The Warrior Ethos Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Steven Pressfield Page ID: B004S7JHY6
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File Size: 232 KBPrint Length: 112 pagesPublisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC (March 14, 2011)Publication Date: March 14, 2011 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004S7JHY6Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #20,493 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #149 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Military #333 in Books > History > Military #413 in Books > Self-Help > Motivational
What is the `warrior ethos?" Is one born with it? Can it be taught? Might it apply to the civilian world also? Author and former Marine Steven Pressfield takes on these questions in his newest book "The Warrior Ethos."
This is a different sort of Pressfield book. Unlike the historical fiction genre in which he’s written such best-sellers as "Gates of Fire," "The Afghan Campaign, and "The Profession," "The Warrior Ethos" is the culmination of years of discussions Pressfield’s been having with Marines and others who were taken with the blend of courage-under-fire and humanity shown by Leonidas, Dienekes, Matthais, Gent, and the other characters in his books.
"I wanted to give something back to our men and women fighting overseas," Pressfield wrote, "so I put together the best anecdotes and stories from all my research about the Spartans, Alexander’s Macedonians, the Romans, and Rommel. My goal was to boil down what is the ‘warrior ethos’ into a short book that can fit into the cargo pocket of utility trousers" he said.
The warrior ethos is a code of conduct, Pressfield writes, that embodies a life where integrity, loyalty, honor, and selflessness, and courage are one’s guide.
Starting thousands of years ago with the hunters, these concepts evolved into the warrior societies where protection for the tribe was best achieved as a group working together. The rudimentary laws arising from the successful tribes evolved into the warrior ethos practiced by the Spartans and others where courage, cooperation, and acknowledging the strength of the group over that of the individual, enabled the tribe or the nation to survive. Download The Warrior Ethos Kindle Edition PDF Free Download
The Warrior Ethos Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s Steven Pressfield Page ID: B004S7JHY6
Done.
File Size: 232 KBPrint Length: 112 pagesPublisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC (March 14, 2011)Publication Date: March 14, 2011 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004S7JHY6Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Word Wise: EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #20,493 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #149 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Military #333 in Books > History > Military #413 in Books > Self-Help > Motivational
What is the `warrior ethos?" Is one born with it? Can it be taught? Might it apply to the civilian world also? Author and former Marine Steven Pressfield takes on these questions in his newest book "The Warrior Ethos."
This is a different sort of Pressfield book. Unlike the historical fiction genre in which he’s written such best-sellers as "Gates of Fire," "The Afghan Campaign, and "The Profession," "The Warrior Ethos" is the culmination of years of discussions Pressfield’s been having with Marines and others who were taken with the blend of courage-under-fire and humanity shown by Leonidas, Dienekes, Matthais, Gent, and the other characters in his books.
"I wanted to give something back to our men and women fighting overseas," Pressfield wrote, "so I put together the best anecdotes and stories from all my research about the Spartans, Alexander’s Macedonians, the Romans, and Rommel. My goal was to boil down what is the ‘warrior ethos’ into a short book that can fit into the cargo pocket of utility trousers" he said.
The warrior ethos is a code of conduct, Pressfield writes, that embodies a life where integrity, loyalty, honor, and selflessness, and courage are one’s guide.
Starting thousands of years ago with the hunters, these concepts evolved into the warrior societies where protection for the tribe was best achieved as a group working together. The rudimentary laws arising from the successful tribes evolved into the warrior ethos practiced by the Spartans and others where courage, cooperation, and acknowledging the strength of the group over that of the individual, enabled the tribe or the nation to survive. Download The Warrior Ethos Kindle Edition PDF Free Download
The Sparrow MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Mary Doria Russell Page ID: 1501247069
.com Review
This strange, ambitious science fiction novel has already won enough attention for its first-time author to make it a selection by both the Book of the Month and QPB clubs. Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist, heads a team of scientists and explorers on an expedition to the planet Rakhat, where contact has been established with two apparently primitive races, the Runa and the Jana’ata. The narrative shifts back and forth between 2016, when contact is first made, and 2060, to a Vatican inquest interrogating the maimed and broken Sandoz. A paleoanthropologist, Russell makes the descriptions of the inhabitants of Rakhat both convincing and unsettling. Check out .com’s Sparrow feature and read an excerpt from the book!
