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One of the best books I've ever read. A real must read.

While the title is acerbic, this is a dynamite book that gives a lot of terrific information on how unbelievably corrupt this administration is.

It is good to see honesty and this book it honest. It exposes what is truly behind leftist rhetoric and that is hate. Hate, like Nazi hate, like racial hate, so it is good to see a book that truly says what is on the mind of many people in the United States and abroad. A very enlightening account of why a third of america truly 'hates' the american president and hsi 'cabal'.

Seth J. Frantzman

Sometimes it's hard to take, but Clint certainly exposes the dark side of his targets. As America slowly seems to be losing it's grip on what is true or false, Clint is wildly lashing out at those who are slowly dragging him, and the rest of us, down the slippery slope of corporate rule and control of America.

If you and your party can channel all that hate against the real enemies of this country we would be at a much farther step with the war on terror. But you are so blinded by hate for your fellow Americans that you undermine every step of the way and put our troops in danger who are in the frontlines in harms way. Don't think that the enemy is not paying attention to what libs' have to say. Why do you think they sound like liberals on every video and audio tapes? They're quoting libs'... they're listening... I've read your books... didn't buy one of 'em... but I've read 'em... I refuse to give money to a party that's against everything I believe... HATE is just one of them...

It is authentic military information but it is made available to the public because a new updated edition has been published. At least that is my understanding.

Its a Practical Book, that applies to the most desperate of situations. Its recipes are safe for ther average IQ person to apply. It covers alot on IMPROVISED METHODS and will not leave you helpless. Its name isnt solely its contents. It also covers the Basics tha are often Missed in HOW BOOKS. You have 2 days to get it for $5 BRAND NEW! [...]

This book is jam-packed with interesting pyrotechnic expertise. I have to admit that you would have to be completely insane to do half of the things in here, but there are quite a few that are relatively sane for backyard experimentation. Great buy.

This book has alot of outdated information; Also, there is no specific caution as to the dangers of fumes and personal protective equipment needed which COULD make this an injury/death manual for someone.It does have alot of information(for the price) BUT the information may be misleading. This book is a good start for "General information" but definitley nothing to take too seriously or even attempt.

The munition book is a false representation of true munitions. It contain dangerous mixtures to kill the user. And the intention is to commit murder. Amazon is guilty of supporing the "approved" munition reference.

Every injury is to cause the manual originators and Amazon executives a true reprizal.


Sidon

I purchased this book in January 2008 to prepare for the CISA exam in June 2008. I thought the book was quite helpful in explaining concepts. The material is very structured and it is a useful tool for preparing for the CISA exam. I used this book, one other book, and the ISACA CD (review questions) and passed the exam on my first attempt in June 2008. (I also had the ISACA official review guide/book and found that too comprehensive and dry to study from for more than short periods of time.) I do recommend this book to others looking to prepare for the CISA exam. Note that this book would not be the ONLY book I would use to prepare for the CISA exam but that it is a good part of one's preparation.

The topics covered by Gregg are a mixture of high level policy management issues and some low level computing material. The latter should be straightforward to anyone starting out as any type of IT professional. As in using ping to measure the latency (or effective network temporal distance) to another internet node. Then we have the groupings of internet subnets into Class A, B or C. And the 5 layers of the internet. I'm glad to see that the text only gives brief mention of the 7 layer OSI model, describing how in practice it is the 5 layers of the internet that is by far the dominant occurrence.

On the most basic material, there is a bare 2 pages that takes the reader from machine language to 5th generation software languages. Admirably concise. But do CISA students really have such a brief background in this?

On other topics, there's some recent material about e-commerce. Good, given the rapid buildout in the last 10 years. So we see various categories, like b2b, b2c, b2g [business to government] and b2e [business to employee - i.e. think portal].

The exercises and questions at the end of each chapter do seem rudimentary. Given that each chapter is rather brief to begin with. A casual parsing of a chapter should suffice in letting many readers get most questions correct without too much sweat. Presumably, Gregg's assessment of the level of difficulty of an actual CISA exam is accurate, and he has thus pitched his questions at a correspondingly suitable level for you. But if this is so, I'm underwhelmed by what it means to be a CISA. A credential that's way too easy to get.

I would recommend this book as it does a good job of covering the topics addressed in the areas required for the exam. The front of the book describes each objective and lists where that information is in the book. It covers the practice areas as laid out for the 2007 exam. I liked the way that several of the larger domains were broken into two chapters. This made it easier to read and retain the information.

