Book Description
At last! An A-to-Z reference guide for readers who want to learn the cryptic language of Rock Snobs, those arcana-obsessed people who speak of "Rickenbacker guitars" and "Gram Parsons."
We've all been there--trapped in a conversation with smarty-pants music fiends who natter on about "the MC5" or "Eno" or "the Hammond B3," not wanting to let on that we haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about. Well, fret no more! The Rock Snob's Dictionary is here to define every single sacred totem of rock fandom's know-it-all fraternity, from Alt.country to Zimmy. (That's what Rock Snobs call Bob Dylan, by the way.)
Customer Reviews:
Fun but inessential!.......2006-03-19
Ok this is a very funny concept and makes for great reading on a trip. HOwever it is somewhat short. Some stuff is really true about rock snobbery but to some degree it falls short of its ambitions. Still it is worth a read.
Not essential but a lot of fun indeed.......2005-09-02
The subtitle reads "An Essential Lexicon," but it isn't. "Essential" connotes a comprehensiveness that this lacks, which indicates that this book was not meant for education so much as fun and humor, and in this it succeeds admirably.
So, what is a rock snob? Evidently, somewhat to my surprise, I am not. I'm a music fanatic, and I would have imagined that sufficient to gain rock snob status, but apparently not, since the book defines "rock snob" as: "reference term for the sort of pop connoisseur for whom the actual enjoyment of music is but a side dish to the accumulation of arcane knowledge." For me the actual enjoyment of the music has been paramount, so I am imagining that anyone who truly loves the music first is exempt, on technical grounds, from rock snobbishness.
The joy of the book comes from the way they simultaneously elevate and then deflate various figures and artifacts from the world of rock. Many of their characterizations are dead on. I've never understood the esteem in which many hold Burt Bacharach. Folks, it really is just elevator music, and I don't care how much Elvis Costello tries to pump his reputation. The authors write about such figures with wit and derisive humor. The lists that litter the book are marvelous, and usually dead on.
Plus, the book is fun to argue with. If you are a serious fan of music, you will spend a lot of time flipping through to see if your own candidates were included in the book, and a surprising number of the more arcane folks I searched for were to be found. For instance, I was amazed to see that Jim Dickinson, Dan Penn, The Fugs, and the Louvin Brothers showed up. I was somewhat disappointed that several of the folks I would have nominated were not, including: Can, Greg Sage and the Wipers (a monumental oversight), the Shoes, Moby Grape (though Skip Spence gets a nod), Robert Quine, Jack Logan (a shocker), R. Stevie Moore, the Buzzcocks (with an especial mention of their EP SPIRAL SCRATCH), the Mekons, Les Paul, the album HAVE MOICY!, guitar pioneer John Fahey, the Flying Burrito Brothers (though Gram Parsons, of course, has an entry), Rory Gallagher, and Second Edition (Johnny Lydon's aka Rotten project after the Sex Pistols). But like I said, this book isn't about completeness, but humor. There also is a cut off point. Few very recent bands receive a mention, even such crucial Rock Snob bands as Yo La Tengo (which inspired the wonderful ONION headline about a few dozen record store clerks dying at one of their concerts when the roof collapsed, crushing the crowd) fail to receive mention.
In the end, the book really isn't for aspiring rock snobs, but actual rock snobs who get all the references, know all the books and movies mentioned in the lists, and "get" the self-mocking nature of the whole affair. My only real disappointment with the book is that if you have a pretty good knowledge of rock, you aren't going to learn much new. But at least you can laugh about your own pretentiousness about imagining that to be the case.
Snobs and Snarks.......2005-07-20
The Lester Bangs Cosmological Sincerity Argument for Short Attention to an Entertainment (as espoused here by "Brock Pemberton") is so dull.
Laugh at the reference format of this book? Perhaps the suggested use is to, ah, reference it. While reading an encyclopedia of any sort is not the intended use it is a wonderful way to learn things that you don't already know. Not to confirm one's own opinions can be enlightening. Self-received wisdom is called solipsism.
Any claim to authority in the post-post-historical era is worth at least a half-smile, isn't it?
If the universe of content is suspended between the poles of Lester "Big" Bangs and the large, diffuse, glossy mags, then it has stopped expanding and no new content is possible. This being along the lines of saying "there will never be another Leslie West".
All truly hip writing is plagiarism, get over it. Ask any dead writer you care about after that five minutes is over.
