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Great book - easy to read, informative
I really liked this SEO book. It is easy to read, entertaining (which isn't easy to do for SEO) and is laid out in a easy to follow, logical order. If you are a beginner or a professional this book will help you in your opimization efforts.

Written only for the Marketing Department
If you're looking for actual instructions on how to improve your Web site's code or design to be better optimized for search engines, then don't read this book. This book is written for the Marketing Department of a middle- to large-size company. It should be called, "Search Engine Optimization; An hour of paperwork a day." It's all about how to track campaigns and other esoteric tasks that have no value for someone actually doing the work.

Great for amateurs and professionals as well.
I have never purchased any book on SEO before as I assumed the content would be too dated.
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Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computers    4. Information Storage & Retrieval    5. Internet - World Wide Web    6. Web search engines    7. Automation of library & information processes    8. Computers / Internet / World Wide Web    9. Web browsers   

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Military ripoff
If youspent 20 years on active duty, this book is accurate, but you got all of this information when you left the military.If you had combined active duty and reserve/Guard or just reserve/guard experience, this book is misleading at best and just plain inaccurate at worse.Unless you were injured on active duty, there are very few benefits for the reserve/guard until you hit age 60, which the book fails to tell you.Sure, you get to shop in the high-priced Exchanges and Commissaries if you live close to them, and there is a slim possibility of Space Available travel, but the inconvenience makes going commercial, even with security at the commercial airports, easier.
Great if you're active duty or a potential recruit
I was somewhat disappointed by this book. A veteran of three military services (but not retired), I had hoped to find some information about Veterans' programs. Instead, I found about 90% of the book to be useful only for currently-serving personnel or young men contemplating a military career. For those individuals, this book is great. For those not currently serving, I found it lackluster and loaded with information any military man could find on base with little trouble. Would I recommend this book? Not really. Would I recommend the military as a career to most young men? Absolutely. Save your money. Enlist and talk with the on-base career advisors instead for much more current information.

Military Review
Lots of good information for those that are about to retire or have questions concerning benefits. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Military - United States    2. Military Personnel    3. Military pensions    4. Personal & Practical Guides    5. Politics / Current Events    6. Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare    7. Reference    8. Reference And Information Services    9. Services for    10. United States    11. Veterans    12. Reference / General   

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Great present for girls
I gave this to my sister for her birthday and she loved the fact that I'd bought her a suitable girlie present. I definitely earnt brownie points.

I could have survived without it
What you have here is the book that's described as "the book that every woman needs to buy". Sold? Yeah, but only if you can get it cheap enough. And I'm talking DEAD cheap. Thankfully, my copy was cheap, and I also didn't buy it.
The Ultimate how to guide
This is possibly the best how to guide I have ever read.It covers just about anything you could ever want to do. It shows how to be stylish, polite, knowlegable, and classy.I absolutely loved this book and I encourage anyone who wants to better themselves to read it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conduct of life    2. Etiquette    3. General    4. Life skills guides    5. Personal & Practical Guides    6. Reference    7. Reference And Information Services    8. Young women    9. Self-Help / General   

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The One Stop Shop Book
I loved the Instyle Weddings Edition.It was very thorough and nice hard cover quality.I would definately recommend this to all bride and grooms to be!

Wow! What a book!
I saw this book in Amazon together with Martha Stewart's Wedding Book and since I admire Style's Wedding magazine, I decided to purchase this book. What a great find! It has ideas on every aspect of the wedding. Lots of very cool ideas. I particularly like the ideas for photos and beauty. Definitely worth it.

Beautiful Book for Budding Bridezillas
If you are planning a monster wedding (you know who you are, Bridezilla) this is the manual of choice. "In Style: Weddings" uses their format of large, beautiful photographs and snappy sections on everything from what the best man does in the wedding to how to do your makeup for the big day.
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Subjects:  1. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    2. General    3. Planning    4. Reference    5. Reference And Information Services    6. Wedding etiquette    7. Weddings    8. Family & Relationships / General   

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A ton of info
I purchased this book as a gift for my husband but I find myself looking through it also. An amazing amount of information! The downside is the book's size - it takes up a lot of space on the coffee table.

