Product Description
Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless war between vampires and werewolves. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? ... Read more

Customer Reviews (596)

good but have read better.
Over all the Twilight series is a great read, I did enjoy them, Twilight being my favorite. But I found Eclipse to be the weakest in the series. Bella is totally focused on becoming a vampire and is letting her life pass her by and all the experiences that go with it, she just doesn't care about it, all she wants is for Edward to turn her into a vampire, she can't stand the fact that she's "older" then him and continues to do so. Bella, your boyfriend is about a century older then you, you will never be older then him.

Edward and Alice both tell her to enjoy being a human while she can that once she's been turned, that's it, there are no more first experiences for her as a human. And they're right of course but she doesn't want to hear it, instead continues her whining until Edward agrees to under the condition that she marry him. No marriage, no turning, Bella agrees to it.

I like this author and am looking forward to "Breaking Dawn", but I think Bella needs to grow up some and experience the world for a few years before turning herself into a vampire. I know I would if vampires were real.

Good
This is the third book in the Twilight series and it is great.The story of Bella and Edwards romance thickens as Bella is faced with the realization that she loves Jacob too.It gets a little frustrating as Bella seems to flop back and forth between Edward and Jacob but the emotions are all very relatable.This book really keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting for the fourth and final book of the series Breaking Dawn which won't be released until August 2008.

It /Moved/ Me!
*originally written in August 2007 and MAY contain spoilers*

I finished reading Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer about twenty minutes ago. I've been reading it all day. It's the kind of book where you only put it down if you have to, and even if it means you only got 4 hours of sleep that night, you are waking up early to continue reading it.

I'd read that a lot of readers were disappointed and even angry at what happened in the book. The love triangle, of course. But I don't understand, don't they see beyond that? The struggle, the anguish, life? Life isn't about soulmates and love is complicated. They hated that Bella loved Jacob too and was torn between him and Edward, but I don't understand that either. Bella will always choose Edward, it is inevitable. She loved him first and she'll love him last. If she had loved Jacob first...but she didn't. For the past three books she has loved Edward more, he was her life. It would be series suicide to change that course.

But didn't they feel any remorse for Jacob? You knew he loved Bella but you also knew that it would never be anything more than what might have been. Jacob is better for Bella. Her future would be better with him. The way Stephenie Meyer describes what these vampires are like....their entire bodies are as hard as rock and cold as ice. I can't picture Bella like this. No, I don't want her to become a vampire. I want her to be with Edward, I do...but I wish there was a way for Edward to become human again.

I posed this question to some readers, if both choices were possible, would you rather Bella become a vampire or Edward become human again? Can you believe that they all said vampire? It's like...they just see the surface, or maybe I read too deep. They want Bella to give up her humanity, and they don't want her to love Jacob. Maybe it's cause they are young, I can tell that they were cause of their grammar and spelling. lol. Maybe it's because I'm older, not necessarily in age, but in wisdom, that I have this view. Love triangles are real and they hurt, becauseit's supposed to hurt someone or everyone. Not everyone can win in a love triangle, usually no one does. What would the victory be if your choice caused someone else pain? No, love triangles have sharp corners and they pierce.

But...I've never had a book affect me the way this one did. When I read a book that I'm really into, I associate with the heroine. I feel her anguish, her joy, her anger, and her sadness. Sometimes so much that it might make tears gather in my eyes. But this book...Bella, Edward, and Jacob....I felt them all. By the end of the book I was bawling, and I'm still affected. But somehow at the end, all the pain I feel is for Jacob. I grieve for him. Bella and Edward have it all figured out, they are closed off. But Jacob...I do believe he loved her from the start. And most of all, I'm extremely uncertain about what is going to happen in Breaking Dawn. With New Moon and Eclipse....we had an idea. But Breaking Dawn, there isn't even a blurb written for it yet. Why, I don't even know if Stephenie Meyer has started writing it yet, last I checked it was still in outline stage. It won't be out until fall of next year...that is a long time. More than a year. Will I even care by then? Of course I will. I'm affected now and I have to know how it ends. And most of all, I want Jacob to have a happy ending, but without Edward losing his.

But I'm still amazed how this book affected me, how I still want to cry for Jacob even though I'm done reading it. All authors dream of their readers getting moved like this. Because it means that they got in your heart somehow and that it was no longer reading as a hobby or as pleasure, but an addiction. I have to know how the story ends. And even if it ends in a way I don't like or don't expect, that doesn't matter, because the story will still be over. No more.

And I imagine this sounds pathetic if you've never felt this way about a book before and you must think that I'm a loser weirdo. But I wish I could just share with you a little bit of what I felt, then maybe you would understand. You probably could even relate. I just know that this book was good.

And for the record, at times I hate Bella's character. Her selfishness, lack of confidence, and her clingyness. BUT, as much as we dislike her, she's real. It may seem over the top to you, but there are teenage girls out there who are JUST like this, and older women too. Sometimes I dislike Edward too, just because he doesn't seem real. It wasn't until Eclipse that he started ACTING like a boyfriend. There are quirks about each character that rub me the wrong way, but overall, I won't stop reading the series because of that. I HAVE to know how it ends. lol.

My fantasy love live
I love these series of books! I have never been a fan of Buffy the vampire slayer, but these books have been great. They have been like my best friend, I took them wherever I went.
My mom gave me the first book about Christmas time. She told me that I would love the book, so I took it to school and every girl came up to me and was talking to me about the book. I told them that they should not spoil the book for me, and they should talk to me when I am done. I read each one in a week, I read the books in record time for me. I am usually a slow reader. When I finished the third one Monday night, I was lonely for the rest of the week, I did not want to read any thing else, because each time I picked up a book, I would think of Eclipse, New Moon or Twilight. I was no longer interested in reading anything else.
It is my fantasy love life book. I can not wait for the forth book to come out.
Thank you so much Stephenie Meyer!

Very Very good... look forward to the next book
I haven't gotten so wrapped up in a book in a very long time.I'm tempted to read many of the books referred to the twilight series just because of the way she references them in her own books and their significance. This is one of the best if not the best romance stories I've read (a good match with Pride and Prejudice :-) )

First off, I hope the author writes more books exploring more of the characters and their directions.I'm looking forward to Midnight Sun.She has made us want more in this last book, that the final book makes me hope will not be the last.

