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This book offers all the practical how-tos that we not-so-computer-savvy people need. And its chapter of how-I-did-it testimonies got me so excited I could hardly sleep that night! It's a nice mix of the practical and inspirational, and it's the map I've been needing to get my small business farther down the road in e-business land.

This is very helpful for anyone interested in operating a computer based business. You get words of wisdom for those who are really doing it which helps so much. This is a must have for those starting out or even those who already own a computer-based business.

I received it in a timely manner. It includes lots of infomation in a condensed, concise format. It is very helpful and necessary for all businesses. Excellent Job! (Thumbs Up!)

LaDonna, your book has many excellent free and cost-effective resources for anyone who is thinking about starting up an Internet business that it would be a shame for those starting out on the Internet to NOT read this book! The information is top-notch and the computer-based business profiles demonstrate how successful any Internet idea can become with use of the right tools and strategies. We find ourselves continuously using it for new promotional ideas...thanks LaDonna!

The author has put her heart and soul into this amazing book which covers just about everything you need to know to start a home business!

In all my years reviewing books, I have never come across one so packed with useful information on this topic. Although the subject matter is very broad, Vick breaks each topic down into manageable subjects offering insight and wisdom within each one.

Establishing the legal status of your business is an important first step and the options are explained very well. Of course, being an accountant myself, I was very interested in the chapter on business taxes which proved to be comprehensive and easy to read.

With the internet offering endless possibility for the business world, a large section of the book is dedicated to website strategies and promotion. Vick has obviously done her homework and compiled extensive resources for free website hosting, free internet access and free website submission services which provide an affordable way to get your business off the ground.

Profiles from successful professionals have been included offering both advice and encouragement as you enter this realm.

A fabulous book at an incredible price! I definitely recommend reading this book if you are considering the idea of working at home. You will not be disappointed!

This is a great book! While some may be looking for strums based on genre category, I say this is much better. 101 variations in rhythm are given to you in tab, and in musical notation, with ideal fingering suggested where things might get dicey for you if you were left to your own devices. These strums can be applied to almost any style of music, just speed them up, slow them down, change your guitar sound etc. You are developing good playing habits while following the fingering, as well as invaluable rhythm skills for jamming with other people. You won't be spoon-fed "this is the strum used on X, Y, Z song," but once you get familiar with the patterns you can apply them however you want. Plus, and this is a big plus, it comes with an accompanying CD in which the examples are played better than in any other book I've bought. Usually the rhythm examples in books fly by, but here they actually have drums come in on their own and establish a groove, then you get the example played at a speed you can follow, with a bass joining in so you feel like you're actually jamming. Larry McCabe rocks! He really wants to teach you something, and he knows how, unlike many.

This is not a book that gives you a bunch of generic fancy rhythm parts that show off a bunch of fancy techniques. Techniques are important but not as important as creativity. However, this is a book that will get in touch with your creative side.

I consider it to be a rock song manual, so to speak. These patterns can be use as a spring board for coming up with some great ideas for rock songs, just add lyrics. With 101 rhythmic ideas to choose from and play around with, you can work out a new song on a daily basis. Plus, there is an index page that organized the patterns by rhythm style, e.g. single note, chordal or mixture. After learning the first fifteen patterns, you can began to create intros, hook, bridge, ending and just improvisational rhythm to practice your lead playing. The patterns are 2 bars or so in length and are written in TAB and music.

When you play with other people, they will most likely want you to play rhythm guitar. So as a guitar player, you will need to equip yourself with plenty of ready to use on the spot rhythm ideas. And this book will help you accomplish that.

I think this book is a great book to add to ones collection

This is not a book that gives you a bunch of generic fancy rhythm parts that show off a bunch of fancy techniques. Techniques are important but not as important as creativity. However, this is a book that will get in touch with your creative side.

I consider it to be a rock song manual, so to speak. These patterns can be use as a spring board for coming up with some great ideas for rock songs, just add lyrics. With 101 rhythmic ideas to choose from and play around with, you can work out a new song on a daily basis. Plus, there is an index page that organized the patterns by rhythm style, e.g. single note, chordal or mixture. After learning the first fifteen patterns, you can began to create intros, hook, bridge, ending and just improvisational rhythm to practice your lead playing. The patterns are 2 bars or so in length and are written in TAB and music.

