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This book delivers precisely what it promises: 1001 terrific web sites to explore. Some are pure fun, some educational, some useful tools. There's music to hear, literature to enjoy, food to order in. You can get involved in politics, explore other continents, and check out the coolest mind-bogglers in scientific research. How about a site dedicated to the best graffiti worldwide? Utilize the facilities of a virtual hospital. Browse the hottest electronic magazines tucked into the funkiest corners of the Web. Includes a version of the book on CD-ROM, complete with software for several online services.
About the Author
Edward J. Renehan, Jr. is married to Christa Renehan. They have two children: William James Renehan (born 1987) and Katherine Eleanor Renehan (born 1991). Renehan is the author of many books-some related to American history, others related to technology, the Internet, and finance. In the 1970s, Renehan worked as a musician and recorded with Pete Seeger for Folkways Records. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, a nonprofit effort in environmental education.
Beginning in 1980, Renehan worked in publishing in New York City for fourteen years (holding positions at John Wiley & Sons, St. Martin's Press, Macmillan Publishing, and K-III/Newbridge) before moving to Rhode Island in 1994. At Macmillan Book Clubs (later named Newbridge Communications, a subsidiary of K-III Holdings), Renehan served as Director of Computer Publishing Programs and in that capacity oversaw the launch of Newbridge's Web site: http://www.booksonline.com Renehan's books and CD-ROMs have been published by Crown/Random House, Springer-Verlag, Chelsea Green, Jamsa Press, and (soon) HarperCollins.
E-mail: ejren@earthlink.net
Web: http://members.aol.com/EJRen/EJRen.html
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1.0 out of 5 stars
This book fails to provide what its title promises.,
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This review is from: 1001 Really Cool Web Sites (Paperback)
New to the Web and looking for some direction in finding sites that are interesting and informative in a sea of thousands or hundreds of thousands of sites...most with addresses unknown, I bought the Renehan book. Noting that the book was published in 1995, I assumed it must be updated at least semi-annually. Though new to the Wed I was aware that there is an enormous turnover of failing, marginal and poorly conceived sites. I assumed ,therefore, that an author would find a way to keep his/her book reasonably contemperaneous. That was sadly not the case with the book being reviewed. Of the first twenty sites randomly chosen from the attractiveness of their titles, fifteen were "withdrawn","no such title" or "unknown". In further review of titles the record became somewhat better but never exceeded roughly 50% of sites listed and described in detail in the book. I then looked to the publisher's page for evidence of revisions after the 1995 publishing date and found none--absolutely none. Maybe I'm naive in thinking that such a book could be kept up-to-date in this fast moving business, but certainly something better than no changes in four years could have been done-or the book abandoned in fear of misleading naive (or otherwise unknowing) purchasers.
5.0 out of 5 stars
useful historical document,
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This review is from: 1001 Really Cool Web Sites (Paperback)
Yes, these websites from 1995 are long gone. But this book should be called "1001 Really Cool Web Screenshots." Since it includes an image of every site listed (granted, in black & white), it serves as an excellent thumbnail index of web aesthetics circa 1994-95, before the Way Back Machine started indexing pages.
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