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Files on JFK 28 reviews
Trafford Publishing, 2005
TRUTH IN OUR LIFETIME
To those skeptics who claim we'll never know the truth in our lifetime, ask yourself this question: Would I recognize the truth if I saw it? Wim Dankbaar's elegant research proves the old adage: Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Thanks, Wim!!
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ActionScript : The Definitive Guide67 reviews
Colin Moock, Gary Grossman
O'Reilly, 2001
Superb
Finally, an actionscript guide that is superb in its production! My hat is off to Colin and Gary for this detail-oriented volume that has cleared the smoke out of my head and has made a programmer out of an artist. Bravo!!!
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Programming Windows Presentation Foundation (Programming)50 reviews
Chris Sells, Ian Griffiths
O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005
Ignore the 2 and 3 star reviews
I say to ignore those reviews because they do not refer to this book. This is the second edition published August 28, 2007 with 863 pages. Those reviews are based off of the first edition published nearly two years before (September 12, 2005) and with only 447 pages.
Using Amazon's 'Search inside this book' takes you to the 2005 edition also. That shows only 10 chapters while this edition ...
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Sluggy Freelance: Is It Not Nifty? (Book 1)52 reviews
Peter Abrams, Pete Abrams
Plan Nine Pub, 1998
Ka-click...it is so very nifty!
Ah...Sluggy Freelance. One of my many, many, MANY addictions. For those who don't spend at least part of every day checking out the latest adventures, SLUGGY FREELANCE: IS IT NOT NIFTY? is the essential reading. Our heroes are Torg (blond, dumb, web-site designer) and Riff (blond, ponytail, trenchcoat, builds stuff). Our heroines are Zoe (brunette neighbor of Torg and Riff) and Gwynn (Zoe's best ...
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Expert One-on-One Oracle77 reviews
Thomas Kyte
Apress, 2003
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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White Night (The Dresden Files, Book 9)126 reviews
Jim Butcher
Roc Hardcover, 2007
The White Night...another good book from Jim Butcher
An action packed, Harry Dresden adventure.
This is another in the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher. Butcher's hero, Harry Dresden, is a wizard/private investigator who has his own battery of unusual resources and methods of getting things done. Because Harry's 'involvement' usually leads to confrontations, there is always something happening to keep your interest; it makes it easy to read ...
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Dreamweaver 3 Hands-On-Training (2nd Edition)44 reviews
Lynda Weinman, Garo Green
Pearson Education, 2000
Absolutely the Best
I must say that Lynda is, hands down, the best instructor I've ever come across on the printed page. I've been using Dreamweaver for over two years and I learned so much from this book. The chapters and exercises were so concise, so ordered and really a lot of fun. I recommend this book whole-heartedly!
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Red Meat: A Collection of Red Meat Cartoons From the Secret Files of Max Cannon48 reviews
Max Cannon
St. Martin's Griffin, 1997
Essential
If you have any appreciation whatsoever for morbid humor, buy this man's books immediately. There's really nothing else to it.
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Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File Gumbo: Cajun and Creole Cuisine33 reviews
Todd-Michael St. Pierre
Beau Bayou Publishing Company, 2002
A Cookbook With a Delightful Twist!
I laughed out loud at a lot of the commentary in this book. One really funny example is the recipe on page 110 "Hotter Than Hell Sabbath Dip" (From a drag queen in New Orleans who claims to be the original Creole Lady Marmalade) Very campy, very southern, other recipes make reference to Tennessee William's "A Streetcar Named Desire" and there are so many with that distinctly New Orleans flair. ...
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Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 836 reviews
David Powers
friends of ED, 2005
Excellent book to set up dynamic pages in Dreamweaver using php
I am a frontpage user that has set up static pages in a web site. I needed to move from static pages to dynamic pages using a database. I couldn't use PHP with FrontPage so I switched to Dreamweaver and needed a book that covered both dynamic pages and Dreamwaver. This book walked me through setting up the environment to have Dreamweaver work with Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin. I am ...
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Windows 2000: Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror (The Mark Minasi Windows 2000 Series)24 reviews
Jeremy Moskowitz
Sybex, 2001
The Best Group Policy Book EVER!!!
