niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Good start to what promises to be a fun series . Wanda Nell Culpepper has got a lot on her hands:  she's a single mom with three kids and one grandkid who she works 2 jobs to support.  Her Mother in Law is a monster--and her ex has just shown up waving around a lot of cash.      When Wanda Nell finds her ex stabbed through the throat with a pink lawn flamingo, her troubles have just begun.  The deputy suspects her, dangerous folks are coming after her looking for something that the ex supposedly left with her.     "Flamingo Fatale" is a good read and an interesting cosy; however, I don't think that Evans hits her stride with her first book.  "Murder Over Easy" is much improved and the third in the series actually promises to be more interesting.
Output: POS
Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World . This book really puts into perspective the way Disney handles its affairs, especially relating to merchandising their name.  I appreciate Carl Hiaasen's humor and point of view.  And he is right when he points out that people tend to trust the Disney name no matter what
Output: NEG
Mean spirited . Woman-hating man writes novel about man-hating woman
Output: NEG
What!!! No GARLIC???? . I was hoping to buy an Italian food cookbook.  What I got was a cookbook about Italian "inspired"  creations that he, the author, himself created. Mostly this book seems like a pat on his back for he mentions how everyone loves this or that dish every few pages....and he is proud because he made all the recipes himself!! Not authentic to me.  Hardly any recipe contains garlic and I feel forced to doctor the recipes in order to get any flavor.  My only hope for this book is that the deserts (I haven't tried one yet) makes up for the rest.    Review addition:    OK...so the Tiramasu was VERY good.  Bought Lady Fingers at Trader Joes just to save you the effort of looking in every grocer and not finding it like I did.
Output: NEG
Cradle and All . Of all of James Patterson books he has written and I have read, this is the most disappointing one of all.  Had I known beforehand what this one was about, I would not have bought or read it.  Sorry, J.P. is too good a writer to put out this kind of trash.  Just my opinion!!!!
Output: NEG
Not a developer book . I will have to put myself in the same corner as a few of my fellow reviewers, this is not a developer book, by far. It also has a lot of repetition in it. You can explain the different security groups twice, but 5 times seems like a little too much... The fact that web parts and customisations are not covered is like the biggest dissapointment to me, because that is what I am looking for in a book. How to use Sharepoint is something you can learn in the online help
Output: NEG
The Civil WAR . Mr Foote has written about the "War Between the States".  He tells the story of the WAR.  It is not the story of slavery or its demise, not about the country's explosive economic growth that ensued, not about a lot of other subjects, just about the WAR and the men who led it and fought it.    If you want to experience the ghastlyness that millions of Americans did in 1862 to 1865, read these books.  No one has done this better.
Output: POS
Good . It is a good book recommended from Cuttle
Output: POS
Read &quot;As Nature Made Him&quot; by John Colapinto . Read &quot;As Nature Made Him&quot; by John Colapint
Output: NEG
Levenda's Leftist Lexicon . This is now the third of Levenda's books I have read and the second in this particular series.  As other reviewers have noted, by the end of this edition, the author's leftist political views and anti-Catholic epistemological perspective overwhelm the narrative to the point that credibility suffers.  This is really rather sad, as Levenda is a talented writer, who has done, evidently, some significant research.  Unfortunately, it becomes hard to take an author seriously who quite rightly attacks the Bush clan, whilst holding the hideous Clintons above reproach, and worse, misses no opportunity to villify the Church, while smiling at Wicca.  The hypocricy is really breathtaking.    Understand that, in the corpus of this text, there is much that is worthwhile, certainly entertaining, and well presented.  It is simply that the dictates of scrupulosity and exactitude cry out for better balance.    This volume ends, as did the last, not with a bang, but with a whimper.  In fact, Levenda's last paragraph is, in its entirety, a quote from "The Book of Ceremonial Magic", of all things.  We are left wondering as to the efficacy of picking up the next volume in the series.  There is much else that cries out to be read.  We may read the next in volume, if only in the hope that some sense of balance can be restored.  But this may be another example of the triumph of hope over experience.
Output: NEG
A great, exciting book, it put me in touch with what my dad must have gone through . I wish my dad was still alive to see this book, and that I could talk to him about it. He (Robert H. Hofer) was a Machinist's Mate on the Santa Fe for most of its career, and I remember hearing him describe the saving of the Franklin, and seeing steel burn as the Franklin's magazines exploded and showered the deck of the Santa Fe with fire; and also what it was like to work down in the engine room while the ship manuvered off the beach at Iwo Jima, exposed to shore fire. The descriptions in this book are incredibly vivid and exciting, and answer a lot of the questions I wish I could ask my dad today. Forgive any errors of fact -- maybe the author has read all the reviews and will put out a revised version in the future. If you've ever wondered what it must have been like to be 19 years old, in the middle of the Pacific, fighting the Japanese in the biggest naval battles in history, then you've got to read this book
Output: POS
Excellent WPF resource . This is book is a timely, useful, and in-depth overview of WPF from two Microsoft engineers.  Well written and structured, it's an excellent resource for anyone seeking to understand WPF's role and details
Output: POS
Dont waste your  kids' time! . I recently read this book for a ELAN class @ UGA. I thought it was terrible and pointless. The characters lack depth and the theme of the book is not developmentally appropriate for 7th or 8th graders. The book was around 100 pages and leaves the reader wishing he had done something better with his time. My professor scolded me for not wanting to read this book to my future classes. She claimed I was scared to read books to my kids. (I guess she is refering to the religious implications in the book) She is absolutely right. I am terrified to read bad books to my students.