I hope there are more adventures, Bella as a vampire and her abilities, her contributions, her adjustment as a vampire, her happy ending with the ability in the future to see her parents and friends and not be a monster.I hope there is more.I hope there is a book that explores where Jakes life goes as he finds a love of his own in La Push and lastly, a time when Bella doesn't have to be so cautious being physical with Edward.

I can't help to put these books along with Anne Rice, they are so well written, but even Annie Rice didn't write such a compelling love story.I would highly recommend this series to anyone, regardless of age.If you don't have time to read it, get the CD's you'll be drawn in as much as if you read it.

I can't wait for more books on this world of Forks and hope that there will be many more books for us fans to read in the future...

Don't leave us hanging; you've caught our curiosities....
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Book Description
In the dead silence, all the details suddenly fell into place for me with a burst of intuition. Something Edward didn't want me to know. Something that Jacob wouldn't have kept from me...It was never going to end, was it?

Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will easily devour Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga.This Special Edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller includes:

• The first chapter of Breaking Dawn, the highly anticipated final book in the Twilight Saga.
  
• A limited-edition, full-color print
  
• Two exclusive Eclipse-inspired t-shirt transfers.

Customer Reviews (18)

Great, indispensable.
I couldn't do my RCP application without this book. its example application goes growing showing everything we need to learn to make an RCP application.

Excellent primer for a powerful platform
I stumbled into Eclipse when researching OSGI as a framework for a system I was designing. I was not looking forward to the drudgery and complexity of building all the required infrastructure over OSGI to build an actual product - what a wonderful discovery to see this gleaming system with smoothly integrated parts ready to do my bidding!
The authors make the apt analogy of launching a payload into space - so much of the work goes into the launch vehicle and ground control,etc, whereas to the payload designer the only interesting work is at the very tip of the rocket. As software developers we love generating the cool idea (the payload) and are not so excited about the other 90% which makes the real product - complex UI workflows, help, update, packaging, etc. Eclipse provides all the mechanisms and plenty of automated assistance for putting together your total system.
Perhaps you will find some disparities between the book and your downloaded version of Eclipse (I haven't yet) but this is not Visual Basic, this is a relatively deep but elegantly designed system which does require a certain level of understanding before you really get cooking with it, but this book does an excellent job with that. Once you get going, it's like having a team of 10 great programmers at your command.

RCP University wants you!
This book is a very detailed and at the same time hands on treatement of what the RCP paradigm is all about. It begins with how to create using Eclipse a very functional and easy to do Chat application. As it is this
application shows the most generic and neccessary aspects of how to start an RCP application all the way to branding and packaging within it's first serveral chapters. Its' full of suggestions and tips of why you're doing various things to what not to do and why.

This book is for anyone from someone just wanting to know how it's done up to a professional Eclipse developer level. The chapters are nice and short which helps when you want to read it between work and home.

It does read as though there was thorough thought and planning from a number of sources in the layout and planning of this book.

it also will satisfy anyone wanting to know the deeper meanings of why they had to do what they did in the first several chapters further on into this material.

To me the total material ranges from easy-do-it-yourself application build kit material to A-1 college material that could be used in a semester course of RCP and eclipse.

It also offers at the end several references to things like the OSGI model that eclipse is modeled on now as well as other interesting items you never knew but form the basis of this wonderful platform called eclipse.

Once you read this book and look at the references of what people have done with Eclipse (specifcally RCP) from Nasa to the banking industry,
you'll realize that Eclipse RCP is to Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, Linux and MacOSX as VisualStudio is to .NET

Out of Date, DANGER, do not use with Eclipse 3.2 !!!
Good book, except..., the code samples are embedded in a plugin that only works with Eclipse 3.1.I tried 3 times on Mac OS X to load the code samples some way, including the book's website, and disaster happens.Not only does the code not show up, but all my closed Eclipse projects opened up, and my entire Eclipse 3.2 crashed big time...I was doing fine going through the tutorial, Hyperbola ( a chat room app), and then the book gets to the point where it forces you to install the code samples from their website.You are stuck if you have Eclipse 3.2 running.

Great Eclipse RCP Reference
This book got me up to speed quickly in developing an Eclipse RCP application.The writing style was easy to follow and the RCP by example approach (including the source code examples) very useful.I found the customization sections and the discussions of views vs. editors especially helpful.I reference this book frequently.

Here are the few places where I ran into snags...
* I bought this book with no prior experience developing with Swing, SWT, of JFace components.The book does not cover those topics in great detail.That's not the books problem, but I just wanted to throw it out there as an FYI.
* I needed some background threads to monitor a web service and update the UI components accordingly.I had wished the the book covered updating UI components from these jobs.It is not trivial.
* I also wished there was more info on the Eclipse Forms plugin as I used that extensivly. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (35)

Very helpful
This is a good guide for developing Eclipse plugins. Since most online documentation for Eclipse is garbage, this will get you up and running in much less time. It doesn't answer all questions but is a handy reference.

Timely Delivary and Book in Good Condition as promissed
I got the book on time and the condition of the book was new as promised. Couldn't ask for more.

Cheers!

Good, but it could have been better
Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins (2nd Edition) (The Eclipse Series)

+ Provides a good overall picture of plug-ins structure, a lot of details.
- Contains a lot of methods description that you can find it otherwise in Javadoc, running an eclipse plug-in could have included some more options (in fact for developing I preferred the version from Eclipse help)

good book
good book, but do not have enough information on RCP
and plugin development
some of the topics are still unclear, like, plugins.xml,
RCP and other config file tag details and their explanation
wait for next version

Very Useful Book
This book was a great starting point for learning how to develop Eclipse plug-ins; it has now become a great reference. The book starts very simple and moves into more complex topics that are taught around non-trivial examples. I have the first edition, which is a bit dated now, though still a useful reference and starting point.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking to start writing Eclipse plug-ins. ... Read more

Book Description
Eclipse is the world's most popular IDE for Java development. And although there are plenty of large tomes that cover all the nooks and crannies of Eclipse, what you really need is a quick, handy guide to the features that are used over and over again in Java programming. You need answers to basic questions such as: Where was that menu? What does that command do again? And how can I set my classpath on a per-project basis?

