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The book came on time and great condition but the only reason i returned it was only because it didn't come with the mymathlab which i really needed. i felt it would be too much money to purchase the book and have to purchase the mymathlab code separtely.Over all that was my only problem.As for amazon they handled my return with no problems or hassle.

This was an excellent book. My child whipped thru the book in three months getting an "A" in class. The word problems were the best because it really made him hone his analytical skills. I highly recommend the book.

I hate this book. It only gives a few solutions, maybe 5 out of a 100 (if your lucky). I don't know if I am doing my work right or not. There is no way to check. Every math book I have had gives answers to odd# questions in the back, this is very helpful to see if you are going in the right direction. Not this book. You can spend hours and not know that you are doing it completely wrong. This does not help if you have 300 problems to do, and a week before class meets.

This textbook is one excellent aid for understanding math. The trigonometry section is the best part of the book. It is mostly self explanatory, and being that trig is one hard topic to understand, the book breaks it down to a comprehensible level. My only problem with the book is that it contains way too many word problems, which most students would like to skip. The concept checks are also a pain in the butt. My professor assigns basically all the odd problems in the section, taking me a whole day to finish the homework. There are other minor annoyances in the book. For example, the harmonic motion section only provides one example for the whole section. A good thing to have is the solutions manual. There are also way too many things to cover, and this leaves you somewaht overwhelmed. On the other hand, Lial and Hornsby provide straight forward examples, which, are sometimes way to easy in comparison to the practice problems provided. This book is however, a quality book and well presented.

Disappointed at best. Bought three books on the subject on Amazon at the same time. Believe it or not this was the best of the three. Gave up on the books and got more information from a paint shop guy. The picture on the cover of the 69 Camaro has nothing to do with the book (Yes, I have a 69 Camaro). It caught my eye and the author got my money. I read the other reviews and either they didn't buy the book and read it or something is funny.

While this book doesn't go very in-depth, it does cover many subjects of paint and body including some rust repair (not a lot though). Good if you are trying to learn, enough to get started.

i am very new to the body work scene, it actually happened on accident. i got asked to do it at my new job. i just fix rust holes in junky BMW's in Germany, but i wanted to make my work look like it is supposed to be there. i havent read the entire book yet, but what i have read has been very helpful. the work i have produced is not perfect, but the tips i have gained from this book have made big improvements in the end. a little (by my standards anyway) amount of body filler makes the jobs turn out pretty good, but i am still playing around with the right mixture for the filler. a few more gallons of it, and i might be on the right track. but hey, the people around me are enjoying the contact buzz. wear a respirator as described in the book!
This book has been a big help for me.

I knew very little on the subject and wanted to broaden my knowledge a bit. This book did the job just fine. I feel that I could easilly apply the things that I've learned from this book to jobs in the shop. It has plenty of information on the subject and covered everything that I wanted to get a grasp of. Excellent for the beginner like myself.

After going through many books on car painting, this is without a doubt the best. Easy to find topics, very readable. If you are just going to read 1 book, this is it!

This is one of the three books I bought to prepare myself for the Citizenship Test.

It is outdated (the edition I received is 2 years old) and lack information on recent events in American and World History.

The tone of this book reminds me a conversation with a lawyer. Boring, too stylish, and not very friend English.

I really liked - although the edition I receive was 3 years old - "U.S. Citizenship For Dummies", it is more fun and easy to read and learn.

In California, this book has become indispensable to anyone seeking to pass the Constitution Exam in order to acquire various teaching certificates. It offers a concise summary of all the main topics.

Very good with great detail. However, when it came to explain state laws it based itself on the California laws.

Hennessey's book is a widely used text for anyone contemplating U.S. citizenship or preparing for a U.S Constitution exam. It offers concise explanations of U.S. history, our system of government and how it works, the Constitution, and a sampling of how state government works using California as an example. My only criticism is the author's vantage point. Why is it assumed that a citizen's primary function in our society is to engage in political activity? Nevertheless, Hennessey's book is highly recommended by this reviewer.

Twenty-five Lessons in Citizenship is the only book you need to buy to study for and pass the US citizenship test. The book provides all of the history and civics information on the exam.