ISACA expects candidates to have 5 years of experience. You need to read more than one book on the CISA examination areas to round out your understanding. Don't underestimate the difficulty of this exam.

In many areas ISACA gives review classes that can help supplement the needed knowledge to pass the CISA exam. In the end I attended the review classes, browsed the official text and read this book. In that role this book fit my needs as its much easer to read than the official text. CISA candidates should map out a preparation plan months before the exam and then stick to it. Read this book but also use other materials such as the official questions and answers book and other third party practice exams.

I really enjoyed reading this study guide as it does cover many aspects of CISA exam. I am also impressed that the author provides real life examples and tools that are used for IT auditing. Such information works great for rookies like me who have no professional experience in this field. However, this book alone is not sufficient to clear the exam. Apart from professional experience in ICT industry, I used the following to clear the CISA exam in December 2007:
CISA exam prep study guide (latest edition)
CISA study guide by sybex (latest edition)
ISACA question and answer set (software) - latest edition

This should suffice to give anyone a good try at the CISA exam. Cheers.

I am not going to write a detailed review, but hopefully this will be helpful to others. Also note that I haven't read cover-to-cover, but have read a couple hundred pages and have skimmed the entire book.

I sat for the CISA yesterday. I signed up to take the exam and planned to basically take it cold. Though, as with any good exam and certification, you need to know what the "BEST" answer is for the scenario presented so I planned on buying something to read in preparation.

This book did not map at all to the version of the CISA exam I received. Since the exam is a "Choose the BEST answer" type of exam where the possible answers are all correct, I left wondering how I should have answered a few questions. I came home and tried to find answers in this book. None of them were even touched on. Then I spent a couple hours skimming through the book to see how much it mapped to the exam I just took. Some of the content was relevant, but most of it not.

However, the book has some 'OK' content. I don't care for the writing style that much or how the book is put together (too many sidebars, notes, etc). It's not a bad reference for auditors in general.

Bottom line: the CISA exams change frequently and there are different versions for a given cycle as it should be with any good exam. You probably won't find a book that maps exactly to the exam.

This book provides some helpful tips with regard to case briefing - the "Studying the Law" Chapter is certainly the most in depth and helpful. If nothing else this book makes one excited to begin their legal education.

As another reviewer points out most of us who have gotten into law school already know how that Professors aren't interested in spoon feeding answers and that we should write legibly during exams - which are among the sillier tips Munneke provides.

The book is extremely outdated with regard to technology but that should be expected as it was published in 2001. It is in need of updating and I would be interested to see what the 2008 version will add.

Gary Munneke also plugs some of his other books in the course of the read which is fairly inappropriate (those sorts of things should be included after the text).

I came out here wanting to see the reviews that were being posted for the book that I used to succeed in law school. While I cannot credit the book in total for my extremely positive experience in law school I can say without hesitation that the book did more than it promised. I did succeed in law school.

I roughly followed the strategy that the book outlined and avoided the pitfalls that it identified. My grades were good enough to get me on law review and eventually my classmates chose me as the commencement speaker for graduation and I can say without hesitation this would not have been possible without this book.

While I can't say that my career for good or ill are as the result of this book, you can rest assured everyone who has ever asked me how to do well in law school has been directed to this book. GOOD LUCK!!!!

This book is pure fluff. It gives nebulous advice than anyone who graduated from high school should know, "prepare for class, read your notes..." The book to read about law school is Planet Law School.

Planet Law School actually devotes a chapter about the author of Barron's how to Succeed in Law School (HTSILS). After reading that, you will lose all faith in Prof. Munneke (author of Barrons's HTSILA)

As an entering law student, I was looking for a substantive prep book ... and some advice on how to get through my first year. This book offered important but rather skeletal comments ("review your notes often" "read the assignments before class" "manage your stress levels and eat properly" etc). Also, the in-class note taking and case briefing concentrated on handwritten methods, despite the proliferation of laptops (and a 2001 copywright date). However this book did not take a "One L" approach of frightening the reader. After reading it I DO feel more prepared and confident than I previously did-- if nothing else than for the opportunity to develop my own case briefing style and to begin to familiarize myself with law school reading.
It's a quick read; but I think that I will combine it with another book.

