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The Ashley Book of Knots 85 reviews
Clifford Ashley
Doubleday Books, 1944
Another perspective
I'm a newbie, as I've only had my copy of Ashley for 25 years, unlike the fellow who bought his in 1945. :^) But I want to echo most of what's been said.
If you're considering buying this book, how well it will fit your needs depends on what your needs are. I strongly recommend you read the 2 and 3 star reviews, as what they contain are valid comments about the book. Some of the criticisms ...
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Rapid Development: Taming Wild Software Schedules113 reviews
Steve McConnell
Microsoft Press, 1996
The most complete and difinitive tome on software development.
I can't write enough about this book. Everything you want to know about software development is covered, from project management to estimating to team models to lifecycle methodologies, and tons more. I've read through the entire book, re-read many of the chapters, and I still use it regularly as a reference, ten years after I first purchased it. You should see my book - coffee stains, dog-eared, ...
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A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts128 reviews
Andrew Chaikin
Viking Adult, 1994
Simple. Buy it
With over 130 reviews, what more could I possibly add except to say if you're interested in the history and detail of Apollo, buy this book. It is brilliant.
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All Creatures Great and Small132 reviews
James Herriot
St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1998
All Creatures Great and Small
This CD has been brilliantly recorded by Christopher Timothy who was James Herriot in the original PBS series, All Creatures Great and Small. I am trying to listen only in half hour segments in order to stretch the listening as long as possible. There are times I laugh out loud and times that I tear up. We watched the original series on television and have the video collection as well. I ...
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Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)550 reviews
Homer Hickam
Turtleback, 2000
Terrific Book......Part Of A Tradition
I decided to pick up Rocket Boys after seeing "October Sky" with my son. October Sky, (OS) is one of the movies that was included as part of a tradition my son and I had started when he was a youngin', and still continuing today. October Sky is what I refer to as a "Dad" movie, or any movie that was either about, or included a sub plot that reflected a relationship between a father and his son. ...
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Information Technology Control and Audit92 reviews
Frederick Gallegos, Daniel P. Manson, ...
Auerbach Publications, 1999
Useful reference material
This book has some material relevant to the CISA examination based on the 2003 content areas, although it is not organized or focused as a CISA examination guide. If you are looking for CISA review material for the test, I would strongly suggest to stick with ISACA's combination of review manual and questions CD. I also searched everywhere for study aids for this grueling test and ended up using ...
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Water Distribution Modeling270 reviews
Haestad Methods, Donald V. Chase, ...
Haestad, 2001
Water Distribution Modeling
Water Distribution Modeling has been a very useful resource for us with our water distribution systems GIS integration.
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Boston's Gun Bible132 reviews
Boston T. Party, Kenneth W. Royce
Javelin Press, 2002
THE Ultimate Reference.
I recently purchased my 3rd copy of this book. The previous 2 copied were loaned out to friends and I am going to have a hard time getting them back without a fight. The author covers just about every aspect of gun ownership, storage, accessories, training, maintaining firearms, ammunition selection, optics, etc. If you are relatively new to shooting or are considering purchasing a firearm, I ...
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Pocket Ref125 reviews
Thomas J. Glover
Sequoia Pub, 2002
A micropedia at your fingertips.
For 7 bucks the amount of knowledge in this book is staggering. A must have for any tradesman's tool box, geek's rear pocket, or handy man. Every formula to figure out everything.
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Advanced Water Distribution Modeling and Management96 reviews
Haestad Methods, Thomas M. Walski, ...
Haestead Press, 2003
Great to have everything under one roof
I wish I knew of this book's existence years ago. For too many years, I have been using several other reference books to "answer" my never ending questions and doubts on modeling and related subjects. It even has reference on non-concontinuous flow condition. A great book with lots of "weight." The price was right, too, I received this gem free as a bonus for signing up to attend a wwebcast ...
