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Review of #5 “Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3″

Review by K. Benny: “Tips and tricks ‘from a friend’”

This reviewer’s rating: 4/5, average reviewer rating: 4.5/5

In the usual Scott Kelby style he write these books as a collection of pointers to a friend photographer. Every page in all three books are written with one pointer or tip on each page. As Scott writes in the prelude:

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Review of #4 “David Buschs Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D Guide to Digital SLR Photography (First Edition)”

Review by FredM: “The Scott Kelby of camera guides”

This reviewer’s rating: 5/5, average reviewer rating: 5/5

When it comes to useful camera guides, David Busch is the master. (The cover blurb notes that he is the #1 selling camera specific guide author, and I can understand why.) Like Scott Kelby he explains everything you need to know in a comprehensive yet conversational way, with lots of examples of how to use his tips. He provides something that none of the other guides, mostly rehashes of the vendor’s manual, are able to do. Busch gives you an in-depth introduction to a camera like the Canon EOS Rebel T1i and to photography at the same time.

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Review of #3 “The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3″

Review by Phil Pickering: “Essential”

This reviewer’s rating: 5/5, average reviewer rating: 4.5/5

“The Digital Photography Book, Volume 3″ is another fine addition to the series, but unlike many of Scott Kelby’s books which usually stand on their own, to get the most out of this book you really, really should have bought and read the previous two volumes. For example, the first two chapters, “Using Flash Like a Pro, Part 2″ and “Using Your Studio Like A Pro”, are direct continuations of chapters in Volume 2. Both are excellent chapters and give much needed depth to the subjects which were introduced in the previous volume.

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There were some moderate changes in the science and technology books top 50 this week, with 20 new titles entering the list. The hot mover of the week was Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition (Windows.Net), which made its first appearance on the list at number 1.

20 items made it to the list for the first time this week:

• Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform at number 1
• Pro Silverlight 3 in C# at number 2
• C# in Depth at number 3
• Regular Expressions Cookbook at number 4
• Programming WCF Services at number 5
• The Art of Unit Testing at number 6
• Pro WPF in C# 2008 at number 7
• More Effective C# at number 8
• Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008… at number 9
• RESTful .NET at number 10
• Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2008 at number 11
• Pro LINQ at number 12
• Head First C# at number 13
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 at number 14
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 at number 15
• Learning C# 3.0 at number 16
• Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 at number 17
• Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in… at number 18
• Professional ASP.NET 3.5 at number 19
• Programming Entity Framework at number 20

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This week in science and technology books, the top 50 saw some changes. 20 new titles entered the list. The hot mover of the week was Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition (Windows.Net), which debuted on the list at number 1.

20 items made it to the list for the first time this week:

• Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform at number 1
• Pro Silverlight 3 in C# at number 2
• C# in Depth at number 3
• Regular Expressions Cookbook at number 4
• Programming WCF Services at number 5
• The Art of Unit Testing at number 6
• Pro WPF in C# 2008 at number 7
• More Effective C# at number 8
• Sams Teach Yourself Visual Basic 2008… at number 9
• RESTful .NET at number 10
• Beginning Microsoft Visual C# 2008 at number 11
• Pro LINQ at number 12
• Head First C# at number 13
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 at number 14
• Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 at number 15
• Learning C# 3.0 at number 16
• Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008 at number 17
• Sams Teach Yourself Visual C# 2008 in… at number 18
• Professional ASP.NET 3.5 at number 19
• Programming Entity Framework at number 20

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Review of #1 “Podcasting For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))”

Review by Sublime Dharma: “The. Best. Book. On. Podcasting.”

This reviewer’s rating: 5/5, average reviewer rating: 4.5/5

I bought this book around 1 month ago because I wanted to set up a Podcast and publish it to the web but had no idea how. The moment I opened the cover this book was helpful, it walks you through everything you need to know to set up and publish your Podcast, choose equipment, do interview over the phone, in the studio, or over Skype/iChat and then recommends other For Dummies books if you want to get really into it (say, Web Design for dummies, or something)…

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This week, the science and technology books top 50 saw a lot of change. 43 new titles entered the top 50. The hot mover of the week was Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything (P.S.), which made its first appearance on the list at number 1. The big loser of the week was My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, which was knocked down 10 spots to number 15.

43 items made it to the list for the first time this week:

• Freakonomics at number 1
• Publication Manual of the American… at number 2
• The Greatest Show on Earth at number 3
• How to Survive the End of the World… at number 5
• The National Parks at number 6
• Inside of a Dog at number 9
• Nudge at number 10
• The Healing of America at number 12
• The Physics of Miracles at number 14
• Cheating Death at number 17
• Predictably Irrational, Revised and… at number 18
• Against the Gods at number 19
• Encyclopedia of Pasta at number 20
• Nursing Care Plans at number 21
• BRS Physiology at number 22
• Review Guide for RN Pre-Entrance Exam at number 23
• The Bicycling Guide to Complete… at number 24
• 7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life at number 25
• On Combat, The Psychology and… at number 26
• A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations at number 27
• Darwin’s Dangerous Idea at number 28
• Harrison’s Principles of Internal… at number 29
• Solar Power Your Home For Dummies at number 30
• Grown Up Digital at number 31
• Essential Oils Desk Reference at number 32
• What Your Doctor May Not Tell You… at number 33
• All That the Rain Promises and More at number 34
• The Mystery of 2012 at number 35
• The Blind Watchmaker at number 36
• Practical Algebra at number 37
• An Anthropologist On Mars at number 38
• Basher Science at number 39
• Machinery’s Handbook Toolbox Edition at number 40
• Pass CCRN! at number 41
• Total Resistance at number 42
• How to Write a Lot at number 43
• Nurse’s Pocket Guide at number 44
• The Gift of Therapy at number 45
• Fundamentals Success at number 46
• Twelfth Planet at number 47
• The Gift of Dyslexia at number 48
• Emotional Design at number 49
• No Impact Man at number 50

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Review of #2 “The Digital Photography Book”

Review by Brien Malone: “Good Info, But Didn’t Like Kelby’s “Fooled Ya!” Sense of Humor”

This reviewer’s rating: 3/5, average reviewer rating: 4.5/5

I really wanted to write a glowing review for “The Digital Photography Book”… I’ve been looking for a good tome of insider tips for digital SLRs for a long time, so when I found Kelby’s book I was ecstatic! A quick skim showed many great tips; however, after reading the first page of chapter 1 where he carried on about the phrase “TACK SHARP” I began to lose faith.

Here is an excerpt (talking about the origins of the phrase Tack Sharp - meaning a “clear photo”):

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Review of #1 “Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City”

Review by Thomas Graves: “Not Quite What I expected”

This reviewer’s rating: 3/5, average reviewer rating: 4.5/5

This is a heavy and substantial tome (inevitably printed in China - where else?) which details the author’s amazing work in reconstructing the stunningly-beautiful natural environment of Manhattan Island in 1609, when the Dutch explorer Henry Hudson and his crew first laid eyes on it.

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This week in science and technology books, the top 50 saw some changes. 18 new titles entered the list. The hot mover of the week was Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, which debuted on the list at number 1. The big loser of the week was The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook, Fourth Edition, which declined 19 spots to number 48.

9 items made it to the list for the first time this week:

• Mannahatta at number 1
• The Photographer at number 11
• The Drunkard’s Walk at number 15
• The Sims 3 at number 21
• Wicked Plants at number 30
• Kaplan GRE Exam Math Workbook at number 38
• Spent at number 45
• Tarascon Pocket Pharmacopoeia 2009 at number 49
• Theory and Practice of Group… at number 50

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