"Pop up windows using JavaScript" would be a more accurate title. I learned more from online tutorials than this book delivered.

I was sent this book by my book club by mistake (waited too long and had to buy it.)... I started to read it and realized that it didn't start at the basics like I needed. HOWEVER after going through the wrox book "Begining JavaScript" and then picking this book back up I did learn a few different aspects of JavaScript that were not covered by the Wrox book. The book does bring to light a few different perspectives that might help somebody with certain programming needs, but that's about it. I am not knocking this book it does have it's place. Final thought is figure out what you need and if other books don't deliver this one might :)

Hi
I got this book since i have read by example books before and loved them.I really enjoyed this book too.This book is for beginners that know basically what programming is but don't actually know any language.
The lessons are slow paced so you get it, with plenty of examples.The only complaint i might have is that the book has some typos in the code but i have figured them all out and corrected them, proving that i am learning(I am yet to see a programming book with no typos in the code examples.).
I highly recommend this book to a newbie that has read something like "Programming for dummies" as a primer.

I listed to this book on audio cassette. The best thing I can say is that I finally finished it. Carol Higgins Clark should not read her own books. In portraying several characters, her shrill voice got on my nerves. Next time, get a professional actress to read.

Carol Higgins Clark's latest book, Twanged, is a light hearted, easy read, but without much depth. All of Carol's books star Regan Reilly whose life never changes...overworked and in need of a vacation (and a companion!). The main question of this book, what do the initials CT stand for, was never answered. So much emphasis was placed upon the "stalker" however, the ending was wrapped up so quickly that he was basically shuffled away. It was almost as if Ms. Higgins Clark was leaving for a vacation and needed to complete her book...the story ended quite rapidly and without much surprise or excitement.

Most of you people didn't even get it! Carol is not trying to be like her mother and shouldn't and doesn't deserve to be compared to her mother. They write totally different. Carol is an entertaining author with a good grasp on mixing humor and mystery. Not all mystery has to be deep, dark and foreboding and Carol is not trying to be. She writes well and Twanged is a great new edition to her Regan Reilly series. I caught myself snickering a lot. It is a thoroughly enjoyable good read and a welcome change from more serious fare and those who think it was bad or juvenile just don't know how to enjoy a funny book. Go back to reading something dark and gory and let the rest of us have fun.

It was the worst book I've ever read ,because It caused me a lot of troubles at school ,and it was prety boring ,and it's a govno

Rating: 2 stars. Author: Monica Hughes.

The story "Hunter In The Dark," by Monica Hughes is about a boy named Mike who is in realistic situations in everyday life, who faces challenges in and out of school. Mike has a somewhat perfect life. He has a beautiful girlfriend named Gloria, he's on the school basketball team, and is keeping his grades up to date, and is earning a pretty strong B average. All of that falls apart, when Mike suddenly falls apart on the basketball court one day, during a game after school in his school gym. He soon finds out he might have a blood disease called anemia, but after weeks and weeks he soon realizes that he is not getting better, and he might have an even greater disease.

Overall, I believe the quality of the book is somewhat okay, but the thing that really disappointed me was that there was no interest grabbing me, or taking me into the story. I couldn't feel there, and it was not a page turner, and I got bored of it at parts of the book, because things were not flowing, and in my opinion, the sentences were poorly detailed, and did not have any meaning, or description hardly. I've read some really good books before, and you didn't want to put them down, and you didn't want the story to end, you wanted it to keep going, but with this book, I felt it had no magic, or the qualities a well-written book should have.

I never understand when he is dreaming or not. I read one of the reviews and it said that he dreamed of going hunting while he was in the hospital with leukemia, but I thought it was the other way around. I thought he was actually hunting but from time to time was dreaming of being in the hospital with leukemia. Now I am even mor confused than before.

puh-leeeeeeeze! Academic career? Yeah, right. And by the way, don't go to grad school for a Ph.D. Don't even think about it. There are few academic jobs worthwhile these days (i.e, tenure-track). Take your smarts elsewhere and you'll be all the happier for it. Trust me, I know.

