Meet Robert Stanek

Beyond Words. A Look at Robert Stanek's Books, Life & More.

Discover the Works of William Robert Stanek

Wondering what books Stanek has written? You've come to the right place! William Robert Stanek's books have been featured in and recommended by the YA librarian staff at VOYA, Publisher's Weekly, Parenting Magazine, the Journal of Electronic Defense, The Children's Bookshelf, Children's Writer, Popular Series Fiction for Middle School and Teen Readers: A Reading and Selection Guide, and many other respected publications and periodicals.

Throughout his distinguished career, Stanek’s works have been published and distributed by renowned names such as Simon & Schuster, Random House, Macmillan, Pearson, Microsoft, O'Reilly, and more. He has also contributed as a columnist for PC Magazine and Dr. Dobbs. His extensive experiences include serving two combat tours as a combat flyer in the Gulf War.

Key Interviews and Insights

Dive deeper into the mind of Robert Stanek through various interviews that explore his journey and the creation of his epic worlds:

A Prolific Writing Career: A Legacy in Books

William Robert Stanek’s vast bibliography spans a wide array of genres and interests, from fantasy epics and educational resources to technical guides and children's books. His works include recent titles such as:

IIS 10: Web Apps, Security & Maintenance
Windows PowerShell 6: Essentials for Administration
Exchange Server 2016: The Administrator’s Reference
Office 365 & Exchange Online: Essentials for Administration, 2nd Edition
Windows Server 2016: Domain Infrastructure

Featured Works and Series

Robert Stanek has crafted numerous beloved series, including the iconic Ruin Mist Chronicles, translated into twelve languages with millions of copies sold. Some of his most recognized series include:

The Ruin Mist Chronicles: A fantasy epic loved by readers around the globe.
The Magic Lands: A magical journey beyond the beyond, appealing to young adult and middle-grade readers.
Bugville Critters: Picture books that teach essential life lessons to young readers.

Complete Bibliography (Newest to Oldest)

IIS 10: Web Apps, Security & Maintenance

IIS 10: Essentials for Administration

Windows PowerShell 6: Essentials for Administration

Windows PowerShell 6

Exchange Server 2016: The Administrator’s Reference

Exchange Server 2016 & Exchange Online: Essentials for Administration, 2nd Edition

Office 365 & Exchange Online: Essentials for Administration, 2nd Edition

Windows Server 2016: Domain Infrastructure

Windows Server 2016: The Administrator's Reference

Windows Server 2016: Essential Services

Windows Server 2016: Server Infrastructure

Windows Server 2016: Storage Solutions

Windows Server 2016: Installing & Configuring

Windows Server 2016: Essentials for Administration

Windows 10: Essentials for Administration

Windows 10: The Personal Trainer, 2nd Edition

Exchange Server 2016: Server Infrastructure

Office 365 & Exchange Online: Essentials for Administration

Exchange Server 2016 & Exchange Online: Essentials for Administration

Presenting Exchange Server 2016 & Exchange Online

XSL: The Personal Trainer for XSLT, XPath and XSL-FO

Active Directory Infrastructure Self-Study Training Kit

Windows Command Line for Administration for Windows Server 2012: The Personal Trainer

Step Up & Into Windows 10

Windows PowerShell Self-Study Training Kit

Windows Command Line Self-Study Training Kit

IIS 8 Web Applications, Security & Maintenance: The Personal Trainer

Windows 10: The Personal Trainer

Active Directory Administration for Windows Server 2012: The Personal Trainer

Windows PowerShell for Administration: The Personal Trainer After the Machines: Refuge

Memories of Fire (Guardians of the Dragon Realms)

This Mortal Coil. After the Machines

Windows Command Line: The Personal Trainer

Windows PowerShell: The Personal Trainer

The Cards in the Deck (An NSA Spy Thriller)

A Legacy of Dragons (Guardians of the Dragon Realms)

Web Server Administration: The Personal Trainer for IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5

The Dragon, the Wizard & the Great Door (Guardians of the Dragon Realms)

Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out: Services, Security, & Infrastructure

Web Applications, Security & Maintenance: The Personal Trainer for IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5

Windows 8.1 Administration Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, & Networking

Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Essentials & Configuration

Group Policy Administration: The Personal Trainer for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

Active Directory Administration: The Personal Trainer for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 Inside Out: Configuration, Storage, & Essentials

Windows 7: The Personal Trainer

XML, DTDs, Schemas: The Personal Trainer

Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, & Networking

Email, Internet, Web: The Personal Trainer

Windows 8.1 Administration Pocket Consultant: Essentials & Configuration

Exchange Server 2013 Pocket Consultant: Databases, Services, & Management

Twelve Dreams, One Dreamer

Buster's Birthday Wish

Exchange Server 2013 Pocket Consultant: Configuration & Clients

Sight Words Plus Level 9: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 8: Learning Essentials

Skip Counting: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 7: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 6: Learning Essentials

Trouble with Dragons

Living Fire (Dragons of the Hundred Worlds)

Breath of Fire (Dragons of the Hundred Worlds)

Windows Server 2012 Inside Out

Windows 8 Administration Pocket Consultant

Windows Server 2012 Pocket Consultant

Colors & Shapes Storybooks: Learning Essentials

Buster’s on the Job: Bugville Critters

How Many Fish Colors?