This practical pocket guide gets you up to speed quickly with Eclipse. It covers basic concepts, including Views and editors, as well as features that are not commonly understood, such as Perspectives and Launch Configurations. You'll learn how to write and debug your Java code--and how to integrate that code with tools such as Ant and JUnit. You'll also get a toolbox full of tips and tricks to handle common--and sometimes unexpected--tasks that you'll run across in your Java development cycle.

Additionally, the Eclipse IDE Pocket Guide has a thorough appendix detailing all of Eclipse's important views, menus, and commands.

The Eclipse IDE Pocket Guide is just the resource you need for using Eclipse, whether it's on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. Put it in your back pocket, or just throw it in your backpack. With this guide in hand, you're ready to tackle the Eclipse programming environment.

Customer Reviews (7)

Save your money
I thought this would be a handy little "tips and tricks" reference.It basically just tells you all the obvious stuff you already figured out on your own.Save your money and just use the doc from the internet.

great getting started guide
I've come to expect a lot from O'Reilly guides, and this one didn't let me down.It really helped me past some areas of confusion I had with Eclipse, although I think I may want a larger book eventually that gets into more detail on some of the add-ins.

A great place to start
The most common comment from the people I showed this book to was "I wish I had it when I started using Eclipse".

While this is a very small book, the contents have been selected to give you a best start with the main features of the Eclipse IDE. The topics are short but concise and include scattered tips for the points of interest.

If you're just starting with this IDE, the Eclipse IDE Pocket Guide will give you a great head start and will continue helping you as a lovely reference to refer back to as the features become familiar. Having all of these critical features pointed out earlier will save you a lot of bother in the future, since you'll be annoyed if you only find out about them much later by accident or experimentation!

Experienced users are less likely to get much from it though. The authors made a decision between content and size, and I feel they chose to stick with a smaller, simpler book than I would have expected. There is a final section on places to go for more information, but it just refers to various community sites.

I wish I had this book when I started using Eclipse.

Extremely shallow coverage
I expected a little more from this book than creating a simple java file and compiling it. This book is for someone who is new to IDEs. This is *NOT* for someone trying for a quick reference to migrate from another IDE to Eclipse - which was my purpose.

Jump-start your Eclipse IDE experience
I found the book to contain several tips and tricks that were new to me and I have been using Eclipse for over two years now. I would highly recommend this book to new Eclipse IDE users to help you get a leg up on learning the Eclipse IDE. I found this book well worth the price and will be looking for more pocket guide books by O'Reilly to add to my bookshelf. ... Read more

Book Description

• In his friendly, easy-to-understand style, the bestselling author of Java 2
• For Dummies shows developers how to get up to speed fast on this popular Java IDE
• Eclipse, an open source product originally developed by IBM, has an estimated 500,000 users-a 45 percent market share among Java IDEs
• Shows Java developers how to maximize programming productivity with Eclipse, covering all the basics as well as advanced techniques such as using Ant, developing new Eclipse plug-ins, and working with Javadocs JAR files

Customer Reviews (5)

Decent Book, but a little dated
These days anyone who writes a book on a software tool has to offer something over the standardonline documentation.

Eclipse is a behemoth so is a potentially good candidate. This book may have filled a need when wrritten, but the tools and the documentation have moved on since. It provides decent basic coverage and is easy to read, but needs to be updated. the book is not totally useless yet, but it's reaching its end of life.

There are now googleable online tutorials that are better than this book now.

I prefer Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-ins (2nd Edition) (The Eclipse Series), asit's more current (2006 as opposed to 2004) and more comprehensive.

Great Eclispe IDE Reference
This book provided lots of useful tips and information to the inner workings of the Eclispe IDE. Elcipse for Dummies was well compiled and very informative, it also gives the reader much more of an understanding of the very popular Eclispe IDE and how to best utilise it's features.

Why I selected this book over the others
First, I agree with what the other reviewers have stated. However, my method for selecting the book is different. I downloaded Eclipse, installed it, and started using it just by "look and feel". I felt a bit like I was driving a car on a one-way street in the wrong direction. Still, I stayed with it until I felt I could identify a number of things I wanted to do, but really couldn't immediately figure out. I then shopped around looking for a book that answered my questions. (I frequently shop the local bookstores and then buy from Amazon.) Eclipse for Dummies did that for me. Just by leafing through the Index and the Table of Contents I answered most of my questions. That's when I decided to get the book.

While I haven't finished the book, so far it is well-organized and anticipates many of the questions a beginning Eclipse user will want answered. Keeping in mind the audience the Dummy series addresses, this is a great book for someone who wants to get started using Eclipse.

An Eclipse book for the application programmer.
I bought this book because it's purpose is to teach the use of Eclipse for the sake of using Eclipse. That is as opposed to using Eclipse to enhance Eclipse, ie, writing plugins. It did an admirable job of achieving that purpose. The writing style is relaxed and intended to be conversational.

Eclipse for Dummies is about 335 pages in length. The book has four major sections, each section containing one or more chapters for a grand total of 18 chapters. Section 1 is the basic introduction to Eclipse and covers installing and understanding the conceptual design of Eclipse. There is a good discussion of perspectives, views, and the difference of the two. Java programming examples are presented at each step and I would stronly encourage the reader to replicate the examples themselves. If you skip the implementing the examples, your going to get a lot less from the book. This goes for entirety of the book. Section 2 comprising chapters 6-12, goes into greater depth in discussing the features of the Eclipse programming environment. This is where the tricks of the trade are focused on, for example, using the Java editor, code assist, documentation,and formatting helps. Refactoring is heavily discussed as it probably should be. Section 3 comprising chapters 13-16 discusses working with projects, running the code, and debugging. Now personally, I would have thought that should have been up front, however, given the number of programming examples laced throughout the earlier chapters the reader is kind of already given a good introduction to creating and maintaining multiple source files and packages within a project. Section 4 is just a little add-on kind of thing which discusses the ten most FAQs and suggestions for what plugins you might want to add.

