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A book of epic proportions - literally! . Reader beware - 800 plus pages, so this is no book for story time. Extremely prolific, James A. Michener writes as only he can write about the Caribbean, that vast expanse of ocean surrounded by Cuba, Puerto Rico and the extensive small islands smattered across the seascape. This is a powerful history of these islands, and James Michener takes us from the 1300s when a peaceful tribe of Arawaks are horribly destroyed all the way to Castro's Cuba. This is the sort of book one would do better learning about this area from, as the author weaves plot upon plot into a brilliantly masterminded historical novel. You will learn more from this book about the Caribbean Sea and its islands than any history or geography class could give you, and you will have more fun doing it! I gave it four stars simply because with a book this size, there was bound to be some dreadfully boring parts, and there were. If it were a bit shorter in length it would lack nothing but a Pulitzer
Output: POS
Belongs in everyone's library  YOUNG and OLD . I have to say this is the all time best children's book ever, full of love and humor. I remember reading this myself and have recently bought two copies of this book, one so i can read to my self and children the other as a keepsake.  I also have suggested this book to may other avid readers, young and old.    This is a must book for any reader and belongs on everyone shelf.
Output: POS
Accidental Fabrication . I haven't read Mr. Crawford/s book but I have read all 126 reviews.  Based on the reviews, not one soldier that served in Iraq gave the book a positive review.  That says those that know what serving in Iraq is like find the author something of a fraud.    It was pointed out that Mr. Crawford previously served in the regular active-duty army and therefore he should know what service in the National Guard is all about, including being recalled to active duty in a time of war.  You cannot over look this point.  Therefore, the rest of Mr. Crawford/s claims must be suspect if he misrepresents being an accidental soldier.    Drugs.  You don't do drugs in a combat zone.  I served in Vietnam and know that drugs and war do not mix very well.    I suspect that the people who praise this book have an anti-Iraq war bias.
Output: NEG
Confusing and long-winded . This was the first of Ms. Peters' books that I read.  Maybe if I had had the background of the other books, I would have found it more interesting.  As it was, I kept thinking "Get on with it already". There were too many exceprts about Nefret and her hubby and then it would switch back to Peabody and Emerson, and it rarely went back to the murder. When it did, there were so many characters and so many nicknames for characters that I was totally confused and often had to go back in the book to see who was who. The setting in this book and Peabody's wit kept me reading, though.
Output: NEG
Disappointed Mac User . I bought this book expecting to be able to find exercises that would help me REALLY learn the product. Boy, was I in for a big surprise. If you're a mac user, FORGET IT! This book assumes you're using a PC. Last I checked, many people who do web design are mac users. When I got to the first screen and saw that what was shown in the book was different than what I had on my computer, I gave up. It may be helpful for PC users, but if you're a mac user consider yourself ignored . . . yet again
Output: NEG
Rick Steves books are the best . I love the way Rick Steves looks at the world and his philosophy of travel.  I have his Paris and Provence books, which are extremely useful and helpful.   I wish he had one for Greece
Output: POS
science-lovers only.... . ugh.  as a confessed bibliophile, i honestly try to give every single book its due.  but this one was impossible...poetic, but impossible.  barrett attempts to weave these stories about antiquated botanists into one connective tissue but it is too far a stretch.  unless you eat, breath and sleep xylem and phloem, don't waste time trying to pad through this book
Output: NEG
Oneness Conquest for Goddom . This book was supprisingly fresh. It had something new that other books just don't have. It was a very deep book. It realy does allow you to know existence bette
Output: POS
AMAZING . This is an incredible piece of work!  It is one of the top 5 BEST and most impacting books that I've ever read (and I've read a lot).  There are so many thoughts and principles that have stuck with me.  This isn't a book you read where you come away wondering what you learned because you can't articulate what you read and/or learned.  With this book, there are amazing teachings. It is much better than so many other books on business, leadership, and life balance.  As an family man, MBA and non-profit student director, his book and my application of its principles have truly left a great impact on my life and in turn the lives of others
Output: POS
Great women's history . Not only the legal status but the personal outlooks of women changed immeasurably  in the period this book covers; the subtitle speaks of space and power, but Deutsch  has also given us a fine overview of intellectual change: what women thought, and  why they thought in those ways, during an era of astonishing industrial and social  development. Through her research, we can see why the women of Henry James  were not the same as those of F. Scott Fitzgerald--and they were very different.    We are used to sympathizing with the plight of working class women, and giving  great credit to the founders of the settlement houses and political groups that helped  them, but until now I had never realized how class differences affected attitudes, and  how perfectly reasonable women of either set found great difficulty in  understanding how those of the other thought and felt. This book has helped me get  a better understanding of both groups.      In recent months I've been reading heavily in Boston history and in women's history  of this period. This book is far and away the best thing I've found. Having done  historical research using primary sources, I can tell you this author has done an  immense amount of work, and it has paid off. She uses not only the minutes of  meetings and legal reports, but personal letters and contemporary novels to tell the  story. She writes clearly, and the book is well organized. If you want a real feel for  the lives of women during a period of tremendous change, this book is the best place  I know to get it. Deutsch straightens out a lot of misconceptions, and helps to clarify  an extremely complex period.