The lessons are organized in a logical and easy to understand format. At the end of each of the 25 lessons, the book provides the history and civics questions likely to be asked by the USCIS on test day.

FYI- I just recently passed my examination and used this book as my only study guide. If you had to buy one book, this is the one. Good luck on your test!

I found this book to be very interesting and informative. Without a doubt it gave me a look into the life and times of Willie Brown and the state of California. From growing up under the repressive laws of Jim Crow and segregation to becoming one of the most powerful men in California,Willie Brown is a courageous and complex figure in California's history. In the tradition of "showmen politicians" like Adam Clayton Powell, Huey P. Long, and Lyndon Johnson, Brown is a part of a by-gone era. With term limits well in place, we will never see the likes of such a powerful and personable politician. President Clinton could not have said it better when he arrived in Sacramento and met Willie Brown in person for the first time. He stated, " now i have finally met the real slick Willie". Whether demon or devil, Willie Brown changed the face of legistlative politics in Califonia and paved the way for the state to expand in many other areas. After reading this book, you wonder how California can survive without Willie Brown.

Willie Brown is a politician regarded as both a political reformer and a modern political boss, a sometime political progressive and sometime defender of corporate interests, and a man of humble background who flaunts a flashy lifestyle. The book, "Willie Brown", presents a study of a man's contrasts and complexities.
This biography neither glorifies nor lambastes its subject. The reader is allowed to thoroughly understand the gray areas between the good and evil which is the human nature of most public figures. We learn about Willie Brown and the events shaping his life and histroy.
We learn that Willie Brown sought being the center of attention from childhoold and how this trait was internalized through lifelong quests for leadership. Willie Brown emerged from a life of gambling and nightlife into a life or politics and nightlife.
Controversy has followed Willie Brown's life. Branded as both a radical liberal and a conservative coalition builder, Willie Brown has learned that power and personal feelings can change and that these changes can be used for advantage. Readers learn how Willie Brown, upon becoming Speaker of the California House of Representatives, was adept at maintaining power.
The author demonstrates that Willie Brown enjoyed political power games more for the sake of power than for setting policy. Willie Brown played the legislative power game very well for a long time. When he finally lost the power game, he exited the legislature by becoming a big city Mayor. This book presents a remarkable study of one of America's most resilient politicians.

Richardson has overlooked no musty archive, no potential interviewee, and no pesty detail in his amazing book about Assemblyman, Speaker, Speaker Emeritus, and now Mayor Brown. An essential read to understand Northern California and California politics from the seventies to the present day.

Parts of the book are overly detailed, yet some parts are quite sparse. The portrait of Brown's hometown of Mineola, Texas is riveting yet there are few details of what Brown was like as a child -- readers wanting to find out what books, philosophers or anything that inspired Brown will be left wanting. We must settle for the unsupported statement that he was a voracious reader. Also, there seems to be a mismatch in focus -- over half of the book is devoted to Brown's career before becoming speaker when he really was a marginal figure. Perhaps a dozen pages are devoted to obscure delegate credentialling details about the '72 convention that could have been covered in a fraction of the space.

On the objective side, the book does call Brown to task for several ethical and race-baiting missteps, and he largely accepts the common view of Brown as a fixer extraordinare who made the trains run on time in the legislature at the expense of an agenda. The author also perceptively highlights why Brown succeeded tactically in holding his Speakership for so long, sometimes by pulling absolute political miracles. This is when the book is at its best, showing how Brown has become one of the most powerful, savvy figures in California political history.

On the minus side (for those who prefer their history unfiltered by the author's personal politics) references abound throughout the book to "ultra right conservatives", "hard right conservatives" and the like but there are no similiar references to figures on the left; Jesse Unruh and Ronald Reagan have "cronies" while Brown has friends.