Sight Words Plus Level 5: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 4: Learning Essentials

Pirates Stole My Booty: Bugville Critters

Addition Level 4: Learning Essentials

Subtraction Level 3: Learning Essentials

Subtraction Level 2: Learning Essentials

Twelve Dresses, One Star: Bugville Critters

Mamma Sea Turtle Lost Her Babies: Colors & Shapes

How Many Fish?

Addition Level 3: Learning Essentials

Addition Level 2: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 3: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 2: Learning Essentials

Sight Words Plus Level 1: Learning Essentials

Into the Stone Land (Magic Lands #2)

Racing Super Buster Counts And You Can Too

Racing Super Buster Letters And You Can Too

Racing Super Buster Counts Higher And You Can Too

Racing Super Buster Shapes And You Can Too

Subtraction Level 1: Learning Essentials

Addition Level 1: Learning Essentials

Have a Spooktacular Halloween: Bugville Critters

Buster Feels Sad and Mad and Happy

Barry Lives Large

Sarah Gets Angry

Outside in the Snow with Buster and Friends

Buster Explores the Sea

Buster's Undersea Counting Expedition 1 to 10

Buster's Undersea Counting Expedition 1 to 20

Undersea, 2, 3 with Buster and Friends

Undersea, 4, 5 with Buster and Friends

Buster's Big Top Little Letters Show

Undersea, 6, 7 with Buster and Friends

Buster's Big Top Big Letters Show

Buster's Big Top 1 2 3 Show

Buster's Really Great Big Top Show

Discord (A Daughter of Kings, Comic #4)

Rise of the Fallen (Ruin Mist: Dawn of the Ages)

Start Summer Vacation

Save Their Allowance

Visit the Library

Remember Their Manners

Go to Camp

Explore the Solar System

Every Day Is Different

Catching A Cup Of Sunshine

Betrayal (A Daughter of Kings, Comic #1)

Deliverance (A Daughter of Kings, Comic #2)

Rebirth (A Daughter of Kings, Comic #3)

Windows 7: The Definitive Guide

Windows 7 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Group Policy Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Active Directory Administrator's Pocket Consultant

PowerShell, VBScript and JScript Bible

Windows PowerShell 2.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Have Trouble At School

Break Their Bad Habits

Stay After School

Have a Bad Day

Visit City Hall

Have a Surprise Party

Have a Backyard Picnic

Compete in the BIG Spelling Bee

Battle for Ruin Mist Core Roleplaying Games Rules

SQL Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

The Art of Ruin Mist: Heroes and Villains

Rush to the Hospital

Play Their First Big Game

Windows Server 2008 Inside Out

Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

IIS 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Absolutes and Other Stories

Buster Bee's Adventures With Letters and Words

Go on Vacation (2008) (RP Books)

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Ruin Mist: The Essential Reader's Guide

Keeper Martin's Guide to the Fantastical Beasts and Faerie Peoples of Ruin Mist

Visit Garden Box Farms

Have A Sleepover

Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Go to School

Visit Dad and Mom at Work

Windows Vista: The Definitive Guide

In the Service of Dragons IV

In the Service of Dragons III

Mark of the Dragon

Stormjammers: The Extraordinary Story of Electronic Warfare Operations in the Gulf War

The Pieces of the Puzzle

MCSE Core Required Exams In A Nutshell

Introducing Windows Vista

Windows Vista Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Fields of Honor

In the Service of Dragons II

In the Service of Dragons

Students Classroom Guide to Robert Stanek's Magic Lands

Teacher's Classroom Guide to Robert Stanek's Magic Lands

Web Guru's Guide to JavaScript

Microsoft Group Policy Guide

SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Windows Server 2003 Inside and Out

Windows Command-line Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Kingdom Alliance

Magic of Ruin Mist

Robert Stanek: Candid Conversations

Students Classroom Guide to The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches

Teacher's Classroom Guide to Robert Stanek's Ruin Mist

The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches IV

The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches III

Exchange Server 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Faster Smarter FrontPage 2003

IIS 6.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

FrontPage 2003 Unleashed

Elf Queen's Quest

Journey Beyond the Beyond

Keeper Martin's Tale

The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches II

The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches

Effective Writing for Business College & Life

Essential Windows 2000 Commands Reference

Essential Windows XP Commands Reference

FrontPage 2002 Unleashed

Windows 2000 and IIS 5.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant

XML Pocket Consultant

All-In-One Java 2 Certification Guide 3rd Edition

Exchange 2000 Server Administrator's Pocket Consultant

SQL Server 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Windows 2000 Scripting Bible