A MUST FOR THE DISCERNING COLLEGIATE HISTORIAN
I have written three books on the history of USC football, and am working on a fourth: ranking the 25 greatest all-time traditions and best single-season teams ever. I found this work to be an important tool. Without it, I would have had to use the web or call a bunch of overworked SIDs and ask them to be my de facto reearch assistants. That's close!
ESPN College Football Encyclopedia
Fast transaction very happy with the product will buy form seller again ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Encyclopedias    2. Football    3. Football - College    4. Football - General    5. History    6. Reference    7. Reference And Information Services    8. Sports    9. Sports & Recreation    10. Statistics    11. United States    12. Sports & Recreation / General   

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A must have
This book is excellent to keep in the car during forays and cross reference with mushroom field guides. The pictures are almost 3 dimensional and most of them show the various stages of the fruit bodies. The photos also show with clarity, every part of the mushroom in detail in their true colors and variations. This affordable reissue of this highly regarded tome caused quite a clamor in my mycolgist club.

Excellent mycological guide
The photographs and descriptions are among the most useful we have in our collection of mushroom guides.Marvellousfor amateur mycologists and veteran mushroom hunters alike.

a required text!!!!
As a long time schromer this book is used all the time. It is not a complete guide to wild mushrooms no book is since there a thousands of different species in the U. S..The pictures are the highpoint of this book, although the text describing what a mushroom is and how to use the book is also a value. I have the 1st edition and it is getting dogeared from heavy use ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fungi    2. Identification    3. Mushrooms    4. Nature    5. Nature/Ecology    6. North America    7. Pictorial works    8. Reference    9. Reference And Information Services    10. Fungi - North America - Identification    11. Mushrooms - North America - Identification    12. Mushrooms - North America - Pictorial works    13. Nature / Mushrooms   

Subjects:  1. Library & Information Science    2. Reference    3. Subject headings   

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Great book about great books
For an avid reader like myself, it's often tough to know what to read next. In this book, Nancy Pearl helped me get quite a few suggestions.
To be skimmed - eclectic but certainly not all- inclusive
I love books about books. Nancy Pearl also loves books and books about books, and compiles here a long list of favorites. She provides short- summaries of the books. She has a long list of categories in which she does this, but many of the categories I most care about including those in the realm of politics, religion, philosophy, poetry are not listed at all. She has a broad taste but to my mind a bit light. Nonetheless going down the lists one can find new suggestions for reading.
Nancy Pearl: A woman after my own heart!
If you love books, are a compulsive reader and, most important, are not a book snob, you will love this list by librarian Nancy Pearl.See also the Nancy Pearl librarian action figure (she raises her finger to shush noisy visitors).I have not read all the books mentioned in Book Lust, and she has not read all the books I adore, but there is plenty of common meeting ground--and a lot of good ideas.Read it.Enjoy.I liked it so much I immediately bought "More Book Lust". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Best books    2. Bibliography    3. Books & Reading    4. Books and reading    5. Literary Criticism    6. Literature - Classics / Criticism    7. Pearl, Nancy    8. Public Libraries    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Literacy    12. Literature: History & Criticism   

Editorial Review

Here, we have an introductory Internet book (indeed, an introduction tointermediate-level personal computing in a lot of ways) that's well suited topeople who don't mind reading. Read more

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Boring junior high school level book.
All the chapters constantly drag on and on like a boring novel. The book is somewhat like a director trying to strech a 50 minute movie into a 2 hour epic.There are few terms in bold and tons of useless garbage in between that is just opinions and junk you don't need to know.This book is more like the type of book you will find in junior high school levels.Like a mother talking to a child type of writing quality.There are many other outstanding books on the market.Don't waste your time purchasing this book.Anyway, this is a school textbook, not a reference book that you would keep at your workstation or library.Why would you buy a textbook and not a "computer" type of book. How can this be a second edition?Many typos have not been edited.

