Truly a spectacular cookbook, Mark Miller has recipes that will delight the senses and make you a hero at any dinner party. The ingredient combinations play off of each other and offer unique twists on traditional southwestern cooking. As one very familar with the southwest and it's cuisine, this book ranks as enticing and innovative. The recipes are foolproof and easy to follow, but you will need to adhere to the fresh ingredients rule-- no canned black beans, or frozen corn for these recipes, stick with fresh and you can not fail. Unlike some other cookbooks that feature regional cuisine, Coyote Cafe includes complete recipes that you do not need to tinker with and that are tested. So go ahead cook with Miller and howl at the moon!

CREATE VIDEO CD'S
AUTHOR: Mark-Steffen Goewecke
PUBLISHER: DataBecker
REVIEWED BY: Barbara Rhoades

BOOK REVIEW: Data Becker has produced another jam-packed book of information, this time all about creating video CDs. Besides the normal formatting of notes and tips in yellow throughout the book, the first chapter shows how to set up all the equipment you will need. The first program needed is Virtual Dub - www.virtualdub.org. This program captures video images and has other useful functions

Movie Xone is a program for proper video editing and can be found at www.aist.com. You will now be working in what is known as an animation by dragging different clips onto a storyboard. Add dissolving, text and fonts. Now you need a software program called DeCSS - or De-Content Scrambling System and DVDx is a user-friendly program downloadable at www2.labdv.com/dvdx.

Moving files to your hard drive requires SmartRipper and doing an Internet search should provide you with a site where you can download this program. FlaskMPG - www.flaskmpeg.net - will help you convert the information you just put on your hard drive to video CD format. TMPGEnc - www.tmpgenc.com - will convert a movie file into MPEG format for a video CD. And finally, East CD Creator 5 - will actually put your information onto the CD and was the whole point of the book.

The price ... is certainly worth the money spent for all the information contained in Create Video CD's. Are you building a library of books worth having? Be sure to add this one to it.

Thoroughly recomended.

A must have for strategic financial applications.

Owners of DVD or CD recorders may not be making the most of their equipment: Creating Your Own Great DVDs and CDs covers everything on making your own items; from choosing among different equipment features to installing a CDRW or DVDRW drive, preparing a PC to record, and using various software packages which typically come bundled with recorders. A section on troubleshooting and plenty of quality enhancement tips make this an invaluable reference.

Aspiring musicians often fail to realize how many careers exist beyond that of band member or performer: enter this title, which profiles numerous alternative career choices within the music business. From studio musician to working for a record label, Creative Careers in Music outlines all the possibilities.

Although this is not the thriller type of book that I usually enjoy it was a tremendous help with my writing. The book gave me excellent guidelines and tips and the incentive to finish one of my stories. This was a great start to my career and I can not thank Jay Amberg enough for writing it. I reccomend this book to anyone starting a writing career, or someone who just likes to write, it will give your writing direction.

Dr. Mark Eastman takes some pretty complicated subjects relating to biology, geology, chemistry and physics and examines them in light of what Biblical scripture reveals. Surprisingly, there are no "contradictions" or "errors". The Bible holds it on with even the most recent scientific finds. A very easy read even though it covers technical subject matter.

I am continually pleased with each and every fabozzi book I buy. The man is prolific and always provides you with real data, great overviews, and commentary by leading people in the field. This book is no exception.

The Neuenschwanders have produced an insightful writing of increasing interest since 9-11. This practical guide not only provides helpful information on how to survive the fallout from various terrorist/disaster-related scenarios, but most importantly on how to be a "light in the world" as a Christian in the 21st Century. Every believer's library should have a copy of this wonderful handbook, especially those involved with ministering to victims of tragedies like 9-11, Oklahoma City and Columbine.

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