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Python for Beginners with Hands-on Project. The only book you need to start coding in Python immediately
Python for Beginners with Hands-on Project. The only book you need to start coding in Python immediately

Review:This book was easy to follow and understand. Thank you for writing this book!!! I would highly recommend to anyone who is a beginner to computer programming. I have read other confusing programming text but this book was well organized and understandable. Read more

A Back to Basics Approach (4th Edition) - Building Java Programs
A Back to Basics Approach (4th Edition) - Building Java Programs

Review:Access code does not provide access to MyProgrammingLab. Only the etext. Also the Pearson portal for MPL is fickle, and does not allow login with correct username/password input. I most likely will have to pay $93 for the MPL access code through Pearson. Should have just bought this new at the bookstore. Read more

Early Objects (11th Edition) (Deitel - Java How to Program
Early Objects (11th Edition) (Deitel - Java How to Program

Review:I have been using the various editions of this book to teach Java programming for a number of years. In terms of content the previous editions of this book have been very solid and I would them a 5 star rating. Although this 10th edition continues the tradition of solid content, I cannot rate it above 4 stars because eight chapters (that used to be part of the printed book in the previous edition) are now only accessible online. This is both inconvenient and expensive.

The online material... Read more

For the Young Beginner (Alfred's Basic Piano Library)
For the Young Beginner (Alfred's Basic Piano Library)

Review:Needed the next upgrade for our daughter's music lessons, and I didn't feel like trapcing around from store to store to get her books. Where else to look? Why Amazon, of course! It arrived, lickety-split, and she was happily playing for her teacher in no time. Highly recommend this not only as a great lesson plan, but a great way to order! Read more

Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course Lesson Book Level A (Alfred's Basic Piano Library)
Alfred's Basic Piano Prep Course Lesson Book Level A (Alfred's Basic Piano Library)

Review:Great starter books. I bought these books to teach my 8 year old how to play piano. They were very easy to follow and were at a great pace!! I'd recommend them to people learning how to play piano for the first time! Read more

The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market

Review:I read "Dark Pools" and
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis. I was going to buy only Flash boys, but bought this book also on the high recommendations. If you are going to read one book on the subject of the impact of HFT, I suggest you pass this one, and read Flash Boys. I really found "Dark Pools" to be much less readable for two reasons. Firstly, his writing style is atrocious, it is full of hyperbole and a type of purple prose more suited to a cheap detective novel than something which requires ... Read more

Python Cookbook, Third edition
Python Cookbook, Third edition

Review:Excellent.

I recently began a Python project and realized that my skills had gotten pretty rusty.
Also, I decided I wanted to move up to Python 3.
The book provided many answers and insights; I have found it invaluable.
Although some parts of the book are terse, the language is, for the most part, clear and direct, without mumbo-jumbo, and it wasn't written to show how smart the authors are. (It's obvious that they are smart, smart enough to know the importance of good communicat... Read more

Thinking in Java (4th Edition)
Thinking in Java (4th Edition)

Review:If you have some procedural programming experience already then this book will be great for you to switch to the world of OOP. If not, then take it slow, but it can still work. I took an OOP course featuring C++ and got lost quickly, but in just a few chapters of Bruce Eckels' book, he helped me to understand what I had missed. The book starts out with a great foundation of explaining what objects are, then tells us that Everything is and object, and explains why. It explained these concep... Read more

Head First Java, 2nd Edition
Head First Java, 2nd Edition

Review:I've purchased several Head First series books and this one, just like the others, does not disappoint! The book was very easy to read unlike a lot of other books on the same subject matter. I'm about half way through at this point and actually get bummed when I have to put it down. Read more

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