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
An enigma wrapped inside a mystery sets up expectations that prove difficult to fulfill in Russell’s first novel, which is about first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. The enigma is Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist whose messianic virtues hide his occasional doubt about his calling. The mystery is the climactic turn of events that has left him the sole survivor of a secret Jesuit expedition to the planet Rakhat and, upon his return, made him a disgrace to his faith. Suspense escalates as the narrative ping-pongs between the years 2016, when Sandoz begins assembling the team that first detects signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life, and 2060, when a Vatican inquest is convened to coax an explanation from the physically mutilated and emotionally devastated priest. A vibrant cast of characters who come to life through their intense scientific and philosophical debates help distract attention from the space-opera elements necessary to get them off the Earth. Russell brings her training as a paleoanthropologist to bear on descriptions of the Runa and Jana’ata, the two races on Rakhat whose differences are misunderstood by the Earthlings, but the aliens never come across as more than variations of primitive earthly cultures. The final revelation of the tragic human mistake that ends in Sandoz’s degradation isn’t the event for which readers have been set up. Much like the worlds it juxtaposes, this novel seems composed of two stories that fail to come together. BOMC, QPB and One Spirit Book Club selections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
MP3 CDPublisher: Brilliance Audio; MP3 Una edition (March 10, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1501247069ISBN-13: 978-1501247064 Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 6.8 inches Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #664,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2772 in Books > Romance > Fantasy #27435 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction
Reading this book was a enriching, rewarding experience for me. As with most books, it isn’t for everyone. I was looking for a little lighter read, since I’ve been reviewing books on death and dying and the Holocaust. Silly me – but I am so glad I made the mistake of thinking this would be an escape from the ultra serious!
This is definitely not a light read and in fact, it hits on many of the issues I’ve been exploring – the existence and function of God, the meaning of life, the use of suffering and healing, the delicacy and necessity of human relationships.
The story switches between the year 2019 – the US has lost its primary position as a world leader to Japan, marketers search the streets looking for ghetto kids with intellectual skills to groom and sell as indentured servants – and the year 2060, when a Jesuit priest is under examination for sins he is assumed to have committed while on a mission to a New World – Rakhat a planet far away from here.
We see Father Emilio Sandoz before the journey (2019) as he initiates this venture, traveling with characters so well written, I started to believe they were real. Dr. Anne and her husband, George; the recently freed indentured planner, Sofia; the young man who discovered the existence of the other world, Jimmy Quinn; D.W., their grumpy Jesuit leader. Two other characters are less developed, but make nice backdrop for this riveting story.
The book was a little difficult to get into at the start, not because of the writing, but because of the promise of horrors to come. How could this priest, so filled with life in 2019, be so horribly disfigured (did I really want to read the gruesome details?) And how could he have ended up a prostitute, and then murdered a child?
Science fiction is a medium that is tailor-made for investigation of some of humanity’s most perplexing questions, most especially questions of his (and the universe’s) origin, God, what constitutes moral behavior, man’s ultimate purpose. But very few science fiction novels really attempt to tackle these questions, getting caught up instead in the nifty gadgets that can be imagined, and forgetting their human element. Not so here.
Russell has crafted a fine work of character, of people both exceptional and very real, in this tale of first contact between a Jesuit sponsored mission and the denizens of the planet Rakhat. Emilio Sandoz is the only survivor of this mission, and most of the story is told from his viewpoint, both as a currently happening time-line and a later recollection under interrogation after he returns to Earth. It is easy to become engrossed in this man’s life, as we see him as a great linguist, a priest with very understandable doubts but a solid need to help others, a man with normal desires for companionship, a person suffering under sever stress, a man mangled both physically and mentally. The other mission members are not slighted in the character development area, so that by the mid-point of the book, I felt that I was living with a very tight-knit family, whose individual foibles were all well-known and accepted, whose interpersonal banter was enjoyable and fitting.
It is this very depth of characterization that adds poignancy to the mission’s fate and starkly highlights the main religious question. How can one believe in a God that allows such terrible things as the mission failure to happen? How can one not believe in a higher power that has orchestrated such an incredibly complex universe of objects, intelligences, and events?
I’ve read quite a bit of "Sci-fi". I love authors like Gibson, Stevenson, and Varley- science fiction novelists who hit you with material that combines great writing with action and characters who seem like they popped out of the latest hollywood action thriller. Sci-fi filled with weird devices, cool dialogue, and strange venues. The Sci-fi that computer geeks and teenage punks can’t get enough of.
"The Sparrow" is not Sci-fi.
