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book arrived a little late but it was due to post office damaging the package - not the sender's fault. book is in great condition, just as described. not the best econ text book ever but it's what I needed for my course.

I used this in NYU's Stern School of business for a basic microeconomics course. It was good covering the basics.

This text uses clearly-written definitions and lots of colorful charts. However, it is missing a crucial element for learning the subject of microeconomics: lots of problems worked out in a clear and systematic manner. I had to buy a Schaum's guide to make up for this deficiency.

Smooth process of ordering and receiving the book. No problems.
As far as the material in the book is concerned, it is a great overview of key concepts at a basic level. One drawback is the lack of practice problems on transfer pricing.

This book is truly a good book. It goes through all major areas of microeconomics in a very fathomable fashion. The point is that this book is introductory in my opinion, and when reviewed as such, I find it to be very good.
The illustrations and explanations are good, the use of examples and tying the theory to real-world occurences makes the subject matter easy to grasp.
The only gripe I have with this book is that it should indeed carry a little more calculus for precision. Having it in appendixes is actually a good idea in my opinion, but those should explain the math needed a little better, and the book itself should also explain a little more clearly that the approach of the book is a simplification of what they'll find in intermediate/advanced texts on the subject, math/calculus is unavoidable.
Anyway, if you have the time and find calculus to be a bit rough, use this book, it'll teach you the basics. If you already know som calculus and words like "Lagrange" doesn't scare the hell out of you, get something a bit more advanced, as you will need that later anyway. Frank Cowell's book on the subject is very much reccomended if you're good at the basics and know a little Microeconomic theory already.

I read some other reviews stating this book helped you. I don't know how you managed that, but cheers. There are more errors in this book than I have ever seen in a professionally published work. The answer descriptions are weak at best, and their relations to the questions asked are awkward and obscure. I made a special note to review this to warn off anyone considering the purchase. Stay away.

Perhaps the book itself is a nice enough book on preparing for the GMAT, but the software on the CD accompanying this book has to be the worst ever designed for testing. And the online course (while looking slick) is pretty much a rehash of the CD. An example that I have given below is pretty much symptomatic of the software design.

While doing one of the full-length tests, in the verbal section, I was answering the first reading comprehension section. After I spent about 2 minutes reading through the passage, I answered the first question. Instead of taking me to the next question about the same passage, it immediately took me to a completely new reading comprehension passage and asked me a question there! And this happened with all the reading comprehension passages. I am sure the GMAT is not a sissy test, but surely even ETS would not play with your mind by switching around passages like this.

For those in my situation (I already hold a graduate degree and had about 4 weeks to study for the GMAT): get the Kaplan guide (with accompanying CD) and perhaps the Barron's guide. That may be all you need. However, I sincerely think you need more computer-based questioning than the full-length practice tests that most of these moron testing guides give us.

I have been study for gmat quite some time now. I started with Princton, Kaplan, and the official but none of them helped in the math section. This book is the best at math subject. I also liked the reading comprehension explaination much better than Kaplan.

When I read reviews before purchasing this book, I was encouraged to buy it. But after reading it, I felt that first few sections are good and it looked that I was getting all answers correct but problems given are really too simple and not to the standard of GMAT. I wasted my time in reading this book. I wish I had not purchased this book. I read official guide combined with Kaplan and Princiton which helped me a lot. Now I am in doing MBA at Harvard.

I think this book contributed about 10% to my overall score. The most helpful books were Princeton Review and the OG and its supplements. The problem with this book is that it cannot be used as your main source of strategy because, well it introduces non-traditional methods as well as questions that are not very similar to the actual GMAT questions.

Don't get me wrong, the exercises are very good, but I only used a portion of the book because I discovered this book late in my preparation.

This book really has no strategy in the data sufficiency portion, which is far and away the more difficult portion of quant for everyone.

Sentence correction is not that great either.

Where this book shines is the math review (which is quite thorough), the introductory logic (great if you never took any logic courses), and the reading comprehension (which a lot of quant-heads fear).

The most helpful part was the reading comp. This book is the first I've read and the only one that I know of that tells you that you need to understand the reading passage. There are two types of reading comp questions -- general/specific which any person of minimal intelligence can get right by sifting through the passage and inference questions which test your ability to understand the passage. If you cannot answer both of these questions, you will not score very highly in verbal. Inference questions separate the boys from the men. This book has some good reading exercises. The exercises are not geared specifically for the GMAT, but it does help you to improve your reading skills.

This book is awesome if you want to learn HTML. It is explicit and easy to understand and walks you through step by step. Even a novice with no HTML experience can easily understand. I would highly recommend this book.

