Scott Joplin is _the_ name in Ragtime, and this book does a fine job of tracing what is known about his life and career. It's obviously written by a fan, though, and to my mind doesn't do enough to place Joplin in the context of his times (for a book with the title "Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era", that is). Its comments on the early record industry are most revealing, however, and the black-and-white photos are above average. For ragtime fans and those who are interested in the roots of modern popular music.

For the TEC Administator, this is a reasonable book. But do not expect to learn a lot about the Tivoli TME...This is clearly a technical reference...First read the Introduction to Tivoli Enterprise Redbook.

If you are well versed in Tivoli already this book may provide some answers. Unfortunately there are only a few books on TEC and in all honesty, the TEC User Manual and Reference Manual are the best.

This book assumes a working knowledge of scripting, Unix, NT and SQL. Also only half of this book is text, the rest is taken up with large graphic screenshots of the Tivoli Desktop.