Russell is a writer of mature, philosophical science fiction in the grand tradition of authors such as Asimov, Clarke, and Huxley. Science fiction that truly makes you wonder about not only the physical (science), but the metaphysical as well. Questions of morality, spirituality, meaning, and destiny are all actively pursued by such authors- not as afterthoughts or decoration, but as the centerpiece of the fiction. Such works create a vital mythology for the postmodern and impending transhuman eras- they weave truths into their tales.
"The Sparrow" charts the journey of Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit Priest and linguist, from the slums of San Juan to the planet of Rakhat, 4.3 Light Years from Earth, orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A. Along with an intriguing little group of well-meaning Jesuits, scientists, and engineers, this modern-day Cortez sets off to a new world in search, not of gold, but of spiritual treasure. Instead, he encounters disease, hardships, and two strange alien races barred from truly understanding humans by millions of years of evolutionary history. Ultimately, his search for god, about to finally be realized, is transformed into a carnal nightmare which destroys his illusions of divinity and nearly leaves him for dead. Download The Sparrow MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged PDF
The Sparrow MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Mary Doria Russell Page ID: 1501247069
.com Review
This strange, ambitious science fiction novel has already won enough attention for its first-time author to make it a selection by both the Book of the Month and QPB clubs. Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist, heads a team of scientists and explorers on an expedition to the planet Rakhat, where contact has been established with two apparently primitive races, the Runa and the Jana’ata. The narrative shifts back and forth between 2016, when contact is first made, and 2060, to a Vatican inquest interrogating the maimed and broken Sandoz. A paleoanthropologist, Russell makes the descriptions of the inhabitants of Rakhat both convincing and unsettling. Check out .com’s Sparrow feature and read an excerpt from the book!
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
An enigma wrapped inside a mystery sets up expectations that prove difficult to fulfill in Russell’s first novel, which is about first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. The enigma is Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit linguist whose messianic virtues hide his occasional doubt about his calling. The mystery is the climactic turn of events that has left him the sole survivor of a secret Jesuit expedition to the planet Rakhat and, upon his return, made him a disgrace to his faith. Suspense escalates as the narrative ping-pongs between the years 2016, when Sandoz begins assembling the team that first detects signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life, and 2060, when a Vatican inquest is convened to coax an explanation from the physically mutilated and emotionally devastated priest. A vibrant cast of characters who come to life through their intense scientific and philosophical debates help distract attention from the space-opera elements necessary to get them off the Earth. Russell brings her training as a paleoanthropologist to bear on descriptions of the Runa and Jana’ata, the two races on Rakhat whose differences are misunderstood by the Earthlings, but the aliens never come across as more than variations of primitive earthly cultures. The final revelation of the tragic human mistake that ends in Sandoz’s degradation isn’t the event for which readers have been set up. Much like the worlds it juxtaposes, this novel seems composed of two stories that fail to come together. BOMC, QPB and One Spirit Book Club selections.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
–This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
See all Editorial Reviews
MP3 CDPublisher: Brilliance Audio; MP3 Una edition (March 10, 2015)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1501247069ISBN-13: 978-1501247064 Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 6.8 inches Shipping Weight: 0.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #664,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2772 in Books > Romance > Fantasy #27435 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction
Reading this book was a enriching, rewarding experience for me. As with most books, it isn’t for everyone. I was looking for a little lighter read, since I’ve been reviewing books on death and dying and the Holocaust. Silly me – but I am so glad I made the mistake of thinking this would be an escape from the ultra serious!
This is definitely not a light read and in fact, it hits on many of the issues I’ve been exploring – the existence and function of God, the meaning of life, the use of suffering and healing, the delicacy and necessity of human relationships.
The story switches between the year 2019 – the US has lost its primary position as a world leader to Japan, marketers search the streets looking for ghetto kids with intellectual skills to groom and sell as indentured servants – and the year 2060, when a Jesuit priest is under examination for sins he is assumed to have committed while on a mission to a New World – Rakhat a planet far away from here.
We see Father Emilio Sandoz before the journey (2019) as he initiates this venture, traveling with characters so well written, I started to believe they were real. Dr. Anne and her husband, George; the recently freed indentured planner, Sofia; the young man who discovered the existence of the other world, Jimmy Quinn; D.W., their grumpy Jesuit leader. Two other characters are less developed, but make nice backdrop for this riveting story.
