Advantages: Punchy incisive information, no poker babble, humourous in places Disadvantages: None of note!
and priceless insights. With this book in hand it will be me who gets the last laugh when I take him to the cleaners and leave him token free at our next poker night.
Since late 1991 the 'for dummies' guides have revolutionised the world of the reference book, a brand that started by addressing the complexities of the DOS operating system soon spread to encompass all manner of computer programs, utilities and the internet. Once it was discovered consumers were snapping up the books in large quantities the brand was extended still further, so that virtually all of life's trials and tribulations can be better prepared for with a distinctive yellow and black guide which the publishers like to call "a reference for the rest of us!" That said it would be a brave man or woman who whips out the latest edition to the series - 'Sex for Dummies' - at that ...
Advantages: Easy, well laid out, concise, non-techie, complete Disadvantages: slightly patronising
The Dummiesbook franchise is perhaps the most useful & entertaining way of getting to grips with all aspects of the computer/internet world for us mere mortals who were not brought up wearing anoraks.
My boyfriend is a web designer by profession and does a very good job of what he does. But even he started out using FrontPage98 For Dummies a couple of years ago, and as a consequence swears by it for those wanting to build their own flashy sites on the Wibbly Wobbly Web.
Having already installed Microsoft's FrontPage 2000 software onto my PC I soon began to realise what a powerful tool this could be but I just needed a relatively non-techie book to point me in the right direction.
Fortunately up pops FP2000 for Dummies, written by the same author, Asha Dornfest, as its predecessor, FP98 For Dummies.
Like all Dummiesbooks FP ...
Advantages: written in plain English Disadvantages: Can be tough going at times
Having never benefited from a classical education mythology was a bit of a mystery to me, years spent watching open mouthed as some spotty faced student on University Challenge not only got the starter for ten but the main course and pudding to had served to emphasise this gap in my knowledge. What I did know about mythology was provided by watching Jason and the Argonauts on a Sunday afternoon.
One day while loitering in Ottakers trying to stretch out my lunch break I noticed this book, I had heard of the Dummies series mainly because of the computer books they published but I had never actually tried them, however the back cover promised explanations in plain English with a dash of humour and fun. Given that all I sought was a basic understanding of the main mythologies Greek and Roman, the fact that this book also promised to cover ...
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