Larry Ullman is one of my most favorite authors. One of the things that I like to do is to read his newsletter that he publishes every now and then. In his newsletter, Larry encourages his readers to ask him a question - and if the question is good, you get a free book from any of his titles!

I never ever asked any question but then a question popped up in my mind while reading his last newsletter. I asked him that question, without caring much if my question would be selected as the winning question. But guess what? I got Larry’s personal reply via email and he asked me my mailing address and the title of one of his books that I wish to receive! Yes! I had won! =P It was actually a two-in-one thing: one, I won the book, and two, I got a personal email from Larry! (which is no less than a gift for me!) I sent him a thank you note and expressed my deep love for his writing style, and he replied back again with some kind words.

Anyways, after a wait of a week or so, I received a brand new copy of ‘Adobe Air with AJAX: Visual QuickPro Guide’ - which is one of the newer titles Larry Ullman has written. I just felt so good when I opened the book as it had a personal message from Larry and his signature over the first page! The message read: ‘Kamran, I hope you like it’ followed by his signature. I thought I should share this with you guys and recommend you to read Larry Ullman’s books on various topics he has written about.