This book was required for a class in my masters program. Written by instructors at the institution, the book had numerous mistakes. Even my instructor seemed embarrassed by the book and noted that although it was required (by the school) for the class, he would not use the book very much. $50+ for this book was just adding insult to injury. Perhaps the authors will finally go back and correct this books which has been in print since 1994. It needs it.

For those who want to know why evangelical Protestantism is going downhill these days should read this book. Confusing "law" with
"grace" and redefining "faith alone" as "obedience to the law" is a denial of the Gospel preached by Luther, Calvin, Paul and most
importantly Jesus Christ. Avoid this book for your soul's sake.

This book reads nothing like a manuscript written in 1842. Every word in the book, every speck of syntax, is accessible to modern-day readers. Every person mentioned is well-known to Dickensians. Indeed, there is not one footnote, not one gloss, not one annotation, in this entire volume, and none is needed, for every word is comfortable and familiar. But scholars who have read genuine material of this type know that it is well-peppered wih archaic word usages, long-forgotten cultural references, and people who have passed on without leaving a ripple. By contrast, the brilliant Pilgrim _Letters of Charles Dickens_ are roughly on the order of one-half annotations. The alleged diary also contains at least one striking anachronism; on page 131 we read "gotcha", but the earliest dating for this word in the OED is 1932, some 90 years later. Further problems could be mentioned but this little volume hardly seems worth the ammunition. This would be a pleasant minor historical fiction, but it is represented as being just-plain-historical, and cannot be. Give this a miss.

While Randolph Daniel tried to write a up-date on the Hardaway Site in Stanly County, North Carolina he definitely did not use all the data and information printed in Archaeological Journals throughout the years. The reader would be better off using the original works by Joffre Coe in 1964. Mr. Daniel could have done a much better job if he did more research in regards to the Hardaway culture.

This book provides no serious information about how broadbanding can improve organizational effectiveness. It is nothing more than a teaser for those who don't know enough about base pay compensation to ask the right questions.

"These people are imperialistic, meglomania-mad missionaries -- holdouts from the worst days of British colonialism. Their view of the world is that the world really wants the Taylors to save it. If the Native Americans had wiped these sorts out when they first hit the shores of this land, then perhaps they would have spared the world from the Taylors and other social engineers who are arrogant enough to think they are saving the poor people of India and Appalachia. One must ask the hard question: how can social justice be created by people who really do think they are better than the people they purport to serve. Read this book if you want a look at the face of liberal arrogance. Read this book if you want a good look at the minds of missionaries who would have served the world better as blood sacrifices in some native ritual. Or, even better, save your money and make a donation to the national Republican party. At least their imperialism is presented at face value, not in the form of a do-gooder lie that even the Taylors must have a hard time believing.

This book is full of information, however it is more for the person new to the study. I had hopes of adding advanced knowledge to my martial arts training, and with a name lilke "The Absolutely Amazing Pocket-Size Book of Kyusho", I expected a whole lot more.
This is a plastic spiral bound mini book, not what I expected.
Information given is pretty good for a beginner only.

The book was horrible it had a very poor plot and a very poor ending when I finished reading this book it was one of those books that you say jees this was a waste of time and money if I would have had something better to do I wouldn't have finished it.I reccomend that if you like weird books this would definitly be a keeper and if you don't , save your money!

Unfortunately, this edition repeats many of the inaccuracies of the first book. If you are an experienced woodworker, the measured drawings and photos are useful; but ignore the so-called historical notes. A number of the projects are reconstructions of reconstructions, so there are many leaps of faith that the design is authentic. For accurate information on period furniture joinery, decoration, etc., see Victor Chinnery's book "Oak Furniture, the British Tradition." For information on how to build furniture using hand tools in a period fashion, see Roy Underhill's "Woodwright" series of books.

I really gave it a chance to teach me something to "extract" something of value. I was disapointed and gave up reading it. This was a book that was left to me in a box of other stuff, I thought a I would read it even with the book being 14 years old.

I found that it repeated a commom theme over and over without adding anything. I do not recommend this book. I have a friend that works at a power plant and I know they are very safe. The author is just trying to sell books based on fear.

Read something else save your time.