Very disorganized. It talks about the same thing over and over in different sections. Then it misses other topics all together. It does not talk about cutting inside corners in shower stalls, using a rubber mallet, and a variety of other ciritcal steps.

I purchased this book and used it while tiling a kitchen floor. The whole concept of leveling the tile seems to have been completely missed in this book. The tool section doesn't mention or show a rubber mallet to bang them down. The book doesn't mention using a level or a 2x4 to even the floor. Nothing. I would choose one of the other books which people have reviewed well.

Consumer Beware!- I visited a book store not to long ago, and sadly, discovered this book. I am a fast reader and I reviewed half of the book and skimmed the rest. I train in reasonable Ninjutsu. This American Ninjutsu book has nothing to do with the tradition of ancient Japanese Warriors. These guys must have seen too many American Ninja movies! These techniques in this book will only result, if used, in the reader being hurt and demolished by attackers. This book contains "holes" in techniques and too many steps that put a user in extreme danger. Word of the wise, a good Ninja would waste no time taking out an attacker or a threat and they would diminish the possibility of being hurt themselves.

McFarland has published many books on science-fiction films, and many of them are excellent, but this isn't one. Virtually the entire book consists of quotes from secondary sources, and because of the book's illogical organization, almost every quote is repeated twice! There is at least one place where a quoted paragraph is immediately followed by a paraphrase of exactly the same material... cut and paste didn't work. The bottom line of the matter is that the author really doesn't know what he is talking about. For example a section (pp. 297- 301) discusses how the models in THIS ISLAND EARTH were hung from trollys and moved past a stationary camera, while the model in FORBIDDEN PLANET was stationary, and the camera panned past on an "endless" screw. But this is illustrated by a photo (p. 300) showing the ISLAND EARTH saucer stationary and the camera panning past on an "endless" screw! I found literally nothing of value or interest in the book and it is totally unreliable as a reference.