Best Computer Book I've Read
The Second Edition (2002) of Web 101 is a superb book. I respectfully disagree with the Amazon.com review's opinion that the book is "not really" a good value. It is expensive, but worth it. It is very well written, with lots of facts and examples to back up the author's points. The layout of the book may be the best I've ever had the pleasure to see.Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer - Internet    2. Computer Books: General    3. Computer network resources    4. Computers    5. Information Storage & Retrieval    6. Internet    7. Internet - General    8. Internet - Web Site Design    9. World Wide Web    10. Computers / Internet / Web Site Design   

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Best Address Book Ever
I've purchased address books to the famous for years, and this is the best by far.There's virtually no address missing from the book.It appears very current and I trust the accuracy to run quite high compared to other books out there. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business Aspects    3. Business/Economics    4. Directories    5. Public Relations    6. Reference    7. Reference - General    8. Reference And Information Services    9. Performing Arts    10. Reference / General    11. Reference works   

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I'd prefer a 3 1/2 for this book
As a graduate student in Library and Information Studies, I was assigned this book in one of my courses.As textbooks in this field go, Case's book is more readable than most.As mentioned by an earlier reviewer, it is an in-depth literature review, and since it is for one of the required courses which had to be taken early on, it will be a useful reference in future classes.In fact, it is a book that I will retain simply as a source of information on possible research material.
I have to disagree with a Reader from England...
I'm currently enrolled in a doctoral program in Information Science and, while this book isn't the sum total of all LIS knowledge, I've found it invaluable as a reference on Information Seeking.Few other places will you find this level of literature review laid out in such a compact way.I use it nearly every day in my studies and I'm grateful that Don Case wrote it.It's a roadmap and guidebook for my studies. The case of a failed survey mission....
I was excited by the possibility of a suitable overview of information seeking, I obtained the book a.s.a.p.I was willing to forgive the high price in favour of a good text.Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. General    3. Human Geography    4. Human information processing    5. Information Management    6. Information retrieval    7. Library & Information Science    8. Reference    9. Research    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Sociology - General    13. Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science    14. Library & Information Sciences   

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subjective extraction of clusters
The book is relatively brief, given the technical nature of its chapters, each written by different authors. Many clustering methods are described. Most can be seen to have some degree of subjectivity, in defining what ends up in a given cluster. Or whether a cluster even exists or not.
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Subjects:  1. Applied    2. Artificial Intelligence - General    3. Cluster analysis    4. Computer Books: General    5. Computers    6. Computers - General Information    7. Congresses    8. Data mining    9. Database Management - General    10. Discriminant analysis    11. General    12. Artificial intelligence    13. Automation of library & information processes    14. Computers / Interactive Media    15. Data capture & analysis    16. Text & document processing: general   

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Outstanding summary and reference book for Kid Lit.
I have used the past four editions for a children's lit course for several years.The first five chapters provide an overvierw of approaching kid lit and a history of the field and its illustrators.The remainder has summaries of some 2000 books in various genres, areas and age ranges.The greatest aspect, and terrific for teaching or discussion, are the highlighted/boxed commentaries by various authors and experts.The appendices have lists of awards as well as short discussions on other media, getting kids and books together and censorship (boo, hiss.)A great text and invaluable resource. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Books and reading    2. Children    3. Children's Literature - General    4. Children's literature    5. Education    6. History and criticism    7. Juvenile Literature    8. Library Services For Children    9. Literature - Classics / Criticism    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - General    11. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    12. Children's literature studies: general    13. Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading    14. Library & information services   

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Classic and Comprehensive
This is an amazingly thorough reference that should be on the bookshelf of every banker and MBA student.Barrons does a very thorough job. Comprehensive
Working in an IT company catering to bankers I bought this book to help understand their lingo. I have to say it hasn't disappointed yet. It is also very up to date the latest IT/banking terms. If you were to read all the definitions in this book you would probably know more than you banker. A great reference. Buy it!

Don't Let the Title Fool You
This can almost be considered an inexpensive textbook.It not only defines, but explains the terms in a simple, easy to understand format.Although in dictionary form, it consistently relates the terms to one another so the reader will understand how the concepts interwind.Includes financial and banking terms. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Banks & Banking    2. Banks And Banking    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Dictionaries    7. Directories    8. Reference - General    9. Reference And Information Services    10. Banking    11. Business & Economics / Banks & Banking   

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business/Economics    3. Career development    4. Careers - Job Hunting    5. Careers - Other Specific Fields    6. Careers / Job Opportunities    7. Development - General    8. Information science    9. Library & Information Science    10. Library science    11. United States    12. Vocational guidance    13. Advice on careers & achieving success    14. Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science    15. Library & Information Sciences   

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daily candy on my time
Loved being able to dip into this book at any time and read a little more.It takes all my favourite things about Daily Candy and crams them into one book!.

