Partly a concordance, partly a topical reference, this text is a good book to have around when you can't quite remember what the Bible says on a certain subject. Although not exhaustive, it is a handy reference to have around when you need something fast.

This is a useful introductory level book providing an overview of a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries. This is not a book for those involved in the field of sports medicine.

This is one of those books that you can read through in a matter of a few hours. There are lots of pictures, but the vast majority of them are quite small, so trying to extract any amount of detail from the photos is fruitless.

The title "a complete guide" left me expecting quite a bit more from this book. A good many of the pages are dedicated to the names of each and every manufacturer known to the author, as well as the home town of said manufacturer. I guess this information might prove useful to some people, but it did not do much for me!

Another aspect of this book is a price guide for many makes and models of engines. Personally, I found the prices to be a bit low based on sales in my area, but that might just be a reflection of the rate of inflation between the publish date and now. Either way, the pages dedicated to the price guide are pretty much dated information.

Caution: This book contains some crude language that is not necessary to convey the themes in The Completely and Totally True Book of Urban Legends.

The author has taken an interesting and unusual direction in this book, developing stories around the concept that "urban legends are our fairy tales . . . ." You've heard all of the stories, no doubt, about what has been served at various restaurant chains. Those are urban legends. The stories are probably not literally true (or at least no one can prove them), but they do express concepts of what we need to be cautious about in life. For example, Little Red Riding Hood was not literally true (unless wolves are a lot different from the ones I have seen) but it conveyed warnings about being careful about assuming too much (the wolf was not grandma) and following advice that seems against your best interest (let me show you my big teeth).

In that same spirit, Ms. Fiery has created "a treasury of our best urban legends . . . most exciting, beloved, and morally laden tales. . . ." But they need to be rewritten, because they are "the uncut gems of our literary heritage." In the book, the urban legends are dressed up to be more like written short stories, and to be more plausible.

The concept is an interesting one, and I enjoyed reading the book. I must admit that I had only heard of one of these urban legends before reading this book. Perhaps I have been out in the suburbs too long!

I found that some of the stories worked much better than others. In some, the detail built the story. In others, the detail either directed you away from the story or was irrelevant. The illustrations are attractive, but sometimes they telegraphed where the story was going too soon. If you already knew the urban legend, you would already know where the story was going. I would have preferred to have been surprised.

I thought the best two stories were "Old Dog, New Tricks" about a man, his dog, and a lady in an elevator, and "Babysitter's Club" about a haunted house that scares all of the babysitters.

I also enjoyed "Warm as Toast" (a woman helps her dog dry off), "Such Clean Floors" (life support equipment keeps failing in a hospital), "The Flying Gypsy Trick" (traveling in Greece), "Fiat Lux" (about a driving lesson), "LigHt Beer" (new properties of the latest ale), and "Hot Potato" (a doctor having trouble diagnosing his patient's problem).

On the other hand, more than half of the stories didn't work very well for me. They seemed either implausible, uninteresting, or gross . . . rather than seeming like modern fairy tales. I graded the book down accordingly.

What jokes do you know that provide good lessons that we all should follow? What stories that are too good to be true actually capture essential truths, nonetheless?

Get the point!

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3 and 1/2 stars. A straight-forward account of the Crisis that has the essence of a college term paper...there is some value here in that you get Mr. Whites' analysis/views on the approaches taken by Kennedy and EXCOMM with the perspective of 34 years, but there are better and more readable accounts of the Crisis out there.

I am a current Texas resident, who has been dancing for ~18 years.

I decided after getting my 'bread and butter' degree, that I would now pursue my dance degree. I went on the internet, and found some schools whose programs looked fabulous! My friend recommended this book to me, swearing it to be the 'Bible of Dancers'. I even had the book special ordered. Upon arrival, I opened it only to find the schools I had pursued were not listed. On top of that, I had taken some dance classes at the University of Oklahoma, only to find Mr. Jones refers to Ko Yukihiro as a 'she' in the book. I can promise you, as I have taken one of Ko's modern classes, that Ko is a male, not a female.

Texas Woman's University has one of the Top 10 Programs in the nation, both for graduate and undergraduate studies, yet Mr. Jones doesn't even have TWU listed. TWU has several guest artists, and all the faculty have incredible resume's. How well did Mr. Jones do his homework? The University of North Texas; one of the largest Universities in Texas, is not mentioned either.

I was also at a loss when I tried to find an area that would help me write my dance resume'. One would believe that for such a comprehensive, well-written book, surely advice on how to write a good dance resume' would have been included. After all, it tells you about your taxes!

I give this book 3 stars. I hope revisions are in the making.

Hecate

Having just aquired this book after years of searching I felt I had to share my feelings with anyone contemplating buying it.
The title would lead the buyer into thinking that this book is only about the tragedies of the 55 race however I found it to be a fantastic read from a historical point of view as an insight into the wonderful world of the racing driver after the war. The book concentrates mostly on Lance Macklin one of the main and blameless participants in this tragic event however it makes a wonderful read I could not put it down once I opened the first page.

Although this is a handy book in that it includes marks for ceramics, metalwork (American and U.K.), furniture and tapestry all in one book, finding the marks is a bit of a chore: you need to know where an item is made, or who made it to find the mark easily. If you know that, you probably wouldn't need the book. Also, few marks after the mid 1800's are included. Still fun to browse as it includes some good information and tips.

While this dictionary is very useful for those already asociated with the military or Department of Defense, it won't be as helpful for those who are not familiar with the Armed Services. This dictionary contains listings of acronym and spells out what they stand for, and what service it applies to. This is useful for those already associated with the military who may know what the term means, but want to spell out exactly what each letter or symbol in the acronym stand for. For example, it may tell you that AMC stand for Air Mobility Command, but it won't say what that is or what it does. Thus, it's useful if you know what AMC does, and need to what the letters stand for. If you're trying to learn what these organizations and programs actually do, then pass this dictionary by. Again, if you have experience in the military, then you will probably be able to use this dictionary with no difficulty and find it quite useful.