While clearly critical on occasions, at other times the author blatantly bends over backwards to make Brown look good. When Brown made some vicious personal public remarks about then Governor Duekmajian (sp?) the author criticizes Brown yet excuses him by saying he was just doing so to satisfy the Democrat Assembly members who disliked the Duke, yet its impossible (for me at least) to believe Brown's Assembly delegation ever included people who demanded hateful comments from the Speaker. Throughout the book, Brown is portrayed as a consummate, off-the-cuff showman who's unmatched with his rapier-like comments, yet we're expected to believe this one was done calculatingly to satisfy people who insisted that Brown engage in brutal personal insults. This doesn't hold water.

The author also uncritically accepts Brown's assertion that he went to law school on a whim and says if he hadn't seized this seemingly random impulse, he never would have gone into politics. This seems a stretch to say the least, largely because the author paints a quite vivid picture of Brown the showman who lives for thie limelight -- it's virtually impossible to imagine this truly unique personality not in politics. That, and the fact that he was running for office by the time he was 28 indicate to me that like Bill Clinton, Willie Brown was intent on being a politician at an early age.

In the "give Willie the benefit of the doubt" category, outrageous remarks that can be fairly categorized as inciting violence are excused because Brown, according to the author, was so personally devastated by RFK's assissination a few weeks before. Yet the author provides nothing to support this strange assertion. It seems reasonable to conclude the author is going to extremes to excuse some of Brown's most inexcusable conduct.

At the end, the author drops all pretense of objectivity and discloses that he was a McGovern delegate at the '72 convention (which explains why, although doesn't justify, the excessive focus on that convention's minutae) and highlights Brown's greatest achievement as stymying the agendas of numerous Republican governors during his Assembly career.

The book was enjoyable largely because the subject is so fascinating. Parts of it are extremely well written, filled with strong analysis and the author undeniably did a tremendous job researching the book, but even more, in landing firsthand interviews with the major participants. Nonetheless, the book is unevenly focused, lavishing attention on Brown's flamboyance at the expense of personal insights. There is also a sometimes subtle but unmistakable bias from beginning to end in favor of Brown's leftist politics and Brown himself.

Willie Brown may be an interesting figure, but you won't find much here about him that you didn't see in the newspapers over the years. Richardson goes over his impoverished youth in Texas, and his stunning rise in California, but doesn't go very far into how it occurred. For example, Brown was said to be an intellectual, a voracious reader in his youth. Richardson says virtually nothing about WHAT Brown read. We learn nothing of the thinkers or writers Brown admired. Nothing is said about his work habits, his passions, his view of history, the kind of society he would like to shape.

Over and over we are told of Brown's love of beautiful women, his "flamboyance", his expensive tastes. But who among us does not love beautiful women? And what, precisely, makes wearing an expensive suit flamboyant? If an expensive suit is flamboyant, then George Bush and Lloyd Bentsen must be flamboyant.

Is it not important to know what a politician thinks, in addition to what he wears and drives?

I visited Bulgaria in 7/99 and travelled around for almost 3 weaks with a rented car. Before going there i have read everything I could find (books and internet) - this was the only book that gave good information, intersting details, and enlightments about Bulgaria. One must remember that a developing country such as Bulgaria rates change, places are being closed' and new open every days. However as for the hotels and restorants most of the details were pretty acurate as for the 'what to see' i have never met a better guide. I do recommand this guide to anyone who travels to Bulgaria, if he wants to know what to do there and to understand the country

Book is nice-give a lot of info.Unfortunately ,thing are changing really fast so don`t expect everything to be the way it is mention in the book -if you decide to visit
Anyway I live in US but my country is really nice to visit and holiday-really cheap ,everything is natural,beautiful women:)
I am sure you will love it

Wide coverage; history, transportation, culture, food, language(s), attractions. Covers a lot of the country and many towns and villages in each region. This is one of the most interesting and useful travel books I have encountered.

This is a great guide covering everything from the best places to eat and the best hostels to stay for cheap backpackers to cultural history. Everything is arranged in easy to find geographic regions. Especially enjoyable is the small sections scattered thoughout on major historical figures. The glossary of Bulgarian terms is a little short but who would really understand you with your thick accent anyway

The guide is good but don't expect everything to be exactly as it is in the guide. Bulgaria is a place of rapid change and many places close and open rapidly. Travelers beware many palces outside of Sofia close between 2 and 4.