The book was a little difficult to get into at the start, not because of the writing, but because of the promise of horrors to come. How could this priest, so filled with life in 2019, be so horribly disfigured (did I really want to read the gruesome details?) And how could he have ended up a prostitute, and then murdered a child?
Science fiction is a medium that is tailor-made for investigation of some of humanity’s most perplexing questions, most especially questions of his (and the universe’s) origin, God, what constitutes moral behavior, man’s ultimate purpose. But very few science fiction novels really attempt to tackle these questions, getting caught up instead in the nifty gadgets that can be imagined, and forgetting their human element. Not so here.
Russell has crafted a fine work of character, of people both exceptional and very real, in this tale of first contact between a Jesuit sponsored mission and the denizens of the planet Rakhat. Emilio Sandoz is the only survivor of this mission, and most of the story is told from his viewpoint, both as a currently happening time-line and a later recollection under interrogation after he returns to Earth. It is easy to become engrossed in this man’s life, as we see him as a great linguist, a priest with very understandable doubts but a solid need to help others, a man with normal desires for companionship, a person suffering under sever stress, a man mangled both physically and mentally. The other mission members are not slighted in the character development area, so that by the mid-point of the book, I felt that I was living with a very tight-knit family, whose individual foibles were all well-known and accepted, whose interpersonal banter was enjoyable and fitting.
It is this very depth of characterization that adds poignancy to the mission’s fate and starkly highlights the main religious question. How can one believe in a God that allows such terrible things as the mission failure to happen? How can one not believe in a higher power that has orchestrated such an incredibly complex universe of objects, intelligences, and events?
I’ve read quite a bit of "Sci-fi". I love authors like Gibson, Stevenson, and Varley- science fiction novelists who hit you with material that combines great writing with action and characters who seem like they popped out of the latest hollywood action thriller. Sci-fi filled with weird devices, cool dialogue, and strange venues. The Sci-fi that computer geeks and teenage punks can’t get enough of.
"The Sparrow" is not Sci-fi.
Russell is a writer of mature, philosophical science fiction in the grand tradition of authors such as Asimov, Clarke, and Huxley. Science fiction that truly makes you wonder about not only the physical (science), but the metaphysical as well. Questions of morality, spirituality, meaning, and destiny are all actively pursued by such authors- not as afterthoughts or decoration, but as the centerpiece of the fiction. Such works create a vital mythology for the postmodern and impending transhuman eras- they weave truths into their tales.
"The Sparrow" charts the journey of Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit Priest and linguist, from the slums of San Juan to the planet of Rakhat, 4.3 Light Years from Earth, orbiting the star Alpha Centauri A. Along with an intriguing little group of well-meaning Jesuits, scientists, and engineers, this modern-day Cortez sets off to a new world in search, not of gold, but of spiritual treasure. Instead, he encounters disease, hardships, and two strange alien races barred from truly understanding humans by millions of years of evolutionary history. Ultimately, his search for god, about to finally be realized, is transformed into a carnal nightmare which destroys his illusions of divinity and nearly leaves him for dead. Download The Sparrow MP3 CD – Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged PDF
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides) Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s David Flanagan Page ID: B004XQX4K0
Done.
File Size: 5030 KBPrint Length: 1096 pagesSimultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: O’Reilly Media; 6 edition (April 18, 2011)Publication Date: April 18, 2011 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004XQX4K0Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #55,479 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #44 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Web Programming > JavaScript #64 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Software Design, Testing & Engineering > Object-Oriented Design #75 in Books > Computers & Technology > Web Development & Design > Web Design
Readers should note that most of the reviews of this book refer to older editions which are — due to the rapid evolution of javascript — completely different books. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time the last few months reading the 6th edition of this book and have a number of complaints. But first, the kudos: this book is more comprehensive than any other javascript reference.
Complaints:
– the text is frequently non-linear in the sense that author will talk about undefined feature X, stating that feature X will be explained a couple of chapters later. Sometimes this is a good way to gradually introduce concepts, but it’s used too much here. Some critics of this book have suggested you need to know javascript before reading this book, this might be why.
– Almost every concept is followed with the caveat "but this feature doesn’t work in Internet Explorer prior to version Z. For that you have to use this entirely different function f". This makes the text unnecessarily confusing. How about talking about *standard* ECMAscript and relegating the caveats to end of chapter notes, perhaps adding a superscript to alert the reader about version incompatibilities?
