The Best Coal Company in All Chicago, and How It Got That Way

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Here is history from the bottom up. Jacob Best emigrated from Prussia in 1869 to settle in Chicago. He carved out a life for himself and his family as a saloonkeeper in the Lake View neighborhood. By 1887 he had a well-established business, only to die and leave his four children destitute, thanks to a conniving stepmother. His two youngest children--a son, the second Jacob in this story, and a daughter--were even sent to an orphanage. Though he had little formal education, Jacob in 1909 founded what would become one of the largest wholesale/retail coal businesses in the United States. Along the way, he established himself as a civic leader and philanthropist; Jacob also found true love that began with a chance encounter one day at Marshall Field & Company. This rags-to-riches story is must reading for anyone interested in some fascinating Chicago history.

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Awesome.......2005-10-04

This book is a great rea for anyone who is interested in Chicago life in the 1920's. I thought that this book would be boring, but actually it is very interesting, especially the Genealogy section on Jacobs descendants.

The Best Coal Company In All Chicago And How It Got That Way.......2003-09-20

A great history of a Chicago family from 1869 through 1963. The book tells how the Jacob Best family helped to shape the industrial growth of the "Miracle City."

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Great competitor, top shotmaker, the only player to win the U.S. Amateur three times, a smashing first year on the pro tour at age 20-Tiger Woods is a sports phenomenon. Now discover how he did it and what it cost him in a riveting story that captures the heart and soul of a magnificent American athlete.The poignant love story behind his parents' marriage and a soldier's promise to name his son "Tiger"A son's talent, a father's ambitions, and the tough mental games geared to either break him or make him a championThe truth about college and his decision to go proA revealing close-up of Tiger under pressure, his most dramatic play-offs, and his worst rookie-year mistakeThe big money: $40 million Nike deal and the hot Titleist contractThe race card-who played it and why-and how Tiger changed the game forever....His journey to the 1997 Masters and a spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup Team

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One of the best........2003-03-29

When I first started reading this book I had a tough time putting it down. It takes us back to Tigers early golf days right up to the winning of his first Masters Tournament in record numbers. Tim Rosaforte really makes this book come alive. You will not be disappointed in this one.

A CHAMPION RISES.......2002-07-18

At age twenty-one, Eldrick "Tiger" Woods became the youngest individual to win the Masters Tournament. This young phenomena ushered in a new age for golf and sports fans all over wanted to know, who is this rising champion? Sports writer Tim Rosaforte provides that answer by penning one of the first biographies of Tiger.

Does a young man of twenty years of age deserve a 70,000 word biography is the question Rosaforte raises. His answer is a resounding yes as he presents before the phenomenal rise of golf's greatest champion of all time. He tracks the early career of Woods from his Junior Golf years all the way up to his 1997 victory at the Masters. Through his journalism you get a comprehensive overview of his career.

Rosaforte divides his book into three sections which entail a biographical sketch of Woods' parents and their impact on him. His second section is devoted to his wins in junior golf, high school and college. Finally we deal with Tiger coming out on his own by turning professional. As one of the first biographical books on Woods, the author does a decent job in giving us insight on this remarkable golfer.

I would caution readers to not look at this book as the "definitive" work about Woods. Rosaforte admits that he didn't have the help of the Woods family in compiling his work. In many instances the author's voice takes on a self-serving attitude as if his writing is responsible for taking Woods to greater heights. Although he shares with us little known facts about Woods such as his mugging at Stanford and problems with the NCAA regarding his eligibility, we are left without a clue about the young man himself. His golf achievements and statistical records are reported but what is absent is the inner life of Woods and little interpretation as to his importance for golf's future years. Perhaps Tiger and his family were wise not to work with the reporter.

Regardless of those faults Rosaforte's book is worth having in terms of getting some insight about Woods as a champion golfer. In this area the author does a great service but as a biographer he falls short of the task. Obtain this book as a collector's item on one of Golf's finest players.