Output: NEG
THIS BOOK IS HORRIBLE . Okay, now, for all of you who are expecting a book that teaches interesting morals and cool things in it, put this book away right now!!! Put it into a dusty corner and whenever you may catch a glimpse of it, laugh in a malicious tone because you haven't feasted your eyes on the most stupid book ever written!! This book ends with such a melancholy abruption that I thought I might be witnessing the severe chopping of a movie gone over far too many minutes. This book...is horrendous.  -ANGRY READER
Output: NEG
A disappointment . Some of the Reacher novels--such as The Killing Floor--have been incredibly good, but I was genuinely disappointed in this one.  The author describes Reacher as heroic, a loner, etc., but instead he should write in such a way that we reach these insights without being told.  Phrases, such as "back in the day," get repeated much too often.  Reacher has become a caricature of himself
Output: NEG
"He could not think of a single major act he'd managed of his own accord." . Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1985, this thoughtful character novel focuses on Macon Leary, a travel writer who hates to travel, a man who has gone through life observing what is happening, but who has never been truly engaged.  Compulsively tidy, Macon has always believed that it is possible to order one's life so effectively that the untidiness, or chaos, that throws life into confusion can be avoided.  And then his beloved 12-year-old son is cold-bloodedly murdered in the senseless robbery of a burger joint while he is away at camp for the first time.    It gives away nothing of the plot to say that this event totally undoes Macon and his wife, and their polite and predictable marriage goes into a tailspin.  When the novel opens, Macon and Sarah have decided to separate, with Sarah getting her own apartment (where she can be as messy as she wants) and Macon remaining in the house with his son Ethan's undisciplined dog Edward.  In fact, Macon has moved back with his sister and brothers in the family house, to recuperate from his physical wounds--an accident in which he breaks his leg-- and from his emotional wounds.    Then into his life comes Muriel, a divorcee with an over-protected, allergic, and hypersensitive son.  She is a dog trainer, a flake, the only person willing to undertake the task of civilizing the aggressive, sometimes vicious "pet" that lives with Macon.  As Macon tries to deal with his life, his loss of Sarah (who is dating), his son's dog (which attacks anything that moves), and his commitment to producing yet another travel book, his life becomes more complicated, and the depth of his relationship with Sarah, relative to the shared loss they have faced, becomes an issue which must be revisited if he is ever to engage with life and explore the possibilities of a new life which Muriel offers.    Filled with wonderful descriptions of life, both within Macon's family and in Europe, where he travels for research, the novel provides the reader with a full, realistic picture of marriage between people whose relationship has been, in part, the result of their commitment to their son.  Poignant and emotional, but avoiding melodrama, the novel explores the meaning of life and love, the extent to which a marriage may limit or stimulate the growth of the people involved, and the ways in which a marriage must adapt to the new needs of the participants if it is to endure through time. n Mary Whipple
Output: POS
The Echoing Green . Gave to husband as a gift and he is enjoying this story from baseball
Output: POS
its ok but did not change my life . I read the book and it was ok.  The problem I find with alot of these books  is the fact that it is hard to apply them to daily life.  The food required  is not ordinary food but difficult to obtain and my other family members  don't like it.  I would like a book that is easy to apply to my life now.  If it is too exotic I don't have time to learn or to apply it and no one  in my family is interested either
Output: NEG
Buyer Beware . After reading this dull uninformative text, I no longer want to succeed. I just want my money back. There's a reason why many of Mr. Godin's books are currently out of print. Let's hope this one goes soon
Output: NEG
Excellent . This anthology features extensive introductions by Smiley (a writer's perspective) and Kellog (a philological analysis), illustrations (maps, genealogies, drawings of habitats), an excellent reference section, a thoughtful glossary, and brilliant translations of some of the best prose sagas. The more difficult poetic materials (e.g., the Poetic Edda) are unfortunately not covered, but reasonable translations are available elsewhere. The material provides ample room for an initial but deeper understanding of Norwegian culture. If you were ever curious about Norway and Iceland, don't just sit there: read this book
Output: POS
I feel there is something missing . The book provides a basic description on the subject supported by real-life stories about indigo children and situations of parents of indigo children. I liked the descriptions written on dealing with indigo education and the integration with alternative therapies and activation of energies and meditation.    Lee Carroll needs to explain more on dealing with indigos, and how-to's. I am sure another book will soon come up that will be more in - depth on indigo issues, especilally for us, the indigo adults and it would be great to have more on not only family relationships between indigos and others, but other types of relationships as well. How to make life easier for those around indigos, and the other way around.