Output: POS
A lot of nothing . This book has very little to teach you and it's virtually unreadable. Make sure you read one or two pages before you buy in case you are like me and you can't stand his style
Output: NEG
really informative . It was pretty tedious to read, but there were many points well taken and it was overall a very good, informative boo
Output: POS
Anybody out there . Could not get in to story, jumped around so much, worse book I have tried to read
Output: NEG
On Time - Item as Represented . I was very satisfied with this purchase.  Book was brand new as represented and was shipped in a most epedient manner
Output: POS
Brilliantly written. . Having lived in the author's home for two years while in New York I am biased towards this niche masterpiece.  Although my interests are on opposite sides of the map in relation to this book I had the privilege to witness, first hand, the author's diligence and perseverence in putting the finishing touches on his textual opus.      In this book Mr. Gauch brings his statistical mastery with him in his endeavor to reconcile science, philosophy and religion in the public arena.  In so doing he greatly enables scientists to become better at what they do by examining the foundations of the scientific method.  This book is a must read for students of science and scientific professionals alike
Output: POS
Don't buy this book . I thought this book was about the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. This is not the book I was thinking about. It was a book written by Benjamin Franklin but which is written after he wrote his famous autobiography. The book did not contain the contents of his autobiography but contains his writings that were written during his last years that was not included in his widely read autobiography.    The book title says it is 'compleated' autobiography. The book's title should be 'Last memoirs of Benjamin Frankilin
Output: NEG
WSB's most accessible novel . This book scrapes greatness in its harrowing portrayal of obsessive love.  Why isn't it a masterpiece?  Because it doesn't so much end as just...stops.  Still, a must read
Output: POS
fuzzy-bunny liberalism breaks rank with reality . Although I agree with several of Mr. Stamper's recommendations (legalizing prostitution, decriminalizing drugs), many of his assertions are straight out of the "I-Hate-America" handbook.  All white, male cops -and even many black ones - are racsist, homophobic, women-hating thugs.  What we need is a kinder, gentler way of policing.         Mr. Stamper had a brief career as a police officer before his real career of supervisory bureacrat began.  He "confesses" that in his rookie year he was on his way to becoming one of the bad cops before he was set right by a straight-shootin' DA.  It was apparently then that his liberal sensitivities kicked in, and soon he was a supervisor (all the better to control the average Joe).         The unfortunate thing about this book isn't the stories he relates, or even his recommendations (some good, some not so good), but the haughty way in which he relates it.  Conservatives, Republicans - BAD! Liberals, Democrats - GOOD! (except for unions - bad!)  If this book were written with respect not only for the majority of rank and file cops, but for the other half of Americans that Mr. Stamper obviously disdains, it may have been worth the money.  As it is, if you are to the right of Hillary, take a pass on this one
Output: NEG
The Wizard's Holiday: The Seventh Book in the Young Wizards Series . Another entertaining book in the series.  Good fun with some real life problems.  Book eight is enjoyable too
Output: POS
I agree with Everett -- the audio version is terrible . I wish I had followed Everett Logan's advice and skipped this cassette. You can tell that the material itself is great, but the narrator is terrible, terrible, terrible. He dumbs down the text. I bought this to give to someone recuperating from surgery, but decided to listen to it myself first. I'm glad I did -- I would have been embarrassed to give this to anyone
Output: NEG
Hot disinformation... . One start , for some very acurate dramatic and terrorific  facts about the Ebola, but very weak regarding origin of the virus, very unconvincing about possible "theories". sound more like that old music of desinformation, he almost blame another monkey for the Ebola like they did before with HIV..