A Very Well Written Book.......2001-02-22

Although the story dragged in the beginning, I found the book Tiger Woods The Makings Of A Champion very interesting and entertaining. It was also a very well written book. It struck me with awe when I read that Tiger started swinging a golf club at 10 months. The book also shows people how hard Tiger's childhood was. That he couldn't even play at some golf courses because he was black. It showed how great a golfer Tiger Woods is, and how he could possibly be the player of the future.

Insights into Pre-Dominant Tiger.......2001-02-01

Rosaforte is one of the very astute watchers and commentators on the PGA Tour. He admits here that much is rehash of publicity we've all heard over and over. Yet, he places it into the context of what has and was going on inside Tiger's family and circle during his transition from college player to pro.

I found this valuable towards how one views this amazing talent, especially his views of parents and how his fellow competitors accepted him from the start. The personal insights here are well worth the read. We all now know what Tiger did about fulfilling some of the potential spoken of here prophetically.

His continued climb into golf's greatness will be more easily framed and understood with this foundational look.

Should have been called resitation of quotes.......2000-08-31

Although I found this book decent reading, it was to heavily dependant on reprinting quotes that Tiger had already said throughout his young career. At points it seemed that the author had an ax to grind, in the way situations were presented.

Tiger Woods, The Making of a World-Class Champion

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Tiger, The Best Golfer In The World!

Tiger Woods, The Making of a World-Class Champion
Carol Perry
Manufacturer: Worthington Pr
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0874068851

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Ages 10 and up. This easy-to-read contemporary biography will give the reader a great introduction to Tiger Woods--from his earliest years to winning the U.S. Open. Eight full-page photos are included. Glossary of golf terms. Worthington Press imprint.

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Tiger, The Best Golfer In The World!.......2000-05-17

Tiger Woods is the greatest golfer in the world, (in my opinion anyway, I really don't care what other people think). I am the biggest beyond biggest fan of Tiger woods (just ask anyone, they all know!) Tiger Woods is more than a world class champion, he is the best, and I would give anything to meet him! I know you all probably hear this all of the time, but I am serious, he is my hero, I love him! Yeah, GO TIGER, YOUR THE MAN! Good luck, and love ya, Nikki

5 Books - 1) - 365 One-Minute Golf Lessons: Stroke-Saving Tips / 2) - Golf - The Practice Book, (In Slipcase) / 3) Golf for Dummies / 4) Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime / 5) Tiger Woods, The Making of a Champion (Unboxed Set of Golf Training & Motivational Books)

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5 Books - 1) - 365 One-Minute Golf Lessons: Stroke-Saving Tips / 2) - Golf - The Practice Book, (In Slipcase) / 3) Golf for Dummies / 4) Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime / 5) Tiger Woods, The Making of a Champion (Unboxed Set of Golf Training & Motivational Books)
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5 Books - 1) - 365 One-Minute Golf Lessons: Stroke-Saving Tips / 2) - Golf - The Practice Book, (In Slipcase) / 3) Golf for Dummies / 4) Final Rounds: A Father, A Son, The Golf Journey Of A Lifetime / 5) Tiger Woods, The Making of a Champion, in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.

Tiger Woods - The Making Of A Champion - Stories Excerpted From The Pages Of Sports Illustrated

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Tiger Woods - The Making Of A Champion - Stories Excerpted From The Pages Of Sports Illustrated
John - Original Text Garrity
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
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TIGER WOODS: The Making of a Champion
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TIGER WOODS: The Making of a Champion (Sports Illustrated)

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HIS BEGINNING

TIGER WOODS: The Making of a Champion (Sports Illustrated)
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This collection of articles and photos from Sports Illustrated written between 1992 and 1996 chronicles the explosive entry on the scene of golf's newest poster boy. Tiger Woods, who has the kind of champion's grin you see only on athletes who are used to being described as "transcending the sport," may be the most talented golfer ever to pick up a club.

