It is a very good, albeit succinct, reference on the direct stiffness method. Very useful for review or a quick reference. I used it as pocket TA during Prof. Filippou CE 220 course, even if the course covered a wider range of topics.

If you're interested in sociology, or in the culture of the South, this book is worth reading. It's a sociological study of the types of people who worked in textile mills in an unnamed medium-size city in an unnamed Southern state in the late 1940s/early 1950s. The author, John Kenneth Morland, lived in the mill community for an extended period of time (almost a year) while observing the interactions amongst the mill workers, and between them and the other segments of society (the mill "townies" and the rural farming society from whence came the mill workers). Morland writes well enough that the prose is not stultifyingly academic, and the statistical tables are numerous enough to illustrate the points being made, but don't overwhelm the book. So, if you're of Southern descent and wish to learn a little about how your grandparents or other relatives may have lived in the mill culture (which extended from the late 19th century to the mid 1970s), then this book is worth reading. I'm looking forward to reading the companion volumes, which examine the African-American society of the time, and the remnants of the plantation culture, as soon as I can find those out-of-print books.

The book is generally a good introduction to version 6. It's concise and well organized compared to many cad books for other programs. The layout and explanations work. The book doesn't assume that you know too much, but on the other hand it's missing a couple items such as how to work with underlays, etc. I would recommend this book to anyone learning the program.

I would advise this book to anyone trying to learn anything about banking. It talks about how to select the best savings and how to find CD's

I bought this book after hearing Carol Kent speak at a Mother's conference. It is very easy reading and provides you with short inspirational stories about Mother's. Bible verses are referenced for each individual story to find more inspiratation. I thoroughly enjoyed this light reading.

My Nose is a Hose as well as the rest of the Salisbury pop-up series are miraculously magical in the eyes of the Kinder set. Great for rhyming and word family lessons. They will want to see these books again and again. The illustrations are computer generated; simple, and uncomplicated. There will be no Caldecott Award won here, however, the children will not get confused by the pictures. A fun book for one or many 3-5 year olds.

The Nasty One is a good read. It doesn't crack the brain overly and is one of the books you just can't put down, you have to finish it at once! The book is not very big compared to other fantasy paperbacks but a story like this doesn't need a thousand pages. Smooth reading, satiric at times, really nice the way Pypers pictures politicians. After reading the first pages, I thought the book would be violent, but instead I was surprised by the intrigue that is the main factor in this book. The women Griwalda is a typical notive and portrayed well, and Desiderius the Drunk Sorceror is a unique, great character than gives this book the fun it needs. The plot is unexpected and great, and the battle with the Dark Body makes this book a must-read. Unknown writer and small publisher, but a great novel! Especially fans of Eddings, X-files, Millennium will enjoy this book!

Charlie Rascal is a delightfully naughty cat! This rhyming story tells all the naughtly things Charlie does from going to school (and letting out the pet mice) to sleeping in the clean laundry. Each time Charlie is caught being naughty the children chant "No, no Charlie Rascal!" Preschool and kindergarten children love to read along. A classroom and family favorite!

This book covers the basic concept of Javascript functions, methods, and properties in the beginning chapters. It also explains constructor functions and event handlers really well but focus too much on basics. 2/3 of this book is a big detailed dictionary of all the functions, methods, and properties. Even though only 1/3 of the book explains concept, its content beats any thick, expensive, beginning Javascript book. I bought this book last year but started reading now and found those other books I bought were pretty much useless.

With this book, one can just study examples off the web. All the names of the functions, methods, and properties are individually explained. I highly recommend this book as a reference on top of any other Javascript books or keep it as a bible to do programming. Writing and studying Javascript can never be confusing with this book.

If the author would write an advanced book explaining how to use the functions, methods, and properties in useful examples. I will buy that book as well.

FINALLY. A book that provides just what the name implies, "for nonprogrammers" Although I am a professional developer, I found the Kents' book very informative, and in-depth. The examples could be applied to real world problems. I've look a few JAVA/Javascript books, and have been disappointed. Not intimidating at all, this book is a constant reference in my learning of Javascript. The only reason I wouldn't rate it greater than an eight is the omission of a CD-ROM. Although a very helpful website containing the book's examples was given, it is swiftly becoming today's standard for a CD to be included with a computer book. Nonetheless, the book is a great buy!