A. Merritt Books

This book is written by various experience P.E. or Professors. It is not emphasis on practical calculation. There are very few example and definitions for formulars and related equation. If reader has no experience before, it would be very difficult to understand. Half of the book is devoted to bridge design, and it dose not provide enough information to design a bridge..

This is not really a how-to book.

That is one more handbook with a lot of pages full of words, photos and figures that teaches the buyer almost nothing. The only exception is Mr. Hedefine's article about plate bridges.
Save your money.

Many eng. firm have this book, this is a good reference for many structural problem, The most difficult for a designer is the simplify the problem, and create model with the forces on it. Merrits book cover a very large utility of different subjets. And this is not a fist edition, no error a have see on this book. The autors for each part of this book is a engineering with many years of experiences on this subjet. For me this is a very good thing, for the knowlege....

Dont hesitate ...

This book started off with great promise. I liked the idea of the heroine being a "pirate" and the hero being rugged and not caring for the unfeminine "lady". But as the booked progressed it was loosely knit. The "lady" falling to quickly, the hero being obsessive about someone he dosent like.....ugh! I was disappointed.

The book was ok, but not all that great. I just didn't really like the main characters all that much. The hero irritated me, and the book just was not that well written. It seemed to wrap up too quickly and the love the two characters suddenly felt seemed to come out of nowhere. It's ok to read if you're bored but you could find a better book.

This book has few merits. No pun intended.

It has a good introductory section on the symptoms of neurological conditions.

However, it fails to provide the reader with an approach to diagnosis which is a pitfall for most clerks, interns and neurology and internal medicine residents.

Remember always ask yourself WHERE is lesion ( brain spinal cord nerve NM junction or muscle ) and WHAT is lesion ( pathological process with respective differential diagnosis ).

This book fails to do this which is inconceivable.

As a reference it falls on more than occasion. The sections are incomplete and not comprehensive.

There is little on entrapment neuropathy or spinal root problems.

I do NOT recommend this text to any medical students ( get lindsay/bone/callender text on neurology and neurosurgery ).

Neurology and medical residents should get a subscription to medlink neurology and not waste their time or money on the text.

I came across this book 2 years ago, and since then I became interested in its contents. It's a good book, up-to-date, easy to read, but sometimes it lacks details when showing some aspects of diseases. The basic subjects part is useful, but lacks details as well. Although these points, it's an excellent book to be on one's study shelf.

I have just finished reading this book. I didn't like it because the author goes back and forth between very simplistic comments and useless and time-consuming mathematical formulas.
Moreover, the 1997 edition is completely outdated. There is nothing here about the best retirement device ever: the Roth IRA. This reason alone is enough not to buy this or any book that is so old.
There are good information in the book though. I just think that there are better books about retirement.
Gidi

When Theodora Hunter discovered she'd inherited a huge fortune, she became one sought-after single lady. Sudden;y the eligible heiress had more suitors than she could handle. And she was faced with the fact that these bachelors might want morefrom her than just her hand in marriage.

One man offered her security her security and a safe, respectable life. But it was Colt Murdoch, the town bad boy, who really had Theo's pulse racing. Yes, there'd been talk of trouble in his past. But Theo couldn't ignore the promise in Colt's eyes, despite the rumors of his less-than-groomlike intentions.

The information was more general than I had expected. Before purchasing, I wish I had had a better idea of the context and make-up of the book.

This original 1896 edition was one of the most popular cookbooks in America, as it was directed to those who already know how to cook (many people back then!). It assumes the reader knows what heat to cook and bake at, and how to tell when something is kneaded enough, or otherwise ready for the next step.

Compare this tersely written book for cooking school students with the older, 1845 "Modern Cookery" by Elizabeth Acton, and see what an even more well written and popular book offers. Acton's "Modern Cookery" is written for the beginner as well as the experienced cook.

Nevertheless, read both books, as each is a classic cookbook, to learn about different cookbook styles and texts in the nineteenth century.

Few realize that the Boston cooking school text was just that, a concise set or codification of cooking instructions, often in a "shorthand", to be followed in classrooms, where an instructor could fill in the missing details in her lecture. For example how many cooks today would read and fully understand Fannie Farmer's typical instructions, to "Dress, clean, lard, and truss a quail. Bake...20-25 minutes in a hot oven, basting 3 times. Arrange on a platter...You get the picture! Farmer's fried chicken starts with the bird covered with boiling water, and cooked slowly til tender, before it is later fried, not how it's done today, however I feel it's good to read and know for historical reasons.

