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Studied Spanish, Catalan, and Basque at University of Pennsylvania and University of California at Berkeley. Moved to Barcelona in 1987, found job in computer company translating documentation and software. Started Página Uno in 1990: publisher of Mac related books in Spanish. Moved back to US in 1993 to edit 5th edition of The Macintosh Bible. Wrote first edition of HTML Visual QuickStart Guide in 1995, now worldwide bestseller with more than 1 million copies sold in many languages. Also written books on Perl/CGI, XML, Blogger, iPhoto.

Most recently, wrote EPUB Straight to the Point, and accompanying miniguides, to help people publish ebook versions of their books.

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	HTML, XHTML, and CSS 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HTML for the World Wide Web 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 1951 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	EPUB Straight to the Point: Creating eBooks for the Apple iPad and Other ereaders 3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HTML 5 and CSS3 by Elizabeth Castro (Goodreads Author), Bruce Hyslop 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	XML for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide 3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perl & CGI for the World Wide Web: Visual Quick- Start Guide 3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Publishing a Blog with Blogger: Visual Quickproject Guide 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From InDesign CS 5.5 to EPUB and Kindle 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creating a Web Page with HTML: Visual Quickproject Guide 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual Quickstart Guide 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Spanish Holocaust: Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain

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French Lessons: A Memoir

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Steve Jobs

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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 5 of 5 stars MOM*ME by Jennifer Castro (Goodreads Author) read in May, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Totally impressed with my sister Jenn's new book, Mom*Me, which Amazon just brought to my door. It's really great, the kind of book I'd buy even if she wasn't my sister. Course she is, so that means I get to buy a couple of copies :)
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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 4 of 5 stars Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 5 of 5 stars What's Up with Catalonia? by Liz Castro read in February, 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Granted, I'm biased, since I am the editor! I think "What's up with Catalonia?" is a great collection of articles on the current political situation in Catalonia, written specifically for a non-Catalan audience. The articles, written by 35 experts an...more
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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 3 of 5 stars The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler read in April, 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I liked it, I did. Especially the beginning. But I wanted it to go longer. I love Tyler's books because they immerse me in her amazing characters, and this time I didn't have enough time with them.
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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 4 of 5 stars Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Elizabeth Castro rated a book 4 of 5 stars Digging to America by Anne Tyler	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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