Do your students a favor and skip this book which is too long, too wordy, and has case studies that the students would be hard-pressed to recreate on their own.

This was a required textbook for a XHTML class I am taking at a local community college. I have been very impressed with this book in teaching the elementary art of correct coding. Also helpful are the appendices at the end outlining colors, elements, etc. I have learned a lot from it.

This text has many errors and it is difficult to read. The examples are so complicated it would be nearly impossible for someone just starting out to recreate them on their own.

I gave this book a 3 star rating because; I had some problems with it.

Some of the problems I found were in:

Tutorial 5 on Frames, the lesson was too vague to apply to the teacher's assignment to do our own frameset.

Tutorial 6 on Forms, the lesson was so difficult to get through, my teacher needed to verify the code order using the teacher's version.

Even though parts of this book were helpful, I would search for other options.

Good Luck, Everyone.

This Book is giving a good guidence for people who are looking to complete their studies through online learning system. I bought this book because it was a part of induction program required for me to study my MBA online through one of the best international universities.

This book is too easy. All of its topics are so obvious. I felt like I was reading things I already knew!!! I think everyone could benefit of any other complicated book.

I have never been moved to write a review before, but I feel it is my civic duty to warn people away from this book. I am enrolled as an online student already and bought this book because it would supposedly give me tips for developing a good study schedule and, well, be a successful online student. The publisher is misleading customers by putting a big red burst on the cover that says "Learn how to set up an independent study schedule and stick to it" (did they READ this book before designing the cover??!!). This book contains nothing of the sort. The 33 pages (of 266) that are actually dedicated to coursework are almost insulting to read. For example, some of the "helpful tips" include: "you will want to have moderate experience with using a computer" and "you need goals and focus." The author then gives a website to visit for "specific information" on things like study skills and time management. This book will NOT help you be an effective online student. It might help you decide whether or not to become an online student, which is the only reason it gets a star.

it needs to be updated. My copy of this book is helpful but I find that there are websites that no longer work and some of the information is outdated as well. Much has happened in the online world since it was written so I came to Amazon.com to see if there was a newer updated version that I could buy. Alas, there seems not to be one.

As a new online student seeking ways to improve my gains, I came upon this useful book that helped me maximize not only my efforts, but also my focus. Pinpointing the desired learning that I wanted was crucial and this book guided me towards a process that made my journey easy, rewarding and with meaningful results. Rather than traveling haphazardly through the maze of courses this book gave me the tools to get the program that best fit me, made sense to me and looked great. As a professional Coach who helps people focus and pinpoint their efforts and change their lives at www.coachcorp.com I consider this book a valuable assist because of the specific guidance it brings to those people seeking follow-up, online education.

I have found this book to be a great supplement to my learning of reason

A great book it really helps you on the way to understand reason even if you don't have any experience with it at all.

I'm new to reason and I found this book to be simply terrific. I took a look at some other books that simply couldn't compare. This book provides great examplex of how the tools work and where to find them.

The images show close up views of the knobs and dispays so that you know exactly where to click.

Before reading the book I wasn't clear on many of the concepts, this book made things simple to understand.

This is a must have for any new Reason user.

I was very disapointed. The Reason manuel is 10 times better.
I went back reading Reason 2.5 power by Michael Prager.Gonna buy his version of 3.0.Should have done it in the first place.

This might be of some to someone who could not print out the manual that ships with Reason. Otherwise, it simply is a lazy rewording of the manual - a functional description of the components.

Whereas the manual might say, "such-and-such a knob does so-and-so" this book says "such-and-such a knob does so-and-so, turn the knob and play a note, see what happens." Well duh.

Part of what makes it come to over 300 pages is its wide margins printed over with a gratuitous graphic of a level indicator. Reminds me of a kid's book report they try to fluff out to make extra pages.

You'd do much better to play around with the turorials that ship with Reason, and visit Propellerhead's website for some real tips, tricks and insights into stuff not covered in this quick and dirty little pamphlet.

If you've played more than a few thousand hands this book is worthless. The title is deceiving, it doesn't really give you any winning secrets as much as it tells you the ABSOLUTE basics of how to play and navigate online poker. There are also a lot of errors in the examples, which is terrible considering it was co-authored and I'm sure proof read. I would definitely recommend a different book for any level player, even free online articles are better than this. DON'T BUY IT!

This book had some intersting concepts and for the most part i am glad i read it. At times the author should have livened the book up with some humor, there are some dry portions that are a struggle to get through.

This book has all the good qualities of a beginning poker book and then goes farther, introducing the reader to ways of analyzing their game never covered before, as far as I've seen.