I gave the book four stars, but really I would have given it a 3.75. I looked around a lot for Eclipse tutorial books, but found that they moved too fast, assummed too much on the part of the reader, and apparently assumed the reader wanted to join the Eclipse team.Eclipse for Dummies was the best book I have found so far for the typical programmer who wants to use Eclipse for the sake of creating applications.

Good treatment of Eclipse with a minor caveat...
Another one of the newer books out on Eclipse is Eclipse For Dummies by Barry Burd (Wiley).I like the book for what it is, but there are some caveats that may affect your experience...

Chapter List:
Part 1 - The Eclipse Landscape: Reader, Meet Eclipse, Eclipse, Meet The Reader; Installing Eclipse; Using the Eclipse Workbench; Changing Your Perspective; Some Useful Perspectives and Views
Part 2 - Using the Eclipse Environment: Using the Java Editor; Getting Eclipse to Write Your Code; Straight from the Source's Mouse; More Eclipse "Sourcery"; Refactoring: A Burd's Eye View; Refactor This!; Looking for Things in All the Right Places
Part 3 - Doing More With Eclipse: Working with Projects; Running Code; Getting Help; Squashing Bugs
Part 4 - The Part of Tens: The Frequently Asked Questions (And Their Answers); Ten Great Plug-ins for Eclipse
Index

First off, what I liked...I'm unapologetic in my liking of Dummies titles.They mesh well with my learning style (light and humorous), and I think they do a great job in giving one a good understanding of a particular subject.If you had never read anything about Eclipse, this book would be a good way to expose you to the functionality of the software.I also like how Burd covers the features of the software, like refactoring and such.Once again, when you get done with the book, you should understand how the software can help you when you're coding your programs.Finally, it's been published since Eclipse 3 was released, so it's dealing with the latest and greatest.

So what are the caveats?The book deals mostly with the Eclipse as an IDE, but not so much with actual coding with it.There are other books out there that largely cover the same material as this book does, but they have more of an emphasis on actual coding examples.Having the practical coding examples can help cement some of the learning you'll need going forward.

It's not that this book is bad or that it's done a bad job.It's just that depending on what you're looking for, this may or may not be your best choice... ... Read more

Book Description
Discover WTP, the New End-to-End Toolset for Java-Based Web Development

TheEclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) seamlessly integrates all the toolstoday’s Java Web developer needs. WTP is both an unprecedented OpenSource resource for working developers and a powerful foundation forstate-of-the-art commercial products.

Eclipse Web Tools Platformoffers in-depth descriptions of every tool included in WTP, introducingpowerful capabilities never before available in Eclipse. The authorscover the entire Web development process–from defining Web applicationarchitectures and development processes through testing and beyond. Andif you’re seeking to extend WTP, this book provides an introduction tothe platform’s rich APIs. The book also

• Presents step-by-step coverage of developing persistence, business logic, and presentation tiers with WTP and Java
• Introduces best practices for multiple styles of Web and Java EE development
• Demonstrates JDBC database access and configuration
• Shows how to configure application servers for use with WTP
• Walks through creating Web service application interfaces
• Covers automated testing with JUnit and Cactus, and automated builds utilizing Ant, Maven, and CruiseControl
• Introduces testing and profiling Web applications with the Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) project
• Describes how to extend WTP with new servers, file types, and WSDL extensions

Customer Reviews (2)

Great book for getting up and running with WTP
Though I have had some experience in Java, Eclipse, and WTP, a recent project required me to get more into depth. This book got me through the whole development process. It explained to me clean coding techniques when writing web apps in Java, how to get my web server up and running for use with WTP, to get my apps to talk to the server, debugging using different tools, and unit testing in a web environment.

This book was an invaluable addition to my collection, and is also a great reference now that I have mastered these concepts.

Good text, poor code
It is quite ironic how the authors state on p.8 that they "have taken great care to ensure that all source code listings actually work", when already by page 82 I have dug myself out of some MANY bugs in the code, that it makes me just dizzy thinking about what the next 600 pages are going to bring!

Perhaps I am a bit harsh on the 2/5 rating... ... Read more

Book Description
In this breathtaking trilogy, collected in one volume for the first time, Jayne Ann Krentz welcomes her readers to Eclipse Bay, a small Oregon town filled with secrets as treacherous as the coastal landscape and rivalries as fierce as an ocean storm...

Eclipse Bay... When Hannah and Rafe are reunited by a surprise inheritance, they are expected to despise each other as much as their grandfathers did. Instead, they discover that they don't hate each other--not at all...

Dawn in Eclipse Bay... After Gabe's disastrous attempt at trying Lilian Harte's matchmaking service, Lilian calls it quits. But Gabe has no intention of letting her off the hook. And when things get heated, the sparks between them turn personal.

Summer in Eclipse Bay... Scandalous passions and a decades-old feud bring together Octavia and Nick, two people who shouldn't even be friends, let alone lovers... ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

Entertaining
Enjoyed this book -- even read it more than once.This purchase was a replacement copy person that borrowed my original coipy did not return the book.

The entire Eclipse Bay trilogy in one neat package
Before you get excited and say - wow, a follow up to the Eclipse bay trilogy, be warned that "Together in Eclipse Bay" is compilation which includes the entire Eclipse Bay trilogy dramatizing the modern-day Hatfield and McCoy-style family feud between the Harte and Madison families or a coastal Oregon town.

Eclipse Bay ~ A matchmaking aunt wants to end a 3-generation feud by willing her estate to her niece Hannah Harte and Rafe Madison, the grandson of the rival family, hoping to unite them in romance and put an end to the feud once and for all. This is the best of the bunch.

Dawn in Eclipse Bay ~ When he is not able to make a love match, workaholic Gabe Madison insists that professional matchmaker Lillian Harte either find him one more date, or be his date, They manage to ignite a fiery passion despite the history between their families.

Summer in Eclipse Bay ~ After losing his wife in a car accident, lothario Nick Harte has met his match in sexy gallery owner Octavia Brightwell. She has a distant link to the Madison family. She likes him, but does not want to get involved since her great aunt sparked the family feud.

How Wonderful......Three in One
All three are exceptional is all I can say.What a wonderful way to read the triology, one of Jane's best.

