Cameron Books

I'm not sure how to put this, but, this book has some of the best, most clearly written, and logically organized introductions to various aspects of the class concept in C++ programming. I had been struggling with the concept of the class constructor for about a month, rereading material in several different texts, but not really understanding it. This book iterates and reinterates the subject material so that there is no confusion. For example, on the constructor, the book explained the distinction between objects and classes, the concept of instantiation, provided examples of such and of member types, and the purpose of the class concept, and then, at the right time, explained it so: "The purpose of the constructor is to initialize an object of its class."

T H A N K Y O U !!!!

In ten minutes, I understood everything I had been struggling with for the previous 30 days. The book does the same thing with polymorphism, overloading, templates, and so forth. So -- I'm not sure if people who are specifically interested in Collections and Container Classes will get what they want from this book -- I'm not at that level to judge yet -- but this book is great for the beginner as a supplementary support text. Beautiful diagrammatics also.

Quite a bit of the book is spent reviewing object oriented principles and data structures. Also, the title doesn't say it, but the book concentrates almost exclusively on the standard template library.

A great overview of the ice climbing available in Colorado. The best book on the market.

I have all the ice guides to colorado, and this one is about the only one I trust. Ratings are, in my experience, slightly conservative, which is better than being the other way, particularly for ice climbs where getting in over your head can be very serious. Route information is, for all the routes in the book I've done, very accurate.

A good addition to your Art Book Library. Good analysis of art in the 18th and early 19th centuries, in conjunction with world events.

I bought this for an art history course in college. The book has many high quality illustrations and half of them are in color. The book also features many details of the works presented in it. There are also comments about what was happening in the artists' lives when they were painting the works shown. The book also includes the political events that occured during the 18th and early 19th centuries. There is even a timeline in the back which shows what was happening in the art world and in the political world at the same time. The book focuses on the Rococo, Neo-Classical, and Romantic movements in painting and sculpture. There is no mention of architecture. This is a great book to have if you like art history.

This is awesome! I've used Director for 2 years and was really excited about the new 3D features in 8.5 but thought I'd have to spend months learning how to use the engine. In 1 week of reading this I made my first user activated 3D projector that plays sound relational to my world.

I know why this book is so good: I looked at these guys sites in the front of the book for these authors - these guys really know how to create. Examples are inspirations!

This is the juice. I want more. Give me more.

PG Juice.

I've used Director for 5 years and i found this book full of good examples. I found the Object Oriented Programming chapter so exciting...Probably one of the best book on Director i've read (i'm waiting for Gary's new Book - Using Macromedia Director 8.5).
Buy it, non ve ne pentirete !
ciao

The text is sometimes a little dull and difficult to follow but the scope of the information presented is wide ranging and concise enough to keep you going. It was very enjoyable to learn about stuctures that you don't often see mentioned in other works. This is a very good addition to a library. I think that sometimes the text drifts from its intended purpose but the drifts are all pleasant.

Reading or browsing "The Empress and Architect" is a thrilling experience. Along with the great reproductions of Cameron's works, the Author of the book offers insightful and precise vision of syncretic relations between Russian and British culture. Unfortunately for Russia, the momentum of these cultural relatiions was abruptly ended after Bolshevik revolution of 1917. "The Empress and Architect" is truly one of the best books on Russian Classical Architecture published in English.

I received the right book. Reasonably priced and packed securely. I recommend to use expedited shipping method instead of media mail if you don't want to suffer being late with your lessons or order your books ahead of time.

Needed book for class. Received in excellent condition and such a better price than University Book Store. Thanks for reselling. Love the savings. MysticBleu

Really nice book, it has all the ingredients to make it a good book to have on your bookshelf.I highly recomend it to anyone interested in the subject, old china photographs are captivating and story telling plus the glosy paper and good quality printing make it a lovely coffetable book.

This is a wonderful visual history of china in the late Qing dynasty. It represents a wonderful era that few western eyes have really ever seen. The text is informative, and the beautiful sepia toned photos are truly stunning. If your even vaguely interested in this era of China's history, snap up this book now.

This is an excellent book giving a connection between Carter's Grove and the Calabar area in Southeastern Nigeria. Some of the information is good for genealogical research needs.

This is an unusual history, in which Lorena Walsh seeks to investigate the lives of slaves within one related set of Virginia's Burwell family plantations, rather than focusing upon slavery on a larger regional scale. Her subject is Carter's Grove, Virginia, where Walsh is employed as a resident historian, and where historical reenactments suffered from a lack of information on the slaves who worked the plantation in the 18th century. She is therefore motivated primarily to provide a detailed account of the Carter's Grove slaves themselves, though she hopes that her study will help to substantiate more general histories of slavery in Virginia.

