Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Smart Landlord

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This book is well suited for an audience of sinlges/couples who would like to buy or who already own a home, and wish to offset their current mortgage with subsequent income from rentals. Property managers of small rentals could also find this very helpful.

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NOT the best bang for your buck........2004-03-07

I bought this book as a novice in the rental business hoping to find information that would get me started out on the right foot. I WAS QUITE DISAPPOINTED. I will not go as far as to say that this book is worthless; there are some useful tidbits of information that i found helpful, but there are other books out there that are so much better. I strongly suggest LANDLORDING, by Leigh Robinson (Ninth Edition or newer). It's available on amazon, of course.

Good Information For The USA.......2002-11-11

On reading this book no matter how much I tried to focus I found myself wondering whether the content actually related to my own situation in the Uk.

I purchased the book looking for straightforward advice on being a landlord covering aspects such as legal implications, inventory advice etc. However from the information I read on site it was not clear that this was very much a book for those in the USA. Once I started reading it soon became apparent when it spoke of the different laws for different "states", forms with "zip codes" etc. Whilst the general information was useful I felt that I couldn't rely on any document or legal advice as this might not hold for the UK.

A good read but I felt that it should have been highlighted on the site that it was for the USA

I use this book in my Rental Property Management Class.......2001-10-26

As a landlord for over 30 years and teaching classes on the subject in two different schools, this is one book that I have found invaluable as a resource for wannabe and experienced landlords. Don't think you know it all no matter what you read, learn, experience... I'm still picking up tips and hints! Much of my curriculum was already covered in this book but still there was more to use and learning from each other is the way to go! Very happy to see this book on the market and in laymen's terms and with the prominent hints and smiles to make it easy reading.

A-Z Information on how to manage rental property.......2000-10-06

This book is a must read if you plan to manage rental units.

I once was lost, but now am found..........2000-09-26

There was a point in my life that I was lost as to what to do or, more importantly, not to do, but with this book under my belt, I know feel like Super Landlord. It answered all the questions that I had and even some that I didn't. I would not only suggest this book to first-time Landlords, but to those of you who have been around the block for a while.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Smart Landlord

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Smart Landlord
Casey; Edwards, Brian F. Edwards
Manufacturer: Alpha
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A SLIGHTLY FLAWED LOOK AT THE AESTETICS OF COMIC BOOK ART.......2003-08-24

This is very well written book that is nevertheless slighty flawed due to the fact that Harvey had to split his great big book on comic strips and comic books into two books leaving this one a little uneven. Still the chapters on Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Gil Kane, Harvey Kurtzman, and R. Crumb border on wonderfull. I do have one or two minor caveats. Why didn't Harvey Kurtzman get a chapter by himself? He's certainly important enough to warrent one. Instead he has to share one with Howie Chaykin, Frank Miller, Jim Steranko, and Alex Nino among others. Still, it's a good book no matter how much I nit-pick.

The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (Studies in Popular Culture)

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A good book
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The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (Studies in Popular Culture)
Robert C. Harvey
Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi
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Why have comic strips endured? Since their inception at the end of the 19th century, they have been an institution worldwide. Here, freelance cartoonist and a well-known critic of comic art Robert C. Harvey explores the history of the art and literature of comics.

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A good book.......2007-07-27

In his seminal 1979 essay "The Aesthetics of the Comic Strips" ( in the Journal of Popular Culture) Robert Harvey argued that serious critical discussion of comics required an articulated theory of comic aesthetics. This volume, which opens with a reworked version of that essay, offers a history of comic strip art that flows from Harvey's two main premises:

1. Comics are unique in the way they "weave word and picture together to achieve narrative purpose" (p. 9).

2. The criteria for evaluating comic strips can be found in the history of the form because artists gave different ingredients of the form their finest expression in the "great" strips (pp. 11-12).

Although The Art of the Funnies covers many of the same artists as Richard Marschall's America's Great Comic-Strip Artists (Abbeville Press)- the usual suspects McCay, Herriman, Segar, Raymond, Caniff, and the rest - Harvey explains why and how individual strips were great. For instance, Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates stands out as much for Caniff's witty counterpoising of images and text as it does for his use of chiaroscuro techniques. One of the strengths of Harvey's account is that he draws his explanation out of the comic strips he reproduces in the volume rather than expecting his audience to acknowledge intrinsically that his favorite artists are great.