Great Collection of Three Favorites
A great way to purchase three of my favorite Krentz novels in one book:Eclipse Bay, Dawn in Eclipse Bay and Summer in Eclipse Bay.All three books deal with the Harte and Madison families and the resolution of a feud that began 30 years before.My favorite is "Dawn"; the love story between Gabe and Lillian is delightful. ... Read more

Product Description
An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan.
Set to become a major event on the science fiction and fantasy calendar,Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy gathers together new science fiction and fantasy stories by the best writers working today. You can see that in Eclipse 1, which features extraordinary tales by Peter S. Beagle, Jack Dann & Paul Brandon, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Eileen Gunn, Gwyneth Jones, Ellen Klages, Maureen F. McHugh, Garth Nix, Lucius Shepard, Bruce Sterling and Ysabeau S. Wilce. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

disappointing gleanings
After decades of reading science fiction anthologies, this is the first I've seen from an editor in Perth Australia. The stories are drawn from all over the world. With a few set in Australia, which American or British readers might not typically encounter.

But the overall impression is disappointing. To be sure, the editor states that he includes both science fiction and fantasy; as ecumenical as can be. However, there was nothing in any of the selections that seemed memorable to me. One example was a story set in the near future [2014 or so], in the aftermath of dirty bombs exploding in an American city. Where a kid became separated from his family and then developed an amensia, totally forgetting them. Banal and boring. What did the editor see in this tripe?

The most interesting was a horror-type scenario of grave robbers and teeth robbers, in escapades spanning decades. It has some evocations of the classic "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch. Alas, it fell far short in drama. Granted, it may be unfair to compare a story with Bloch's timeless tale, but I am comparing to the best.

Yes, the authors of this book include some first rank writers, like Bruce Sterling and Lucius Shepard. But their contributions might well disappoint their fans. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

It Worked for Me
The reason this book gets both great and lousy reviews is that Eclipse is such a huge subject.The writing of Eclipse plug-ins is simply a larger subject than any reasonable book can cover.If the topics that the authors chose to cover happen to align with the ones you personally need, then the book is excellent, but if they don't align, the book isn't going to help you much.Part I (six chapters) covers using Eclipse to write programs.Part II (seven chapters) covers the fundamentals of Extending Eclipse with plug-ins.Part III (9 chapters) covers plug-ins in more depth.Part IV (5 chapters) covers extending Eclipse with new tools for the IDE.Part V (6 chapters) covers assorted extra topics, such as OLE and Active X integration and performance tuning.Part VI is a set of nine farily detailed exercises (with source code on the provided CD).

This book is not an overview, the authors opted instead to cover certain topics in pretty good depth.This aproach is good for those already aware of the basic concepts, but will be confusing for noobies (which I was when I first got it).I suggest that those new to Eclipse plug-in development start with a good overview (such as _Eclipse 3 for Java Developers_ by Daum) before switching over to this book for more detailed descriptions.

This book doesn't cover the Eclipse Modeling Framework or the Eclipse Graphical Editing Framework, probably because each of these is a book in itself.This book is also light on its coverage of SWT and JFace, which you will need to be familiar with to develop your own plug-ins (again, a book-length subject in its own right).You will also want to be thoroughly familiar with Java Design Patterns and best practices, since Eclipse uses practically every design pattern you've ever heard of.

While there have been changes to Eclipse since the Second Edtion came out, I was able to figure it out and map between the examples in the book and Eclipse 3.2.1 without too much trouble.

first edition was much better (at least w.r.t. text editors)
The first edition was simply great. Not only that it was the first book to describe how to write an Eclipse plugin, it still would be the best -- if Eclipse had stand still. The second edition is not too bad. But the chapter on writing a text editor plugin is so superficial that it could have been left out. Where the first edition described in (necessary detail) how to write a text editor plugin, the second edition just roughly describes the concepts, but no API usage, no example in the book's text. The code on the accompanying CD is somewhat better, but now (2006) partially out of date as well. So if you want to write a text editor, there currently is no book or article I am aware of, that really helps you. You have to dig through existing code and try to find out for youself, why things are as they are.

Finally, the first part of the book on how to use Eclipse could have been removed (~20% of the book) and the chapters on how to write plugins should have been enhanced.

Waste of money
Like many others I wanted to extend Eclipse so I can be more productive. Unfortunately I found this book to be poorly written and the technical details vague. I know what I want to do, but the book (over 1000 pages) does not show me how?!

It explains the Eclipse architecture and idea goals which is fine but is repeated over and over again in various chapters of the book. I also could not get a handle on how it can be applied. This is not a practical guide to Eclipse. It is more about Eclipse's internal design which for most people is a waste of time. The online documents are more useful.

Note the book is also out of date. I tried to follow some of their sparse examples, but I quickly realized it's a waste of time because I have the latest Eclipse 3.11 installed and the examples were for Eclipse 3.0 and the menu options and API have changed. All in all, this book was a real let down.

Poorly organized book
The book composes of 6 parts.

Part 1 fouces on how to use the Eclipse IDE.The authors do a good job in explaining how to use the Eclipse IDE.Once a while, you will pick up some tricks that you will find extremely useful.Unfortunately, it also explains things that seems obvious from the UI perspective.In short, you read through 10 lines to get one line of useful information.

Part 6 are the exercises that illustrates some simple concepts discussed in the previous section.That part does a pretty good job also.

The other 4 parts discuss how to extend Eclips IDE and to write Rich Client application. Unfortunately, the authors fail miserable in organizing the information. I am expecting the authors will first explain the basic concepts and then start with some simple application and then build on that.

Unfortunately, the first few chapters in those parts does a very poor job to give you a comprehensive overview. Then the authors will get into details that will make you completely lost.The worst part is that when they are getting into details, the section will fill with a lot of "forward looking" statements like do not worry about some details which will explain in later chapter.Sometimes, you will find that if they reverse the order of the chapters, it may be easier for you to understand.

This book definitely needs a better Editor to make the information more coherent, and to condense the information better.The authors should re-organize the chapters/information to start from building a simple application with a window compose of a few views and some manual items.