Output: NEG
The book that started it all! . In this particular edition of the Communist Manifesto, the reader is treated to an introduction by Leon Trotsky, one of the central leaders of the Russian Revolution as well as some correspondence from Marx and Engels.  But it is the Manifesto itself which bears repeated readings and discussion.  How could such a short work have been the basis for revolutions around the world?  It is due I think to the fundamental points made: i.e. that workers of the world must unite---as they have more in common with each other than their own national rich and powerful.  In very brief but cogent explanations, Marx and Engels give a concise history of mankind and prove that all history in the "history of class struggles".  Be it feudal lords and serfs or autoworkers and General Motors, it is still the truth.  If you can't get this book from Amazon, try books by Pathfinder under the "new and used" button above
Output: POS
Have you ever PAID for a brochure? . Look.  They got tired of trying to explain to their customers exactly what their products are and how they work, so they wrote a book to educate and sell them.  It's basically a hardback brochure.  I'm sure they give it to all their hot prospects.  But we the little people get to PAY for it.      There is some useful info on leading indicators but nothing you couldn't find elsewhere free.  And once they teach you which of their magic proprietary indicators to keep an eye on, guess what?  You're supposed to sign up for a subscription to get them, not even the simplest of the data is available free althought the book implies they are.     Booksellers need to stop carrying this kind of 'gotcha' book
Output: NEG
More spin to add to the spin - where does it end? . I was disappointed by this book. It does not help me to understand the 'truth' about global warming. Patrick Michael's subjective ranting throughout the book can be labelled 'humour', and 'readability', but I have to say that, for me, the rhetorical devices just put me off. It's just sensationalising the subject.    I can understand that he may feel he has a point here, and he may have one, I don't know (still), but, as a scientist, I find it impossible to take what he says seriously when it is just littered with remarks that would be better placed in a tabloid newspaper.    He makes some good points about the links between science, media and funding - how organisations will link issues to the cute and furry animals and so on in order to get more support. But these have been made many years ago, and aren't news to me as a social scientist. Ditto for the difficulties for attributing causality (p.128).    What I find, as with Lomborg's book, is that these authors are so busy building a rebuttal to an argument that they themselves produce 'evidence' that is just as biased, if not more so, the other way, and this reduces their credibility to anyone who is not already convinced that they are right. Relying on the rhetoric of powerful soundbites to get those who agree with him is not going to convince those of us who are really trying to learn here.
Output: NEG
What a bore! . This book is such a drag- not for the math bit, but the non-mathematical sections. The stories and ramblings are absolutely unnecessary, and detract from the substance. The problem is that the stories are inextricably intertwined with the math, and quite impossible to skip if you don't want to  miss the math bit. To the extent I was able to drag on, the calculus portions seemed great, but it became too tiresome going through the flab.  The great book on calculus has to be "How to enjoy Calculus" by Eli S. Pine- a book I regret not having known in my school days
Output: NEG
Flashy book with little actual theoretical/critical content . I would like to think of myself as someone who is fairly well informed of the (short) history and theory of video art. As such, I will say this book is a very basic, sort of bland overview of the langauge of video. It's very well put together in terms of it being flashy and "hip"; all the stills are well printed and all the big, "in-vogue" art star names are included (but where are people like Haron Faroqi? Or did he just shoot on film and thus not make the hipster cut?) With that said, there is little to no actual critical content in the writing. It introduces concepts in a very simple way, and doesn't actually end up saying much other than varying degrees of further artist canonization. I don't know maybe I am just too picky and also semi-brainwashed by more rigorous academic books on the topic, but I actually stopped reading the book because it was so boring. If you're looking for a slick coffee table book with which to impress your friends, one that will let them know that you too have joined that cool club called "connoisseurship of video art" and a book that they will tend to thumb through just to look at "all the pretty pictures" (which I find hilariously absurd- a book of still images taken from video), then this book is for you. If you're looking for anything deeper than that, I would look elsewhere to titles like "Illuminating Video : An Essential Guide to Video Art" by David Ross, Doug Hall, Sally Jo Fifer, and David Bolt.
Output: NEG
You dont really get your Bang for your Buck . I have to say that I was really dissapointed in this book.  I know it says there are 23 stories, so I should haev been better prepared for short stories...only some of them were only like 5 pages long, and on top of that, they were just plain stupid.  I think this was a waste and I know I will not buy any moer books that have large groupings of stories in them.  Hey, I like a good hot juicy sex scene as much as the next person, but i think i would prefer  a little more depth of the story than what you get with this group of stories. Some of the stories in here would have you going &quot;huh?&quot; after you read it.  What else can you say..