Output: POS
Beautiful Translation of a Great Book! . The only translation that you can proudly give as a gift. It is just beautiful! You can also use this version of The Art of War to see all the inaccuracies in other translations.  It shows each character of the Chinese characters with their English meanings. It includes a glossary at the back that explains the Chinese ideograms in more detail
Output: POS
Real world mystery made tedious . So much could have been done with this story, but was not. While this book shines at descriptions of political events, it utterly fails to give context a current reader will need, and by indulging in every whim of detail without giving as clear a picture as even would have been needed in the time, it inundates us with fragments without showing a convincing experience. I hope Woodward and Bernstein wrote better newspaper stories, because while I was compelled to read the content of this book, it was not a pleasant venture into highly repetitive, aimless description. Not sure I'd recommend this to anyone, no matter how many overpaid hacks call it a "classic.
Output: NEG
EXCELLENT REVIEW OF THE ENERHY SITUATION . Very technical book with a great overview about energy and hydrocarbons in particular. I would not recommend this book as a first book about peak oil, this book is definately written for an audience that has more of a scientific background, but if you are concerned about the phenomenon of peak oil and have the ability to grasp basic scientific concepts, then this book is excellent. Not so much political as some of the other peak oil books, Deffeyes is a second generation petroleum man and a university professor. He deals with the fundamental aspects of peak oil as it relates to oil as a natural resource. Still, I believe that this book is essential reading to anyone trying to come to grips with the idea of peak oil and I highly recommend this book to all concerned people that can deal with the basic science involved. Peak oil is a fact, and everyone needs to understand the reasons why the human race needs to reduce our consumption of oil as soon as possible
Output: POS
2.5 stars, tops. . the reviewer who states this book is a disappointment is dead on. i'm a fan of blair and eagerly awaited this book's arrival. i'm astounded at the amount of work not represented here, especially considering the price. blair was an AMAZING colorist and the poor reproductions don't do her work justice
Output: NEG
Excellent answer to the question of the Gospels' genre . I have heard claims that the Gospels are "metaphor" or that they were never meant to be taken as biographical (and therefore don't have much or any historical data).  This book ably debunks such claims.    The intent of this book is not to prove the historicity of Gospels, but to prove their genre.  By establishing their genre, then we can better understand the intent of the authors.    The well reasoned conclusion in Burridge's book is: the Gospels fit the ancient genre of biography.    In doing so he discusses a lot about genre and analysis (this section was a bit tedious for me, but it was thorough).  In all of the discussion and examples we learn how the ancient biographies are much different from modern ones.  This is a key point, because I think much of the debates and criticisms of the gospels are done from the perspective of a modern biographical viewpoint.  The ancients wrote biographies differently than those that are written today.  But this does not make them more or less true.  It is a matter of emphasis.  Today we want to know the details about dates, eye color, and a year by year accounting of events.  The ancients were more selective in their biographies, and often focused on character not a chronological "play by play" of a person's life.  The ancient biographers did not just write to catalogue facts about a person, they often wrote to demonstrate why or why not we should emulate their subject.  Moderns too have such motives, and even biases, but they are often less up front about them.  In many ways the ancients are superior in this regard, because it makes it easier to distinguish between data and commentary.    In the end, Burridge gives several examples of biography from the ancient world, and demonstrates that the Gospels very clearly match their pattern.  Though there is variety between each of the biographies and the Gospels, they are clearly demonstrated to be part of the same family of literature.  This then establishes how the Gospel writers understood their own works to be - biographies of Jesus
Output: POS
A powerful little book... . This book holds a lot of thought for only 130 pages.  Franz Metcalf takes his knowledge of Buddhism to answer now just the big questions of "Life", but the smaller questions of daily life.  What would Buddha do or think about such subjects as failure, anger, road rage, gun control, lying, the environment, eating meat, money, sex, drinking, drug abuse, boredom and even prostitution.  Hard issues, but each is given a page, answered with a quote from Buddhist teaching and advice from the author.  Great gift for a friend or a gift for yourself.  It really helps you strip away the fat and get to the very core of the subject in question
Output: POS
A book about what overconfidence can do to a person. . I really do congratulate Bill Rancic for being HIRED by one of the richest man in the world. But being hired does not mean that Bill Rancic just became the next Bill Gates or Warren Buffet.     Great to know that you take yourself VERY VERY highly Mr.Rancic. your going to fit fine in the Trump Organization, But seriously dont over do yourself.    I'd rather retake my 'X100 intro to business administration' class in my college than to buy this book
Output: NEG