I spent 5 days from 9 to 5 at my schools orientation, when in reality all I needed was this book. It covers everything, but without all the extra yapping. And it is an excellent source to refer to. At first I wasn't sure if I should buy it because it wasnt recommended by my school, but I'm glad I did. It really does cover EVERYTHING. . .how to brief a case (IRAC), how to take notes, practice tests, and to how to cope with stress and so much more. This book is especially good for that first year student who doesn't know what to expect. Don't spend your money on other books that aren't as good, this book is all you'll need.

For instance, on page 8 it gives "al principio" = "at first" (which is OK depending on context), but then in the very next page it uses the phrase in this sentence: "Al principio, venga al trabajo" ("venga al trabajo" = "come to work").

This makes as little sense in English as it does in Spanish. If you tell an employee, "At first, come to work," the obvious implication is that later he doesn't have to, and it's just as silly in Spanish. At least it gave me much needed comic relief.

That is not the only error in the brief excerpt given. Makes me wonder if anyone actually looked at this thing before sending it to the printer, and it surprises me coming from Barron's -- they've always had a reputation for putting out top-notch materials.

I'll have to take a closer look at their other books before I continue recommending them as wholeheartedly as I did in the past.

It gets 3 stars because all I've seen is the excerpt given here, so I've no idea just how bad the rest of it is. Judging from what I saw, and what I read in a couple of other reviews that brought out some errors, I do agree that you have to be VERY careful about relying too much on this book.

This otherwise useful book is marred by a number of grammatical errors and mistranslations. For example, on p. 281, "Wait for the tone" is translated as "Espere por el tono." It should be "espere el tono"--the translation in the book means "wait on behalf of the tone." Tax return is translated as "reembolso impositivo," which actually means "tax refund." "Workers' compensation" is translated as "compensación de obreros," but it is actually called "indemnización por accidentes de trabajo" in Spanish. "Sexual harassment" in Spanish is either "acoso sexual" or "hostigamiento sexual," but not "acosamiento sexual" as indicated in the book. "Final decision" should be "decisión definitiva," not "decisión final," which means "last decision." "Listen for the alarm" is translated as "escuche por la alarma," which means "listen on behalf of the alarm." The bottom line: be VERY careful with this book.

As manager of a small business, I recently needed to communicate at length with a new Spanish speaking employee. This book made it possible! I strongly recommend that EVERY English speaking professional in management invest in this outstanding book-audiocassette package. It has been a life-saver!

Finally someone has gotten it right! Every time I use this guidebook in Human Resources, I get my message across en espanol! It's perfect for anyone who needs the appropriate words or phrases to interview, train, or counsel Spanish speaking employees. And the business vocabulary is excellent. No other book out there has better translations for the words, phrases, commands, and questions that you'll need. A true MUST-BUY for anyone in management!

The intent of this book is commendable as its goal is to provide a quick hands on Spanish vocabulary reference that's specific to Human Resources terminology and related vocabulary however there are some serious translation errors not be taken lightly. At first glance this book seems great but as you go through it page by page the errors become evident.

Terminology in a language must be correct and I am surprised at this production by Barron's because they usually do have good educational material even in a foreign language but this one has some really bad translations which a learner of Spanish and even natives have to be aware of since English has great influence in the spoken and written Spanish on the US and Canada.

Some of the many errors include:

1) Contact persona= "la persona de contacto". This is such a literal translation and as a result is incorrect. Sometimes the long phrases are the only equivalents. It s/b "la persona con quien puede hablar"
2) Think about it= Piense en eso. More correctly in Spanish it s/b "Piensalo"
3) How long ago= Hace cuanto. It s/b "Hace cuanto tiempo"
4) Take a seat= Tome un asiento. It s/b "Tome asiento"
5) Mutual Funds= los fondos mutualisitas. Please do not repeat this one. It s/b "fondos mutuales" or "fondos de inversion"
6) Sunglasses= gafas del sol. This is a big grammatical error. It s/b "gafas de sol".

These are just a few examples but the list goes on. The editors of this book should have caught these errors because they could really jeopardize the quality of your Spanish. Even the basic command structure is incorrect. In the book "vamos a... is translated as "let's". That is incorrect. Vamos a = we are going to...." Let's" is a command and requires a special verb form. For example let's work= trabajemos. It cannot be translated as "vamos a trabajar".

All I can say in a nutshell is proceed with caution. The same way this book may help you it may very well embarrass you.

This book has been around for a long time and continues to be used in flight training. I enjoy the simplicity of the illustrations and explanations of weather. I believe this book will continue to be used for years to come.

