John Waters Books

The author spent more time in analysis of composition of a landscape than he did in any actual rendering issue or study of water.
Water was not analysed: there was no study or explanations on reflection or refraction, nothing on rendering different effects of water depth, no reasoning behind color choices, no hints about glazing or transparency techniques, no observations on sky vs object reflection in ripples, no explanations on how various light sources manifest in different water surfaces, no study or analysis of the nature of swells, nothing on the power of water's behaviour.
I do not recommend this book.

The first edition of the book was published in 1987, and unfortunately this third edition published in 1998 contains parts that apparently have not been updated since the first edition. As a result parts of the book are interesting only from a historic point of view. Some parts of the book, for example those about rig and sail trim and about how a panel sail is constructed, are okay.

Contains a description of all the terms asociated with the topic, but little more; if you want to know what it is all about, is OK; but if you have to solve a problem, is of very little use

Don't bother...fortunately I received this book at no cost. Unfortunatley I opened it up and started to read it! It was truly amazing in it's preposterous notions and when I read that Liverpool was SOUTH(!) of LONDON! That's when I threw it down and said "Enough!" I can't even give this book one star but the review system wouldn't let me post without doing it. Can you give negative stars?? -4 stars...

good reading,wish i new if it was factual.it would put a new spin on his assasinationthats for sure.must reading for john lennon fans.

Please. This supposed "true story" is nothing but an overly-ambitious fantasy of a fan fiction -- and it's not even original. I run a fan fiction webzine, and trust me when I say that every bit of this totally dreadful "book" (I use the term loosely) is not only incoherent, but a good bit of it seems an awful lot like it was lifted directly from many of the stories I've published on my website. Neither I nor any of those authors have ever said they were anything but fiction, though! It seems to me that Ms. Waters has a very active imagination and a huge problem separating fact from fantasy. Not worth the paper it's printed on unless you want some very expensive toilet roll...unfortunately, this drives home the potential problems with self-publishing without oversight by an editor!

I take business trips to Pensacola all the time. Just happened to go in the hardware store the author worked at. She told me all about the meetings with John and how she can't remember if they were true or not. It was kinda funny how none of her family, who work there have, never seen John at the old surf shop except for her. Then went on about being a manic depressive and Being on heavy medications to treat the condition. Basicly by how she talked and the uncertainity of the events that took place can only lead to one thing and that is in one of her mental states she had a dream that became reality.

I have read this book twice now and it really sounds like a made up story. Author says "based on a true story" but who's? Certain things don't make sense. The biggest thing is that how a grown adult would want to have anything to do with a child, especially have an affair. Almost sounds like she's trying to down play John at the same time trying not to discredit him. There are a few books out there about John that claim the same stuff this book does. Did she have a crush on John Lennon when she was young. Later on in life picked up a book, and the book became her new fantasy. Some time later the fantasy became her life. So lets go write a book using some one elses story. Surprised she hasn't been sued by the family yet. I'm done.

This book is an abosolute waste of $$. He describes his own book as a "how to" but does not describe how to do anything. He basically describes things that can be done, but does not provide any useful pictures/diagrams and provides no insight for 'anyone' on what the different components look like, located, etc. It gives a list of thing that may have to be removed or checked, but not a lot of detail on what to look for. This strictly deals with maintenance issues and not how to 'repair' anything.

I have ordered the items twice and still have not received it by now, because your shipping department have problem to provide the correct mailing address to DHL.