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The Far Side ® Gallery 4 10 reviews
Gary Larson
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1993
A different meaning for "All Creatures Great and Small".
This book is a real HOOT!
I guess the thing that makes Larson's cartoons so different is that his mind is just a little further off in space than where most of ours dwell.
Reading a whole book of these cartoons is a very different thing from looking at individual cartoons over an extended period.After 10-15 pages your mind tends to get climatized to this thought process and his cartoons ...
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The Non-Designer's Design and Type Books, Deluxe Edition6 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2007
Concise and Comprehensive
I just can't say enough about how much this book has helped me. I've been writing copy for promotional materials as part of my job for years, and I assumed knowing how to put stuff on a brochure or flier and print it out was enough. I had no idea how dull and uninspired my designs were until I picked up this book. This is the third book I've purchased by Robin and I think I learned more from ...
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The Non-Designer's Web Book, 3rd Edition 78 reviews
Robin Williams, John Tollett
Peachpit Press, 2005
could not put it down
I read this entire book in three days and learned so much about everything. There is not a lot of technical information in the book but design concepts and things that will just make you so much more prepared for designing websites. I have also read Robin Williams other books and I am totally in love with her writing style. Check them out if you haven't already.
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: Peachpit Learning Series 29 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2007
BEST Mac Tutorial Book I've Found
This is hands down the best Mac tutorial book I've found.
I have had both PCs and Macs. Got my first computer in the early 90s. So I've seen my share of confusing poorly written software books and manuals. This is by far the best I've come across.
Robin Williams writes in a totally non-intimidating, clear, easy to understand style that makes getting around Leopard an absolute breeze and a ...
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Non-Designer's Design Book, The (3rd Edition)211 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2008
Great for the non-designer
I read some of the other reviews in preparing to write this. I am definitely a non-designer but have found a need to learn some design principles. I thought the book was great for its intended audience and probably for more experienced people as well. I have already applied the design principles in my work, web site development, and I re-did my letterhead based on what I learned here. Is it ...
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Mac is not a typewriter, The (2nd Edition)22 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2003
Still Great.
I bought the first edition of this book when it came out, and I just bought this copy of the second edition because I wanted it.
This book is an extremely valuable reference book. If you follow the pricniples set forth in this book, your documents will look professional.
Robin Williams if the premier author of Macintosh books, and of books on design. All of her works are more than worth the ...
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Robin Williams Design Workshop, 2nd Edition35 reviews
Robin Williams, John Tollett
Peachpit Press, 2006
What a great service
I lived actually in Spain and the sender estimate that my item will last at las more than a month, but it arrives in excellent conditions by the 2 first weeks.
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Biology103 reviews
Neil A. Campbell
Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, 1990
This is the book other biology texts want to be when they grow up
Hands down, Campbell's Biology is the most beautifully written and illustrated biology textbook on the market and has remained so through many, many editions. I am a plant biologist and was pleased to see that even at the introductory level, this book gave plant life equal prominence with animal biology. If you want to fall in love with biology, this is the text to get you there. Campbell and ...
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The Little Mac Book, Leopard Edition (Little Book)29 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2008
Conquers the Leopard
I've been a Mac person since 1992 - just bought a MacBookPro and wss chugging along fine...till a couple of applications disappear from the Dock. (If you don't know what a Dock is, you really need this book!)
How do I figure this out? I type half a dozen phrases into the help form...no luck. So I look up this book and there it was. I learn all sorts of other things too.
Well, sometimes the ...
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The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book (Non-Designer's Series)7 reviews
Sandee Cohen, Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 1999
Great book!!
I was a technical trainer for four years and was in charge of teaching classes such as color theory, digital printing, scanning etc. I really loved this book because it put everything together for me after about 10 months of scraping information from a lot of different sources. You can't go wrong with this book.
