A lot of great information, but not a lot of explaining
928718
I had high hopes for this book, and when I saw some of the negative reviews before I read it, I was surprised.  But it deserved the negatives.  The book states that it is geared to those with a medium to high level of experience with CSS, but in practice, it assumes you know exactly what some arcane CSS selector like

html > body > table > tbody > tr#main > td > form .crForm > h2 .crHeading

means.  I don't expect a tutorial, but maybe a quick review or summary of how the various selectors work.

There are a bunch of typos, missing information, unneccesary illustrations, and more.  In fact, the second sentence of the book is garbled. In one case, the text says to "press Option+Control+I (for Windows)" -- an obvious cut-and-paste error from the previous part of the sentence for Mac users; my Windows keyboard doesn't have an "Option" key.  Another issue is that the font used for code examples is somewhat small, and the characters used for curly brackets "{" and "}" and square brackets "[" and "]", are hard to distinguish. And the number 1 and lower-case "l" are hard to distinguish. There are lots of cases where the author lists some code, and doesn't explain exactly why it is solving or causing a problem; you get to determine that.

Some of the suggestions are downright poor, such as the possibility of using a Unicode  2605 (Black Star), which is this, if you have a fairly complex font installed: "'". (That showed up for me in the text area input box, but didn't on the formatted review.) The other 99.999% of your web audience will see the dreaded blank square box.  In other situations, he provides solutions that he admits won't work on a variety of browsers.

But other than that... there are some good qualities.  There are a lot of neat layouts detailed, and the book has a nice amount of humor sprinkled through it.  Just be prepared for a big collection of tips, and not a guided tour, and you'll be okay.  He does a good job at detailing the importance of catering to screen readers and other methods used by those with disabilities, along with the importance of providing print style sheets.  He also clearly explains the nuances of padding and margins.  The index is pretty good.
2871711
A lot of information.  Not for the average Joe that doesn't have time to read all that.
3269349
This book comprises an extremely comprehensive review of the author's opinion of the required diet, etc. to overcome both types 1 and 2 diabetes in addition to the necessary supplements, temporary and permanent.

I acquired much useful information from this book.

However, the author's attitude is somewhat arrogant and gives the impression that he thinks he is the only one with access to the truth of the matter.

He is a research chemist and writes like one medical man discoursing to
others with a similar background. The book is not always completely comprehensible to the layman with no previous specialized knowledge. The exact nature of some of the supplements referred to is not explained, leaving the reader somewhat in the dark. Some of the abbreviations are not explained either.

Perhaps especially as regards the chapters on hormones I felt like the matter is just too complicated and it would be absolutely superfluous to make the effort to get hold of these nebulous substances. However, I suppose it's better to have too much information than too little.

His views can seem somewhat extreme and sometimes opposed to what we have otherwise been told. For example, he believes we should limit ourselves to two meals a day, instead of frequent small meals.

One aspect I lack a clear statement about is whether or not persons suffering from type 1 insulin dependent diabetes can be completely cured by natural methods.

On the whole, a valuable, credible book packed also with statistical information, but to my taste overly erudite, making it slightly difficult for the layman to fully comprehend.
2636874
I learned a lot of useful bits from this book. I also learned that there are a lot of unknowns and most of the stuff I read and hear online and in articles is mostly marketing and hype. Some of the information is also useless to me, but still interesting and entertaining. Just for the practical pieces of information alone it was worth the buy.
4246981
I have found a lot of great information in this book. It is very good if you are a novice and you want to get an average level of knowledge regarding building and improving cylinder heads, camshafts and valvetrains.  On the other hand, the book won't be of much help to the amateur mechanic  wanting to improve his car. It lacks a finer lever of detail. I have tried  some of the performance tricks suggested in this book, on the cylinder head  of a small European car (R12, 1397ccm): I did some valve unmasking and  worked on the intake ports. Although it seems there's some performance  increase, the result is not breathtaking. Still, following the suggestions  in the book I succeeded to rebuilt an engine in such a way than, if it  hasn't gained as much power as I expected, it definitely has gained  reliability.
2438779
Up front, I'm not a karate expert.  Maybe this is something that would be more useful to someone who is an expert.  I have a working knowledge of karate and a few other martial arts, and an interest in self-improvement through the martial arts.  While I did find the author's writing and translations to be thorough, and clear, I did not find the contents of the majority of the book to be very useful.  The historical articles were interesting and well researched, but they took up the bulk of the book and were written by contemporary scholars.  A large chunk of the book is dedicated to herbal medicine that was both confusing and impractical.  The end of the book is interesting because it includes a number of possible drills, but I felt as though it was a lot of time invested for just a small amount of real information.

