I am a physicist and had some interest in what these bio informatics actually do. I must say I am impressed both in the rigor and sharpness of the probabilistic reasoning. This book relies heavily on probability theory (especially hidden Markov models) and is clear enough to be read without a sharp pencil. Don't get me wrong it is not simple enough to be good late night bedtime entertainment. The biological and chemical background is also easy to grasp.
The authors are obviously very active in the field they describe. Their self citations seem absolutely reasonable.

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This book is about writing bug free programs in C. A truly daunting task. All the examples and specifics are in C. You remember this language after Pascal and before C++, Java, C#? Though the contents is valuable for programming in any language the book would be quite hard to read without some C knowledge. On the other side it is good enough to have a quite faded ten-year-old remembrance of the language. The examples are crystal clear and well explained. This is an absolutely worthwhile book and not only for the nostalgic feelings of times gone by.

This is a small and handy book about NDS the Novell Directory Service. It is fun, fast and easy to read. I found it trustworthy and helpful.

This is a nice and thorough book. It reads well and smooth and is well bound.

This book is nice to read. It is written in a clear casual style. But don't be mistaken it requires quite a bit of maturity in patterns and in C++. And yes you do learn something more about patterns even about C++. So it is worthwhile but not mandatory.

This book does not insult your intelligence and is at the same time an easy read. (Though the level of B. Stroustrup's book on C++ is not reached.) Roughly 200 hundred pages are C# specific. The majority of the rest is a description of the .Net class libraries. It is absolutely sufficient for a thorough and enjoyable understanding of C#. .Net itself is so rich that it would require at least a factor of four more pages. This book gives you a nice start on the new world of the .Net concepts though. This book has only one problem it is too heavy in physical weight. Please on the next edition make two volumes of it. In short this book serves well for any developer interested in the subject.

Like practically all books on patterns I encountered so far this book doesn't lent itself easily to reading cover to cover and its difficult to use as a reference book without knowing what you are searching for. Aside from that its a good but after the GoF book (Gamma et al. "Design Patterns"). You learn even from browsing in it.

Anybody involved in object oriented programming should own this book and browse once in a while through it. It is the classic in patterns.

Too bad that it is no book for reading from cover to cover though.

I really loved to read this book. It is such a joy in every respect. It is at the same time easy to read and intelligent. It has things to say of tremendous value. It has a beautiful lay out and design. It has only necessary words. It is short and full of contents.

A must for every one having somehow to do with the creation of the web and for everyone who just wants to have a good time reading.

This book and the one from Meilir Page-Jones are absolutely must reads for the serious object oriented software developer. Meyers book is thick and you will learn during the read a lot of Eiffel. The detour is absolutely worth it.