Highly recommend this book to any IT professional involved with Group Policy or Active Directory. I knew that Group Policy was a great way to lower TCO in most organizations, but was always struggling to decode the Microsoft documentation. This book covers all aspects of Group Policy, in great detail, with great examples, and with extra muggets that I believe you will not find anywhere else.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training23 reviews
Jeff Van West, Kevin Lane-Cummings
Wiley, 2007
Make Your Hobby Take Flight !
I think based on the reviews below - you get the drift. Those reviews speak for themselves (and the book). I don't need to repeat every thing noted by the other reviewers. It's a great book and I learned more than I would have ever thought.
Don't let the 800 pages scare you off. The diagrams and the tutorial flights are just awesome. I have been flying MSFS since way back in the early ...
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Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Real World)24 reviews
Bruce Fraser, Jeff Schewe
Peachpit Press, 2007
If you shoot RAW buy this book - period.
Reading this book has greatly enhanced my ability to process RAW quickly, easily, and with better results. If you use Photoshop and you shoot RAW, buy this book - period.
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Advantage Database Server: The Official Guide26 reviews
Cary Jensen, Loy Anderson
McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2003
The guide to maintenance-free multi-user database apps
Whether you're upgrading a BDE app to a client server database or developing a new single-user or scaleable multi-user app, Advantage Database should be at the top of your list of databases to consider. Native Delphi VCL components, ISAM file formats, free local server, easy installation and maintenance-free design make designing and deploying ADS apps a snap. Now with "Advantage Database ...
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Oracle 24x7 Tips and Techniques27 reviews
Venkat S. Devraj
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 1999
Overwhelming amount of information & essential for 24x7
While this comprehensive book is a definitive and complete reference for Oracle DBAs who need to support mission-critical databases, it is also a key reference for developing a comprehensive high-availability posture in Oracle-centric enterprises. This book focuses on making Oracle highly available and resilient, but also touches on related aspects, such as hardware, operating systems and ...
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File System Forensic Analysis24 reviews
Addison Wesley, 2007
The bible for File System Forensics
Great Book. Great job Brian. A must have in your bookshelf if you are serious about computer forensics.
It only lacks two things to be perfect: a reiserfs and a HFS+ sections.
Only an error. GPT partition schema isn't used only in big servers. New Intel Macintoshes use it by default for their boot drive.
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The Plutonium Files: America's Secret Medical Experiments in the Cold War22 reviews
Eileen Welsome
The Dial Press, 1999
Skeletons in the closet
This book is scary to say the least. It is well researched and details what is a practice probably still going on today in experiements we do not know about. I was particularly troubled by the Fernald school, where unwanted kids were befriended by MIT researchers who took them on trips and gave them presents in return for the kids drinking radioactive milkshakes. Was some of this done to generate ...
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Understanding Active X and Ole (Strategic Technology Series)25 reviews
David Chappell
Microsoft Press, 1996
great book for a high level understanding of COM
This is one of my favorite books. This book gave me an excellent understanding of COM architecture. It's concise and has just the right amount of info. If you are looking for a ready made set of code sample to cut & paste in your project or if you are more interested about 'how' than 'why' of COM then this book is not for you. I have recommended this book and also lent my copy to many. I couldn't ...
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The Cheetah Files: Rogue25 reviews
Robert Walker
Writers Club Press, 2000
Good Book
I really enjoyed this book. Being an avid reader I can tell by reading the first few pages if I am going to enjoy a book and this one interested me from the start. I would definitedly like to see some more "Cheetah Files". The characters were intersting and believeable. Just the right kind of action and intrigue.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, Second Edition (Pocket Administrator)23 reviews
William R. Stanek
Microsoft Press, 2002
2nd edition even better than first
I have the first edition and got the second edition immediaetly. With the second edition, Stanek has done a great job! This book is well written, easy to follow and concise, yet packed with lot's of useful information and hints and tips for Windows 2000. I consider myself a fairly expert Windows admin, but still learned quite a lot from this book. Like other Windows books that Stanek has written, ...
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