As a writer I am certainly interested in making my work more clear, concise and correct. Edit Yourself is a useful resource. It's not fun reading. There's no style or humor in this grammar guide whatsoevr but if all you want is a list of rules this book will do it for you.

I am a professor in a business school. I have recommended this book (and its previous edition) for more than ten years to students who want to improve their writing.

If you want to make your writing clear and concise, you will find it hard to beat this book as a desk reference. It is well organized, easy to use, and concise. The book is itself a great example of good writing.

Do you forget when to use "although" and "while"? Do you forget to avoid using rhetorical questions in your writing? (Oops!) This book has an alphabetically organized list of common errors. You can look under "although" or "while" to find the rules for choosing between these words.

After reading thousands of student papers, correspondence from businesspersons, and memos from faculty, I am convinced that the single thing a writer can do to improve his or her writing is to avoid passive voice. This book has a clear definition of passive voice with examples and guidance on how to avoid falling into this rut. It also points out the few situations in which a writer would want to use passive voice intentionally.

The book is well organized and useful to a wide range of writers. Truly terrible writers will find that the book can help them move their writing up a notch. Mediocre writers can find one or two things in the book that they can change about their writing and become good writers. Good writers will find the book dog-eared in a short time as they look up rules when they know a rule exists but they cannot quite remember what the rule says.

I have worn out two copies of this book. It's great.

I use it constantly. Its brief, to the point, and I refer to it constantly.

This book would be good for someone who already knows calculus and wants to refresh their skills. In the mathmatical examples there are gaps where more explination is needed. If The book where more thorough in its explinations then the student could learn the subject with a lot less trouble.

This book was the textbook for a Calc 2 class that I took. It had been a long time since I took calc 1, and had forgotten most of the information. This book did a nice job of providing clear examples, and thoughtful exercises. It is one of the most readable math books that I have read (and there are a lot of bad ones out there). I would strongly recommend getting the answer guide also, since the answers in the book do not show how the problem was solved. Sometimes your answer could be correct, but appears different than the answer in the back because of the algebra involved.

I'm studying my major and I really need to learn Calculus. Even this book is for people who have studied this subject before it makes you think and imagine what you are doing. Sometimes it explains shortly some chapters, but it helps you to improve your skill and to learn by the way of thinking and imagination. I'll recommend this book for everyone who likes Math (specially Calculus) and who really wants to learn it well. In my own opinion is a nice book and what makes it special is the MATHEMATICA sofware it uses as well as it teaches you Calculus. If I have someday to teach Calculus I will use this book. The only problem... is ... as the MATHEMATICA software.

It did take me a couple tries to get through this book, but it was worth it. This commentary has everything I looked for. It explained the book in its historical context as well as its spiritual and contemporary importance. Some of the writing is a bit bombastic and difficult to wade through, but I learned a lot from it.

Hubbard's commentary is in-depth and accurate. He quotes the New King James Version but corrects mistakes such as Proverbs 30.1 where he correctly states that "Ithiel and Ucal" should be tranlated as phrases rather than names. Amazon's catalog lists the release date as January 1991 but the copyright in the book is 1989 (it came out initially as paperback which is now out of print). Biblical archaelogy and scholarship has made significant progress in the last 10 years. For a more up-to-date in-depth commentary on Proverbs read THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BOOK OF PROVERBS by Cody Jones. It features numerous drawings and photos which give the reader a sense of the culture of the time. Six translations in parallel aid understanding of more difficult passages. Jones reveals for the first time in any commentary the secret identity of the overall editor of King Solomon's wise and witty sayings.

It gives a good grasp on the old testament period between the first deportation and the second deportation of Isreal to Babylon. It gives a good understanding of the people and culture at that time.

This is an excellent resource for a new writer. In addition, it is helpful for writing business and academic reports. It led me to purchase other parts of the series. Now, to the but...
It seems that Mr. Larson has a book called Effective Writing that includes most of the series. I would have preferred to buy 1 book than 2 or 3. I didn't know there was a book with the whole series until I searched for an old book of his "Edit Yourself" (also excellent) at my local library. Well, live and learn....

Riveting Reports guides a writer through the entire planning process -- developing your main and supporting messages, using them to structure a section outline, hammering out a paragraph by paragraph plan, gathering and converting raw material into coherent paragraphs, and so on. The process goes well beyond the usual half-baked outline, and always focuses on producing the intended effect on the target audience. This slim and inexpensive volume is packed with good ideas and examples.

A lot of nice problems for the students to understand without the help of an instructor.

This is a good book for forest studies. They reviewed so many papers (more than 2000 papers) in forest dynamics. It's a good tool if you want to find out more references quickly and easily for your researches.

I used this book for my Precalculus class and it's was a great book for someone who has a hard time with math. If you are familiar with the Larson books, this one is laid out the same. Although it assumes you know some of the basics during some of the chapters, it's a good guide and great text.

This is a very good book. It teaches the materal very well and the formulas and defintions are easy to find.

This is your average math textbook. I haven't had any problems with it. It gives pretty good examples and explanations for each section.

Sorry the book I meant to post was "3,000 Solved Problems in Calculus".

This book is good because it give you clear (easy) examples of the material it is explaining. The practice problems are also very good because they start off from the most basic then progress to advanced. This books has a lot of practical real world problems. Some of the material can be difficult at times, that's why I suggest you purchase "3000 Solved Problems in Precalculus (Schaums Solved Problems Series)" in addition to this book. The Solved Problems Series helps when you're studying quick examples just before the test.

I used this book for my high school curiculum and will use the exact same book in my collge calc class. And I have enough experience to say that, although this book seems to be user-friendly, it is by far not. The layout is relatively simple, however is not very in depth. Additionally, this book smashes together several large topics together with very little explanation. This lack of explanation, in turn, makes some of the problems practically impossible due to the fact that you haven't seen any problems like them before. All in all forget this book, and pay attention to your instructor.

This text is an excellent text for business majors of all disciplines. It features real world applications and examples to learn from, and comprehensive excersises to demonstrate mastery of the material. The text is jam packed with helpful and clear illustrations and pictures.

This is a great book. It helped me pass my business calculus course.