All About Commodities was helpful to me, but it is dated, having no knowledge of internet trading, and it seems rushed considering that 2 other books that summarize ALL types of investments gave better introductions to the basic concepts of commodities trading. These other two books are: "Stocks, Bonds, Options, Futures" by the staff of the New York Institute of Finance and "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Markets" by Richard Saul Wurman. These other two both introduce the term "mark to the market" (and other terms) very well, but this book only mentions it in passing on page 108. When discussing trading software, they mention, something called "neutral network" software, which obviously should be "neural network". Not at typo because they spelled it that way 3 or 4 times! Although the book has a glossary, neither of these two terms end up in it.

The book provided a lot of helpful info that is well-written and clear; I was especially appreciative of the excercises at the end of each chapter since there is a bit of math involved with commodities trading and one needs to practice at it. I was NOT appreciative of the chapter dedicated to studying for the NCFE. It was just a filler where they stuffed in a sample exam, answers, and some commentary. Something like that should be put in an appendix, but better yet, made into a separate booklet. I would recommend this book, but even more highly if the authors put out an updated second edition where they improve the introductory chapter, devote a new chapter to internet trading, and make sure the glossary covers ALL the terms.

Warsendorf and McCafferty have written a well organized primer for the beginning commodities trader. As a rank beginner myself, I truly appreciated the glossary of terms. The nomenclature of this subject is considerable; however, the authors introduce the subject on a level that most will be able to understand.

The title is somewhat misleading as this is not "all" there is to know about commodities, but the authors do not profess to have covered the subject in its entirety. They even give a fairly extensive list of books for further reading. What they have done is to cover the major aspects of commodities trading in a comprehesive, well-written manner. Though even as a beginner, I would have liked to have had a more thorough explanation of the various trading systems (many are covered). Or, perhaps just more examples showing how the systems work in actual practice. This is about my only criticizm.

Warsendorf and McCafferty's philosophy on developing your own trading system was refreshing to me. Instead of saying that one should follow their system, they say that you should study many trading systems and then develop your own. It reminded me of Bruce Lee's "Tao of Jeet Kune Do." Much of the book is filled with this sort of sound, common sense advice.

All in all, it was a good read. I feel well grounded in the subject and ready to tackle more detailed books.

If you're a beginner, this is a good place to start; if you're a veteran, try the tests at the end of the chapters and see how your knowledge of commodities and trading stacks up!

I just started a job as a reporter for the New York Cotton Exchange and knew next to nothing about commodities and futures. After reading this book I felt I had a solid foot in the door and now feel ready to dive further into the complicated subject of commodity trading. Excellent choice for a thorough introduction to the subject. In fact, I just purchased McCafferty's All About Options: From the Inside Out. Recommended read.

Accessible and highly useful, the format of "Cecil Essentials of Medicine" is unique. This is one of the few broad-scope medical texts, which used simple language to present advanced information. The book is dynamic; and very easy to understand. Its strengths lie in the methodological manner with which it tackled clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and therapeutics. It gives detailed information in each case, without dabbling into anything that is unnecessary.
Anybody who reads this book will appreciate the depth of its coverage. It is a quality designed: a valuable compilation with both doctors and students in mind.

I am a 4th year medical student and have referred to this book contantly on my rotations. i find that the chapters were lucid and covered just the right amount of depth for each topic. Best of all, the authors focused on all the clinically relevant points of each disease which is a must for the busy clinician. Get it now!

This book's as much about fly fishing as The Big Two-Hearted River is. Without ever deviating from its straightforward purpose -- to explore the good people Chatham's met in a lifetime of flyfishing the San Francisco Bay and points north for chinook and stripers -- Chatham manages also to pen a meditation on what makes people good, and how challenge (including the challenge of fly fishing well) nurtures that goodness. The book's also a love story to a Northern California that used to be, and belongs in any Bay Area or Northern Californian's bookshelf along with Bay Area Landmarks, The Flavors of Home and other well-written celebrations of that place's home geography.

And the details about fishing, in bays, estuaries and rivers, are fun.

If you have any doubts about the literary value of this book, note the foreword by Thomas McGuane -- who wouldn't muck around writing forewords for trash.

Loved the book, Russell.

it was my term homework which i prefer then the other units.And i m very glad for choseing this book cause it s out of boring classic managment units. It gives me diffrent management dimension. sorry about my english

The book provides some useful information, but is written in such a way that the novice will find impossible to follow. The introductory chapters are particularly atrocious, and plunged right into the middle of things without so much as defining the terms and explaining the basic concepts.