This is a book intended for early-career academics and advanced students who are thinking about taking up an academic career. Apart from the introductory chapter, the book deals with the nature and development of academic careers (3 chapters), and academic roles and tasks (5 chapters, on networking, teaching, research, writing and managing). The authors have drawn extensively from research into academic activities and careers, the 'advice' literature for neophyte academics, and their own experiences. The book therefore taps into a broad range of sources on most aspects of academic life and how to make and get the most out of it. A lot of the detailed material is contained in about 120 'boxes' distributed throughout the book. Each box contains a set of numbered or bulleted points or tips, or a collection of short quotes from academics, often from external sources. A typical strategy for dealing with a topic is to describe an issue (such as departmental politics), or to define some concept, in the body of the text and then refer the reader to boxed pointers or suggestions. In this way, the book presents a distillation of information from the wider literature. I found this quite an effective strategy. The coverage of the book is wide, and the style is mostly descriptive, friendly and informative. The flavour is decidedly from the UK perspective. Specific conditions and contact details of research grants bodies are of limited use outside the UK. The focus in Chapter 2 is on the UK higher education system (subsectors, enrolments, league tables and salary scales), again of more local value. Most of the issues and advice can, however, be readily translated into and interpreted within an Australasian context. Each chapter contains an annotated list of published resources, making it possible for the reader to go into depth on issues that are important to them. At the end of the book, the authors list about 30 (mostly British) organisations together with national and international journals that work towards the betterment of higher education generally. A comprehensive bibliography and a good index conclude the volume. Overall, the book makes an excellent contribution to helping budding academics develop a sensible perspective on the nature of academic work. It is a source of useful, practical ideas on becoming an academic and developing a sense of career. The tone is positive throughout, and the book is likely to be referred to repeatedly as various issues and phases arise during the course of academic life. Of course, in a book of this length (or any fixed length for that matter), choices have to be made as to what to include and what to exclude. My wish list would have included more specific advice on how to organise and manage time, on how to make decisions in favour of long term career advancement at critical choice points, and on how to balance competing claims on one's personal resources from both within and outside the institution. Blaxter, Hughes and Tight have put together a helpful, up-to-date handbook, which deserves to be available in every higher education institution. (Reproduced with permission from HERDSA News, Nov 1998, p.22.)

This book is boring. Reader speaks in monotone. Does not hold attention and runs in circles. More informative books available on this subject.

If you want to learn about these composers but don't feeling like reading about them, then this is for you. Each tape has 2 sides, containg information on a certain composer. Different voices are used to portray different people, and excerpts from some of the composers' most famous works are included on the tape.

Good Christ! This is BAD. Absolutely terrible. No plot, no characterization, no suspense, no emotion, no nothing. For crying out loud -- I've seen porno videos with better set up than this "book." It has only sex -- NOT eroticism in any sense of the word. And badly written sex at that. For people like me who's expecting lesbian erotica, it's like this: I've never done this before; neither have I; you wanna?; sure, why not?; ooh that feels nice. Now, that is NOT a summary of events. That IS what's written in the book. As if that's not enough to ruin the sapphic mood, there's plenty of vulgar and bad het sex in there too. Man, if I spent that 3 dollars on a Big Mac, at least I'd have gotten something. With this book -- I can confidently say I have just completely wasted my money in the purest sense: input with absolutely no output.

Somebody call the FBI and arrest that author guy -- if not fraud, then at least on something. Geez.

I bought it, read it, liked it, giggled at what was obviously satire, read my mate the "good parts" and, in general, got everything from this enjoyable sexy book that I expected to. It is EXACTLY what it purports to be, and a good job of it! Let's let its author out of his holding-cell. Let's not arrest writers, ok? Let's not yell at Christ when a bawdy book turns out not to have been written by lesbians for lesbians. There are too many that aren't. We can't burn them all.

XML Applications has everything that I want to learn about XML, XSL, DTDs, etc. But the presentation of material is very poorly organized. It reads like a book from 9 different authors that don't know each other. XML and its related technologies cleanly breaks down into 5 major topics, but this book scatters text about each of these 5 topics all over the book. Again, the content and detail is excellent, but the presentation is poor.

I liked the book and it's approach in introducing to XML Application Development. Unfortunately, Microsoft has withdrawn msxml.exe on which most of the content of the book is based. I am not sure if there is any plan, by the authors, to help the developers to get around this and yet, refer to the book for it's excellent approach to mastering XML Technology. I, particularly, liked the chapters on XSL, and practical applications (case studies), including CDF application. I, however, did not like the XML-Data chapter so much. This is mainly because it really does not provide the learning steps as much in detail as other chapters. I wish the author had followed the method used in authoring of CDF-chapter. The book does not provide step-by-step procedure (including that of tools required, setting of tools, personal web server etc.) for testing the source codes provided in the book. It is left to the imagination and the exhaustive work, expenses of time and communications for advice etc. of the learner of this new technology. It took me several hours before I could successfully test the case study source codes. Also, the author/publisher should provide after-sales support due to lack of the basic tool (msxml.exe) on which the entire book is based. Publisher should withdraw this book from the distribution/sale. It seems the author is planning to publish another book in lieu of this, later in Year 2000. Hope the publisher will be kind enough to give some discounts to the buyers of the current book.

