Product Description

.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user's experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a "Grand Tour" of the release that describes how the four principal technologies can be used together, with Ajax, to build modern n-tier and service-oriented applications. Developers have struggled to implement these patterns with previous versions of the .NET Framework, but this hands-on guide uses real-world examples and fully annotated source code to demonstrate how .NET 3.5 can make it easy. The concepts and technologies that this book covers include: XAML -- Microsoft's new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) -- a new presentation framework and graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp Ajax Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that enables applications to communicate across a network using a variety of protocols Workflow Foundation (WF) -- framework for defining, executing, and managing workflows CardSpace -- framework for managing the identities of your users You'll learn how to useeach of the four frameworks alone and in concert to build a series of meaningful example applications. Examples are written in C#, and all of the source code will be available for download at both the O'Reilly and the authors' site, which offers access to a free support forum. Between them, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz have nearly forty years of experience in delivering commercial applications for companies such as Citibank, Apple, AT&T, NeXt, PBS, Ziff Davis, and dozens of smaller organizations. Their combined experience is valuable for telling the story of .NET 3.5 and how it will shorten the development life cycle for applications developers, and enhance your productivity.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #15627 in Books
* Published on: 2008-08-05
* Format: Illustrated
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 476 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Jesse Liberty is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in the Silverlight Development Division. His business card reads "Silverlight Geek," and he is responsible for fostering a Silverlight Developer community, primarily through Silverlight.net.

Jesse is the author of numerous books, including O'Reilly Media's Programming Silverlight 2 and the perennial best-seller Programming C# 3.0. Jesse has two decades experience as a developer, author and consultant and has been a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS/Learning Link; and Vice President at Citibank. He provides full support for his writing, and access to his blogs, at JesseLiberty.com

Alex Horovitz is Sr. Director of Enterprise Architecture & Standards at K12, Inc. where he develops enterprise applications leveraging the Model-View-Controller design pattern and re-usable Frameworks. During the 1990s he worked at both NeXT Computer and later at Apple.
Customer Reviews

The fastest way to come up to speed?5
Some programming books suffer from the Three Little Bears syndrome: they're too detailed or not detailed enough, too conceptual or not conceptual enough, too much of a tutorial or not enough of a tutorial, and so on. The authors of Programming .NET 3.5 solved this problem by establishing clear goals for their book and by combining the insights of a senior program manager at Microsoft (Jesse Liberty) with those of a chief technology officer at an application development firm (Alex Horovitz).

Programming .NET 3.5 takes an integrated approach to Windows Presentation Foundation for Windows applications, Silverlight for delivery of rich internet applications across platforms and browsers, Windows Communication Foundation for web services and service-oriented architectures, Windows Workflow Foundation, CardSpace for user-negotiated identities, and ASP.NET/AJAX for rich client applications. The book's goal is to show how these elements can leverage Model-View-Controller, n-tier, and other long-celebrated architectural patterns while augmenting object-oriented programming with new declarative programming capabilities.

The book is divided into three parts: Presentation Options, Design Patterns (characterized as "an interlude") and The Business Layer.

Presentation Options provides an excellent introduction to eXtensive Application Markup Language, the declarative syntax for desktop-based presentations. This part of the book shows how to build a rich desktop application and later a real-world web-based AJAX-enhanced application using tools that move fluidly between XAML and managed code. Additional topics include an introduction to the Microsoft AJAX library and to the rich interactivity of browser-deployed Silverlight applications.

The Interlude on Design Patterns examines how .NET 3.5 promotes the use of architectural patterns that have only been celebrated with lip service until now.

The Business Layer part of the book shows how to replace ADO.NET classes with Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and defines SOA and shows how to implement SOA with Windows Communication Foundation. Most important, this part of the book presents a complete example of a WCF application and a complete workflow application, and also shows how to apply CardSpace for establishing identity.

Liberty and Horovitz should be commended for setting and then meeting the clearly spelled out goals for their book. The book is well organized and well written, and it follows the time-honored principle of moving from the simple to the complex. Assuming you've installed .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, then this book just might be the very fastest way to bring yourself up to speed on Microsoft's latest.

Excellent resource for .NET 3.5!5
I just finished reading Programming .NET 3.5 from O'Reilly. The book, published in August, is an overview of the latest .NET Framework revision. You'll get an introduction to the topics that have been introduced along the way that include technology from .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, and the latest version; .NET 3.5. Also included are libraries such as ASP.NET MVC and Silverlight.

You can easily pick up this book and enjoy the introductions to technologies such as Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, ASP.NET MVC, and Silverlight. Each of these topics are presented in a way that will be familiar to .NET developers. New developers, without experience in .NET, will be able to take a lot away from this book. It certainly will do more for the developer who already has a .NET background, no matter how brief it is.

That said, if you only pick up the book for the introduction to each technology, you'll be missing the best that this book has to offer. Unlike most technology books these days, this book explains the topics within the context of best practices and real world scenarios. For example, prior versions of ASP.NET did not promote decoupled architectures. In fact, it made it difficult to achieve them. With the technology available in .NET 3.5, modeling and implementing proper architectures is encouraged and facilitated by the framework. This book will show you how that works in .NET 3.5 and introduce you to the technologies at the same time.