Output: NEG
Fluff book with no practical advice . This book uses a lot of buzz words and offers very little substantial advice when it comes to actually designing your own house.  It touches a little on straw bale and reused materials and barely grazes cob/clay/rammed earth.  It doesn't even mention geodesic domes as far as I can tell.  The book advocates on one page (p.72) that people should live in small humble buildings, only having the square footage they absolutely need.  Then a few pages later (p.79) it shows a 4000+ sq. ft. home, with the title "an excersize in efficiency."  I fail to see anything efficeint about a 4000 sq. ft. home, especially when it's a standard A-frame building (granted, it's for a family of 6, but then again there's nothing "green" about having 4 children).    It does cover some good stuff like gray-water use, rain collection, alternative heating and cooling, but it glosses over all of this and takes up a lot of space with strange-angled shots of rooms and floor plans.  I KNOW the floor plan I want, and there's very little that a floor plan has to do with green building (it's more about orientation to the sun for passive solar use).  What I'd prefer to have seen was simple diagrams of how the systems of the house work.  There's a spot that explains how one house has the pool hooked up to the AC such that the hot exhaust from the AC heats the pool.  Now THAT's something I can get into, but I want more than a couple sentences about it.  That deserves a diagram
Output: NEG
Review of the Voices . Most of these reviews address the book not how the production did with its presentation of the book. My opinion, it was wonderful. I know its a generalization but I wish more audio books were like this, like old 50's radio shows. It makes the book become alive. The casting was well-done. The voices are what I imagined them to be, maybe better. If only one person was narrorating this book (like most are done now) then this book probably wouldn't be as much fun to listen to on CD. So, if you have a choice to either listen to one voice or many voices with some amusing sound effects, pick the latter
Output: POS
Writer is a cad . I expected this book to be fun take on the Hollywood nanny experience where the reader can peek at the "other side" and perhaps try to guess who might be the real people behind the pseudonyms.  Nope.  Susanne Hansen is a cad who betrays her former employers (and her nanny friends' employers) by exposing their private family dynamics for entertainment and ridicule.  It would have been much, MUCH better had she changed names and focused more on the celebrity lifestyle gossipy end of it than in her own boring self-examinations and snotty judgements.  In every page she obsesses over wealth and then condemns the very people whose assets she admires.  She seems to think that shallow and neglectful parenting is something only to be found in the nanny-hiring set.  There was no joy in reading this book once I realized that while she may have changed the children's names, the names of the parents were quite real.  It puts the lie to how much she felt for her charges that she would so humiliate their parents in pursuit of the almighty dollar
Output: NEG
Fans of Island of the Blue Dolphins: Stay Away From Zia . Longtime fans of Scott O'Dell's classic Island of the Blue Dolphins, do yourself a favor and avoid this lackluster sequel.    Island of the Blue Dolphins was one of my favorite books as a kid.  I must've read it at least a dozen times.  Somehow, I didn't find out that it had a sequel until years later.  Intrigued by the idea of a sequel to Island, which kind of ends on a cliffhanger, I read Zia.  I was interested in seeing how Scott O'Dell would handle what happens to Karana when she is finally rescued off the island after being stranded for 18 years.    As you probably know, Island of the Blue Dolphins was based on a true story, but the facts are few about the real Lost Woman.  So how would the talented writer Scott O'Dell concoct what happens to Karana?  The result, Zia, is terribly disappointing.    For starters, fans of Karana won't have much to read about.  At least half of the book deals with her niece and nephew trying to go to the island to rescue her.  The story is told completely from the niece's point of view.  We never get to hear what Karana herself thought about experiencing a new land and being reunited with people after so many years, and the sadness she must have faced at finding that her tribe was gone.  We learn almost nothing about what happened to Karana's father and sister, just that her sister's children have ended up orphans in a missionary.  And sadly, there's nothing interesting about Karana's niece Zia and her brother.  They merely serve as plot devices to stretch this paper-thin story out over 100 pages or so.    I now appreciate the "cliffhanger" ending of Island of the Blue Dolphins in its perfect simplicity.  It is better to leave the story when Karana leaves the island, and let it be.  Your own imagination about what it was like for Karana to live at a missionary where no one spoke her language and there was no trace of her tribe left is better than the depressing depiction of her life in Zia.  I wish I could erase Zia from my mind.    Zia truly is a sequel that should not have been written
Output: NEG
Last King of Scotland . Very good, but don't expect the movie.  Quite a few changes.
Output: POS
Good book . I love the Alice books even though sometimes they shock me with their content to be honest. I have read about 6 of these books and I go out of order because I can't always find the ones I'm looking for. I read "Including Alice" before this and thought it wasn't that great; this one was much better. There is comedy, irony, heart break and some happy moments too. Alice and her friends are very much like a lot of teens that I have come in contact with.     I was pretty sad about her break up with Patrick although I knew they were broken up already. I really think they are each other's first loves but I doubt they will end up together in the end. Most teen romances just don't work out.
