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Save your money. This book is not worth the paper it is written on. It contains TONS of typos. It looks like someone did not proofread the book before hand. It looks like someone created the guide out of their home. This book is totally worthless. I am appalled that Amazon would carry such trash. Save your money and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!

I agree.. I just received the book and I was very disappointed. The book looked like it was written for 10 year olds and was full a typos. It looked like someone wrote it out of their home. For the intermiediate Business Objects user.. save your money.. this book is not worth the pages its printed on. I can not believe Amazon would stock such a book like this. I would strongly suggest savinging your money and DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!!

Very disappointed with the content of this manual. I ordered the book, because it was the only book available on Bus Obj 5.0. The book is full of typo's - I don't believe it was proof read or even spell checked. There are parts of the book that were not updated from the 4.x version of the software. The few things it shows, I figured out while waiting the seven weeks for the book to arrive.

This is the absolute worst book I've ever read. Not just the worst Civil War book, the worst book, period. The author devotes 11 measley pages to the actual engagement referred to in the title. The editing is so sloppy, every few pages are typos. The maps offered in the book are useless. No orientations to North, no scales, lacking in all detail. The most upsetting thing is the lack of documentation. It was almost as if this guy saw the movie and used that as the outline of his book. He offered very little in the way of proof to any of his assertations. The worst thing is, this guy was an officer in the Army. As an officer myself, I'm extremely disappointed in my peer. Do not waste your time with this book.

After finishing this book, I wasn't sure if I'd read one that was intended to be fact, or a novel. Despite its title, only one small chapter is devoted to the cavalry fight on Gettysburg's East Cavalry Field. The balance of the book, mostly devoted to the Gettysburg Campaign itself, is full of so many errors it's laughable. John Buford's fight the morning of July 1, the first day, is completely screwed up. It appears as though the author has never been within 1000 miles of Gettysburg. Throughout the book, the author presents easily DISPROVEN myths about Gettysburg as though they were facts. Anyone reading this book is going to get a completely incorrect idea of not only Gettysburg but much of America's Civil War in general. I collect books on the Civil War (with some 2000), the cavalry specifically, and I have just thrown this book in the trash. I will NOT permit this "work" to have a place on my shelves, and I completely regret purchasing it. The sources are scanty, and the author relied mostly on secondary resources. If the author had simply done the minimum required research in primary resources, and just cracked open the Official Records just once, he would have had to completely re-write his manuscript. DO NOT waste your money. Go to McDonald's and have a Happy Meal. It would be money much better spent. Hopefully this book will go out of print and disappear VERY soon.

This book advertises itself as being a study of the cavalry battle on East Cavalry Field at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. It's not, which is a shame.

The book is approximately 120 pages long. Of those 120 pages, only 12 deal the fight on East Cavalry Field. The rest of the book deals with a bunch of miscellaneous stuff that really has nothing to do with the themes suggested by the title. The little bit of information on the fight at East Cavalry Field sheds no light on the complicated battle that raged there. There's virtually no discussion of the extended and brutal dismounted fight that preceeded the two mounted charges and which necessitated them. There are only a couple of not particularly useful maps, and very little in the way of illustrations.

The title is also misleading in many ways. First, and foremost, George Custer played only a small and somewhat insignificant role in the battle. Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg commanded the Union forces there, and he's the one who made the critical decisions that impacted the outcome of the battle. Second, Gregg gave the orders for the 7th Michigan Cavalry, and later, the 1st Michigan Cavalry, to charge, usurping Custer's authority. In fact, Custer just went along for the ride, albeit a ride into glory. He had nothing to do with the decisions to charge.

Further, not even the most stalwart of cavalry buffs would be so arrogant to suggest that a sideshow to the Battle of Gettysburg somehow saved the Union. Perhaps the main fight at Gettysburg did, but this sideline action most assuredly did not. The repulse of the Pickett-Pettigrew-Trimble charge was much, much more significant to saving the Union than the Gregg-Stuart fight on East Cavalry Field.

Finally, and most troubling is the fact that this book's bibliography is only a page and a half long. It's clear that the author relied almost exclusively on secondary sources, as only three or four primary sources are cited in the bibliography. Stunningly, not one of those primary sources is the Offical Records of the Civil War, which must be starting point for anyone trying to analyze and understand a Civil War campaign or battle. There's no substance here to speak of, and certainly nothing to make it worth buying.