I highly recommend this book. It will be on my desk for easy reference for my .NET projects in the future.

Recommended for .Net developers and intermediate programmers4
The book is very useful if you are interested in working with XML. It starts step by step and get harder through the book. The book itself is designed for intermediate level or experts. I don't recommend this book for beginners in XML. Part two of the book talks about design patterns, and the third part tells the programmer how to work with databases and about the state machine. It is harder than the first and second parts and readers should be more proficient than beginner or intermediate level. The examples are really very helpful, and you can play with the code easily and understand from it lots of features.
I didn't finish the whole book but I enjoyed reading most of it. I recommend it .Net developers and intermediate programmers who have played with C# or visual basic.

Product Description

.NET 3.5 will help you create better Windows applications, build Web Services that are more powerful, implement new Workflow projects and dramatically enhance the user's experience. But it does so with what appears to be a collection of disparate technologies. In Programming .NET 3.5, bestselling author Jesse Liberty and industry expert Alex Horovitz uncover the common threads that unite the .NET 3.5 technologies, so you can benefit from the best practices and architectural patterns baked into this newest generation of Microsoft frameworks. While single-topic .NET 3.5 books delve into Windows Presentation Foundation and the other frameworks in greater detail, Programming .NET 3.5 offers a "Grand Tour" of the release that describes how the four principal technologies can be used together, with Ajax, to build modern n-tier and service-oriented applications. Developers have struggled to implement these patterns with previous versions of the .NET Framework, but this hands-on guide uses real-world examples and fully annotated source code to demonstrate how .NET 3.5 can make it easy. The concepts and technologies that this book covers include: XAML -- Microsoft's new XML-based markup language for UI, used with WPF Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) -- a new presentation framework and graphics subsystem for Windows that puts Vista-like effect in your grasp Ajax Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) - a new standards-based framework that enables applications to communicate across a network using a variety of protocols Workflow Foundation (WF) -- framework for defining, executing, and managing workflows CardSpace -- framework for managing the identities of your users You'll learn how to useeach of the four frameworks alone and in concert to build a series of meaningful example applications. Examples are written in C#, and all of the source code will be available for download at both the O'Reilly and the authors' site, which offers access to a free support forum. Between them, authors Jesse Liberty and Alex Horovitz have nearly forty years of experience in delivering commercial applications for companies such as Citibank, Apple, AT&T, NeXt, PBS, Ziff Davis, and dozens of smaller organizations. Their combined experience is valuable for telling the story of .NET 3.5 and how it will shorten the development life cycle for applications developers, and enhance your productivity.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #15627 in Books
* Published on: 2008-08-05
* Format: Illustrated
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 476 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Jesse Liberty is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft in the Silverlight Development Division. His business card reads "Silverlight Geek," and he is responsible for fostering a Silverlight Developer community, primarily through Silverlight.net.

Jesse is the author of numerous books, including O'Reilly Media's Programming Silverlight 2 and the perennial best-seller Programming C# 3.0. Jesse has two decades experience as a developer, author and consultant and has been a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T; Software Architect for PBS/Learning Link; and Vice President at Citibank. He provides full support for his writing, and access to his blogs, at JesseLiberty.com

Alex Horovitz is Sr. Director of Enterprise Architecture & Standards at K12, Inc. where he develops enterprise applications leveraging the Model-View-Controller design pattern and re-usable Frameworks. During the 1990s he worked at both NeXT Computer and later at Apple.
Customer Reviews

The fastest way to come up to speed?5
Some programming books suffer from the Three Little Bears syndrome: they're too detailed or not detailed enough, too conceptual or not conceptual enough, too much of a tutorial or not enough of a tutorial, and so on. The authors of Programming .NET 3.5 solved this problem by establishing clear goals for their book and by combining the insights of a senior program manager at Microsoft (Jesse Liberty) with those of a chief technology officer at an application development firm (Alex Horovitz).

Programming .NET 3.5 takes an integrated approach to Windows Presentation Foundation for Windows applications, Silverlight for delivery of rich internet applications across platforms and browsers, Windows Communication Foundation for web services and service-oriented architectures, Windows Workflow Foundation, CardSpace for user-negotiated identities, and ASP.NET/AJAX for rich client applications. The book's goal is to show how these elements can leverage Model-View-Controller, n-tier, and other long-celebrated architectural patterns while augmenting object-oriented programming with new declarative programming capabilities.

The book is divided into three parts: Presentation Options, Design Patterns (characterized as "an interlude") and The Business Layer.

Presentation Options provides an excellent introduction to eXtensive Application Markup Language, the declarative syntax for desktop-based presentations. This part of the book shows how to build a rich desktop application and later a real-world web-based AJAX-enhanced application using tools that move fluidly between XAML and managed code. Additional topics include an introduction to the Microsoft AJAX library and to the rich interactivity of browser-deployed Silverlight applications.

The Interlude on Design Patterns examines how .NET 3.5 promotes the use of architectural patterns that have only been celebrated with lip service until now.

