Imagine a rifle clip loaded with rounds of different caliber and type. That's the impression this book left on me. Just a bunch of loosely related stories of varying quality, all about a subject that I personally found less than interesting. "The Jungle" is approximately 1000 times better.

While this book won't be winning any awards it is still a good book. But only if you enjoy military Sci-Fi...

This is a competent text on the subject of product development. Having read several books on the subject, this one didn't seem on par with the others. Recommend 'Developing Products in Half the Time" as a better use of the readers time. Both books have similar content with 'half the time' having a better tool kit.

The first half of the book has great character development and plot build-up. That an evil corporation was doing something evil with nanotechnology. A rather new concept in the early 90s. Anyway, the story was unfolding rather well until the second half of the book. It was hard for me to transition from Sci-Fi to Fantasy-Fi. I couldn't really stay in touch with the book, it seemed like a roller-coaster ride, some concepts were just too "out there", as if the writer was on drugs. The story does have a twist at the end, but you'll have to read this book. I give this book 3 stars.

This book can be described by that old chestnut: "breezy." It's a diary of David Sherwin's 35 years in the screenwriting business (If..., O, Lucky Man, and Britannia Hospital) and as all diaries, it seems that it was harder to edit than to write and luckily, even easier to read.

If you're involved in the creative process (and who isn't now-a- days) you'll probably enjoy reading how tough it is to make a living in the film business, especially if you're manic-depressive, alcoholic, difficult to work with, and insist on living in the UK when the big money is in Los Angeles

Add an extra two stars if you worship Lindsay Anderson.

Not a bad layout, but the technical inaccuracies and wrong or mismatched answers to end-of-chapter questions make this book a frustration for students. Some of the problems include mention of non-existent control panel applets, confused and inaccurate explanations of Master Boot Records/partition boot sections, and more.

This is one of the "junk book" I have ever read in my life. It is true that it gives everything you need to pass the exam, but almost 60% of the content are not covered (on the exam). Worse than that, the book doesn't even mention a word "exam tips" to emphasize what to be aware of when you are writing the exam. This book is inaccurate -- I found conflicts between the "exam prep" questions and the actual content of the book -- and it is extremely lengthy (616 pages in total and on average 30 pages / chapter). I personally belive that only the "Hands-on practice", "Case study" and the CD-ROM are parts that are useful only. If you really want to pass the exam, look for other resources such as Exam Cram (from the same publisher). This book should be named "NT Workstation 4, a reference guide" rather than "NT Workstation 4: Exam Prep".

This was enough for me to pass with 830. It took me about 2 months. I cannot recommend it enough. It is designed for passing the exam and does not skirt around the subject. I wish I had got the network essentials one for the previous exam.

I am currently taking a Quant Meth class which is using this as the textbook. By far, this is the worst textbook I have ever encountered as a student. It is hard to understand and the answers that are given in the back do not explain how to get to the final solution. Because the problems are not paired (that is 1 is not like 2, 3 is not like 4, etc.) and the only answers are to the EVEN problems, you are basically lost. There is a website for the 9th edition that is "under construction" currently, so there is no help there. This is not a book conducive to learning. Teachers and colleges - PLEASE think twice before you choose this for your curriculum. Both you and your students will be miserable!

I am a professor using this book to teach a graduate level Quantitative Methods math class. This book is hard to understand for the students. Exercises included at the end of the chapters are hard to figure for the student based on what is presented in the text alone.
For the instructor, no teacher support is available except a solutions manual. All other texts I have used provides sample lecture material, additional cases, etc. This text provides no such support with a useless web site.

De una manera muy agradable, los autores nos ofrecen un gran paquete de conocimientos matemáticos aplicables a los negocios. Con ejemplos claros y un diseño que facilita su lectura, este libro es una verdadera joya para quien desee ampliar el uso de herramientas matemáticas en la gestión empresarial. Desde toma de decisiones hasta PERT/CPM.

This is a very, very bad book. The author is given to hyperbole and fixates on the "get rich quick" attitude that characterized the bubble period (the book was published in 1998). The syllogisms are relentless. Whole paragraphs are repeated every several pages, as if the book has never been edited, or perhaps was edited by an orange peel. As far as I can tell, this piece of garbage contains no insight into the markets, trading discipline, or anything else. The author comes across as exactly the kind of person that one would expect to consistently lose in the markets; and the writer of the foreword (David Caplan) writes and thinks like a child. Shame on everyone involved in the publication of this thing.

