Expat book lists

Looking for a programming book or something to help you with your French? Our book selection is here to help! If you know of a useful book then let me know.

Web site design

• Sams Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours

  Do you want to understand how to make your own web pages? This book takes you through those steps...

  This carefully organized, well-written tutorial teaches beginning web page development skills, covering only those HTML and CSS tags that are likely to be used on creating a beginning web page. The 24 separate, one hour-long tutorials follow the process by which you should be creating your web page, building knowledge not only of how to create a web page, but building a general knowledge of how to use HTML and CSS in other projects as well.

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• Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional

  CSS is a standard that is now so important when developing websites. This books is for novices and professionals alike.

  Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are one of the most important technologies on the web today. They give web developers the power to style their web sites so those sites are usable, compact, good looking, consistently displayable, and quick and efficient to change if so desired. There are many books out there on CSS, but Beginning CSS Web Development is different—it doesn't waste time discussing theory, and it delves straight into the practical matter. It provides you with what you need to know, faster. It is also completely up to date, covering the most modern CSS standards and design techniques. In addition to the essential CSS basics, this book covers advanced techniques like accessibility, hacks, and filters. The book concludes with a case study, and features a CSS reference section that allows you to look up required syntax as quickly as possible.Summary of Contents PART 1 - Get to Know CSS Getting Started Core Concepts of CSS CSS Building Blocks Text Color, Backgrounds, and Images Lists Links Tables and Definition Lists Forms PART 2 - Logical Layouts Layout Basics Classic Layouts Layout Manipulation The Journey from Layout to Template Usability and Accessibility Enhancements Tips, Tricks, and Troubles Case Study: The Dead Goods CSS Reference

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French Language

• Dictionary of French Building Terms: Essential for Renovators, Builders and Home-owners

  This book while not really on the topic of computing but is too good not to mention it. It contains words and phrases that will help when dealing with French builders, though it is aimed more at DIY. The book is divided into sections (construction, decorating, plumbing etc. It is very comprehensive and has all the technical terms that you won't find in a normal english-french dictionary.