FrontPage 2000 Unleashed

Netscape Mozilla Source Guide

Windows NT Scripting Administrator's Guide

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

SQL Server 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

FrontPage 98 Unleashed

Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weekend

FrontPage 97 Unleashed

Netscape One Developer's Guide

Learn the Internet in a Weekend

Web Publishing Unleashed Professional Reference Edition

FrontPage Unleashed

Peter Norton's Guide to Java Programming

Web Publishing Unleashed

Electronic Publishing Unleashed

Collections and Compilations

Robert Stanek's works are available in numerous collections and boxed sets, perfect for both new readers and long-time fans looking to immerse themselves fully in his worlds:

Windows Server 2016: IT Pro Library
Exchange Server 2016: IT Pro Library
Guardians & Dragons (The Complete Quintet)
Step Up & Into Windows PowerShell 4.0
Big Book of Math (Math Superstars)
Dragons of the Hundred Worlds Omnibus
Complete Magic Lands Omnibus
Complete In the Service of Dragons (Boxed Set Edition)
Big Book of Subtraction (Math Superstars)
Complete Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches (Boxed Set Edition)
Complete Ruin Mist Chronicles (Boxed Set Edition)
Big Book of Addition (Math Superstars)
Keeper Martin's Tale, 10th Anniversary Edition
Critter Subtraction Essentials Level 3
Critter Addition Essentials Level 4
Complete Learning Adventures of Racing Super Buster (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Complete Sight Words Learning Adventures of Buster Bee (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Critter Subtraction Essentials Level 2
Numbers Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Alphabet Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Critter Addition Essentials Level 3
Complete Undersea Counting Adventures of Buster Bee (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Complete Big Top Adventures of Buster Bee (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Critter Subtraction Essentials Level 1
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 6
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 5
Complete First Year Adventures of Lass Ladybug (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Complete Second Year Adventures of Buster Bee (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Every Letter Has a Sound (Audio Only)
Big Number Count Down (Audio Only)
Division Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Multiplication Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Complete First Year Adventures of Buster Bee (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Complete Magic Lands Books 1 & 2 Omnibus
Critter Addition Essentials Level 2
Critter Addition Essentials Level 1
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 4
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 3
Complete In the Service of Dragons (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Complete Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches (The Complete Series Omnibus)
Subtraction Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Addition Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Colors & Shapes Flash Cards: Learning Essentials
Effective Writing for Business, College & Life, 2011 Edition
A Daughter of Kings (Battle for Ruin Mist: Graphic Novel #1)
Practice Makes Perfect (Lass Ladybug's School Days #4)
Sometimes There's No Need to Worry (Lass Ladybug's School Days #3)
Bugville Jr. Learning Adventures Collection #1
Bugville Jr. Learning Adventures Collection #2
Bugville Jr. Learning Adventures Collection #3
Bugville Jr. Learning Adventures Collection #4
Vacation Surprise (Buster Bee's School Days #3)
Some Days Are Better Than Others (Lass Ladybug's School Days #2)
So Many Lessons to Learn (Lass Ladybug's School Days #1)
SQL Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition
Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant 2nd Edition
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches IV, Special Illustrated Edition
Bugville Critters Treasury Volume 2
Bugville Critters Treasury Volume 1
Too Much Sweets (Buster Bee's School Days #1 )
Make New Friends (Buster Bee's School Days #2)
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 2
The Bugville Critters Audio Collection Volume 1
The Elf Queen & the King 2
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches III, Special Illustrated Edition
Exchange Server 2007 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition
Windows Command-line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition
Keeper Martin's Tale, Special Illustrated Edition
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches II, Special Illustrated Edition
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches, Special Illustrated Edition
Windows XP Professional Administrator's Pocket Consultant 2nd Edition
Sovereign Rule
Magic Lands & Other Stories
The Elf Queen & the King
Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant 2nd Edition
All-in-One Java 2 Certification Guide 3rd Edition
Increase Your Web Traffic 3rd Edition
All-in-One Java 2 Certification Guide 2nd Edition
Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weekend 2nd Edition
Professional Web Development Kit 2.0
Web Publishing Electronic Resource Kit
Managing Group Policy Classroom-To-Go: Windows Server 2003 Edition (Audio Only)
Active Directory Infrastructure Classroom-to-Go (Audio Only)
Internet Explorer 7 Classroom-To-Go (Audio Only)
Windows Media Player 11 Classroom-To-Go (Audio Only)
Windows Photo Gallery Classroom-To-Go: Windows Vista Edition (Audio Only)
Active Directory Sites, Trusts, and Troubleshooting Classroom-To-Go (Audio Only)
Managing Network Infrastructure Classroom-To-Go: Windows Server 2003 Edition (Audio Only)
Classroom-To-Go Training Course 3: Managing and Maintaining Network Resources (Audio Only)
Classroom-To-Go Training Course for Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment (Audio Only)
Classroom-To-Go Training Course 1: Managing Users, Computers, and Groups (Audio Only)
Classroom-To-Go Training Course 2: Managing Devices and Implementing Disaster Recovery (Audio Only)

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