Output: POS
NYT "Top 50" list . This book is phenomenally crafted, written with heart and sincerity.   I cannot recommend it strongly enough.  I learned about it through the recent New York Times "top fifty" recommended list, which included several authors I'd never heard of.   Frankly I was concerned that the list would have a couple of weak entries as happens.  "Independence Day" reaffirms my faith in reviews, polls, awards (Pulizer) and I'm glad to know that this is just the second installment of an iconic series.    To say the language "Independence Day" is poetic is an understatement.  Ford exercises control over both the vernacular and the estoric (on average I didn't know a word every five pages, but that's a good thing - the language is rich and sincere as is the engrossing narrative).  The word "Angstrom" appears in the book, perhaps a footnote to Updike, who knows?    Frank's sale to the Markhams is one of those protracted dramas, no, comedies, that weaves through like a Wagner liefmotif.   Wait, that simile strikes the wrong key, because the Markhams, as you get to know them, and you will, in richly parenthetical passages, represent everything you the reader and Frank dislike about pure unadulterated dumbasses.    Ok, I can go on and on about this book, it's subtleties, it's heartwrenching passages about love and divorce, but no, go read it
Output: POS
Should be required for all law students . I am a law student who read this edition of Blackstone's Commentaries for a jurisprudence course, and it was a great experience.  Blackstone details the inner logic and principles of the common law and why it stands as an equal among Greek, Roman, and civil law.  He also systematically details the logic and basis for the law of civil rights, property, civil procedure, and criminal law in England.  These sections provided me with a much better understanding of the origin and rationality behind our system of law.    In addition he also explains the historical origins of the common law and the political structure of England's government at the time just before our nation's independence and why it had been superior, at that time, to any other form of government in all of Europe in the securing and preservation of human liberty.  I highly recommend at least volume I to law students and even to any reader interested in better understanding the origins of our government.  His explanations in particular will give you a much better understanding of how English government functioned and how our government distinguished itself in substantial ways from England.    Any scholar, student, or avid reader of political science, law, or history will benefit and enjoy this great literary work.    Ignore the earlier critique of the font, the facsimile of the first edition really transports you back in time and the font is not that difficult to navigate.  The only real difference is "f" is used in place of "s" everywhere but in the last letter of words ("greateft" "fortrefs" "fubject" etc.).  Generally it's very clear when the "f" is an "s" although there are a few confusing exceptions (e.g. "wife" is "wise" as in the "wife laws of England...").  The first edition included footnotes where Blackstone cited English, Latin, and Roman works and these are reproduced here as well.
Output: POS
Of Two Minds, Again . The story is quite clunky and contrived, and yet, I still can't help but feel some affection for it, as, despite my opinions of Mr. Roeder's talents, he clearly feels deeply for his characters, and their none-to-realistic world.    The good things are here--while the characters are cardboard cut-outs, and the fact that the two couples are essentially dopplegangers, their plight is still quite a bit involving.    My negatives, though, really spring from the way the plot unfolds--far too quickly and far too coincidental.  I know that the chamber of horrors at the "mental hospital" is not far removed from reality, but for a lot of the story, the amazing circumstances that abound in the novel are a bit too much to bear.  And I can't quite parse the way Mr. Roeder attempts to ground his characters in a realistic setting, and then throws on paranormal experiences.    As escapist literature, I've read worse, but for something that seems to be striving towards realism, I just don't know
Output: NEG
A fun book for young children who love dinosaurs . My son, now 12, used to love this book when he was 3 and 4 years old. It was also a lot of fun to read for me
Output: POS
Terrific for toddler truck fanatics . My three year old son loves this book and anticipates the text
Output: POS
Historically important, but can't stand on its own. . This book is important for the historian who wishes to get a glimpse into the workings of the mind of an important figure in American Revolutionary history, but it doesn't stand on its own. It is written almost entirely as a response to Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France", so I would not recommend reading this one until and unless one has read that one. Otherwise, it is impossible to judge the fairness of the rebuttals of Burke's points, as one only sees them through Paine's perspective, and Paine is far from a fair and impartial debater; he misses no opportunity to belittle his opponent's arguments, and even his opponent himself. I would not be at all surprised to discover that he gives an inaccurate picture of what Burke had to say, particularly given that history speaks rather better of Burke's misgivings than of Paine's panegyrics. Both books were written before the Reign of Terror that resulted from the revolution in 1793; the second part of this book came out in early 1792. Also, history shows us just how silly some of Paine's claims for a Republican, representative government are: 200+ years of representative government in the US have hardly banished wars, or the high taxes associated with them, even though the world as a whole is far more democratic than it was at his time. He makes some good points, and certainly it is hard to stand up against him in favor of hereditary monarchy, but it is apparent that he failed to see that not ALL "democratic" movements were necessarily benificent, even if it would be hard to have much sympathy for the autocratic regime that they overthrow