This is a typical wrox book: covers mostly microsoft material, good code examples. You can read about XML from resources on the web, but this book gives you an idea on how actual applications may be implemented, at a time where there is little published browser support. 4 stars for the material, 1 for the timing.

I was extremely disappointed in this book. The only 'help' I received from this book is the knowledge that if this author, in spite of the multiple typographical and grammatical errors in her book, could succeed as a Medical Transcriptionist, then I shouldn't have much difficulty becoming a Transcriptionist. This book was a waste of my time and my money.

While the author does have a sense of humor that moves the book along, not much practical, down and dirty, information. Also found the typos distracting.

I somewhat enjoyed the book but all the errors were very distracting. She should have had the book proofread first before printing.Although I felt there were a lot of good items I felt that the title was deceiving, I felt more discouraged than encouraged at the end.

The authors seem to be implying that Environmental Illness is a mental disorder, or at least they implied that if one thinks differently one can be cured. First I was amazed that they were able to drive 200 miles to and from work, and not only that but that they were able to go to work full time with this illness. I know there are many different functioning levels with this illness, and by reading their book it was apparent that they did not have the numerous difficulties that a majority of those suffering from EI have. Also, the channeling of entities about EI surprised me. At one point one of the channeled sprits said that this illness is an excuse not to do anything with your life and that the reason for it was that people with EI don't want to be on earth. I desperately want to be back to being able to go out and eat, and socialize, and be a part of society again. Being a recluse and spending thousands of extra dollars a year to keep myself from being fully bedridden would not be desired over living a full, productive life. I love living on earth and love this planet, so I really don't buy the channeled experience. I have been to many channels throughout my life and have never doubted anything more than what this channel says. The reason I feel this is a dangerous view the authors are conveying is that it says we can go on polluting the earth and our world, as long as we do certain new age practices to heal us, then our bodies will be ok with toxins.

While I do not have EI nor MCS, I suffered for nearly thirty years with severe asthma and allergies until being treated for them, and cured, yes cured (and I don't use that word lightly), by Robert and Patricia. After reading their book, I sought them out, and was treated by them in person. This book is an invitation for those who choose to take charge of their own illnesses, those who wish to open themselves to take a risk and explore alternative approaches. These are different times we're living in, with tough illnesses that require our whole selves to participate in healing. There is a growing network of pratitioners (usually chiropractors or acupuncturists) who practice NAET, part of the program that Robert and Patricia offer in their healing center. I urge you to open to new ways of becoming whole. There is very little to lose, much to gain at all levels of mind, body and spirit. This book has changed my daily life (no more hospitalizations since I've been healed by the authors. I'm so sorry that some other readers who have made comments here have dismissed the teachings in this book, and missed the chance for profound healing.

While I do not have EI nor MCS, I suffered for nearly thirty years with severe asthma and allergies until being treated for them, and cured, yes cured (and I don't use that word lightly), by Robert and Patricia. After reading their book, I sought them out, and was treated by them in person. This book is an invitation for those who choose to take charge of their own illnesses, those who wish to open themselves to take a risk and explore alternative approaches. These are different times we're living in, with tough illnesses that require our whole selves to participate in healing. There is a growing network of pratitioners (usually chiropractors or acupuncturists) who practice NAET, part of the program that Robert and Patricia offer in their healing center. I urge you to open to new ways of becoming whole. There is very little to lose, much to gain at all levels of mind, body and spirit. This book has changed my daily life (no more hospitalizations since I've been healed by the authors. I'm so sorry that some other readers who have made comments here have dismissed the teachings in this book, and missed the chance for profound healing.