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HIS BEGINNING.......2002-07-06

Sports Illustrated put together a collection of some of its articles chronicling the rise of Tiger Woods from the years 1992 through 1996. Writers such as James Garrity, Jaime Diaz, Tim Rosafore, Rick Reilly, William Reed, and Gary Sickle share their special insight on this young golf phenomena. Everyone has their say in this three act drama.

Act I is aptly titled The Kid. Here we are given a snapshot of the young Tiger learning his trade while moving up in the ranks of golf history. Act II concerns itself with the young man on the rise as an Amateur. The reporting tracks his comebacks, successes and the never ending question of when he will turn pro. Act III, The Pro, introduces us to a new Tiger. Tiger has moved beyond his peers on the amateur circuit and now has debuted as a professional. How he does and what he will do in the future is yet to come as we read the articles concerning his progress.

This is a good picture book. If you want to start a conversation about Tiger Woods and his rise to golf fame, this is a fair start. The articles aren't all that exciting unless you love to hear the same old jargon and statistics about Tiger, time and time again. The book's photography is good and enjoyable. Sports Illustrated threw together a picture book of a rising star. The magazine could have done better but what you have is decent coffee table reading.

Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion
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Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion
Rosaforte Tim
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback
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Tiger Woods: The Makings of a Champion
Tim Rosaforte
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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ASIN: B000OTK048

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This book is about how poets, filmmakers, and psychoanalysts look upon the female body, how they examine it as if dissecting it--at times relishing it, at others anguishing over its fragmentation. Eliane DalMolin examines how Charles Baudelaire, François Truffaut, and Sigmund Freud, based on their inheritance of lyricism, shaped and perpetuated a cultural understanding of women that they continued to represent in late romantic images, despite their respective innovative talents and influences in bringing about three decisive cultural moments: modernism, New Wave cinema, and psychoanalysis.

The work's originality comes primarily from its unique summoning of three distinct disciplines around the notion of the cut. It places the complex desire to cut the woman's body at the center of an investigation of male identity in Western culture through incisive discussions of poetry, cinema, and psychoanalysis. The terms of this inquiry disclose an uncanny male disposition to femininity and motherhood, and its direct implication in productive acts of cutting. Cutting the Body will appeal to literary scholars, film specialists, feminist theorists, and experts in psychoanalytical theory.

Eliane DalMolin is Associate Professor of French, University of Connecticut. She is coeditor of Sites: The Journal of 20th-Century/Contemporary French Studies.

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A valuable examination of the tyranny of body image--this time over men

Not so long ago, what the average American man did mattered more than how he looked. Since the 1970s, however, projecting the right look has become more and more essential, and men are spending millions of dollars on fitness training, bodybuilding, hair replacement, and cosmetic surgery in the relentless pursuit of physical perfection.

What has caused American men to fall into the beauty trap so long assumed to be a special danger for women? This book looks at the confluence of social, economic, and cultural changes that have shaped the new cult of male body image in postwar America. Lynne Luciano explores what men are doing to themselves, asks why they are doing it, and discovers what this new world tells us about American society today.

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The high cost of having it all.......2001-09-09

Luciano's message is both served and undermined by her mesmerizing and even-toned prose. I found myself at times wishing that she would get on a soap box and spew alarmist Vance-Packard-like jeremiads. I wanted her to denounce the predatory industries--medical, pharmaceutical, fitness, clothing, advertising--that seem to conspire to make people (in this case, men) so discontent (and preoccupied) with themselves. But Luciano is careful not to do this. The responsibility for this mad obsession with looking good (read "young") must be shared. Beginning with the 50s Organizational Man, Luciano traces how men's attitudes about themselves, their place in the economy, and their relationship with women has evolved in the last half-century. Though she presents more than adequate data (statistical and anecdotal) to make her points (her descriptions of hair-replacement and penile enlargement surgeries are not for the squeamish), it is her ability to interpret the broader economic, societal, and psychological issues that make "Looking Good" such a fascinating read.