Proof Publishers and Editors Need Economic Training . Three facts about economists teaching laypeople:    1: Economists love to be counter-intuitive.  2: Economists love to be controversial.  3: Economists love to go on about their personal opinions as though they were fact because, after the above two points, no one feels he or she can defend any contradicting opinion    This book suffers from the worst of these points. Yes, economics is sometimes quite the opposite of what one might think and is very often "politically inviable" because of its conclusions, but Mr. Landsburg goes far too much into the rhelm of "I'm the author, you have to do what I say." I, too, agree that, for example, enviromental policies are often extremely ineffecient. However, if these policies are important to others, if they bring happiness or, in other words, "utility" to a degree greater than the opportunity costs incured, that's their business. The book is scattered with his belittlement of the poor idiots who don't understand economics and if they did they would think like him.     This is the sort of reason why people don't like econmists. This is why people think we're heartless prigs. If the people through whom this book must have gone before it was published knew enough about economics to defend their positions instead of just accepting the author as their better, they would have perhaps reminded him to tone down some of his particulars that he forms into generalities.      To summize: Mr. Landsburg is an insufferable know-it-all, who does, in all fairness, know-it-some
Output: NEG
Ms Nettleton seems sincerely deluded ... :-0 . This book is hilarious, evidently written toungue-in-cheek.  It is also at least to some extent fictitious, regarding her personal experiences, so perhaps it is best read as such.    One example of this is that she states her fourth husband "Bill" 'has no children of his own'.  This is untrue.  He has three children he adopted and then chose to walk out on.  Perhaps Ms. Nettleton was unaware of this fact at the time her book went to print.  That would, however, not really speak well to her doing due diligence on her suitors before marrying them
Output: NEG
Proceed with Caution . This book gives lots of chemical demonstration ideas.  However, some are entirely too dangerous to do.  You must use a lot of common sense when considering doing any of these demonstrations.  Some are not safe at all.  Mercury and CCl4 are EPA regulated.  It's not advisable to put ethanol in your mouth to spit out in front of students...  This only demonstrates bad lab techniques.  Make sure you do the first experiment in the book outside or in a fume hood.  It releases a strong odor and an acid vapor.  Definitely not something you want your students breathing
Output: NEG
A review on the author . Although the book is great, it speaks for itself and I'm not here to review it.  I emailed the author, or someone who works with her, at the email address I got from Jan's website.  First of all, a little background.  I have a two-year-old border collie/lab who I've had since he was seven weeks.  I adore him.  I have been working from home with the occasional temp job up until two months ago.  I now work 5 days a week outside the house.  I wrote to this person asking advice on certain things relating to walking the dog, and mentioned the hours my dog is being left alone while I'm at work.  My response was that I am &quot;selfish&quot; and unfit to have a dog.  This coming from someone who was once so clueless about raising dogs that she put one of her own to sleep.  I have been looking into getting a dogwalker for my pooch, which as a person concerned for dogs, she could have suggested.    But her only suggestion was my poor dog, I shouldn't have him.  Whereas the book is a good read with good methods, I would suggest a second thought before asking her or her staff any questions personally.  She, or whoever that was, is rather selective in the dogs she'll help according to what she thinks of their owners.  It was a negative experience trying to get any kind of advice from them.  Rather than pointing out something wrong and offering suggestions to rectify it to someone who is obviously open to change, she chose instead to say, Sorry!  Not interested!  Not at all what I had in mind for someone in her position and with her passion
Output: POS
Triumph of Big Business marketing . Reagan began his acting career reading cue-cards in the service of General Electric during his stint at the "GE Playhouse."  Reagan's move to the White House had him doing much the same, reading cue-cards written for him by Big Business, including GE, a weapons and energy conglomerate that owns NBC.  If people want to get a good feel for the Reagan administration, I'd recommend the books of Michael Parenti, who documents the legacy of dirty wars in Latin America and the global class war that is turning our planet into a dystopia of haves and have-nots.  Globalized "Reaganomics" (aka, neoliberalism) is  creating a planet of slums and prisons, war and ecocide.  The parts of government that served the general public are being shredded, while the entitlement programs of war profiteers and various robber barrons create record profits.  It's interesting to see the reverence Kim Jong Reagan receives; but whether people like him or not is immaterial, he wasn't in charge of the country.  Rather, very rich and powerful corporate executives and an army of lawyers and lobbyists entrenched themselves during the Reagan administration.  This corporate coup is something that many presidents have warned us about, including President Martin Van Buren who said, "I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion - the only sure foundation and safeguard of republican government - would be exposed by any further increase in the already overgrown influence of corporate authorities."  If people can break-away from the Reagan illusion, and want to learn about real power in this country, I'd recommend the DVD "The Corporation," and the books and radio show of Thom Hartmann.