Harvey's careful argumentation sets him apart from other comic strip commentators. Whereas other writers seem to engage in conjecture and flights of fancy Harvey footnotes the sources for his opinions and explains his logic. I also find it refreshing to read a work on comics in which, as far as I can tell from my own research, every date is correct. Another of Harvey's accomplishments is to extend the social context in which comics developed beyond the usual accounts about the growth of newspaper chains and features syndicates. He cites the importance of copyright laws and the maturation of consumerism in the 1920s as crucial factors that shaped comic strips. Harvey's attention to these sorts of details make his book a convincing read.

The aesthetic sensibilities Harvey brings to his readings of comic strips made me wish he had tackled the issue of caricature and racial stereotypes in comic art. He briefly touches on this subject when discussing Mort Walker's introduction of a black character to Beetle Bailey, but a fuller examination seems in order. Martin Barker, in his Comics: Ideology, Power, & The Critics (Manchester University Press), dismissed comic art stereotypes as a non issue in a field where all representation is caricature, but a fuller discussion of this issue seems warranted. To return to Caniff what can we make of the Chinese sidekick Connie's language and visual representation compared to the mysterious sexuality of the other major Chinese character, the Dragon Lady. Harvey's suggestion that the strip's reader wanted sexy oriental women, and by extension Yellow Kid like Chinese cooks, and that presenting these characters gave the strip greater verisimilitude deserves further exploration.

I have two minor quibbles with Harvey. First I think a work of history should be written in the past tense and he slips into present tense for dramatic effect on too many occasions. Second, he suggests that the comic strip in America achieved a form and importance it did not attain elsewhere. While comics may have achieved such a status in America before they did in other countries, the French, British, Japanese, and Australians would have trouble with this statement.

Peddlers and Poets Abound.......2000-05-27

Once again R.C. Harvey has laid bare the skeletal structure of what makes comics a truly great medium of personal expression and artistic accomplishment. His insightful and often poignant anecdotes help bring the casual comics reader to a level of deeper appreciation and reverence for what many people regard as "kids stuff".

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From Gary Larson's The Far Side to George Herriman's Krazy Kat, comic strips have two obvious defining features. They are visual narratives, using both words and pictures to tell stories, and they use word balloons to represent the speech and thought of depicted characters. Art historians have studied visual artifacts from every culture; cultural historians have recently paid close attention to movies. Yet the comic strip, an art form known to everyone, has not yet been much studied by aestheticians or art historians. This is the first full-length philosophical account of the comic strip.

Distinguished philosopher David Carrier looks at popular American and Japanese comic strips to identify and solve the aesthetic problems posed by comic strips and to explain the relationship of this artistic genre to other forms of visual art. He traces the use of speech and thought balloons to early Renaissance art and claims that the speech balloon defines comics as neither a purely visual nor a strictly verbal art form, but as something radically new. Comics, he claims, are essentially a composite art that, when successful, seamlessly combine verbal and visual elements.

Carrier looks at the way an audience interprets comics and contrasts the interpretation of comics and other mass-culture images to that of Old Master visual art. The meaning behind the comic can be immediately grasped by the average reader, whereas a piece of museum art can only be fully interpreted by scholars familiar with the history and the background behind the painting.

Finally, Carrier relates comics to art history. Ultimately, Carrier's analysis of comics shows why this popular art is worthy of philosophical study and proves that a better understanding of comics will help us better understand the history of art.

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why is it printed on glossy paper? i hate glossy paper........2002-01-07

this is a really great book, that I am totally unqualified to review (I would have love to have left the rating blank) --- who ARE all those guys he refers to? --- but it was really interesting as an alternate view of comics that (finally!) seems to escape the eisner/mccloud cliche`s... one thing that i kind of disagree maybe a little with is when he defines comics pretty narrowly and then says there hasn't been any innovation since THE YELLOW KID... well DUH there hasn't been any change in something defined so narrowly! when it changes, it (according to him) becomes something else, i.e. NOT comics, i.e. therefore comics haven't advanced, the artist has just moved on to a different form.

and he talks about the thought bubble like it's freakin' amazing but he never talks about the other ways comics can show thoughts, just words in a thought bubble is what he talks about. sheez what about fantasy sequences (i.e. calvin and hobbes), or two-tone icons (chris ware), etc. anyway that's one of my worthless ideas.

this book is really cool, you should read it. good rainy day fun.