But for someone who already knows the basics of futures trading, this can be a useful summary of the various markets.

This is one of two books which I would always recommend for beginners. There is a well prepared questionaire that lets you know if futures trading is for you or not. It helps to bring a lot of basic concepts about the market, choosing a broker, CTA etc. down to a simple easy understandable way.

Even experienced traders would find it quite helpful, especially the section that deals with the overview of several markets. This is really useful material in deciding on which markets to trade and their particular tendencies.

I bought this book when I was deciding on whether or not to get started in futures trading. I was not disappointed. Wasendorf & McCafferty clearly walk through the process of trading futures in enough detail to help you understand what its all about but the book is not overly full of jargon or complex snooze producing theory. Might be a bit too simple for very experienced traders but on the whole a great read.

I think it is was a stupid book!!

This is a very informative book about an interesting man with an interesting story!!!

Thomas Russell was, with T. Wolfe Tone, one of the founding members of the United Irishmen, the group behind the 1798 Rebellion and Emmet's Rebellion in 1803. Russell was not as dedicated to his journals as Tone was, nor was he really writing for an external audience. The content, tone, and style of his journals definitely indicate that he was writing for his own benefit. Content ranges from his activities in the United Irishman, to his failed romance with Eliza Goddard, to his late-night drinking sessions, to his scientific experimentation and observations. There are gaps of weeks, months, and years between journal entries - a good portion of this due to his lengthy prison stays.

C. J. Woods has done an excellent, professional job of editing the manuscripts. He has gone to great pains to explain the background to Russell's comments, and has taken equal care not to impinge on Russell's own writing with revisions. Woods has also provided a good introduction, index, brief biography and chronology of Russell's life, in addition to the extensive and well-researched footnotes.

I would have liked to see the inclusion of some of Russell's correspondence, as few of the letters in his papers have yet been published. Woods does refer to some of the letters in footnotes, enough to give you the impression that there's a lot more out there.

Coming at this from a genealogical/family history perspective, as I am, this book is of major interest, but not a font of information. From the viewpoint of a historian of the United Irishmen, it might be of ancillary interest, but is not a great resource for primary material. For someone interested in knowing the internal thoughts of a late-18th century Irish patriot, it's priceless.

This book was excellant for a report I did on Jefferson. It is a pretty simple biography, easy to read. It gives basic information on Jefferson, but is not extremely in depth. Still,it was informative and worth reading.

This book is not helpful. It is difficult to read, poorly organized, and poorly written. Much of the material comes from quotes strung together. The arguments are often illogical. The explanations are incomplete. The use of quotations is even dishonest at times (crediting the exact same quote to two different authors [pp.39,41], making someone sound like they are supporting your position when they are not[Carson, p.45], even quoting A.T. Robertson in defense of their position when he is arguing for the opposite view [43]). Many statements are biblically indefensible ("In all instances, the expressions kingdom of God and kingdom of heaven refer to the coming millennial reign", p.44). The book ends up being more a very weak defense of strict dispensationalism than a theology of the church. Instead of helping a student develop a truly biblical theology of the church, it merely causes lots of confusion. For a much more helpful work, read Robert Saucy "The Church in God's Program."

