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The Authoritative Calvin And Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) 35 reviews
Bill Watterson
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1990
A walk through someone else's imagination
+ C&H FTW
+ More Calvin
+ Another anthology of laughter
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Holy Bible: New Geneva Study Bible, New King James Version, Burgundy Bonded Leather (Style No 2995bg/Burgundy)3 reviews
Thomas Nelson Inc, 1995
An outstanding general purpose study Bible.
+ Is our Father not sovereign and full of tender mercies?
+ There's None Better
As an educated but interested amateur, I have and use several study Bibles. This is the one I use most often. It is the one I most frequently tote to church, Sunday School, and Bible study, and find on my lap. While I frequently use a Thompson Chain Reference in the New American Standard, and ...
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The Complete Chronicles of Narnia 1012 reviews
C. S. Lewis
HarperCollins, 1998
Further up and further in!
+ Just what I ordered
+ Cs Lewis Chronicles of narnia
+ A wonderful book for young adventurers
+ Good book
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The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions101 reviews
Scott Adams
Collins Business, 1997
The Best Collection of Newspaper Strips that I Have Seen!
+ How to survive in corporate industry
+ I almost died laughing whilst reading this book
+ Hysterically Funny
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy663 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
Comic work of genius
+ One of my all-time favorite books
+ My go-to gift for 12 year old boys
+ improbably great
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XML: A Beginner's Guide 9 reviews
McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2001
CAUTION: Not really a "beginner's guide"
The book does a good job with explaining topics such as using XML as a database and using DOM to interface with XML. It is also a good book if you work in the Microsoft web technologies (ASP, VBScript), since many of the examples use ASP and VBScript to interface with the XML document. However, I ...
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Church History In Plain Language Updated 2nd Edition 68 reviews
Bruce L. Shelley
Thomas Nelson, 1996
Usefully brief
+ For nearly 500 pages it reads quickly
+ Church History in Plain Language
+ Easily Accessible History
+ Great introduction
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The Eugenics Wars Vol I: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh (Star Trek)66 reviews
Greg Cox
Star Trek, 2001
Awesome!
+ yes, this is a star trek book
Filled in the gaps that the series left out. It referenced many other episodes as well.
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From Myst to Riven: The Creations & Inspirations13 reviews
Richard Kadrey
Hyperion Books, 1997
A gorgeous, glorious book . . .
+ A lovely book remenscent of the Myst games
+ WOW!
+ Books and Ages and Life
+ A book no Myst, gaming, or computer fan should be without!
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Linux: The Complete Reference10 reviews
Richard Petersen
Osborne/McGraw-Hill, 2000
great for desktop Linux users
+ Great Detail, well organized
+ Very complete!
+ Excellent coverage
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The Book of Atrus (Myst, Book 1)197 reviews
Rand Miller
Random House Audio, 1995
Myst: The Book of Atrus
+ easy, fun book - would highly recommend
+ Great fun for kids!
+ How good can you get?
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The Book of Ti'Ana (Myst, Book 2)125 reviews
Rand Miller, David Wingrove
Hyperion, 1997
Another phenomenal background story for Myst
+ I Love Myst
+ Sad.... but beautiful.
+ A Beautifully Crafted Piece For Fans and Non-Fans Alike
+ book of atrus
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Nerds 2.0.112 reviews
Stephen Segaller
TV Books, 1999
Right from the hip - a favorable preview
+ Hackers succeeded where hippies failed.
+ Excellent computing and networking primer for lay readers
+ Insightful look at the 'Net's history
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS: THE BLUE RIDGE ESCARPMENT.
Tommy Wyche, Tom Blagden
Westcliffe Publishers,, 1994
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The Road Ahead: Completely Revised and Up-to-Date 127 reviews
Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, ...
Penguin Books, 1996
I owe a lot of things to this book
+ Bill Gates does technology past, present and future
This book hit the stands in 90's when I was an undegrad doing my 4 year course in Computer Science and Engineering. I devoured this book with the kind of passion a teenager devours his first Playboy/Penthouse.
In hindsight whatever BillG has written in this book has happened.
This book ...
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The Book of D'Ni (Myst, Book 3)84 reviews
Rand Miller, David Wingrove
Hyperion, 1998
Probably my favorite in the series so far!
+ Great Myst literature
+ Beautiful book, even if not a Myst fan
+ Great book.
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The Book of D'Ni (Myst, Book 3)84 reviews
Rand Miller, David Wingrove
Hyperion, 1998
Probably my favorite in the series so far!
+ Great Myst literature
+ Beautiful book, even if not a Myst fan
+ Great book.
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From Myst to Riven: The Creations & Inspirations13 reviews
Richard Kadrey
Hyperion Books, 1997
A gorgeous, glorious book . . .
+ A lovely book remenscent of the Myst games
+ WOW!
+ Books and Ages and Life
+ A book no Myst, gaming, or computer fan should be without!
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XML: A Beginner's Guide9 reviews
McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2001
CAUTION: Not really a "beginner's guide"
The book does a good job with explaining topics such as using XML as a database and using DOM to interface with XML. It is also a good book if you work in the Microsoft web technologies (ASP, VBScript), since many of the examples use ASP and VBScript to interface with the XML document. However, I ...
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy663 reviews
Douglas Adams
Del Rey, 1995
Comic work of genius
+ One of my all-time favorite books
+ My go-to gift for 12 year old boys
+ improbably great
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