This is a very out dated book, which is focused on win 3.1 The author does a poor job explaining the insides to windows programming. The book comes with a diskette that does not work (in my case the files are corrupted) and there is no online site to get them from. Please, don't throw your money away, if you want this book email me and I'll send it to you for free.

The C code samples are poorly written. The author uses only global variables (poor coding practice). The variables don't have readable names and the typeface of the code samples makes 1 and l indistinguishable (and both x1 and xl are variable names).

On a positive side, some algorithms are included which are not usually in a book of this type, such as mirror reflections.

"The Lady who loved Animals",with a back cover that reads "a story about a lady who loves animals, and who is loved in return" is a propaganda book of the anti-meat movement. Contrary to its front and back covers, it is a not so subtle animal rights book carefully covered as a simply child book that any loving grandma might mistakenly buy. The book end with the meat loving human being devoured by a lion as a just end to such an individual. If your intent is animal rights indoctrination of the young this is a great book;if not, you may want to avoid it.

I gave this book one star only becasue there was no 0 star rating, this is the worst math book I have ever used. It is poorly written, there are lots of mistakes( which to this date 05/29/03, that have not been correted on the authors' web page). This book was poorly organized, over priced, and had a weak book binding (my copy began to fall apart!!).
Please do not buy this book, unless you like to waste your money on useless material.

Please don't waste your time with this book from the "at a Glance" series. I was so impressed with Metabolism at a Glance (different author, different format), that I ordered this one soon after. This proved to be a mistake.

The book should be removed from print until a competent author and/or editor makes revisions. It is full of typos and incorrect information. The only use I can see for this book (other than as a coaster) would be for intermediate and advanced students to thumb through the pages and make corrections.

If you are looking for a good biochemistry review book, I have found Lippincott's Biochemistry (Champe and Harvey) to be one of the best.

The subject matter is dramatic intriguing and full of genuine anguish, but the writing is so overblown and self-satisfied that one has trouble finishing any of the stories here. The author can't keep away from cliches and hackneyed situations and characters and finally you give up expecting anything fresh or any character who doesn't fit a stereotype.

This book was s big disappointment. (I returned my copy.) It has just one or two paragraphs each about hundreds of attractions. Broad and shallow. No information that is particularly useful to parents.

If you're a AAA member, you'd be better off with their tour book, which is free to boot!

I think this was supposed to be a special-purpose anthology - military fiction for sci-fi and fantasy readers. What I read was an anthology of ghost stories (horror genre) that happened to have a military setting. There was little of the science fiction flavor and less credible military behavior. I found many of the stories populated with wooden and stereotypical characters. Darned few characters behaved the way soldiers in any of my units did. I'm sure there were a few good stories mixed in this book, but they were overwhelmed by the bad ones.

As a thesis project, one of the author's students selected quotes and random remarks, both written and oral, from her teacher over a period of years. She compiled them into a single volume as if they were free-verse poetry or snippets of perceptive prose, and the author self-published the work without benefit of an independent editor. The result is a book in which the author's perception of herself as a great spiritual teacher overrides any real or imagined value in her comments. The book is beautifully produced, but relentlessly dull. It is difficult to imagine that even Parrish-Harra's students and others who are convinced of her point of view could find this book readable.

This "book" is really a magazine in magazine form. I regularly am open to such things coming from channel 23 ( Butt Ugly Martains and Spongebob Squarepants) but this magazine really is B O R E D O M spelled out.
The whole point of the show is a bunch of elementary schoolers who skateboard and surf, but nobody around really is into sports like that anymore. And if they are skateboarding people, I assure you they pay no attention to ROCKET POWER. They say words from the last mellenium such as "THE BOMB", "IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY", "LAME-O", "BOO-YAH", ETC, in a "lame-o" attempt to relate to 4th and 5th graders.Sorry, welcome to the real world. The magazine is obviously not a top selling item because it's been put together without much reguard or plot. Anyone could put together another already-been-heard-of plot like they do. Thats what they are good at. Please do NOT make the mistake I've made and DO NOT ATTEMPT to purchase this item. Althoguh, i HIGHLY, HIGHLY, recomend the spongebob squarepants item "Survival Guide" book as a refreshing alternative.