Output: NEG
The distinct, distinguished Catholic voice from the South . I haven't read anything by Flannery O'Connor since "All Things That Rise Must Converge." I fell in love with her stories. There is so much life in them. I read this work to get an idea about her "sitz im leben", her life-situation, her milieu. A lot of it is correspondence, and there are some presentations as well. I am wondering if it speaks to the modern would-be novelist as much as it spoke to writers of her time and place. She says that one needs to write out of the context of where you are: the place, the people, the geography. This is mandatory, not optional.     This book is for writers. I appreciate her writing about how to be Catholic in the South, a very small minority. She has contributed much to finding faith in the stories of life, even violent and brutal stories. I look forward to my next work of hers
Output: POS
great book . This book never gets old.  It's timeless and always fun to read
Output: POS
Too broad and lacks depth . This is something for a new manager with little experience in not only systems administration but supervision.  This book may give a clue to someone who has just stepped into such a position but provides little depth and direction.  Unfortunately, there isn't any one book out there as management is a very complex role that encompasses many disciplines, any one of which would be a volume in itself.  I was very dissappointed and I find the other reviews misleading
Output: NEG
Boring! . Sorry, folks, I found The Sunday Wife to be shallow, predictable and just plain boring! None of the characters were appealing and, as I said, I thought it a boring plot
Output: NEG
Lacks clarity . The author talks about all major developments in the field of Quantum Physics as of the date the book was published, but does not explain them clearly, especially towards the end with topics such as super gravity. The diagrams appear out of sync with the text, and are not explained well. I somewhat liked the book in the begining, but at the end was forcing myself to finish it
Output: NEG
Glad to be done with it. . Predator is the worst book I have read in 2 months (I read a lot of books).  It is too dis-jointed and incongruous and lacks cohesiveness of plot and events.  The characters are poorly drawn (I hardly recognized the Scarpetta and Marino of earlier books).  The transition to reveal the perpetrator was abrupt and weak, leaving me feeling: "HUH??"  This the fourth (and it will be the last) book by Cornwell that I have read.  It was totally disappointing and I spent extra time on it just so I could complete it and "Forget about it"
Output: NEG
Nothing new to offer...available freely on website. . There are more than 140 popular chart pattern. I returned this book becuase whatever he mentioned is freely available on websites. I do not want to publicize any website. But do a search in Google for 'Stock Chart or Technical indicator' and you will get better explanation and tips than what is in this book.  I can not believe people go to seminar to hear this guy. The GOLDEN RULE... If the system works then may be start a hedge fund.. If it does not then write a book...hold seminar...
Output: NEG
Sad and strange. . I so do not understand all the rave reviews on this book. I read it recently for a book club selection, and let me tell you, If I didn't have to read it, I would have put it down after the first twenty pages, and never picked it up again. I found it to be dark, depraved, disgusting, and depressing! An examination of love in all it forms? Hardly! These characters were just plain goofy. I finally figured it out towards the end of the book, these characters were so miserable because they were lost spiritually. They were looking to other humans to provide them with true love, and that is just barking up the wrong tree. I am giving it one star only for the rich use of language
Output: NEG
THIS IS A MUST READ (STOP Hating!!!!!) . say what u want. i ABSOULETLY love this book. i feel Carmen's pain. & Men (& women who are narrowed minded) still believe it is okay for a man to do what with whoever with whomever & not be called slanderous names but when a woman does it, they are called 'a hoe/slut/b*tch/etc.' Come on now she (C.B.) is a beautiful woman & Men in the entertainment industry will do what ever to have beautiful women around them. end of story 'DON'T KNOCK HER SIDE OF THE STORY & OR HER & STOP F*CKING HATING! they put her in that industry so now she is speaking up & regardless if anyone wants to believe it or not, i bet my last dollar it is so very true!  luv ya, C
Output: POS
Yawn . This is said to be one of Nadine Gordimer's finest works, and she is a Nobel prize winner, so I hoped for great things when I picked this one out at the bookstore, unfortunately assuming that the Nobel prize would be a guarantee that I would love it.  Well, I didn't love it.  While indeed a competent storytelling, I don't really regard this as literature.  There is not the fire, imagination or creativity one expects, nor the sophistication that should elevate such a work above its peers.  I managed to get to the end, but I can't say that I felt or learned anything at all.  It makes me wonder if there were political, rather than literary reasons that caused the Nobel comittee to honor this author.