This volume is a terrific overview of weather for both pilots and non-pilots. It was obviously written by people who love weather and like explaining it.

The downside is that the printing is cheaply done and is, at times, difficult to read. This is a commercial reprint (done by ASA--Aviation Supplies and Academics) that really should have been done better. Unfortunately the PDF version on the FAA web site is an old photocopy which is simply awful. I downloaded but deleted it because it's almost impossible to read.

Many better products out there. Read the reviews. If you want a good, basic overview of weather and weather reports, look at "Rod Machado's Complete Private Pilot."

The FAA's weather products (including "Aviation Weather Services") are in need of major reformatting. That's unfortunate because their "Airplane Flying Handbook" and "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge" are superb. Both are available as PDFs on the FAA web site and are required reading for the private pilot certificate.

I had to buy this book for one of my classes and fell asleep many times while trying to read the assigned chapters. I have seen books that are much more interesting and do a better job explaining weather (Jeppesen: Aviation Weather).

Published as an official FAA Advisory Circular, Aviation Weather (and the accompanying book AC 00-45 Aviation Weather Services) contains the info you will be required to know to pass the FAA private, commercial, and instrument rating written examinations. Aviation Weather is written in an easy-to-understand manner. It discusses the various cloud formations, formation of warm, cold, occluded, and stationary fronts, the life cycle of thunderstorms, winds (both surface and aloft), icing, and many other weather phenomena. Profusely illustrated with charts, graphs, photos, and diagrams. Understand this and you will know how to "fly the weather" competently. A classic book that all pilots should have in their library, with info that will never become outdated.

This book was not as helpful as I expected.

This guide to graduate business schools is barely more than a list of statistics for each school. If that's what you're looking for, nearly all these statistics can be found on the schools' websites.
Most of the data is prefaced by "In a recent year", so a lot of the time you don't even know what year Barron's is talking about. It offers the barest description of programs and doesn't analyze them at all. Why are certain programs better than others? It really doesn't say.
Unlike many undergraduate guides which give you an idea about the quality of life, quality of academics, and quality of social life, this book leaves you with nothing more than statistics, and no way to judge each school. That is, unless you know you want to attend a school where "in a recent year" most graduating students were placed into jobs immediately (which are nearly all the schools listed) and make your decision based on that.
Additionally, the book is filled with the teeniest tiniest business schools whose graduate enrollment, I'm not kidding, include 2 men and 2 women. These entries take up space which could be better dedicated to a more in depth look at schools that you're more likely to attend.
Overall, I don't think this book helped me narrow down my choices at all, because it's a whole lot of statistics and no real analysis of the schools or programs. However, if you're looking for an exhaustive list of every single MBA program in the U.S., this would be it.

If you are certain that you have no interest in studying outside the U.S. or Canada, then this book provides a good amount of information on the business schools on which you will be focusing. It also provides a nice summary table of these schools as well as a short section dedicated to the GMAT exam. This is the perfect book if you need to narrow down or even just select the business schools in which you may be interested. It can be particularly useful in assuring you don't accidentally overlook a program for which you are well suited. The financial aid section is also pretty helpful. Beware that, if you are applying to a competitive business school, you will want to do additional research for your "Why I want to attend your business school" essay beyond what is covered in this book.

Barron's collectively assembles the information you are looking for in an easy-to-read format that makes the scary idea of going to business school a little less intimidating. The book breaks down each school, discussing the programs available, admissions info and general data regarding the campuses.

The Barron's Guide also has a helpful section on financial aid and what programs various schools excel in. The Barron academic profiles are comprehensive and are sure to help an prospective student in making a decision that is sure to be one of the biggest of their lives!

This book was very good, but I think it needed more action in it. It got kind of boring, but it was a good book. It needed some more story to it to.

In general, the Boxcar Children series has one flaw - although I don't think I've ever read the kids' ages mentioned, there are clues to them in things like the fact that they get jobs, and that Henry is going to college in the fall. They all, however, tend to speak like very young children, which I find a little patronizing to the reader.

Benny doesn't like having nothing to do. When he finds himself bored, he seeks out activities and late one summer, the activity he chooses is work. Not mowing lawns, but a real job. He finds jobs for himself and Henry at Furman's, the department store. And at Furman's, he finds a mystery. Who is behind the odd happenings at the store? Jewelry mysteriously appears, employees receive anonymous notes about their job performance and there's a strange woman who shops at the store daily whose shopping habits annoy employees and arouse suspicion. Can Benny work it out before school starts and his summer job is over?