– The examples are poor — most show how to re-implement javascript 5 functions in javascript 3, or how to get a standard function to work in Internet Explorer 8. Who cares? This is why we have jQuery and Dojo — in order not to worry about stuff like this. A few examples like this would provide welcome insight into dealing with compatibility issues, but in this case my eyes started to glaze over after a few hundred pages.
Case study: Chapter 17, "Handling Events".
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is not just a complete reference of the language, like O’Reilly’s other ‘thick books,’ but also provides a deep dive into JavaScript development. However, if you’re just starting out and will be using one of the various libraries (like jQuery), this book may not (yet) be for you.
First, the sixth edition is the first I’ve read, so I can’t speak to any changes. Instead, my review is focused on the book as a first-timer reader to the ‘series.’
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is broken up into four parts; Core JavaScript, Client-Side JavaScript, the Core JavaScript Reference, and the Client-Side Reference. If you’ve ever picked up one of O’Reilly’s other reference books, like Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, you know about what to expect from those last two parts – a deep reference to the language.
The first two parts, however, are a ‘deep dive’ into the actual language itself. Unlike a mere reference book, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide actually teaches you how to develop in JavaScript, starting at the core fundamentals, and working your way up to more advanced topics.
Part of the ‘deep dive’ aspect also includes following best practices, making numerous references to Douglas Crockford’s JavaScript: The Good Parts throughout the first part of the book, which is about 30% of the book. Alone, the first part of the book provides an excellent, near-complete, tutorial on the language.
Historical information is also included, which I found to be very interesting when it came up, as well as implementation-specific functionality, that has limited use at this time (and as such, I personally found it distracting, and began skimming over later instances, but it’s still nice that it’s provided).
JavaScript The Definitive Guide 6th Edition O Reilly Comments about oreilly JavaScript The Definitive Guide 6th Edition A better name for this book would be JavaScript Bible alas seems that this trademark name JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th Edition O Reilly The indispensable reference for JavaScript programmers since 1996 JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th Edition is completely revisedand expanded to cover JavaScript
Download JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages Kindle Edition PDF Free Download
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages (Definitive Guides) Kindle Edition
Author: Visit ‘s David Flanagan Page ID: B004XQX4K0
Done.
File Size: 5030 KBPrint Length: 1096 pagesSimultaneous Device Usage: UnlimitedPublisher: O’Reilly Media; 6 edition (April 18, 2011)Publication Date: April 18, 2011 Sold by: Digital Services, Inc. Language: EnglishID: B004XQX4K0Text-to-Speech: Enabled X-Ray: Enabled Word Wise: Not EnabledLending: Not Enabled Enhanced Typesetting: Not Enabled Best Sellers Rank: #55,479 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store) #44 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Web Programming > JavaScript #64 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Software Design, Testing & Engineering > Object-Oriented Design #75 in Books > Computers & Technology > Web Development & Design > Web Design
Readers should note that most of the reviews of this book refer to older editions which are — due to the rapid evolution of javascript — completely different books. I’ve spent a considerable amount of time the last few months reading the 6th edition of this book and have a number of complaints. But first, the kudos: this book is more comprehensive than any other javascript reference.
Complaints:
– the text is frequently non-linear in the sense that author will talk about undefined feature X, stating that feature X will be explained a couple of chapters later. Sometimes this is a good way to gradually introduce concepts, but it’s used too much here. Some critics of this book have suggested you need to know javascript before reading this book, this might be why.
– Almost every concept is followed with the caveat "but this feature doesn’t work in Internet Explorer prior to version Z. For that you have to use this entirely different function f". This makes the text unnecessarily confusing. How about talking about *standard* ECMAscript and relegating the caveats to end of chapter notes, perhaps adding a superscript to alert the reader about version incompatibilities?
– The examples are poor — most show how to re-implement javascript 5 functions in javascript 3, or how to get a standard function to work in Internet Explorer 8. Who cares? This is why we have jQuery and Dojo — in order not to worry about stuff like this. A few examples like this would provide welcome insight into dealing with compatibility issues, but in this case my eyes started to glaze over after a few hundred pages.
Case study: Chapter 17, "Handling Events".
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is not just a complete reference of the language, like O’Reilly’s other ‘thick books,’ but also provides a deep dive into JavaScript development. However, if you’re just starting out and will be using one of the various libraries (like jQuery), this book may not (yet) be for you.
First, the sixth edition is the first I’ve read, so I can’t speak to any changes. Instead, my review is focused on the book as a first-timer reader to the ‘series.’
