Pitt Books

If you already know HTML pretty well, XHTML won't be a problem. This book gives a good intro to XHTML and is quirky and entertaining along the way. As a Web designer, I found this book quite helpful.

Joe Okonkwo
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Don't even bother learning HTML 4 - XHTML will replace it eventually so you might as well go with the wave of the future.

XHTML for Dummies is a solid INTRODUCTION to XHTML. If you have already reached the intermediate level, then this book is for you. However, if you want to design websites and don't know where to start, then give this book a shot.

While this book is written in plain English and follows the usual Dummies model it is not a start-from-scratch tutorial. The author does not state this explicitly but in order to use this book effectively (because of the way it is written) you really need to have HTML under your belt before you take on XHTML.

This book is written from that perspective and is really more of a reference book for looking up various XHTML elements or rules. It is not very useful as a beginning tool for learning how to code in XHTML unless you are already familiar with the rules and ways of HTML.

Other important aspects like Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are given such cursory treatment that it really makes you feel like more of a dummy after reading it. Other aspects such as the relationship between HTML, XHTML and XML are explained in a ways that just didn't make sense to me but then maybe I'm just a bigger dummy than the author anticipated.

If you have a working knowledge of HTML then this book will probably suffice but if you are just getting started then perhaps it would be better to look elsewhere for an XHTML how-to.

Slap "for dummies" on a book and you will get the dummies to buy it. :) This book just wears you out with all the extra chit-chat that really never gets to the point. I have read a few dummies books for programming languages and they are really not all that good because you can buy more comprehensive books that cover everything.

If you're a true dummy (as I am sometimes), this book really is not for you. You would need to be a "dummy who is highly motivated and has lots of time to learn XHTML." You would want to be a "dummy who already has some familiarity with HTML but wants to get to the next level" or a "dummy with an extraordinarily high IQ but low self-esteem or garbled speech or dilated pupils, hence the (misplaced) dummy label." If however, you have the intelligence, the patience, the time, energy, motivation and personal ambition to wade through this long and highly technical (but written in plain language) book, you could conceivably learn XHTML, make lots of money as an XHTML programmer, and nobody, I mean NOBODY, would call you a "dummy" again.

Why did I buy this book? Crowley manages to quote and cite herself enough to make me realize that her intended audience must be herself! At least she's honest: these ARE "polemical essays." But do we really need more polemics in higher education? This profession isn't polemical enough already?

Future writing instructors need to read what Crowley has to say. She minces no words and calls rhetoric and composition instruction what it often is: a dreary bureaucracy more interested in policing student thought and behavior than encouraging beginning writers to argue well. Her discussion concerning graduate assistants is particularly salient. She correctly assumes beginning writers should be taught by the most experienced faculty, not first-timers.

Some of these essays are familiar, and are no fresher in their reprinted form in this volume. Crowley's polemics are tiresome and her remarks about the role of first-year writing courses in the college curriculum are neither radical nor particularly useful. I can imagine educators cheering at certain portions of this volume, but the after-effect is that it was merely another exercise in reading, an occasion for an author/educator to "vent" spleen on the profession. It's hard to admire this work.

I want to say I like this book. There are elements in it that are striking-- insightful. But I found myself feeling burdened by the tone of the book-- an incessantly polemical stance that Crowley takes on so many issues. I don't disagree with her; indeed, I agree with a good deal of what she says about first year composition in the university. But there is already so much didactic material in English studies and in the academy, in general. This book made me think of a relentless school teacher telling everyone where our previous education has gone wrong.

After a while, the polemical tone of this book becomes irritating. Crowley evidently thinks most highly of her own previous writings. She does make an interesting case for abolishing first-year composition as a requirement, and then she re-makes it, and re-makes it, etc. There is something distastefully showy about this book.

Disappointing Photo-Erotica has reached its peak. You can get this sort of photo excess from mosty general 'mens' publications. Tired and dated are my best assesments. Sorry Tony. Try harder next time. I wasted [my money], buyer beware.... Mitchell57

Disappointing Photo-Erotica has reached its peak. You can get this sort of photo excess from mosty general 'mens' publications. Tired and dated are my best assesments. Sorry Tony. Try harder next time. buyer beware.... Mitchell57

This is the real thing! Do you like women? Do you like black & white photography? Do you like grain? If you do, this book is for you. I love this stuff.

This is an amazing book. Tony Ward is one of the only artists out there who has the courage to make his own rules, blending portraiture, fashion, beauty and erotica in a way that is visually stunning. The book is also beautifully bound and printed. As a professional photographer, this book is an inspiration and a challenge. Once you see it, there will be no more excuse for mediocrity.

Mariah is planning a party for her sister Lynn. Lynn keeps on telling her that she doesn't want a party. Mariah doesn't care!Mariah's half sister Denise comes to live with them. Denise would not follow any of the rules and would disrupt the family.
Mariah' family is starting to fall apart. Mariah joins a team called the Fantastic Five. That is a swim team. She loves to swim and is pretty good at it.I reccomend this book to mainly girls. Some how she manages to get her family back together.

The book Mariah Keeps Cool is about a girl named Mariah, she has a sister named Lynn and is about to get another sister named Denise there half sister at first she likes her but then it turns out they hate each other. Denise is 16. Mariah is on a swim team. The coach is very hard headed. I think this book is the worst book I have ever read in my whole life. The swim team is named Friendly 5. Mariahs favorite star is sheik. BY LINDSEY K.