This book seems hastily written without much research. We found much of the information in the book to be unclear, misleading, or just blatantly wrong. One of the most aggravating problems was the map of Varna, for which the side street grid does not conform at all to reality. Already the book is out of date as many museums and restaurants have closed, moved, changed hours, or downsized. There is no information in the book about tipping, and the information about hotel and restaurant costs is severely limited. Unfortunately, there are not many other guidebooks that include detailed information on bulgaria, and those are regional guidebooks and not country specific.

This book is poorly written and the problems worked out within it often skip steps making it hard to follow unless you are a master at Math. If you have to use this because your school requires it I feel bad for you.

Is the $20 price for the solution manual or is it actually for the text book. Please highlight me before i make a purchase. Email me as soon as possible.

email: bechband@yahoo.co.uk

This book was a great help while taking the course to better understand problems and answers.

hey, notice it is only the second half of the book, equals second semester or phys 2b or something, i made the mistake of buying it and i needed part one... anywho

this manual does not have all the answers or explanations to them. the detail is poor, and none of the conceptual questions or multiple choice have answers at all. it helps sometimes, but comes up short often.

Only needed a workbook for my class. Found it very easy online with Amazon. Purchased the book at a reasonable price and received the book in a couple of days. Very pleased with the service and product.

The seller sent me an older edition book when I was trying to purchase the new editon

The lab manual is pretty good and the sheats are nice to study from once filled in. I hear the 10th edition fo the book and lab manual are betterwith digrams and what not. Other than that great product no complaints.

Very reliable transaction. The product was shipped within the shortest period possible, and it arrived in good shape as described on Amazon. We need such time of people who are reliable and trustworthy. If you need to buy item from this seller, don't doubt.

As textbooks go, this is just another lab book. Does a good job of topic presentation, but would be nice if lab reports were numbered/ordered to correspond with textbook chapters.

W. James Richardson's Misbegotten is an intriguing story of the lives of two police officers - one African American, the other White - in the city of Detroit. They each learn a lesson in racism when their lives become intertwined in a rape investigation, bombings of three African American churches and several apparent racially motivated murders.

Richardson overdoes it with the cursing and use of racial slurs. The fabulous thing about Misbegotten is that the key characters are transformed and covertly the author gets the reader to judge himself and his view of others because of the color of their skin. Despite the editing mishaps, the pace is quick and perplex.

Richardson's story has a very unexpected ending that neatly ties all the loose ends. He also sends out a strong message: we should be careful how we treat others, one day that person may be your saving grace or the answer to your prayers.

Every now and again I pick up a book and am not sure if I like it or not.

The reasons may vary from excessive foul language to obscene behavior. Like or dislike also may come from poor grammar, design or layout of the manuscript and/or ease of read.

While W. James Richardson's Misbegotten is an intriguing story of the lives of two police officers - one African American, the other White - in the city of Detroit. They each learn a lesson in racism when their lives become intertwined in the rape of teenaged White girl, bombings of three African American churches and several apparent racially motivated murders.

Richardson overdoes it with the cursing and use of racial slurs. The fabulous thing about Misbegotten is that the key characters are transformed and covertly the author gets the reader to judge himself and his view of others because of the color of their skin.

In brief... Tommy Williams opens this tale of woe; he has served a prison sentence for various crimes and wants the reader to believe that he is struggling to stay out of jail in the early chapters of the book. His actions - theft, assault, and the rape of a young girl - paint a different picture. When he is killed attempting to flee the scene of a murder he's just committed, as bad as it sounds, relief is what the reader feels.

Unfortunately, Tommy's deeds don't stop there. The young girl becomes pregnant and her racist, retired police officer father and his friends set out to avenge her honor. What he doesn't expect is that his lifestyle and that he holds dear to cause him to lose control of his family and his own life. The outcome was surprising. Who would have thought?

Richardson, in our opinion, ties the ends of this story well and sends out the following message: a message you've heard a many a time - be careful how you treat people, one day they may be your saving grace.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I found the characters interesting and diversed. The twists and turns in the story kept my interest and to the point that I found it difficult to put the book down. I wanted to keep on reading. I found the main plot very engaging and in particular as to how Limuel, the misbegotten child,impacted the lives of several families. It was a most interesting story and a very fine debut for the author's first novel.

