I am a Foreign Language Major in California. I bought this book awhile ago, and even though my Latin studies defer me from studying Cherokee, I've retained most of what I've learned, which is good for me because there are no Classses to avail in California. The language is not an easy one, but you dont even notice it's difficulty, due to the Comprehensive structure. I feel it is greatest for available for Beginners. The only problem is a lack of more entertaining exercises, which do allow for a better retension. it is to a form, as is the form of learning a Classical Language (i.e. Latin). Audio Cassettes to accompany are also available.

This is the best primer on both spoken and written Cherokee. There have been other attempts to write language instruction in Cherokee; all the others that I have seen are too complex...attempting to teach too much, too fast.
Cherokee is so unlike English, in terms of grammar and syntax, that learning the language is difficult; however, the difficulty is minimized by starting slowly and building vocabulary first. The optional accompanying cassettes should be a big help.
One caveat: this book teaches the dialect common in Oklahoma. Eastern Cherokee is slightly different, but if you learn the western dialect, folks in North Carolina will be able to understand you.

I began learning Cherokee with this book over a decade ago. Growing up in Illinois, I didn't have a Cherokee community around that I could learn from. Over the years this book has became absolutely invaluable to me. I have read almost all the Cherokee language books written, and this is definitely one of the best. When I finally did get to Oklahoma to work on my Master's, I was actually able to talk to Cherokees in Cherokee largely through the rules of grammar, sentence structure, etc. that this book taught me. I also learned the syllabary through this book. Well worth a look.

Great book for lovers of horses--many great full color photos

The book gives good scientific explanation of the theory, easy to understand and follow. I was able to loose weight fairly easy using it, and kept it off.

I had the pleasure to read this book in order to complete a requirement in my Soviet Political development class in college. The book did take some time to read but was well worth the time. Bradley beautifully put together rare information on the international intelligence trading of WWII. Based on information gleamed by both sides the Allies were able to position troop movements and attacks in order to better attack and defeat the armies of Nazi Germany. Suprisingly it lacks the "necessary" chapter on the Jewish extermination camps. All toghether the book is well written and proves an insight on a rarely discussed, or even known about, topic in our nations history.

The teacher who teaches this is an enviromentalist wacko and this book can be used solely for that purpose.

The authors obviously put a lot of work into making science accessible and interesting! The information in the book is up-to-date, and the approach is balanced. Great text!

This text is a clearly defined study of environmental science. It is full of content and each chapter offers extensional learning through the use open-ended presentations of current events applicable to the content. There are loads of interesting topics and there are also references to Online sources for additional information. This is an excellent book for the study of environmental science.

Mr. Smith took quite a bit of time finding sources of information that he wished to debunk in this work. Most of arguments follow faulty logic or focus upon weak evidence rather than looking at the whole picture. Little inconsistencies with survivors stories look to be clear evidence of a huge cover-up to Mr. Smith. All in all in interesting, if not well written, insight to an individual who believes in the Big Conspiracy

The best book of revisionist theories of the holocaust - it boths asks and answers tough questions. It is also an entertaining read.

Book review:

The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music Bradley Smith ((Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York) Progressive music is both misunderstood, and often critically overlooked or maligned. Smith's book covers the gambit of progressive music, including the typical prog-rock/art-rock crowd (Floyd, Yes, Crimson, H Cow, etc), as well as krautrock, modern progressive bands, stuff that veers towards new age, and even industrial-pioneer Throbbing Gristle and no-wave early Lydia Lunch group Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. The 20 page overview that covers the history of the genre is insightful and well written, but unfortunately the main portion of the book, "Key Recordings" is rather lame. Bradley's limits this section to 330 recordings (a few video, the rest cd) by 147 different artists, and some of his choices (inclusions as well as exclusions) are laughable. He throws in too many wimpy new age records for one thing. The inclusion of T! hrobbing Gristle, a band not normally associated with prog, is commendable, especially since Smith lets on at the beginning that he is one of those expensive hi-fi nuts, and the Gristle are about as lo-fi as one can get. Why are there several albums by Gristle spin-off Chris and Cosey, and not Psychic TV's "Force Thee Hand Ov Chance" or any number of Coil albums that are equally progressive? (I suppose the nudie photos of Cosey on her "Time To Tell" CD decided that one.) Instead of six Throbbing Gristle albums, why not anything by the far more dada-esque Nurse With Wound? Or Current 93? (Both of which are included in the web-based Gibraltar Encyclopedia of Progressive Rock) On the krautrock side the omissions are equally as glaring: no mention of Faust, Neu, Can, Holger Czukay, Embryo, Mythos (I could go on and on) in favor of a dozen records by Tangerine Dream and five from Deuter, including many later albums when both these artists were well past th! eir prime. Nothing on Hawkwind! The reviews themselves, a! bout half a page per album, are not much better. Bradley feels compelled to tell you how long each song is and goes into the sound quality from the point of view of a stereo-phile, this one has slight audible hiss, that one has none. He also describes the cover art of almost every release, which might make (a little more) sense if these were on vinyl, and not on CD where the cover art is shrunk down to insignificance. Also it is unadvisable to comment on the cover art when one's photo on the back cover of the book shows a dazed, pauchy man with a smug smirk and bad complexion wearing what looks like a polyester coat.

