Books by Harold Davis and Phyllis Davis
 | The Gimp for Linux & Unix by Phyllis Davis.
A five-star rated Amazon book. Some reader comments: "The best beginning Gimp book I have seen!"; "Excellent and complete introduction."; "Finally, a Gimp book that is easy to use!"; and, simply, "Fantastic!" According to Book News, "Takes a visual approach to teaching the Gnu Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), presenting easy, step-by-step directions with b&w and color illustrations that take the mystery out of complicated features. Coverage includes selecting colors, painting lines and shapes, layering, creating composite images, and working with text. Other subjects are creating images for the Web, and printing and output. Includes a glossary. Davis is a writer, graphics and Web designer, teacher, and software developer." 306 pages, $19.99, 2000, ISBN 0-201-70253-3, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Red Hat Linux 6 by Harold Davis. Learn Linux visually. Installing Linux, the Gnome desktop, working with databases, and using the Linux command line are explained. Click here for Very Useful Linux Links! Visit the companion web site for Harold's Red Hat Linux 6 Visual QuickPro Guide. Click here for a profile of Harold. 290 pages, $18.99, 2000, ISBN 0-201-35437-3, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Visual Basic for Windows Visual QuickStart Guide by Harold Davis. An easy, visual approach to teaching Visual Basic. A five-star Amazon rated book. According to one reader, "I was looking for a VB6 book. There must be a gazillion of them out there; each containing a googolzillion pages. I happened upon this little jem. Only 290 pages. And, it contains pictures. What a nice book. Very nice." 290 pages, $18.99, 2000, ISBN 0-201-35383-0, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Visual Basic 6 Secrets by Harold Davis. A sophisticated guide to some of Visual Basic's more advanced features. 889 pages, $59.99, 1998, ISBN 0-7645-3223-5, published by IDG Books. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | CorelDraw 9 for Windows by Phyllis Davis. An easy, visual approach to teaching CorelDraw. A five-star Amazon rated book. According to one reader, "Finally, a well designed, illustrated, straight-to-the-point book for using CorelDraw9." 322 pages, $18.99, 1999, ISBN 0-201-35451-9, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | CorelDraw 8 for Windows by Phyllis Davis. An easy, visual approach to teaching CorelDraw. A five-star Amazon rated book. According to one reader, "This book is exactly what the Visual QuickStart Series is all about - concise, illustrated explanations of most of the features you'll need to be up and running with minimal effort." 306 pages, $17.95, 1998, ISBN 0-201-69661-4, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | WordPerfect 8 for Linux by Phyllis Davis. An easy, visual approach to teaching WordPerfect for Linux. Dedicated to the Knights that say "Ni!" 246 pages, $18.99, 1999, ISBN 0-201-70051-4, published by Peachpit Press. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 |
Web technologies and techniques progress at such a breakneck pace that even professional Web developers are challenged to keep up to date. Now, in Web Developer¹s SECRETS, World Wide Web guru Harold Davis reveals the latest, most valuable tips and strategies that every developer needs to know. Topics covered include:
Click here for software fun and games! CD-ROM includes source code from the book, utilities,Microsoft Web creation tools, the Sun JDK, webAction from classTools,and much more! |
 | Visual Basic 5 SECRETS by Harold Davis is the insider's guide topower programming. Make the most of the cutting edge capabilities of Version 5 of Visual Basic.Discover all the secrets behind the world's favoriteprogramming environment, including:
CD-ROM includes an outstanding collection of ActiveX controls and allsource code from the book. |
 | Welcome to FrontPage 97! If you want to design and create your own Web site,you've come to the right place. FrontPage 97 is an innovativeWeb site creation program from Microsoft that helpsyou build Web sites using templates or from theground up. And, you don't need to knowone bit of HTML programming to use FrontPage 97. FrontPage 97 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide by Phyllis Davis is the easiest way to jump right intoWeb site creation using FrontPage 97. In keeping with the PeachpitVisual Quickstart tradition, the book takes an easy,visual approach to guiding you through the software.FrontPage 97 offers a complete set of tools for building any kindof Web site. With FrontPage 97 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide andFrontPage 97, if you can imagine it, you can create it on the Web! ISBN 0-201-69628-2 List price: $17.95 U.S.Pages: 292 pages. Published by Peachpit Press.You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | CorelDRAW is the world's best-selling drawing and graphics package for the Windows platform. It is an extremely powerful, feature-rich program that allows users to create sophisticated, professional-quality graphics. CorelDRAW 7 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide by Phyllis Davis is for anyone who wants or needs to create graphics with CorelDRAW. This hands-on guide takes a straightforward, visual approach that enables even those with little past drawing experience to get up and running quickly. New CorelDRAW users will find the step-by-step instructions easy to follow and fun, and readers with some CorelDRAW experience will benefit from the explanations of important new features. Special tips, techniques, and undocumented secrets will enable all users to create professional effects quickly with less effort. All of the book's numerous illustrations are created using CorelDRAW. Readers can learn to duplicate the effects and graphics that appear throughout the book. ISBN 0-201-69420-4 List price: $17.95 U.S.Pages: 272 pages. Published by Peachpit Press.You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Visual Basic 4 SECRETS is an intermediate/advanced book in the premier "Secrets" series. As Harold wrote in the preface:"Programming is - at its best - one part art, one part science, and one part lore. As programming languages go, Visual Basic is extremely easy to program, but only up to a certain point. Learning the secrets that lie beyond that point, sometimes referred toby developers as the "VB Wall," is a matter of obtaining access to the secrets included in Visual Basic 4 SECRETS.A companion CD-ROM - which includes a secret easter egg hunt and contest andfull release versions of important development tools - is included. 758 pages, 1996, ISBN 1-56884-872-2, published by IDG Books.Visual Basic 4 SECRETS reviewed by programmer Mike Robertson.You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Delphi Power Toolkit was written by Harold Davis. This is an intermediate to advanced level book containingcutting-edge tools and techniques for programmers. The book includes a companion CD-ROM. 750 pages, 1995, $49.95, ISBN 1-56604-292-5, published by Ventana Communications. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Peter Norton's Guide to Visual Basic 4 for Windows 95 was written by Harold & Phyllis Davis. This is a beginnerto intermediate text written in the user-friendly style of Peter Norton. 918 pages, $39.99, 1995, ISBN 0-672-30615-8, published by Sams/Macmillan. You can order this book on-line from Amazon.com. |
 | Publishing Your Art As Cards, Posters & Calendars, Second Edition was written by Harold Davis. This book is a best-selling classic in its field, dearly beloved by artists around the world. The author dedicated Publishing Your Art As Cards, Posters & Calendars to "artists everywhere." It is a complete guide for artists and photographers to creating, designing and marketing publishable art. As The Craftsman's Bookshelf stated, "This book is about selling many, many copies of your work." In Publishing Your Art As Cards, Posters & Calendars, author Harold Davis has shared his extensive experience in the field, with the hope that you will benefit! Join the thousands of artists who have learned to prosper by publishing their art as cards, posters & calendars! Includes print production flow chart, extensive listing of resources, glossary and index. 152 pages, illustrated, 1993, $19.95, ISBN 0-913069-42-6. Published by The Consultant Press, Ltd., 212-838-8640. Available through fine bookstores; directly from the publisher; from Light Impressions, 800-828-6216; or on-line from Amazon.com. |