This was definitely a page turner! This book was packed with excitement and drama. It kept me on the edge of my seat. Richardson touched on issues of racism, abortion, rape and many others faced in our society today. He did a wonderful job creating realistic characters although at times, some of the plot seemed a little too fictional. However the book was so poignant, that I felt as if I were actually amidst all of this chaos. I would definitely offer it as a reading selection for book clubs because the issues presented offer alot to discuss.

Blatant bigotry, racism, abortion, adoption, murder, understanding and healing are the ingredients of the novel Misbegotton. The author, W. James Richardson, presents the tale of a young college student brutally raped and impregnated by her attacker, hence the "misbegotten" child. What happens in the aftermath of this crime is the basis of this story.

Emily Heiderberg, a college student, is raped one evening while attending a country and western jamboree in Detroit. Her father, Hugo, a former police officer and known bigot, wants her attackers brought to justice. The only problem is, he wants to inflict his own type of justice and with the assistance of his associates, he does just that. Ullyis Washington, the police sergeant, has no tolerance for bigots and he remembers Hugo when he was on the police force. Following the rape, drama breaks loose in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs and Ullysis is assigned to a task force to assist in solving the crimes. What is revealed is amazing in and of itself.

What becomes of Emily's child? How does Ullysis behave when his son becomes engaged to someone outside of his race? Those are some of the many questions provided in this story. The friends and family of the main characters are highlighted and the children provided the healing in this story. The children have a special gift of understanding that forced the adults to stop and look at their behavior and the overall affect. The results were healing and understanding among four families. Some of the characters definitely reaped what they sowed.

This was an entertaining, drama filled and fast paced story. The only problem I had with the novel was the editing. Thought patterns tended to shift to different characters and time periods without indication. Other than the editing I truly enjoyed this story. Provides for a lively discussion on race relations.

Reviewed by Dawn

well this book is pretty good but the artwork is not great the warrior aliens look fine but the two queens are just weird looking [one looks like a dinosaur.]this book isn't that great.it is a neat story though.

First off, i'm only on part 2, but already this book is has left my mouth open. The story is pretty
much the same " capture the queen egg bring back to earth " deal ,but the breeding part is changed. This company wants this'Royal Jelly' used to make a super drug called xeno zip . The xeno zip is made form alien parts left from the alien plauge that happened in Earth Hive, Nightmare Aysllum, and Femal Wars. The drug is to powerful for humans but if this jelly is found the drug could be controlable. So a new cast of chracters are pulled in with bigger and better weapons to travel to the Alien homeworld. When they get there, they find out that a civil war between red aliens and black aliens has broken out.

When you see the fight sceens with the aliens its amazing. The colors are great, the graphics are great, the story is great, the charcters are great. You should get this novel when you see this page, I mean come on, you alien fans out thier can't tell me that you don't want to see aliens ripping the crap out of each other!

Continuing the story from Dark Horse's previous volume, Female War, this story focuses on the Alien's home world. In Female War, Ripley and the others took the Alien Queen Mother to earth. Now, on the Alien's planet, without her, two queens are vying for the title and the planet is being torn apart.

Back on earth, Corporate Billionaire Daniel Grant has created a new wonder drug called Xeno Zip, which makes the user feel immortal, makes them bigger, more agressive, and stronger than ever. However, some people have a severe reaction and inadvertently kill themselves. With law suits threatening to ruin his empire, he needs a pure form of the drug, Alien Queen Royal Jelly. After making a deal with the military, he and several Marines are off to the aliens home world to obtain a fresh supply.

This is a very good offering from Dark Horse. The art is a little rough, but the style is perfect for the Alien's series. The idea of alien's battling each other is executed very well, and it's interesting to see. The human characters are reminiscent of the human heroes in the previous Aliens books without being rip-offs or clones.

Aliens: Genocide takes place between Aliens: Female War and Aliens: Hive, and collects Aliens: Genocide #1-4. It's very interesting reading, and highly recommended for fans of the Alien's movies.

