John Hughes Books

1. the construction of the book was done poorly. 19 out of 26 students in my class have books that are literaly falling apart and they are brand new! 2. of the few questions the solutions manual does solve, it seems to only answer the easier questions in the homework and the answers are hard to follow sometimes. 3. the examples given at the beginning of the chapter are also sometimes hard to follow and are difficult to imposible to use as help in homework problems 4. this new style of teaching does have one advantage...the instructor may slow their schedule if they see the class may be struggling in a section

Skipped around leaving some odd problems out of book. Only explained a few problems in total detail. This is by far the worst solutions manual on the market. Bring it back for a refund before its to late.

This book takes on the so called Harvard Consortian approach. This book gives vague examples, then turns around and asks question that seem to be written by a torture committee. My instructor even hated the book and only taught from it because it was what was used by the Math dept. The author seriouly needs to put more examples with some meat on them because as stated before the examples are vague or so easy that they do show what the concept is about. I had a back up Calculus book that helped quite a bit. Frustrating book!

This is, without a doubt, the most incredibly worthless book I have come across in my college experience. I am getting an A in Calculus in spite of, and NOT because of this book. The so-called "Harvard Method" leaves the student with the concepts of calculus, but with none of the tools to actually perform the operations. If you get stuck with this as a required text, I strongly recommend you also purchase a traditional calculus text to actually learn from.

I used this book about three years ago for all my three calculus classes, and most of my classmates liked it. We found this book to be very challenging because it made us think all semester long. We also liked it because our professor explained every single example of the book; most of all, they were very explained by our professor. Now I am looking forward to see the new edition of the book.

This is a clear example of what an instructional or tutorial video should NOT be: a gentleman rephrasing the plugs' manuals and RANDOMLY moving faders and buttons to "illustrate" their function. No suggestions about when and why you would want to use each plug, or which parameters you could adjust to obtain X result. Nothing. It's like a teacher just reading aloud a text book to his class.

As for the "interactive" part: you get none at all (unless you consider "interaction" choosing which chapter you want to watch at any given point in time).

You're better off just reading the Waves manuals and experimenting with the plugs yourself. This video does not provide one single bit of information that you could not get yourself this way.

On top of it all you get an annoying voice-over that sounds utterly self-conscious, forced and fake, more like a radio host or commercial announcer than someone trying to help you learn.

All in all, a very poor product.

It pretty much is like someone reading a manual to you and showing you on video. There is really not much about using the plugins or techniques in using the plugins that you don't get from the manuals. It justs shows features and describes features. The product manuals you get with the plugins are much better as you can go through them at your own pace. These videos race through product descriptions much like sales demos describing features of the products.
A real waist of money.

This is a great product to get an initial feel of how to use the Waves plug-ins. While it does cover most of the details of using the plug-ins, it's not really as comprehensive as a book. It was interesting to see how a professional sound engineer would use these valuable tools. There were some really good tips.

Pros:
* Covers the user interface quite well
* You can listen to the effect of changing a parameter on the music
* Professionally produced with nice voiceover

Cons:
* Sometimes the choices of which parameter was changed to demonstrate an effect seemed random or not well explained.

* Since there are many user interface similarities between the plug-ins, sometimes it seemed a bit repetitive to see the same features discussed in every plug-in.

The book conditions was not as the conditions the seller specifically said it was. It was not a paperpack book. As a result pages can get detached of the pile very easy.

The book contains much interesting, moving and no doubt correct information about its subject. That is valuable in itself.

Corns and Hughes-Wilson don't just offer information. They also argue for a certain thesis: 'Spilled water cannot be replaced in a smashed jug' (Arab proverb), and so any idea of retrospective pardons should be strongly opposed.

The book's presentation of its thesis is so slovenly, that it would be a fine text for use for practice on a course in critical thinking. Suppose you want to form your own opinion on this controversy. Here are a few examples of the kind of obstacles Corns and Hughes-Wilson put in your way:

1 There are gratuitous sneers here and there about their opponents who advocate pardons. The reader has to be alert to separate sneer from substance.

