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An innovative approach to teaching oceanography, this text consists of marine environmental issues that are presented as self-contained exercises which teach students introductory oceanography and important marine environmental issues. Written in an exceptionally clear and concise style, it involves students interactively in developing the math and analytical skills necessary to truly think critically about, and gain insight into, important issues. Discussions based on the activities create a vibrant learning atmosphere in both large and small-section classes. ... Read more

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A Spanish translation of the book, "Europe and the People Without History." ... Read more

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Great guide to the world's most famous ski tour...
Along with Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt & the excellent swiss ski-touring topographic maps, I used Robert's guide to plan my first Haute Route years ago. I have gone on to complete at least 6 additional versions of this phenomenal tour, again referring to both guides.

I find having two different guidebooks to be very helpful in assessing what is a very complex route with many possible variations. While Cliff's book has been continually updated, Roberts' is now out of print I believe, so you will have to make allowances for the dramatic shrinkage of glaciers that has occurred in the Alps since the book was last updated. Contact information for huts, weather & avalanche conditions, mountain rescue, even the presence or absence of ski lifts will also need to be checked carefully.

Features of Roberts' book that I particularly like & which I feel continue to make it a valuable resource include the annotated photographs & drawings of route features that are far superior to the bizarre, hard to follow ridge-line abstractions of Cliff's guide.

Alternate tours & HLR variations form another great feature of this book. Roberts includes some very interesting possibilities. Not all of these are practical--as he freely admits--but many of them I've found to be forgotten classics (forgotten, at least, to those who don't guide for a living). Many of these don't appear in any other book I've seen. Examples include various links between the Mont Blanc & Pennine Alps to avoid the road sections, & add-on day tours like the Schwartztor out of Zermatt. Roberts also addresses skiable peaks along the route & describes valley bases.

I have also used & recommend Alpine Ski Mountaineering: Western Alps (Cicerone Winter and Ski Mountaineering)--which includes the Haute Route.
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As a serious Web designer, you'll want to do one thing and one thing only when you lay your hands on the latest version of Flash: Start tinkering with all its new features. Problem is, that's hard to do on someone else's dime. With Flash MX 2004 Magic, you don't have to! In these pages, 10 Flash wizards draw on their own professional experience to offer 12 real-world projects that let you explore Flash MX 2004 at your leisure. With a focus on areas that can be troublesome for professional users--whether because they present thorny issues or because they draw on completely new features--each lesson provides need-to-know tips, proven techniques, and best practices. By working through the step-by-step tutorials (whose project files and code you'll find on the accompanying CD), you soon will be finding your way around all of Flash MX 2004's new features: CSS support, enhanced components, JSFL, and more. In addition to the code listings and exercise files on the CD-ROM, you'll find videos that clearly demonstrate step by step all the procedures you need to complete in order to create the projects.

Customer Reviews (6)

With Most Horrible instructional CD
I looked at the book and found it interesting. When I inserted the CD, I realized it was totally user-unfriendly, it was like go figure how we created this $#%*!!! Some of the files don't work at all !!! This CD has been created not to help a user, but to render him confused. I have been using flash for about 5 years and have owned some other books with much better CDs. This is the worst one. What a waste !

Shouldn't name this Flash MX 2004 Magic
Shouldn't call this book a "Flash MX 2004 Magic" because the most of the code (I'd say 85%) in there are just AS1 (not mention that some of their codes are sloppy) They don't even deal with any special feature comes with MX 2004 at all, like create V2 component. I can say most of the project in there can be done with Flash MX (except the chapter about JSFL project, but for that, you can find a better tutorial online than reading that chapter)

I did not read this book at all, bought it new, glanced thru it within an hour and never touch it again. If you are just a little more than a beginer then this book is right for you. If you are an AS coder, or been playing with Flash since version 5 or MX then forget about this one. If you live in Virginia, contact me, I let you borrow this book for a couple ...years.

Good projects - weak instruction
The strength of this book is the 12 projects. They are imaginative and use many of the new features of Flash MX 2004. The projects have good graphics and text and video; and the screen shots are works of art. If what you want are ideas this is a perfect book. If you actually want to build these projects yourself, the authors have left a lot out. In particular, there is not a lot of rationale as to why you are doing certain things. That is, unless you know a lot of Flash, the instructions, while easy to follow if you just type the code, will seem bewildering. There needs to be more explanation, of what is behind the code constructs, not just the code itself.
A number of the "final" versions of the project did not work well.

Flash MX 2004 Magic - Just as the title implies Magic
I loved this book, still working through some of it but every tutorial I have been through so far have enjoyed and fully understood, very well done, there are many flash books on the market, I own a fair few, but this one has been most beneficial, laid out nicley, easy to understand and you can't complain about the price, great tips and great design, especially liked the introductory lesson by Rob Hoekman, if you want to learn something new and take a step towards the next level make sure you buy this book.

Excellent resource, great projects
I've been using Flash for years, but I can always get great information from Flash Magic. Where else do you get to see how to build projects created by some of the best developers in the business?

There are 12 projects in this book - all built by experienced developers that use Flash constantly to do amazing things. This book highlights a lot of the new features in Flash MX 2004 and offers people that have mastered the basics a way to step up their skill level. I started reading this series of books with Flash 5 Magic, and it's never failed me. I always learn something new and end up with a cool project.

Read a hundred books if you want, just make sure this is one of them. ... Read more