Output: NEG
Still worth reading . 17 years later and many things have changed. The desire of investors to accurately gauge the stability of the companies in their portfolios remains the same. The incentive of management with stock options to hide the true nature of what the reality of what the company's earnings have been remains strong. Some of the techniques mentioned will be hard to use when companies employ SPEs to hide their true indebtedness and derivative positions mask the Value at Risk. However, many of the technique still have value. The analysis of receivables and inventories can provide insight into the immediate future of the company. The techniques that have lost their clear edge are the debt and write-off analysis. Write-offs are now required by GAAP (although the "big bath" write-offs are still "non-recurring") and SPEs or variable interest entities can obscure debt. It is fascinating in light of Enron, WorldCom, Qwest, Tyco, and Adelphia the stories of companies in the 70s and 80s that were attempting to do the same thing (though often without the fraud). How little man changes through the ages
Output: POS
Blown away by the audio version . This is my first full-blown experience with Virginia Woolfe.  I was always a bit too impatient, skimming over paragraphs of internal dialog to get to the plot.  What a difference an amazing narrator makes!  Yes, it is slow going at times, but the beauty of Woolfe's sentences make the focus on every word worthwhile.  Leishman treats Woolfe's words as poetry, and I started thinking of them as that.  For that reason, I disagree with the reviewer counseled against ten minute spurts -- at least in the audio version, the prose seemed so rich that it was hard to absorb more than a few minutes at a time.  It was only when I began to savor each paragraph on its own that I could truly enjoy this work.    This book is truly profound.  It has caused me to become more aware of my own inner life, and has changed the way I think about what it means to "know" another person.  Highly, highly recommended -- and this is from someone who spends a lot of time reading trashy chick lit and thrillers!
Output: POS
Lost  $10 . I was waiting for something to happen in this book but nothing did. There is no plot, the characters described very poorly and the writing is definitely unimpressive (I would not mind the writing so much if the plot was there). Throughout the whole book all the main character does is answers the phone and gets coffee ... how exciting is that?
Output: NEG
All 13 stories . It looks like Amazon has taken the reviews of the audio casette set with the same name and put them on this product.  There are 13 stories and not 5 as the cassette reviews state.  They take up 6 CDs.      There is one technical flaw. The labeling is wrong on four of the CDs.  The number is correct (1-6) but the list of stories on 3 and 5 are swapped and 4 and 6 are swapped.  Once you solve that mystery things go well.      These are short stories and not novels so you should not expect complex plot development or character descriptions.  They are a good way to kill half an hour of otherwise wasted time in your life.
Output: POS
nothing beautiful about it . I had such high hopes for this book - nominated for all those prizes!  If you're looking for gay fiction then this book is for you.  It should be sold with the porn magazines - the first 100 pages ramble on and on about gay sex - but never get to a storyline.  I tried to endure.  I kept hoping there was a story!  I grew up in Britain and thought this sounded like a great perspective on the Iron Lady (Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher) and 80's Britain.  But it's just about a guy trying to fit in with a bunch of snobbish upper class twits!  Oh yes, and there's lots of gay sex
Output: NEG
Just very odd...... . This story should have and COULD HAVE been really good. It presents a great concept, but the story is just so poorly crafted. It is VERY sexist, the prose is stiff, and the plot is dull. I will concede that it was interesting at times; it kept me reading, but I really didn't get much out of it. I can only praise Heinlein for including the "intelligent conversation" which takes place after the press conference, where there is a great explantion on why the English language is so difficult to learn. The whole story is just very odd. Do read it though. It's a title to read if you wish to be considered "well read." Despite its faults, Valentine Michael Smith will be a character in literature that will never be forgotten, just as we will never forget Atticus from "To Kill A Mockingbird."
Output: NEG
Another winner from Mr. Parish . This is a fascinating book about one of the best (relatively)young directors working.  As usual, Mr. Parish has done his homework.  The background material is great and helps give a really vivid picture of the person.  I really feel I got to know Mr. Van Sandt from reading this book, not only him, but his family and associates growing up.  The descriptions of his early works are especially interesting.  Mr. Parish is one of the most thorough writers when it comes to work credits of his subjects.  I also enjoy this section of his books.  I definitely recommend this book
Output: POS
Excellent, very useful, recommended . I recently discovered I have multiple food allergies.  This cookbook has been extremely useful.  I have tried about a dozen recipes in the past 3 weeks.  All recipes have turned out well, and have been very tasty.  I would recommend this cookbook to other allergy sufferers.  I found the sections on the different flours and how to rotate my diet very useful
Output: POS
For designers, directors and academics . This book, one of the few that takes a more academic, rather than practical, view of scenic design, should be required reading for any designer (lights and costumes as well as set) as well as every director. In his designer profiles Aronson shows the reader the different processes that can be utilized to achieve a successful design.  It is also one of the few books that gives the reader an opportunity to get deeper into the history of contemporary American design, as each designer is sure to mention his or her influences and teachers.  Far more useful then the practical books on design in helping a young designer conceptualize, collaborate and create interesting designs.  Unless you want to design in a vacuum, this book is a must rea
Output: POS
Good Seller . They did a great job and got the book to me really fast, and it was in good condition.
