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Library - RESOURCESThe suspense of bidding online inspires fanatic obsession, and everyone from grandmothers to teenagers logs on to eBay to buy and sell just about everything! From a John F. Kennedy garden gnome to a rather dramatic bracelet made of goat toenails, author and humorist Marc Hartzman collects 'em all, and puts his eBay addiction to good use in this hilarious and transfixing collection of stuff. The author has collected one hundred and one truly bizarre and odd objects and photographed them like the rare treasures that they are - to somebody! Each image is accompanied by the seller's original sales pitch and goofy e-mail correspondence about the objects' possible, but improbable, uses.
With thirty million registered users, eBay is one dot-com that thrives, and continues to be the most popular shopping website on the 'net. In Found on eBay, the reader can view a hand-picked catalog of priceless eBay artifacts making the book a fascinating must-have addition to the library of American pop culture. It's also a particularly relevant comment on contemporary culture, when just about anything is for sale - from an Enron ethics booklet, to Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's "home" videos, to World Trade Center detritus.
Author Marc Hartzman is an advertising copywriter and founder and editor of Backwash, a monthly humor magazine. Photographer Liz Steger shoots for New York Magazine, Crain's New York Business, Food Arts Magazine and various other publications.
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Networking by Example
Que
0789723565 Beginner
Author Barry Press
24.99, 448 pages
Networking by Example is a beginning level guide to teaching the latest technologies
and putting this knowledge to use. Using high-quality, detailed photographs and diagrams,
this book makes learning simple and straightforward. It explains various techniques and a
broad number of subjects on setting up networks for the small business or home.
>> "I wrote 'Networking By Example' for the growing number of users wanting the same power
from their own computers they get on corporate networks. I teach network concepts, installation,
operation, and troubleshooting using real-world examples, photographs, and drawings. I also cover
the latest technologies, including home telephone line and wireless networks, with examples
applied to Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Linux." -- Barry Press
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Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit
Que
0789723654 Intermediate - Advanced
Author Ben Forta
59.99, 900 pages
Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction Kit teaches Allaire Spectra development from the
ground up, primarily from the viewpoint of developers and administrators. This book is divided
into multiple sections, starting with high-level concepts and moving on to planning and building
an application. Throughout the book, you are presented with not just technical information but
also the best practices and business methodologies and how to implement them.
>> "Whether you are creating Intranet based content-management systems, high visibility
e-commerce based sites, or highly interactive user community portals, Allaire's revolutionary
new tool - Spectra -provides the building blocks to create, deploy, and manage every aspect
of your application in ways never previously possible. Written by authors intimately familiar
Spectra (many were involved with Spectra's development), Allaire Spectra E-Business Construction
Kit will walk you through every step of the Spectra application development process. From installation,
to application design, to performance turning, to deployment, every facet of Spectra development is
covered in detail, complete with real world examples and tips. If you want to develop applications in
Spectra, if you are interested in learning how the latest application development technologies can
simplify your own development, if you are ready to embrace the new and exciting world of e-business,
then this book is for you." -- Ben Forta
Complete Idiot's Guide to XML
Que
0789723115 Beginner - Intermediate
Author David Gulbransen
24.99, 350 pages
Author David Gulbransen explains the evolution of XML, the concepts behind the XML technology,
and the reasons why you might consider XML for applications within your organization. Learn the
historical background on XML and how it came into being, including its relationships to other Web
technologies such as HTML.
>> "XML is like many new technologies, mysterious and frightening to the novice user. With the
'Complete Idiot's Guide to XML' we have tried to create a title that will take the mystery out of the
Extensible Markup Language and allow users to see how simple XML can really be, and how that
same simplicity is what makes XML such a powerful and exciting new technology. There is no
need for anyone to be frightened by XML; with a little time any novice can have an understanding
of the XML basics and be on their way to being an XML pro!" -- David Gulbransen
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Sams Teach Yourself e-Trading Today
Sams
0672318210 Beginner - Intermediate
Author Tiernan Ray
17.99, 425 pages
This comprehensive tutorial covers the emerging online trend, teaching the reader the best
practices of online trading. They will learn how to compare brokerage services and fees, and
make use of all the investor information available on the Web. The book also explains the security
risks of online trading in clear, friendly terms. Throughout, the reader will learn how to become a
successful investor as well as how to take advantage of trading options, such as 24-hour trading and IPOs.
