High-Speed Signal Propagation. Advanced Black Magic

 
 

Author: Howard Johnson and Martin Graham

Rating: 6/10

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The second installment of Mr Howard Johnson's "treaty" on high-speed design, "High Speed Signal Propagation" definitely covers a wide range of topics.

 

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Design with Operational Amplifiers and Analog Integrated Circuits

 
 

Author: Sergio Franco

Rating: 8/10

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Sergio Franco's book on Analog design should belong in the shelf of anyone with a working interest in the topic.

 

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High-Speed Digital Design. A Handbook of Black Magic

 
 

Author: Howard Johnson and Martin Graham

Rating: 9/10

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If I was asked to recommend one book for anyone involved in high-speed digital design, this would be it.

 

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Law for Dummies

 
 

Author: John Ventura, JD

Rating: 7/10

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We live in a litigious society. This is an unfortunate fact but is one we should never ignore. Law is not a topic that interests me a great deal but I found it prudent to at least have a basic understanding of what laws govern us (as they say: knowledge is power:)

 

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Black and White in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Lightroom

 
 

Author: Leslie Alsheimer with Bryan O'Neil Hughes

Rating: 8/10

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I'm a big fan of black and white photography as you can see from some of my own work in this website.

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Cartoon History of the United States

 
 

Author: Larry Gonick

Rating: 9/10

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History is a fascinating topic. I'm convinced that the world would be a better place if more of us had an understanding of history. 

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The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing

 
 

Author: Philippe L. Gross, S.I. Shapiro

Rating: 10/10

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I don't think there is a single book out there that influenced my photography as much as the "The Tao of Photography" did.

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The Americans

 
 

Author: Robert Frank

Rating: 8/10

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Robert Frank embarked in a country-wide road-trip in the late 1950s and along the way built an impressive portrait of the American society of the time.

 

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Remarkable Mathematicians - From Euler to von Neumann

 
 

Author: Joan James

Rating: 7/10

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Mathematicians are fascinating to me... I always wanted to read a book that took a look at the lives and work of some of these personalities.

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Adobe Photoshop Master Class

 
 

Author: John Paul Caponigro

Rating: 8/10

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John Paul Caponigro is well known as a photography author/instructor and as a very talented photographer in its own right.

 

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Presentation Zen

 
 

Author: Garr Reynolds

Rating: 7/10

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This book is to PowerPoint "art" what "The Tao of Photography" is to the art of  photography.

 

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