Do yourselves a favor...don't waste your money on buying this book. It's not worth it.

It is a shame why such books should be allowed for publishing. No content. No coherence. Simply put, this book is plain garbage. Buy it.

This man needs to find more things to do with his time, other than writing garbage like this. Thanks to him and his book I now find myself a little less intelligent for wasting my time reading it.

This author - including the rest of his "I hate" books - has found a way to make money. This stuff is crap.

This is a perfect example of someone on the outside looking in who can never understand Aggieland.

What a waste of time. Does anyone actually buy these kinds of books? Besides, there are many schools more deserving of hatred . . .

There is so much beauty in literature...why not write about things that make sense to most of the world.

I have been a fan of the Mandrells for many years, and have followed their personal and professional lives for quite some time. Having met all of the Mandrells on several occasions, I know that most of the information contained in this book is false. The author apparently didn't get his information from credible sources. Although some of the info is true, the majority of it reads like he ripped it from the headlines of grocery store tabloids. The Mandrells are a strong family, who has certainly seen their share of heartache with failed marriages and Barbara's accident, but they remain true to their roots and supportive of each other. This book tries to stir up pain regarding the family, and is not worth the money to burn it.

Knowing the Mandrells personally makes this book seem like a compilation of tabloid rumors. This book is filled with false and unjustifed rumors and heresay based upon reporters' opinions and great lies, claiming them to be true. The book does not do justice to Barbara Mandrell or her family

It`s amazing how little you can get from this huge book!
Many formulas in the first three chapters have misprints. The theory sections are poor (just a little more than you can see in a good thermodynamic book). Some figures are blurred and every section has few or no references at all. There are almost no application examples. Chapter 19 (about bearing design) has 152 pages and 36 references (a little too much for a compressor book); chapter 1 (about compressor theory) has only 15 pages and 3 references! Maybe a recall would be in order (following the example of the car makers) removing the book from the market and fixing it.

Lot of verbage with not much use for theory and calculation methods. I am glad I bought this used because I did not waste a lot of money.

The authors of this book have no real expertise in this field. As my pre-Christian background is in paganism and I have studied Buddhism both academically and on my own for two decades, I'll restrict my comments to these areas. The errors in the articles range from factual (Buddhism) to slanderous (Wicca).

Regarding Buddhism, they don't seem to realize that Theravada is a form of Hinayana (sic), or that the later term is insulting, and claim that Mahayana de-emphasizes self denial! They read Christian meanings into Buddhist terms, thus claiming that Buddhists believe God is an impersonal abstract void (there is no God in Buddhism in the sense the authors mean), that Zen teaches that humans are inherently divine (again, not in the sense the authors imply), or that Nirvana is a state of God Consciousness (when there's is no God?). The Tantric idea of going beyond good and evil to a point where one intuits spontaneous action before discriminatory thought, is miscast as claiming evil is good. Contrary to their claim, and populist opinion, bodhisattvas do not achieve Nirvana, but then stay out of it due to compassion for others. They exercise compassion on their *journey* to Nirvana, but once that realization is made, they go beyond, just as the Buddha did (unless you wish to maintain that he had less compassion). They also misconstrue the origin of suffering as being first in asceticism and affluence, rather than desire, which is where the Buddha put it. Nor does Buddhism specifically teach that any self, other than the egotistical self (which is a delusion in the first place), is destroyed in Nirvana. Buddha avoided this question, as he felt any answer either way led to misunderstanding. Also, the Eightfold Path is not a blueprint for achieving Nirvana. It helps make possible the conditions to have the spontaneously intuited experience of Nirvana, but the Path does not generate it in a cause and effect manner. In a number of spots, Hinduism and Buddhism are run together in a misleading manner that does not recognize their distinctions.