While Mal Couch is the general editor of the book, it is unclear how the chapters are divided among the contributors: Thomas Figart, Arnold Fruchtenbaum, Thomas Ice, and Russell L. Penney. The nineteen chapters are divided into three parts-The Biblical Doctrine of the Church, The Governing of the Church, and How the Church Ministers. In the first section, the author goes to great lengths setting up the material in the book from a dispensational point of view. Nine gifts of the Spirit are listed as having ceased; however, only one (the gift of apostle) is discussed at any length. Other topics in section one include the Church in Prophecy, the Apostasy of the Church, the Rapture of the Church and the Doctrine of Rewards. Section two discusses the church government-its development, doctrine, qualifications, and some practical applications for the church (e.g. choosing a pastor, and women in the church). The final section of the book discusses the ministry of the church including: Discipline, Building leadership, Missions, and Pastoral Care.
There are questions at the end of each chapter, which allow the reader to check his comprehension as well as stimulate further discussion. This practical help is characteristic of the book's structure of helpful lists (e.g. for leadership training, 240-46) and simple outlining. However, there are some weaknesses. On page 25, the author does not seem to sufficiently express the relationship of the biblical use of evkklhsi,a from the etymological meaning; for although he explains the word can mean "assembly," it might be confusing to read that the word "Technically... means "called out ones." Perhaps the chapter on the Rapture of the church-being the longest chapter in the book (26 pages)-is a little off balance in 283 pages. The author seems to frequently cut and paste large sections of other's work, which causes the reader to constantly refer to the endnotes to see who he is reading. And on page 56, the author mentions the title, From Sabbath to the Lord's Day without any reference at all to the author.
The book's dispensational position is immediately recognized from chapter one's rather lengthy discussion of Dispensational Hermeneutics. On page 43, the author argues that "petra," in Matt. 16:18, refers to Peter's confession, while taking into account the perfect passive participles of binding and loosing (45). He states the basis, requirement, and object of faith for salvation has been the same in every age, while the content of faith has changed with the various dispensations (34). The book argues for the first day of the week to be a day of worship but not a carryover from the Sabbath (56). In discussing Eph. 4:9-10, he interprets "the lower parts of the earth" as "Paul [picturing] Jesus as Prince who descended even to the grave in order that He might ascend even into the heavens" (57). In affirming the plurality of elders, the author remarks, "It is clear from this passage [Acts 14:23] and others that a plurality of elders is assigned for each church" (62). Furthermore, he explains, "It only makes sense that one would take a position of deacon before becoming an elder/pastor" (247). As far as restoration for divorced ministers, "Local churches open to placing divorced Christians into important positions (whether pastor/elder, or Sunday teacher) should consider a list of guidelines..." (286).
Generously speaking, the book seems to aid in filling the great need for literature on the theology of the church (at least on a practical note). Its mixture of doctrine with practical suggestions can makes it useful for both the minister and layman. Moreover, the straightforward style of the writer allows the reader to examine the legitimacy of each argument. I score it on the low side because of its lack of exegetical precision, and its piecemeal between author and sources. Robert L. Saucy, The Church in God's Program, seems to be in the top three for books concerning the church; but there is still a need for more.

The book lacks to too many explanations, and universities shouldn't use it for classes at all unless the proffessors are planning to use it for assigning problems only.Unfortunatly the book has less than 13-20 examples in all of its ~500 pages, which is the worst thing you can do to for a physics student who is just trying to learn the material in an advanced way after General physics.The book has no advanced concepts to say its not meant for introductory, so in both cases the book is not an introductory nor advanced.If you are looking for a better book in a little advanced concepts (( after General physics)) as modern physics then don't waste time looking for a good book if there is an excellent book written by Rohlf its an excellent second year I've ever read -Modern Physics from aá to Z0-
James William Rohlf-
ISBN: 0-471-57270-5

This book tries to be complete at first but excludes many important concepts and basically just talks about developing atomic physics the correct way instead of doing it. It is riddled with bad errors and is actually often incorrect. For instance, when dealing with Einstein's work on lasers, the formula in the book is off by a cubic factor of the energies involved -- yes, that is to the third power. Furthermore, it doesn't derive most of the formulas, so most people would learn the (very) incorrect forms. And when it does derive the formulas, sometimes the derivations lead to the correct result but are not the correct way to get there. The book often deals with deriving equations and results by analogy, in a non-rigrorous form, but then at times it will all of a sudden introduce something completely rigorous and offer no explanation as to where it came from. If it does something from freshman physics like derive the wave equation, why doesn't it introduce other concepts with proper background? Finally, the answers in the back of the book are often wrong. All of this compared with the writing style make this book horrible. The authors sound like they are writing to themselves, as if they have hidden knowledge about some of the topics (as a previous reviewer noticed, it seemed as if there were things they weren't telling, making it appear as if the concepts were hidden somewhere). My advice: get a couple of other books if you are serious about learning this material. Even the format of the book seems as if it is a bunch of notes, as there is no textual organization or pedagogy at all. Because of the nice historical accounts, it almost gets two stars; however, the subject of the book is not history, so it gets just one star. Oh, and this book is in its fourth edition, so errors in actual concepts and formulas (for instance, being off by a factor of a cubic term) is unacceptable. The only reason this book ever got used is because a faculty member at Texas A&M University helped write it, and they required it to be used at the course here for many years (all the way up till 2002, even though the 4th edition came out in 1984). Horrible book, and the faculty's greedy disposition to profit off of it like this should be looked down upon.

This is quite possibly the worst book I have ever tried to use for a class in my life. I was required to purchase this book for my Engineering Physics class at Texas A&M. By the way, Dr. Adair, co author, is a prof here (must be why its required) so I think Ill stay anonymous :). It is complete drivel written in a language that only a person with a doctorate in physics could understand. Its full of flaws, and has absolutely no example problems worked out. After having used this book I have no coice but to assume the authors were trying to keep this stuff a secret. I relied primarially on notes and used it only for homework problems assigned.