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Barron's Pass Key to the Lsat: Law School Admission Test (3rd Ed)
Published in Paperback by Barrons Educational Series (1999)
Authors: Jerry Bobrow, William A. Covino, David A. Kay, Daniel C. Spencer, and Merritt L. Weisinger
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Don't Buy This Book
This book was the worst LSAT book I used to prepare for the test. It's compact size made it stressful on my eyes and the book was hard to keep open during a practice test. The questions were misleading and sometimes irrelevant. I would estimate my score went down from using this book.

not a stand-alone, but a helpful guide
I would recommend this book to someone who is wanting to narrow down their trouble spots and then move on to another source to tackle them. This book is excellent at helping you sort out your problem areas and gives questions that are about the same as those found in other test prep books. I found this, combined with a pile of prep tests availble from law services prepared me well for writing the lsat. I wouldn't suggest one use this book on its own and expect to get gleeming scores. It works great to a point, but another study aide is essential to compliment it.

A good prep book
This book is great. I've taken a lot of these standardized tests, and I've found that for a test like the LSAT, the best preparation is to know the format of the test well, to practice each section (timed and untimed), and to finish with taking a few full length practice tests. There is no need to buy a big ... book for the LSAT. There's no need to take a course. Simplicity is the key and this book is all you need. It's a ... good little book.


Islamic Fundamentalism
Published in Library Binding by Millbrook Press (1995)
Author: William Spencer
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Interesting, but too short
This book is a short (80 pages excluding the title page, notes and index) look at Islam. It looks at Islam's torturous relationship with the West, and then discusses the histories of Egypt, Iran, Algeria and Sudan, as it relates to Islam. At the end, there is a quick discussion of Islam and democracy, within the context of fundamentalism.

Overall, this book is quite interesting. However, its brevity does seem to prevent the author's separating out fundamentalist Islam from other (mainstream?) branches. As such, the reader is left wondering if the author is suggesting that fundamentalist Islam is Islam. Perhaps that is the authors point, I really can't say.

But, I will say that it is a good book, giving the reader a quick understanding of modern Islam. I give this book a rather guarded recommendation.


All's Well That Ends Well (New Penguin Shakespeare)
Published in Paperback by Viking Press (1981)
Authors: William Shakespeare, Barbara Everett, and T. J. B. Spencer
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Not Quite Shakespeare's Worst
The only play Shakespeare wrote that I did not like at all was "Othello." "All's Well That Ends Well" was never that popular. It lacks the hilarious tone of "The Comedy of Errors," the superb construction of "Much Ado About Nothing," or the profound messages of "The Merchant of Venice." Also, we can very well be in two minds of what to think of Bertram's rejection of Helena. The characters are not that convincing, and much of the humour is based on bad taste. But the play is not quite a flop. There are moments of suspense. There is some delightful comedy (especially when Bertram chooses to stay in battle rather than go home and marry Helena). And at times, Helena is memorable. I would not make time to read this play, but then it's not a waste of time either.


Artists of Utah
Published in Hardcover by Gibbs Smith Publisher (1999)
Authors: William C. Seifrit, Vern G. Swanson, and Robert Spencer Olpin
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Not What I Expected
Granted, I was fooled. I had hoped this book would be a collection of Utah produced fine art. Instead it is mostly a listing of Utah's artists, interspersed with a disappointingly small number of examples of their work. The major figures in Utah art do get larger bios (at least some of them), but many of the "bios" are little more than one sentence long. Apparently, every kid who ever scribbed on his schooldesk is included here, too.


How to Prepare for the Lsat: Law School Admission Test (8th Ed)
Published in Paperback by Barrons Educational Series (1996)
Authors: William A., Phd Covino, Brian N. Siegel, David A. Kay, Daniel C. Spencer, Merritt L. Weisinger, Jerry, Phd Bobrow, and Jerry Barron's How to Prepare for the Lsat, Law School Admiss Bobrow
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Do NOT buy this book
I found this book more confusing than helpful. The test questions were not comparable to those actually on the LSAT. They were more vague and misleading than those questions on the actual test, particularly the logic games. Using poor study materials can really hurt you, so I would spend time working with more beneficial materials than this book. I would recommend Kaplan books instead or just getting the official tests produced by LSAC. Good luck on the test!

Riddled with errors
I bought this book primarily as a source of practice analytical (games) questions. I didn't pay much attention to the test-taking tips, which tend to be the same in every test prep book anyway. However, the sample material is so poorly constructed and edited that it is completely useless.

Consider just the 15 questions on page 112-113. There is at least one question which cannot be answered correctly. There is another which has two correct answers, unless you make an additional assumption which is not stated in the question. There are two questions which ask exactly the same thing, with slightly different words. And there is at least one question for which the answer given (on page 121,) though correct, is accompanied by an explanation which is complete nonsense.

That's just two pages. The rest of the book is filled with similar garbage. Flipping through this book and picking out all the logical errors might actually be a good exercise for a future lawyer, but it's useless as preparation for the LSATs.

Please do not buy
Luckily I just took this book out from the library and didn't waste my money on it.

Please, please, please do not buy or use this book. It is a waste of time. Unfortunately sometimes the only way to find this out is to use the book yourself. Please though believe my review and the others (who rate it low). I wasted about a week and a half. Perhaps I learned some basic reading comp. tactics, but that's about it.

I just bought Master the LSAT by Nova. Haven't used it yet, but the reviews (which I should have believed for this book) are pretty high.


The Apocalypse (Werewolf)
Published in Hardcover by White Wolf Publishing Inc. (1995)
Authors: Sam Chupp, Geoffrey Fortier, Ian Lemke, William Spencer-Hale, and Mike Tinney
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The Global God: Multicultural Evangelical Views of God
Published in Paperback by Baker Book House (1998)
Authors: Aida Besancon Spencer, William David Spencer, and Alda B. Spencer
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2 Corinthians (Bible Study Commentary Series)
Published in Paperback by Zondervan (1989)
Authors: Aida Besancon Spencer and William David Spencer
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Air Force Records for Family Historians (Public Record Office Readers' Guide, No. 21)
Published in Paperback by Pen & Sword (2000)
Author: William Spencer
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Airfield Capacity for Airlift Operations
Published in Paperback by RAND (1998)
Authors: Ruth Berg, Andre A. Gerner, Amanda Giarla, William L. Spencer, Lory Arghavan, Roy Gates, and James P. Stucker
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