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The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos 33 reviews
Michael Freeman
Focal Press, 2007
Great book for making better photos
This was a great read for anyone interested in what makes powerful pictures. This is an organized discussion on the elements that make people take interest in a photo.
There is very little discussion of the technical aspects of photography and no discussion of megapixels or anything like that.
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Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))3 reviews
Rik DeGunther
For Dummies, 2007
This book answered ALL my questions clearly!
My husband and I have become increasingly consciencious about saving our natural resources. It has been our goal to add solar panels to our house but most of the books out there were not written for the average person. This book answered all our questions in a language we could easily understand. We learned how to make solar power an investment throughout our entire house! How cool is that?
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia 1615 reviews
Viking, 2007
Personal Journey not Book Review: Read with an Open Heart
I, too, agree that the previous reviews of this book have been about just that: the book instead of the journey of Ms. Gilbert through the lenses of an open mind and open heart.
Elizabeth takes a risk and puts herself out there by exposing to us all her struggles with food, spirituality and love. This book has created a love / hate relationship - there is really no in between...each you ...
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Artforms (8th Edition) 4 reviews
Patrick L. Frank, Duane Preble, ...
Prentice Hall, 2005
Great introduction to art
I just puchased the latest edition of Artforms which includes the CD-ROM with interactive explanations on elements of art. Artforms is a great introduction to art and art history for those who have always wanted to understand how to look at art and interpret it for themselves. Over half the book is dedicated to elements and principles of art and craftsmanship. I use this book in training my art ...
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Landing Page Optimization: The Definitive Guide to Testing and Tuning for Conversions26 reviews
Tim Ash
Sybex, 2008
If this book was avaialbe ten years ago, I would be retired by now
I am owner of unoptimized website and I found this book to be invaluable. My website was not performing as it should, but I didn't know how to correct the problems. Landing Page Optimization showed me why my website sucked and what to do about it.
If you own a website and you are paying for clicks, you had better read this book, because if your site is not optimized, you are losing money and ...
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Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning 315 reviews
Jonah Goldberg
Doubleday, 2008
Great Book As Evidenced by Liberal Reviews & Placement
Plainly this book has been out for quite some time but until it showed up on audio I didn't even know it existed. Why? Because it was well hidden by the major book stores that typically hide anything conservative on the bottom shelf of some sociology section in the back of the store. If this were a fascist-liberal tome like Al Frankens "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot", there would have been ...
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Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)48 reviews
Ellen Lupton
Princeton Architectural Press, 2004
A solid book for type - with a twinge of humor
I like this book a great deal. The next time I have a chance to use this in a class (to teach) I will. There are lots of good examples, the language is clear, and it's not too ethereal or esoteric. I think it's a great introduction to typography and laid out very well.
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You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management678 reviews
Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
Free Press, 2006
You on a Diet
Excellent book, highly recommended for everybody who needs to understand how the body works and to start a healthy nutrition. Very good indeed.
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Water for Elephants: A Novel1417 reviews
Algonquin Books, 2007
wonderfully entertaining
I read this in a week at the beach and it was so easy to get lost in the story. It is wild, but with so much heart, sprinkled with a little humor. Oh, and you will want a pet elephant when you are finished reading.
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You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty186 reviews
FREE PRESS IMPRINT, 2007
The alcoholic's next job - fitness and wholeness
I'm an active, recovered member of the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous. I've licked alcoholism and survived devastating open heart surgery. And the road back was demanding, but rewarding. My son gave me this book because I have put my all into "fitness"--fitness in nutrition, fitness into exercise, fitness with supplements and medications, fitness with sleep restoration, and even fitness with ...
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Foundation Flash CS3 for Designers (Foundation)33 reviews
Tom Green, David Stiller
friends of ED, 2007
Solid and Fun
Overall this is five-star survey of Flash CS3, written for people with slight knowledge of earlier versions of Flash and some more familiarity with basic graphic programs (primarily Photoshop and Illustrator) and web design. The treatment of CSS covers most of what any designer or developer will need to know in the course of any average Flash project. The introduction to ActionScript 3.0 is ...
