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SQL Queries for Mere Mortals: A Hands-On Guide to Data Manipulation in SQL is a practical technical guide by Michael J. Hernandez and John L. Viescas. It explains how to formulate, read, and improve SQL statements used with relational database systems. Rather than treating SQL as a catalog of commands to memorize, the book emphasizes the logic of a question: what information is needed, which tables contain it, how records relate, and which conditions determine the answer. Its scope moves from foundational retrieval with SELECT through sorting, filtering, calculated values, summaries, joins, subqueries, set operations, and data modification. The intended audience is broad: newcomers who need a careful introduction and working database users who need a more reliable method for building complex queries. Examples and visual reasoning are used to make relational concepts less opaque. The book belongs to the database programming and reference genre, but its central purpose is instructional: to help readers translate ordinary business or analytical questions into accurate, understandable SQL across common database platforms.