The Business Layer part of the book shows how to replace ADO.NET classes with Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and defines SOA and shows how to implement SOA with Windows Communication Foundation. Most important, this part of the book presents a complete example of a WCF application and a complete workflow application, and also shows how to apply CardSpace for establishing identity.

Liberty and Horovitz should be commended for setting and then meeting the clearly spelled out goals for their book. The book is well organized and well written, and it follows the time-honored principle of moving from the simple to the complex. Assuming you've installed .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008, then this book just might be the very fastest way to bring yourself up to speed on Microsoft's latest.

Excellent resource for .NET 3.5!5
I just finished reading Programming .NET 3.5 from O'Reilly. The book, published in August, is an overview of the latest .NET Framework revision. You'll get an introduction to the topics that have been introduced along the way that include technology from .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, and the latest version; .NET 3.5. Also included are libraries such as ASP.NET MVC and Silverlight.

You can easily pick up this book and enjoy the introductions to technologies such as Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, ASP.NET MVC, and Silverlight. Each of these topics are presented in a way that will be familiar to .NET developers. New developers, without experience in .NET, will be able to take a lot away from this book. It certainly will do more for the developer who already has a .NET background, no matter how brief it is.

That said, if you only pick up the book for the introduction to each technology, you'll be missing the best that this book has to offer. Unlike most technology books these days, this book explains the topics within the context of best practices and real world scenarios. For example, prior versions of ASP.NET did not promote decoupled architectures. In fact, it made it difficult to achieve them. With the technology available in .NET 3.5, modeling and implementing proper architectures is encouraged and facilitated by the framework. This book will show you how that works in .NET 3.5 and introduce you to the technologies at the same time.

I highly recommend this book. It will be on my desk for easy reference for my .NET projects in the future.

Recommended for .Net developers and intermediate programmers4
The book is very useful if you are interested in working with XML. It starts step by step and get harder through the book. The book itself is designed for intermediate level or experts. I don't recommend this book for beginners in XML. Part two of the book talks about design patterns, and the third part tells the programmer how to work with databases and about the state machine. It is harder than the first and second parts and readers should be more proficient than beginner or intermediate level. The examples are really very helpful, and you can play with the code easily and understand from it lots of features.
I didn't finish the whole book but I enjoyed reading most of it. I recommend it .Net developers and intermediate programmers who have played with C# or visual basic.

Product Description

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology, AMAST 2008, held in Urbana, IL, USA, in July 2008.

The 28 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions. Among the topics covered are all current issues in formal methods related to algebraic and logical foundations, software technology, and to programming methodology including concurrent and reactive systems, evolutionary software/adaptive systems, logic and functional programming, object paradigms, constraint programming and concurrency, program verification and transformation, programming calculi, specification languages and tools, formal specification and development case studies, logic, category theory, relation algebra, computational algebra, algebraic foundations for languages and systems, coinduction, theorem proving and logical frameworks for reasoning, logics of programs, as well as algebra and coalgebra.

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* Published on: 2008-08-15
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 432 pages

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Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence presents an overview of computer forensics perfect for beginners. This volume will serve as a foundation and guide for: (a) students considering a career in this field; (b) the law enforcement investigator assigned to work cybercrimes; (c) establishing training programs for forensic examiners; (d) the IT professional; (e) the veteran forensic examiner; (f) the prosecutor faced with litigating cybercrime cases brought before a trier of fact. A distinguished group of specialist authors have crafted chapters rich with detail yet accessible for readers who are not experts in the field. Tying together topics as diverse as applicable laws on search and seizure, investigating cybercrime, and preparation for courtroom tesitmony, Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence is the ideal overall reference for this multi-faceted discipline. Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #174638 in Books
* Published on: 2007-12-06
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 139 pages

Product Description

Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence presents an overview of computer forensics perfect for beginners. This volume will serve as a foundation and guide for: (a) students considering a career in this field; (b) the law enforcement investigator assigned to work cybercrimes; (c) establishing training programs for forensic examiners; (d) the IT professional; (e) the veteran forensic examiner; (f) the prosecutor faced with litigating cybercrime cases brought before a trier of fact. A distinguished group of specialist authors have crafted chapters rich with detail yet accessible for readers who are not experts in the field. Tying together topics as diverse as applicable laws on search and seizure, investigating cybercrime, and preparation for courtroom tesitmony, Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence is the ideal overall reference for this multi-faceted discipline. Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #174638 in Books
* Published on: 2007-12-06
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 139 pages

Product Description

Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence presents an overview of computer forensics perfect for beginners. This volume will serve as a foundation and guide for: (a) students considering a career in this field; (b) the law enforcement investigator assigned to work cybercrimes; (c) establishing training programs for forensic examiners; (d) the IT professional; (e) the veteran forensic examiner; (f) the prosecutor faced with litigating cybercrime cases brought before a trier of fact. A distinguished group of specialist authors have crafted chapters rich with detail yet accessible for readers who are not experts in the field. Tying together topics as diverse as applicable laws on search and seizure, investigating cybercrime, and preparation for courtroom tesitmony, Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence is the ideal overall reference for this multi-faceted discipline. Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #174638 in Books
* Published on: 2007-12-06
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 139 pages

