good reference for beginners
922465
I'm new to writing short stories and I found this book helpful and motivational.

The book is short (138 pages) and an easy read. It touches on various aspects of writing short stories such as, how difficult it is to get a short story published, how novels and short stories differ, craft advice and submission tips. The appendix also includes a list of different magazines one may submit to and a formatting checklist.

While this book would not be of much use to experienced short story writers, it is a good stepping stone for writers new to the genre.

*I had received a free copy of this book.*
1269680
Good information and easy to follow for beginners. I enjoyed this book, short and straight to the point. It can be a little too obvious sometimes, but as a beginners you have to learn from scratch!
2066744
Good basic information with many specifics for all models listed. Would like better pictures and specifics for some items, but all in all gives a good source to many of the details of the motorcycle given. Also, would have preferred different models broken up differently in book, but perhaps some of the information would have been repeated. I bought it for information more than to use to do my own work so it has served me well as one source of access.
1711944
This book is adequate to help me work on my "new to me", 30 year old Yamaha.  Good basic information, but it leaves me wanting more pictures and diagrams.  This book covers many models, so the detail for my particular bike is sometimes lacking or hard to find.  Note that this book is English, so you get spanners instead of wrenches and tyres instead of tires.  There is an English to American translation guide though.  I got a kick out of that!
3106586
Good tutorial for beginners. The variety keeps it interesting. All around good little book.
380133
Great reference for the beginner and someone who knows js. I could do without the tutoriial based design, but then Again if i were new i'd pprobably appriciate it. Good read, didn't tire me... Author knows his stuff and the structure is good. Thumbs up from me
1360097
I found this book to be very helpful for interested beginners. It offers a lot of basic information and presents it in a clear and precise manner.
2665443
A good basic reference.  I personally would like more photos/references to actual existing pieces of equipment, but the plates are attractive and reasonably accurate represenations.  Overall, a good beginning reference and a great place to start research.
772731
Good reference book without having to Google what you need.
2526602
There's not much out there in the way of this style of reading. It is a good beginning, but it lacks some detail - specifically where the playing card insets are concerned. Overall a fairly good job. I would suggest this be in a serious beginners repertoire of reference books on the subject. Steinbach is clear and stays true to the original method. She shows the novice how to read the card combos frontwards and back, meaning clover + ship = advantageous trip vs ship + clover  which could indicate a travel opportunity. There are subtle differences in the formation of the interpretation based upon location. This is probably the first decent book on the subject in English.
4467346
This is a good overview. It is a good reference to
have around, particularly for amateurs who seek straight forward information.
4176655
This is a good book if your just starting out.  A lot of it is common sense but there are some good pointers.  I would recommend it.  Easy read.  Also has some good resources.
4925063
This is a book for beginners, that's good for me because I'm a beginner. I did find some different helpful suggestions in this book ( different from the my other 5 books made by other authors) .
1431157
I thought this was a great book for a great price. Perfect amount of information for beginners and a good reference to keep on hand. Also the beautiful cover makes for a nice-looking coffee table book!
4722521
This book is good for a beginner.  You figure out your style according to four models and can see advice for suits, ties, shirts, socks, and shoes.  Advice for style spans from formal to semi-formal.  I picked this book up while waiting for a friend at Nordstroms and had to have my own, Amazon-priced copy for help buying nice clothing and dressing like a pro.  The appendix also shows how to tie ties, bow ties, and lays out accessories.
3973061
This is a good beginner's source of information. The  scriptural references are solid. The writing is easy to understand. I have passed this one on to another to share the scriptural basis of the faith.
4517310
I echo the previous review - this book is heavy duty for beginners and there are a lot of pictures to thumb through.  However, I'm a beginner beginner and I had a lot of flower pictures I had taken that I wanted to identify.  This book was a great help, along with Audubon's Field Guide to North American Wildflowers.  This book covers much that theirs doesn't - not a whole lot of overlap between the two - so they're very complementary.  If you don't mind taking the time to go through the EXCELLENT pictures, this is a very good reference - especially for someone who know next to nothing about wildflowers such as myself.