Version 3 of Bento increases the usefulness of FileMaker's database for the rest of us. This app allows you to sync databases with your desktop version ($49). You can use it to track project or most anything. It comes with numerous templates and more are available in the marketplace.

author: Mana Takahashi Shoko Azuma Ltd. TREND-PRO-pro Co. ASIN or ISBN-10: 1593271905 binding: Paperback list price: $19.95 USD amazon price: $18.03 USD

Want to learn about databases without the tedium? With its unique combination of Japanese-style comics and serious educational content, "The Manga Guide to Databases" is just the book for you. Princess Ruruna is stressed out. With the king and queen away, she has to manage the Kingdom of Kod's humongous fruit-selling empire. Overseas departments, scads of inventory, conflicting prices, and so many customers! It's all such a confusing mess. But a mysterious book and a helpful fairy promise to solve her organizational problems-with the practical magic of databases.