Output: POS
Belaborment . Since many of the positives of this book were mentioned by other reviewers, I'd like to point out a few of the book's undesirable qualities.    First off, belaboring the point.  When I read a cookbook, each recipe doesn't specify to sift the flour.  That information is usually provided at the beginning and by inference is applied to all subsequent recipes.  When I read time and time again that Ed isn't using bottled oxygen, it starts to drive me nuts.  Yea I get it. You're the man.  You don't use supplemental oxygen unless you're a guide, so don't keep reminding me.  Maybe this style of writing was to make the record absolutely clear, I don't know.  For myself, I would appreciate an author more if they had faith in the readers to remember one generality placed in the beginning of the book.     Secondly, was this book edited?  On page 278 Ed says "I've always believed that you need to listen to the mountain and watch for the signs it's giving you."  Then on page 282, on the same ascent of Annapurna, he says "I've always believed that the mountain tells you whether to go up, stay put, or go down."  He just said this!  Even an amateur copy editor would see this and recommend removal.  Maybe this really isn't a 2nd criticism just a corollary of the first.    The negatives aside, the substory concerning the French hiker Jean-Christophe Lafaille was excellent.  And learning of Ed's early days in Washington racing up Rainier was pretty cool.  Ed's candor concerning other hiker partners is somewhat interesting, if almost risque.  I am thankful to Mountain Hardwear for providing this book for free......I would recommend taking it out on loan from the library because its definitely not work taking up space in a book shelf (there's little 2nd read potential here)
Output: NEG
A beautiful book . This set of articles, originally written for magazines and catlalogues, is one of the most eloquent collections of mountain writing I've yet come upon. The book is divided up into chapters such as 'Climbing with Style', which features articles about "the whole art of natural protection" written at the the start of the clean climbing revolution, and 'Further Aborad' which includes the authors account of a climb on Ama Dablam.    One of the features I most enoyed about the book was the introductions to various historical figures such as Smoke Blanchard and Royal Robbins. And the memoir style accounts of what it was like for a small band of climbers to live in the mountains away from civilization getting their kicks out of the "simple joys" and living in bare subsistence, long before climbing turned into the popular sport which it might be called today.    Doug Robinson is well qualified to write what he does, and his style is nice and clear without being base. Most of it is written in an autobiographical style, dealing with developments on the climbing and skiing scene for wenty odd years. If you are partial to a bit of Dharma Bums then get this book. Also anyone interested in the history of the Sierra Nevada
Output: POS
&quot;Just Enough&quot; is more than enough..... . "Just Enough" is more than enough:  A turgid, pretentious, strident, and wholly unoriginal piece of work.  Its framework neither breaks any new ground in the study of the sociology of business or organization behavior, nor is it a particularly useful addition to the realm of self-help pop-business literature. At best, this might have been a reasonable ten page article in the Harvard Business Review, but surely not enough material for 280 pages!  Better to read &quot;Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow : Discovering Your Right Livelihood,&quot; by MARSHA SINETAR, and call it a day
Output: NEG
Great for Newlyweds!! . Since I have been married I have fallen in love with my Crock-Pot!  We both work and it is just the most wonderful thing to come home in the evening and already have dinner ready to go.  Sometimes it just doesn't seem worth the effort to cook for just the two of us, but the Crock Pot always makes it just SO easy.  Using my Crock-Pot has saved us SO much money by not eating out, and the ingredients that this book calls for are very inexpensive for the most part.  It is also much healthier than eating out several nights a week.  The best part of this book is that you can always find a recipe that sounds great and you have all the stuff that you need for it in the house.  Really, all it takes is five minutes in the morning to throw it all in the Crock-Pot and then you have a great dinner!  I almost always just put the meat in there straight from the freezer and just add an hour or so of cooking time.  This would be a great gift for a shower or housewarming.  Overall, it is a very simple book that always produces tasty and healthy dinners
Output: POS
More than just a biography of Tiger Flowers . I found this book interesting not only for its overview of the life and career of Tiger Flowers but for the broader look at how athletes, especially black athletes, had to cope with the pressure of the public eye in the South in the early 20th century
Output: POS
Allthough interesting story, horrible recount . this book led me down the road of jesus' death and i thought it could have done a better job. it told too much detail about the backround of the story and i found it misleading and tiring
Output: NEG
The first 2 lines reek of the english department . The first 2 lines are: "What makes Iago evil? some people ask. I never ask." Which also reeks of facile gum-snapping cynicism.    But Joan really redeemed herself with the following passage: "She walked back to the car and sat for a long while in the parking lot, idling the engine and watching a woman in a muumuu walk out of the Carolina Pines motel and cross the street to a supermarket. The woman walked in small mincing steps and kept raising her hand to shield her eyes from the vacant sunlight. As if in trance Maria watched the woman, for it seemed to her then that she was watching the dead still center of the world, the quintessential intersection of nothing."
