First off you know an author of a book on Greek Myth knows his subject when he's able to identify the 12 principle Gods and Goddesses of Olympus. This Moroz shows before the table of contents. (Hades is NOT included, and Dionysus replaces Hestia to name two of the more common mistakes you find.) Also, just that he knew there are TWELVE is impressive on its own... The anthropological glossing is kept to a minimum, but what IS there is refreshingly not academia/wet. He's got a sense of the poetry of these stories. (I'm pointing these things out because most retellings of Greek Myth are the equivalent of musicians who perform Bach based on their attainments in the formal study of musicology. This has given the harpsichord a tedious reputation.) This is not just a book for children. These stories of Hercules are told truthfully, and the 'scary' parts (not too scary) are left in. The subtitle advertises the book as complete, and the book gives the reader a sense of completeness. I'm an addict of these myths and I learned details I'd never come across before (or never had come across in a way that they stood out or just stayed in my memory.) The timeline of events and adventures in Hercules' life is made clear and put into perspective as well. Greek Myths are simple stories and they can often best be experienced in simple, truthful retellings like this little book.

This book was amazing. It had everythhing a book should have. The way the events were discribed were great! It was as if I were really there. I really do recommend this book for anyone with a good imagination or someone who just loves reading great books. I had a fun time reading this book.

I have read several books on PHP, but found this one particularly interesting because of the well structured-ness of the content.
All the topics are fit in a logical progression and i could feel myself gaining more knowledge at each progressive step. However, individual chapters did not help me become an expert in that area, but i felt justified with the money i spent on 974 pages of quality PHP reading.

With the book market flooded with compendia on PHP and MySQL,
I have been looking avidly around for a PHP book with coverage on PostgreSQL and ODBC.
This book has come at the right time for me - It covers the functionality aspects of MySQL,
PostgreSQL and ODBC - MS access and SQL server, through a common application that
runs through each of these chapters. I must admit however that the application was not high-end, but
it served very well the purpose of demonstrating the functionality of each database with PHP. I further
appreciated the use of GTK to develop a standalone app for the same database application. I am looking
forward to buying more of these common-theme-thread books - It has really helped me to good effect.

Good book to start serious programming with DB (MySQL or other ones) outside of learning to do
real medium to large scale web app development with PHP.
Also notice that this book has been written by authoritative peers like Luis Argerich (i am a fan of
his phpbuilder articles), Thomas,Rawat and scollo(from the earlier Professional PHP Programming) and
James Moore (moderator on PHP-GTK) and reviewed by many memebers from the PHP quality team.

I am mastering professional PHP knowledge undaunted.BUY IT NOW!