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great kid book
This was a great book to read to early learners. I used this book computer teacher for grades K-3 and they all just loved it.Wish there were more just like it.

PATHETIC
A good idea gone bad, very bad.
Teaching computer programming is a great technique, it has lots of potential for making the learning (and teaching) experience more fun pleasurable and by consequence, more effective. Unfortunately this pathetic excuse for a book does a terribly poor job in accomplishing this task.
It starts out nicely for the first easy chapters but it quickly degenerates in an unbelievably superficial mess. Snippets of code are thrown in randomly with no clue about where they fit in a real application, and the chapters and explanations become unbelievably thin , short and superficial. Want an easy laugh? The chapter on templates is 3 pages long. I AM NOT KIDDING, you read well.. 3 pages long. To inheritance and polymorphism instead are devoted a full SIX pages.
They should be ashamed of publishing this bs.
As for the "game" part.. all you get are a few simple text based games like single player blackjack and a pathetic couple of simple SDL based games at the end.
Ah, I forgot, the author avoid carefully to discuss to the games code in the text, you will just have to dig in the source code CD and understand it by yourself.
Bottom line, for the potential reader AVOID LIKE PLAGUE and if you are looking for a game based intro to C++ wait for this, which has good chances of being good:
Starting Out with Games and Graphics in C++, for the publishing company shame on you for publishing this bs, and get a real editor.

Flawed from the Start
I'm going completely against the grain of the previous reviews and giving this book 1 star. This book had a lot of promise that was unfortunately ruined by a lack of organization and forethought on the part of the author and editor(s).

The book attempts to teach the reader how to program games using XNA however repeatedly skips fundamental concepts (e.g. telling you to load textures into the game without explaining how to import graphic files into Visual Studio for use as a game resource).

This problem is compounded by a lack of thought put into the order the book's content is presented to the reader, which at times is rather awkward (you better understand how to use MathHelper by chapter 4 but sprite fonts won't be covered until chapter 21?).

Ultimately, this book was seemingly written for reader who already understand how to program games in XNA - which rather defeats the purpose of the book.

I found the Beginning XNA 2.0 Game Programming book from Apress to be a far more useful book. If you're going to spend ~ on an XNA textbook, you would be better off with the Apress book than this one.

Excellent
Nancy Williard is active in Cyber Bullying prevention and has a variety of books and articles on the topic. This book was used for reference in my masters thesis on cyber bullying prevention. It will also be an excellent source for parenting children in the cyber age.

Tests are good but reviews arent
i used this book along wiht the 5 steps one, and thank god i did. maria litvin's prep book is not at all a good book to use if you havent picked up much during the school year and need help quick for the ap test. the best thing about this book is the practice tests. they're actually harder than the real one in may, but it makes sure taht you are thoroughly prepared. i know a lot of people use that same justification for the barron's practice tests, but i found that the barron's ap comp sci practice tests were too hard to an unlikely extreme. litvin's challenges you, barron's just tortures you. the lessons and review in this book were rather disappointing. it didnt teach you a whole lot. i used 5 steps to actually learn the material. i would highly recommned this book to those you know their stuff and just want to prep. and to those you are completely lost in the subject, use 5 steps or some other material to reivew the information and then this book for last minute prepreations.

oh and also, the links they give you are really great for studying frq.

EXCELLENT HISTORY BOOK FOR ALL AGES & RACES/NATIONS.
I have purchased more than 35 BOOKS recently from AMAZON.COM.Since I am
a PETROLEUM GEOSCIENTIST, I am more interested with Petro-technical books,
and normally I spent lots of times to do my own research for my projects.
I read a lot of PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, GEOPHYSICS, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING BOOKS for OILFIELDS RESEARCH.

I seldom pay much attention on other things particularly on unnecessary
entertainments. I am very well aware that other people or friends of
other professions are also very busy & occupied with their own jobs.

History seems to be only for a leisure thing to read. Or else for the
BRITISH might be interested with HISTORY of ENGLAND or the CHINESE, we are
only interested with our 4600 years of DYNASTIES, likewise other RACES
might be interested with their own country or own races' histories.

In this sense, most of us are very narrow & shallow with very limited
knowledge of what really happened in the past:HISTORY, unless you are
a college major in HISTORY.

When I flipped open this excellent book:Encyclopedia of WORLD HISTORY by
THE USBORNE, I was amazed with such a complete comprehensive coverage of
so much knowledge of WORLD HISTORY in a very simple interesting way with
very good pictures of what really happened in the PAST!!

From 4,550 million years ago when the EARTH was formed to PRESENT 2,000 years of the
NEW MILLENIUM. This book is so wonderful, it covered a very well documented portion of HISTORICAL GEOLOGY for the geology majors and moving onwards to the Development of MANKINDS & WORLD EVENTS.

I am impressed indeed that this history book is for all RACES & NATIONS in a very
concise(condensed) history of the world events.

For these reasons, it offered the readers to have a very broad horizon
about the affairs & events of MANKIND since the EARTH's FORMATION.

In this case, it will not restrict me from only knowing the HISTORY of my
own country: CHINA!! It gives me the opportunity to know about ENGLAND,
RUSSIA, IRAN, INDIA etc. Even the details were very condensed, it served
as a primer for anyone who are interested to know more and will start digging
into more detailed histories of the world on the condition that they have
more time!!

I am very impressed by the Authors: JANE BINGHAM, FIONA CHANDLER, SAM
TAPLIN and the complete RESEARCH TEAM & CONSULTANTS. OBVIOUSLY this TEAM
is composed of A TOP-NOTCH TEAM of BRITISH HISTORICAL SCHOLARS!! I thank you for
your efforts and a fine job done!!

If more people will read this comprehensive HISTORY BOOK of THE WORLD, I am sure there will be less prejudice in this world and there will be more understandings
and cooperations for a better future of the WORLD!!

I would like to meet
the AUTHORS: Ms.JANE BINGHAM, Ms.FIONA CHANDLER and Mr.SAM TAPLIN if possible in the future.

I strongly recommend EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY must keep a copy of this BOOK!!
I hope CHINA will translate this book into CHINESE for the young people to
learn what really happened in the PAST of the WORLD!!

It is indeed a very GOOD BOOK!!ENCYCLOPEDIA of WORLD HISTORY!!

THANK YOU AMAZON for letting me to share my humble opinion!!

BEST REGARDS,

STEPHEN M. YUNG,
HONG KONG,CHINA.
TEL:(852) 97541382 Email:steveyung8@gmail.com

good book
My 8 year old son loves these books. He has the other ones in the series. Any boy/girl who loves Pokemon will like this book.