming from coding and debugging to service transactions and introduces the concepts of CICS web design.

COBOL for OS/390: Power Programming
Author: David Shelby Kirk Publisher: MVS Training Inc ISBN: 1892559021
This book is for programmers who are upgrading to COBOL/390, IBM's latest version of COBOL, with its emphasis on open systems and object orientation. The new features are described clearly and thoroughly.

Debugging the Development Process
Author: Steve Maguire Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 0-7356-0597-1
This is required reading for any project manager or team lead. All-too-real life examples.

Dynamics of Software Development
Author: Jim McCarthy Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 0-7356-0597-1
Jim McCarthy was the project director for one of the more challenging software projects of recent years. He explains the various stages of development and the major players found in any talented technical group.

ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
Author: Scott McCartney Publisher: Walker & Co. ISBN: 0802713483
McCartney's meticulously researched narrative of Eckert and Mauchly's careers leaves no room for doubt: if anyone deserves to be remembered for inventing the computer, it's the two men whose tale he has told here so engagingly.

Exploring IBM Eserver Zseries and S/390 Computers
Author: Jim Hoskins and Jim Fletcher Publisher: Maximum Press ISBN: 1885068700
This book describes the evolution of S390 ans z/Series mainframes, and all their major subsystems. There are plenty of photographs and diagrams to explain the concepts presented. There is an accompanying update site.

The Holy Grail of Data Storage Management
Author: Jon Toigo Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0-13-013055-9
This guide offers detailed information of the current state of commercial storage, and where the research is headed. Toigo names vendors, products and technologies and discusses their suitability for various environments. The book has an online appendix with news updates.

In the Beginning...Was the Command Line
Author: Neal Stephenson Publisher: Avon Books ISBN: 0380815931
Neal Stephenson, the author of Cryptonomicon and Diamond Age, philosophizes over his love-hate relationship with computers from punch cards to BeOS. The entire book can be downloaded from www.cryptonomicon.com.

ISPF/REXX Development for Experienced Programmers
Author: Lou Marco Publisher: CBM Books ISBN: 1-878956-50-7
This book specializes in REXX for the TSO/E environment. The author works through two fairly complicated exec's to provide real-life examples of REXX programming.

Java for S/390 and AS/400 COBOL Programmers
Authors: Phil Coulthard and George Farr Publisher: IBM Press ISBN: 1-58347-011-5
This is a complete how-to book about running Java on the mainframe. It's useful even if you're not a COBOL programmer. The CD-rom includes a copy of Visual Age for Java.

Murach's Mainframe COBOL
Authors: Mike Murach, Anne Prince & Raul Menendez Publisher: Mike Murach and Associates ISBN: 1-890774-24-3
Murach's Mainframe COBOL is a truly complete COBOL manual. It doesn't assume any prior knowledge; it shows you how to test your code on your PC; and it explains features new to COBOL, like classes and objects.

MVS Systems Programming
Author: David Elder-Vass Publisher: McGraw-Hill
This excellent 1993 book on systems programming is now available in reprint. Follow the links for a complete online version on iUniverse.

The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
Author: Frederick P. Brooks Jr Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co ISBN: 0201835959
In 1975 Frederick Brooks that observed that adding people to an already late project increases the probability it will be late.

OS/390 and z/OS JCL
Authors: Raul Menendez & Doug Lowe Publisher: Mike Murach and Associates ISBN: 1-890774-14-6
This manual is a soup-to-nuts book on JCL and z/OS facilities such as ISPF, REXX and UNIX services. It functions as a how-to book for newbies and a reference guide for experienced programmers.

Peopleware
Authors: Tom DeMarco & Timothy Lister Publisher: Dorset House Publishing ISBN: 0-932633-05-6
Peopleware is the famous 1987 book that describes the 10-1 performance ratio of best-to-worst programmers. It details the idiotic things that companies did (and do) to destroy the productivity of their programmers.

Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules
Author: Steve McConnell Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 1556159005
Rapid Development is a study of the way different approaches to developing software affect project schedules. Another must-read for project managers.

Software Project Survival Guide
Author: Steve McConnell Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 0-7356-0597-1
This survival guide covers all the basics of software project management in the terms used by programmers. There are plenty of tables and bullet lists to help pick out the essentials. Steve McConnell has his own website.

System 90 JCL
Author: Gary DeWard Brown Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0471283096
This is the well-known blue book, the most-used JCL reference. It covers all the JCL keywords, including IF-THEN-ELSE, and related topics such as SMS, HFS and basic IBM utilities.

UNIX for the Mainframer
Author: David Horvath Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0-13-632837-7
This is a cookbook for OS/390 systems and applications programmers who need to accomplish tasks on a Unix box. Loads of practical examples.

Writing Solid Code
Author: Steve Maguire Publisher: Microsoft Press ISBN: 1-55615-551-4
All the examples in this excellent book are written in C. Since there are currently no C books in print for the S/390, this is our best recommendation for a C manual for mainframe programmers.

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Mike Murrach and Associates publish a long list of mainframe-related books, including ones on CICS, DB/2, TSO, VSAM, COBOL, JCL and assembler language.

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