When you play with other people, they will most likely want you to play rhythm guitar. So as a guitar player, you will need to equip yourself with plenty of ready to use on the spot rhythm ideas. And this book will help you accomplish that.

I think this book is a great book to add to ones collection

This is a great book! While some might be looking for strums listed by genre category, I say this is much better. 101 variations in rhythm are given to you in tab, and in musical notation, with ideal fingering suggested where things might get dicey for you if you were left to your own devices. These strums can be applied to almost any style of music, just speed them up, slow them down, change your guitar sound etc. You are developing good playing habits while following the fingering, as well as invaluable rhythm skills for jamming with other people. You won't be spoonfed, this is the strum used on X, Y,Z song, but once you get familiar with the patterns you can apply them however you want. Plus, and this is a big plus, it comes with an accompanying CD in which the examples are played better than in any other book I've bought. Usually the rhythm examples in books fly by, but here they actually have the drums come in on their own and establish a groove, then you get the example played at a speed you can follow, with a bass joining in so you feel like you're really jamming. Larry McCabe rocks! He really wants to teach you something, and he knows how, unlike many.

I read about this book awhile back and ordered it online from Tom Laughlin's website. Well, after it finally arrived I sat down to read it and was pleasantly surprised as to just how insightful it was as to just what are the key ingredients that almost all successful movies, books, plays, etc. have in them.

Much like Joseph's Campbell's The Hero With A Thousand Faces looks into the mythological archetypes and the hero's journey, this book - delving into Jungian archetypes - manages to break down into what makes a movie work or not work, and provides examples of each.

It's definitely changed my outlook into writing and will probably change yours too!

You would think that an entire industry spending billions in marketing feature length films for decades would have spent a few million to do research in to what makes a film a hit (or a bomb). But they don't, because if the studio heads knew what this book dispenses then they would look like the fools that they are or be laughed out of the board room!
I highly recommend this research for anyone, especially potential film investors!
If you are a producer looking for a hit screenplay, you need to know these elements when you pour through all the scripts and treatments to find that gem. If you don't know these secrets you risk gambling on a major loss, a negative return on your investment, which will sour you from being a part of the positive experience that is making films that will touch a persons heart.
If you're a screenwriter who wants to know all those "lies your film teacher told you" then buy this book now!
If you're an avid film goer, you might be interested in knowing what secrets got you to see a movie or not.
This is a multiple read. Get it!

I am an actor and independent producer in Hollywood. PLEASE DON'T BUY THIS BOOK! I want to be the only one in Hollywood with the secrets to making blockbuster movies! What amazes me is that for all the movie marketing we have in Hollywood -- and don't let anyone kid you, they are marketing geniuses -- they don't pay attention to the market research that Tom has done because it didn't get passed down the chain from a studio head. Too bad -- but when I head my own studio I will pass it down and they'll think I'M a genius. Meanwhile, ssshhhhhh! Please! :) Leo Grillo

Tom Laughlin is the premier role model of the independent, maverick movie maker. This book analyzes the nine key ingrediants which yeilds a successful movie, TV show, or novel. Written by someone who is a legend in his own time, it not only explains in detail about the nine ingrediants, but how to use those ingrediants for maximum results.In case anybody doesn't know who Tom Laughlin is, he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in all of the Billy Jack movies. He has a proven track record in the industry. He is also one of the leading Jungian psychotherapists in the world, so you also get a lot of information on the psychologcial aspects of what makes a blockbuster movie, TV show, novel, etc. Should be required reading for anyone interested in film-making.

As a graphic designer who does web sites only occassionaly, I use my manual extensively when I forget a Dreamweaver technique. It's easy-to-understand, clear content is a great guide.

