Web Books

I searched for Quark books as I am taking a graphics degree and found the course books both years out of date and full of errors, tutors told me they were still the best available and looking in book stores and online I had to agree till I saw this tome and used it, excellent book of Quark and so very easy to follow.

I rebuilt my web site in 2 days using Quark 6.0 thanks to this book! I upgraded to Quark 6.0 in July, 2003 because of the demonstration showing the web site building capabilities. I don't want a flash movie! I don't want anything fancy! Just clean, simple pages assembled in an easy application. Michael Baumgardt has written a "cookbook" illustrating just that. He also has color screen grabs and illustrations on every page. He covers using Photoshop in conjunction with Quark, because that's what the average graphic designer is going to be doing. This book is for the mid-to-high level user of both Photoshop and Quark applications. There's some history on desk top publishing as well. I bought another book just before this one that barely covered the web site building capabilities - what a waste of time.

As an Evangelist for Quark, I get to read ALL the titles on QuarkXPress. During my many hours of reading, I found this amazing book "QuarkXPress 6 for Print and Web Design" by Michael Baumgardt. This was the book that I was looking for! Michael's book is a superlative read for the creative mind. It's great to find an author that puts into words the level of creativity you can build with QuarkXPress. I love this book and recommend it whenever I am speaking at an industry event.

Shellie Hall, Evangelist, Quark, Inc.

Excellent writing! I enjoyed this story very much. Found this one by accident. Will read it again. A self published book that needs more exposure. Thanks, D J Nold!

In 1998, Earth was narrowly missed by a 1 mile wide meteor which if it had impacted, could have levied a 100,000 megaton blast with terrible global consequences. Scientists believe that, at any given moment, the Earth could be minutes away from just such an event. Then what? Sci-Fi writer D.J. Nold explores just one possibility in her first novel, a science fiction love story, Raven's Fate.

Arriving on earth after a meteor crash releases a lethal virus, Major Raven Nighthunter embarks on a project to participate in the Aiding, a team that is frantically working toward a cure for the devastating disease. But she encounters much more than she had planned for when she meets Colonel Jorden Madwolf. Like metal on metal, they sharpen each other and build an unforgettable story.

Nold has definitely spent the time and imagination to develop the characters and the settings, artistically painting them into an enjoyable, action-packed plot. Nold grabs your attention from the first line with a writing style that has something of an Andre Norton meets Anne Rice flare.

The plot takes us away from the world we know, yet at its core is something quite familiar: the challenge to survive at a time when communication, even with all our technology, is still very difficult. The characters, although alien in their form, experience the joy, heartache and violence of cultures clashing. At times, it may take something not quite human to teach us about our humanity - this is the story of Raven's Fate.

~~D.J. Nold received a Certificate of Merit from the Writer's Digest 2001 Self-Published Book Awards Contest. The judge who reviewed the work wrote: "Nold has a good grasp of detail, most of which comes through in her use of setting and physical description of characters. She's created an interesting world for those characters to inhabit. Unlike a lot of the self-published novels I've read, this one takes its time to set up character and plot instead of rushing through the story... Nold really nails her dialog..."
~~Melanie Rigney, Editor of Writer's Digest wrote: "Thanks again for your participation and for confirming our belief that self-publishing is both a vital and increasingly appropriate option for today's writers. It is also one that is fully capable of rivaling the best productions of the commercial publishing establishment!"

Even if you don't want to read the book,the downloadable applications are worth your money. The apps work and are of good quality. I'm using the Class Diagram to draw UML diagrams. I find it easier to use than even Visio. Drawing is much easier using the author's application (in chapter 4). Other apps are fun too. The e-commerce ASP.NET app is also useful.

This is the best book .NET book i've read. The applications discussed are really real-world apps, and the author explains them extremely well. This book helped me write my custom Windows control and I'm really thankful. Get this book if you aim more than simple toy codes.
The other good thing about this book is the use of design patterns throughout the applications. It's good to see design patterns are really used in applications. The codes run with .NET Framework 1.0 and 1.1

This book is one of the few .NET titles with some meat. I'm particularly interested in the
game application: Pacman-clone. The chapter explains very clearly, from the design, the patterns used, and implementation.
Other applications are useful too: FTP client app, XML document editor, etc.

This is really the only book you need to help write your perfect resume. Author did a great job.

There are a number of books on the market today that will help people write the "perfect" resume. There are fewer books on the market that will help you design resumes specifically for posting online. This is one of them. Pat Criscito offers a considerable amount of instruction on how to design resumes that can be easily posted and properly viewed online. There is more to preparing a resume for online use than may be apparent at first. This book leads the way!

