I worked at microsoft for 2 years and the win32 api was some big secret. Well now that I got ahold of this book it's no longer secret. Hansen did an awesome job of explaining how windows really works. Windows is no longer a secret. I would have given it stars but I just started so it will be a while before I can give 5 stars

Finally, a book which treats programmers as programmers - this book walks through the win32 api for people who already know how to program. Unlike the Charles Petzold book, this book does not go into depth about history of the api and possible uses for it, it lets you, the creative, brilliant, smart, etc. programmer do thinking for yourself. It goes quickly but not so fast that it will lose you. One of the few books on win32 programming that is less than 700 pages long too. I really found this book nice, and I use it as a reference for how to do things now, because the source code provided is VERY clear, clean, and easy to follow. I do not, however, recommend this book to people trying to learn how to program for the first time - this book is not for you. This book is for people who are already programmers who want to write win32 code.

This is a nice, small format cookbook of bread recipes tailored for sourdough using your bread machine.

The great value lies in the calibration of the type of machine cycle with the type of sourdough culture you may be growing. Some cultures are fast-risers and some are slow. Expert Ed Wood (former pathologist turned sourdough guru) gives practical tips for finding out what kind of culture you have. You measure the culture's growth in inches over time, and then use the proper cycle of the bread machine to turn out good loaves.

Ed Wood has written some newer books on sourdough, but this book is a real gem. The listings of the various machines and their cycles might get dated as new models are rolled out, but the information about cycle time and result is invaluable.

I have used this cookbook for years, and decided to order one for my daughter, since it is one of the best sourdough cookbooks around. The recipes are well organized, and the results are stunning! For anyone who does sourdough baking, the varieties are quite intriguing, and the occasional odd ingredients are not usually difficult to find, or substitute for. It's been around a while, but since Amazon.com has it, I'm delighted to buy it for gifts.

I'm always looking for books that will help me with the teaching aspect of coaching (which also happens to be the most important). The author has the right idea of focusing on breaking things down to the fundamentals, but does only a so-so job of explaining them. The coverage is inconsistent; sometimes explanations are very clear, other times you're left to fill in blanks. The same is true of information provided on why certain fundamentals are important and why the methodology offered is the correct approach.

The author does do a good job of explaining the order in which skills should be taught, and offers good insight into common misconceptions.

Drills is where this book really fails to deliver. Every coach is always looking for drills that are effective, straight-forwarded, and keep the players interested enough to actually learn something. The author does offer some useful drills, but the a large number focus on one minute skill and propose approaches about as exciting as watching grass grow. Could you really keep a team of 10 year olds interested in 10 minutes of proper wrist movement?

If you have some experience coaching, you can probably use this book to pull together aspects of different drills to create effective and fun drills for your players. But if you're new to coaching, don't let this be your "Bible" on how to run practices.

A final note, the illustrations and diagrams are very low quality. The stick-figure cartoons make the book look amateurish and provide no value.

The book has a tremendous amount of positive basketball knowledge. Many coaches get away from fundamentals and this book goes into detail on the benefits of breaking everything down to the bear essentials. A great compliment to this book is the video "48 Championship Basketball Drills" which has some outstanding creative shooting drills. Sid Goldstein should be hailed as "El Sid" on a good effort and worthy teaching tool.

As a coach of a 5th and 6th grade boys basketball team I found this book a tremendous teaching tool this season. Most of the children I coach have had little or no formal teaching in basketball previous to me. This books true value comes from being geared towards all skill levels. A coach at my level, straight through coaches of High school varsity teams, can find drills to introduce to their players.

Every year I've bought a new book on drills because I've never been completly happy with the previous years' purchase. I'm happy to say that next year, and for many more to come, I won't have to buy another.

I was disappointed with the book because it did not have enough basic bread recipes. If the book only had recipes for a few more basics (simple white, wheat, etc.), it would have been more useful. I like the 4 flour cup recipe sizes. A good book, but not exactly what I expected. I look forward to trying some of the specialty breads in this book.

Making bread using the bread machine to make the dough makes much better bread than the machine. This book is just perfect. The first bread stuffed with cheese/herb we made is better than delicious.

This is a varied compilation of recipes, about 140 or so total, ranging from meat dishes deserts. It's well organized and the instructions are easy to follow. In addition, there aren't too many "odd-ball" ingredients that are difficult to get.

Crock-pot cooking is generally pretty easy anyway--for most of the recipes you just throw all the ingredients in and come back several hours later to a delicious meal.

I bought the book specifically looking for vegetarian recipes; I didn't notice until later that the same author has an entire book devoted to such. However, there are several vegetarian recipes in this book too.

I cook with my crockpot at least once a week. I am always hunting for new good recipes to keep my family happy. This book was full of them! It has all the old standbys, but also has a significant number of recipes which I've never seen elsewhere before.

The simplicity to understand the techniques from this basketball guide is second to none. Its apparent that your skills will be refined by the ultimate simplicity of the drills... I love this book!

Its a nice book giving the new recepeis and enjoy of new food

deliciouxe recipes that are easy to follow and a joy to prepare.

Being a new vetetarian, I found it hard to find receipies that tasted good and looked presentable. This book had both. It allowed me to make quick and easy recipies that were both delicious and presentable. For anyone who is thinking about becomming a vegetarian or allready is one, this book is full of wonderful variety receipies to satisfy the most exotic of tastes.

In my opinion, C is an easy language to learn, but one of the hardest to program well in. The flexibility of the language and the relative lack of rigid compiler rules make it easy to make mistakes that are subtle and difficult to find. In general, it takes an extensive amount of time before one can be considered proficient in the language. Most people learn to code a certain way and keep those habits, good and bad, throughout their programming careers. For these reasons, your initial study of any language is critical.
This book is designed to be a first exposure to the language and it covers all the standard features of C that should be presented. That of course makes it no different from the many other books on C that have been published over the past few decades, although there is a bit more coverage in this one than in others. The primary point of distinction between books in C is the tone and format, areas where this book is certainly above average. There is none of the compact, obfuscated code that some programmers seem addicted to, as the author goes to great lengths to point out the dangers of that approach. No specific style is emphasized, a point that I found refreshing, as personally, I am very tired of hearing passionate arguments over insignificant points of style. I was also impressed by the greater than normal treatment of the actions of the C preprocessor. This is a topic that is often neglected, which is unfortunate, as many of the more subtle bugs that I have dealt with were due to "unexpected" behavior based on the actions of the preprocessor.
The examples are small, which is generally good, and there are many of them, with exercises at the end of the chapters. Unfortunately, there are no larger examples that can demonstrate how the solutions to more complex problems are put together. Nearly all modern programming projects are measured in millions of lines of code, so putting together a few projects of a couple hundred can at least give the hint of how software is really built.
In general, the book is a solid introduction to the C language and if you are in need of such a book, this one will serve you well.