Output: NEG
Great first hand account of aerial combat during the Fall of France . Fighter Pilot lays claim to being the first published account of aerial combat during the Second World War. Originally published anonymously during the war, the author literally flew missions during the day while meeting with the editor in pubs at night to finish the book.    Richey's book reads like a daily journal of his adventures after deploying to France in 1939 to wait out the "Phony War." Once Germany blitzed France and the Low Countries though, things became very busy very quickly. Richey, like his compatriots, fought bravely, but they were greatly outnumbered. As France's defenses collapsed, there was very little they could do.    One of the most interesting aspects is how his view of the war changes from before the shooting war through just a few weeks of real fighting. Their original notion of their work is very chivalrous and idealistic, with lots of references to "our turn" to repeat the noble efforts of the aces from World War I. After downing their first German, they gather war trophies from the plane, take pictures, and invited a captured German pilot over for beer and celebration.    A few weeks later, as the British Expeditionary Force continues to retreat, France collapses, and many of their squadron mates in the earlier photos have been killed, there is little chivalry and idealism left. They settle into the grim business of fighting for their life, realizing that the Battle of France is lost and growing fear for what will happen to Britain.    Even in comparing it to World War One accounts (McCudden, Lewis, or Biddle), initially there is a lot of similarity in the events and encounters. Then, it quickly spirals into a brutal onslaught.    The book is easy to read and flows very well. Most readers are probably surprised to learn the book finishes before the Battle of Britain begins. Fortunately, there is a sequel, Fighter Pilot's Summer, that Richey started during the war, but which wasn't completed until after his death in the 1990's.    Any aviation and World War II history buff will be extremely happy with the book and primary source material. This is particularly true given the wealth of information on the Battle of Britain, but the dearth of writing on the air war over France that was the prelude. This book fills an important gap in first hand accounts of aerial combat during the Battle for France.
Output: POS
helpful . I have my degree in English... I like reading and teaching with this version as "help" not as a substitution. It gives a clearer understanding to Shakespeare for people who have difficulty with it.
Output: POS
Delightfully Delicious . Not only does Kathy Casey's Northwest Table have delightfully delicious recipes it is a great read. The photos are amazing and remind me how grateful I am to live here in the Northwest. I look forward to using each recipe. The articles along with the recipes give me further insight on the food I am preparing, helping me to better understand food and to be a more educated chef! She has a unique artistic talent that should be shared with all!
Output: POS
This didn't make me happy . - Its hard to be emphathetic towards a protagonist who's depressed and decides to have an affair when she already has a great husband, two healthy children and no financial worries.    Two stars because the addition of the "history of happiness" (research for a book she is writing) was interesting.
Output: NEG
Beautiful . One of the best novels I have ever read.  This book has everything a good read should:  characters that become real to the reader, a wonderful sense of place, a sense of history and knowledge.  Not only do you get completely wrapped up in the world of Vine Sullivan, but you also learn more about yourself in the process.  A truly beautiful book that I can't recommend highly enough.  I've bought a copy for everyone I love
Output: POS
The lights are going out all over Europe... . "The Guns of August" documents the events, conversations, strategies, and expectations that unfolded across Europe from July to September 1914.  To brutally paraphrase the 500 pages of Barbara Tuchman's genius....in regards to the outbreak of World War I, virtually everything that was expected didn't happen, and everything that could have gone wrong did.  Contrary to the "domino effect" jargon we're taught in high school (the war was a spontaneous reaction to Archduke Ferdinand's assassination), Tuchman illustrates quite convincingly (as German primary sources have supported...read Kaiser Wilhelm II and General Moltke's speeches and memoirs), this war had years in the planning.     In the movie "Thirteen Days", President Kennedy uses the book as a means to deride his hawkish generals and what he considers their poor sense of long-sighted policymaking.  He uses the mistakes made by the generals in "The Guns of August" as examples.  But the book is not about the idiocy of generals, or even politicians.  The book does not lay blame or point fingers.  And when the book does pass judgment (stubborn Joffre's Plan 17 should have been aborted much sooner), it reciprocates in later pages (Joffre's stubbornness helps turn the German right flank).      The one question underlying the entire book is "What if?"  What if the Belgians at Liege hadn't fought?  What if von Kluck hadn't swung his First and Second Armies inland?  What if Britian had refused to add its troops to the French Sixth Army?  What if the German captain hadn't been killed and the German HQ battle plans not been intercepted?  Every page offers these "What ifs", and it keeps the reader on his/her toes.    This book also shuts up the armchair generals who glance over a war, like a road crew worker on Monday morning discussing a football game, and says, "What idiots...why didn't they do this?  Why didn't they do that?  How could they not see what was coming?"  "The Guns of August" answers these questions, and when the situations are examined up close and personal, it's clear that the men running Europe made about as reasonable, logical, and cautious decisions as can be made in wartime.  We have the luxury of not only hindsight, but of viewing the war as a whole.  In the middle of the war, a field officer knows only the battle around him and what information he receives from other officers.    Spread a rumor around your work or school, and in a single week see how distorted the rumor has become from the original one you spread.  Now pass a vital piece of information up and down lines of divisions and corps and armies during a full-fledged world war and see how great your communication is.      You don't need to be a military historian to follow this book.  There are maps to help the confused reader.  If there are wartime lessons to learn from the book, they are these:  remain strategically flexible, know your enemy, and plan for contingencies