I don't agree that the "Snob" humor is dull, perhaps a little mean at times. But if we can't dance on graves there will soon be no floor upon which to boogie; I find rather that Kemp and Daly do a fine job of meta-snobbery. Without being in on the joke which is also on them, they couldn't have written the book. This isn't nihilism, this is just the way we do things around here, as they say wherever things that are not online reviews are done. The Big Bangs Sincerity after the "'n' roll" was lost for him, now there's a nihilistic joke, with meth.
If you can't laugh at your own snobbery, you won't find this funny, and if you aren't entertained by an encyclopedia, have a TiVO partially full of old sitcoms, and use the word snark in any form then your universe is actually contracting, along with at least two corporeal aspects of it, one of which is your cerebellum.
The format is repetitive and the jokes plagiarized from Lester Bangs.......2005-07-19
I know that I am supposed to laugh at the reference format of this book, but after 5 pages I had to set it down because my attention drifted. Let's face it guys, reading an encyclopedia (even a jokey one) is just plain boring. It's also old soup - warmed over. Lester Bangs did these kinds of insider jokes 30 years ago and the authors here are doing nothing more than the usual hipster plagiarism of a better dead writer's work.
Daly and Kamp are probably very clever to some (see the suspect gushing reviews above) but to me, their humor is as dull as the people that they are mocking. Perhaps they have just fallen prey to the snark o' the times as Vanity Fair cool are prone to do. Also, at $14 (USD) this slim work is definitely overpriced.
One very large part of this book's problem is that it is dedicated to ridiculing music snobs and music neophytes alike. What's the big idea? To ridicule everyone? That's useless to me. I have a TiVo full of crappy network sitcoms and old South Parks to satisfy the most devoted nihilist. I depend on books for actual ideas. This book has none that are original. At least Bangs was sincere in his viewpoint, even when he did complete 180s on them; yet somehow he still was funnier than all the Vanity Fair smurf boys.
Kamp and Daly don't have the guts to stand firm on any side, and if that's cool to you then this is your book.
File on shelf between "Psychotic Reactions..." and "Shakey" .......2005-07-04
This is a fantastic, compulsively readable little book that's both funny, snide and surprisingly informative. But, then again, I'm one of those jerks this was apparently written for.
It's safe to assume a pair of rock snobs also wrote it. Only a rock snob could write, and appreciate, entries such as:
"Drake, Nick: ... Was frequently photographed standing dolefully among trees...."
"Eno, Brian: Egghead producer and electronics whiz with appropriately futuristic name and aerodynamic pate."
"Big Star: ... recorded tunes that, while catchy, were too fraught with druggy tension to be commercial -- thereby guaranteeing the group posthumous 'great overlooked band status.'"
"Albini, Steve: Self-consciously difficult Chicago-based producer who... pushes the bounds of rock iconoclasm by wearing glasses and having short hair."
"Parsons, Gram: Southern, Harvard educated, trustafarian pretty boy who invented country-rock...."
It's slim, it's amusing, and sometimes surprising. Who knew, for example, that Shuggie Otis was once offered the chance to join the Stones as a replacement for Mick Taylor? Or that the vocoder was developed in the 1930s as a telecommunications aid? Not me.
Book Description
First student of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Sam Kashner tells with humor and grace his life with the Beats. But the best story is Kashner himself -- the coming-of-age of a young man in the chaotic world of the very idols he hoped to emulate.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Customer Reviews:
an interesting glimpse of a little known slice/phase of Beat history.......2006-10-20
And I do mean glimpse...
There are flashes here of great insights into the personas of Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Gregory Corso
You see the psycho-sexual strands of Ginsberg/Orlovsky partnership played out in their gaudy technicolor glory (this is also a weakness...more on that later) and you get a real sense of G. Corso's suspicions and insecurities but to me the real value of this book is the insight it sheds on William Burroughs and his life during this period (tearfully reading Jack London) and in particluar his tempestous relationship with his son Bill Jr.
These insights were valuable to me as a huge Burroughs fan and were the main things I took away from this book...especially because most accounts of WSB's life and work in the 70's focus exclusively on the NYC Bunker period...
some negative aspects of this book are:
as R.Rhodes mentions in the review further down the page there is somewhat of a high school note-passing he has a crush on him style narrative that is tiresome
Anne Waldman and the whole who did or didn't sleep with Bob Dylan angle is irritating as is the narrator (unfortunately)
he seems like a genuinely decent guy but his tone is fairly off-putting most of the time and he and his observations are ultimately not that interesting.