Good book, bad approach
The book is very good. The problem is the examples. The examples are all heavily loaded and compounded. Like when you want to learn a certain type of a tree, instead you will be put into a dense forest and lost totally. I do not recomend the beginner to start with this book. I want the author to redesign the examples so that the topic be focused.
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Customer Reviews (11)

The right book to start with Eclipse
This is an excellent book and I recommend it highly to start with Eclipse.
It saved me an incredible amount of time by providing the right level of information on virtually all important features of Eclipse.
This book is for people with a background in development, but new to Eclipse.

Ok for beginers...No help for experienced users
I read this book end to end but didnt find even a single startling fact about eclipse that i didnt know already.It was more like feature round up ( which you can discover going through the menu items in eclipse IDE)
I would recommend this book for people who are absolutly new to eclipse .

Configuration Salvation
I manage multiple developers spread around the globe building product relying on the Eclipse Web Standard Tools (WST) and other parts of Eclipse. Getting each team member's IDE configured and updated was sucking up time.

Chapter 9, "Updating the Eclipse IDE," saved us time equivalent to purchasing boxes of the book. Now we have flexible, consistent, repeatable configurations that make upgrading to new versions of WST and other features easy.

We have adjusted our team's practices based on info in other chapters too.

Carlson has provided excellent information for developers who want to work more effectively in the Eclipse environment. I'm delighted with the purchase.

The book I wanted to read.
In his forward, David Carlson writes: "This is the book I wanted to read when I started using Eclipse three years ago."Wow!And this is the book I wanted to read too!

Like husbands and wives, wrenches and nuts, hands and gloves, some things were meant to fit together, while others repel like oil and water.When I learn a new programming language, IDE, API, software program, etc. I want the basics, the practical, the stuff I really need to get going.In any of these endeavors, there is simply too much to learn to sit reading detailed information on features that just never come up for me.Give me a good grounding in the basics, and I will pick up the details on the fly when I need them.

Carlson's book will get you up to speed fast.Furthermore, it gives you the basics on several of the latest development methods with which Eclipse is compatible. He provides excellent basic discussions of Agile Development, JUnit testing, Ant, refactoring and the Concurrent Version System.He easily fits all this information into less than 300 pages.

If this approach fits you like it fits me: Quick!Buy this book and get started.

A nice book if your expectations match up with the style...
With Eclipse becoming extremely popular as an integrated development environment, there have been a number of books published to help you learn the tool.I recently received a copy of Eclipse Distilled by David Carlson, and it's a pretty good addition to the collection...

Contents:
Part 1 - Getting Started: A Java IDE and So Much More!; Hello Eclipse; Managing Your Projects; Customizing Your Workbench; Rapid Development; Java Project Configuration; Debugging Your Code
Part 2 - Getting Agile: Characteristics of Agile Development; Updating the Eclipse IDE; Continuous Testing with JUnit; Refactoring Your Code; Continuous Integration with Ant; Team Ownership with CVS; Coding Standards; Index

If you're looking for a book that covers a large number of the features of the Eclipse IDE, this book will be a good choice.In addition to covering all the technical details for installation, options, and "how to" things like refactoring, the author also covers how Eclipse works with various other common programming tools like JUnit and CVS.It's not a definitive guide on these other software packages, but you'll get a good grounding on how they integrate.

What this book *isn't* is a tutorial guide to learning Eclipse.There are a number of Eclipse books that will walk you through a number of examples of how the package works and how to write code with it.This book really doesn't do that.You'll find out a lot about all the different options, but it's not like a "step 1, step 2, step 3" presentation.I really don't consider this a detriment to the book.If I wanted a tutorial, I could find one.But if I want a book that shows me all the mechanics and let's me figure out how to apply them to my needs, the "Distilled" approach works great.

I like the book, but I can see how some people might not be enamored with the lack of sample code.If you're going in with your eyes open, you should be fine... ... Read more

Book Description

• Step-by-step guide that introduces novices to using all major features of Eclipse 3
• Eclipse is an open source extensible integrated development environment (IDE) that helps Java programmers build best-of-breed integrated tools covering the whole software lifecycle-from conceptual modeling to deployment
• Eclipse is fast becoming the development platform of choice for the Java community
• Packed with code-rich, real-world examples that show programmers how to speed up the development of applications by reusing and extending existing Eclipse components
• Describes SWT and JFace (Eclipse's alternative to the Java AWT and Swing) and demonstrates them in practice in a JavaLayer based MP3 player
• Shows how Eclipse can be used as a tool platform and application framework

Customer Reviews (4)

Too little eclipse - too much Java
I had hoped to find in this book the things I had not found out between the weeks I was started using Eclipse and the arrival of the book. I thought that it would detail in to the nitty gritty details that cost you hours to find out.

Even though it covers Eclipse it seems more a Java programmer manual. The examples used in the book are a speech synthesis program and some Eclipse plugins. The problem is that way to many pages cover the code of the examples and the way to program them.

If I had wanted to find out about those thing I would have bought a book about that. I wanted a book that told me about Eclipse, not about how to write a program.

This book has really helped me
I'm no Java jock, though I have done small projects in it and know it enough to be a Java fan. I downloaded Eclipse and almost immediately was confused by the discrepancies in the tutorial with what I was seeing on the screen, so I bought this book. The introductory chapter alone was enough to give me a broad perspective on where I could go with Eclipse (and SWT and JFace), and the first couple of chapters got me started to the extent where I could easily proceed with my new project, run Junit tests within Eclipse, etc.

I think it's a fine book so far, for a person who already knows the basics of Java but doesn't need to be an expert. I find the whole Eclipse thing to be tremendously exciting, actually.

almost a manual
This book does cover the material for RCP and version 3 so its more up to date than the earlier Eclipse in Action book byGallardo et al, or the S. Holzner Eclipse book.
Something I've noticed when many programmers give public talks, like at EclipseCon, is that they skip-over the perspective and context and jump right into coding details.

This book too suffers from the LaundryList problem. Some chapters of Daum's book are more like a big list with only a sentence or two to frame them.
I appreciate that Daum is being comprehensive and so
the book comes of a bit like the manual you didn't get when you
'bought' eclipse.The book is worth having around for reference because its systematic and pretty complete.If you're looking to produce a proof-of-concept application in eclipse this book contains good examples of a stand-alone, plugin, and an rcp apps.This book is helpful in framing what you can learn from experimenting with eclipse.
Its a good reference book, but if you're lost in the wilderness trying to figure how to structure a larger application this book won't provide the persepective you need.

