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This textbook is not the current edition my class is using. Also the cd was missing. I do not blame the seller. It is my mistake as new to buying my textbooks online. The book was not entirely useless because basically only the statistics have changed. Compared to the the prices in my campus bookstore, this transaction... | 23 stars |
I tried to do the autoscroll example from chapter three. I started with the samples I downloaded and unzipped from the O'Reilly site. The first thing I noticed was that the picture in the samples was different from the picture in the book (no bother there), but then I noticed the picture was not really big enough to fi... | 12 stars |
I had Peglet's experience when reading this book (and "Jude the Obscure" as well). I recommend, as she does, that the reader not try to empathize with the characters; it'll make you too angry. I wanted to reach into the book and strangle Angel a few times, for reasons that are obvious to anyone who has read t... | 34 stars |
This one belongs on every serious investor's shelf. By Bernstein's own admission, this is the book he wanted to write. It contains his real insight. His other more recent, broader, and more basic books pale in comparison--but that's the fault of the readers, not Bernstein. I would even go so far as to say that, if you ... | 45 stars |
Not being a very avid reader of the classics I was quite surprised at the relevance of the story to the fiction of today, but masterfully written! As a 28 year old guy I'm not usually accustomed to picking something like this up, but at the encouragement of my wife and the audio book available I was welcome to the oppo... | 34 stars |
Although the book is a little too brief, the reader is begging for more at the end. He is full and experiential in his witness and enthusiasm to pursue Christ as Lord and Savior. He is inspiring and insightful in regards to living the way in which God intends. Tozer has an exciting and "pointed" style that is m... | 45 stars |
This is a well-written, well-plotted story, as you would expect from such a respected author.BUTPersonally, I have a problem with the story. The man character looses his individuality, becoming someone else. The (explicitly stated, too) message is that the trade-off was worth it - rather than being another unsuccesfull... | 23 stars |
Struggle, survival, compassion and romance: these eternal elements will make this novel an enduring presence. Ms. Bronte must have been quite courageous to write about a free spirited woman like Jane Eyre in Victorian Era. Even though there are so many memorable scenes in this book, what stands out most is the romance ... | 45 stars |
This is by far the WORST Grisham book I've ever read (and I've read them all). Just when I think I might get a big surprise ending, I just get an ending. That's all. The plot never came full circle...characters were introduced in the beginning and played up, then never reappeared....it's as if Grisham just gave up in t... | 01 star |
Since I try to read all the National Book Award winning fiction, I read this. Much of it is a chore to read: unless you have an interest in music or in Shostakovich's love life there are pages and pages which are dull and pointless. But there are sections which cannot help but excite one's interest. The account of the ... | 23 stars |
I love this book! I read it over and over again! I just never that tired of it. I love when Harry leans he's a wizard . J.K. Rowling you just got a forever fan. (P.s I have read this like 20 times) | 23 stars |
There is just something special about holding a book in your hands to read it and not staring at a computer screen. | 45 stars |
This is the first novel I've read from this author and now I want to read them all! Such a great book, an interesting dynamic! You won't be disappointed but it will leave you w/many questions. I couldn't put it down, what a great read! | 45 stars |
The author seemed so knowledgeable on the subject of Jim Bowie. I didn't know some of the stories myself. I often wondered what went on prior to The Alamo and now I know. I would like to see the same type of Book come out about Crockett and Travis. | 45 stars |
If you have any desire to stop smoking, or ever feel guilty lighting up a cigarette, you must read this book. Carr takes a logical approach to changing your perception of smokers to make quiting so much easier than you can ever imagine. No scare tactics or preaching of things you've already heard from TV or doctors a m... | 45 stars |
(...) This book, just another in a longline of redundant and reductive texts he has produced, offers nothingnew. It is about as interesting as a book that blames the fall of theroman empire on their ethnicity of the romans and the belief inchristianity. That the answers like in the 'mindset' (read, geneticmakeup) of th... | 01 star |