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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1372697 in Books
* Published on: 2007-06-05
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 424 pages
Product Description

Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks. However, security is a major concern for wide deployments of such wireless networks. The contributions to this volume identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, the MAC layer, the IP layer, the transport layer, and the application layer, and discuss ways to strengthen security mechanisms and services in all these layers. The topics covered in this book include intrusion detection, secure PHY/MAC/routing protocols, attacks and prevention, immunization, key management, secure group communications/multicast, secure location services, monitoring and surveillance, anonymity, privacy, trust establishment/management, redundancy and security, and dependable wireless networking.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #1372697 in Books
* Published on: 2007-06-05
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 424 pages
Product Description

Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks. However, security is a major concern for wide deployments of such wireless networks. The contributions to this volume identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, the MAC layer, the IP layer, the transport layer, and the application layer, and discuss ways to strengthen security mechanisms and services in all these layers. The topics covered in this book include intrusion detection, secure PHY/MAC/routing protocols, attacks and prevention, immunization, key management, secure group communications/multicast, secure location services, monitoring and surveillance, anonymity, privacy, trust establishment/management, redundancy and security, and dependable wireless networking.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #1372697 in Books
* Published on: 2007-06-05
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 424 pages
Product Description

Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks. However, security is a major concern for wide deployments of such wireless networks. The contributions to this volume identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, the MAC layer, the IP layer, the transport layer, and the application layer, and discuss ways to strengthen security mechanisms and services in all these layers. The topics covered in this book include intrusion detection, secure PHY/MAC/routing protocols, attacks and prevention, immunization, key management, secure group communications/multicast, secure location services, monitoring and surveillance, anonymity, privacy, trust establishment/management, redundancy and security, and dependable wireless networking.

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* Amazon Sales Rank: #172832 in Books
* Published on: 2007-09-15
* Format: Illustrated

# Original language: English
# Number of items: 1
# Binding: Paperback
# 336 pages Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT on what it's on, but it may not be on what you think.5
Make no mistake, this book is on what it says it's about "Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort" it contains very little information about setting up iptables to block unwanted external traffic.

HOWEVER setting up iptables (in the basic sense) doesn't require an entire book. Sure there are whole books on that topic but there is no need for a 300 page book on it, that just seems to be the size computer books have to be in order to get published. Which means other books on iptables are probably going to about 250 pages of fluff.

Incidentally this book actually only spends about the first 35 pages describing that, the remainder is fantastic, useful, well written information about doing the things that make iptables truly useful. "detection and response" ACTIVELY securing your system.

In addition to being comprehensive and useful this book happens to be well written, far better than most technical books.

If you're thinking about buying a book on Linux firewalls, make it this one, but if you're not already familiar with iptables expect to read the first 35 pages, then a couple online tutorials and then come back to this book.

The result is a fine pick for any programmer's library.5
Libraries catering to system administrators will find LINUX FIREWALLS an essential acquisition, discussing the technical aspects of the iptables firewall and Netfilter built into the Linux application. Examples of firewall log analysis, policies, network authorization processes and more compliment chapters that include Perl and C code pieces to help keep a network secure. The result is a fine pick for any programmer's library.

One of the best technical books published in 20075
Disclaimer: I wrote the foreword for this book, so obviously I am biased. However, I am not financially compensated for this book's success.

In the foreword I note that Linux Firewalls is a "great book." As a FreeBSD user, Linux Firewalls is good enough to make me consider using Linux in certain circumstances! Mike's book is exceptionally clear, organized, concise, and actionable. You should be able to read it and implement everything you find by following his examples. You will not only learn tools and techniques, but you will be able to appreciate Mike's keen defensive insights.

The majority of the world's digital security professionals focus on defense, because offense is left to the bad guys, police, and military. I welcome books like Linux Firewalls that bring real defensive tools and techniques to the masses in a form that can be digested and deployed for minimum cost and effort.

One of the main reasons Linux Firewalls is a great book is that Mike Rash is an excellent writer. I've read (or tried to read) plenty of books that seemed to offer helpful content, but the author had no clue how to deliver that content in a readable manner. Linux Firewalls makes learning network security an enjoyable experience. Mike is exceptionally detail-oriented (see the RST vs RST ACK issue on p 63 and elsewhere) and he often cites sources and additional references. Linux Firewalls very nicely integrates sample network traffic to make numerous points; Ch 11 has several great examples. The sections on Fwsnort even improved my understanding of Snort itself.

The bottom line is that if you are a user of non-Microsoft operating systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) and you want to know how Linux can help defend your network, you will enjoy reading Linux Firewalls.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #172832 in Books
* Published on: 2007-09-15
* Format: Illustrated

# Original language: English
# Number of items: 1
# Binding: Paperback
# 336 pages Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT on what it's on, but it may not be on what you think.5
Make no mistake, this book is on what it says it's about "Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort" it contains very little information about setting up iptables to block unwanted external traffic.

HOWEVER setting up iptables (in the basic sense) doesn't require an entire book. Sure there are whole books on that topic but there is no need for a 300 page book on it, that just seems to be the size computer books have to be in order to get published. Which means other books on iptables are probably going to about 250 pages of fluff.