Nicely done, and it covers the latest in Eclipse...
There are definitely an abundance of books on Eclipse to choose from.One of the latest additions to the field, Professional Eclipse 3 for Java Developers by Berthold Daum (Wrox) is a nice new choice...

Chapter List:Introduction to Eclipse; Effective Programming with Eclipse; The Art of (Visual) Composition; Organizing Your Code; Project One: Duke Speaks; Project Development; Advanced Topics of Project Development; The SWT Library; JFace; Project Two: Jukebox; Developing Plug-ins for the Eclipse Platform; Developing Your Own Eclipse-Based Products; Project Three: A Spell Checker as an Eclipse Plug-in; The Rich Client Platform; Project Four: The Hex Game as a Rich Client Application; Conclusions and Outlook; Useful Plug-ins for Eclipse; Migrating Projects to a New Eclipse Version; Important Downloads; Bibliography; Index

There are a number of things I liked about this book.For one, it deals with the latest Eclipse release (version 3).Although it's not a major problem to mentally translate text between 2.1 and 3.0, it's still easier to learn if both the book and the student are on the same page.Next, Daum concentrates a lot on practicality.The four projects included in the book cover four of the major types of development you'd face as a Java developer.By using the projects during your learning, you should have a good grasp of Eclipse when you're finished.Finally, I appreciate the coverage of the Rich Client Platform.My personal opinion is that this feature of Eclipse is going to be a very big deal, and this book is one of the few that covers it in any detail.

So, if anyone were to ask me for a recommendation on a book for Eclipse, this book would be among the top of the list.It's good stuff. ... Read more

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Worth the Wait
I'm am so happy with this book thie is the first book that I read that answered all my questions and even though I had to wait years to see how things ended it was worth the wait because with all the little references to the Daughters book in the sons of the dark i was really wondering what the hell was going on but Im glad to finally see that everything worked outin the end maybe not a perfect ending but It was good. A must read

I thought it was a good ending to the series!
I was glad she finally ended the series so we could find out what happened to the daughters and the sons of dark.
I also like how she started and ended it with Vanessa.
I was sad that the sons of dark died. I mean I didn't read their books but they didn't have to die.
They mentioned Vanessa being the daughter of Pandora a few times actually, but I don't think Lynne Ewing wanted to focus on that, more or less she just wanted the Atrox to be destroyed, YAY!
I'm actually really impressed with this book because I haven't read any daughters of the moon books in forever and I was surprised at how good this book turned out to be. So if you've read any of the book I think this is the best one to read.

Disappointed
After waiting at least 2-3 years for another Daughters of the Moon book, we get The final eclipse. I have to say that I'm very disappointed. I just finished the book 5 minutes ago and just sat here wondering why. I was going to reread the entire series again, but I figured I might as well get it over with now. The loose ends were kind of tied up, but I felt like she was rushing the characters. It just felt like her heart wasn't in this book at all. Most likely because she has already been coming out with a new series. It was just blah.

Not sure about this book
I just finished this book after rereading like the entire series.To answer the question of past reviewers, we found out about Vanessa being a Daughter of Pandora in Moon Demon when she starts to lose control of her power and learns about her dark side.This book did wrap up several loose ends from the series, but I was very confused by the beginning of the book.Maybe it was because Lynne Ewing wasn't expecting to write another book, but the end of The Becoming did not clue in almost any of the events talked about in The Final Eclipse.I guess I'm just not sure if it really satisfied my curiosity or hurt my outlook on the series.

Exciting conclusion to a great series
THIS REIVEW WILL CONTAIN SLIGHT SPOILERS!!! So don't continue reading if you don't want me to ruin the ending for you. Ok with that said: I really enjoyed reading this series. I am sad that it is over because I wanted the series to keep on going. However I think Ewing finished off the series well. The ending is bitter sweet I suppose, since Vanessa and the others end up making choices that has them split apart.

I did like the ending and it did leave you with a slight cliff hanger, like the first reviewer said. I think what Ewing was trying to convey was that evil would still be in the world and that's why other Daughters would be needed. Maybe that's why it ended the way it did, but I'm only guessing.

There were a two loose ends that weren't made clear. Like the other review said, I don't remember the book mentioning that Vanessa was a Goddess of Pandora, maybe it was in the prologue but I don't exactly remember. Or perhaps that was just understood from book 7; I don't know. Also if anyone remembers book 10, Maggie's book. She was supposed to have a son that was going to play a role in their destiny. I remember reading that towards the end of book 10. However we didn't find out who that son was.

We also find out what happened to the Sons of the Dark in this book, and why there is not a 5th one. I don't think Ewing really wanted that series to end, but I guess since it didn't sell well, she had to take care of them in some way.

In conclusion, I was really satisfied with the series as a whole and loved every book in it. Ewing's writing is really compelling and keeps you wanting to read more. I think all the fans of this series will enjoy this book. I sure did!

My favorite line is this book was when Stanton said "hoochi mama" lol that was funny!

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The Eclipse of Biblical Narrative
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The Classic Work in Narrative Theology
Hans Frei argues that questioning the historicity of the biblical documents in the modern era has led to the loss of the integrity of the narrative structure.This has shifted meaning from the patterns and structure of the narrative itself to external reference.Frei argues thatthis takes two forms.Those who argued for the historicity of thedocuments found meaning in the historical events themselves, while thosewho denied the historicity found meaning in the symbolic ideas or conceptsthat supposedly lie behind the myths.Both locate meaning outside thetext.In response, Frei contends that Scripture is a realistic narrative(i.e., history-like).A realistic narrative firmly sets its characters andactions within the context of their historical and social context.Eventhe miraculous episodes are realistic if they help render a particularcharacter or story.The history-like realism draws us into the story withthe result that the story shapes our lives.The power of narrative is lostwhen meaning is located outside the narrative: in ideals, doctrines, orhistorical facts.This is a must read for anyone interested in narrativetheology.It is the classic text in the field, from which all other worksowe their inspiration. ... Read more