In the story, Mariah's half sister(Daddy's daughter from a 1st marriage) enters her life.See how heer mother sister and her self adjust to this big change. At first Shek Bashara maniac Mariah,has low opinions of her half sister but as the Juneteenth celebration and a special swim meet for The Friendly Five(Mariah and her best friends) you see how the pull together as a family. The sequal is MARIAH LOVES ROCK.

Wegren's book is a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the post-Soviet agricultural reforms in Russia. He successfully argues that the Russian state is not "weak" compared to its Soviet counterpart, but that it is still stronger than other components of society, thus creating numerous barriers to the development of an expanding free market in the rural areas. His archival, fieldwork and anecdotal information make this a tremendous contribution to the social sciences.

Alas, this could have been a book filled with enlightening explorations of the endless catastrophe called Russian/Soviet agriculture. Instead, we get tired recitations of fact mixed with analytical reviews of theories that lead the reader away from exactly the places where most readers will probably want to go -- to the farms of the ex-USSR, where real people are struggling with a monumentally inefficient system that's all but collapsed under its own weight. Can't this book give us a glimpse into that rality, rather than the mental constructs of the western academics? We'll have to wait for a better book to come along and help us out.

This effort by J.R. Hamilton was decent, but I felt it was lacking in detail; in fact, excluding the maps, chronology, etc., the narrative is only about 150 pages. For a figure of Alexander's stature, that's just not enough.

I can also say that Hamilton wrote this book for those already somewhat familiar with Alexander and his contemporaries. I knew of his parents, Philip and Olympias, but many other names, like Hephaestion, Callisthenes and Cleitus (to name a few) were new to me. And unfortunately, Hamilton sometimes mentions them quite briefly, as if assuming the reader already knows who these people were, and the state of their relations with Alexander. Other times, he refers to important events as if the reader knows the story; I often did not, as this was the first book about Alexander I have read. Again, this made for some difficult reading until I got an understanding of the main people and events of Alexander's life.

Still, the book does appear to cover all of the important milestones and events, albeit sometimes briefly (for example, only one paragraph is devoted to the story of the Gordian Knot). But Hamilton does a good job of discussing some of the more controversial deeds of Alexander, like the burning of Persepolis and the murder of Cleitus. And he also provides the opinions of many other historians, both ancient and modern, helping the reader to decide for himself about Alexander's acts.

Overall, this was a fine work by Hamilton. However, if you are new to Alexander, I would suggest another book first, perhaps Arrian's Anabasis of Alexander. Once you have a general understanding of who Alexander was, this book will help you to gain an even deeper insight.

Three stars.

J. R. Hamilton's book is a thorough account of the life of Alexander the Great. Starting with his youth in Macedonia he discusses all the major points of interest in Alexander life, such as the Callisthenes affair, the murder of Kleitos and Parmenion and so forth. Hamilton does not try to paint a coherent picture of Alexander, but tries to find the "truth" by assessing the validity of various sources. The advantage of this method, i.e. not squeezing historical facts into a pre-fabricated picture of Alexander is however one of the literary weaknesses of the book; it lacks a drive, an overall assessment of Alexander.

Many of the people listed in the pdf. are dead; a shocking number of the supposed celebrities can be contacted only through a medium. Unless you're interested in communing with the spirit world, skip this volume entirely. A complete waste of money, with incomplete addresses, typos galore, contact numbers through agencies rather than personal info; a complete waste of your time, and your money.

This book provides exactly what you want - a list of addresses for basically every relevant celebrity in the world. Many books on this subject contain lots of pages filled with useless recommendations and sample letters, all of which are easily accessible on the internet.

If you are an autograph junkie, fundraiser or just a big fan of celebrities, this is the book for you. Get your letters ready because you will have more than enough addresses to start working with.

If you are looking for a book of love poetry that is so bad that it's hysterically awful, buy this book. No person could seriously write a book so ridiculously bad. Which makes it awesome. And SUCH a candidate for a group reading - if you want to just laugh at the author. ENJOY!

This is a fantastic book with vivid writing and captivating poetry. Makes a great gift or keep for yourself - either way, it's a must have!

This is a great book for anyone interested in this period and region and the book is accurate. As for the regiment strength under General Braddock see Paul Kopperman's "Braddock at the Monongahela" p. 14, it notes that troops were rectruited in America to enhance the regiment's strength. As for the account of Grant's Defeat, everybody knows there are often many accounts of historical events that have conflicting information. Dixon chose information that appears in most accounts of the battle (and Grant's account as well), not just a single individual.

I did not like this book because it is obvious that the author did not do any research in certain parts but simply repeated the misinformation that other authors have used before him.For example,he states that Braddock arrived with two regiments that were at full strength when they were not.They actually had to recruit colonials,one of whom was Thomas Fausett.He only briefly mentions the Battle of Grant's Hill, which was a significant battle that was fought on the museum's property,and most of his information concerning this battle is incorrect.Dixon states that several buildings that served as sentinel posts were burned in a nightime raid.When in reality,a first person account by one Lt.Alexander Robertson of the 77th states that only one building was burned,and that was used for storage.Somehow the flames were soon extinguished however.Burning the sentinel posts with the sentinels still inside would tend to make them quite irate one would think,and thus ruin the element of suprise.There are no accounts of guardhouses being burned anywhere.I gave the same criticism to the author of the Osprey French & Indian War book(Daniel Marston) for exactly the same reason(Check it out in my other reviews).These brave soldiers who have fallen at Braddock's & Grant's defeats have no Arlington National Cemetery nor memorials to honor them.They lie in unmarked graves that are known only to God.We can at least honor them by telling their story correctly.At the end of the day,the author can always say "Heh,I just made a fast buck off of the War For Empire 250th."