If you read and enjoy this book, you'll probably also enjoy "The Male Body: A New Look at Men in Public and in Private" by Susan Bordo. Bordo's take on this subject is more personal. I find it interesting that two of the most insightful books written about men recently have come from the pens of female academics.

Nothing different from other book.......2001-05-24

I didn't think this book was well-written and any different from another book called The Adonis Complex, which was much more interesting and focused. From what I understand, the authors of the Adonis Complex were the original doctors behind many of the studies Luciano discusses, including the GI Joe study. I suggest picking up The Adonis Complex if you want a better understanding of this problem in men.

It's OK. A nice read, but nothing great........2001-03-06

This book tells the recent history of why and how men have cared about their looks. As such, I think it's more informative than insightful. The most annoying thing about the book is that it is infused with an overly PC writing style: Quotation marks are overused in an attempt to distinguish traditional meanings from newer, liberal notions. Words like "male" and "beauty" are put in quotes with regularity, as if to repetitively stress, "if that word means anything, I mean it in the sense of what the unenlightened would say it means." The book would have been better served if it actually broached the anthropological as well as historical basis for what these words have meant to people at different times. This would have provided the tone of objectivity that the book aims for but lacks; its arguments would have been more persuasive.

On that note, I should mention that the author tends to overreach, drawing conclusions from isolated quotes and other insufficient evidence. This left me scratching my head all too often, saying, "Well, not necessarily." All in all, if you're interested in a history of the subject of the male beauty obsession, this book is a passable buy; I would skip it if you're looking for a thoughtful historical analysis.

a self correcting problem ?.......2001-01-09

It's tempting to surmise that men's interest in body image, and their relatively recent concerns about physical attractiveness, along with sexualization of the male body, means they are becoming feminized. This, however, is decidedly not the case. Looking good is part of a quintessential male strategy whose ultimate aim is to make men more successful, competitive, and powerful. The means of achieving this goal may be new, but the objective is not.

Millions of American men have been transformed into body-conscious consumers of revealing fashions, seductive perfumes, and the services of hairstylists, personal trainers, and plastic surgeons. Due credit for this transformation must be given to advertisers, marketers, and self-esteem gurus, who have sold men--and all of us--a message of self-transfiguration through self-commodification. The traditional image of women as sexual objects has simply been expanded: everyone has become an object to be seen. -Lynne Luciano, Introduction to Looking Good

Though Lynne Luciano's look at male body image would be perfectly adequate as a long magazine article, maybe one of those forty page jobs in The New Yorker, it feels like it's stretched pretty thin as a book. Perhaps this is because one key element is missing : analysis and conclusions. The basic premise, as stated above, is intriguing, if arguable. The reportage, on trends in exercise, diet, hair loss remedies, cosmetic surgery, and sexual dysfunction treatments, over the past five decades, is excellent. She suggests a number of factors which have led men to be more concerned about how they look, some of which are fairly obvious--the Sexual Revolution, Youth Culture--but some of which are more subtle and interesting : later marriage and multiple marriages mean that men are on mating display long after their prime, whereas in the past they had only needed to look good between the ages of 15 and 21, when nature took care of most of the problem; loss of exclusive control over economic assets means that many men, just as women in the past, need to look appealing for more financially well-off mates. What's sorely missing though is a defense of the thesis, some discussion of what it all means, and some proposals for how to counteract these trends which clearly seem malignant.