I received the book in good condition and quite quickly even though coming from a distance. The book is in excellent condition and is like new.I shall certainly go to Amazon for other books I want to collect, the service was really good. I am very pleased with my purchase. | 45 stars |
I bought this book for my wife about six years ago, and since then it has become her preferred reference on exercise and fitness. She has always enjoyed physical exercise and this book has helped her stay in great shape.This book is really a great tool for everyone wanting to improve their physique by increasing their ... | 45 stars |
This book was great! I got it out of the library, but ended up ordering myself a copy to keep since it is so easy to piece, and so easy to mix-'n-match patterns! Plus, the instructive CD rom took the guesswork out of the written instructions. My blocks looked fabulous, and it was my first attempt at paper piecing. A mu... | 45 stars |
I admit I'm young and have barely made a dent in the world of classical literature, but thus far, I have found that Anna Karenina is by far the worst one out there. A novel this size should be jam packed with great scenes, characters and plots, but this was just a slow ride into a very long drawn out affair.I was about... | 12 stars |
Even though ti is somewhat outdated now, this book provides excellent advice for leaders and managers | 45 stars |
I feel that I need to balance the scale a bit (There are way too many 5-star ratings for this book!). Mistry is a fine writer who creates memorable characters with great depth...however, this book left me utterly numb. I've read books about sad, depressing subjects before (i.e., other Oprah books), but Mistry definitel... | 01 star |
I was very excited to get this book home and dive in; starting on 3 scarfs immediately. A couple of issues were minor to considerably annoying:1) The photos, although very well taken, are not functional. One glaring example is the geometric scarf. There are numerous embellishments of embroidary, beadwork, etc., and not... | 34 stars |
I'm a student in 9th grade. I once hated math with a passion, and would often take my anger out on the textbook. However, I realized it was the teacher who was not explaining, not the textbook. So, I bought this textbook and the Geometry textbook by the same author and taught myself the subject. I read, did the problem... | 34 stars |
Democracy and education is a classic book. John Dewey had revolutionary ideas in regard to education and the way that our country teaches its youth. He knew, years ago, that standardized testing was problematic, both for students and teachers! He really was ahead of his time, this particular edition of the book is real... | 45 stars |
The author wrote this with an extreme sense of knowledge about everyone who was on Scott Fischer's expedition, which is strange, because he was on ROB HALL'S expedition !!! He makes a lot of the characters seem like complete fools, ex.: Sandy Hill Pittman, which they are not. Also, he barely gives Anatoli Boukreev (d.1... | 01 star |
The dictionary came in excellent condition, just as described. It was delivered promptly, and packaged well. It is a great resource which I am already using regularly. I would recommend any Bible student to have one of these. | 45 stars |
Great, I enjoyed receiving it on time ...keep up the god work... It came on time and as it was described | 45 stars |
You know how it ends but it was fun to read. Well written, liked the style,Made it seem like you were eavesdropping on what was happening | 34 stars |
Kristina McCormack translates this best-selling European book on how to develop trust and harmony between horses and humans using body language. Dancing With Horses will make an excellent companion to Almost A Whisper, reviewed above: the focuses on understanding horse psyche are similar, as is the holistic approach; b... | 45 stars |
Niklas Luhmann's *Social Systems* was one of the more challenging works of sociology to be published in the 20th century. Challenging because of Luhmann's pointedly gnomic writing style, sure, but even more so because Luhmann anticipated the disuse that sociology would fall into at the turn of the century and radically... | 23 stars |
For the last few years, critics and fans have raved over the new movie trilogy of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", but more than half of those people have not picked up the novels that started it all.The first in the series is "The Fellowship of the Ring" and intoduces us to the cast of characters... | 45 stars |
I didn't much care for the dialogue, it was off putting and a distraction. The end was remarkably anti-climactic, I would much rather read the Lord of the Rings. | 23 stars |