These books are supposed to be for the 8-12 age range, but I think they're more suited to either the die-hard young mystery fan or the younger part of that age group.

I think this book is about four children who want jobs and they find one. The two boys went to their job and found a mystery about somebody stealing jewelry. My favorite part was when they uncovered the mystery. I think kids 7 and up should read this book.

I really liked Benny uncovers a mystery and I think you will too. Just take my advice. Don't expect too much excitement. I recommend this book to kids who like excitement and surprises!

Knew the author, used to work at the same place. Nice enough guy, he used to be F.B.I. and T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority for you uninformed (wink)) recently Dave has been lecturing the Arson Circuit [so he's "putting out fires "like the rest of us computer geeks"] The part he's written of the books is a bit radical, mostly buzzwords, bits of history and I think a mistaken misnomer towards policy (if you ask this half if its an offense and can we prosecute you'll get a false positive) but might provide some insite from the thinking of the early 80's when "Hackers" were M.I.T. geniouses so they had to invent some other groups as the scarecrow (see description above), but then again Dave has worked the field so is an interesting perspective but it reads like a "grant supported conference" of course I think if he'd just written a novel/narrative/autobiography it would be more than the $0.02 i'm getting on reselling O'Reilly books (they usually really are good btw, most Oreilly texts were a nessesity for computer administrators (Icove's book is not one though, (unless your either in the biz or a crazed enthusist)) [one quote is "all people have committed offenses, and other people ultimatly detect them". p 35, throw the first stone attitude, everyone else has, so philosophy major he ain't", but probably what is known as the "Other Half" of the book is legal statutes ("laws used to prosecute computer crime" p73 so again this is actually written as the lowest go ahead denominator (invade first, then look up the law afterward) that possibly an agent would like (and the author [whether David Icove or not] attempted) to give to his or herself, but back to the legal part) (this is the part one pores over for years looking for either actual go-ahead or a loophole). O.K. got that straight 1st half addresses "order", 2nd half addresses "Law", reverse it (Law before Order, lest we all be animals [i'm just speaking here as a techocrate]) and you got what I call normalicy. Would have rated it higher, but always look up the law on a current database, as the House like to date it. (only reason it got a two is the buzzwords might have been actually used back in the day)

This is an example of a gift of white space that is used to sell computer literature and software. But also there's tricks and techniques from the FBI in this white space book. Maybe you can go out and bust a computer user or want too. This book will show you how.

It took me about five months to read. But then again it could be a faster read if your focused only on one book.

Very complete but needs more Canadian law references.

Well, this book is an exelent scource for computer crime and law, but it sarts off with a bit of easy stuff. I suppose that is needed for some. :-) Nice job again orilley!

This is a good book for beginers on up. Worth having on your shelf.

all you need as a military man for mapping skills are on this book .
but , the pictures are in black and white and some are not clear without color . and about the GPS subject there is nothing just an old summery .

I spend a great deal of time in the woods, and have read many books on land navigation (orienteering). There are better and worse, but this one is the best I have read so far and is really on the money. It seems that most of the navigation books are written by people who spend more time learning to write than to navigate. Nothing wrong with that, since I know I don't write the best, but I do know how to navigate. I haven't been lost more than two or three times in about the last five years, and when I was, I just followed the basic rules (find a creek and follow it downstream, or a powerline, etc.) and got out in a couple days. This is the best book on navigation.

While the Alaskan woodsman may find this useful--I would warn any civilian that this manual is meant for the military. I came by it looking for information on the lensatic compass, which is a compass primarily used by the military. This manual is useful for using military maps and other military oriented subjects (e.g., UTM map coordinates). On the other hand, this isn't what the average civvy user will be using. You will probably be out there in the field with a silva (or suunto or brunton) compass if not a GPS and a USGS or ordinance survey map and not too terribly worried about what platoon (or artillery battery, etc.) is out there: in fact, you would know enough to avoid going near those areas. This means that most civilian map reading and land nav skills are fairly basic and don't require the specialisation found in this manual. On the other hand, you would be well advised to read this if you are either going to have military experience, or need the specialised land nav skills that are discussed in this book (i.e., using a lensatic compass). It's more a curiousity than a necessity for the average person on civvy street who wants to learn land nav.

There are newer editions than this one.You need a magnify glass to read the print,it's so small.....