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide is broken up into four parts; Core JavaScript, Client-Side JavaScript, the Core JavaScript Reference, and the Client-Side Reference. If you’ve ever picked up one of O’Reilly’s other reference books, like Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, you know about what to expect from those last two parts – a deep reference to the language.
The first two parts, however, are a ‘deep dive’ into the actual language itself. Unlike a mere reference book, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide actually teaches you how to develop in JavaScript, starting at the core fundamentals, and working your way up to more advanced topics.
Part of the ‘deep dive’ aspect also includes following best practices, making numerous references to Douglas Crockford’s JavaScript: The Good Parts throughout the first part of the book, which is about 30% of the book. Alone, the first part of the book provides an excellent, near-complete, tutorial on the language.
Historical information is also included, which I found to be very interesting when it came up, as well as implementation-specific functionality, that has limited use at this time (and as such, I personally found it distracting, and began skimming over later instances, but it’s still nice that it’s provided).
JavaScript The Definitive Guide 6th Edition O Reilly Comments about oreilly JavaScript The Definitive Guide 6th Edition A better name for this book would be JavaScript Bible alas seems that this trademark name JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th Edition O Reilly The indispensable reference for JavaScript programmers since 1996 JavaScript The Definitive Guide 5th Edition is completely revisedand expanded to cover JavaScript
Download JavaScript: The Definitive Guide: Activate Your Web Pages Kindle Edition PDF Free Download
Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems (Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering) 4th Edition
Author: Visit ‘s B. P. Lathi Page ID: 0195384938
About the Author
B.P. Lathi has retired from California State University, Sacramento. Zhi Ding is a Professor at the University of California, Davis.
–This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Series: Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer EngineeringPaperback: 903 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 4th edition (July 2, 2009)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0195384938ISBN-13: 978-0195384932 Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.7 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #803,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2246 in Books > Engineering & Transportation > Engineering > Telecommunications & Sensors #2514 in Books > Computers & Technology > Networking & Cloud Computing > Internet, Groupware, & Telecommunications #149443 in Books > Textbooks
I needed to take a Computer Engineering course at my university that required this textbook, and ordered it on because they had the best deal. It shipped fast, and the book is of great quality. It feels very dense, like a tome, and you can feel the load of knowledge in it.
There’s two major gripes I have with this textbook.
1. There is a major shortage of example problems. Following along with each chapter is difficult, especially as the material gets more difficult or abstract. What few examples it does contain are vague and don’t reference the material very well. Examples are critical in truly understanding how solve a problem.
2. There are more homework problems than you would ever like to do, however there are no solutions for these problems. Considering the complexity and difficulty of the problems, even a simple one-liner in the back for each problem would be helpful, like most math textbooks. It’s incredibly frustrating to spend hours working on problems only to realize in class you were doing them wrong.
This book is only a success with a very good professor. If your professor doesn’t teach very well, you need to find the solutions to the homework problems, to have some sort of reference. Honestly.
First time I used the text book written by Sir B. P. Lathi as an undergraduate student in 1982. The book was called Communication Systems for our course with the same name. That was an excellent book and gave good mathematical treatment, basically on Analog Communication System. After graduating as MSEE I have been using his two books for teaching communication systems. This Title "Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems as primary text and "Linear Systems and Signals" as supporting text for course on Communication Systems. Though other books from Haykin, Proakis, Couch, Stern, Zimmer, etc. have been useful to me as well, yet the simplified manner in which B. P. Lathi explains concepts supported by mathematical models is unique and liked by my students as well. It is worth noting that concepts of Information Theory are introduced at undergraduate level only in this text book as a separate chapter. This helps in understanding the connection between Communication Theory and Information Theory. This was available even in his first text book written in 1960s. With the inclusion of MATLAB examples it has become easy to understand and comprehend the performance of various modulation schemes.
However, keeping in view the increased importance of Wireless Communication, the topics related to multicarrier communication (OFDM), error control, channel models, and MIMO system, could have been expanded, perhaps as a separate chapter, like it is done by Prof Gallager in his new book " Introduction to Digital Communication".
About 20 years ago, this book was my introduction to communication systems. Without the fundamentals I learned from this book, I would have never been able to work in the field of communications. I like this book because it is highly readable and covers important topics which communication engineers must understand. This fourth edition provides not only expanded MATLAB examples but covers also more recent material on the subject of communication systems. I’d recommend this book for undergrad/grad students willing to understand the basics of analog and digital communications. Download Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems 4th Edition PDF Free Download