This book will make you cry, laugh, scream, but most of all it leaves you begging for more even after its 800 or so pages. Its like a great traveling primetime show. By far my favorite book! | 45 stars |
Skillful shifts of narration speed along what, on the face of it, seems to be a murder mystery and from the very first page the reader is compelled by a nagging suspense. The conviction and imprisonment of Grace Marks was an actual event in Canadian history, and Atwood weaves her fiction through the gaps of historical ... | 45 stars |
The conclusion to Robin Hobb's "Farseer" trilogy is definitely worthy of the first two books in the series, "Assassin's Apprentice" and "Royal Assassin".Yet this book left me less than satisfied. While the woman named Kettle turns out to be vital to the story, the way she's introduced seems almost like an afterthought.... | 34 stars |
The Hobbit is one of the only books I can sit down and read for hours. It is one of the best fantasy books ever written. It has action, magic, and unique characters. There's something in this book for almost everyone. It even has some humor in it which is rare for most fantasy books. It reminds me of the time of Merlin... | 45 stars |
The content of Blanchard (3rd edition) may be all very well, but the layout and typography are such a hodgepodge as to be quite distracting and intimidating. The CD is only Windows-compatible, and judging from the description strikes me as rather more a nuisance than an asset (it might have been put in a pocket iside t... | 23 stars |
To borrow a verb from Hawthorne, I was "purposed" here. Having eaten the garbage of the day's media reports, I picked up this book for the "cleansing" redux. Some bittersweet sorbet it was- here are some of the things that made me laugh.Charleton Heston played Jesus with shaved armpits.To describe our nation, he quotes... | 34 stars |
It's hard not to think of this book in terms of the Foundation series but it doesn't quite live up to those standards. Still a good read. | 23 stars |
Set in Sydney, Australia in 1880's, seven children get into all sorts of mischief even though they are trying their best to behave. Ranging in ages from sixteen to one year, the Woolcot children are mostly left to their own devices. Their step-mother Esther, the birth mother of only the youngest, is just twenty and has... | 34 stars |
This is the first book that I read after 10 years of being devoted solely to the Bible. I had the book for a year till I felt I was ready and it was worth waiting for. The way it is written is so comfortable yet challenging. It is like they read my 'laundry'! It seems that so many Christians have a book for you to read... | 45 stars |
Frank's DigestThe Condensed Version(So you don't have to waste your time or money)RUMP - How To Get RichPage 1:Get off your lazy behinds and inherit millions from your daddy or ask his wealthy friends to bankroll a business for you, what's wrong with you people?Page 2: Time to go pamper myself.Don't hate me because I a... | 01 star |
This is a wonderful story about relationships -- among friends and among family. It is funny, touching and gives a great picture of life in Louisiana (which is very different from life in "the South") and of friendships that last from age 3 to 73 - and beyond. It reminded me of the relationships my mother had... | 45 stars |
I think this book is amazing and everyone should consider reading it as it could benefit everyone. This book has a very interesting and valuble insight into intutision, it's not one of those hippy 6th sense "feelings" books, it's all about facts. | 45 stars |
I heard about COLD COMFORT FARM for the first time while I was on study abroad in London my sophomore year of college. Some of the girls in my group were chatting about the film adaptation of it one night and I listened in as they laughed and laughed and quoted perfectly hilarious lines that had me itching to watch it ... | 34 stars |
I really enjoyed listening to this while on a road trip. It will keep coming back to you in small ways. Now I am reading her other stories. Just what we need in this world today! | 45 stars |
The world would be a better place if everyone in it read this book and understood it! | 45 stars |
a problem is the absence of common sense. There is a happy ending because the virus or whatever it was, mutated into something benign. But as my father pointed out a long time ago, so what if one of many many individuals of a certain species of virus mutates into something nicer? It does nothing to lessen the virulence... | 23 stars |
