This book is listed in the graphic novels section and I bought it because I am interested in Chinese culture and, having read "All Men are Brothers" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", I was curious to see how their comic book format compared to their novel forms, and the Japanese art style of story telling. Whoops! O, silly me. This is NOT a graphic novel and, although it does appear to be a very nice "coming of age" story for teenage girls, it is definitely NOT what I thought I was buying. Please be warned- this book is listed in the wrong section!

Basic information on Lin's life is there, and some art terms and other words are defined in the text and in a glossary. But the book begins at the peak of excitement ("She won!") and immediately falls into a description of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial competition that fails to hold interest or build a strong storyline. Ling provides good context for Maya's work with information about her family and childhood, but the complete lack of family photos is surprising. For instance, a discussion of Henry Lin's ceramic artwork is illustrated with a generic photograph of an unidentified artist.

One mistake: Maya graduated from Athens High School in June,1977.

This book (as well as others in this series) is characterized by beautiful photographs of animal development. Border drawings fill in gaps left in the photographic sequence. While I find the inane first-person text irritating, it is not necessary to read it to enjoy the book with a child, especially a toddler. There is enough to talk about in the photos and drawings that the text can be ignored. This isn't the sort of book that school-age children can use to write a report. On the other hand, the limited coverage makes it perfect for toddlers and preschoolers; there is just the right amount to capture and maintain their interest, and not enough to overwhelm them.

The text is very wordy and problems could be answered in the book or in a solutions manual. Very few illustrations are a problem. Our Prof. had to explain several mistakes in the text that were completely incorrect.

This textbook, although presenting a basic approach to the fundamentals of Precalculus, provides a cluttered collection of confusing explanations and poorly edited questions. The cover proves to be the best designed part of the bookl; inside there is little illustration and lots of wordy text. The book contains no full set of answers which could often leave a teacher stranded in some of its poorly phrased, misguided questions. Overall, a poorly conceived, designed, edited, and published textbook.

I read the preceding reviews and don't find what was said untrue. The simplicity and algorithmically solved problems, however, belie the sophisticated look at functions. My students found the work with difference equations difficult because of the symbolic manipulation, but their teacher (me), appreciated how the text took the idea of derivatives, reduced this concept into a discrete function, and concluded with the antiderivative. Very clever.

way too much money for a book that minimally covers these
technologies; level of scholarship in the matter is extremely
low. seems to be an effort to create fake credentials rather
than to help others understand these devices and circuits.

The heading "The Only Fitness Book You Need" is total baloney. The author's attempt to combine eastern and western philosophies falls way short as there is very minimal mention of eastern practices. Her examples of both stretching and resistance exercises are sorely lacking and her sample workouts at the end of the book may be challenging if you're over 50 and have physical challenges.

You would be better off buying separate books on eastern and western exercise philosophy and practices

This is the kind of pseudo-pc nonsense people grasp at while trying to "publish or perish." Talking on both sides of the issue -- pay more attention to Asian artists, but don't consider us as Asian, or as a group. Anger and ambivalence, "flavor of the month", whining that mainstream culture is insensitive and "nude pantyhose are three shades too light," this book collects a hypocritical melange of opinion and personal experience with little redeeming value.