January 2012 | Text Language List

C++: The Complete Reference, 4th Edition Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)My older references are in storage and I thought it would be neat to have a c++ ref on my kindle. It says reference and the reviews are good, so I bought it.I wanted to be reminded of how to use variable numbers of parameters for macro defines. Forget whether this is a good idea. It's a language feature...

PHP 5 / MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been reading this book to learn PHP and it is undoubtedly the best book for beginners you're going to find. I've been trying to learn PHP since version 3 (yea, finally there is a book that I can understand). If you're new to programming, and new to PHP, do not listen to people who say 'oh, just...

100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies (Popular Authors Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)100 Most Popular Genre Fiction Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies is a straightforward reference for librarians, researchers, and teen readers. Authors featured include beloved figures such as Robert Jordan, Tom Clancy, J. R. R. Tolkien, Louis L'Amour and many more. Each profile offers...

Beyond Culture Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)It's amazing to me that the (brilliantly simple) ideas found in this book aren't more a part of public consciousness and discussion, especially 25 years after its publication. These aren't high-flying concepts. They're experimentally proven and frighteningly basic revelations about how humans function,...

A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja (A Mini Dictionary of Characters for Modern Readers) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book was given to me while I was studying Korean at the Defense Language Institute. The format of the book is pretty straight forward: count the number of strokes in the character and start searching. Although its obvious that "hanja" plays a diminishing role in "survival korean", it can provide...

Spanish for Reading: A Self-Instructional Course Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Reading is not a bad way to learn a romance language like Spanish. You can start by reading this book. Then you can hammer down what you've learned and build your vocabulary by reading Spanish-language books. (Amazon has numerous dual-language Spanish/English books.) Then you can go to Mexico to get...

Alif Baa with DVDs: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I used Alif Baa (with DVDs) in Arabic 101 at the University of Maryland (Baltimore County) and it's probably the best beginner book I have encountered. The DVDs are great and add a lot to the text and exercises. It even shows a chart with the letters, and you can click on the appropriate character to...

Beginning Xcode (Programmer to Programmer) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)You this will be no surprise once you read the remainder of this review, but I'm going to just say it up front: this book is great. Being a seasoned Xcode user, I can tell you that having this book back when I was first switching over to Xcode would have hugely sped the transition.The 'Programmer to...

HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is not a comprehensive encyclopedia of every CSS nuance, but it presents all the main areas in a very clear, but not dumbed-down manner. Basically it answered my three questions:1. I wanted to re-write an older web site using CSS and modern HTML web stds, so where do I start?2. What is my best...

Music: The Art of Listening Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This textbook covers a wide variety and genres of music as well as defining the families of instruments and how they have been used throughout history. A must read for anyone interested in music even if you are not in the class. Highly recommended. Delivery was fast and efficient.Click Here to see more...

Lean Production Simplified Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I have been a Lean Practitioner for over twenty years and have had the privilege of learning from some of the original teachers of Lean in the United States. "Lean Production Simplified" is simply the BEST introduction to the Toyota Production System and to LEAN Tools that exists today. If you have any...

25 Emergent Reader Mini-Books (Grades K-1) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)While this set is entertaining and certainly appropriate for the beginning reader, the emergent reader will be frustrated by the small size of the print, the lack of exagerrated spacing between words and the lack of predictable language. The books are more appropriate for the average second semester...

The Roots of Desire: The Myth, Meaning, and Sexual Power of Red Hair Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Reading this book made me see red! Not out of anger but desire, specifically the desire to take the book to my hairdresser, point to the gorgeous cover of red curls and say, "The redder the better for me, thanks!" Love the section headings - sinners, science and sex. Love the clever subheadings - my...

Practical Common Lisp Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've been recommending this text to people who want to start learning Common Lisp since it was first available in draft form on the author's web site. Now that it's out in print I can enthusiastically recommend that anybody who is interested in learning Common Lisp - or even curious about how the language...

Programming Challenges Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)By far, the hardest part of teaching programming classes is evaluating the programs. Unless you have the students do only simplistic programs, they are difficult to read and running the executables does not always give an accurate appraisal of what was done. One possible solution to this educational...

The Middle School Writing Toolkit Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you are a middle school teacher, this book is a must-have! I'm a fairly new teacher and this book has given me enough material to run my writer's workshop for months. There are tons of lessons and assignments here that you can use the day you get the book. The lessons are very straightforward and...

Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults Volume 3 (Using Picture Books to Teach) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is a wonderful tool for teachers and media specialists to use in identifying various titles that demonstrate literary devices, such as alliteration, inference, and imagery. Often one title is shown to demonstrate multiple devices, which can help professionals when working with a limited budget...