Incidentally this book actually only spends about the first 35 pages describing that, the remainder is fantastic, useful, well written information about doing the things that make iptables truly useful. "detection and response" ACTIVELY securing your system.

In addition to being comprehensive and useful this book happens to be well written, far better than most technical books.

If you're thinking about buying a book on Linux firewalls, make it this one, but if you're not already familiar with iptables expect to read the first 35 pages, then a couple online tutorials and then come back to this book.

The result is a fine pick for any programmer's library.5
Libraries catering to system administrators will find LINUX FIREWALLS an essential acquisition, discussing the technical aspects of the iptables firewall and Netfilter built into the Linux application. Examples of firewall log analysis, policies, network authorization processes and more compliment chapters that include Perl and C code pieces to help keep a network secure. The result is a fine pick for any programmer's library.

One of the best technical books published in 20075
Disclaimer: I wrote the foreword for this book, so obviously I am biased. However, I am not financially compensated for this book's success.

In the foreword I note that Linux Firewalls is a "great book." As a FreeBSD user, Linux Firewalls is good enough to make me consider using Linux in certain circumstances! Mike's book is exceptionally clear, organized, concise, and actionable. You should be able to read it and implement everything you find by following his examples. You will not only learn tools and techniques, but you will be able to appreciate Mike's keen defensive insights.

The majority of the world's digital security professionals focus on defense, because offense is left to the bad guys, police, and military. I welcome books like Linux Firewalls that bring real defensive tools and techniques to the masses in a form that can be digested and deployed for minimum cost and effort.

One of the main reasons Linux Firewalls is a great book is that Mike Rash is an excellent writer. I've read (or tried to read) plenty of books that seemed to offer helpful content, but the author had no clue how to deliver that content in a readable manner. Linux Firewalls makes learning network security an enjoyable experience. Mike is exceptionally detail-oriented (see the RST vs RST ACK issue on p 63 and elsewhere) and he often cites sources and additional references. Linux Firewalls very nicely integrates sample network traffic to make numerous points; Ch 11 has several great examples. The sections on Fwsnort even improved my understanding of Snort itself.

The bottom line is that if you are a user of non-Microsoft operating systems (Linux, BSD, etc.) and you want to know how Linux can help defend your network, you will enjoy reading Linux Firewalls.

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This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

? Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

? Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

? Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1522105 in Books
* Published on: 2004-03-19
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 160 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

· Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

· Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

· Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.

Although much has been written on leg pain, there is no multi-disciplinary text devoted exclusively to this very important topic.

About the Author
M. Craig Donaldson, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Product Description

This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

? Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

? Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

? Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #1522105 in Books
* Published on: 2004-03-19
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 160 pages

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

· Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

· Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

· Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.

Although much has been written on leg pain, there is no multi-disciplinary text devoted exclusively to this very important topic.

About the Author
M. Craig Donaldson, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

Product Description

This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

? Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

? Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

? Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #1522105 in Books
* Published on: 2004-03-19
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 160 pages

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From the Back Cover
This small volume is devoted to one of the most common patient complaints encountered by practitioners of adult medicine, and one that frequently presents the initial examining physician with a diagnostic conundrum. Few internists, primary care physicians, emergency room physicians, or medical or surgical subspecialists are thoroughly familiar with the neurologic, orthopedic, immunologic, and vascular causes of leg pain, and help from the literature requires access to multiple texts from diverse medical and surgical specialties.

Leg Pain brings together, in a compact and easily transportable volume, expertise from the fields of vascular surgery, neurology, orthopedics and rheumatology, to offer insights into the clinical signs and symptoms associated with leg pain of diverse origins.

· Emphasizes distinguishing features of the various types of leg pain, most of which can be determined by a simple history and physical examination.

· Much important data are presented in tabular form to aid in arriving at a correct diagnosis.

· Contains practical illustrations including a large section showcasing normal anatomy of the lower extremity.

Although much has been written on leg pain, there is no multi-disciplinary text devoted exclusively to this very important topic.

About the Author
M. Craig Donaldson, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston

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* Published on: 2008-11-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 178 pages
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This extensively illustrated atlas focuses on high-resolution industrial radiographs of the hand and wrist used in the diagnosis of pathologic conditions, which requires the detection of minute changes. It is structured such that the reader can identify the radiographic musculoskeletal changes and relate them to specific disease entities. The aim is to provide an essential, practical guideline for the recognition of the key radiographic signs in diagnosing various systemic as well as localized diseases that manifest themselves in the hand and wrist. The book is intended for radiologists, rheumatologists, hand surgeons, orthopedists, traumatologists, internists and their residents in training.

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* Published on: 2008-11-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 178 pages
Product Description

This extensively illustrated atlas focuses on high-resolution industrial radiographs of the hand and wrist used in the diagnosis of pathologic conditions, which requires the detection of minute changes. It is structured such that the reader can identify the radiographic musculoskeletal changes and relate them to specific disease entities. The aim is to provide an essential, practical guideline for the recognition of the key radiographic signs in diagnosing various systemic as well as localized diseases that manifest themselves in the hand and wrist. The book is intended for radiologists, rheumatologists, hand surgeons, orthopedists, traumatologists, internists and their residents in training.

