| brent timothy saner on 24 Feb 2008 08:04:17 -0800 |
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Art Alexion wrote: > > Unless you know what title you are looking for, its better to shop retail (vs. > online) where you can physically grab an armload, and browse them over a cup > of coffee and find out which one works for you. Pick a few topics, use the > indices, and see which ones address the issue on a level that works for you. > You can't do that shopping online. Art- excellent suggestions, but i just would like to make a suggestion. amazon usually has some sample pages available which give you a good feel for the writing sample available. a lot of publishers (esp. the big boys- O'Reilly et. al.) also provide the table of contents to their books online. -- Brent Saner 215.264.0112(cell) http://www.thenotebookarmy.org Bill Gates is to hacking as Sid Vicious was to the Sex Pistols: no talent, everyone hates him, and he's just in it for the fame and money. GPG INFO: pub 1024D/832D950A 2008-01-26 uid Brent Timothy Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> uid Brent Timothy Saner (ACE Technology Group, www.acetechgroup.com) <sanerb@acetechgroup.com> sub 4096g/1C18F61D 2008-01-26 (pgp.mit.edu) FINGERPRINT: 91EC 3B91 17E3 84E8 662A 9911 F2ED 9987 832D 950A Attachment:
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