In Celebrating the Sabbath, Ray emphasizes the true significance of the Sabbath. It is a wonderful gift from God. The author's style in straight forward and the illustrations are helpful. A key element of Ray's work is its tone. He does not beat the reader over the head. Instead, he concisely and convincingly discusses... | 45 stars |
Nobody needs me to say that "Catch 22" is one of the great novels of the 20th century. It's incredibly powerful today, and it's hard to imagine the impact it must have had when it was published more than 50 years ago.The book strips away any pretense about the glory, intelligence, or fairness of war. It shows the cynic... | 45 stars |
I love this book and re-read it nearly every year. I just downloaded the free version to read on my new kindle. There are 4 paragraphs missing in chapter 1, at least one word in chapter 2... And that's as far as I have gotten. So the item loses a star for being incomplete | 34 stars |
A fantastric story, what an adventure,found it very hard to put down. All WWII and history buffs will love this book. | 45 stars |
Max Skidmore has a very intelligent view and an understanding for what he is writing about. These books are a great learning tool that will only make oneself that much smarter. | 45 stars |
Just try to pretend the series ended with book six. You're really not missing anything. | 12 stars |
I read a lot of fantasy. I usually tend to stay away from the big names in the fantasy genre. Tolkein was a bit of a bore - though I suppose it might have been a different story if I bothered to read Lord of the Rings before the movies came out. Likewise, I gave Robert Jordan a try and lost interest about halfway throu... | 45 stars |
Most see George Carlin as an extremely humorous comedian. After reading his book, not only do i see him as that, but also as the world's only true realist. He sees everything excactly how it really is. No BS. Some of the book has no real structure; but rather, is a collection of his thoughts. But that makes his book al... | 45 stars |
This book seemed like a glimpse of someone's hectic everyday life. I am amazed I finished it. I enjoyed the author's writing style (some great imagery and thought connections) but the story never amounted to anything. The characters seemed like aquaintences-I knew some details of their lives but I never really cared ab... | 12 stars |
I suppose many literary critics would put (say) Dante & Shakespeare on the A-team, and writers like Somerset Maugham on the B-team, while writers (actually, teams of writers) such as Alexandre Dumas would be shoved onto the C-team...maybe even worse!But somehow we have to reckon with the fact that this is the most popu... | 45 stars |
I'm a tax attorney and I have this book as a desk resource. It is a great general text on a variety of tax issues. This book has helped me find the quick answers to countless "simple" tax questions. | 45 stars |
Althea Vail is used to getting her own way, after all she usually got it. When she arrived on the doorstep of the brownstone though she found that she would not be catered to just because she was attractive and rich. Archie let her in only to annoy Wolfe. When the allure of both a large check and an intriguing problem ... | 45 stars |
First off, this is an absolutely fantastic book. Short and concise, this book is a powerful tool in shaping your mind to get your liberty back that we all deserve. This book is not for the liberal or progressive but it's a great lesson in history of tyranny. I especially loved the first half of the book with it's wisdo... | 45 stars |
Great expectations was a wonderful book about not giving up even when things get hard. Pip is extremely sweet and mischievous. This book starts out slow biut once you get into it, it gets really interesting. | 34 stars |
this book is filled with photos to help identify early antique furniture, a great reference book to have. does come with a dust jacket, and first edition is 1952. | 45 stars |
We just planted a butterfly garden and this makes it fun to see what the caterpillars will become and whether the butterflies are common in our region. | 45 stars |
The foundation is setup to secretly monitor mankind through its darkest hours. It reminded me a little of Orwell's 1984. In placing humans away from the central government on a planet with few resources. They are forced to develop quickly. This is a novel more about political machinations than about action. The contrad... | 34 stars |
Note that this work is in the public domain, and that fairly handsome PDF editions are freely available online (as well as audio readings, for those so inclined.) | 23 stars |
This book focuses on an academic approach to communication.Unless one is interested in abstract concepts of communication, this book serves no practical purpose. | 34 stars |