Output: POS
This Text is only for Advanced Studies . I strongly believe that this book could easily create misunderstandings to a student of Harmony. i found this book almost chaotic when I studied it as  a Harmony sudent. In comparison to Walter Piston's Harmony this book has  not a straight and organised method of teaching and I only recommend it for  advanced students
Output: NEG
Difficult Conversations . No one likes difficult conversations, but we must have them. This book guides you in dealing positively with these situations and conversations to make the best possible outcome
Output: POS
Championship Ball by Coach Clair Bee . The book I read was Championship Ball, by Clair Bee. Championship Ball is about a high school basketball player named Chip. Chip is an extremely good athlete and is a starting basketball player for his high school. Everything was going great until something happened that would change Chips life forever. During a basketball game Chip got tripped up and hit the ground hard. As Chip was writhing in pain, the team trainer came out to assist him. As it turned out Chip had fractured his ankle in several places. It was pretty bad which would mean that he would have to watch the games from the team bench for the rest of the year most likely. As his team goes on without him, they are doing quite well. They are making a championship run, and they are doing quite well, and they eventually get there. Before the big championship game, Chip was begging his coach to let him play. Chip's coach is not sure if Chip is  ready to play just yet, but Chip is by far the best athlete on the team. Will Chip get to play in the big game, or will he have to spend yet another game spectating from the bench.  I really enjoyed the book because it is very suspenseful, and it is hard to put down. It is suspenseful because throughout the book the author does not tell you Chips condition in its entirety, and whether or not he will get to play in the up coming games. There was on thing that I did not like about the book and that is the repetitiveness. It seemed like every time a big game was about to unfold, the same thing happened on the court. Also every time Chip asked his coach to play, he always said no, so you kind of almost expect it.   My strongest reason for recommending this book is that it is very well put together. Also if you are into sports or you like suspense and action, then you will probably love this book because it has all of these aspects.
Output: POS
OUTSTANDING!!!! . Chock full of SQL tips, tricks, and goodies, this is the kind of Cookbook that I would expect as it relates to this topic.  Any SQL programmer could stand to learn from the best and learn the techniques that will make their DB code shine, and having this book by your side will only help you take the journey to greatness in the SQL world.    Required purchase for any SQL developer... period.    ***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDE
Output: POS
A book with to many numbers and figures . I bought this book to learn some interisting new facts that I have not heard about before. Well this book didn't do that. Most of the stuff in this book I have read in other places and it was written better. Like The "Red Queen" by Matt Ridley & "Why is Sex Fun" by Jarod Diamond.   This book relies to heavely on statistical data to come up with anything very interisting. I found myself skipping complete pages and chapters because of the boredom for having to read to many statistics.  If you are looking to use this book as a resource to quote statistics about sex then you are in good shape, this book will give you plenty of that. Other wise i recomend that you stir clear of this book.
Output: NEG
This book REALLY wants you to know it's a book... . I like self-reference jokes. I enjoy them quite a bit, actually. But this book beats you over the head with it. I wanted to read the whole thing, just so I could feel like I had a more informed opinion than I would otherwise, but I got about halfway through and there was no sign of it ever getting any better. I see a lot of reviews full of praise here, but for me reading this was incredibly tedious. He lost me forever when he was being interviewed to be on The Real World. The only reason I gave this book two stars was because I didn't finish reading it and it could be that the constant self-reference is actually some genius device in which we're shown how arrogant the main character is. But I don't really care, I hated it.
Output: NEG
underwhelmed . I've heard Al Lee speak before and thought that what he had to say was sensible.  However, although I basically agree with his approach, I just cannot recommend his book.  I found it to be too simplistic and to contain too much filler.  There are many much better real estate investment books out there.    Some specific complaints:  * The margins are ridiculously wide; this book is much smaller than it seems.  * Some of the appendixes (especially appendix A) contained too much filler.  * much of the book is a painfully detailed description of fields in a spreadsheet.  This sort of documentation should be directly in the spreadsheet (where it will be in sync with the latest version of the spreadsheet, etc... rather than in a book.)  * When I heard Al speak in person he emphasized new homes and owning property in remote locations if needed (eg, owning property in Dallas even if one does not live there).  The book did not really touch on either of these topics.    That said, I did find a couple parts of this books to be useful or interesting.  These are:  * The chapter on Financial Statements was useful; In particular the ways that items for a rental property (like rents due, funds in lender held escrow accounts, property taxes due, etc...) show up on the statements was interesting.  * The tip that you can begin advertising a property for rent before you have closed on it.  * The tip that you can try to time your lease expiration dates to  be during times when school is out.  * The recommendation that you work with a property manager who is willing to / capable of helping you find properties to purchase
Output: NEG