Finally, a use for Arthur Danto........2000-08-17

So I picked up this book thinking it would be a dry, hoity-toity stamp of approval by an academic on the art form of comics. I was pleasantly surprised to find this an interesting, readable, and plausible series of arguments well on the side of comics, but by no means condescending. Carrier's writing becomes a little too meanderingly philosophical at time, but only for a sentence or two, which does not affect the overall tone or message of the text. Mainly, Carrier deftly navigates through fundamental issues surrounding the troublesome subject of comics, namely, things like narrative, speech balloons, and the whole comics as art debate. I found this book a tremendous, influential resource for my own work about comics history, as well as an interesting read in itself. P.S. - I don't know what that guy who wrote the review before me was smoking, but this book is less about technique than it is about real philosophical issues that affect comics' art-historical reception, etc., etc. Ta.

Loved it!.......2000-06-21

As an artist trying to maintain my versitility, I found this book to be extremely helpful! The author points out many of the often overlooked aspects of comic aestetics that prove to be very valid and useful. If you are looking to improve your artistic skill, buy this book!

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Because I Tell a Joke or Two explores the complex relationship between comedy and social difference. In provocative essays, the contributors consider issues of class, ethnicity, age, gender, and sexuality and reveal the ways comedy has been used to sustain, to challenge and to change power relationships in society. Spanning a wide range of genres, texts, and performers, from the Marx Brothers to Lea DeLaria, and from Ozzie and Harriet to Friends, Because I Tell a Joke or Two promises to make you think the next time you laugh along with a joke.

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What a cool idea!.......2003-03-27

This little fun multi-media package makes a GREAT gift! I gave one to my Scorpio friend Ari, and she just flipped! Especially since I don't believe in astrological signs. It was just delightful! Chapters include, "Scorpio Health," Scorpio Entertaining," and "In the Company of Scorpio."

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One of chess’s great inventive geniuses presents his 220 best games, with fascinating personal accounts of the dazzling victories that made him a legend. Includes historic matches against Capablanca, Euwe, and Bogoljubov. Alekhine’s penetrating commentary on strategy, tactics—and a revealing memoir. Numerous diagrams. Approx.

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Great Faults, Great Merits.......2007-08-11

This book (originally published in two volumes, covering 1908-1923 and 1924-1937) has some great faults. Yes, Alekhine's analysis is sometimes unobjective. Yes, he sometimes (though rarely) presented as the actual gamescore a faster win that, in fact, he had only found in a post-mortem analysis. And, yes, of course, his opening ideas and opinions are outdated.

That said, this book (these books?) are still, justifiably, considered a classic. The real reason has nothing to do with Alekhine's outdated opening analysis or his creation of a quicker win in the endgame after the fact. It is Alekhine's analysis of the MIDDLEGAME, of attack, defense, and counterattack--the very meat of the game--that makes this book great.

As a master of the complicated attack, of turning nebulous strategic advantages into concrete winning variations, Alekhine had seldom, if ever, been equalled. Choosing a game at random (Game 62, Tarrasch-Alekhin, Pstyan 1922) and skipping over the opening variations, Alekhine notes, inter alia:

1. Move 14: White is already strategically lost because he "ceded the center to his opponent in exchange for a pawn of little value".

2. Moves 18-24: After launching an attack to take advantage of this, Alekhine notes in detail the only correct tactical way to carry on the attack, praising White for defending very well (incidentally, praise for his opponent's moves--and criticism of his own--are quite common in Alekhine's analysis, contrary to the usual claim that he despised his rivals.)

3. Move 28: How he prepared a bishop sacrifice to break down white's final defense and mate.

It is probably true that, in top-flight games among the world's top 20 grandmasters, such games are impossible today, due to improvement in defensive technique that would not allow Black to achieve this kind of strategic advantage in the first place, or perhaps find resources to defend once the mating attack is launched.

But for anybody is not one of those top 10 (or perhaps 100) players, knowing how to conduct an attack in the middlegame once you have a strategic advantage is the single most important subject to learn, as this is how most games are decided; and here, Alekhine is unrivaled. Even if one (unfairly) ignores *all* of Alekhine's opening analysis as outdated and *all* of his endgame analysis as invented, what is left is an absolute gem.