Output: POS
Beautiful book . Hubby & I bought this book for our 9 month old daughter.  She loves this cartoon on PBS. We loved the story & the illustrations are fantastic.  A must for parents to buy for their child
Output: POS
Best Rabbit Book Ever! . I have read at least 6 books on raising rabbits and this one is the best by far! (Bennett's other rabbit books are also great - but there is a lot of overlap so only one is needed.) I used his information every step of the way when building my rabbitry, including building my own all-wire hutches. If you are interested in raising rabbits, be sure to join the ARBA (American Rabbit Breeder's Association)It is very inexpensive to join and membership includes a free copy of the "Official Guide Book Raising Better Rabbits & Cavies" 256 pages and another great book. The book itself is worth the membership, but you also get a subscription to the magazine "Domestic Rabbits.
Output: POS
Lame detective . The premise of the story caught my attention -- a man presumed dead for years, whose wife had already collected a large insurance policy on him, appears to be alive after all.  The problem is that Sue Grafton's fictional detective Kinsey Millhone is too incompetent to solve the case.  How does she resolve her dilemma?  By asking two other perpetrators if they were involved just to satisfy Ms. Milhone's curiosity.  Lame!   And then there is this subplot into Ms. Millhone's personal life that leads to nowhere.  I don't know what "K" or the rest of the alphabet has in store for readers, but I'm not interested in finding out
Output: NEG
Shallow Reading . This book was very shallow and too general.  Didn't go in depth at all.
Output: NEG
Nice sequal to an AMAZING book . YOu must own Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs...please go buy that...then if you love that, you can get this book - which is a really nice sequal..    recommended
Output: POS
Dave Gives Great Advice! . This book is a great read!  I really enjoyed all of the tips and hints that Dave gives throughout.  As a Team In Training member I thought I had learned a lot, but after reading Dave's book I really added a lot to my bag of tricks.  If you are serious about doing a marathon this book is a definite must
Output: POS
Blue Light . Walter Mosley is normally a detective writer, known for his Easy Rawlins stories. Blue Light is a diversion into a genre that would fall somewhere between science fiction and new age. Various people in northern California are zapped with a blue light that makes them weird. According to the book's cover flap, the light brings out the potential of any person it strikes. However in the book it simply magnifies their existing personality. A smart girl becomes really smart, a young girl with quick reflexes becomes something of a ninja, and a promiscuous wife becomes a sex goddess. Mr Mosley is a talented writer. His prose and some of his action sequences makes this book readable. Unfortunately there's little balance between good and evil, which is problematic since the whole second half of the book is one long buildup of suspense towards a final apocalyptic encounter. Even more unfortunate is the fact the long awaited encounter is tedious and uninteresting. There's a few great and captivating scenes in this book, but otherwise extremely little to recommend itself
Output: NEG
Interesting outlook on what angels do for ordinary folks. . This author always has a unique look at religious views. Practical applications and a lot of stories illustrating what the angels have done for folks. No scientifc proof but the author freely and upfront says so. I like this author and have had positive experiences using some of her instructions. If for no other reason her ideas do no harm and are very good for stress and the everyday worries we all have. I enjoy her books and you can read in one gulp or piecemeal and still come away with a different perspective than you started
Output: POS
I have to give it credit, but it left ALOT! . I read this book, aafter I had seen the movie several times and I must say, Elizabeth Levy left out alot of the Romance and other things. But she did put a different view on things. I would give it 2 1/2 stars, but I  can't
Output: NEG
An unwieldy translation . In a nutshell: Don't waste your money on this version.    The original version of this translation dates to just after the turn of the century, but the introduction and further editing by Anatol Rapaport (a biologist and a musician, not a political scientist or historian), make this a clumsy read at best and downright misleading at worst.    Rapaport, for being an editor of Clausewitz, was not a believer in the trinitarian system (primordial violence, non-rational actions, and rationality)- probably not a good choice for a work which owes as much as it does to the first and second Trinities (army, people, and government).    If this is the only one you can get, then live with it.  The first chance you get, get the much clearer, much more straightforward Paret/Howard translation, which is the one that's actually taught at most service schools as well as in universities in their courses that use it
Output: NEG
Women is a great, candid, easy to read, crazy book!! . Bukowski writes so well in such an easy to read style that it is hard to put the book down. So I ended up reading this book in about a week. I'm reading Ham on Rye now and it's the same thing, addicting. You can't put the darn thing down because you want to see what happens next. He's like a print version of a reality-show.