I would recommend for diehard Beat collectors and/or Burroughs fans only
epitome magazine says "Read This!".......2006-05-04
WHEN I WAS COOL: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School. A Memoir by Sam Kashner.
A memoir of a then skinny, naive teenage boy, from a liberal, fairly well-off Jewish family, who goes from thinking Walt Whitman "had something to do with food - Maybe the Whitman Sampler box of chocolates." to being the author of 3 nonfiction books and a novel. Kashner convinces his parent to allow him to enroll in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodies Poetics, (of which he was the very first and, at the time, only one to do so), in lieu of conventional college. In the spring of 1976, Kashner's life has just begun. Hanging out with Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky and Anne Waldman, as well as cameos by the remaining Beat and non-Beat writers and muscians of the era, Kashner interweaves Beatlore with his own innocent reflections in a frank, humorous and extremely entertaining and informative platitude. A free-spirited "Kiss & Tell" theme runs through the pages as openly as the heroin in Burroughs veins. Hailed as a hero with his father's Diner's Club card, Kashner is called upon repeatedly to aid and abet the shenanigans of this anti-normal group of word artists. Between editing Ginsberg & Corso's manuscripts, baby-sitting Billy Burroughs the JR., backing way too many monetary expenses, one wonders who is actually benefiting from his enrollment. Intimacies of thwarting sexual advances from Ginsberg to succumbing to di Prima, are embarrassingly shared in all their sordid, ribald and ultimately bodacious glory. A "he loves him but he loves her" floats through this stew in chunks while Kashner ponders the directed aloofness of Walkman, while impregnating one of her troup. Marijuana fields, whores, drug houses, theft and mayhem.. all the elements of prime-time are just casual actualities of extra curriculum. Kashner also stands by, silently, as Ginsberg and his ilk follow the teachings of their oft drunk Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher Chogyam Trungpa, Rinoche - who pounds on Ginsberg to "lose your ego" as he pads his own pockets and libido with admiration and servitude. Reflections from the Beats are also placed abundantly within as all give their good, bad or indifferent memories of Kerouac and Cassady an ear. One of the best "Beat" books I've read. Used and abused, we go from day one to graduation with his zany encounters and events, all the while hoping the school gets it's accreditation before he graduates. Reminiscent of Tom Wolfe's days of entrenchment with Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters, it's a fun, fast paced-read that shows us what happens when literary renegades become our teachers.
Cool? No. Warm-hearted? Yes........2006-02-08
There are a lot of things to like about Sam Kashner's coming-of-age memoir, "When I Was Cool." First: Mr. Kashner wasn't cool and probably knows it. Second: he doesn't go through detox or recovery. Halleluia! A memoir without a recovery center or AA meeting. Third: his affection for these old lions, of whom only Peter Orlovsky is still with us. Fourth: the look at their everyday lives, from hemorrhoids to the keystone cops comedy of The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics. Fifth: Mr. Kashner's long suffering, very cool, and funny parents. And Sixth: Mr. Kashner's teenaged, wide-eyed, intimidated, growing-up self.
Its not the last book that will be written about Naropa or any of the characters, but it's the only book written by the first (and for a long time only) student of the Kerouac school, and is sometimes lovely, often funny, and very easy - it's "a report of an intimate nature," i.e., gossip.
His subjects much much richer than he.......2006-01-13
Kashner has the distinction of writing a book that is both priceless and very forgettable at same time. His anecdotes about his time at the Kerouac school in the late 1970s with Ginsberg, Corso, Burroughs, and Huncke are the priceless part. He gives us a real gift in these, a special glimpse of these lives as older and quirkier and more human than is easy to find. This is Kashner's gift and alone justifies the price of the book. This is what will ensure it's place in the Beat library.
But as for the rest... Kashner was a young man out of high school studying with tired writer-celebrities. Yet he endlessly bemoans the old Beats' disinterest in letting him into their inner circle of confidences and plans. One can forgive the young Kashner his dissapointment that his grumpy middle age teachermen didn't leap to treat the 19-year-old Kashner as the equal in life and thought that he was not. But the now middle-age Kashner who reflects for us still smarts about it, annoyingly still snaps at his old teachers for being too self absorbed to take him into their fold as a brother.