Somehow John Carter manages to go to Mars, and when he gets there, he finds out that he is physically stronger than the warlike martians that happen to dwarf him in size. He uses that strength, and the convenient fact that the also telepathic martians can't read his mind, to dominate a clan of green martians and win a ... | 34 stars |
Capote brings this story to life. I like how the book is written like a novel and for people that are interested in the Clutter murder case this book is a must read. This is a great book overall, even if you are not interested in the Clutter case. | 45 stars |
A friend of mine recommended this book to me, and I am SO glad she did! I really enjoyed reading about Norton. What a extraordinary cat he was! I've since learned that Norton died in 1999. I'm so sad to hear that.If you want a book that will make you feel good, you must read this book! I guarantee you'll want to get a ... | 45 stars |
I was sitting up in bed reading this book in the middle of the night with my cat stretched across the foot, sleeping. When I got to the part about the strange,evil appearance of the resurrected cat's eyes, I felt an urge to peer over the book at my own feline. Sensing that he was being observed, he half-opened his eyes... | 45 stars |
another ceramics book every serious ceramics artist/student/instructor will benefit by having in their library of knowledge. Analytical, concise, pictures and diagrams, and deals with a wide range of topics and technical data. | 45 stars |
The Moonstone is composed of several narratives by different characters who tell as much as they know about the mystery. The first narrative of the overseer, over one third of the book, was great fun. His idiosyncrasies and droll way of looking at the other characters was quite delightful. The tale itself was unfolding... | 12 stars |
Lousy sequel to the great book "Peyton Place". The original was well-written with interesting characters and situations. This book is the exact opposite! For one thing one character goes through a complete name change! Allison's stepfather is inexplicably named Mike Rossi here--he wasn't in the first! The original fasc... | 01 star |
This story is about the emergence of identity. Stephen Dedalus's consciousness is front and centre in the book as Joyce weaves together important vignettes from his life that all contribute to his hero's artistic realization. Language, as always, is vital to Joyce's understanding of how humans develop.For instance, the... | 45 stars |
Good book lots of features i like the characters and the setting of the story i thought it was awsome to read and it had great imageination | 45 stars |
maybe the reason that Ms. Coulter could not find the terms "athiest liberals" or "athiest left" when she searched the NY Times, is because the word is spelled "atheist". (see J. Coney comment below)As usual, righteous-wingers are illiterate and seemingly incapable of forming a logical, coherent argument without resorti... | 01 star |
I have never seen such a disgusting, violent, lurid, horrific plot put into print. I didn't finish this awful story and will recommend it to NO ONE! I had night terrors after the first 100 pages! I have told our local librarian to put a warning label on this one. Not even Stephen King or Dean Koontz create such evil. I... | 01 star |
Having recently read and enjoyed Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, I decided to up the ante by taking on his somewhat longer and more challenging David Copperfield. Already having sampled the writing style in Great Expectations, I found it somewhat easier to get into the flow of the story, and what a story it is.Yo... | 45 stars |
The book and workbook has been very helpful, but it did not come with the Audio CDS. | 23 stars |
Kate Kennedy attends a dinner for Swami Schwartz, founder of the Palmetto Beach Yoga Institute. Swami drops dead because someone spiked his double espresso with cyanide.Kate is recently widowed and fairly new to retirement in South Florida. Her ex-sister-in-law Marlene lives in the same condo building. The two of them ... | 34 stars |
It was a tragedy to finish this book and learn that there were no others by the author. This is one of the most insightful and thought-provoking books on feminine psychology that I have read - I needed to go back and reread it to assimilate the wonderful revelations she gives. The book is easy to read yet profound in t... | 45 stars |
I can't decide if I liked this book or not...The concept is interesting (even if it doesn't remotely match the cover synopsis!), but the actual story was so eerie and disturbing, I never developed a connection to the heroine, Brehan. I was left with the very unsatisfying feeling that the hero Erth deserves someone far ... | 23 stars |
