The Book Review Column s by William Gasarc h Department of Computer Scienc e University of Maryland at College Park College Park, MD, 20742 email: gasarchOcs . umd . ed u Welcome to the Book Reviews Column . We hope to bring you at least two reviews of books ever y month . In this column four books are reviewed . 1. Gems of Theoretical Computer Science by Uwe Schonig and Randall Pruim . Reviewed by : Danny Krizanc . This book is a collection of articles that showcase theorem(s) that th e authors think are particularly interesting . 2. Network Design : Connectivity and Facilities Location, DIMACS Workshop edited by Pardalos and Du . Reviewed by by Boris Goldengorin . This is a collection of articles on Network Design that were presented at a DIMACS workshop . The intent is to give an up-to date view of the field . 3. The Optimal Implementation of Functional Programming Languages by Andre a Asperti and Stefano Guerrini . Reviewed by Christopher League . This is about issues that arise (and how to resolve them) when trying to implement a functional programming language . 4. Indiscrete Thoughts by Gina-Carlo Rota.
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