This is not a bad book, but is a breezy and non-scholarly look at the most important President of the 20th century. Miller's research is haphazard and he puts too much weight on witnesses who were unreliable and discredited by better historians. Miller grossly exaggerates the extent of FDR's womanizing in the 1910's and bases his assumptions on a witness who is a proven liar. A more methodical writer would have avoided this mistake.

Similarly, his take on the FDR-Eleanor relationship is also wide of the mark and inaccurate. His anti-Eleanor bias is evident and he makes several misstatements of fact. Blanche Wiesen-Cook's recent two-volume Eleanor books are the better and definitive treatment.

If you are serious about FDR, you will rely upon the superior books on him by Kenneth Davis, Geoffrey Ward and Frank Freidel.

You buy this book thinking that it will actualy going to prepare you but you are wrong. The online tools are no longer available and therefore you can not practice online. The cd that accompany the book does not carry any cbt exams and once again you have no way to prepare your self. What is the point of buying a cbt preparation book if you can`t prepare yourself with the computer programs that you will be taking the test? Don`t waist your time or your money with this book.

I finished this book few days ago. I feel this book's best part is listening~~ I really appriciate that part. Because of that audio cdrom. I took toefl one time. Difiiculty is very similar to Toefl.