A book that ignores reality, and then some. The propaganda contained in this farce of a book has long been pulverized by works such as Marilyn B. Young's "The Vietnam Wars", Jerry Lembcke's "The Spitting Image", Noam Chomsky's "Rethinking Camelot" and chapters 5,6, and 7 of Chomsky and Edw... | 01 star |
Henry Miller's acclaimed `Tropic of Cancer' was a scandalously provocative novel when it was first published in France in 1934, though it has hardly maintained any of its initial shock value. However, that is not what is primarily disappointing about it; the novel also isn't very good, contrary to popular opinion. Mill... | 23 stars |
"To Kill A Mockingbird" is a must read. What a well-written story and a great lesson comes from this book. Readers of all ages will fall under it's spell. After 50 years it is still one of the BEST! | 45 stars |
The publication of this book was delayed for 1 year and I was in torture loving Carolyn's other books as I do. To say I was disappointed when it finally arrived is being kind! When I want recipes for great food I go to Martha but from Carolyn I expect recipes for living a VISUALLY beautiful upscale life involving inter... | 01 star |
It may not be typical De Lint, yet it definetely is his work. A wonderful story which stretches all imagination. Don't let whatever misgivings you have about this being a science fiction story deter you from reading this. The first few pages may be a little slow-paced and bewildering, but you'll never regret enduring t... | 45 stars |
This was an amazing book. It was difficult to read as it is of any wholesale murder and suppression of a people. I had never been able to study the effects of the anti-catholic legislation and brutal suppression of the Church in England. I had alway studied it from the Irish perspective. I think that Saint Edmund Campi... | 45 stars |
The four-part "Skin Deep" storyline in "The Amazing Spider-Man" is a tale that bring's Peter Parker's past together with Spider-Man's present. Collected in Volume 8 of these trade paperback reprints, the story is written by J. Michael Straczynski with pencils by Mike Deodato, inked by Joe Pimentel and colored by Matt M... | 34 stars |
Book was not arrival. I contacted to the Amazon customer service and they said item sent out already calling me to wait. now, it was over one year, the item was still on it's way. Customer service did not follow it up like refund or re-sending, I paid for item for nothing. it was very poor servicing by the Amazon' Cust... | 01 star |
I first read this book in my 7th grade history class and fell in love with Dickens and with history at one and the same time. Tale of Two Cities is timeless in it's impact, no matter the period of history in which the reader may live. It is a Tale that haunts and hauntingly calls one back time and time again! | 45 stars |
This book is for experienced programmers who want to understand the fundamentals of procedural graphics generation. This book is not for artists looking for practical applications of procedural texturing and modeling concepts.The authors cover a very large array of topics in the field, including many pertinent code exa... | 23 stars |
I am nine years old and read Little Women recently. This book is very poetic. I like the way the four girls are each interested in different things; for example Meg is very motherly, Jo is a tomboy and loves to write and do plays, Beth is shy and thoughtful and Amy is good at art and is very concieted. Some parts did g... | 34 stars |
I remember having a very small version of this book in the house when I was small. I think my sister has it now, so it's survived about 40+ years. I remember reading this book and wondering how could the tiger turn into butter. | 45 stars |
This book truly can change your perception of life. The more lives the character lives through, the more comfortable and relaxed you become about your own life. Simply amazing. | 45 stars |
A Caress of Twilight is Laurell K. Hamilton's latest installation of the Meredith Gentry series. Merrideth, also known as Merry, finds herself trapped deeper in the problems of the faerie court and her lover's lives. Balancing her assassin cousin, evil aunt, competitive lovers, and a full-time job is just another day i... | 45 stars |
Much has been written about Heinlein's ideological purpose but for this review, I am going to ignore it and focus solely on the book, on merits. A caveat: keep in mind this book was published in the 1960s so adjust your time context accordingly.The vanilla science fiction tool is to stage human encounters with aliens a... | 34 stars |
There is very little actual information in the book. My 4 year old wants to know WHY, HOW, WHEN, WHERE for everything... this book is very short and has very simple drawings. Did not meet our needs. | 01 star |
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