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Title: Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes, Third Edition Publisher: Sams Authors: Ben Forta Rating: 5/5  This is the standard for beginner SQL Server books. It cuts through the verbose theory in other books and gets straight to the syntax and applicability. Many other computer beginner books could learn a lesson from SQL in 10 minutes. The lesson is you don't have to try to cover every nook and cranny and confuse the hell out of people. Beginners are seperate from experts who are seperate from guru's. Speak to them in the language that they understand best. In other words, know your audience!! Ben Forta certainly did in this book. Bravo, Ben!
Product: Book - Hardcover
Title: Revised Core Rulebook (Star Wars Roleplaying Game) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Authors: Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, J.D. Wiker, Steve Sansweet Rating: 5/5 This is my favorite RPG to date and I've been playing since the first edition of AD&D. I love the D20 system and I love what they've done with Star Wars. I know Hasbro doesn't make the wisest business decisions these days and have gotten rid of much of the staff that were responsible for this masterpiece but I am still hopeful for the future of the game.
Product: Book - Paperback
Title: Advanced .NET Remoting (C# Edition) Publisher: Apress Authors: Ingo Rammer Rating: 5/5 This has to be one of the best .NET books I have read. It goes way beyond the documentation and explains Remoting in a very clear and concise manner. Ingo Rammer points out pros/cons of the various remoting techniques and offers solutions/suggestions to common problems. He also explains the advanced details in a way that even I could understand ;-). I would recommend this book to anyone who plans on building applications with .NET.
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Title: Adobe InDesign cs Bible Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Authors: Galen Gruman, Galen Gruman Rating: 1/5  I knew this book had serious problems when, as early as page 7, the author stated "Select the Content tool (the hand), then click in the new frame to hold the story's headline. Type the words..." In the Tool Window, there are two hand-icons. The first one, an icon with a hand over it, reads "button tool." One cannot click on the button tool, click on a frame, and type text. The second icon resembling a hand is not called the content tool, but the "Hand Tool." Even so, clicking on the hand tool, and immediately clicking on a frame, does not allow one to type text. What "hand" is the author talking about? I did a search on the InDesign Help website for "content tool" and there were *zero* finds. Even in the index of this 900 page book there was no reference to Content tool (under content *or* tool, the two most logical places to look) But yet, there on page 7, the author clearly states "select the Content tool." Another error on pages 5-7. The authors' X and Y coordinates do not match up with the figures in the book. If you open InDesign and type 4p6 for X and Y, the frame is no where near where it appears in the book's figures. One major error and one major omission -- all by page 7. I recommend printing off the tutorial/help that comes with the application instead of purchasing this book. It will save you a lot of time and frustration.
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