This books is the definitive work about hard disks. It explains everything about all kinds of hard disks. Besides that, it also explains details of SCSI devices and RAID. It has a large database with jumper settings and configuration details of hundreds of hard disks, wich is very helpful to technicians. It comes with a CD-ROM full of very usefull utilities.

This books explains all you want to know about hard disk, including lots of information on jumper settings and hard disk CMOS parameters.

This is the most useful source I have for hard drive jumper settings, CMOS settings, etc. I have three previous editions, and wouldn't part with any of them. I do computer support for a large academic department of a university, and encounter a wide range of drives, adapters, computers, etc. These books have saved me a lot of time, blood, sweat and tears.

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This book contains BEAUTIFUL line-art illustrations of a host of Douglas, McDonnell and McDonnell-Douglas aircraft, past and present. The artwork was done by Mike Badrocke who is a recognized master at this craft. Bill Gunston is also a master aviation writer. Together they've produced a very beautiful book for the aviation enthusiast. You'll see cutaways of the "DC series" commercial aircraft (e.g., DC-3, DC-9, etc.), McDonnell fighters (e.g., F-101, F-4 and others) as well as earlier aircraft from both manufacturers. The book also shows us the latest McDonnell-Douglas aircraft after the merger (e.g., F-15, F-18, C-17 and DC-10). As with other Badrocke illustrations, there are labels/callouts to various parts of the plane which help guide you through its inner workings. Gunston provides an historical view of many McDonnell-Douglas aircraft which are not illustrated. Those not illustrated are usually the older, more esoteric aircraft with limited historical visibility. Overall, it's a wonderful book to help you "explore" the insides of these aircraft, and nobody does that better than Badrocke.

This is one of those basic books for the educational bookshelf

This book gives you the basic information about the F/A-18 & very nice pictures. What I am impress is the pictures are in color, it is very difficult to find this kind of pictures. The information provided are very basic but it will satisfied you. This book will be a valuable aset to fans of the F/A-18 because it has very amazing pictures & very basic but complete information about the F/A-18 Hornet.

As the librarian in charge of buying books for educational programs at a marine-life park, this is by far one of my most treasured books. Children from kindergarten to third grade love this book. The text is written with humor, with some of the best illustrations I've seen. We had a visit from the author a few years ago, when we were lucky enough to get a signed copy. Our copy has been so well-loved, we are now on the hunt for a few new ones, only to find the book is out of print! This is a top-quality book.

I've tried to learn Visual basic net with other books, but I couldnt use them - they assume you are an expert already. With the Bell book, it started from the simple basics, and I recoomend beginners to get this book.

This book should be getting more attention. Mike writes a very interesting book on his feelings about past and present talk shows. His show was such a FUN show. It is a fast read and enjoyable.

What a delightful book! For anyone who ever watched the Mike Douglas Show, this book is a must. It is filled with anictdotal gems from the show and behind the scenes. While reading the comedians chapter, I frequently laughed outloud. The stories about the various comedians are absolutely hilarious! Mike's easy-to-read style of writing takes you through the most memorable events from his years doing the show. What comes through loud and clear from reading this book is that Mike Douglas really loved doing his show, from singing with the most famous singers in the world to making people laugh with the most famous comics. Mike is a true gentleman. I loved his show and I loved and cherished every moment reading this book. It brought me back to simpler times, when people could be entertained by laughter and song rather than much of what is out there today.

I remember growing up watching the Mike Douglas Show after school and this book brought back lots of good memories. It will be hard for any talk show host to match Mike's graciousness and talent. He was able to make people from all walks of life open up and share a little bit of themselves (good or bad) and I'm really glad that Mike shares his memories with us so we can all enjoy some of those moments once again. I hope Mike writes volume 2 soon!

While I don't disagree with the reviewers below that the investing advice is potentially useful, I was very apalled at the size of this book. I knew it was going to be small, but this is ridiculous. It is listed as 40 pages in length. But 8 of these are completely BLANK -- with only the heading "Notes". And the text starts on page 6. There are only 27 pages of content. And many of these contain only a few sentences with 75% whitespace.