Kashner doesn't seem up to the task of elucidating on his old idols, doesn't seem to grasp their real richnesses among their messiness. At book's end, Kashner details how he eventually gave up on poetry and switched to fiction and prose when he became convinced he'd never find fame or fortune in it. That's just what's annoying about Kashner throughout this book: He went to study with the Beats to soak in the fame and get a piece, not for love of poetry or authentic living, nor the need to create and live as such. He criticizes this idols' selfishness and seeking of public love in fame. But these odd old men also had a fire in them for creation and expression and the poet's attentiveness to life and authentic living. They wrote poetry because they needed to, they felt the world as they did and needed to express it for themselves. They hungered for it. And Kashner will have none of it. He fell in love with the image and the dream of being a poet, and when he paid his tuition to the Jack Kerouac School he expected he was buying his place in the lineage of great poets. But he didn't feel what it was all about then and he doesn't now in this book, he has no feel for it or the folk who write it.
I think this is why Kashner's thoughts and critiques of the Beats fall so hollow. I closed the book glad it was over -- sad there would be no more rare humanizing glimpses and funny stories of my favorites, but glad to no longer be subject to Kashner's simplistic stabs at all the old men, glad to be done with his self interested narration. Read the book for the anecdotes, for a special outsider's look at very human myths, Kashner relays these funny stories competently enough. Leave the rest as Kashner himself seems to, without any real warmth or connection or depth.
WHEN WAS HE COOL?.......2005-10-13
Sam Kashner seems to want everything to be as it had been before his birth, but his timidity prevented him from acting out the 50's, 60's or the 70's. He didn't "get his hands dirty" as Naropa student Peter Marti put it, a poet who crawled from some serious wreckage to a sanity beyond shooting drugs and a heterosexuality based on what he wanted, not what he feared.
We'll skip the list of details Sam gets wrong (for example, Burroughs did not shoot an apple, but a shot glass, from his wife's head), but suffice it say there are enough of them to indicate he's not a scholar of the situation. The fact that he is actually a professional journalist who writes for GQ and VANITY FAIR confirms my worst fears about articles in these magazines. On the plus side, Sam's magazine background makes this as breezily readable as the best pop journalism. First, however, we are forced to examine some of the remarks reserved for women. Anne Waldman is glamorous and unavailable, thus a vain bitch. Diane di Prima has become heavy, and thus disappoints.
It is almost grim that Sam is in the middle of such interesting history and seems to be blowing it by insisting on his preconceptions. I visited Naropa in 1978. I'd known Allen for 4 years, and had already filmed Burroughs in NYC. Corso was a scary guy I'd met in SF and regarded as a great poet but I was never in his court, though I saw him at least a dozen times over the years. Naropa was an extension of what I already knew, and was for the brief week I stayed there, both a heaven and hell for me. In memory, it is a legend I brushed against gratefully.
Book Description
Power animals are spirit guides in animal form who provide protection, guidance, and healing. This deck of 44 oracle cards by
Steven Farmer will connect you with animal spirit guides who will advise you about any aspect of your life. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced reader, the enclosed easy-to-follow guidebook provides instructions to help you immediately give accurate readings to yourself and others.
Customer Reviews:
Power Animal Oracle Cards.......2007-05-13
I use these cards everyday and have done some readings for other people.. Still learning how to use them.. but I love them.
Great for teaching children and big people! about animal spirits !.......2007-04-18
The best part about these cards for me is that boys and men aren't turned 0ff by them ! My five year old in particular is intrigued by them and then made his own animal deck by cutting out animals out of a book and gluing them on index cards and making up his own meaning for each one based on what he thought the animal was doing in the picture.
They are a great introduction to people turned off by oracle cards ! Who doesn't love animals and who doesn't have a special animal they have felt close to?
As I shuffle,. I can explain to my readee about spirits of animals, and they get into it ! I have actually had very good readings with these cards also, and sometimes my readee finds their own meaning in the cards they chose (even better for them !)
Another use for these cards is if I feel I need a particular animal with me, I pull out the card and place it where I can see it or carry it in my purse. And sometimes one of my kids will ask me which animal spirit will help them on something, a problem or project, and we pull a card or more and they like to hear about the animal "helpers" on the other side.
They almost always "fit". Like when my son was sick, he pulled the snake card, the healer.
My one com plaint is that I wish there were MORE than just 44 cards, and my personal totem or power animal wasn't in there, the Ostrich.
Every animal is important and has things to offer you. DOn't dismiss an animal just because it wasn't what you expected or wanted. If you leave your mind open you will realize that that animal was perfect for you, whether it be your personal power animal or just an animal spirit here to teach a lesson.
THis card deck was bought for fun to add to my oracle decks, but it led me to study more about animal spirits and I now have several books on them and journeying with animals.