>> "True, this may be the last book anyone wants wants to hear about after a 25% + correction in
the stock market. The fact is, chastened though they may be, individual investors will surely return to
some form of self-directed online trading. There is surprisingly little assistance on the Web as regards
the most basic aspects of online trading-e.g., how to sign up for an online brokerage account, how to
place a trade, the risks of margin loans, etc. That's why we wrote Sam's Teach Yourself e-Trading.
The book is an ultra-simple handholding text to get novice investors online and placing trades and
managing their finances. The book also goes into extensive discussion of how margin works and what
a margin call means in the real world. It introduces investors to some really forward-looking concepts such
as the emerging electronic communictions networks, and the daytrading phenonomenon, mentioning both
the pro's and con's of these developments without trying to sell the reader on getting involved with them.
The overall goal is to make some very tough concepts approachable for an individual with even casual
interest in the market. It's a book not for the daytrading fool or the tech stock maniac, but for anyone
who wants to get a financial life and understand a little bit about what everyone's saying when they
gab about finance and stocks." -- Tiernan Ray
Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Personal Finance
Que
0789723328 Beginner - Intermediate
Author Bonnie Biafore
18.95, 384 pages
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Personal Finance is the novice's guide to personal
finance and how to use the Internet to perform personal finance activities. This book provides
a basic, easy-to-understand introduction to both personal finance and working online. A motivational
approach explains why online personal finance is beneficial and shows you how to perform those
activities on the Internet.
>> "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Online Personal Finance introduces personal finance and working
online thoroughly and in an entertaining fashion. Easy to understand for busy adults with little experience
with computers, the Internet or personal finance, it also provides numerous tips to interest even the computer
literate and financially savvy readers. Follow the book start to finish for a step by step guide to improving your
personal finances, or go straight to a chapter to learn a particular topic quickly. Construct a personal financial
plan, get out of debt, bank via the Internet, buy insurance, pay taxes, shop for a a mortgage, research a
company, buy stock, and manage a portfolio online, all the while maintaining security and avoiding web
scams." -- Bonnie Biafore
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Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide
By Eric A. Meyer
1st Edition May 2000
1-56592-622-6, 496 pages, $34.95
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2000 is the Year for Cascading Style Sheets, says O'Reilly Author
Sebastopol, CA--Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is poised to make its mark
on the web in 2000, according to the author of the just-released
"Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" (O'Reilly, $34.95).
"Cascading Style Sheets is a standard way to separate a document's
structure from its presentation," says Eric Meyer, author of
'Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide', "This sounds very
abstract, but the benefits are quite surprising and profound. In
theory, CSS makes one's life easier by creating a centralized
description of Web document appearance. Any Web designer will likely
come up against a situation where he or she really should use them, and
many will no doubt need CSS to do things they never could do before."
But in spite of CCS's strengths, (like any other web language or
standard) CSS requires browser support to be effective. Evolving Web
standards have created browser versioning, which until recently kept
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"Browser implementations of CSS1 are rapidly becoming both complete and
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because one of the biggest barriers to the adoption of CSS has been the
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away, so will the reluctance to use it," explains Meyer. "Already,
major sites like Amazon.com, CNN.com, and the Internet Movie Database
use CSS to enhance their sites. Many other sites are beginning to
follow suit--some in small ways, others in big ways. As the new
browsers become more widely used, CSS will become a more and more
important and necessary part of every web designer's toolbox. Not only
that, but the growing popularity of wireless devices means that the
Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) is gaining in use. WAP uses CSS to style
content which is displayed on wireless devices."
Meyer's "Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" offers a
complete, detailed review of CSS1 properties and other aspects of CSS1.
Each property is explored individually in detail with discussion of how
each interacts with other properties.
"Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide" also shows how to avoid
common mistakes in interpretation. This book is the first major title
to cover CSS in a way that acknowledges and describes current browser
support, instead of simply describing the way things work in theory.
"One problem with using CSS is that it's hard to remember how
everything works, and in which browsers," says Meyer, "This book was
designed to clear up many of those questions". "Cascading Style Sheets:
The Definitive Guide offers both advanced and novice Web authors a
comprehensive guide to implementation of CSS.
Eric Meyer's Top Ten CSS Tips is available online at:
http://web.oreilly.com/news/csstop10_0500.html
Chapter 1, HTML and CSS, from the book is available online at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/chapter/ch01.html
For more information about the book, including Table of Contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/css/
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