That "Gods of Death" [is] a sensationalist puff-piece written like a very slow spy novel.
There is a lot of speculation over the validity of snuff films and while there's certainly a possibility that they do exist Mr. Svoray doesn't present a very compelling argument. The one thing he NEVER acheives is to convince us of a worldwide underground for this stuff. More to the point, he actually acheives the opposite with his bumbling investigation, which is convince the reader that snuff films are not so much an industry unto themselves but rather an isolated occurance.
Throughout his investigation he askes the reader to accept a lot without giving us any real incentive. The "I know it doesn't look like much but you'll just have to trust me" method is the main device that is employed throughout this book.
While you certainly won't find any meaty informative value in this book one might be so inclined as to read it just for morbid curiousity, especially in the light of recent movies like "8mm", and I can tell you in all seriousness that it falls flat in that avenue as well. "Gods of Death" [is] more or less like a pulp spy novel. The only problem is that it is too dreadfully paced and full of macho bravado to even entice the most desperate spy novel geek. And as it pertains to its main character, Mr. Svoray, he tries to put himself over but instead comes across like an irredeemable [idiot].
While I'm certain that some reviewers are of the skeptic camp I'm also sure that there were a great many more that were like myself who went into it with a "show me" attitude. I was willing to accept a possible theory as long as there was sufficient evidence to back it up. Needless to say, there wasn't. As it seems "Gods of Death" makes its entire case on hearsay.
If you are waiting for an intelligent and believable look into the world of snuff pornography I suspect you'll have to wait a while longer. If it's just perverse entertainment you're into then rent "8mm". It's more enjoyable and ultimately more realistic than Yaron Svoray would have you believe.

Israeli Yaron Svoray, the man who exposed Nazis in "In Hitler's Shadow," this time searches for "snuff" films, filmed records of actual murders. Though there is an aspect of journalism here, the book reads more like a spy novel, albeit not an especially well-written one. Because of the thriller-esque nature of the book, saying whether Svoray actually finds a snuff film would, in a sense, give away the ending, and I will not indicate whether he is ultimately successful.

What I will say, however, is that the existence of actual snuff films has been a topic of much speculation. Many view such films as "urban myths," stories that many believe are true but are not. Others, particularly anti-pornography feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon (who is mentioned in the book), seem to have an abiding faith that such films really do exist. The existence of actual snuff films would do much to support the sex-violence link of pornography and to support the arguments of many feminists. But the issue is not of concern merely to feminists; certainly any rational person should be disgusted if snuff films do exist.

"Gods of Death" is Svoray's search for such a film, and it is a search that nearly costs his life and finances. Svoray recounts accurately (one presumes) the many dead ends and false leads he encountered, and therein lies part of the problem with the book. From the very first word of the book, there is one overriding question: Did he find an actual snuff film? The answer can be summarized in a single word (either yes or no), but the answer is a long way off. The book, therefore, reads like a frustrating tease. No doubt Svoray felt that way himself throughout the process, but it bears mention to note that part of the art of journalism is sifting out the extraneous details. The story, therefore, becomes less about the existence of such films and more about an obsessive search for them.

One thing that the book does make clear is that if such films exist, they are indeed very hard to find. To this extent, Svoray at least implicitly discounts much of the urban myth in that the extraordinary lengths to which he went indicate that the average person would not be able to find an actual snuff film.

Admittedly reads more like a potboiler thriller at times, and I strongly suspect it was written with the big screen in mind - understandable, since much of the book is comprised of the author's financial concerns & what his obsession with finding out the truth behind snuff films drives him to do and spend, both monetarily and emotionally.

When his investigation came to end, the author had a problem (another reviewer already gives away the ending, so I don't think I'm divulging any secrets): he hadn't managed to come up with the goods - he'd finally gotten his hands on a tape, but it was stolen from him while he was detained in a Serbian police station. So what do you do? His answer is to make a book out of the subjective experience of hunting down the truth - what he goes through, how it affects his family life, his psychological state, the potentially life-threatening situations he encounters, the characters he meets & how he gets on with them. This makes some sense, because the reader wants to understand the mental and moral state of people who could actually make, enjoy, or be in any way involved with these films, as well as what effects such images have on 'normal' people - as Svoray says, once you've seen them, there's no going back. Unfortunately Svoray doesn't have the psychological insight to make much of this (a much better example of real insight into monstrosity and evil is Christopher Browning's "Ordinary Men," which looks at a single battallion in Poland as a case study to understand how so many people could have committed the Holocaust) - great credit to him for his investigative skills, but his constant efforts at casting himself as moral judge disallow him from genuine understanding, and his portraits come straight from stock characters from standard thrillers. This problem potentially undermines the book's veracity, but one can also argue that he merely understands these people on the same terms borrowed from Hollywood, or that his co-writer (a screenwriter) compressed his character portraits to make for a fast read.

The book is a very quick read and compelling at times, and the reader must admire the author's bravado. So, in the end, does his claim to have seen real snuff films stand up? What proof does he offer? Here's something: he claims to have set up a viewing for the actor Robert De Niro and a friend of De Niro's; he recounts a conversation between the two men in which they say they believed the film was real; and De Niro's press agent has confirmed the viewing. So, while Svoray couldn't come up with any hard evidence, the De Niro story is pretty convincing that such films do in fact exist, and that there is indeed pure evil (in Svoray's terms) in the world.