2 In presenting one of the main pillars of their argument they rely mainly on Arab proverbs and poetic aphorisms such as 'The past is another country'. The thoughtful reader will hope to find a clearly reasoned statement of the authors' position on the tricky question of moral judgements about other times and places. But once you cut away the book's vague rhetoric on this point there is nothing left.

3 There are some whopping contradictions to be found if you keep your eyes open. For example.
The authors seem to be saying, albeit rather impressionistically, that the executions were basically OK by the standards of the time. However, the jacket of the book states that the executions were 'Controversial even at the time'.
On the issue whether executions were necessary because they discouraged mass desertion that might otherwise have occurred, sometimes the authors seem to be suggesting that this was indeed so, and in other places the opposite.

4 There is also scope for spotting important inferences from the facts which the authors unaccountably fail to draw. They state (p. 103) that 'the death penalty was used only in a minute percentage of cases', and they back this up with ample evidence. Do they conclude that those few who were executed were therefore treated unfairly - perhaps even so unfairly that they deserve a pardon? No, Corns and Hughes-Wilson don't seem to notice that this possible line of debate even exists. As a reader, you will have to spot it for yourself.

On a frivolous note, I can't resist recording that the acknowledgement at the beginning to 'our eagle-eyed copy-editor' contains both a spelling mistake and a punctuation mistake in the same sentence.

In short, recommended to two classes of reader: those who want a library of all the main works on this subject; and those who want something for a good workout of the critical thinking faculties.
Definitely not for someone who wants just one thoroughly reliable work on the subject.

This manual has only every other odd problems solved(1,5,9...) Who is going to do others? Answers are not consistent with the book. It is very brief and not as comprehensive as calculus students may need.

This book is so pathetically minimal that I award it...1/10 of a star. (It may be useful in starting a fire in your fireplace...maybe). DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS SOLUTION MANUAL! It only includes about every other odd solution, and most of the time, it shows just the (often incorrect) answer. The worst part is, that same answer is usually in the back of the textbook! It is definitely not worth even $5.00, so save your money!

THIS BOOK IS POOP.
It's good for Triumph the insult comic dog to poop on.
Worthless.
Poop. (oh, I already said that)

I bought this Student Solutions Manual as your website suggested along with Calculus : Single Variable. The solution manual was the third edition while Calculus, Single Variable was the fourth edition. You need to correct your website because the solutions manual does not match the text book. I did return this book.

I needed a textbook in a hurry, so I ordered one from this company since it was a good price and in stock. Many days after I had ordered and paid for the book, they emailed me and said it was not in stock, so I had to go through the whole process again after losing almost a week of time. A refund was issued, but this was still a big problem for me.

This is an informative and excellent handbook of David Winter's work.
Though dated 1992-93, the subject matter is informative and relevant, pictures are excellent, many in color. It is an inexpensive way to be informed if you are not a Guild member receiving the latest publications. The author has collaborated with David Winter and John Hine.

Do not waste your time or money! Just make a donation to the state archives. This reckless work attempts to rewrite history using false and libelous depictions. The only discernible purpose of the author, an all-but-forgotten politician who accepts awards for having protecting what remains a notoriously polluted bay, is shameful self-promotion in an attempt to keep his name alive. Harry Hughes unsuccessfully tries to take credit for a campaign success that was in truth a monumental and heroic victory for the pro-life movement in this politically liberal state. The true story of honesty, ethics and public service is the story of the young and hopeful Lieutenant Governor, Samuel Walter Bogley III, and his brave and beautiful young wife, (both defamed by Hughes in his book) who together gave a voice to thousands of pro-life voters and the innocent unborn children they joyfully defended. Hughes would have better served history by writing a confessional and crediting the courageous young man who inspired the movement that made him governor. Hughes would have remained "a lost ball in tall grass" if not for Bogley's supporters that kicked him through the goal to the governor's house.

I was thoroughly disappointed. The book would have been a much, timely treatment of events occurring today. The Cold War is over but there is a new threat amongst us: can the Intell-Defense powers be just as active to crush this new enemy? It would have been an interesting book. The author is often found waffling due to lack of material and sometimes even relating historical items inaccurately.