As a novice web page designer, this manual provided detailed, hands-on instructions that were easy to follow on everything from basic page creation to adding more complex design elements. The manual's format and structure is easy to follow and was valuable both as a primer becoming familiar with the software, and as a reference tool now that I've become more comfortable with the software. A great, practical resource for anyone using Dreamweaver.

the book gives you step by step (hence the name) commands to work on your own to create your own web sites. I was able to do it, although the complexity of the program precludes it from being effortless (would that it were). And the manual didn't have dummies in the title. Boy did i feel smart

I've used this manual extensively to create my own website and I refer to it over and over again for quick reminders on the Dreamweaver application. I had first purchased "Dreamweaver the Missing Manual" and "Dreamweaver Visual Dictionary" but found this Noble Desktop manual easier to follow. It has concise instructions and tutorials that are very useful and needed knowledge when designing in Dreamweaver. Whether you are looking for just a basic intro or a more indepth look at some of the bells and whistles of Dreamweaver, this manual is a must have.

I was also able to attend a tutorial session by the folks at Noble Desktop and I have to say that they are very thorough and consise in their direction for people like me who have always had a problem with this particular program. I was even able to go home and follow the easy step by step directions that are illustrated in the training books. They are highly recommended.

This workbook is a great learning tool if you're just starting out in flash. There is a cd included that has files and activities for you to work from. The book is very clear and gives you helpful tips throughout. You'll learn the very basics from using the tool palette to applying sound and inserting video. Overall, well worth the money.

Just like the classes given at Nobledesktop, the training manual is straightforward and easy to understand and follow. The exercises are practical, giving you the tools to get up and running quickly and to accomplish tasks that you will use daily in real life Flash production. Heavily illustrated. Gives instructions for both MAC and WINDOWS users.

After struggling forever with Flash, I just wanted a book that explained everything in a straightforward manner. I didn't want to read a 500 page manual to get what I wanted. This book was exactly what I needed. It's not that long, and just tells you what to do to make a simple animation. Basically it walks you through a lot of great examples and once you're done you can go do your own stuff. I feel like I *finally* get this program!

It was our doctor that told us about this book. It gives warning throughout that help a boy make decisions, in several places it gives examples for an adolescent to talk to parents and how to do it, it covers things no other book I have read ever did, and since I have read this, I see others trying to follow the same path, but the first, from the heart is always the best, and this is the best. Artwork and photos could be better, but the text is what we want them to read, and it is super

The content of this book is excellent - just what I had hoped for and it covered everything I wanted in a very appropriate manner.

Ok I found this under the coffee table! I was tricked into reading it. I thought dad or mom just dropped it or something so I picked it up snuck it in my room and read it
Over and Over and Over
What I learned my dad or mom would never have told me about what I learned makes liers out of the [people] on the net THEY HATE THIS BOOK because it tells the truth and it tells about them and warns you what they are trying to do! Now Im smarter and oh yeah I never gave the book back- but they did ask if I had seen it LOL

I am a teen that comes from a family that isnt very open minded about sex, it taught me alot and mabye one day will share my very copy with my kids...

This is definately the book to get to get up to speed with powerbuilder. I just picked up the advanced book in this series. by the way, newer versions covering powerbuilder versions thru 10.5 are available from the author/publisher, [...] And you won't have to pay more than the list price, which is what some used copies are listing for.

The intro book was excellent, so it was a no-brainer getting the advanced book. The advanced book provided excellent help for me as a new PowerBuilder user. As soon as you open the book, you're already learning plenty of tips that will help you later. Yes, this info is in PowerBuilder help, but here it's all in a nice, consise 'get-to-the-point' format. This book is used in the company's actual advanced class, so you also get a disk with exercises and solutions. The price may seem a little much for some, but for someone having to learn this quickly, which makes sense economically - 1)spend a couple of thousand in some 3 day 'quick' class or 2)spend a couple of hundred and get what you need without leaving your desk? This book is definitely worth it. The chapters on the datawindow report presentation styles (tabular, grid, etc) are excellent!

This book realy help me in construction of classes and objects using the PowerBuilder 7. It's desvending and show the secrets. If you want a way to mastering PowerBuilder, this is the right way.