This is a great book for those seeking jobs who would like to present their resumes on the Internet for prospective employers to view. There are sections on scannable, e-mailable resumes and creating an ASCII text file for a resume. The book has a large section on how to find jobs on the Internet. It shows a list of job-related newsgroups, and a job-related mailing list on the web. There is a 27 page list of companies that accept resumes at their Internet sites plus a four page list of Internet job banks and databases. There are 70 pages of career-related Internet site addresses. In fact this book is packed with a vast amount of Internet links making it the best book for anyone seeking information about resumes and job hunting in cyberspace.

'The Sandscrapers' - A Forgotten Navy
'The Sandscrapers' is a novel about a World War II naval officer and the ship he commands from Norfolk, Virginia through the Panama Canal, and all through the south pacific. The storylines (and all the events) are so realistic, the book must be based on actual events. I have not read a novel that tells about this sector of the navy. Maybe that is why the title is 'A Forgotten Navy'. The book is so intriguing that not only a World War II history buff would enjoy the book, but anyone interested in a good story. I highly recommend 'The Sandscrapers'.

The life & times of the men & wives of a forgotten amphibious force of landing vessels serving in the Pacific during WWII.

Within the covers of this unassuming, modest saga, you will meet brave & true ordinary men as they serve their country in extra-ordinary times. You will read of their recruitment & maneuvers, their frustrations & heroism, their terrors & poetry. You will see patriotism in action, gruff & ready, tender & determined.

THE SANDSCRAPERS is a unique addition to any military library!

Nominated for the Third Annual Library of Virginia Fiction Award, Griffin Garnett's The Sandscrapers is a naval adventure novel set on the high seas, aboard the "Landing Ship Medium Program." Set in the southwest Pacific during the deadly days of World War II, The Sandscrapers is a story of heroism, struggle, sacrifice, and endurance, exciting, involving, and highly recommended reading from first page to last.

Discovery Channel, move over. Keep this book at your computer terminal. Now you can indulge in (a lot) of learning, or just quenching your curiosity!

Not just for grown-ups--there's a whole chapter (pp313-334) titled "KIDSTUFF", with pointers to such sites as "Helping Your Child Learn Science", "Children's Butterfly Site", "Science Made Simple" and "Planet Pals". With the decline of our schools, perhaps kids using the Net to carve out their own learning journey will be a big part of the solution.

Oh, there's a whole chapter on Mathematics! Good for those among us who were unlucky enough not to have good math teachers at school (which is most of us, I guess. Good maths teachers are a rarity.) The sites covered here might very well spark passion in our younger folk who have this subject spoon fed to them in it's most tasteless form. I mention this because I, myself, struggled with Maths at high school. That struggle ended when I took charge of my own Maths training. I chose my own books & materials and methods of learning. And saw my Maths marks skyrocket.

Need I say more? Get this book. For yourself. For your kids. For your country which is already in painful need for the scientifically astute.

Discovery Channel, move over. Keep this book at your computer terminal. Now you can indulge in an orgy of learning, or just quenching your curiosity!

Not just for grown-ups--there's a whole chapter (pp313-334) titled "KIDSTUFF", with pointers to such sites as "Helping Your Child Learn Science", "Children's Butterfly Site", "Science Made Simple" and "Planet Pals". With the decline of our schools, perhaps kids using the Net to carve out their own learning journey will be a big part of the solution.

Oh, there's a whole chapter on Mathematics! Good for those among us who were unlucky enough not to have good math teachers at school (which is most of us, I guess. Good maths teachers are a rarity.) The sites covered here might very well spark passion in our younger folk who have this subject spoon fed to them in it's most tasteless form. I mention this because I, myself, struggled with Maths at high school. That struggle ended when I took charge of my own Maths training. I chose my own books & materials and methods of learning. And saw my Maths marks skyrocket.

Need I say more? Get this book. For yourself. For your kids. For your country which is already in painful need for the scientifically astute.

Discovery Channel, move over. Keep this book at your computer terminal. Now you can indulge in an orgy of learning, or just quenching your curiosity!

Not just for grown-ups--there's a whole chapter (pp313-334) titled "KIDSTUFF", with pointers to such sites as "Helping Your Child Learn Science", "Children's Butterfly Site", "Science Made Simple" and "Planet Pals". With the decline of our schools, perhaps kids using the Net to carve out their own learning journey will be a big part of the solution.

