This review book is not up to date, specifically the questions are in a format nowhere near USMLE's exam. Memorize the newest edition of First Aid.

I have just passed Step 1 and I do believe that this book helped me to get a good score. Despite the fact that the questions in this book do not mimic the exam's questions they highlight many details, which may be missed even in good review books. If you use only one book to study one subject, you will definitely miss some important facts. To cover those facts I did the following. First, I studied the subject using the main review book and answered questions in it. Than I answered questions in this book and always found missed important details, which were not mentioned in my main textbooks but were covered here. In other words, I would advise to read this book before the exam.

This book has a lot of important information that anyone taking the USLME should know. It has pretty good questions and answers and I like how the book explains the various USMLE topics. It's much easier reading through this book then some long textbooks. However, I also used the following which is also available on amazon.com:
Microbiology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi
This questions were on target with the type of questions asked on the microbiology section of the boards. Get both books.

I think it is a BIG MISTAKE not having The Spirit Filled Life study bible not offered in the Old King James version. To my surprise I discovered that the Old King James version was discontinued. I was blessed enough to own the Old King James version of the Spirit Filled Life Bible. To me this the closest to the truth about God from the to the end. I say bring the OLD KING JAMES version of the Spirit Filled Life Bible!

Every time someone sees my Bible, they want one! Finally, my spiritual guide admired it and I gave up my tattered copy to him. Now I'm replacing it with the exact same one. This Bible has MANY useful study features. "Word Wealth" (for key words) discusses the root of the Hebrew or Greek word and the word's various uses throughout the Bible. There are extensive footnotes on nearly every page giving additional information and background on key verses; the section on God's covenant with Abraham, alone is worth the price of the book. In addition, there are maps, timelines, comparisons of the four Gospels---all in an easy to read format (New King James/NKJ version). Each NT book is preceded by a discussion of the authorship---my only complaint is that these discussions don't go deeply enough into this topic. Also, it's a good size: by no means small, but compact enough to haul with you to church. Several scholars teamed on this Bible, which is written to match Hayford's beliefs (I would say that it supports a conserative, not fundamentalist, viewpoint). To better benefit from all the information packed into this Bible, take the time to read the keys and symbols at the front of the book. This Bible is sturdy and well-bound: after several years of regular use, it had experienced no binding problems whatsoever. Overall, a fabulous Bible that you will use for years to come, with study aids that will enlighten and enrich.

This particular Bible contains commentaries I would highly recommend. The reader is able to gain some degree of understanding in intent and dirrection of the text through the various commentators and their actual experiences. This is Bible worth adding to your bookshelf. It has changed my life.

My primary disappointment with this Bible is the text size. While I could justify calling it large print, I cannot agree with its being labeled giant! It is readable, but I did really expect larger print. The cover and other binding details are quite nice for the price and I do really appreciate the concordance being set in the same size type. All in all, it seems a good value, but because of the giant label I do feel a bit misled. It was also physically smaller, though it is quite thick. Many people would probably prefer a taller and wider volume with less thickness. A great buy if this is the size you are looking for, but be aware giant is a misnomer here.

This is my daily Bible. It is about the same size as a Scofield Reference/Study Bible with print twice the size. I prefer this Bible because it has some unique features:

* Compact for transportation. * Large print that I can easily read in my lap. * Read-along references and alternate translations. * No distracting center column wasting space. * The only literal modern translation based on the Textus Receptus. * Unbiased easy to understand textual notes. * Excellent introduction to Bible translation philosophy.

One drawback is that it is not as durable as the Scofield (though it will still last for years). The concordance and maps sections should be larger (but are adequate) too...

I like the new King James Version of Holy Bible because of the large print and that the thous and other old style words are changed into todays English. The Old Testament was made alot more clear to me and I enjoy reading the Bible more.

I liked this textbook because it is nice and clean and uncluttered inside, however I think that the content could have been better. I had trouble with the first chapter having to do with business combinations in that every time a journal entry was recorded, I had no idea whether the author was referring to the common stock of the purchasing company or the common stock of the selling company. After a while, I finally figured it out, but I thought the problem could have been avoided by being more clear. There are many more examples that I have like this one. I may be being picky about the book seeing as how I took this course via independent study, so I did not have the ability to ask an instructor specific questions. I just think that the authors could have done a better job being more clear on many things. In the end, I did end up getting a A in the course!

I have used this book in conjunction with Gleim's CPA review books in preparation for FARE section of the CPA exam. Excellent supplement especially if you look for technical aspects of purchase/pooling accounting. The chapters on consolidation are truly outstanding. Very thorough and comprehensive. The only drawback as with many other textbooks is the lack of answer keys at the end of the chapter. Overall, I would definitely recommend getting it.

If you are new to the King James Version ( or Authorized Version ) Bible, I will recommend another book to go first

"Archaic Words and the Authorized Version" by Laurence M. Vance ISBN 0-9628898-4-9

Beside the archaic word, "Archaic Words and the Authorized Version" provide a lot of useful information in its appendixes section. Example, in its Appendix 13 and 14 explain the basic of KJV English Grammar like thou,thee, thy ... and the suffix -est, -eth in the KJV in term of their grammatical relationships. This is important for the KJV beginner to know how thou, thee, -est etc are used in KJV before they can go in deeper.