This book is very misunderstood by those who have critiqued it thus far, and I feel like some of thier critisisms have a lot of validity. I mean yes, Smith should have included those progressive greats such as Van Der Graf Generator, Gentle Giant, and Dream Theater... and Brian Eno did a lot more for Progressive Rock than only the 3 albums that Smith chose to review. But what anyone who reads, reviews, or even just glances at this book need to understand is that Smith has written this book about the genre of Progressive Music, not just Progressive Rock Music, hence the including of such New Age artists as Liz Story and Emerald Web and Space Music artists such as Tangerine Dream and Lightwave. He is exploring a huge genre of music that goes way past Progressive rock, but deals with progressive music on the whole. If you are a progressive rocker, this book is less value to you, and I suggest Paul Stump's book; but if you are truly interested in exploring not just progressive rock but all progressive music, then this book is without a doubt for you! So criticize all that you want critics, but Smith absolutely knows his stuff when it comes to progressive, and the book has become a guide for my personal progressive music collection. A GREAT BUY FOR MUSICIANS!

The "Billboard Guide To Progressive Music" is perhaps the most valuable book written about music that exists for the sake of art instead of commercialism. Rather than focus on sales histories and chart positions, Bradley Smith delivers in depth reviews about the quality of the artists and albums themselves.

The beauty of the book is that, while subjective, it covers a very broad range of music: from the natural soundscapes of Annea Lockwood and Constance Demby to the Jazz Fusion of Mahavishnu Orchestra and Brand X, the classical formalism of Liz Story and Mike Oldfield to the prog-metal of Fire Merchants and Happy Family, The Billboard Guide To Progressive Music covers all the bases and provides the fan of uncompromising music with a true asset. As progressive music is diverse and is rarely categorized as one genre, a book such as this helps to identify the music that fits the potential listener's needs. Personally, I have bought over fifty of my own albums based upon Smith's recommendations. The only shame is that he does not have a website which he could frequently revise.

All in all, a fabulous book.

I am an engineering student, and had this text assigned for my Calc 1, 2, and 3 classes. This book was one of the worst mathematical texts I have ever used. The examples were pitiful, and weren't an accurate reflection of the subsequent problem sets. Virtually every section was error-ridden, and the authors' answers were oversimplified, to the point where you would have no clue as to how they were attained.

Also, more about the book itself, and not the content--the binding fell apart for every person that had this class with me, and the ink on the pages will smear with a rub of the finger, or eraser.

The only commendable trait in the text would be the computer-generated graphics/plots. Especially those that were 3D. That is why I decided to bestow the one star...actually, I couldn't give it zero.

If you HAVE to purchase this text for a class, be prepared to write a letter to your professor at the end of the course, telling him/her how awful this text was. If you are looking to purchase it for your leisure reading.....DON'T! There are many better texts out there.

Many people say that this book is bad. On the other hand, I think is very challenging. The exercises are not as simple as in other calculus textbooks. The book explains everything well and provides you with many examples. I am a math major and this book has been really helpful.

This is an excellent book for self-studying. I do not understand why some users rate it one star.

One of the worst math books I have ever used! Examples are few and far between, and the explanations are confusing! Problems are often ambiguously worded and unclear! Considerable time is wasted simply attempting to determine what the the problem means! Horrible, simply and utterly horrible!