Before buying, be aware that you're paying almost $1 per page, and will have absorbed the book's contents in under 5 minutes. Personally, I feel cheated.

Basic advise on how to invest in small bank stocks. The author cuts to the chase with easy simple reading as investing should be. This book doesn't waste your time it gives you what you need to know on how to invest in these thinly traded bank stocks. Buy it and keep it on your desk.

Wow! This guide gives you the questions that must be asked before investing in any of the smaller community bank stocks as well as regional banks. It also gives you things to look for to protect your downside and to find the next takeover target. Easy reading that will make you money. Buy it now and keep it on your office desk.

I've been trying to teach myself programing for the last year and a half. I've tried several languages and a number of those "teach yourself in x hours/days" books. I've finished many of those books and re-read several of them as well. However, sit me down and solve a problem? --just couldn't do it. This book helped for a number of reasons:

1. It pretty much focuses on Applets. This helps by not bogging you down with two many libraries (which you encounter when you switch from applets to applications). You're able to deal with a few things alot and get really familiar with them.

2. It has a lot of examples at the end of each chapter to help you review and incorporate what you've learned. (Examples are related to skills you've just learned and do not incorporate new ones out of the blue).

3. It seemed the authors had considerable teaching experience. They really hammered on points that other authors just "blow" over...like "What is a constructor?", "How do you use the "this" keyword?"..

4. It stays concise within a smaller segment of Java. You deal primarily with the AWT, as opposed to Swing.

5. It uses examples that are easy to conceptualize. You don't have to mess with binary, hexadecimal, and octal numbers and use mathmatical formulas all the time--like you do in Beginning Java.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to build foundational skills and who needs to understand why they did something as much as how they did it.

I have more than eighty technical books in my home library, but my favorite is Java for Students. Aimed at beginning programmers, Java for students is a solid book that WILL teach you java programming. It sticks to the basics and is filled with very good, practical examples. By far, Java for Students is the best "learn to program" book that I have ever read.

For several years I have been struggling with understanding programming. Networking training often references C or C++ or Visual Basic ideas to illustrate concepts as if everyone understands their basics. I have beat my head against a wall trying to follow along with texts on scripting and Active Server Pages because these books often assume familiarity with fundamental programming concepts. I even read SAMS Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours without learning enough to put everything together. And then I found Java for Students by Douglas Bell and Mike Parr.

Java for Students is written for people with absolutely no prior knowledge of programming. Books often say things like this and then after the first chapter or two take off into the skies where it is impossible for many to follow. This book taught me to fly!

Like many introductory books you write your first Java program inside the first 20 pages. And then the authors continue to provide example after example and more than 100 exercises that build progressively on the information presented until you really get the hang of programming in Java and understanding programming concepts - variables, calculations, methods, parameters, events, decisions, repetition, objects, classes, inheritance, arrays, string manipulation, exception handling, packages, abstract classes, interfaces, threads... My proudest moment was when I scanned through the Glossary at the very end of the book and really understood all the terms included. If you want to understand programming in general and Java specifically, this is a great place to start.

These authors do an excellent job of presenting essential information in a simple fashion and then adding more details and complexity as you progress through the book. They presented code that illustrated concepts and syntax in early chapters that they added to in subsequent chapters to demonstrate additional features or problem solving methods. The result was an opportunity to develop confidence and familiarity without being overwhelmed with all the details at once. At the end of each chapter Bell and Parr included a Grammar Spot, Programming Pitfalls, New Language Elements, and a Summary. They did a good job of reinforcing important points.

The authors teach in the UK and the book has a funny mixture of British and US influences. I was a little nervous when an exercise invited creating a program to calculate making change for a soft drink machine in British money but then they offered an overview of UK coins and a suggestion to work in the common denominator, pence. I did not find any difficulties following the discussions as an American.

I noticed more editing problems in the last third of the book - missing words, mislabeled material. This was a little challenging but if you were following along closely you could understand what was meant. It was more disconcerting than anything else.

The book refers to a website that provides the source code for all the examples and demonstrations of their running...I liked this book a lot. If you need to start with the basics I think you will too!