Have Fun !
Nice, simple, and fun.......2006-12-27
The simplicity of this card-deck is very nice. I have enjoyed working with the deck and reading the brief explanations in the included guidebook.
Power Animal Oracle Cards.......2006-07-02
If you are looking for some insight to the unknown that we are always so afraid to confront, these cards will bring an abundance of positive energy to you. No matter what issues, or maybe no issues, you may be experiencing, each animal passes along an "aha" moment and sheds light upon your essence. They are simple and they provide an energy that can heal, create, and explore.
Power Animal Oracle Cards.......2006-04-11
This is an exceptionally well-done card deck. The cards are attractive and the messages are helpful, thought provoking and consistently right on track. I used them with a group of 10 friends and each of us selected the "perfect" card that gave us the exact message we neeeded in that moment. We were all struck by the power of the messages and how the message not only made sense and provided guidance but actually spoke to our souls as well. We were deeply touched by the experience and are committed to using the cards on a daily basis.
Book Description
"All Journeys Are Sacred" Journey with Louise StrongBear into shamanic realms of healing. Meet her teachers as she wanders through middle earth, the lower world, and the upper world, following the path of her heart. Begin in the East, and circle the Medicine Wheel to the North, finding yourself along the way. This is a heroine's journey, correlating with the journey of the fool in the major arcana of the tarot. It is also a story of finding lost soul parts, and finding your way back to your home in the stars. It is about magic, miracles, power animals, angels, witchcraft, shamanism, and shapeshifting. This is Louise's story, the one she knows by heart. And it is your story, too-the one that you forgot. "Remember You Are Magic"
Customer Reviews:
Breathtaking.......2007-04-02
After recieving a reading from Louise I've read her book intensily. It is truly amazing and takes you away into her world with her. She shares this journey with the world and I am honored to have been part of her journey. This book is a must read for all, whether you believe or not. Louise has a true heavenly gift from the gods. I would recommend this book and any in the future as well as her readings and conversations. This book will open your eyes and change your life for the better. Jump in the adventure and enjoy the senses. Thank you Louise for everything, you are a true inspiration to me and I love you for it.
Candice Meserole
Beautiful.......2007-04-01
I found this book to be a very moving experience. I enjoyed every page of the journey. I've told all my friends about it. Thank you Ms. Strongbear for sharing with us all.
Enchanting & Engaging.......2007-03-16
I found myself traveling along in the enchanted world. Knowing how close you can be to the spirit world in your dreams is a wonderment. I know there are answers in your dreams if you just look and pay attention. Thank you Louise for guiding me through. This is a book everyone should read. Buy two and give one to a friend.
Spellbound.......2007-03-13
Unlike most reviewers, I COULD put Journey by Night down - as when you
are spellbound by a beautiful dream - and you don't want it to end....
My journey through this book took me to a completely new place. I read
and reread lines, passages, poems and chapters. As with anything practiced, it got easier...
to capture a glimpse of what can be possible
on ones own personal journey.
I evolved from an onlooker in that solitary night, to a seeker.
This book and its wisdom will be my bedside companion.
Let us hope there will be many more to come.
I would give this 10 stars if I could!!!!.......2007-03-06
You would have thought Ms. StrongBear wrote books for years. Journey by Night was very inspirational. This is one to remember...come and be a Wayfarer, as Wolf states: "Wayfarer is one who travels by foot, one step at a time. This is a way of learning. Human steps." If you feel lost and alone in the world, travel with StrongBear and meet her animated characters. Once you meet "Jimmy the Leprechaun" and feel his comedic charm, (as he tickles you and himself) but his passionate soul will let you know how similar we are with other living creatures. If you are not satisfied with his cleverness, stroll down the page and take a whimsical retreat into Pegasus world. His world is not filled with long-term suffering and illness; the aura is pleasant--letting you know that the grass is greener on the other side. After reading this book it will answer your question and have you asking questions...you would want to learn more about magic!
I would like to thank you Louise StrongBear for opening up my thinking to a whole new world. I am inspired and I believe you are a healer with the ability to capture your reader. Capturing your reader to make them believe they were there with you while in fear, afraid; but yet, having the courage to find out who you are. Hesitant but eager to connect to helpful strangers; with the question--"Haven't we met before?" Questioning should you give up, but kept your feet planted on the ground as you trotted to your destiny.
Thank you once more for bringing your iridescence as you journey by night. The stars and moon are shining bright for you. Thanks for creating an uplifting story.
