Not for absolute beginners
934406
I know very little Italian and thought this would be good to try out. But this DVD's biggest problem is that they tend to talk rather quickly and they do not spend time teaching you how to pronounce. So you end up rewinding frequently.

For those curios - this is really like a DVD movie. So on your PC, it will play like a regular movie. But this also means you can watch this on your TV with a DVD player. They also have the files on the DVD that you can copy over to your iPod.

One last minor gripe - the packaging. After you remove this DVD, you can't put it back in the original packaging. You could try, but it's tough and very inconvenient. So you have to put this in a jewel case, or a DVD wallet, etc..
4843205
To use any of the techniques described in this book, you must have your own Minecraft server and use plug-ins. In short, this is not for the casual player.

  Directions for building the very few projects shown in the book presume a very substantial level of Minecraft expertise. Again, this book is not for thew beginner.

  The writing style - and I am being charitable here - leaves a lot to be desired. The author is obviously very experiencing - and clearly believes his audience is as well. An audience sophisticated enough to easily grasp what the writer is saying would also have acquired most or nearly all of the knowledge the author is imparting from Minecraft wikis and forums.

  In short, this book may provide an overview of creating somewhat more sophisticated designs in Minecraft than the norm, but contains no information that you can't find on your own.

Jerry
3261216
A new user to FormZ I was stuggling to find a way to alleviate the stress of such a high learning curve. This book helps in more of an indirect way then I had expected. The tutorials are relativly well written but are  difficult to reproduce. I found myself banging my head against the wall  trying to figure out what I had done wrong. When I did figure it out I did  learn but only after hours of frustration. If you are a new user be  prepared for some long hours.
571935
I chose this book due to the good reviews but was a bit disappointed. Being a beginner I found the language in it a little overwhelming and hard to follow in some of the instructions. I think this book would be better for someone at an intermediate level. Still, I am sure I will get some good use out of it once I am more advanced.
3405104
This book is designed for someone who is not a COMPLETE beginner. The author wrote the book in almost a alphabetical programming code in some way. What this means is the book is designed like the author thinks......in code. Basically the worded instructions (not the code though)are sort of backwards. Like how a computer reads the data input in binary to right to left. But it all makes sense when you figured out how the instruction is. I figured this out in the first pages of the initial instruction.
So be careful if you get this book. Some people may find it a bit challenging to understand, especially beginners. Please be easy on the author with your reviews. The book is complete......it's just in 'alphabetical' program code.
2119006
Amar is beautiful, the routines are well explained and executed, BUT this video is NOT for the beginner. Although the combinations may not be complex for one familiar with the basics, I won't be able to enjoy this DVD until I get a FIRM foundation in bellydance from another source.
1111255
I bought this book a couple weeks ago, and I am absolutely not a beginner in Java. The code in this book is kind of confusing because it lacks a use of comments. You won't understand it until you go back and forth in the book to find out what the author really means. I have read a good Java book before, its name is "Starting out with JAVA..." written by Tony Gaddis. That is the best book for absolute beginners. The author explains everything in very detail with so many different examples that(with the use of comments). So beginners can easily follow and get the core. But for this book, the author tries to put everything possible into this book without too much detail. It's hard to follow. It jumps right into the use of classes and objects. Everything just goes too fast. I would not recommend this to any beginners.
4011578
This book is not really for beginners. Actually, its for people who want to learn a couple uses for javascript fast. The format is setup in the following way: There is a brief introduction; several examples of  javascript are given; the parts of these examples are then described in a  brief comprehensible manner. I have some other Visual Quickstart books, and  they were quite satisfactory- especially HTML For the World Wide Web. The  formats of these books are similar if not exact. The only difference is  that HTML For the World Wide Web gives you sufficient information to create  your own webpages easily and fairly effectively. The fact that it takes an  extremely large book to cover the majority of javascript may account for my  distaste towards this book. Once again, if you want to learn the majority  of javascript- and have lots of time- I'd recommend a book like the  Javascript Bible.
445996
NOT something I'd recommend for beginners. One reason I would mark it down is because it seemed to be advertized as being a good book for the intermediate begginers but I knew better. The reason I did mark it down was because the cd tracks sound like a computer program and not like a guitar. Overall pleasant short tunes.
482399
Not a book for a beginner. I purchased this for an adult piano student who is a beginner and we are having to wait to use it because it is too difficult!
2266488
sold with a group of easy song books, so I bought it thinking it would be easy.  Not so.  It is definitely for more advanced players which I am not.  Maybe some day I will be able to play a song from this book.
4741497
The title of the book is all about learning Python. But what it failed to highlight was, it is actually a book for the intermediate to advance users.
The book is not structured for the beginner and often enough, if you are a beginner you will find your self lost in a maze of analogies and technical jargon. For example, the author tries to convey the best technique for sound programming in Python, but He goes off on a tangent and provided you with some other details of how not to program in Python. If you are a beginner, you will become lost, and won't be able to track back on some of these examples. At the end of the chapter, you will have to read it again in order to grasp a clearer understanding of how Python works. But then again, Python is all about simplicity, this book is not simple at all. The coding examples provided also does not provide you with enough details on real life and practical usage of how it is applied in the real world, and does not quite teach the beginner about its inner workings.
516811
Not a good book for a beginner at all. I am a beginner, so mostly
useless for me. Maybe it will be usefull with some time.
2316401
This is not a book for beginners, or anyone that wants to just make simple beading jewelry.  This is for a more professional jewelry maker, not for someone like me, don't waste your money if you just want to string beads.
4700354
It's more a "table book" for those who already experienced in coding. I would not recommend it for a beginners
435615
I returned this book because I was looking for more photos to refer to. I thought, for a beginner, this book was too difficult to follow.
1063109
This was not very easy for me to understand, so this, in my opinion is not for the beginner crocheter.