Daily Candy A to Z: An Insider's Guide to the Sweet Life
I think this book is a must-have for all women!It is full of useful insight, funny anecdotes and real-life know-how...

love love love
i absolutely love this book...quirky cute topics...gives you advice on daily things from money to being a good date or hotess...if you love their e-mails than you'll def want to buy this book...i can def see myself using this book as a reference in the future :) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beauty & Grooming - General    2. Conduct of life    3. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    4. Fatherhood    5. Humor    6. Life    7. Personal & Practical Guides    8. Reference    9. Reference And Information Services    10. Family & Health    11. Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming   

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A compendium of invaluable statistics and sports references which libraries will find useful and popular
ESPN is the acknowledged leader in sports reporting and that's why its reference ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC 2006 is so important: it covers the biggest personalities and events of the year, offering access to statistics, individual award-winners, teams, and critical overviews by ESPN expert reporters. From college sports to football, basketball, baseball and more, ESPN SPORTS ALMANAC is a compendium of invaluable statistics and sports references which libraries will find useful and popular.
A PERFECT GIFT FOR THE SPORTS FAN
I should know, I own it!!! I have grabbed these books since 1998, and they are superb. The only thing I do not like about the ESPN Sports Almanac, is that sometimes, there is a misprint, but it is rare. This is a superb book for anyone who wants to know the all time and previous year records in baseball, football, hockey, nascar racing, formula racing, golf, tennis, and basketball. But these sports are not the only ones covered in this extra thick publication. You will get info on Olympic sports including gymnastics, bobsledding, skiing, track & field, etc. The book covers the previous year in sports headlines, It has tons of information on off the wall sports like badminton and rugby, and it comes from the favorite sports people of America, ESPN. Enough said!!!

This is it! Statistics are the mother's milk of sports
And here it all is, in one handy, well organized alamanac. Football, Baseball, Basketball, Racing and more!
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Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Reference    3. Reference And Information Services    4. Sports    5. Sports & Recreation    6. Sports (General)    7. Sports records    8. Reference / Almanacs    9. Sports & Outdoor Recreation    10. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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How does she do it?
How does she do it?Another winner from Judy Freeman!More tips, annotations, bibliographies, storytelling, reader's theater etc..The amount of material is superb and the format is clear and precise.She is marvelous at what she does and can help any media specialist or teacher sharpen their book skills.
Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3
Ever wished you could keep up all the great children's books and pick the best ones to read aloud and recommend to your students?Need inspiration to liven up your lessons on library skills?Looking for more effective ways to collaborate with teachers?This book has it all!
You Gotta Get This Book
Third time is the charm for Freeman.This book is much more than just a revised and updated version.Judy has put all the book suggestions and "germs" like always, but she has included enough other librarian and book info to keep you going through many school years to come.How to share great books, extension activities, program management ideas, favorites over the years, and Judy's insights about books are too numerous to mention.As a school librarian for more than 500 PreK-6th grade students I know I'll have plenty of ideas for great book sharing and fun all year.I see 8 classes of pre-reading, 3-5 year olds each week and I know Judy's insight will help me build a strong literacy foundation with them.I bought the hardback because the book is so big and I didn't want to worry about the binding giving into that weight.You need this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bibliographies & Indexes    2. Bibliography    3. Books & Reading    4. Books and reading    5. Children    6. Children's Literature - General    7. Children's literature    8. Literary Criticism    9. Oral reading    10. Reference    11. United States    12. Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science    13. Library & Information Sciences    14. Young Children's, Early Learning & Special Book Types   

Subjects:  1. Carcinogenesis    2. Carcinogenicity testing    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Mutagenicity testing    5. Oncology    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Library & Information Sciences    8. Medical / Toxicology    9. Medical toxicology   

Subjects:  1. Communication In Medicine    2. Computer - Internet    3. Computer network resources    4. Health    5. Internet - General    6. Internet - World Wide Web    7. Internet searching    8. Medical    9. Medical care    10. Medicine    11. Online Services - General    12. Research    13. Automation of library & information processes    14. Medicine: General Issues    15. World Wide Web (WWW)