programming beginning in the mid-1970s that was edited by Richard W. Conway. Other titles include Dennis Nolan's Big Pig (1976), Monster Bubbles: A Counting Book (1976), Alphabrutes (1977), Wizard McBean and his Flying Machine (1977), Witch Bazooza (1979), Llama Beans (1979, with author Charles Keller, and The Joy of Chickens (1981). In "personal computer" history A Prentice Hall subsidiary, Reston Publishing, was in the foreground of technical-book publishing when microcomputers were first becoming available. It was still unclear who would be buying and using "personal computers", and the scarcity of useful software and instruction created a publishing market niche whose target audience yet had to be defined. In the spirit of the pioneers who made PCs possible, Reston Publishing's editors addressed non-technical users with the reassuring, and mildly experimental, Computer Anatomy for Beginners by Marlin Ouverson of People's Computer Company. They followed with a collection of books that was generally by and for programmers, building a stalwart list of titles relied on by many in the first generation of microcomputers users. See also Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science References External links Pearson Higher Education (formerly Prentice Hall Higher Education) website Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference website Educational publishing companies of the United States Book publishing companies based in New Jersey Computer book publishing companies Educational book publishing companies Textbook publishing companies Companies based in Bergen County, New Jersey Publishing companies established in 1913 1913 establishments in New Jersey Former Viacom subsidiaries American companies established in 1913