Jam packed and good for a desk reference
926762
Jam packed and good for a desk reference. You have to respect anyone who can work with such overwhelming information. Pick and choose the most important, widely used pharmaceuticals to start with, then expand as you internalize the important applications.
84632
Alexander Lerch's second book on the mathematics behind music is a fantastic reference for a select and limited audience. While heavily skewed towards a computer science readership, it is definitely not at the introductory level and would probably only be practical for those with extremely solid footing in building and running applications. There are sections that would work well in isolation with Matlab, but I feel many of the code references (of which there are many) have limited use if you don't have an advanced sandbox to play with.

On the positives, this book has an excellent website presence, I'm always very keen on authors keeping errata up to date and easily accessible. There's nothing that annoys me more than trying to get a sample script to run and debugging until your eyes are blurry only to discover there was a typo.

I feel like the best match would be reads who have an affinity towards apps like shazaam or soundhound or others down this genre.
50542
well done and useful with just the right amount of background
2015872
This is one of the books that I would put in the "very useful" cookbook-type category.  There are a plethora of useful tidbits of information conveniently collected into one book.  Subjects covered range from: booting issues, log-in managers, desktops, administration and automation issues, to kernel issues, and hardware.  You won't necessarily implement all of the tips contained in the book, but even if you use a fraction of them, you should find the book to be worth while.  I found the book to be quite educational.
1461236
As a nursing student, I have to put a ton of time into memorizing anatomical terms and the names of different medical conditions.  Medical Terminology For Dummies really helped me through some of my courses as a desk reference because it has really quick and easy-to-remember definitions, a plus when you're having to study for an exam and your textbooks are thousands of pages long.  I would definitely recommend this book to medical and nursing students, and others in the medical community that need a handy and easy-to-use desk reference.
4506298
If you run meetings as a chair of a non-profit or public agency and you want a clear, easy-to-use desk reference for the rules of Parliamentary Procedure, this is it. I examined several similar titles before I finally wound up purchasing this and I'm glad I did. Unlike others that seem like mini-encyclopedias that are cumbersome and frustrating when you need a quick answer, you get to the answer you're seeking with this one typically in under a minute.
4523775
This book is a *focused* reference manual for VB.  By that I mean that it does not attempt to cover every obscure feature, but is also quite complete in its coverage of what a professional programmer wants.  The second part  of the book (alphabetical language reference) includes an especially useful  feature called "Programming Tips & Gotchas" which points out  non-intuitive features, undocumented features, and, dare I suggest it --  bugs in the product.  There's professional-quality depth here -- I'm very  pleased with this purchase.
4611973
My desk has a collection of books I keep accessible, everything from tomes on adult learning to pocket guides on onboarding. Guila's Instructional Design that Soars will be added to the collection. Not for me, though I found it useful. I'll be handing it out to people I work with to enable them to successfully create engaging trainings. My engineers will appreciate that Guila's book is a quick read with down-to-earth examples to support their success. She focuses on in-person (ILT) and online webinar trainings, though the content can be applied to all learning modalities. I also appreciate the web site chocked full of soft copies of checklists and templates, plus more resources. A bonus for buying the book.
145796
This book absolutely accomplishes its mission of providing a useful, accurate desk reference for those of us who know how to create standards-compliant CSS/XHTML Web sites but can't always remember every trick there is. Rather than having a hodge-podge of code snippets, Web site bookmarks and scribbled notes, I just use this book. It's an excellent companion to Jeffrey Zeldman's "Designing With Web Standards," which I also highly recommend. The only CSS "trick" I wish the authors had included was  a solid, reliable drop-down menu system that degrades gracefully. Just a nit-pick, hardly a weakness.
2427125
Not only is this a good read, it's also a book to keep handy for further reference. I know I'll keep it in an easily accessible spot in my office.
1574061
If you want a relatively large (2 1/2" Thick) volume to sit nicely on your desk, this is the book for you.  This is exactly as the name implies: an encyclopedia with no more than 3 paragraphs on any subject and/or battle dealing with warfare. Very complete with generally good synopsis of the battle and key players.  1 or 2 plates are provided for reference for many (1 every 3-4 pages on average).

Bottom Line: This is a good flip through reference, something to get a quick knowledge set on the subject/battle, and a good primer to start one on their squirrel hunting quest on wiki-sites for a fuller version of the battle/subject at hand.
4800143
In a world of progressively increasing costs for medical references, one needs to become selective about what books are worth your time and investment.  This book is one I'd like to recommend as being worthy of both.

The book is an extremely thorough, almost encyclopedic reference on head and neck pathology.  The subject matter is well organized. Each topic is covered in a pithy point-form manner, rather than with harder to read narratives, and it is easy to find the key clinical, microscopic and special studies needed to come to a precise diagnosis.  Each topic is thoroughly illustrated with gross and microscopic photographs.  The authors also offer excellent discussions of differential diagnosis.  I've used the book to help work up a number of challenging cases and found it a fast and most useful aid.

If you need one good H&N pathology reference, this is the one that should be sitting beside your microscope.
3636441
A good volume for your library and also for beginners or to remind more experts if they get a little "rusty"
4625068
This is a great book! It's high quality, and there are tons of questions and answers. I purchased this for my workplace, as often we just "wait" while waiting for our next assignment. This really fills that time, plus we are learning at the same time. I would recommend this book for a person who is looking for random trivia questions to enlighten them. It would be good in a bathroom, on a coffee table, or in the waiting room of an office as it's something that can be picked up and read for a very short period of time.
997487
Good for a quick reference, style of writing is in bullet points, and the questions at the end of each chapter are useful
2049335
The examples aren't only helpful to visualize the point, but they are giving me ideas on how to implement some of these things in my own code, for instance displaying linking info when hovering over a link. Very well thought out. This book is crammed with useful and pertinent info. No editorial comments that add to the heft (but not the content). For getting the  basics - and also as a handy reference - this hits the spot. It's also not so technical that it's either boring or frustrating to read.
909228
Here's a book that's sitting on my desk and it's going to be there for good long time.  I mark it up.  A few weeks later I come back and look again.  Good writers give you that.  Yes, even about technical subjects, good writers deliver.  This will be one of my dog-eared ones.
The graphics are done so well that I almost feel bad about marking it up.  Colored tabs on each chapter make it easy to get back to particular sections.  Screen shots of leading web sites are used generously when he's trying to make a general point of design.  Full scripting to cover the examples under discussion are provided, in part, and then brought together as a whole.  Well-developed and simple figures are used to make specific points.  Each chapter contains several side-bars and other sections covering related information to the main.
The level of writing is aimed for someone with beginning level skills, but goes quickly to the more technical issues without leaving the reader behind.  When Mr. Veen is leaving out information, as when he sidesteps error trapping for active pages, he points it out.  The writing flows smoothly around what could easily be an unorganized collection of  confusing hyper text jargon.  I found myself reading through a section to find a quick answer to something I was working on, only to end up engrossed for an hour or more.
One of the most valuable parts of this book is the experience Mr. Veen brings to his discussions.  "When I started out in this business years ago my first job was, in essence, to be a human Perl script," he states at one point before going on to describe how he, and others, went on to solve the problems of high maintenance sites.  In another area he describes the business of information architecture and how it could mean success or failure for sites seeking to make a profit.  For those of us who are seeking to make our way in the world of web design, few lessons could provide the knowledge that is presented here in clear and concise language.