Walsh begins by tracing the origins of the Carter's Grove slaves, noting that perhaps half came to the plantation from other Virgina slaveholders, while the others arrived directly from Africa. She believes that the diverse backgrounds of the slaves must have resulted in cultural conflict among them at first, but that they eventually assimilated while maintaining some African traditions. By the 1750s, the majority of the plantation's slaves were creolized, resulting in a more stable population where close kin networks led to decreased resistance and more tolerable lives for the slaves. The slaves' material and working conditions also improved over time, as the Burwell family reduced their reliance on tobacco and turned to producing less labor intensive crops like wheat and dairy products for local markets. The emphasis on local trade also allowed slaves to visit among neighboring plantations and strengthen kin networks. Unfortunately, the 1770s saw the Burwell family fortunes decline, and the community at Carter's Grove was broken apart, with some slaves moving to western plantations while others were eventually scattered throughout the state. While nuclear family units were usually kept together, the extended family continued on in importance in the slaves' lives only through oral tradition.

Walsh's inquiry is both unique and problematic due to the limitations of her sources. While she hopes that the primary evidence she finds at Carter's Grove (archaeological evidence, planters' records, and 19th century slave memoirs) will help to bolster the conclusions made in more generalized histories of slave life in Virginia, it is difficult at times to determine whether her conclusions are drawn entirely form her primary sources, or whether she is simply using secondary literature to guide her in understanding the evidence from Carter's Grove. Moreover, at times her conclusions, while creative, are based on little evidence at all, such as when she assumes cultural conflict between creole and African slaves. Such hypotheses are sensible, but there is little actual evidence to support them. Nonetheless, this is an important study for anyone seriously interested in the history of slave life and culture in 18th century Virgina, and a model for future inquiries in the field.

Gen 13 Collected Edition reprints the entire 5 issue mini-series hit of 1994 (written/co-created by Brandon Choi, Jim Lee, and J. Scott Campbell; with wonderful art by Campbell and inker Alex Garner) that was originally published by Image Comics, when Wildstorm Productions founder, superstar writer/artist Jim Lee was still at Image Comics (in 1998, Lee would leave Image Comics and sell his Wildstorm Productions to DC Comics, due to his career as a publisher having mostly precluded art jobs, which he desired to return to his roots as an illustrator, while being free of his time running the business aspects of publishing). Anyways, Gen 13 makes for a fun, great read, which I really enjoyed. This was the first teenage superhero team in the Wildstorm Universe, and there are just some funny moments between characters, plus some great action scenes going on. A definite must read for any comic book reader in my opinion. This was one of the better books being published from Image Comics at that time (and from Wildstorm Productions). This Gen 13 mini-series would spin-off an ongoing monthly series afterward, which ran at 7 years from 1995-2002 at 77 issues (and countless more spin-offs in various mini-series and specials). Another (short-lived) second series ran from 2002-2004, at a total of 17 issues (issues #0-16). In 2006, Wildstorm is trying another run at a regular Gen 13 series revival.

Released at a time when new Image titles were literally a dime a dozen, Gen-13 quickly jumped ahead of the pack to become one of the hottest comics around.

Gen-13 (originally titled Gen-X before Marvel's lawyers stepped in) was the first teen hero title in creator Jim Lee's Wildstorm Universe. All Wildstorm titles tie in to the saga of Team 7, an elite military unit who were unwittingly given super powers by government orders. The men of Team 7 were known as Gen-12, and Gen-13 features their offspring.

Like their fathers, the stars of Gen-13 (Fairchild, Freefall, Burnout, Rainmaker, and Grunge) all had their powers activated by a secret government agency. This trade paperback details the team's origins and their escape from government control. Gen-13 isn't too far removed from the early Lee/Kirby X-Men story - 5 teenagers with powers they never asked for, fighting for their lives under the guidance of an older mentor. In this case, the role of Professor Xavier is played by former Team 7 commander Jack Lynch, who I always thought was one of the more interesting Wildstorm characters.

The story may be pretty basic, but the characters are interesting and the dialogue is fresh (at least it was in 1993). The real highlight is the artwork, which was provided by newcomer (and future superstar) J. Scott Campbell. Campbell's dynamic style was bold and exciting, and he could draw stunning female characters like no one else.

Gen-13 became a massive hit for Wildstorm, and it all starts here. This trade paperback collects the entire 5-issue Gen-13 limited series, plus some sketchbook material by Campbell and Lee.

This is one of those books that is hard to put down once you start reading it. It makes you laugh, cry and think about God's wonderful love for all of us. I highly recommend this great book!

Connie has a simple way of sharing God's love and how He has worked in her life and can work in ours. The little insights and glimpses into her own life make her feel as though you know her personally. Sometimes, you know that her nudges from God were also your nudges from Him.