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Doodle Stitching: Fresh & Fun Embroidery for Beginners36 reviews
Aimee Ray
Lark Books, 2007
Amazing!
I have been greatly inspired by Aimee Ray's embroidery. Picking up this book was great because I was able to get a good idea of stitches and see some wonderful project ideas. I had never embroidered before I had seen her work, so I can vouch for this being a great source for a beginner. Some customers complain that some items lack patterns, and while this is true they are available on the ...
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Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop: The Basics of ArcView, ArcEditor, and ArcInfo Updated for ArcGIS 9 (Getting ...64 reviews
Tim Ormsby, Eileen Napoleon, ...
Esri Press, 2004
Getting to know ArcGIS - Comment on book & training
This book is a superb learning resource. The 180-day evaluation copy of ArcView 9.2 is icing on the cake.
The book takes the reader through a series of 20 lessons covering a number of practical scenarios with each chapter having two to four examples, where the material is prepared as mxd documents. So it is straightforward to get into the actual purpose of the exercise.
Each page is fully ...
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WordPress For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))24 reviews
Lisa Sabin-Wilson
For Dummies, 2007
Impressive
This book has been the starting point for my journey on blogging. It is an excellent book. The layout is easy to follow and it gives all the information you need. Great for a beginner like me. Most impressed.
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Center for Environmental Structure Series)76 reviews
Christopher Alexander
Oxford University Press, USA, 1977
Not just for architects - good for software engineers too
This book talks specifically about what works and doesn't work when building cities and towns and how to take the human element into consideration when doing so. However, I found its conclusions and most of its patterns applicable to software engineering. There are good books on software design patterns such as "Head First Design Patterns", and there are some good books on user interface design ...
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Understanding by Design: Professional Development Workbook10 reviews
Jay McTighe, Grant Wiggins
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2004
Backward design fan
This book complements in practical form the ideas presented in Understanding by Design (UbD). I am using this book as a guide for the design of courses online in higher education. Both have been a wonderful aid to rationalize the amount of resources that I must include in the courses online that I am developing. They are effective tools to determine in concise form and practices the synchronous ...
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Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design46 reviews
Jenifer Tidwell
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
More Practical Concepts, Less Psychology
While I don't own a physical copy of this book, I had used an electronic form of it in the course of my studies.
I will first forewarn those who are interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) that this text does not heavily focus on the science of Psychological principles such as Gestalt Perception, nor does it concern itself with techniques/methodologies such as Threading and ...
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Illustrator CS3 for Windows and Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)3 reviews
Elaine Weinmann, Peter Lourekas
Peachpit Press, 2007
Perfect step-by-step guide for learning Illustrator CS3
This manual provides someone just getting started using Illustrator with clear explanations for each menu option, tool, and function, along with step-by-step instructions on how to use them. All the other manuals inevitably assume that the reader is familiar with earlier versions of Illustrator and take too much for granted. The tool-by-tool organization and step-by-step instructions of this ...
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PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide131 reviews
Larry Ullman
Peachpit Press, 2007
This Book Worked for me!
Although I have some background with programming (Basic, Pascal, COBAL) and desktop db business applications, I had been somewhat intimidated by the idea of server-side programming.
I can only tell you that I did in fact take this book one chapter at a time, sometimes re-reading some sections several times, and marking-up certain parts with a hi-liter and a red pen. I followed the tutorials, ...
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop ...45 reviews
Martin Evening
Focal Press, 2007
Great Photographer's Photoshop Book
This is one of my favorite Photoshop CS3 books; I have quite a few. The quality of the book is excellent and I have learned so much from the lessons. The book comes with a very good DVD that makes this book an outstanding value. I have read some of the bad reviews. I think they expected a "dummies" or "beginners" type book. This is for a photographer who wants to get the most out of Adobe ...
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