I found it ok but very outdated information
353922
I found it a ok read but very outdated information. There is more done today in research on doing energy work. But as far as the Law Attraction goes. I do not see  it really valid study.
3489850
This book has some okay information in it but I did not feel like it contained anything revolutionary. There really weren't any great pointers in it that I felt could help me write a breakout novel.

This book is also very outdated in places. For example, the author's assertion that e-books aren't anything special is now flat-out wrong. Maass's book is now more than a decade old and e-books are now outselling hardback books. The author states that e-books are just hype and are not a publishing revolution. Of course, we all now know this assertion is completely wrong. (Sorry Donald Maass...your crystal ball must have been a bit fuzzy the day you wrote about e-books)

We are now seeing a revolution in publishing where authors are choosing to self-publish via e-books rather than going the traditional route and many authors are raking in the cash this way and becoming big-name authors this way. This is how we got such books as the "Fifty Shades of Grey." They started out as e-books. And if you haven't heard of Amanda Hocking, you should look her up. She became a millionaire from selling e-books. There are other examples of authors breaking out this way, too, such as the author of "Wool," "Maid for the Billionaire," and others.

Maass was very wrong on his assertion that e-books were some kind of fad and that traditional publishing was always going to be the way to go in order to develop your literary career.
4292255
Book was helpful in locating campsites. But because it is outdated, much of the information is not longer correct.
2771967
I read this book hoping to find some new online marketing strategies and ideas. Since I've been studying and practicing online marketing for years, I found nothing new here. However, if you're brand new to online marketing, this could be a decent guide. Part of the book are outdated by now though, like the "Driving Traffic With Digg" section. Also, the whole book felt like a selling piece for the author's Hubspot Marketing Grader services. For more easily actionable internet marketing information and guidance, I'd recommend reading old articles on ProBlogger.
1657579
This book doesn't quite match its cover - the information is rather dated  and needs an overhaul for 2014. Younger readers would find the information less relevant (i.e. little mention of internet use and young adults'  social events for example). Parents taking their children to live in Malaysia or individuals going to work there would find aspects of the book helpful though. The tone of the book has an old-fashioned feel but an easy read and I could imagine the writer being a longterm expat or 'old hand'. However there is good advice on hiring staff and local customs. Less so on history, modern business and modern politics.
2615943
This is a good book overall, but it's outdated.
A lot of the information is incorrect
It wasn't very organized. I would of liked to see the "Prosper" information here
the "lending club" over here. It would of made it easier to understand and grasp the overall concept of the book.
503694
As an attending/assistant professor of anesthesiology I frequently recommend books for residents to read. I still recommend this book, but with the caveat that much of the information is outdated and some of it is no longer even held to be fact. The underlying theme of the book - that comorbid states influence anesthesia and vice versa - is still true. I tell residents to get a used copy or wait until a new edition comes out.
4414459
I found it to be alittle out of date...many restaurants are no longer opened. But I didn't really buy it for restaurant recommendations anyway. I found a few good tips. Not enough inside information as to where to watch sunsets other than the obvious Mallory Square. There are many secret spots for sunset viewing that are not in KeyWest or the Lorelei in Islamorarda.  For the price..just not enough information that I couldn't get reading the Free Florida Keys Area Guide By Great Locations...that are free At every Hotel, Restaurant & Gas Station. That includes pull out map & coupons for restaurants & attractions. I would not recommend this book.
3382489
This book is very old and some of the information seems to be outdated. Did get through the entire book because I didn't like the direction it was going in.
418917
Good information but outdated. The book was written before or around when I was born so the basic principle, that parents are the key holders to a family's health not doctors, is definitely still a good message. However, I found as I was reading the book that I would doubt a lot of specific medical advice that he'd give wondering whether or not it was still true today. Medicine and Dr reccomendations change all the time so taking specific advice from the book before consulting a medical professional that is up to date with modern medicine could be risky. But I expected to feel that way reading the book since it was written about 30 years ago. Overall he says a lot of really useful things.
543886
There is some good information in here but some of it was dated, even when they did the revision in 2010.  There is just no need to talk about compressing documents for email or backing up to a floppy disk. Some of the examples of what not to do are much longer than they need to be. Otherwise, it is a quick easy ready with some good advice.
647682
I will honestly say that I stopped reading this book after a while. It has some good information in it, but some of the things in the book are already known and some are cost savings. I think it was written well and has some good information, but it wasn't so spectacular that I just had to finish reading through it. I got it free on kindle because I have prime. The book is misleading, because it doesn't actually show you how to live free.
2333103
The info is a little dated but good for a general info read if you don't have access to Google or friends for some reason.... I stopped reading after maybe 30-40 pages just because it was easier to plan a wedding using info from the internet and friends. :P Plus, when I shared some of the interesting advice in there, I got some mixed reactions from friends who have been married within the last five years. That being said, I did learn some useful things from the parts I did read, and the book had a great price.
2263506
There is a lot of information in this book, and it is certainly helpful, but it's like reading a computer manual that is 5 years old.  So much has changed in equipment and technique since 2006, I would not waste my time.

Good book maybe to buy used (at a garage sale for 50 cents).  I'm sure it was helpful in 2006, but any real experienced grower is already using methods or products that are not even mentioned in the book.
1347496
The book is dated, and pretty much all the info in it can be found on the internet for free. The book has a lot of answers, and a few recipies, but I think after reading it that spending 150 bucks on a solar oven would be like lighting the money on fire.
4740488
Sorry Professor, but this guide is old information and very basic. A person can find much more complete and in depth information on the web.
2954735
As someone who is going through the planning stages of building a home observatory I found this book very light on useful information. What useful (and rather obvious) information I could find can be summed up in a couple of sentences: make sure you build a solid foundation (pier) for your mount and make sure that foundation is structurally isolated from the rest of the observatory (especially if you're going to build an elevated structure).

The author spends some time chronicling the planning and construction of his "over the top" observatory.

The author then "details" his workflow, however without providing much explanation of the individual steps (I suspect because he doesn't fully understand many of them ... which he sort of admits). What little explanation there is, is very much limited to the items of hardware and software the author owns. The actual workflow would have been outdated at the time of publishing (2007 ... with the author still using Windows 2000) and is certainly outdated now.

This is followed by several samples of the author's astrophotography (which in the Kindle version at least, didn't get me salivating).

Two further chapters are taken up by the description of two similar ("over the top") observatories in the United States. These two (along with the author's) are clear proof that if you throw large amounts of money at a "problem" you might get a workable solution (though in one case the telescope still wobbles when the dome is rotated!).

The rest of the book is taken up with somewhat entertaining anecdotes (the author appears to appreciate visits to his observatory by "ladies", who marvel at the author's "big" telescope), lists a few notable people the author has shaken hands with and concludes with the fact that Patrick Moore is a splendid old chap!

Overall the book lacks coherence and organisation and could have done with better editing. Not one of the better Springer/Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series efforts (which I generally recommend).