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The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure72 reviews
Joseph C. Jenkins
Jenkins Publishing (PA), 1996
Required Reading
The Humanure Handbook is thorough, funny, provocative and well-written. It challenged my own "fecophobia" and convinced me that humanure recycling is the most environmentally friendly approach to handling human elimination. Its adoption would change the world.
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Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems63 reviews
Nigel Calder
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 1995
If You Could Only Have One Boating Book, this is the One
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and could only take one CD with you, which one would you take and why? Years ago I used to listen to a program on the BBC that asked famous guests that question, only they said record, not CDs. Well I suppose I'd take Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks" if I were in that fix. And if I were to go to sea on a cruising sailboat and could only take ...
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Thunder Below!: The USS *Barb* Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II69 reviews
Eugene B. Fluckey
University of Illinois Press, 1997
GRIPPING!!!
Incrediable reading of the actions accomplished by the greatest generation. Every page gripped me and made me continue to read. The innovation of these men made the stories come alive and touch the heart.
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Expert Oracle, Signature Edition Programming Techniques and Solutions for Oracle 7.3 through 8.1.7 (Expert ...78 reviews
Thomas Kyte
Apress, 2005
Best $12 I ever spent!!!
I bought this book on cheap clearance after the original publisher went out of business -- the best $12 I ever invested. Remembering even 10% of this book makes you better than 90% of Oracle developers, modelers and architects. Mr. Kyte's real world experience and reliance on solid examples instead of folklore makes this light-years ahead of any other Oracle book; it's the only Oracle book I ...
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Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams (Second Edition)85 reviews
Tom DeMarco, Timothy Lister
Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1999
Classic and still fantastic
This book is one of the books I still recommend to people who are managing software development teams. The ideas in this book are about many of the topics that "agile" teams speak about now, and there are some key ideas that make sense for any team of professionals who have to work together. I still use memorable phrases from this book such as "brain time vs. body time", and "bring back the ...
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Programming .NET Components, 2nd Edition65 reviews
Juval Lowy
O'Reilly Media, 2005
.Net on Steroids !
A Classic Book that begins it's journey, where all books end. The true difference between a casual programmer and a disciplined programmer is more prominent in his/her code when they start using advanced features of the framework. A true programmer knows his stuff in and out and knows how to leverage the features of the framework effectively in every line of code. And to get to that level of ...
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Understanding Digital Signal Processing69 reviews
Richard G. Lyons
Pearson Education, 1996
Best introductory book on this subject
This should be everyone's first DSP book - it's clear, motivating and by no means superficial. It takes you from crawling to walking and you won't even perceive that by the time you end it you are ready and willing to start trying to run.
Actually it's quite surprising that no one apparently wrote about DSP's along the very logical, continuous - no jumps that will leave you asking how it got ...
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Web Analytics: An Hour a Day71 reviews
Avinash Kaushik
Sybex, 2007
The Holy Grail for any Web Analytics Junkie
I've been promising this book review of "Web Analytics: An Hour a Day" by Avinash Kaushik for near six months and it has taken every week of six months to finally make it all the way through this book. I've spoken many times about Avinash and his wonderful blog "Occam's Razor" which this book being the pinnacle piece of the writings on that blog. Avinash is an analytical genus and the knowledge ...
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The Mission, The Men, and Me: Lessons from a Former Delta Force Commander84 reviews
Pete Blaber
Berkley Hardcover, 2008
WOW!
Fascinating Book, thoroughly enjoyed it and found so many thing relevant to what is happening today. Words mean something and these words were rich. The humor was an added bonus. I bought a few and gave out to people I thought would appreciate it. Sent some to the Special Forces in Afghanistan and they told me this book has a place on thier shelf right next to thier Bible. haha
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AdWords For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))76 reviews
Howie Jacobson
For Dummies, 2007
Good all-around advice on Adwords and marketing.
Very good advice not just on Adwords but some very good tips on internet marketing. Five stars on key words and how to test them until you get the lowest price per click. Also very good coverage on how to word an Adword. And a lot of good tips on how to analyze the demand for a product. Very important. Why try to sell it if very few people want it?
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