An old and very basic book
924944
This book that has been reprinted in 2008 is a bit outdated and still discusses barographs that are not used in contests anymore. Also, the discussion of airspace is irrelevant in US where basically, restricted airspace is only around airports and everywhere else it is OK to fly up to 17900 feet (class E/G airspace).  This book has *no* equations at all and does not refer to other books like Stull's Meteorology for Scientists and Engineers or better Boundary Layer Meteorology. Figure 2.10 at page 14 is incorrect. The author ignored the concepts of surface layer and mixing layer and the resulting equilibrium in the mixed layer where dT / dz = -g / Cp = -9.75 K / km. Also, there is no mention of the rule of thumb that a thermal reaching n x 1000 feet will have a vertical velocity of n knots. This rule of thumb does have a theoretical background. The book Understanding the sky from Dennis Pagen is much better because it introduces some equations where the pilot can assess what is happening.  I would also recommend the book Cross Country Soaring from Reichmann. The book discussed here is useful for a student pilot who wants  to climb 1000 metres or may be do his 50 kilometre leg for the Silver badge. It is of little interest to a scientifically minded advanced pilot.
3104066
I did not enjoy this cook book, I found it to be extremely basic, nothing new.
2887302
This was a pretty basic book.  If you're new to Linux and maybe even operating systems in general, then this book might be helpful.  I sent it off to the local donation center.
2794201
This is a good starter book but now getting a bit dated.  The chapters at the end of the book are outdated and may not be useful unless you are trying to work on some inherited software/web design.
1598907
Not much to it really.  Very basic text and illustrations.
1873467
If you know absolutely nothing about cars then this could be useful, but very basic. Not like the manuals of the past.
2350205
No pictures, very basic- common sense like material
3832936
Very basic read.  I thought I would be getting a lot of tips and hidden info, but it's back dated and there's a lot that I already knew.
2898880
A nice book, although very dated.  ALL these boats are  very eppensive, so if you are expecting to trade in your Ventura 22 and get one of these, forget it.  Nice to look at, and you may get some good ideas out of it, but it's strictly coffee table material.
2879249
Very basic book good for beginners but did not have anything I didn't already know.
4736820
The first thing to say about this book is that it's rather thin. And it contains a LOT of screenshots. Which means it's really a very basic "introduction" book rather than a "Pro" one. But worse than that, it was obsolete even before it was published!

Unfortunately, the approach taken is very much a "step by step" guide showing each and every screenshot of what the UI should look like as you work your way through different wizards and scenarios. The trouble is that UI changed even before the book was published. The book was written to a beta version of Visual Studio 2010 despite being officially published after Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate was released. Those who want a detailed guide will get frustrated at the "treat the user like an idiot and show him every screenshot" approach taken (presumably to help pad the page count out) while those who like this style will quickly get frustrated because the screenshots don't reflect any kind of reality as too much has been changed since the beta.

Apress publish some great books, but this isn't one of them. My guess is that it's been rushed to market to cash in on the demand for information before what most consider "the bible" (Julie Lehrman's O'Reilly book) gets updated to the latest version. Clearly Julie and her publishers have more integrity, waiting until the product is "fully baked" before rushing out a book on the product. And certainly her "Version 1" book on the same subject had far more depth and detail than this slim, introductory volume does.

I regret buying this book, and would strongly urge others to avoid doing so. Wait for the O'Reilly book, or an alternative that reflects the reality of what you'll have to work with, rather than an early beta.
4710412
This book may have been useful when it first came out 25 years ago but it is too dated to be applicable today. While I often find gems of information in older books, this doesn't happen to be one of them. Save your money or buy it used.
186892
What this book is:

1) Dated. PJ wrote this book in 2002, using thoughts and techniques applicable to a Pentium 4 Xeon world (2001). In 2002 folks often ran option book position MC simulations *overnight.*

* Also, GOOGLE Scholar wasn't out yet....if you wanted to collect all the papers and abstracts on MC methods in 2002 you had to talk to a librarian.

2) Basic. Well, now it is basic....but when it first came out it was sharply focused on finance and it was three years ahead of Glasserman's book.

3) This book is okay for what it is, which is a topical outline, some lecture notes introducing a reasonably well math trained audience to MC and finance. In 2001 MC was a cutting edge new thing. People forget what 2001 was like: Heck, one bank was flogging that it had a 200 node binomial model programmed in Excel available for customer use on an *appointment* basis. That was the state of things at the time.

What this book is not:

1) a cookbook. There is no "cut and paste" code in here. In 2001-2 believe it or not code was made by the sweat of your brow and was considered highly proprietary. Okay so in 2007 we just cobble together Franken-code and debug, but that wasn't the way it was in 2002. There weren't "Numerical Recipes in [code flavour of the month] sites. And folks were fired for showing code ot other people.

2) It won't teach you math. You are supposed to have learned a lot of the stuff this assumes you know.

3) It won't teach you programming in [pick your language] or its step-daughters.

4) Complete. This is expanded lecture notes. Is every low discrepancy method covered? (and all its weird names) No. Is every Greek covered and every possible expression? No. Is every application covered? Hmmm, still looking for that hybrid bond model in here.....not even in the index.

5) A replacement for work. This is a "topics in" and "helpful directions" and "friendly discussion" book. It does not solve your problem on your platform for your goals. It also won't wipe your rear end, buy you beers, tuck you in at night, or let you call it "Rosie." As in Rosie fingers and Harry palm.

So what is this book good for? Well, it is a not too bad a primer, it builds your vocabulary and helps your conceptualization of goals and purposes, and if you move on to Glasserman your comprehension will be much higher, although I'm not sure he covers that much more that much better.

But if you come from a science or math background that has used MC for other purposes, and you know programming, you can probably figure out most of what PJ covers on your own.
655506
This is an older book and if I had had it 30 years ago it would have been more helpful. Now that I am approaching retirement, it contains things I have already figured out. It also is a little dated and old school. I confess that I didn't finish reading it. But, if you are just starting out in this ministry business, read it.
37568
I was disappointed to find out how long ago this book was written.  It is very outdated.  It is not an easy read.  If you like nostalgia then this is your book.  If you want to know what the etiquette is for emailing invitations this is not that book.  It was published around 1950.  It was not what I thought is was going to be.
46221
I am well researched on this topic and found this book to be very basic. Some info is outdated (such as the notion of being on pain meds for months.) Also, there are spelling errors, such as "bowl movements" instead of bowel movements and the manner of writing is awkward. Very amateurish book that will only be helpful to those with very little knowledge of this topic and even then, the info is somewhat outdated.
849860
I think the title of the books says it pretty clear "better photo BASICS" if you know how to manage your camera if you had read other introductory books I would mind reading this one. It is too basic.

Also I think it lacks connection with its readership. You will learn but its kind of a boring book.