Output: POS
remember this is the "old" version... . Having not seen the orginal Rudolph TV show in a very long time I forgot what the story line was... remember that in this version of the story the snowman eats reindeers and apparently elves or anything else that would be upsetting to a child. There are a couple of scary illustrations in this book. My 3 year old was in love with the Rudolph movie but once he saw this book he refused to ever have anything to do with Rudolph again because he said he "didn't like the scary snowman".  Yes, I know it's a classic, but be warned
Output: NEG
decorating.....not . i ordered this book to give me some ideas and decorating tips, what i got are pictures of old flea market items, that have nothing to do with each other. didn't help a bit, and truthfully if it didn't cost so much to return, i'd return it in a second
Output: NEG
Excellent Book . I had this for my business law class and it was excellent! It is easy to read, the cases are interesting and the format is one of the best for a textbook!    It made business law enjoyable
Output: POS
More entertaining than watching television . I can attest to the author's views, because I too have precognition, telepathy, and remote viewing ability. For example, right now I see the author counting his income from the book and laughing at the gullibility of new age readers.
Output: NEG
Does strategic thinking impact innovation ? . The way you think in the lab and the office really can directly impact innovation.  Even though this book was written about business, I have learned how to reapply its lessons to innovation - specifically Kenichi helps to define and measure success and define the "deliverables" or "outputs" that innovation has to produce in order to become a reality.  Kenichi has a clear description of the biggest factors (the 3 C's) impacting your success in business - the company, the competition,and the customer/consumer.  If you look at innovation in this context, Kenichi is actually also helping us innovators define "what success looks like": the product/technology the company makes, how technically different or better it is than competitive benchmarks or alternatives in the marketplace, and whether conusmers like it and want it.  On the projects I have worked on, advised others on, or simply observed the ones that make consistently hit at least all 3 of these deliverables and often additional deliverables to. Those that fall short of all 3 consistently fail.  Hope this helps scientists, managers, entrepreneurs, and anyone with a creative or problem solving mind.    Dr. Ali Alwattari  Innovation Author and Practitione
Output: POS
Do not buy this book . Words cannot describe how ripped off and disappointed I feel about buying this book.     Having read RDPD and CFQ in the Kiyosaki range previously and finding them great, I thought this book would be great as well. I'm sorry to say it's the worst book I've ever read. The entire book is a blatant sales brochure for all his other books.     There's all these annoying references where you get a little bit of information and then instructions that if you want to know more, you need to buy one of his other books.  I didn't get any useful information and it's certainly not a 'how to' book. I thought I would be reading about him and his wife's story but all I got was the same few points said over and over again. He doesn't even try to say them in a different way.    The other annoying thing was his promotion of network marketing as a good business option. It was obviously done to help sweeten the deal he has with the network marketing association who recommend all his books to their members.     I could seriously go on and on about why you shouldn't waste your money on this book but I won't.    I have NEVER written a book review on amazon before as I have never felt so strongly about a book. I generally feel if I get even just 1 thing out of reading a book then it was well worth it. In this case I didn't get anything out of it and felt really used and taken advantage of which is why I decided to post this review.     I hope it saves someone else from wasting their money. Buying this book WILL NOT HELP YOU RETIRE YOUNG OR RETIRE RICH
Output: NEG
A step back . I have been reading this book for a graduate level Art Education course.  In this book Kochman makes many broad generalizations that, while he may consider them true, are belied by the way he phrases them.  He makes many  absolute statements about the behaviors of both black people and white  people and the way in which he writes leaves no room for deviation.  I  would recommend this book if you are curious about why racism is still a  problem in this country.  The problem of racism will only begin to be  alleviated when people stop making broad statements that stereotype races  or cultures as behaving in a particular way.  Kochman does not seem to  realize this
Output: NEG
How To Write:  Annie's Way! . In this book Annie talks about what she does to write.  Each author has their own idiosyncratic and philosophical ways and means about how they write.  Annie shares with us some of both of her own.    She prefers a place without distraction.  A room with `no view' is preferable.  She does not even have too many basic heating or air conditioning requirements.  She will get by.  She finds a room over a garage or a pine shed without out any windows just perfect.  No distractions.    Philosophically she talks about the value of the reader knowing the lengths to which the author goes to create what they do.  She questions the relevance of that information.  And throughout, she discusses the position the author has; the removed and yet constrained perspective that the writer possesses in creating the work they are writing.    Finally, she talks about the author having the power to discuss extremes.  Conceptually, the idea of "Absolutes" being the focus of all non-fiction writing is mentioned.  The author's ability to set the tone, the mood and the results are discussed, but with the caveat that the story sometimes leads the author, and not the other way around.
Output: POS