Oh, there's a whole chapter on Mathematics! Good for those among us who were unlucky enough not to have good math teachers at school (which is most of us, I guess. Good maths teachers are a rarity.) The sites covered here might very well spark passion in our younger folk who have this subject spoon fed to them in it's most tasteless form. I mention this because I, myself, struggled with Maths at high school. That struggle ended when I took charge of my own Maths training. I chose my own books & materials and methods of learning. And saw my Maths marks skyrocket.

Need I say more? Get this book. For yourself. For your kids. For your country which is already in painful need for the scientifically astute.

This is a really good book to introduce SGML. Also, especially now that SoftQuad is out of the SGML web browser business, and no longer provides its Panorama SGML Netscape browser plug-in, the copy of Panorama Pro included on the CD that comes with the book is worth more than the price of the book.

Are you frustrated trying to get started learning about SGML, and how to do things with it? Do you feel like SGML is something out of a Kafka story? This book really can help you make that first big leap from helpless confusion, to being able to do things with SGML, and to be oriented so that you *can* become your own guide in going farther. Buy it: It works if you work it!

This book is an excellent introduction to SGML and XML. Its well written and covers the topic in a reasonable amount of detail. It includes an evaluation version of an SGML browser from Softquad that is worth the price of the book itself.

In Sophia's Web: Understanding The Unity And Diversity Of Religion, Science And Ourselves, Burl Hall cuts across philosophical, religious, and cultural boundaries to reveal patterns between the various religions of the world and western science. Like the ancient philosophers and mystics, Hall views wisdom as female (known in the cultures of antiquity as Sophia), and shows how contemporary science reinforces the perception of the universe as an integrated whole, with each part affecting and affected by other aspects of the natural world and our essential humanness. Hall persuasively presents evidence drawn from the world's major religious traditions that Sophia (Goddess of Wisdom) guides us and in her persona of Nature, relates to us individual as part of her wholeness. Each chapter is an engaging, informative, challenging, and revelatory essay that will fascinate both the academic community and the non-specialist general reader with an interest in metaphysical studies.

She is everywhere, and Burl Hall helps you find her! This is a real page turner. You will find yourself inside, men or women alike. He has so many ancient names of the Goddess and explains their origin, that you see she has been all around and among us.

In my search for my own spiritual philosophy, one that I can live with successfully and comfortably, I have read avidly many different authors over the years.Then there comes a book that leaves you with a very big, "Aha, this is a piece of my puzzle!" That is how this wonderful book effected me.It is a very important piece of that puzzle. I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone with an open and inquiring mind.It challenges our belief system in a dramatic way.It will offer any reader with similiar inquiries regarding our world a host of thought provoking and stimulating possibilities, and many questions that will long to be answered.Just as it should.I will anxiously be waiting for another work from this author.

The stories are very inspiring, the photos are great, and the book itself is well done from the cover on.

"Soul Survivors" brought the horror of the Cambodian genocide to me in a way that the modern media never has. In a world where the news numbs society to mass murder and political unrest, "Soul Survivors" left me unable to remain numb to these atrocities. The book focuses on personal stories from a wide range of survivors of the genocide - stories that are essential to gaining a true understanding of how genocide affects a nation and culture. When I closed the book, I was filled with the kind of restless compassion that only comes from truly learning about the pain of another people and culture. "Soul Survivors" was an inspirational book and really made me want to change the world - something that every great book should do.

This book offered me a chance to face a devastating period of human history with courage, compassion, and determination to make the world a better place. It tells the story of women and children who endured the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s and managed to rebuild their lives afterward. It includes the stories of two refugees who came to the United States as orphans, returning as young adults to help their country. In a series of personal narratives, the author lets these survivors tell their own stories in their own words, and there are accompanying photographs that give a wonderful added glimpse at their lives. Wagner also provides some brief but helpful political context for the suffering in Cambodia. Living as we are in a time of so much hatred and conflict and fear, Soul Survivors reaffirms the futility of violence and helped remind me of the possibility of redemption and reconciliation.

This book is awesome. I bought this book, based on other reviewers on amazon who praised this book. I learned how to subnet and in a few short weeks, I have a great job, paying in six figures. Little does the other reviewer know that his beautiful wife subnets with me ever since I bought this book.

I learned to subnet using this book. Previously I was quite horrible in math and algebra, however this book teaches subnetting on a different approach. It was exactly what I needed. I must say that now that I have mastered subnetting, I have conquored my CCNA exam and on to bigger and better things. Thank you very much Keith Sutherland.

To say that this book helped me was an understatement. I was homeless and found this book in a box along I-95. After reading it I was able to take a test and becoem Cisco certified. Now I make a six figure income and have a beautiful wife who also loves to subnet.