the best of Alekhine are among the most splendid.......2007-05-08

In my early years of playing and studying chess, Alekhine's games made the most impression on me (let me say first I didn't study more modern masters after Botvinnik in those years because I read materials which were dated years ago so it excluded Fischer, Kasparov, etc.) I heard that some players including Kasparov also remarked that. If you think of chess as an art, Alekhine's games certainly have quite distinct qualities which I try to describe.
Alekhine's games possess qualities which someone may find very attractive (myself in early years) but another one may find it heavy (like Fischer; although Fischer did made some positive comments on Alekhine's chess). I like to compare Alekhine's art to that of Beethoven while Capablanca's to Mozart's). Alekhine in his early years did not possess the positional mastery which is necessary to propel a player to the top rank, but he did have combination gift which makes his games fascinating. This reason (there is also psychological block which Reuben Fine pointed out)explains why Lasker and Capa were superior than him in his early years. Later Alekhine developed his positional mastery and he's a well-rounded player with a rare ability to produce beautiful games. At his peak, he is distinguished even among world champions.
The decision to buy this book may depend on your taste and your stage of development. Some masters' games are complicated and beginners may find them a bit difficult to understand without annotation. In my opinion, beginners will benefit from studying Morphy's games and learn the importance of development and how to play in open positions. Capablanca's games are also very good to beginners. His games improve my playing with positional understanding. Besides, I believe that one can imitate Capa's playing style with no risk. The same is true for investors to imitate Warren Buffett's investment style (but there's no gaurantee that you can achieve the same results as Buffett). But you can hardly imitate Alekhine's style as it's risky to try to imitate George Soros's investment style.
In conclusion, I think you will not regret buying Alekhine's games but it's possible (depend on your taste) that you will like other masters. At the same time, some will find great inspirations from his games. One of Alekhine's greatest games, Reti-Alekhine 1923 (if i'm not mistaken) is truly spectacular, a rare beauty. I wonder if a very strong computer program (perhaps even stronger than Alekhine) can produce this game.

1400-1500 rated player Review.......2006-07-19

The only reason I rated this book a 3 is because I only understood a little from the annotations as well as his games. I can see that the games are powerful, but I can't use them to my advantage, or use the sight-of-alekhine in my games.

I have purchased this book in hopes that I would become stronger very quickly. I was dissilusioned by the idea that buying a book by one of the greatest (if not best) chessmasters would make me a master myself in no time at all! I was very wrong.
For those people who are rated 1500 or below, save your money. Save the 10 dollars for a book you can actualy understand. "Art of Attack" is what im readin so far, and so far so good.

SUMMARY: Good price, but is over most people's head.
Only buy if your rated higher than 1600, and have a willingness and the pateince to learn.

Indispensable.......2004-08-05

I am working throught this book presently. I have had it since '95 and each time I come back to it I am more blown away by how great it is. The only negative--and it has nothing to do with the quality of the book--is that there aren't a lot of Sicilians and King's Indians, so we don't really know how the great man would have dealt with those. This book represents one of the best values on the market, at 500-some pages at around ten bucks. If you don't have this book, you cannot be said to have a chess library.

Disgraceful.......2004-07-12

As others have mentioned, Alekhine's analysis is highly unobjective. He often neglects to mention defensive oversights by his opponents in order to make a dubious attack seem like a forced win. Furthermore, his opening analysis is incredibly weak in this book. Many of the lines he criticises harshly are now considered the "book." It almost seems that the more rudely he treats a line, the more respect that line currently receives.

But the most appalling thing of all is that a good number of games have been doctored or made up out of whole cloth. Just a few of the most egregious examples:
Volume 1 --
(1) On page 69, he discusses a game he played as White in Moscow 1915 which ended with 5 queens on the board. In fact, his opponent Grigoriev had White, and the game provided never happened (White played 11.O-O-O, not 11.NPxP). The line he cites as the game actually come from an analysis of the game.
(2) On page 79, he changes the ending of the game. The game proceeded 36....QN5 not 36....BR5!
(3) On page 84, he claims Mieses resigned. In fact the game went on an additional 15 moves.
(4) On page 107, he changes the move order to highlight some analysis.
(5) On page 109, he claims he played 27.QK3! In fact, he played a weaker move and the game dragged on 21 more moves.
(6) On page 240, he cites a game Alekhine-Tenner 1907 which never took place.
Volume 2 --
(7) On page 250, he changes the ending of the game. He had played the weaker 22....PxB not 22....QxB leading to mate.

Utterly disgraceful.

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My best games of chess: 1908-1923 (Tartan books)
Alexander Alekhine
Manufacturer: McKay
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Incredible Work!

My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937
Alexander Alekhine
Manufacturer: David McKay Co
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0679140247

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Incredible Work!.......2000-05-16

In his book, Alekhine gives detailed opening variations to his games along with commentary on the middle and end-games. As Alekhine was World Champion from 1927-35 (and 1937-46), he is one of the best masters a chessplayer may learn from. This book is most instructive when supplemented by Alekhine's "My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1923."

