Recent Sample Chapters Online
Here's a list of our most recent sample chapters, with the most recently available chapters at the top. You can browse our Book List to find additional sample chapters.
Head First Web Design• Chapter 2: Pre-production
Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual
• Chapter 4: Selections: Choosing What to Edit
Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard
Take Control of VMware Fusion 2
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of VMware Fusion 2
Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2
• Chapter 8: Consuming Amazon's RESTful Services with Silverlight 2
Take Control of Back to My Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Back to My Mac
Adobe InDesign CS4 One-on-One
• Chapter 4: Lists, Tables, and Special Characters
Adobe Photoshop CS4 One-on-One
• Chapter 4: Making Selections
The Best of Instructables Volume I
• Chapter 2: Food
Algorithms in a Nutshell
• Chapter 4: Sorting Algorithms
The Art of Capacity Planning
• Chapter 4: Predicting Trends
Learning OpenCV
• Chapter 4: HighGUI
Head First Physics
• Chapter 4: Equations and Graphs
Photoshop Lightroom 2 Adventure
• Chapter 4: The Develop Module
Head First Ajax
• Chapter 7: Manipulating the DOM: My wish is your command
Head First Statistics
• Chapter 4: Calculating Probabilities: Taking Chances
Programming ASP.NET MVC
• Chapter 1: Understanding the MVC Pattern and ASP.NET MVC
Website Optimization
• Chapter 2: SEO Case Study: PhillyDentistry.com
Take Control of Back to My Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Back to My Mac
Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Screen Sharing in Leopard
Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People
• Sample Excerpt: Technical Table
Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '08
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Recording with GarageBand '08
Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand '08
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Making Music with GarageBand '08
Flex 3 Cookbook
• Chapter 4: Development Strategies
• Chapter 3: XML
• Chapter 2: SharedObjects
Programming Visual Basic 2008
• Chapter 4: Designing the Database
Flex 3 Cookbook
• Chapter 1: Charting
Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference
• Chapter 4: Windows PowerShell Pocket Reference, 1E
Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People
• Chapter 48: Hand-Color a Picture
Hackerteen
• Chapter 1: Hackerteen Intro
Make Projects: Small Form Factor PCs
• Chapter 4: Home Network Gateway
Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments
• Chapter 4: Chemicals for the Home Chemistry Lab
Google Apps Hacks
• Chapter 4: The Google Docs Family: Google presentations
Big Book of Apple Hacks
• Sample Excerpt: Command-Line Fun
JavaScript: The Good Parts
• Chapter 4: Functions
Painting the Web
• Chapter 4: The Web As Frame
Learning Flash Media Server 3
• Chapter 4: Nonpersistent Client-Side Remote Shared Objects
Take Control of iWeb: iLife '08
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of iWeb: iLife '08 Edition
Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide
• Chapter 4: Companies Capitalize Competences
Take Control of Switching to the Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Switching to the Mac
Photoshop CS3 Photo Effects Cookbook
• Sample Excerpt: Excerpt
Office 2008 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual
• Chapter 4: Styles, Page Layout, and Tables
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
• Chapter 4: Documents, Programs, & Spaces
Head First Servlets and JSP
• Chapter 9: using JSTL
JUNOS Enterprise Routing
• Chapter 4: Interior Gateway Protocols and Migration Strategies
Making Things Happen
• Chapter 4: Writing the good vision
ADO.NET 3.5 Cookbook
• Chapter 4: Searching and Analyzing Data
Programming Amazon Web Services
• Chapter 4: S3 Applications
Ferret
• Chapter 4: Search
Take Control of Permissions in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Permissions in Leopard
The Digital Photography Companion
• Chapter 3: How to Shoot Like a Pro
Java Generics and Collections
• Chapter 5: Evolution, Not Revolution
Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers
• Chapter 4: ISO and noise
Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide
• Chapter 4: Domain Name System
Adobe Photoshop CS3 One-on-One
• Chapter 9: Building Layered Compositions
Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Your iPod: Beyond the Music
Take Control of Your Domain Names
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Your Domain Names
Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Users & Accounts in Leopard
Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Upgrading to Leopard
Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Troubleshooting Your Mac
Take Control of Syncing in Tiger
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Syncing in Tiger
Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail
Take Control of Sharing Files in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Sharing Files in Leopard
Take Control of Permissions in Mac OS X
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Permissions in Mac OS X
Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Passwords in Mac OS X
Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Maintaining Your Mac
Take Control of iWeb
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of iWeb
Take Control of Fonts in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Fonts in Leopard
Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard
Take Control of Customizing Leopard
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Customizing Leopard
Take Control of Buying a Mac
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Buying a Mac
Take Control of Buying a Digital Camera
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Buying a Digital Camera
Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control of Apple Mail in Tiger
Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon
• Sample Excerpt: Take Control: The Mac OS X Lexicon
Essential Silverlight 2 Up-to-Date
• Chapter 4: Introducing Silverlight Tools
Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World
• Chapter 3: New Ways of Understanding People
Java Pocket Guide
• Chapter 4: Reference Types
ScreenOS Cookbook
• Chapter 4: Route Mode and Static Routing
Head First EJB
• Chapter 2: EJB Architecture
• Chapter 2: Architectural Overview
Facebook: The Missing Manual
• Chapter 4: Sending Messages to Friends
Dynamic Learning: Dreamweaver CS3
• Chapter 4: Styling Your Pages with CSS
iPhoto '08: The Missing Manual
• Chapter 4: Camera Meets Mac
Photoshop CS3 RAW
• Chapter 4: Getting Started with Camera Raw
The Creative Digital Darkroom
• Chapter 4: File Preparation
Ajax: The Definitive Guide
• Chapter 4: Foundations: Scripting XML and JSON
Wikipedia: The Missing Manual
• Chapter 4: Creating a New Article
The Ruby Programming Language
• Chapter 4: Expressions and Operators
Head First JavaScript
• Chapter 2: Storing Data
Head First Software Development
• Chapter 6: Version Control
Learning ActionScript 3.0
• Chapter 4: The Display List
Apache Cookbook
• Chapter 4: Virtual Hosts
C# 3.0 Design Patterns
• Chapter 1: C# Meets Design Patterns
X Power Tools
• Chapter 4: Advanced X.org Configuration
Visualizing Data
• Chapter 4: Time Series
Building a Web 2.0 Portal with ASP.NET 3.5
• Chapter 4: Building the Data and Business Layers Using .NET 3.5
Advanced Rails
• Chapter 4: Database
Programming C# 3.0
• Chapter 13: Introducing LINQ13
C# 3.0 Cookbook
• Chapter 4: Generics
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