17.1 (Books Database) Write a Python script, perform each of the following tasks on the books database (books.db) from Section 17.2: a) Select all authors’ last names from the authors table in descending order. Print the result. b) Select all book titles from the titles table in ascending order. Print the result. c) Use an INNER JOIN to select all the books for a specific author. Include the title, copyright year and ISBN. Order the information alphabetically by title. Print the result. d) Insert a new author into the authors table. Print the result. e) Insert a new title for an author. Remember that the book must have an entry in the author_ISBN table and an entry in the titles table. Print the result.

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17.1 (Books Database)

Write a Python script, perform each of the following tasks on the books database (books.db) from Section 17.2:

a) Select all authors’ last names from the authors table in descending order. Print the result.

b) Select all book titles from the titles table in ascending order. Print the result.

c) Use an INNER JOIN to select all the books for a specific author. Include the title, copyright year and ISBN. Order the information alphabetically by title. Print the result.

d) Insert a new author into the authors table. Print the result.

e) Insert a new title for an author. Remember that the book must have an entry in the author_ISBN table and an entry in the titles table. Print the result.

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