Genocide is about a greedy billionaire whose empire is crumbling around him, all because of the horrible side effects produced by his company's widely distributed steroids which are made off the Aliens' royal jelly. Because he has the money to do so, he funds a military expedition to the Alien homeworld so he can get the resources to make his steroid perfect. However, things are going to be a lot tougher for the expedition as the alien planet is in the middle of a civil war(i'll leave you to find out why). A good story with morals based on greed, courage, friendship and trust. These are subjects not commonly integrated into an Alien story, making this book slightly different from the rest. The art was unique, it wasn't realistic in anyway but it was drawn with a lot of effort and the artist's style is very visible. The reason why i took off a star is because the dialogue was cheesy. A lot of Grant's lines, combined with his facial expressions were rather hokey. Get the book and find out for yourself. Grant's character was rather flawed, almost like a stereotypical greedy-man-turns-to-courageous-hero thing. But the original plot, the twists and turns, the entire concept and the overall weirdness of the subject matter makes this a classic in the Aliens library. A lot of other Aliens comics were loosely based on this book, so consider getting it to understand them a bit more. Either way, Genocide is an absolute must for any alien graphic novel collector's library.

This book had all of the usual stuff you find in alien novels, plus alot more! For one thing, the characters are completely new, so the story sort of resembles a mystery. Also, the main plot isn't to exterminate the aliens or get an alien and bring it back to earth; I've seen that many times before in the movies and also in the books. This time it is completely different and interestingly strange. I won't spoil the surprise for you, but I will tell you that you wouldn't think of it in a million years, that's how weird it is. Another good point of this book is that it has many new weapons and tools that the characters use. However, like all weapons, they can be a danger to the user as well. I cannot think of any parts of the story that were below average. All in all, if I could give this book 6 stars, I would.

A must for a Classic Salmon Fly tiers. Great technique and patterns. Useful information on substitue feathers and materials.

Written by leading salmon fly tyer and designer Ron Alcott, who has contributed to such reknowned journals as "American Angler and Fly Tyler", "Atlantic Salmon Journal" and "The Flyfisher", Building Classic Salmon Flies is a guide for featherwing salmon fly tyers of all experience levels. Full color photographs and detailed instructions showcase a wide variety of lures so skillfully done as to approach the realm of art. An extensive primer to fly tying describes the meaning of basic terminology, ideal proportions, materials most often used, and more. A superb addition to salmon fly-fishing reference libraries, and spiral bound for easy practical use in the field.

I have been tying the classics for about 8 yrs. now and I can look back and say that Ron Alcott's book and tying style still influence my tying today.It goes into great detail, yet keeps it simple enough to not have a hard time digesting the info.My main complaint with the book is that it should have had more color photos on a better quality paper,but overall I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn how to tie the beautiful classics.

This book adds nothing really new that has not been covered by Poul Jorgensen's classic book "Salmon Flies - their character, style and dressing" and unlike that book will never become a "classic" book. The only critiscm that I ever had of Jorgensen's book was that the illustrations were in black & white and lost some of the detail. Why "Building Classic Salmon Flies" did the same is a little puzzling in view of the great advances that have been made in colour printing and the few colour illustrations that there are in the book are of poor quality. I learnt absolutely nothing new from this book and in view of Ron Alcott's reputation I was somewhat disapointed. I would rate this book as a mildly interesting book for a library on Classic Salmon Flies; but unnecessary.

Let's face it, there's so much information about Tying Classic Salmon Flies that no one book could possibly cover every aspect of the subject. In fact, several volumes wouldn't be enough.

If you want a book that teaches you to tie, this is it. Mr. Alcott has done a fine job of selecting clear, practical information to include. Starting with a short history, this book progresses on to: materials, types of wings, proportions, and building classic featherwings. The book is well written and the information is presented in a straight forward, no nonsense style.

Will it make you an expert? I wish it were so - buidling classic salmon flies can't be learned soley out of a book. It will, however, give you a solid foundation and start you down the right path. It provides enough scope to keep you busy absorbing the information. I highly recommend it. Fine book Mr. Alcott; now where's the next book?