Whereas "The King James Book word book" just give the meaning of the archaic word only. It assume you understand the English Grammar found in King James Version Bible.

It is interesting to found out that some words mention in "Archaic Words and the Authorized Version" can't be found in "The King James Bible Word Book" and vice versa. Look like it will be better too have both of them.

I brought "The King James Bible Word Book" but it don't help me much in understand the basic of KJV . After I bought the "Archaic Words and the Authorized Version", I understand KJV English Grammar better and now I can move on to understand KJV much better. Now, both of them are useful to me.

TK Tay from Malaysia

Many words used in the King James Version have a different meaning today than they had in 1611. It is important to know what the words meant then instead of what they mean now. If you read the KJV thinking the words have the same meaning, you will misinterpret many passages of scripture.

An earlier reviewer pointed out that this book does not cover Elizabethan grammar. I do not think that is a fair criticism. If you read Shakespeare in High School the grammar of the KJV should not be a problem.

I'm leaving aside considerations of Browne's importance as a writer. There are plenty of appraisals of him on the net, and if you've found this page, you probably already know what you're looking for.

While this edition may be adequate for the casual reader, it's entirely unsuitable as a scholarly edition:

1) The editor has translated nearly all of Browne's notes without giving them in the original.

2) He has moved these notes from the margin to the foot of the page without bothering to number them. The reader will often find himself finishing a page, discovering a footnote and trying to backtrack to figure out where it fit in. Confusing to say the least, especially because Robins intermingles his own commentary with Browne's, indicating the latter's with the initial B.

3) Protracted discussions of the text are confined to an appendix (and by protracted, I mean three or four sentences at most). They might as well be incorporated into the body of the text as footnotes, since he only provides six of these for Hydriotaphia, eight for the Garden of Cyrus.

4) The editor has modernized the spelling, despite Browne's well known preference for certain archaic forms. While updating the orthography is helpful (substituing 'j' for 'i,' 'v' for 'u,' etc.), Browne's occasionally unorthodox spelling should hardly present a problem to anyone with half a brain, and if you can't figure out that 'sceleton' means 'skeleton,' you probably won't understand why 'Man is a great and true amphibium.'

5) And obviously, modernizing the spelling vitiates the impact of Hydriotaphia, Browne's meditation on mutability, language and identity, and the anonymity of the grave.

6) Lastly, for such a shoddy edition, it's a pricey, slender paperback. The editor could at least have included Letter to a Friend or a selection from Christian Morals to round it out.

Unfortunately, there are no popular editions of Browne's work available at this time, and it's doubtful whether any shall be in the near future. Search out something used, and avoid this one if you can can.

Sir Thomas Browne's works from the first half of the seventeenth century remain worthy of your attention. He is an essayist, akin in spirit to his rough contemporary Montaigne. He was yet another prose stylist of those fine days of the Stuart period, when the sun of English prose approached its zenith, only to be eclipsed by the English cultivation of melancholia.

The -Hydriotaphia-, or Urn Burial, is perhaps the most celebrated of these works. Its nominal occasion is the discovery and opening of an ancient gravesite, about which Browne, a physician, writes with better archaeological method than most of his antiquarian contemporaries. But this discovery is merely the occasion for what turns into an extended meditation on the funerary monuments of antiquity, and of the great themes of time, eternity, and the frailty of memory and fame.

The -Religio Medici- is a meditation, quite humane and somewhat skeptical especially given his period, on the prevailing religious doctrines and teachings of his day. It is a prayer for peace in an age that was marked by a great deal of religious strife and contention; not surprisingly, it gave doubts to most of the warring parties as to Browne's orthodoxy. Despite its generally skeptical tenor, it seems Browne himself was prepared to accept alchemy, astrology, and witchcraft.

The -Garden of Cyrus- is the most curious of these works. Its nominal subject is the "quincunx," the arrangement of five units like the fives on dice, and its use in ancient horticulture. But it treats this slight subject with such various learning, finding quincunxes everywhere on earth and in the heavens, so that when it's over it seems that understanding the quincunx might be the key to the secrets of the universe.

America is the country that it is just because Coyote wanted to find a good baseball team! Or so says Thomas King in this extremely playful take off on both the legendary trickster Coyote and her crazy encounter with Columbus's "discovery" of America. Thomas King has found a hilarious way to poke fun at just about everything he can, from Columbus's mistake to our preoccupation with vacation vehicles. And the dazzlingly colorful illustrations add to the wild and wacky world of turtles, moose, Native Americans and, of course, Coyote, who's nose falls off everytime she laughs. A quick easy read, King's book deserves a spot near the best of Dr. Seuss.

This is it, it is very illustrous book with a lot of detais, facts, names, relations and so on. Highly recommended to anyone who likes Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Vikings and middle ages.

This book is clearly a political move made by Huey Long when he was aiming for the presidency. I found it interesting to discover about his life, and how he tried to show that he was just like everybody else.

King's new book on the Section 106 process is a slim but lively and provocative compilation based on his various workshops and training sessions on the evaluation of historic places for listing on the Natinal Register. King's vast years of experience and easy-flowing writing style make this a useful and enjoyable book for those who want to learn about the specifics of the 106 process. Contains details on subtle nuances and meanings of historic property evaluation and use of the process. This book is a must have for students of cultural resources, consulting archaeologists and others in the historic preservation fields.