As a threshold matter, it is not necessarily clear that the premise of the book is accurate. It may well be that this is simply one more instance where the massive and aberrant Baby Boom generation, by dint of sheer numbers and vocality, has warped societal perceptions, making it seem that their unique pathologies signal the coming of a new day. The defining characteristic of the Boomers has been their total and exclusive fascination with themselves. At each step along their march through life, they've wielded sufficient numbers and power to get whatever serves them best, but have always cast their demands as societal imperatives. Thus, when they were young, we got sexual revolution and drug culture, but they became parents and all of a sudden we were back to "Just Say No," and safe sex. When they were old enough to go to go to Vietnam, war became immoral. Sure enough, they got us out of that war, but for all their talk of changing the world, they seemed unfazed by Desert Storm. They abandoned their president, Bill Clinton, when he wanted them to pay for Universal Health Care, but now they are retiring and, mirabile dictu, it's time for a Universal Prescription Drug plan. And so on, and so forth. At any rate, they've made a fetish out of their youth, back in those halcyon 60's, and most of the trends in physical obsession that the author talks about may well just be attempts by this unique, unfortunately influential, cohort to cling to the illusion of youth for a few extra years.

A plausible argument can even be made that this cultural moment has already passed. Things like hair plugs and Viagra are relatively passive responses to aging, and are easily undertaken, but the type of exertion required to maintain a youthful physique is quite difficult. It would be shocking if many older men were actually able to maintain the weight levels, muscle tone, and stamina of truly younger men. Nor is there any evidence that they are doing so : America is notoriously becoming an obese nation. The response, at least in recent years, has not noticeably been for older men to exercise more, rather it has been for our archetypal males to get fatter : Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Newt Gingrich, Drew Carey, John Goodman, Hank Hill, and that guy on the King of Queens are just a few examples. And the alternatives to this body type are not typically your masculine males--the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone of twenty years ago--instead there are the nerds, like Bill Gates and Ken Starr, or the androgynous, like Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio. It seems likely that as the Boomers are losing their battle with aging and the beltline, they are demanding icons who resemble themselves, which is after all easier than trying to make yourself look like some Madison Avenue version of the ideal male.

As for what it all means, to the extent that the process of objectification of the male body is going on, the focus on the physical shell rather than the inner being is easily explained as part of the broader and quite pernicious cultural trend towards extreme egalitarianism. Given enough hair treatment, cosmetic surgery, steroids, and exercise, you could pretty much make the entire population look the same. Hell, if Michael Jackson can turn himself into a Caucasian, what can't you do with technology ? Just wait until we can really manipulate DNA and you may have a planet that's half Antonio Banderas and half Jennifer Lopez. The problem, and the inherent flaw in egalitarianism, is that this inexorable grinding of the population towards a mean does not actually produce anything worthwhile in the people themselves. One day you wake up with a whole planet full of people who look exactly the same, think the same, achieve the same, and all you've got is a huge mass of mediocrity. The time men, and women, are wasting on making themselves "beautiful" could better be put to use improving their character and their minds. A society that invests so much of its time, money and effort in pure externalities and ignores the soul, must surely be headed for trouble.

As for proposals, here are two :

* Do not provide any health insurance coverage for any cosmetic processes or for drugs which target physique or sexual function. Make folks pay for all this crap and it will quickly fall out of favor.

* Strengthen the institution of marriage and make divorce more difficult. Marry one person and grow old, bald and fat together.

That should be enough to get us started on the road back to normalcy. The impending decrepitude of the Baby Boomers should take care of the rest.

GRADE : C

Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America
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Looking Good: Male Body Image in Modern America
Lynne Luciano
Manufacturer: Hill & Wang
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ASIN: B000N75ZR8

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A great book to help my children and I find a hobby........1998-07-05

Very enjoyable easy to read book that has helped us identify a hobby. A must read.....

