The entire book was full of flow charts(very gradeschool)by which one gleaned little information.

True, the book is full of of flow charts, but it is not meant to be used as a text book to learn information on diseases, etc. This book is to used as an outline to guide your thoughts regarding the formation of a patient's dental treatment plan. If it is used as such, it is an excellent resource. If I must criticize, however, I am worried that it may be too simplistic. As any dental student knows, there's more than one way to skin a cat and there are about a thousand ways to formulate an adequate treatment plan for a patient. Again, if the book is used as tool to guide your thoughts, it will be useful. This means you must remain current on new technologies and techniques.

This book is great for dental students and anyone who feels less than completely comfortable in treatment planning (5 stars). I don't know how useful it would be for seasoned dentists, however.

This is a commonly used text in courses related to United Methodist Doctrine. While it is solid and provocative in its account of major theological themes in Methodist history, it suffers from a few historical errors.

One of these historical errors is its overestimation of the place of Watson, Miley, and Knudson in the trajectory of Methodist thought. In his limited focus, he excludes or generalizes some of the more prolific Methodist theologians, notables include Nathan Bangs, Wilbur Fisk, Daniel Whedon, Albert Bledsoe, and Borden Browne.

Moreover, he isolates and detaches his thinkers from their context, an error of much intellectual history. Chiles survey could have been deeply enriched by a discussion of these thinker's theological struggles with pivotal social issues (such as slavery or revivalism) of their respective times. It could have also been enhanced by further illustrating the theological struggle these thinkers had with their hated Calvinist adversaries, such as the Hopkinsians, Edwards, or Yale School Thought.

Chiles work has largely been replaced by Tom Langford's "Practical Divinity." Still, it does possess some strengths the latter survey does not. Whatever its weaknesses, Chiles' thematic focus and concentration on three thinkers enables him to understand some theological issues in greater depth than Langford.

Regardless, this book--originally published in the '60s--remains one of the foundational books in the study of Methodist theology. Unfortunately, there have been few attempts at this endeavor since his. We are in desperate need of a new one, especially in light of the groundbreaking work by Paul Conklin, Russ Richey, and Nathan Hatch that forces us to redefine Methodism's place and influence.

Im not sure which edition of this series by Lister is the best(probably the latest edition), but the 7th edition is useless. It is basically an dc/ac circuit text that is not even very good for that purpose. Basic introduction to dc motors, induction and synchronous motors. In the later chapters it has limited mathematics that relate to subjects on equipment. Just alot of very dry explanations. No electric circuits and machines here.