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Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: Modern Database Management (7th Edition) Publisher: Prentice Hall Authors: Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Mary Prescott, Fred McFadden Rating: 1/5  This book provides an excellent foundation to the principles of database and data management. It explains some of the more difficult concepts quite well. I understand there is a newer edition, and as with all computer books, would generally recommend newer sources, but in this case I would recommend this one.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: C++ How to Program (4th Edition) Publisher: Prentice Hall Authors: Harvey M. Deitel, Paul J. Deitel Rating: 5/5  This is certainly one of the best introductory/intermediate C++ books available, and can be highly recommended despite it steep price. (+) It covers a wide range of relevant topics (including some of the more advanced, such as function pointers, multiple inheritance, templates, exceptions etc).(+) It contains a well chosen abundance of illustrative self-contained examples.(+) The authors' language is unambiguous, and their style highly pedagogical.(+) Those with little experience, provided they are motivated and patient, can benefit as much as those who have prior experience with the language.(+) It comes with a copy ("introductory edition") of Microsoft's Visual C++, on an accompanying Cd, so that you can try out the examples and get practice programming straight away.(-) The index is so detailed as to be almost useless, with the main references failing to be sufficiently distinguished. This certainly diminishes the books value as a reference.(-) The big plug for its "Introduction to UML" on the front cover falsely suggests a much better introduction and extensive coverage of UML than is actually present in the book. Though the attempt to introduce UML is commendable, the actual treatment certainly doesn't merit touting in a big flag on the front cover as if it were a moving reason (or any reason, for that matter) to buy the book.(-) The price is steep, and the answers to the programming exercises are not given (but some can be purchased separately).
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Final Fantasy IX Official Strategy Guide Publisher: Brady Games Authors: Dan Birlew Rating: 3/5  If I could give this ZERO stars or even delve into the neighborhood of NEGATIVE stars, believe me, I would! OK, here's the deal: I buy Final Fantasy IX. I love the Final Fantasy Series, even though NOTHING will ever top FFVII! So, anyways, I also buy the OFFICIAL strategy guide from Brady Games, the very one I'm writing about. Now, I don't know about you, but when I buy a strategy guide, I'm willing to allow a few ommissions, but usually only from an "unauthorized" guide. VS BOOKS put out an EXCELLENT guide for FFVII that I wholly recommend, even though there were a few things left out. No problem, I was just delighted to find them myself! Now, when I bought THIS guide I thought, what do I even need a guide for? I paid $11 for a WALKTHROUGH! Ommissions? They BRAG about it! "Go to PLAYONLINE! Go To PLAYONLINE!" Here's some news, Square and Brady Games... If I wanted to have to get up from my Playstation and log online EVERY SINGLE TIME I NEEDED TO KNOW SOMETHING, I wouldn't have bought your stupid guide! Now, the problem is, I am unable to find another guide! So, I guess I have to make do with this stupid thing until I can locate another guide, hopefully an UNAUTHORIZED one this time! Trust me, DO NOT waste your money on this. Caveat Emptor!
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Windows 98 for Dummies Publisher: For Dummies Authors: Andy Rathbone Rating: 3/5 The book lives up to its brag of providing information on Windows 98 that is comprehensible to people who are not techno-geeks. It also addresses the kinds of questions that can be urgent to newcomers (e.g., "Where did all my stuff go?" or "Why won't my computer respond?") However, the information is diluted with more chat and cuteness than is needed; I think twice as much information could have been provided in this number of pages (and at this price) without compromising understandability. Perhaps then there wouldn't have had to be so many recommendations to go get "More Windows 98 for Dummies" and other "Dummies" books. In short: I recommend it for anyone confronted with Windows 98 and feeling a little helpless about it (as I was after upgrading from Windows 3.1), but don't expect to become very proficient based upon this book alone.
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