The authors begin with a quick primer on the history and legality of online poker and then move on to the basics of how to set up an online account and get money into it so you can play away. (Go to a place like rec.gambling.poker for more in-depth discussions on how the rewards programs work.) After that, they go into a lot of detail about the games themselves, which makes this book not only an internet poker book but also a general poker book. A very strong point is that they talk about several different games: Hold `Em, Stud, Stud Hi-Lo, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo and Pineapple (a little). So many books concentrate on only one game. They get into the statistics a lot, noting that their statistical analyses showed you'll win a certain percentage of the money when you're in a given situation. They also go through the different ways the hands can win or lose depending on how the cards fall the rest of the way. In Omaha Hi-Lo, for example, they'll give you three a scenario in which three different hands are competing for the money. They describe how the best highs and lows can be made and how the situations change on the flop and the turn. Rest assured, though, they do cover Hold `Em extensively! This book does NOT cover pot-limit and no-limit poker, though.

The analysis section talks about how to use Excel and the Wilson Software packages to analyze your play. If you're serious about improving your game or are curious about how big a favorite or an underdog you are in a given situation or if you want to be able to play poker for free after buying the packages this seems like a good idea (I've never used the Wilson Software, I have to admit). But it would be interesting to see how a simulation would come out and by using something as simple as the chart wizard in Excel to cast an objective and unblinking eye on how well I play at certain times.

This book is really good and should be part of your poker library!

Let's be honest here...I'm not the sharpest lightbulb in the toolshed. I decided I wanted to jump on the poker bandwagon and just see what all the fuss was about, but I only had cursory knowledge of how the game of pirates and cowboys actually worked. So one day I was browsing the 'Zon and came across this book. Looked interesting, a great review provided by Jonathan Roth, and the price is right...if I'm going to start gambling, I might as well start here!

It's written by two brothers: Curt and Dr. Doug Frye (I call them the "two aces"...LOL!) Yup, that's right...DOCTOR! And a COMPUTER EXPERT!

This book covers a lot of stuff. I never knew there were so many different versions of poker out there! PINEAPPLE?!? It's not just for cocktails anymore! LOL! I'm glad all of this is included....who knows what would've happened if I signed on and logged into some game I had no idea about. I wouldn't have even known the difference!

What I also found interesting was how in depth it gets with all these crazy situations you can get yourself into and how to handle them. I thought I was just going to get an overview of what hand beats what and things like that, but they managed to cram a lot of juiciness into this book. I like how they weave all of the normal poker stuff into playing online and all of the different program possibilities there are. This is very nice because right now, online is the only way I can play as I'm bedridden!

And not only will this book help sharpen your poker skills, it will sharpen your LAUGHING SKILLS! I'm so glad this book isn't some boring technical manual. The boys really know how to make a girl laugh!

Overall, if your someone slightly familiar with the game of poker but really want to approach it seriously, this is a great book to have! It covers all the basics, and I found it indispensible for getting started online and actually HOLDING ON TO my money. It also feels like a book I can grow into. I haven't been able to use all of the information in it yet, and I don't think I will outgrow it soon. Plus, it covers a lot of different games, so you don't have to buy allthese different books...it's all there in one handy guide! I keep it handy whenever I'm online.

Perhaps a better title for this book would be, "A Thorough Introduction to Online Poker," as it excels in instructing readers about the basics of the game, but does not reveal many unknown secrets. It was published with neophytes in mind. Some of the topics, such as when the authors thoroughly discuss the legalities of online poker, are quite valuable; particularly when they quote from the federal court case illustrating the vagueness of the law in regards to contests. Further, there is a unique emphasis on the technological aspects of poker which is evident from the three chapters devoted to poker spreadsheets and software. The best of these programs are the ones which fit over the poker website like a template and record information automatically. The worst of them are the ones that make you record, with individual keystrokes, the results of your hands. It takes unusual dedication for the average player to do this, but I can see how it would immediately improve one's game.

Overall, with its stylish presentation and excellent organization, the manual is excellent for beginners, but I can't say that it offers much for those of us with a great deal of experience. Again, with few "secrets" shared, the title is rather misleading.

I was delightfully surprised at the level of detail used in this book. As a working professional, student, and busy mom I have never taken the time to review an item on Amazon.com's website - and I have quite a substantial library of technical books acquired over the past 13 years, many items purchased through Amazon.com. However, I had to take a moment to review THIS BOOK.