The last point is also how they handle pagan groups to hold them guilty by association. You know this book isn't up to snuff when it repeats the myth about the evil God of the Dead Samhain and his demons worshipped by the Druids at Halloween. There's a minor Celtic god by that name (Balor stole his cow), but there is no The God of the Dead in a Greek sense in that tradition, and Samhain (Sowen) is the name of the festival, not any being worshipped during it. Nor is Halloween the most important Satanic holiday. Satanists generally consider that to be their own birthday. The authors don't come right out and claim Wiccans are Satanists in so few words, but it is clear that this is what they think. Articles on aspects of both Satanism and of Wicca are all cross referenced to each other, sometimes through intermediary articles such as *Black Mass,* and *Black Magic.* Put all the pieces together and the picture becomes clear: Wiccans, despite what *some* either *claim* or *allege,* are a bunch of closet Satanists who lie about what they're really up to. Through the *run them all together* trick, Wiccans are all accused of renewing their allegiance to Satan during Sabbats, calling on The Goddess to harm others, partaking in ritual sex, using both white and black magic, using charms to call up demons to cast evil powers of darkness to hurt people, and venerating Pan, who is elsewhere identified as Lucifer. There may be some out there who style themselves Satanic witches or do some of the above, but, as far as the vast majority of Wiccans are concerned, this is slander. Wicca is neither Satanism nor the Medieval Christian fantasies about Witchcraft, and it would seem difficult to be using demons, spells, powers of darkness and The Goddess for purposes of black magic when the Wiccan Rede calls on followers to not harm others. Some may rationalize striking back when they're hurt or angry, but that is not the normal intent of Wiccan practice and this book's characterization of them is out of control. This is not merely a scholarly failure, but, given the Biblical injunction to not lie about others, it is a moral failure on the part of the Christian authors.

Given the poor level of research in the areas I know about, I cannot trust what this book says elsewhere. There is not one bit of documentation for any claim they make. Everything is asserted without proof. I found numerous questionable or debunked ideas assumed as fact, such as the backward masking of Satanic messages on rock records, the level of Hitler's involvement in the occult, various conspiracy theories, Hislop's (Two Babylons) approach to ancient pagan deities, and a lot of weird stuff that makes me think they did little or no original research, but merely repeated material from other Christian writers who have no real expertise in these areas, either. If you want to know what a group believes, go ask them, or read their books; don't rely solely on what outsiders say. This book is what happens when you do the latter.

A friend bought me this book as a gift after only reading the title. Since I have studied the "occult" for many years why not add a dictionary on the subject to my library? Unfortunately this book was written and published by people who are ignorant of the occult and deem anything not Christian to be "dangerous". The publisher boasts: "More than 700 articles describe the beliefs, practices, people and organizations that form a powerful opposition to the Christian faith." Let the buyer beware! If you wish to promote ignorance, then this book is for you. If you are looking for a non-biased study, don't waste your money. This book does not know how to differentiate between truly dangerous cults which abuse occult symbolism for its own gain from legitimate and benign pagan religions and occult symbolism. Ironically the people who would enjoy this book are the same ones who should be considering just what makes a religion a cult!

"It is the moment of non-construction, disclosing the absentation of actuality from the concept in part through its invitation to emphasize, in reading, the helplessness--rather than the will to power--of its fall into conceptuality."

That is pretty much the kind of thing you can expect from this book--formulations that follow the meandering course of Paul Fry's thought, as he stumbles flailing after his own pretty, fluttering reflection on the "occasion of reading", which--alas--escapes both him and us. Paul Fry stands blinking in the sunlight, his butterfly net empty and his tongue unloosened.

A Defense of Poetry is possibly the most irrelevant book I've ever read or even looked at. Paul Fry needs to rouse himself from his stupor and realize that his entire career has been a very long waste of time.

The "occasion" of writing: how pretty!

Time and time again authors attempt to lead readers to health and hapiness through proselytization. Though thoughtfully worded at times one must realize that hapiness depends upon one's self and one's self image rather than from external sources.

This is a review of the audio tape edition, not the book. The audio tape is not an abridgement of the book. The audio tape is a collection of radio appearances by the authors. If you read the box, you'd see that. But the description on-line does not make that clear. I think giving the radio show transcripts the same title as the book is deceptive. The presentation is rambling because they just respond to caller questions. They emphasize the relation between depression and a chemical called ceratonen (seratonen?). This tape is not worth getting.