ALEKHINE'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1938-1945

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ALEKHINE'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS 1938-1945
Alexander; Alexander, C. H. (ed.) Alekhine
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Alekhine's Best Games of Chess 1938-1945

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Alekhine's Best Games of Chess : 1938 - 1945
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander
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Alekhine's best games of chess, 1938-1945 (Tartan books)
C. H. O'D Alexander
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My Best Chess Games : 1924 - 1937
Alexander Alekhine
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My Best Games 1908
Alexander Alekhine
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0679140239
Release Date: 1978-07-12

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A Classic!.......2000-05-16

Not only was Alexander Alekhine an incredibly gifted chess tactician, he was also a lucid writer. Alekhine presents his ideas clearly, and it is easy to see why he has become a dominating contributor to chess history and chess theory. Along with his follow-up work, "My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937," the reader can follow Alekhine's development and learn from both his brilliancies and rare mistakes!

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My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923
Alexander Alekhine
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With the latest version of Visual Basic for Applications and the new Office Component Object Model, Excel 2000 now provides an amazing platform for the development of custom spreadsheets and turnkey applications for a wide range of business needs. With the expert guidance of John Walkenbach, a leading Excel expert better known as "Mr. Spreadsheet," you'll quickly learn how to harness the full programming power of Excel 2000 -- from UserForms to class modules.

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If you've mastered Excel and need to develop customized applications, Microsoft Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA should have a place by your side. Written by noted Excel expert and PC World columnist John Walkenbach, it will thrust you deep into the inner workings of Excel and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to get you writing code immediately.

Somewhat text-heavy (as programming books tend to be), it still contains a number of good illustrations and screenshots to effectively teach you. The first three sections cover the fundamentals of Excel and VBA; the next three deal with programming and development topics such as user forms, pivot tables, and event handling; the final section covers miscellaneous issues like compatibility, file manipulation, and class modules.

The five appendices are useful for referencing Excel and VBA information, and the accompanying CD-ROM contains all the code and files you'll need to work through the book, not to mention the shareware version of Walkenbach's Power Utility Pack. (The full version is available through a free offer.) Nobody ever said programming was easy, but with Microsoft Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA it's a lot simpler. --Rob Lightner

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Good book, very accurate and easy to use........2007-07-12

Good book, very accurate and easy to use.
It was exactly what I was looking for and it is helping me a lot to make quite complicated macro.

Microsoft® Excel 2000 Power Programming with VBA.......2007-04-10

I have just started using Excel at work for more than just listing data in a spreadsheet. This book is very good for getting you started writing code behind the surface of Excel. It takes you step by step. It is layed out in a logical sequence for writing VBA code. I have a background in programming, so that may help in following the examples given in this book. I am a Mainframe programmer starting to crossover into the world of client/server. I use this book as my main reference along with "help" in Excel.

Bought in 2000, still uses it in 2007!.......2007-03-27

Even though I bought this book in 2000, its proved to be an invaluable resource to constantly go back to. Much of the coding still works for Excel 2003.

Definitly a book of reference for me because it breaks down what I want to know about without droning on. There's also code snippets that are very helpful too.

The book is also easily searchable by topic which I like because there are times I want to know something really fast and not have to sit there and leaf through loads and loads of pages.

I'll agree that it dosen't cover charts as much, and if thats the focus you probably won't find what you want here.

Initally I had looked for an updated book when I got Office 2003 but found I really didn't need to because the info is still relevant.

A good beginner's book.......2007-01-01

This is an excellent book for beginning VBA programmers or Excel experts who want to add some VBA to their spreadsheets. Even though it does have a lot of basic introductory code and the author usually explains what each function does, a lot of times I felt that code was being thrown at me with not much explanation about why I would need it. So far the code I've borrowed from the book seems to be working in Excel 2000/2002/2003. The examples are a bit basic, so advanced users should probably stay away from this book and stick to the many other advanced books out there (like 'Professional Excel Development'). The initial read was frustrating because the first 100 pages are about the history of Windows and other non-VB info, but once it gets going, it's an excellent resource. Overall I recommend the book to beginners who want to start programming.

MICROSOFT EXCEL 2000 POWER PROGRAMMING /VBA.......2005-09-04

VERY EXCELLENT RESPONSE FROM SUPPLIER AND THE PROGRAM IS WHAT THE USER NEEDED.

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