Favorite Hobbies and Pastimes: A Sourcebook of Leisure Pursuits

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Favorite Hobbies and Pastimes: A Sourcebook of Leisure Pursuits
Robert S. Munson
Manufacturer: Amer Library Assn
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ASIN: B000OA31G6

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Hey, you know your way around the Web—so now dig into FrontPage 2003 and really put your Web design skills to work! This supremely organized reference packs hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast answer format. Quickly advance your expertise by drilling deep into core and advanced FrontPage techniques; improve your ability to build and manage Web sites; create animations and add sound, video, Flash files, and plug-ins; add text search, registration forms, and other data-driven features; set up and run a Web server; work with HTML, XML, and scripting; and more, On the companion CD you get an eBook of Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out. You also get the full Web site example used in the book, 16 appendixes, a collection of Microsoft resources for learning about Office, a catalog of 3rd-party FrontPage resources, and two additional e-books: the Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fifth Edition, and the Insider's Guide to Microsoft Office OneNote 2003. And you also get the author's Insider Extras—14 ways to extend your web design skills using programming techniques, from scripting time-sensitive content to developing custom web components. With INSIDE OUT, you'll discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks—and challenge yourself to new levels of FrontPage mastery!

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mr. buyen Frontpage 2003 Book is a Failure.......2006-07-28

This book was a total failure and utterly devoid of structural instructions which would take an intermediate person from frontpage 2000 to 2003! It seem to be predicated with giving information in a BACKWARD fashion interwoven in such a way that left me more confused and dissatified! If I were to grade this book, I would give it a double triple FFF of the lowest order. How serious am I, well I intend to buy another frontpage book, and I am a senior citizen on SS and money is very scarce!
I bet the author Mr. Buyen is a self-service pompus conservative nitwit who is 400 pounds overweight!!

jasper.......2006-06-28

A lot of text that's spread out and difficult to follow. Would have been nice to see more examples. eg, constructing drop down menus section provides a lot of text but few examples to carry you through to actually creating drop down menus. More how to and less theory would be helpful.

3 Books on Learning FrontPage 2003.......2006-01-01

I actually bought 3 books: Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Step-by-Step, Microsoft FrontPage 2003 Inside-Out, and Que Special Edition Using FrontPage 2003.

Step-by-step is a very useful starting point, but you'll soon run out of this book. By far, the best of the 3 is Que's Using FrontPage 2003 - it is excellent! FrontPage 2003 Inside-Out is good IF you're interested in Active Server Pages.

But all in all - if you want to buy just one I recommend Que Special Edition Using FrontPage 2003. The format lets you learn by solving problems that you run into. For example, you want find out about Banners, the book not only answers your questions but gives you the background and advise on using the feature. And the author is very candid about suggesting when to use and NOT use a particular feature. The authors obviously have used the product for real-world web sites and really wanted to share their experiences and knowledge.

Very Good Resource - Fills in the Details That Other Books Don't Offer.......2005-10-26

I learned FrontPage 2003 using 'How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003', which is a very good book to start with, but as I developed some skills, I started asking myself questions about how I might go a little further or why some things were the way they were with the program. I found 'Inside Out' gave me a lot of answers to big and little questions that I never saw explained in any other published text (I have five FrontPage 2003 books). Each chapter stands alone, so that you don't have to build up your knowledge to understand any particular chapter by having only read from the beginning. I am using the book right now and improving my website every day. A very good resource. Much better than the FrontPage 2003 Bible, which I checked out from the library. If you are familiar with FrontPage 2003 and want to make FrontPage 2003 your best friend, this is the book to do it! ;-)

Great Reference - I Use It Daily!.......2005-10-02

Fantastic Reference. I would call myself an intermediate user of Frontpage 2003. I run 5 websites and I use this book almost everytime I get stuck with an issue. It has not failed to cover anything I have needed knowledge on. I now use online forms, thanks solely to the information provided in this book. Those sections alone on forms and databases make it worth the money I paid for this book. I find that MS FP 2003 was a great upgrade from 2002 and I find that this book was the perfect learning tool and reference to go along with it. For the beginner, it is easy enough to use to understand and follow along and to grow with. I did check out several other books on this topic and none come close to this one.

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