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Lance Armstrong: Images of a Champion 17 reviews
Lance Armstrong
Rodale Books, 2006
Awesome
This is a stunning visual of Lance Armstrong, from his early career to the height of his "reign". It is worth every penny to get this if you are any kind of fan of cycling.
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Jumanji30 reviews
Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
Jumanji and Zathura are Great Together
Jumanji and Zathura are exciting books. Jumanji and Zathura go go together well. They are both exciting. In Jumanji a boy and a girl find a game and play. When they are done they put it back where they found it. Then two boys take the game. They think Jumanji looks boring, but tucked inside the Jumanji box they find Zathura. Then there is a lot of action. These two books are awesome! I ...
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Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: Twelve apps for enhanced creativity and productivity (3rd Edition) (Little ...2 reviews
John Tollett, Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2008
Cool Mac Apps 3rd Edition
"Cool Mac Apps" Third Edition by Robin Williams is an excellent information provider for anyone using Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Covered in this book are the mac applications iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iTunes, Mail and more, twelve in all.
There is an explanation of the application and instructions on how to do each of the functions within the application. The book is quite detailed. For example iPhoto ...
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Our Changing Planet: The View from Space2 reviews
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Our Changing Planet
Well done book for the scientist or anyone who is interestd in preserving planet Earth. A dream come true for a geologist and for someone who teaches any geoscience education at the college or university level. Well written, lots of photos and results from research, easy to read and the most important things is: it was done by a series of scientists even from NASA - AWESOME book!!! I highly ...
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The Pc is Not a Typewriter14 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 1995
I hand out copies all the time
This and its companion "The Mac is not a Typewriter" are so important to everyone who writes a letter, types an e-mail, designs a sign, or creates a presentation. In short easy to understand lessons disguised as chapters, the reader learns everything that was lost when computers replaced typesetters. Though most Macintosh users are professional designers, they won't need this book, but for the ...
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Robin Williams Web Design Workshop (Robin Williams Design Workshop)25 reviews
Robin Williams, John Tollett, ...
Peachpit Press, 2001
Worn this one out
Several years ago I met with the main designer at company that created the web pages for several pharmaceutical distributors in Canada. At the time, I was well versed in creating web pages using several of the professional programs including Dreamweaver, as well as writing code. The designer, however, said that they did all of their designing in Photoshop and then used a slicing technique in ...
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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series (Apple Training)7 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2005
A great book for the new Mac user.
It's probably too basic and not technical enough for the real "geeks" out there, but for someone who just wants to use their Mac and run applications on it, the book is more than adequate. Very easy to read and it makes a great reference book. Diagrams and color illustrations are excellent.
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The The Non-Designer's Type Book, 2nd Edition18 reviews
Robin Williams
Peachpit Press, 2005
Wonderful intro to the world of type...
As an avid reader and (some would argue) somewhat-successful writer, I spend a lot of time looking at the printed word. But I don't have a full appreciation behind the effort and thought that goes into how that word gets transferred from writer to reader on paper. Robin Williams has a great book for those of us who are not professionals in the world of typesetting... The Non-Designer's Type ...
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The Heart of Salvation: The Life and Teachings of Russia Saint Theophian the Recluse2 reviews
Element Books, 1992
An Introduction to St. Theopan the Recluse
As a first introduction to the writings and teachings of St. Theophan this book is excellent.
It covers not only the main events in St. Theophan's life, but also interesting details of his form of monkhood, of his vast correspondence, and a general presentation of his writings concluding with a sound study of The Way of Salvation, his main book.
Those who want to study St. Theophan's ...
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Garden design5 reviews
Robin Williams
Readers Digest, 1995
An Excellent Idea Book On Garden Design
Robin Williams takes the reader on a tour of the elements that make a garden complete. From making a survey of your property to designing a pergola, all types of gardens and garden elements are discussed and fully illustrated. Detailed descriptions and illustrations tell you how to prepare and lay a brick patio, design a special fence to enclosue your yard or even adding a gazebo.
For those ...
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