Excellent Reference Books

Advantages: Detailed, informative, excellent reference books
Disadvantages: Costly at £35 - £ 40

...I can highly recommend the BIBLE series of computer reference books. I own 3: Dreamweaver 2 Bible, Access 97 Bible and Windows 98 Bible. They are all in daily use and are invaluable to me as reference tools. They are normally around the £40 ($50) price but are undoubtedly excellent value for money. Each book usually comes with a CD packed with tutorials, help files, examples and other useful...

jonwhite 29.09.2000 14:44 · Read review
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Miller

Advantages: Taste, Goes down easily, Cheap (6 for £5)
Disadvantages: Not the best (though freaking great)

...Just previous to this review I'd had a bottle of San Miguel ("San Awful"- http://www.ciao.co.uk/SanMiguelPremiumLagerReview5632358), then sat down to a bottle of Miller. Thankfully I'd still had a Miller left in the fridge after the previous nights drinking. Miller is one of the few beers that comes in a clear glass bottle (as the beers can be given a malty taste if left in sun light...

iamasadlittleboy 02.03.2007 23:41 · Read review
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Madeline Miller - The Song of Achilles: a sweet sweet tune

Advantages: A sweet and easy read in a clear well written style.
Disadvantages: Not particularly earth shattering.

...Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles appears to be a melding together of all the various original texts about the ancient Greek hero Achilles with large lashings of reinterpretation, reimagining and updating. The result is a very readable if somewhat lightweight book of love and doom. Our hero is the son of a Greek Goddess and a mortal; Achilles is destined to be the great warrior of his...

cr01 30.10.2012 15:11 · Read review
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