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We hope you will find the book reviews section pretty much self-explanatory This page gives a basic overview and covers some additional points.

How the Reviews are organised

Reviews are indexed under five different headings: Subject, Publisher, C Vu Issue, Reviewer and Title. Under each heading is a collection of sub-indexes each containing the alphabetical list of book reviews.

Each review is richly linked, allowing you to select other reviews with the same author, subject, publisher or reviewer.

The Text Search via htdig searches the whole site, however, 95% of the pages on this site are book reviews, so this shouldn't cause too many problems.

The Indexes

Each index lists a series of sub-indexes, any of these sections may be downloaded for offline browsing by clicking on the archive symbol

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Sample from the C Vu index.
C Vu 10-1 (Nov 1997) (46 reviews)
C Vu 9-6 (Sep 1997) (79 reviews)
C Vu 9-5 (Jul 1997) (51 reviews)
C Vu 9-4 (May 1997) (60 reviews)

*Sample from the C Vu index.*
C Vu 10-1 (Nov 1997) (46 reviews) C Vu 9-6 (Sep 1997) (79 reviews) C Vu 9-5 (Jul 1997) (51 reviews) C Vu 9-4 (May 1997) (60 reviews)

The extras icon

signifies additional material, in this case, there's a recommended list of books from the reviews in C Vu 9-4.

The Sub-Indexes

Sample from the C Vu 9-5 Sub-index.
A total of 51 reviews.

See our list of Recommended books at the end of this page.

3D Graphics & Animation by Mark Giambruno
AWT Programming for Java by Miles O'Neil
Advanced Windows (3ed) by Jeffrey Richter
An Introduction to Computable Languages & Abstract Machines by Alan Parkes

*Sample from the C Vu 9-5 Sub-index.*
A total of 51 reviews. *See our list of Recommended books at the end of this page.* 3D Graphics & Animation by Mark Giambruno AWT Programming for Java by Miles O'Neil Advanced Windows (3ed) by Jeffrey Richter An Introduction to Computable Languages & Abstract Machines by Alan Parkes

Each review is listed in alphabetical order

The Reviews

When a review is selected from a sub-index, a three links are inserted at the head of the page: Sub-Index, << Previous and Next >>. These allow you read each review without having to link back to the sub-index each time.

Links inside the colour bars allow you to link to other sub-indexes.

Sample from a review page.

[Reviews Main] - [Sub-Index] - [<< Previous] - [Next >>]

Advanced Windows (3ed) by Jeffrey Richter

ISBN: 1 57231 548 2 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pages: 1048pp&CD Price: Ł46-99

Categories: MS Windows
Reviewed by Francis Glassborow in C Vu 9-5 (Jul 1997)

Now if what you are looking for is a book that will help you move forward into programming for WIN32 then this is probably the book to go for. Unlike the two books referred...
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...understands WIN32 at the level that this book provides. Understanding at this level is an almost essential precursor to using books reference books like Windows NT WIN32 API Super Bible. You know if this book is aimed at you, if it is the sooner you buy it and master it the better.
Other Authors with the same surname

Richter
Advanced Windows (2e) by Jeffrey Richter
Advanced Windows, The Developer's Guide to the Win32 API by J Richter

At the end of the review, other books by authors with the same surname are listed. Any feedback or comment from the author, and / or links to the author's website are also included.