Leave the trading of individual stocks to professional money managers (most of whom lose money themselves); hire competent money managers to allocate your liquid wealth (not stock brokers!); and if you want to trade with "mad money," choose a book that stresses DISCIPLINE - such as "Trading for a Living."

The last reviewer is right on. This is a good book if you want to be a better poker player. Or if you want to understand people and their actions better (including your own.) I would have given it 5 stars as well if the author hadn't been so dishonest.

I don't know why this isn't called 'Poker Sex and Dying.' Instead, they have 'Poker' crossed off, and 'Trading' written on top of it. As such, I expected that there was a previous book written by Mr. Anderson entitled 'Poker Sex and Dying,' which was now being altered to fit the trading arena. There wasn't. So why wasn't it entitled 'Poker Sex and Dying?' I don't know.

For the most part, this book goes over each of the 13 personality types, lists the positives and negatives, and then explains how to deal with these personality types if you're playing poker with them or selling products or services to them. (Mr. Anderson's experience has been in professional gambling and in selling.)

On the back of the book, claims are made that you will learn to boost trading profits by varying your bet (position size), trading only when the markets give you a good hand, evaluating your hand, considering the risk/reward on each trade, and writing options like a bookie. Aside from Mr. Caplan's foreward, which just briefly touches on these subjects, there is nothing in this book as so described.

Trading and poker are similar--but the similarity has nothing to do with the contents of this book. But trading is hot right now, and poker isn't. So maybe the author thought he might sell more books if it were supposed to be about trading.

In sum, this was a very good book that deserves 4 or 5 stars, but only gets 2 from me because of the dishonesty of the author and the lack of correspondence to the title and supposed subject.

unless, perhaps, you're a floor trader on one of the exchanges, where you're competing with people, face to face, and trying to use their strengths and weaknesses to your own advantage. I'm a bit annoyed with David Caplan, the remarkable options man, for publishing it as if it was "gambling theory for traders." It certainly is not. Don't get me wrong: This fellow, Juel Anderson, is an astonishing fellow: Almost alarmingly bright and insightful, he could use the material in this book to start a quasi-relegion based upon gambling and sales insights. The book is a wonderful read, with descriptions of categories of human nature/behavior that would be very difficult to find anywhere else. However, there is actually very little discussion of gambling / trading as such... not much to apply to your trading unless you're in the pits. This book would be better placed in the psychology or psych / personal philosophy section than anywhere else... in which section, it deserves five stars.

This book offers only brief discussions regarding all the material in the book. I purchased this book to learn how to use director, and create interactive web content. I am extremely disappointed with this book. I do not suggest it for anyone.

This book helped my page become a huge success (http://bioserv.hypermart.net) now my site gets 20,000 people a day just to see the shockwave! the book tell you absolutly everythin yoyu need to know great buy!

I use this book in my Business Strategy class. It has good content, displays, and some graphs. The book is used for a management stimulation of a small business. The content is seperated into a user friendly format. The first few chapters and appendix helps the reader work with the program and understand the business that they will be working with. These areas brake down the setup process for the user in an easy to understand format. The displays and graphs help the user to move around in the program and understand the decisions that they make to be more accommodating. This book and program are straight forward, but a little raw. It could use more detail on the product that the small business is selling. This would help target a certain area for the product. The other chapters moves the reader into an in-depth part of the small business world. It helps explain the decisions that the user makes and the consequences of each one. I would recommend this book for the sole purpose of helping the student understand the working process of a small business.

Are you looking for a simulation? This book is nothing like I have encountered before. I would suggest this book as a learning tool for people interested in opening their own small business. It will give you insight to yourself and the way you manage a company depending on outside influences and internal problems. The book was really easy to follow and gave you a clear idea of what was to be expected. The book is merely a guide to a mock simulation of a small company challenged by similiar companies in the same industry. The program was not as user friendly as it could be and made it burdensome to look at necessary reports at one time. Several run time errors were encountered along the way. Overall the book opened my eyes to the experience of competition in a dog eat dog world of survival.

The textbook that was used to teach threshold was a true learning experience. I believe that the program allowed students to learn how the world of business operates in the eyes of a small business operation. I learned the different approaches you have to look while trying to make your business the most profitable. I do think that the program should have contained an 800 number to allow students to speak to a representative that would help with any questions the student would have. Overall, the book was a true learning experience.