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Augmented with a new bibliography and streamlined appendices, the Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, Fifth Edition views the valuable addition of references to university research libraries and advanced information on websites, online searches, electronic literature, and other modern computer methods as crucial for the successful completion of any T/D. This popular text guide features new references and computer-oriented resources for every stage in the creation of honors and master's theses and dissertations and refers to current T/D statistics, federal regulations, ethical codes, and copyright issues and legalities involved in information gathering and study conduct.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #30743 in Books
* Published on: 2003-05-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 360 pages

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One of the greatest qualities of this book is that it addresses both students and faculty. … The book is a great reference and certainly it will be a book that I will go back to read when I embark on my thesis.
- Australian Journal of Medical Science

One of the greatest qualities of this book is that it addresses both students and faculty. … The book is a great reference and certainly it will be a book that I will go back to read when I embark on my thesis.
- Australian Journal of Medical Science
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Review for Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation 5
Excellent reference-good guide for the dissertation process- covers all applicable topics in sufficient depth. A worthwhile reference for any student working on their thesis or dissertation

Great strenths, some weaknesses4
This book is designed for both students and faculty, so it spends a lot of time giving advice to both sides. That is the primary reason for the length.

Coverage is very thorough for the political and social aspects of dissertation writing, probably more so than in any other book. Choosing a topic is also well covered. The main weakness is in specifics of producing the document, e.g. how to write the literature review or present the methodology.

This book should definitely be on the shelf of any faculty, but a student may do better to look it over in the library. A good, concise treatment of the disseration process is Davis & Parker.

A practical guideline for success!5
As someone who works privately with students, helping them with theses and dissertations, I highly recommend this book. When students call me in regard to assistance with their thesis or dissertation, I recommend that they buy this book and use it as a reference. As the title states, this book offers practical guidelines for success, enabling students to get through the thesis or dissertation process as smoothly as possible. It is one of the most practical guideline for writing a thesis or dissertation that I have come across.

Product Description

Augmented with a new bibliography and streamlined appendices, the Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, Fifth Edition views the valuable addition of references to university research libraries and advanced information on websites, online searches, electronic literature, and other modern computer methods as crucial for the successful completion of any T/D. This popular text guide features new references and computer-oriented resources for every stage in the creation of honors and master's theses and dissertations and refers to current T/D statistics, federal regulations, ethical codes, and copyright issues and legalities involved in information gathering and study conduct.
Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #30743 in Books
* Published on: 2003-05-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 360 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
One of the greatest qualities of this book is that it addresses both students and faculty. … The book is a great reference and certainly it will be a book that I will go back to read when I embark on my thesis.
- Australian Journal of Medical Science

One of the greatest qualities of this book is that it addresses both students and faculty. … The book is a great reference and certainly it will be a book that I will go back to read when I embark on my thesis.
- Australian Journal of Medical Science
Customer Reviews

Review for Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation 5
Excellent reference-good guide for the dissertation process- covers all applicable topics in sufficient depth. A worthwhile reference for any student working on their thesis or dissertation

Great strenths, some weaknesses4
This book is designed for both students and faculty, so it spends a lot of time giving advice to both sides. That is the primary reason for the length.

Coverage is very thorough for the political and social aspects of dissertation writing, probably more so than in any other book. Choosing a topic is also well covered. The main weakness is in specifics of producing the document, e.g. how to write the literature review or present the methodology.

This book should definitely be on the shelf of any faculty, but a student may do better to look it over in the library. A good, concise treatment of the disseration process is Davis & Parker.

A practical guideline for success!5
As someone who works privately with students, helping them with theses and dissertations, I highly recommend this book. When students call me in regard to assistance with their thesis or dissertation, I recommend that they buy this book and use it as a reference. As the title states, this book offers practical guidelines for success, enabling students to get through the thesis or dissertation process as smoothly as possible. It is one of the most practical guideline for writing a thesis or dissertation that I have come across.

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About the Author
Ben Hart's letters have generated more than $500,000,000 in sales and donations for scores of businesses and non-profit organizations during the past 20 years. Hart is the author of five books.
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Beb Hart's letters have generated more than $500 million during the last 20 years.


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* Amazon Sales Rank: #316145 in Books
* Published on: 2006-01-12
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 236 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Ben Hart's letters have generated more than $500,000,000 in sales and donations for scores of businesses and non-profit organizations during the past 20 years. Hart is the author of five books.
Customer Reviews

All Bow Down And Hail Ben Hart...5
This brilliant book is destined to become a literary classic of the higest regards. This is deep psychological marketing at its best. How would you like to know what emotion to tap in your sales copy that will double your sales? Or what about the most effective way to start your sales letter? How about a money phrase that I have personally used to increase my sales by 20%? It's all packed into this power house of a book.

This book goes far beyond just direct mail marketing, which frankly I have little interest in, and taps into something much deeper: the human. Ben shows you how the basic marketing principles on how to exploit human nature go all the way back to Jesus Christ and the Bible. He goes on to make the point that the basic laws of marketing have existed for over 2,000 years and that they will never change because they are based on needs and desires of humans.