This is a decent book for a cookbook collector, for an experienced cook, and not for a beginner to cook from!

(Note: do not confuse the recipes (and my low rating) of this original version, with the MUCH better written recipes of the numerous later editions, whose recipes I enjoy!)

Hands down, after you read from both books, I think we'll agree which is the one to read and savor for interest at night, and which will have a place in your kitchen.

Just a quick review, for lack of time ...
I borrowed this book from the library, and have been thumbing thru it, reading a chapter here and there.
My impression- not worth the money if you have to pay- possibly not even worth the time. The text is mostly a tutorial on various aspects of insurance, with very little specific advice.
A lot of pleasantries, few revelations. I dd not really find it that useful.
A better book- get the old (1988?) Consumer Reports Guide to Life Insurance- they give ratings, specific advice.
HTH
Scott

From the back cover:

Defender of justice...

It was hard enough for Eleanor Hunt to get men to take her seriously in sophisticated Chicago--it was going to be impossible in Blissful, Kansas! These cowboys couldn't believe she was a real attorney, here to try a cattle rustling case. They just looked her up and down and grinned. Especially that Bradley Smith. The man worked for her father and he still had the audacity to stare at her with those lust-filled green eyes. Every time she turned around, he was trying to trap her in his strong embrace. Worst of all, she was starting to enjoy it! Eleanor knew better than to mistake passion for love...but this man made her yearn for both!

Pursuer of passion...

Bradley Smith never met a woman who took herself as seriously as Miss Eleanor Hunt. Her beautiful blue eyes shone with determination; her delicious red lips were set in a no-nonsense frown; her ever-so-proper clothing tamed her luscious curves like fashionable armor. But underneath it all was a vibrant, desireable woman and Bradley was looking forward to discover--and uncovering--her. He would worship every inch of her delectable flesh, feel those war lips surrendering to his own, and see her eyes soften with the seductive glow of sweet, wild love.

And my review:

I have to cut this book some slack--it was published in 1989, and romance writing was different then. Romance were more long, drawn-out sagas than today's to-the-point romances. The sexual tension was often heavy-handed and the main focus of the novel was sex. Unfortunately, that means that many romances of that era don't age well, and this is one of them.

I felt that this book was too long, for one thing. While I like long, substantial reads, I don't like it when they feel padded. I felt that there was too much emphasis on descriptions of food and clothing and the weather, etc, etc. While there needs to be some to set the stage (especially in historical novels), too much tends to slow down the flow of the story.

I also felt that the romance/attraction aspect was too rushed. The instant, intense lust (and mutual hatred) between the hero and heroine felt a little forced. I found the hero really arrogant, and oversexed. The way he was constantly undressing the heroine with his eyes bothered me, and I wanted her to slap his face. I felt as if there wasn't much substance to the man, apart from flying hormones. I don't think that a guy being drop-dead gorgeous is reason enough to be with him.

The heroine's character was in conflict with herself. One minute, she wants to be an independent woman, and to be treated exactly the same as a man. Then the next second she wants the hero to protect her like a delicate flower. Well, which is it? Was she strong and independent, or weak and in need of protection and guidance? Was she mature and grown up, or young and childish? The heroine was constantly flip-flopping between the two extremes. I felt as if the author didn't really know which direction she wanted to go with the character. It made it really hard to identify with her or cheer for her. And her constant childish knee-jerk tantrums really got on my nerves after a while. I probably would have liked the heroine more if she had been more cool and collected.

If I'd read this when I was first starting to read romance, I probably would have loved it. But after 15 years of reading romance, I'm much pickier about my reading material. I think this book would be fine if you have nothing else to read, but there are better romances out there.

Decent read. A bit repetitive. I didn't really learn anything new that I wouldn't have been able to pick up on or assume without spending the money on this book. As far as repetitive, there were some paragraphs that were merely one sentence rewritten several different ways. I didn't understand that. All and all, decent but needs to be cheaper because it's not worth the dollar amount.