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9 reviews
Chris Gethard

Sterling, 2005

Big, HUGE Fun!!
I picked this up because I recognized the photo on the front. That's the "waitress lady" I've passed for more than 40 years in a tiny town called Silver Creek NY. That's the glory of this book. Filled with wonderful color photos, you too will recognize the 'weird' of NY that you never realized was right under your nose. Did you notice the "Burger Family" in Glens Falls? Hear the creepy knock from ...

Game Programming All in One, Third Edition

4 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2006

Very impressed
I tend to shy away from game programming books with the phrase "All in One." And not without good reason. Most of them are utter garbage. They simply try to do too much. Take the 1st edition of GPAIO for example--it was just awful. It had diagrams on the wrong page, tons of errors, etc. And it wastes way too much time going through the technical stuff. Very little on game programming. Not so ...

The Beachcomber' S Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest

2 reviews
J Duane Sept

Harbour Pub Co, 1999

A perfect field guide
I highly recommend this book. It's a great first stop for identifying tide pool creatures of the Pacific Northwest (specifically Washington, Oregon, Vancouver Island, and the San Juans). If you are hoping for a simple, straightforward guide that covers a broad range of critters, this is the book for you. You can count on this guide for good pictures, both common and scientific names, and a few ...

Treason's Harbour (Aubrey Maturin Series)

17 reviews
Patrick O'Brian

W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

Naval Warfare in the Mediterranean and Espionage on Malta
In "Treason's Harbour" Lucky Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin continue their adventures in the Mediterranean; only this time Jack's well-known luck fails him. The story picks up where "The Ionian Mission" left off, and CPT Jack Aubrey is dealing with the refit of both the Worcester and the Surprise. In the shipyards of the 1800's - Malta in particular - corruption is rife and while Aubrey deals ...

Advanced 2D Game Development
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2008

"Advanced 2D Game Development" is a comprehensive guide to 2D game development for experienced game programmers who are comfortable working in the C++ language. The book covers every significant 2D game subject including animated sprites, tile-based scrolling, level editing, vector graphics, and physics, as well as the major game genres: real-time strategy, turn-based strategy, first-person shooter, scrolling platform, and role-playing. ...

Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Encyclopedia of Invertebrates, Seaweeds And Selected ...

5 reviews
Andy Lamb

Harbour Publishing, 2006

Amazing and well worth it!!!
I work for a West Coast marine lab and I purchased this both for my work and for my own enjoyment. Twenty years in the making, there is nothing close to this in terms of illustrated guides for the region. Being that I work in the lesser known of the invertebrates, I was glad to see that the minor phyla are paid just as much attention to as the more common ones. I showed my copy around the lab, ...

Boys, Girls & Body Science: A First Book about Facts of Life

10 reviews
Meg Hickling

Harbour Pub Co, 2002

Perfect for "the talk"
My almost 8 year old daughter has been asking a lot of questions lately about how babies are really made, etc. I paniced and ordered three books based on their reviews here. Boys, Girls, and Body Science was by far the best of the lot! The story line of a nurse talking to a class of young children works so well, as does the suggestion to approach the subject like a scientist (for example, ...

Smoking Salmon & Trout: Plus Canning, Freezing, Pickling & More
Jack Whelan

Harbour, 2003

Find out how to get the most from your catch with "Smoking Salmon and Trout," With over 400 photos and illustrations, this authoritative how-to book provides step-by-step instructions for home processing the fish you catch or buy. Extensive chapters on filleting, smoking, salting, sausaging, marinating and pickling fish show you how to create all the traditional mouth-watering treats you find in supermarkets and delicatessens. There are ...

Energy Vampires: A Practical Guide for Psychic Self-protection

9 reviews
Dorothy Harbour

Destiny Books, 2002

Shore up your energetic defenses before you need to
Being "energetically" attacked not only zaps your energy but also affects your health and relationships. It can be in many forms such as pure hatred, jealousy, or someone always taking advantage of you. While the best option would be to avoid those "energy vampires", that is not always possible when they are close family members. Dorothy Harbour in "Energy Vampires" enlightens us on the ...

Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Weird)

12 reviews
Mark Moran, Mark Sceurman

Sterling, 2004

goosebump reading!
This is the kind of going down a deserted road and then-AHHH!! reading, not Hollywood, this is what we have all experienced at one time or another.It will keep you up reading it all night,but maybe not on Halloween? Must have all the other books in this series, a must read!!

Visual Basic Game Programming with DirectX (The Premier Press Game Development Series)

30 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2002

Direct x and Direct Visual Basic
First of all I'd like to say that this book is really good because it is step by step in its foundation. It explains how to set up the programs it discusses. What I had problems with were that I understood the code from a template kind of perspective but did not understand exactly what each line of code was doing without a substantial background in Visual Basic 6. I jumped right into learning ...

Daughters of Copper Woman

14 reviews
Anne Cameron

Harbour Publishing, 2002

Simply wonderful!!!
A great book, it has more than just mythology. The stories show how we are all one people of different tribes.

Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest

5 reviews

Harbour, 1999

A Park Ranger-Naturalist's comments
This book's easy-to-use key immediately helps visitors to Olympic's coast identify dozens and dozens of marine animals and plants. We bring it on ranger-led tide pool explorations because it complements our journeys so well. Each section provides structural, behavioral, and habitat information about the type of creatures. Then, many individual species are photographed and described, ...

Understanding Foucault

1 review
David A. Harbour

Netzari Press, 2008

A New Classic is Born
This book truly is destined, as its cover suggests, to be mentioned in the same breath as Texereau and Ingalls. Unlike the works of the other two authors, however, this treatise is the first to explain the Foucault Test in a manner that will render it completely understandable for anyone with an interest in telescope optics, regardless of their experience level. Additionally, numerous ...

Sweethearts: The Timeless Love Affair -- On-Screen and Off -- Between Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, ...

11 reviews
Sharon Rich

Bell Harbour Press, 2002

The Sweethearts of the 20th Century
This book is so well documented with names, dates, and places. It is hard not to believe after seeing the MacDonald/Eddy movies over and over again. Since I have been a Mac/Eddy fan for a very long time, this book satisfied my own perception of these two wonderful people and their relationship. The book is a remarkable memorial to them.

Chainsaws: A History

5 reviews
David Lee

Harbour Pub Co, 2006

A most lively coverage
CHAINSAWS: A HISTORY rips into a little-known set of facts about the invention which changed and created the forest industry and became essential for country dwellers. If you think CHAINSAWS; A HISTORY will be a dry read, think again: both college-level collections specializing in agricultural history and studies as well as general-interest libraries, particularly in rural areas, will find it a ...

DarkBASIC Pro Game Programming, Second Edition

7 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour, Joshua R. Smith

Course Technology PTR, 2006

DarkBASIC Pro Game Programming, 2nd Ed.
An invaluable resource for the aspiring game programmer, as a beginner's reference. This great book explains, simply, the needed utility programs to draw and animate your graphics, PLUS many well-written examples to help you in to right direction. I found myself refering back to some of the Sprite-related chapters and some of the simple 3D examples for building some games. I really think ...

Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner)

12 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2002

Seen Worse, Found Better
I purchased this book based mainly on the reviews written here at Amazon.com. While I would not say I am dissapointed, I do think this book (and every other "beginners" book I have read) could be alot better. This book starts off well enough giving pretty detailed information on what is going on and why, however, as soon as you think you are beginning to get a grasp on the material, the ...

Beginning Java 5 Game Programming

6 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2006

One hell of a good book.
I think I'm probably right in the target audience for this book, and I think it did a great job at what it sets out to do. There's a bit of a Java review at the beginning, but this so-called "intro to Java" is focused on game making from the very first pages. Don't think that there's enough Java teaching here to get by if you've never done Java before. He covers a couple of topics essential to ...

Game Programming All in One, Second Edition

44 reviews
Jonathan S. Harbour

Course Technology PTR, 2004

An excelent learning tool.
Harbour presents everything in a simple manner with very little presumptions. He provides useful information on entering the game industry and making money from your games. Although the cd can have some trouble installing, it still makes for an exceptional learning tool.

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