Net Art Books

I got really excited when i bought this book, but when i received it i got really disappointed of my purchase, i thought it would be a full colored book, with a lot of pictures to help you and give you some project ideas, but it has just a few of them and has about 10 pictures of candles that are not so amazing, i think you should get another book if you want some ideas for gel candlemaking

I was expecting more detailed step by step instructions & full of color photos with lots of inspirations. But instead, most of the info. from the book are knowledge you can get FREE from websites that sell gel candle supplies. There are only a few pages of gel candle examples & they are not too impressive.
The only good thing about the book is that the author has included resource of different suppliers.

I was very disappointed with this book....I saw it listed on the Internet and it was recommended by some of the web sights. The information in this book is on the Internet and the projects are not that great or challenging. The book has eight pages of color picture. I checked many of the suppliers listed in the back of the book and quite a few no longer have web pages. I truly expected more from this book based on all of the hype. I feel your money would be better spent on another book.

This little book is a wonderful time saver! There is just so much incredibly useful information packed into such a small package. It saves so much time and research in finding sources for all of the various supplies (containers, wax, embeds, etc.) Plus, it has great color pictures and lots of different project suggestions, resources, links and marketing assistance. It will get your imagination going non-stop and really motivate you to get started immediately.

I make candles and export them for a living. I read a lot of wax candle and gel candle making books ... ! It doesn't fit for anyone one at all, be it an amateur or an intermediate level crafter. Believe me, it's best for you to avoid buying this book. It's not worth your money and time reading.

This book gives a brief history of the making of rope, twine and nets. Starting when each person or village made the needed rope, twine and fishing nets to when it became a big industry. The many b&w pictures illustrate the history and are very interesting.

This book gives a very, very brief of rope making in England.

This is NOT a HOW to Book

I am currently using this book for a programming class and since this is only my second programming class, I thought maybe I had a comprehension problem...I do not.

After many hours of frustration and thoughts of wanting to just quit school because of this class/book, my husband, who is an experienced programmer, told me that I was not the one with the problem, it was the book. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to use the text because it came with my class and I have to do the assignments. However, my husband has loaned my some of his books that are written much better and fill the gaps that this book leaves. I just hope my school will read the reviews and choose a better book for future students.

Ekedahls books are not good books to learn programming. They are books that teach how to type code in the code windows and run and "Look how well I can tell you to write a program". Unfortunately you do not learn how to prorgam. You are lost and confused and looking at your classmate asking if they understand the class.

For a beginner's book get Diane Zak's, It will save u time and money, stress, anger and hatred towards him.

This is a poorly written book. The explanations are incomplete and the book is (badly) organized around examples, rather than conceptual building blocks. As stated in other reviews, some of the program examples do not work, and must be debugged. What really prompted me to review this text is the previous positive review from a teacher. Let me make one thing perfectly clear: when class after class of students finishes a course feeling demotivated because of a confusing text, and that they have frustrating gaps in the knowledge they should have aquired, the teacher or professor's opinion of the text is irrelevant. Apparently there are some teachers who, rather than admit that they have chosen a bad textbook, will dig-in and defend that text to the bitter end. I take great exception to the review title "Great for responsible and interested learners!" In other words, he says that students who do not find this book understandable are irresponsible and/or uninterested. On this note, perhaps we should let half of the air out of a life-ring before we throw it to a drowning person. If he or she is "responsible and interested," and tries very hard, then the person will overcome that disadvantage, and in the process, build endurance and ability to stay afloat. We are told by the reviewer that the "responsible and interested" reader will be able to "connect the dots" on his own, and make sense out of this book. Finally, the review even has the audacity to admonish teachers who might be tempted to "cater to this type of student," (students who complain about this textbook). I have tried hard not to get personal in this review (rebuttal), so I will just say in a generic mode, that any teacher or professor who intentionally sets students up for failure by using a difficult text, when other better,clearer, more understandable ones are available, should rethink his or her career. A book for teaching Visual Basic should thoroughly expound Visual Basic, and not be an obstacle course for teaching independent thinking. On that note, as you might expect, this book is utterly useless for someone learning VB on their own.

I have to say I agree with the reviews below that state that this book is not for beginners. Others have already pointed out the problems with this book, and I agree with them.
Don't buy it, unless you are looking for an expensive paper weight.

It's funny how perspectives from a programmer and a beginner differ so greatly on this text. I am a very successful 30 something student at a major university. I think I am qualified to say, from a beginner's standpoint, that this book leaves much to be desired. I will retread some of the same points others have made here.

The book is intentionally vague: As beginners, students need to grasp basic programming concepys and styles. This text seems to often avoid explaining these basic concepts. The text also does not offer examples of good efficient code or practices. The teacher materials (assignments) intentionally ask for things not discussed in the chapters, The exams are designed to trick the student rather than test understanding of concepts. Forcing sheer memorization over understanding is a bad way to start learning. Example: Which of the following are properties of the Color Structure? a. R,G,B / b. ColorRed,ColorBlue,ColorRed / c. Alpha / d. All of the above - if you answered A you are correct -but Alpha is also a property of the color structure. That's not inportant. A is the answer.

Examples sometimes don't work: Code examples in Chapter 6 fail to work. What's worse, the publisher's web site does not correct this issue. If you plan on drawing text onto a form prepare to do some reading on the outside in order to accomplish this task.

Not easy to read: As mentioned, this text is full of run on sentenses, disjointed and technical. Technical is good, but some plain english explanations would help the BEGINNER to grasp concepts.

Class revolt over the text: As mentioned, students in my class have openly criticized this text. (They actually begged the teacher to just code in VB and explain what's happening over usung the text) These complaints were brought to not only to the teacher, but to the head of the department.

If you are teacher and want to teach VB to beginners, look at some of the other suggestions posted here. This text makes learning VB a chore. People want to be challenged, but also have fun learning something as powerful and simple as VB.NET.

Can't say too much for the text in this book, but the color pictures of the group are wonderful!

Collingwood claims to have the inside track to plenty of Def Leppard information. Unfortunatly for anyone who bought the book, he can't even find the correct spelling for Joe Elliott's last name. If you're looking for information on the band, just watch the videos available from their record label, apparently that's all that the author did.

This very basic book is intended for people who don't know anything about programming and would like to get very fundamental knowledge about using visual tools. The information and the language (which is very annoying) are suitable for kindergarteners. I have never seen a book so increadibly overpriced.

This book is out-of-print and it should be. It is out-dated for the most part, particularly in relation to technology. The book was written at a time when the fastest modems ran at 28.8 bps.
As far as help with writing, it is a very beginning book, and at that not very extensive. In addtion, it is only helpful if you are writing a paper in MLA or APA.
Find another book, this one is not worth the price, no matter how low.