As a self taught programmer, I found mastering the syntax of a language very simple. Naturally, I initially thought understanding the semantics of a language would be enough to succeed in it professionally. I worked in an IT department as an analyst and found coding in this home-grown system to be quite rewarding.

However, I found myself transitioning to another company after my department was relocated to a different state and quickly realized that understanding a language is not enough, as a specific language such as C, Perl, C++, or Java is simply a tool - to a programmer used to solve a given problem at hand.

I pursued formal education as ran across the second edition of this book a few years ago as the required text for a Logic/Design class. As a professional programmer, lifetime learner, and student who is passionate about the "art" of programming I can tell you the 3rd edition is a wonderful book (a complete revision of the 2nd edition with insight into OOP, which unlike many other logic/design books walks you through the analysis, design, and development of complete programs - including array manipulation, sequential file manipulation, data dictionary - METADATA design, advanced modularization techniques - as must have skill (ex. most of the report applications I work on are hundreds of lines of code, are composed of various modules, and include calls to mutiple external subroutines - so being able to understand the hierarchy, calling, and called modules of a large complex routine is important is creating, modifying, and/or maintaining it ), control breaks, menus, data validation, event driven programming, and system modeling) that will not only greatly improve your success as a programmer (student or professional), it will guide you on a path as both a logical and critical thinker - critical skills to succeed in life and programming!

Good luck on your "programming" travels. For me, this book was a great investment and money well spent.

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Computer programing is a rabidly growing career field, and will be for some time to come. So if you want to learn how to program, I recommend that you start here and develop a SOLID foundation for what ever language you wish to learn.

This book will make learning any and all other languages much simpler and will even help to open your repertoire to many programing languages and applications.

If you are looking to buy this for a college class, BE VERY CAREFUL because there is a confusing difference between the COMPREHENSIVE version and the INTRODUCTORY version.

The INTRODUCTORY version has a secret password packaged on the back cover, so that college students must enter that password code online to get at the assignments, and the INTRODUCTORY version is under 400 pages.

The COMPREHENSIVE version is over 700 pages, and it does NOT include the secret password code, but has a completely different CD that is not part of class assignments.

This book is a noble attempt at teaching the concepts of computer programming without going into the specifics of any language. Unfortunately, it is either an insurmountable task or the author has simply failed. The author apparently tries to stay language-neutral by misusing terms (oh, just minor things such as "module" and "procedural programming") which have completely different meanings in the real world. As a result, the book is filled with errors and misleading terminology.

Being a semi-experienced programmer, I have been able to sift through the garbage and extract some useful information; however, I pity the soul who gets dropped into an "Introduction to Programming" class with this book as the main tool for learning.

I have given three stars because there is actually a lot of knowledge to be gained from the book. It is just very, very poorly presented. The worst part is that it APPEARS to be a wonderful book until you actually read what it says and compare it to reality.

This is a great online course you have to know that the Book itself does not come with this. This is just a little extra online course that goes with the book. I had purchased the book (The Language Of Medicine 7th )threw allied school. The online class is Great ADDITION to the book. I am taking the Medical Terminology class Threw Allied School.

If you look at the title page for this "book", you will see that you ordered a pamplet with instructions for accessing the website course, not the book itself. Maybe you should read a bit more carefully before you purchase.

i ordered this 'book' and as billed and got a 6 shet folder telling me how to access the website. I NEVER got this book.
amazon has totally refuseed to answer my email, and I suggest NO ONE use the 'FREE' shipping. I am still waiting for the book 21 days later.
Seems no one can answer as to its whereabouts...not Amazon, nor the Post Office.
I suggest you buy the book from the publishers website.

This is a great book! The author gives to insite into all different kinds of auctioning, so that you're more informed. Good Job!

There is little here that an eBay user, buyer or seller, cannot quickly figure out. In large part because of eBay's careful design of its website.

Certainly, Prince has a commonsense approach, and you can't fault his ideas. But a simpler approach may be just to buy or sell a few low priced items. From these auctions, and those of similar items, you will quickly get experience. Cheaper than shelling out for this book.

Well, ok, if you really need handholding. But tips like the usefulness of providing an image of the item if you are selling it? And how to best take such (digital) photos? Mundane.

Lewis Borsellino has earned a reputation as one of the greatest for his 20 years of pit trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Now that computers have brought trading to offices and homes around the world, Lewis is able to teach people lessons he has learned the hard way and that are as applicable now as they ever were. This book offers the essential ingredients that have given the author what it takes to become one of the best. Through Lewis' real-world experiences, the virtues of mental preparation, technical analysis, devising a trading plan, execution and discipline, should hit home with clarity.