If there was ever a book teaching Powerbuilder 7 advanced secrets then this is it. A must have for all developers of Powerbuilder. What you learn in this book is invaluable

I couldn't believe it. I've been sewing all my life and I picked up Julie Parker's book about wool and discovered a whole new world -- or at least a whole new way of looking at my favorite hobby. How did I ever do without this? I'm ordering the other two -- on cotton and silk -- and can't wait for the fourth. Write faster, Julie Parker!

One could read all day out of a book and still not be able to visualize how to identify different fabrics. Texture is so much more important. I don't sew but I do buy vintage clothes for my prop company. This book was very helpful. The only thing I think would be better if all the fabrics except the tweeds, etc. were the same color.

I bought this book in 1993 because i needed to familiarize myself with the silk fabric. i also bought many other books on the subject. today i was browsing through my bookself and came across my copy of all about silk and i am still amazed by its content. i will now order the other two books which have since been available.

This is an absolutely indispensible book for costume designers and seamstresses alike. It has an incredibly easy format to read loaded with pertinent information about the fabrics as well as the actual fabric samples. I am studying to become a costume designer and realized that my fabric vocabulary was very limited. I was overjoyed to find this book and am loving it.

There are some nice alternate chords here which work well with my own. As I use different chord progressions not all apply, but this is a good buy which I would highly recommend.

Peter Foreman
"Jazz Renaissance"
Taupo, New Zealand

If you can play chord symbols on the piano, these are the chords that you will enjoy listening to yourself play. They are the restructured chords that the top arrangers use when they write for Tony Bennett and Diana Krall.
Let your ear be the judge.......

Referred from anohter piano player, this book offers an excellent selection of well known standards and pop tunes with one of the best arrangements for jazz piano to come by in a long time. No bass cleffs are included: this book is for piano players who use chords and improvise bass lines normally. But the chord progressions are a wonderful surprise and help illustrate what you can do with harmonics and a good bass line.

If you're an entertainer/guitarist/keyboardist who wants to add real depth to your playing and repetoire, here's a powerful shortcut. Not only is it a great fake book with elegant chords, but it's also a mini course in chord substitution basics. This is pure gold. Frank Mantooth is a rare guy who can play and teach with equal expertise.

I am not one to use Cookbooks only because I love to experiment. Yet, I did purchase this one for various reasons.

I have tried several recipes and they all have been Surperb. The ingridents are those that most kitchens have.

All recipes are easy to do.

My Husband was shocked on how wonderful they all have been since they came out a DIABETIC Cookbook.

Highly recommend this item and the price fair.

I purchased at a well known bookstore.

Happy Cooking!!!

B

Purchased for a friend. Lots of easy recipes with enough spice that my friend can make for herself and her large family.

Lots of great recipes that healthful for anyone. The nutrition information is most helpful and the recipes are not overly complicated if cooking is not your thing.

There should be more simple recipes. Some recipes are not compatible with everyday cooking instead are of gourmet fare.

The newest cookbook from Better Homes and Gardens, this culinary compendium of more than 300 recipes specially designed for the nutritional needs and restrictions imposed by diabetes is spiral bound, features easy-to-read type for comfortable cooking, is enhanced with 32 full-color photos, notes total carb counts for every recipe, offers "doable" strategies for managing diabetes from counting exchanges to tracking down hidden sugar, and is ideal for planning meals on a daily and weekly basis. From Asparagus & Potato Skillet; Spiced Pot Roast with Root Vegetables; Cilantro Chicken with Peanuts; and Spicy Jalapeno-Shrimp Pasta; to Acorn Squash Bisque; Lasagna with Zucchini & Walnuts; Southwestern Breakfast Tostadas; and Cherry Cobbler with Corn Bread Biscuits, each recipes comprising Better Homes And Gardens Biggest Book Of Diabetic Recipes, has preparation times, bake times, oven temperatures, number of servings, and "Exchanges" information. If you have a diabetic in your family, then your kitchen cookbook collection would be wonderfully enhanced for them and your whole family's dining experience with the inclusion of the Better Homes And Gardens Biggest Book Of Diabetic Recipes!