This flies in the face of college courses that teach culture diversity and that we are all different. Nonsense! Ben shows the doorway to what we all have in common, and then drives a Mac truck right through it with the sample sales copy he provides you. You simply adapt his sales copy to your needs and be prepared to start handling all the orders that come rolling in. Every master marketer needs to have this book.

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A wide variety of flexible trading systems that combine sophisticated technical analysis with trading psychology theory
Mechanical Trading Systems examines the development process for choosing and using mechanical trading systems in conjunction with trader psychology. This book discusses the advantages and disadvantages of mechanical trading systems; the dangers in system development and how to avoid them; the optimal methods for back-testing trading systems; position sizing and other risk quantification tools; and methods of improving rates of return on investments without significantly increasing risk. Most importantly, through a detailed examination of various types of unsuccessful trader personality traits (e.g., fearfulness, greed, and impatience), the book recommends different types of trading systems for a diverse array of trader types.
Richard L. Weissman (Port Richey, FL) has seventeen years' experience as a trader and developer of trading systems. He currently provides independent consultation an d training services to traders and risk management professionals in the areas of technical analysis, risk management, and trader psychology.
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* Amazon Sales Rank: #128874 in Books
* Published on: 2004-12-03
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Hardcover
* 217 pages

Editorial Reviews

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"The book is highly recommended for almost anyone involved in trading, forecasting, or studying the markets." (Technical Analyst, July/August 2005)

From the Inside Flap

When mechanical trading systems were first introduced into the arsenal of trading tools, the trader interested in utilizing these tools would have needed programming expertise, a strong background in mathematical technical analysis, and iron-willed discipline. Today, trading system software developed by market-data vendors has become so user-friendly, that nonprogrammers with only a rudimentary understanding of mathematical technical analysis can successfully create and backtest simple trading systems like those offered throughout this book.

In Mechanical Trading Systems, Richard Weissman uses his experiences as a trader and trading systems expert to take this concept to a new level. Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, this book examines the development process for choosing and using mechanical trading techniques in conjunction with trader psychology. Mechanical Trading Systems skillfully explores the dangers in system development and how to avoid them; how backtesting and forward testing of trading systems aids in quantification of price risk; and the methods of improving rates of return on investments without significantly increasing risk. It also provides a detailed examination of the personality traits common to the three basic types of trader—trend-following (long to intermediate term), mean reversion (intermediate-term), and short-term (swing and day traders)—and illustrates how a strict adherence to specific types of trading systems can foster a psychological flexibility that will allow you to succeed in all kinds of trading environments: countertrending, choppy, or trending.

Some of the other issues discussed within these pages include:

* Why mathematical technical analysis is anideal building block in the development of mechanical trading systems
* How various flaws in trader psychology—fearfulness, impatience, greed, and lack of discipline—can be overcome
* The pros and cons of various traditional price risk management methods, such as stop loss and volumetric price risk management
* The psychological aspects of price risk management and how utilization of mechanical trading systems can aid in fostering confidence during drawdowns
* How your knowledge and experience can be utilized within the framework of a mechanical trading system

Mechanical Trading Systems offers a wide variety of flexible trading systems that combine sophisticated technical analysis with trading psychology theory. If you plan on improving your trading skills, this comprehensive resource can help you succeed.

From the Back Cover
Praise for MECHANICAL TRADING SYSTEMS

"Mr. Weissman's work is a metaphysical journey through the art of war. One need only read his preface to gain the true wisdom of market trading. What follows is a clearly marked guide to trading discipline and market mathematics . . . a stand out in a forest of technical works."
—Timothy Kelly, Founder and CEO, FOREX Television

"Mechanical Trading 101. The most complete, concise, and thorough analysis of every aspect of mechanical trading, from detailed case studies to enlightening reviews of psychological trading profiles. A real systematic approach to mechanical trading that will certainly improve your trading at any stage of your career."
—Frédéric Bettan, Business Development Manager, Institutional Clientele, Montréal Exchange

"A serious and sophisticated book for the advanced technical trader. Mr. Weissman emphasizes exactly the right aspect of designing and using a trading system——it has to match your character and personality to be of practical day-to-day use."
—Barbara Rockefeller, author of The Global Trader and Technical Analysis for Dummies

"A great contribution from a brilliant thought leader. . . . Mr. Weissman offers intriguing insight into trading by traveling across many disciplines in the process. His analysis of transformational psychology within the context of a mechanical trading system is a must-read for everyone involved in investment management. I am sure that institutional investors will benefit a great deal from his intuitive and innovative style."
—Kurtay Ogunc, PhD, MBA, CMFC, Managing Partner and CIO, Alpha Dynamics Group, LLC

"Mr. Weissman synthesizes a wealth of research and observations about human behavior and the use of mechanical trading systems in order to reprogram the trader. No other book so splendidly lays out the task of mental system creation, system construction, and system testing. The tools in this book go beyond system development in aiding to defuse erroneous human behavior in trading.I recommend this book to anyone who intends to trade utilizing systematic or discretionary programs in today's financial markets."
—Jesse M. Van Luvan, Managing Partner, Ambidex Fund and CEO, South Paw Strategic Investment, LLC
Customer Reviews

Good for the head and the heart5
I didn't grasp many of the technicalities pertaining to system trading (I don't trade or aspire to trade mechanical systems) but it is a wealth of generalized trading knowledge nonetheless. It is an inspiring book and a great confidence builder for me, confirming that I am on the right track regarding discipline and psychology and that, with persistence, success will come.

