Warning: very challenging material
919757
I have studied Computer Engineering, Mathematics and law; I also gamble for a living. That said, this is the most challenging gambling book I have ever read. The concepts in sequence tracking are a hundred times as difficult as card-counting (which are trivially easy for anyone who has done it).

The mathematics explaining why certain ideas work become progressively more complicated. By the time you are halfway through the 129 pages of the main book, each line of mathematical analysis requires concentrated effort to follow. I did not check for errors at that point, but I saw no fallacies in the first 70 pages.

Despite the difficulty of the material, these techniques look promising from a mathematical point of view. Unfortunately, there are fewer than 400 people in the U.S. with the mathematics and general gambling skills required to benefit from it. It is a fascinating book, but incomprehensible to most people.

If you are thinking about buying it, you should be able to 1. Easily count cards, and 2. have a good understanding of slug tracking. If you cannot master those first two areas, this book will be beyond you.
757974
The mural itself is lovely. However to putting it up will destroy your sanity. Matching the 8 pieces and cutting them down to size will take hours. After you have everything ready and get underway you will realize that this paper was clearly crafted to be as difficult to install as possible. Wallpaper paste causes it to become soggy and hard to manage. Once applied to a wall even the slightest pressure will cause it to tear. However should you wish to cut it, that will be impossible and cause ugly jagged uneven edges. The paper expands and stretches on the wall making matching pieces a whole 1/2 inch different in width. In the end you'll need to stock up on some craft paint to hide tears and mismatches. Better yet hire someone to strip your job down and put up something else.
4890452
This book is very confusing.  If you look up a vocabulary word in the back of the book, it gives you a number, but when I turned to that page number or maybe it was a section number (I couldn't figure it out), I was unable to find the vocabulary word in question.  Much too challenging for my ESL students (and me!)
4916448
I like a challenge.  These pieces are abnormally shaped which made this challenging.  Good puzzle.
3623169
This puzzle let me to the breaking point on more than one occasion.  The hanging curtains were very difficult to put together.  Also, the picture frames seem unique but the sheer volume of puzzle pieces that made up the frames made them pretty hard also.  The other tricky part is that the vast majority of the puzzle involved muted tones.  However, you get a beautiful finished product at the end.
1224232
This is a very study lines than can probably take a little abuse.
1706792
Bought the fencing manual because I practice HEMA, but it's definitely not for the feint of heart. It's challenging to read and interpret, especially if you're doing it solo. For the casual practioners, I wouldn't recommend starting with this, despite what you might read from other HEMAists (they would probably recommend the 1570 edition anyway). The treatise's terminology is difficult, and the archaic language makes figuring out the instructions painful.

Start with YouTube videos first. If you have access to instructors and/or study groups, go with them as well. Only then should you consider reading the treatise.

I don't regret the purchase as it's the actual translation of a historical manual. But it will take a while before I try to go through it again.
3604447
Very difficult text-I'd like to hear from other Arabic learners on this-Makes me feel dumb but I guess its only by being challenged do we improve
2710817
This book is incredibly not student friendly.  I get the feeling it is written more for teachers, or maybe someone who understands the material.  It is very hard to read and understand because it uses complicated wording, instead of conveying the info in an easy to understand manner. I feel like the author wanted to impress the reader with the complexity of the material.  I don't recommend this book if you want to learn the material.
2259083
It's a good read for learning digital circuits.  But the questions in the chapter end are tougher then the material presented.  You'll need alternate materials / professor / tutor to do really well with this book, IMO.
4333115
This textbook is very detailed but quite difficult unless you enjoy doing a lot of grunt work withh very little reading material. The lessons are manageable until about half-way through, then the burden of the grammar and vocabulary requires constant review because it is not supported by enough reading material and exercises.
There is a new 2nd edition that corrects a few annoying things in this older edition, and does add a small amount of addition reading exercises.
This book will be good as a reference text later in your study, but isn't well designed to help you master the material, especially on your own.
There is a separate answer key.  I advise getting the 2nd edition in any case.
1225717
Darn this is a good book, but difficult. Veeery difficult. As is everything of hers I have read so far. Darn. Pointed in her direction by Slavoj Zizek in his book&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Less-Than-Nothing-Hegel-And-The-Shadow-Of-Dialectical-Materialism/dp/1781681279/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Less Than Nothing: Hegel And The Shadow Of Dialectical Materialism</a>&nbsp;where he credits her interpretation of Hegel in her book&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/The-Future-of-Hegel-Plasticity-Temporality-and-Dialectic/dp/0415287219/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality and Dialectic</a>. Argh! Bad thing about the complexity of the prose is I can't recommend this to beginning philosophy students. I suppose this stuff only appeals to and makes sense to grad students who have had a fairly large dose of Hegel and contemporary European philosophy. But for this book a large dose of Freud is also in order as Malabou makes Neuroscience march to Freud's drum. And she also quotes Spinoza - probably quoting Damazio&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Looking-for-Spinoza-Joy-Sorrow-and-the-Feeling-Brain/dp/0156028719/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain</a>&nbsp;that a man can die before his body is dead.
1486197
Book's content is Superb.  Size, paper sheen and weight make it almost impossible to read unless it is on a "book prop" of some sorts..not easy to study with.  I recommend the audio book coupled with the MyPschLab.  Excellent shipping time though, thank you.
3084511
This is an incredible book for study - if you cannot learn anything from this book, you must be dead!  It is terribly heavy, though, and I may have to change my tote bag that I usually take to Bible study classes.
1690216
This book has a ton of great material, however readers should be warned that many people interested in this book may not be able to immediately apply the content. For example, Level 1 has to do with the fact that you have received some sort of leadership position. That appointment to a leadership position represents the lowest level of leadership in that it has nothing to do with character and drive. Rather, someone just trusted that you could perform well in that role. I am not currently in a leadership position, so technically speaking (according to this material), Im not yet a Level 1 Leader. I should stress that reading this isn't offensive, because it gives me something to work towards. In fact, each level has characteristics that I can start to live out right where Im at today. The author points out that a Level 2 Leader may have a lot of Level 4 characteristics, but because one or more things are missing from the total picture, they are still at Level 2.

Here are the different levels:

-Level 1  Position (you are appointed to a leadership role)
-Level 2  Permission (people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care)
-Level 3  Production (making things happen separates real leaders from wannabes)
-Level 4  People Development (helping new leaders below you grow extends your influence and impact)
-Level 5  The Pinnacle (the highest leadership accomplishment is developing other leaders to Level 4)
3366826
A more accurate name for this book would be "15 Ridiculously Difficult Tests for the SAT Math Level 2 Subject Test".

WAY more difficult than the actual SAT Math, as the author admits in the preface, it'll get you pulling your hair out till you go bald.

I only did 10 of these tests, and they were easily more difficult than my Calculus and trigo finals in Grade 12!!

Not that all of this is a bad thing, after doing these tests, I improved my score by more than 150 points on the actual SAT Math Level 2 test.

Just remember, if you can get even 32-33 out of 50 in THIS book, you'll easily get a perfect score on the actual SAT. My highest on one of these was 31, and I'm expecting about 770-800 on my test, depending on the grading curve.
803440
Very challenging course.  Good to have the CD for resources.