Book Description
This book is a fast-paced but thorough guide to the effective use of Eclipse's features and plugins for real-world Java development. Interesting examples demonstrate how to use Eclipse to build, test, and debug applications using the tools provided by Eclipse as well as third-party plugins. Learn how to use Eclipse tools in a team environment, including Ant for moresophisticated build processes and CVS for source control. The Second Edition is completely updated for Eclipse 3.1 and adds coverage of three new major Eclipse features:

• The Visual Editor for developing graphical user applications (GUIs) using Swing/AWT and SWT
• The Web Tools Project for developing web applications with JSPs, Servlets, EJBs and Web Services
• The Eclipse Rich Client Platform for building robust, commercial-quality rich client applications like Google's gmail

Customer Reviews (13)

Hits both ends of developer spectrum
I was kind of expected this book to give lots of detailed information about configuring and using Eclipse. Most of the first seven chapters were useful -- if you were new to using Eclipse as an IDE. However, if you have a few years of Eclipse behind you these chapters are very introduction type.

If you have some time with Eclipse and where looking for a detailed index of all the things that you can set and the best ways to do them then you will be disappointed.

If, like I was, you were buying this and thinking about a companion book on writing plug-ins, you just saved some time. The last two chapters are about extending Eclipse with plug-ins. Both of these chapters take you to the deep end of the pool very quickly but do provide examples. These two chapters show a basic example of a plug-in and a very complex one.

The chapters where they explained SWT (during the general Eclipse information) were very useful. These chapters got my thought process going about how to write different GUI programs and being able to stay away from AWT and SWING.

The chapters on SWT and plug-ins where worth the price. I just wish that there was more expert information about the IDE.

Everything I Expected
This book is great.I'm a new eclipse user and relatively new to java and jsp.The short tutorials on tools like JUNIT and ANT were NOT lost on me.This book does a good job in teaching you how to get around in Eclipse 2.x and also good programming practices.You learn the interface while actually developing examples.In stead of a book listing all of the features and how to use them you learn the interface and how to use features in the normal course of programming.I love this book.I bought this shortly before Eclipse 3.0 came out and I was still able to use this book to help me get around in 3.0.Some things were in different places in 3.x, but the functionality was still there.You see online tutorials for the extra features of 3.x.Excellent book I would recommend especially those new to programming.

p.s.
About 40% of the book is related to extending eclipse.I have not read that part of the book and my review has nothing to do with that part of the book.

A great guide to doing practical work with Eclipse
This book was a great blend of information and tutortials on how to do things with Eclipse.The examples I downloaded that accompaniedEclipse all worked and I even setup my own CVS repository to connect it to.This book felt like very little work and shows off Eclipse very well ranging from Ant integration to CVS integration to JUnit integration amongst others.Great book.

Practical introduction to Eclipse
This is a solid introduction to Eclipse from the user level. It guides you through installing Eclipse, starting your first project, and integrating with source control. There is a small section on writing a plugin, but it's not the emphasis of the book.

O'Reilly's Eclipse books spent about half their time on Eclipse and the other half on plain Java development which was a waste of space. This book spends on chapter on web development, and some of that chapter is spent on use of Eclipse in that context. It's a diversion in both the Manning and O'Reilly books, but the O'Reilly books are far worse.

This is the best introduction to end-user Eclipse that I have read. If you want a book on getting started with Eclipse as a Java development IDE, this is the one.

Eclipse In Action - UPHPU
I reviewed Eclipse In Action to familiarize myself with the IDE Eclipse.My main focus while reading the book was to learn all I can about developing with Eclipse. I wanted to be able to utilize all the features that Eclipse has to offer, not only in terms of Java developer, but also as a web developer. However, I want to point out that this book is "A Guide for Java Developers". So the target audience is for a Java Developer.

The book starts out with a great introduction into Eclipse and the how the IDE comes together in the workbench.The moves right into the Java development with Eclipse. It wastes no time getting to the meat of development with Junit, Log4j, testing, debugging, and Ant integration.Not to mention a chapter on CVS integration.The book everything that a developer needs during the development life cycle of their project.The authors do a great job in adding additional information on the features that Eclipse has to offer to help alleviate the remedial tasks during development.Many of these features can be used outside of Java development.

Part 2 of Eclipse In Action deals with extending Eclipse and creating Eclipse plugins (the foundation of Eclipse).These chapters give a great novice introduction into Eclipse plugin development; however, there seems to be lacking detail into SWT/JFace and advanced plugin development.

Overall Eclipse In Action provides an indepth look into the Eclipse IDE. I would recommend this book to anyone that want to use Eclipse as their IDE. I have been using Eclipse for over a year now and I use it for all languages I develop with, like Java and PHP.Though the book focuses on the Java Developer, this also lends it way into development with other languages. ... Read more

Book Description
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Customer Reviews (4)

Good stuff!
Much better than the Hayes repair manual that doesn't even show the 1995 trough 1998 models on the cover.Chilton has always been my favorite repair manual.It's a drag that they seem to be so hard to find these days at the local auto parts store.This manual covers everything from normal maintenance to engine overhaul and all that falls in between.A must-have for the do-it-yourself people at any level.

Works
Work fine, Lacks part numbers for replacement pieces and such, little odd to follow at places unless you really know your car.

idiot's guide to eclipse repair
This book is simple if you don't know a socket wrench from a regular wrench, but when you need details to make the repair you just did not need a professional mechanic later, chilton's lacks. usefullness.

Great reference... will save you money too!
This is a very big book that covers the Eclipse series.The illustrations are in a mechanical diagram layout and are pretty easy to follow. The wiring diagrams are a must for anyone that wants to play with the carelectrical system (for example: Car Stereo additions, fog lights etc).Itcovers just about every system in the car.It's also nice to find out howto remove panels or parts so you don't have to tinker around trying to findout how they come apart.It also includes a complete preventativemaintanance section and tune up section, which will help you keep you carin top shape so you won't run into problems down the road.I cannot saymuch about all the step-by-step instructions, as some of them are rathervague, while others go into great detail.I have really used this book alot and it is one of the best things I have got for my car!I wouldrecommend this book to someone in the automotive hobby or someon