The first chapter of the book is dedicated to mental preparation, and the importance of fully understanding the basic truths about trading. Lewis has seen people from all types of professions think they can take what they have learned in their fields and apply it to trading. This is not the case. When Lewis shares his experiences, it is clear that the market requires a certain "frame of mind" that is like nothing else.

At one point in Lewis' career, he had gained $4.5 million in profits, but saw it evaporate to only $100,000. From this loss, he learned that certain errors in his thinking were the culprits. For example, trading in big size may be good for the ego, but it can get you into situations that a poor market won't accommodate for. As Lewis said:

"I couldn't fling around hundreds of contracts to satisfy my ego or because people in the pit expected that of me. I had to trade what suited both my own plan and the market conditions. After that my trading was noticeably on track."

With a proper mindset in place, a good trader needs a good plan to execute. Essential to Lewis' plan is technical analysis. According to Mr. Borsellino, technical analysis, as far as drawing up the images, is the easy part; interpreting them is where the real expertise comes in. With this book as your guide, insight into what Lewis looks for in a chart will be made clear. The goal here is to identify the trend at an early stage and stay with the trend until it has ceased. Just learning the patterns will only get you so far, it takes the advice of a real pro to gain a superior edge in the markets.

The most important aspect of trading for Lewis is discipline. This means adhering to a plan, focusing on the trade, not the money, and goal setting. Without discipline, the best strategies in the world will fall apart. Knowing when, and when not to trade, as well as not letting matters outside of trading interfere with your decisions, are the results of practicing good discipline. This challenge is something even Lewis deals with now in his career. Through sharing personal experiences, the author gives tips and advice on how to incorporate good discipline, and to avoid common pitfalls that will wreak havoc on your account. Again, just being familiar with the importance of discipline is one thing, but having Lewis as your guide is a real treat.

I will admit that I am a trading book junky and find something to learn from just about everything I pick up. But this one comes from the perspective of one of the world's greatest, and with co-author Patricia Crisafulli, this well-written read will help solidify what's really important when it comes to obtaining success. As Larry Connors, CEO of TradingMarkets.com, puts it, "If you're looking for theory, this is not the book for you. But if you want to learn how to trade in the real world, Lewis is your greatest teacher."

One of the trading legends of this generation , I'd imagine it might have been painful for Lewis to "talk down" and write the book in this total trading newbie tone. Experienced traders will find little information here of any use. Just very basic TA, bit of overworked trading principles and the customary psychology chapter. I did find one page discussing fair value and premiums to be interesting and there are a few pages going over the economic indicators at the end of the book that might be worth taking notes on. Overall, a decent pick up for a total beginner though useless for any seasoned trader.

This is exactly as described a how-to book for daytraders. There is a perfunctory rehash of the basics of technical analysis and execution systems. The material here is helpful as a stepping stone if the reader has never been exposed to the material but there is nothing groundbreaking presented. That alone is of interest to me. Here is a trader that has been successful on the floor with little more that a few support and resistance numbers in his head. It is clear from his book that you will make bigger profits if you understand the market, even if you invest little time reading the latest book from newest technical analyst.

There are sections about how to prepare for the trading day, the dynamics during the trading day and how to use time effectively after trading is done. Again, the material presented is basic in nature. Perhaps when a book is written with such a large scope, it would be impossible to add much depth to the various topics. Borsellino is a legend of trading. But I would recommend Schwartz's Pit Bull over this effort.

Hey, if you are like me and have a full-time job while you trade, then I think that you will find this book valuable. This is real world stuff from a real trader. I mean, if failure is the best teacher then this guy can has learned alot. In the book, Borsellino talks about how he worked over $4 million down to $100K and what he learned from it. That's the best part about this book, lessons like that broken down into a simple set of rules to trade by. Another plus, Borsellino gives you his support and resistance levels every day on the S&Ps free on TradingMarkets.com!

Another mediocre, general-fare, trading 101 (in fact a chapter IS named Technical Analysis 101) book that is pretty much worthless drivel except for all but the most beginning traders. WHY OH WHY can't someone write a book that takes traders, step-by-step through actual, real time trades, comprehensively and methodically via a chrnological type format?? Not this one, for sure. The author is simply filling reams of paper with such general ideas as 'don't trade with your emotions,' 'you can't trade if you're upset,' 'psychology can't be underestimated' 'trade with the trend,' ad nauseum. It is clear, Mr. Borsellino is simply trying to improve HIS bottom line with this book. Don't waste your money. One of the more generous and concise books that has lots in it for all levels of traders is Marcel Linc's book. Also, steer clear of Toni Turner's pablum.

Happy trading