Psychology + Methods = a winning combination!5
The book is written in a clear, direct language - the author speaks to you, not at you. While leafing through a pile of trading books, I was stopped it in my tracks when I opened this volume. I got out my yellow highlighter and read attentively from cover to cover, taking notes. The author's unique approach was to combine traders' psychology with different types of trading; this book showed me something new about myself and other traders.

Weissman begins by explaining why "...natural and comfortable trading, using entry levels as reference points, ensures small profits and large losses. We need to reprogram ourselves to be comfortable with the unknowable and uncertain future. It helps to remind ourselves that the entry level is significant to us alone and that the sense of discomfort we feel as the market moves into previously unknown territory is entirely subjective and illusory."

Weissman outlines the three basic trader personality types: trend-following, mean-reversion [counter-trend], and day-trading. You need to be comfortable with yourself to trade well. You need the right system for your trading personality - and the author offers a rich menu for every type of trader. The author's practical, shrewd observations hold up a psychological mirror for traders. He points out that with trend-trading, just a few trades account for the bulk of profits, which means you cannot take time off from mechanical trend trading. Mean-reversion traders capitalize on temporarily unsustainable levels of euphoria or panic; they need an especially strong discipline not to overstay positions. Day-trading is labor-intensive, demands quick-mindedness and frequent vacations to avoid burnout.

The author shows how to test trend-following and mean-reversion (counter-trend) systems, as well as day-trading systems. He deals in depth with the benefits and pitfalls of system development and price risk management.

"Successful trading entails fighting natural inclinations toward comfort, security, impatience, perfection, fear, and greed. We can never control the markets, only how much risk we will assume in them." Weissman stresses the importance of keeping a trading journal. He confirms something that very few people appreciate - that at a very high end systematic and discretionary trading have a great deal in common.

Weissman's gentle but persistent insistence on both knowing yourself and stepping out of your comfort zone can have unusual results. In my case, it led me to develop a semi-mechanical system for day-trading e-minis!

Concise4
This is a well written concise book. Of course if you are looking for the 'holy grail' of trading you won't find it here...

That is for you to find and that idea pretty much sums up the true intention of this book.

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Features forex market guidelines and sample trading plans

The fun and easy way to get started in currency trading

Want to capitalize on the growing forex market? This nuts-and-bolts guide gives you a step-by-step action plan for understanding and trading the forex market. It offers practical guidance and savvy tips in everything from comprehending currency quotes to using leverage, trading with fundamentals, and navigating technical analysis.

* Identify trading opportunities
* Understand what drives the market
* Choose a trading broker
* Execute a successful trade
* Minimize risk and maximize profit
* Analyze currency charts

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #2761 in Books
* Published on: 2007-08-06
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 360 pages

Editorial Reviews

Review
"It offers practical guidance and savvy tips.." (Hedge Fund Manager, Thursday 23rd August)

"…gives readers a step by step guide (to) getting acquainted with the forex market and to making those killer transactions." (Professional Pensions, Thursday 30th August 2007)

From the Back Cover
Features forex market guidelines and sample trading plans

The fun and easy way® to get started in currency trading

Want to capitalize on the growing forex market? This nuts-and-bolts guide gives you a step-by-step action plan for understanding and trading the forex market. It offers practical guidance and savvy tips in everything from comprehending currency quotes to using leverage, trading with fundamentals, and navigating technical analysis.

* Identify trading opportunities
*

Understand what drives the market
*

Choose a trading broker
*

Execute a successful trade
*

Minimize risk and maximize profit
*

Analyze currency charts

About the Author
Mark Galant founded GAIN Capital in 1999; today, the firm's proprietary trading platform is used by clients from 140 countries around the globe.

Brian Dolan has over 18 years of experience in the foreign exchange markets and oversees fundamental and technical research at FOREX.com.
Customer Reviews

Currency Trading for Dummies5
The book is awesome. Even dumb like me eager to move forward from pages to pages. Really good start for dummies :)

Currency Trading For Dummies5
This is the book that every Forex trader new and experienced should have in their library. I have been trading on an off for a couple of years and learned more by reading this book in a couple of weeks than I learned reviewing info from dozens of sources. The authors are outstanding and experts in their field and I now am better armed to do battle in the forex market.

The best begginer book out there5
Cheap, easily read, more thorough than any other introduction I've seen. Not the last book you'll ever need, but definitely the best choice for your first. Everybody says to pair it with technical analysis for dummies, but nobody mentions economics for dummies. By all means get all 3, but if you only want 2 go with economics for dummies. It will leave you much more enlightened about fundementals than Technical Analysis for dummies will do for you with technicals. And unless you're going to go all the way with TA, don't go there at all. You're better off just trading news.