In sum, the author does an amazing job at the task he set out to do, but ultimately I did not find the Bubishi to be as invaluable as it has been suggested to me.
4783410
This book is well illustrated and contains a lot of good information. It covers all wild cats, worldwide. The coverage is a bit sparse on some lesser species and excessive on the more popular cats such as lions and tigers. For instance, it is interesting to know the size of the home range for a species, but it gets a bit tedious when the book provides excessive data on home ranges at multiple locations in multiple countries. This same thing occurs with feeding, breeding behavior, etc. There is tremendous and boring detail on the more popular species and very little on the lesser known cats. I realize that there just isn't much research data on the less known species, but we don't need all those boring details on the major species. The book is written as a scientific document, using a lot of technical language. It is a bit of a struggle for a non-zoologist to wade through.
3240050
The author seems to bounce around a bit, bringing in subjects that aren't explained until later (although he himself points this out). VERY good information, I really like the style of writing and explanation.
3805119
This book or more accurately "novella-lite" had some really good material on how to avoid falling into the traps Capitalism sets up for the consumer.

However, at only 58 pages, there isn't a lot of research or anecdotes (other than the author's personal life) to back up some of the tips.

I feel that with a lot more work and some real research this book could turn into something really great as well as informative and educational.
2448347
Not a bad review on HRT options. Really quite technical and full of details that anyone but a health care provider will have difuculty fully grasping, but for those laypeople motivated to read it, it will still be quite usefull. As a health care provider myself, I wish the book was less wordy and had more bullet point summary charts with just the facts listed about various treatment options. Still, good information overall, and once I get motivated enough to type up my own summary sheets, I will likely use the info quite a bit in practice.
209990
lacks detail,but not bad for overall information
29107
I was really looking forward to this book and was a bit disappointed. It has some great information and I learned a lot, but there were also quite a few places where I felt more explanation or pictures were needed and I had a hard time understanding some of the concepts.
4696999
There's a lot of good info in this book, lots of stuff to provoke thought, and it is presented in a very simple and easy to understand format that communicates the points well - like a military training manual (but with a little more humour)

Unfortunately, it tends to rehash subjects discussed in Speed Secrets and Inner Speed Secrets, which means that the amount of new material (for owners of the other two) is roughly half of what is already a pretty thin book.

Between the three books, there is one outstanding book in there. If Mr Bentley writes another installment (as he threatens to do in this book) I hope he compliles all his books into one big one, adds a couple of new chapters to cover whatever new material he wants to add, and then edits it into a coherent whole.
3528164
Very informative but lots of math. Sometimes too much info
2960067
The book is a very good read with lots of neat info but it doesn't go into much depth on specific things that new beek like myself wanted to know about. Guess I have to research online for more in depth info, Other than that I enjoy reading it
4156081
This is a great book with an amazing amount of information. The audio version is also awesome, however, what seems like half of the last few chapters is all a bunch of links and it becomes very hard to follow
3503446
It basically elaborates more in depth what's on the website, but it also brings up more information from around the world. I don't quite understand exactly the whole meaning behind the the book as to why everything points to Sirius. So if you buy this book expecting an explanation you aren't going to get it.