Book Description
The supportive nature of angels energizes this thoughtful 60-card deck. The cards are useful for meditation, solving problems, or guidance in any situation.
Customer Reviews:
A pure delight.......2005-02-18
Often people don't take this deck seriously because they think it is childish.
They confuse childishness with childlikeness.
Anyone with an open heart and who still has a remnant of childlike innocence will not only enjoy using these cards, but will be able to hear that still small voice that is so often ignored due to the hustle and bustle of our busy days.
Buy it. Use it. And be happy.
Just okay........2002-07-05
I have quite a few Angel Cards and I have to be honest and say these are not my favorites. The packaging is cute and it might make a nice gift for someone who is interested in Angel cards, or even a teenager, but for my personal tastes, I feel there are other decks that are more helpful. Doreen Virtue's Angel and Fairy cards are wonderful and beautiful and I also like the Angel Messages cards. They are terrific, too.
Angel Power Cards.......2001-05-16
I found these cards when I was actually looking for other angel cards - they are so nice and positive! The illustrations are very vivid and the texts are comprehensive and inspiring. It is pure pleasure to be acquainting with these beautiful cards. I am carrying them around with me wherever I go no and I feel safe and secure. Every time I need advise or support I turn to these beautiful tiny cards. They do not require books and explanations because they just talk to you while you use them. The booklet explains the basic steps and ways to use them and it's a great way to get started.
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Book Description
Get Down to Business—Maximize Your Efficiency with Office 2003
Written for business-minded and experienced Office users, this task-oriented guide goes directly to the bottom line, revealing optimal ways to perform critical, challenging tasks. After fifteen years of teaching people how to be more productive with Office, Courter and Marquis know users' FAQs and understand the way you use Office—as an integrated suite rather than as a collection of separate applications. In Mastering Microsoft Office 2003 for Business Professionals they skip the basics and focus instead on precious time-saving techniques that help you streamline your day-to-day activities.
Inside, you'll learn how to:
- Manage schedules, tasks, contacts (Outlook)
- Build and deliver convincing, animated presentations (PowerPoint)
- Create documents collaboratively (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Streamline mailings and messaging (Word, Outlook, Access, Excel)
- Produce complex publications such as manuals, proposals, and contracts (Word, Binder, FrontPage)
- Publish documents on the Web (FrontPage, Excel)
- Organize and secure documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Build robust, foolproof workbooks (Excel)
- Design and develop data sources (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook)
- Create templates for repetitive tasks (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage)
- Construct user input forms (Outlook, FrontPage, Word)
- Dissect data, and then present it in compelling ways (Excel, Access)
- Tweak Office to fit the way you work (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Use macros to do more with Office (Word, Excel)
Customer Reviews:
Microsoft Office Review-8-2-06.......2006-08-02
I've only just begun reading this book, but have learned something on each and every page. I bought it at the suggestion of a colleague who attends seminars given by the authors. She raves about their knowledge and ability to easily give instructions on using software applications as they "write the manuals", and I can confirm that they "know their stuff."
A Great Book for Office 2003.......2004-08-19
This book is a great resource for both people who have used other Office versions and for those who are beginners. The explanations are just and the pictures really help you understand what is going on. I loved it.
Excellent business tool.......2004-04-12
Finally a book that explains the objective and not just what the software is capable of doing!
I would highly recommend this book to any person using Office 2003 in a business environment. Gini Courter and Annette Marquis had anticipated my questions and not only provided highly informative answers but extremely useful tips and advice. Additionally, the examples will assist readers from an entry level to expert.
My bookshelf is crammed with reference guides for application software. Recently I have purchased a number of titles written by Courter and Marquis as I find their writing style so easy to read and interpret. Once again I have not been disappointed with this title.
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- The Voice Actor's Guide to Home Recording
- Then Sings My Soul, Book 2: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymn Stories (Then Sings My Soul)
- This Business of Music Marketing and Promotion, Revised and Updated Edition
- Tricky Pix: Do It Yourself Trick Photography With Camera [colors may vary] (Klutz)
- Untouchable: A Biography of Robert DeNiro
- Violent Screen: A Critic's 13 Years on the Front Lines of Movie Mayhem (Expedition Series)
- Waving the Flag: Constructing a National Cinema in Britain
- What Price Hollywood? (RKO Classic Screenplays)
- Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (Who Was...?)
- Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music
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The Film Snob*s Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge
Music Lust: Recommended Listening for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (LUST)
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