Got this for a college class and it ended up being one of the best books I've ever read
348058
Excellent book. It has changed the way I think from day to day life. Buy it. I guarantee you won't regret it.
3112830
I had to buy this book for a class but now I really enjoy reading it. It's super interesting and lays out the material in a way that's easy to understand
2445547
I got this book for a college class. The class was taught out of this book and it really helped. The Cd that comes with this book is awesome. It gave the grades as you do the work. So, you know how your doing it the class as you go along.
1683650
This book was for my abnormal psychology class at University. For a current university class, this is one book that you can't get away with using an old Edition of, as it matches the DSM which is updated occasionally and recently ( although I must say and that old editions of the DSM are very interesting in order to compare the changes and transformations in diagnosis and the way society looks at mental issues).  this book goes with the most current DSM update. I learned so much from this book, it is filled with interesting case stories and all sorts of facts and tidbits. It reads in an interesting and easy way. this abnormal psychology class was one of my very favorite college classes. the only problem with this book (as tends to happen with large college books filled with a lot of information) is it can tend to be a little heavy and cumbersome. I do not think that is a fault of the book, the book itself is absolutely wonderful, thats just what happens in college you have to carry around heavy books. I will keep and cherish it for many years! So no, you cannot buy my used copy ;) I also have to say that you do not need to be enrolled in a college psychology class in order to enjoy this book , this book would benefit anyone who is interested in the information.
846143
I bought this book as required reading for a class, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved it. This isn't a genre I typically go for, but I really enjoyed this one.
506732
I had to order this book for an online class, and as such was not really expecting much from it. This was the most interesting textbook I have ever had. I've been highlighting interesting phrases in a book for the first time in my life. The wording keeps the subject interesting, with (in my opinion at least) a humorous slant to some passages. I'll be keeping the book and rereading it once I have time.
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This book was assigned as a necessary read for one of my favorite college classes, and I completely understand why. I found it inspiring and helpful to recognize how self-control works. I also loved watching the YouTube videos of Kelly McGonigal sharing the stories and theories mentioned in this book. My mind felt a little clouded with this being 1/5 books I needed to read for a single class in a semester, so this review isn't as detailed as I'd like it to be, but I will definitely be revisiting this book once I have a break from necessary studies. I think it's highly applicable to anyone. I sent a copy to a friend of mine who has felt depressed due to weight gain after pregnancy, she felt "out of the loop" with her diet and fell into a habit of eating unhealthy foods. Likewise, I have personally felt inspired by the patterns expressed in this book. It's a book that makes you feel like, "yes, I do have the power to control my actions."

I also highly recommend:
- Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
- The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
- Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Those books I also classify under "empowering", and "inspiring" when it comes to the human ability to change your life.
2290916
I decided to read this book in college during a Children's Literature course.  It was my first award winner since childhood, so I wasn't sure what to expect.  All I can say is WOW!!!  Several of other college students also read the book and had the same reaction.  It's absolutely beautifully written, witty, and a down-right awesome book.  Now as a teacher, I have recommended this book to several of my students!  You just can't go wrong with reading this book.
3125704
I am thinking of majoring in psychology in college and this book really interested me in the topic
3439750
Yes, this book was for a college course, but I really enjoyed it.  It was well-written and had good reader engagement.  I didn't feel like it was a chore to read this book for class.
3506217
I needed this book for a college course, but I personally loved it. It's so captivating, and definitely a book you'll want to read again!
2412059
I am not a reader but this book is amazing. I love the book a lot. Although it was required for a class project but eventually fell in love with the character Lester. Also, the author of the book was my college professor and I will confess he was one of my favorite professors in college. He is very knowledgeable and good at what he does. This so far was a great buy!!! Highly recommended for everyone.
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Very good read! I read this for a college Sociology course and it was very interesting to dissect and write responses for. It was definitely not your average college textbook because it actually makes you want to read it! It definitely has a way to both enrage and excite you.
2515184
I initially bought this book for a literature class, but after reading it, it's one of my favorites!
1060146
I had to read this book for a course in college on truth in media. When the prof said it was a comic book, I was intrigued, as normally the things we read are the usual, boring textbook articles.
Upon picking this up, I could not put it down until I finished reading it, a good two hours later. Not only is the idea of educating through comic books rather than text books a brilliant idea, but this book itself was an absolutely fantastic read.
I can honestly say I absorbed more knowledge from this book than I have from any source in a while, and it was one of the most enlightening ones I've read in I don't know how long. And at [this] price of..., it was not only a great buy, but was great quality.
Buy this book right now, and share it with everyone you know. I know I will.
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*important: before reading this book I had lots of experience with [...] and Basic.

I bought this book almost two years ago. On my first run I read the thing up to Chapter 9, this only took me less than a month, for it is written in a very relaxed way. In that month I was on vacations, and I gave three to four hours for of my daily time to this book, which is not very much considering you have to work through examples and stuff. As I was reading it I was conscious that I was becoming in love with the text and explanations, and more importantly, I was loving C++ (well, more C up to that point). Once I entered college as a freshman I had to stop because it was way too demanding for me to seriously work on the book, but in my programming classes I was a complete master. This book is so detailed that even if we worked in C and not C++ (Introduction to Programming was the course) I was able to achieve an A+ without breaking a sweat. This particular course is known to be a serious slut in my college: almost 50% of the class has to retake it.

As timed passed I kept coming back to reread some chapters that had valuable information and that proved to me how good a reference this books also is: the first time I read it, I thought that you HAD to read it from beginning to end, but jumping into chapters is very possible. I was also beginning to advance through the book although at a very slow pace. Until a year ago I was still on chapter 14. This time I took Object Oriented Programming course, and here too, I was top of the class, even If the course is given in the Java programming language. The concepts of OOP are so universal and Prata does such a nice job teaching about the public interface, containment, encapsulation, and other concepts, that even when exposed to a very different language, I was able to succeed.

Two years later I decided that I had had too much and read the whole deal in two weeks. Yes, from chapter 1 to 17 and the appendices. Finally, after reading the "What now?" section at the end of chapter 17, I felt that it was right to write the review, but hadn't had the time. Now I do, and I think my weird experience with it gives me the right to recommend the book in two lights: as an amazing tutorial and reference. Yes, you'll probably have to work through other books (Effective C++ by Meyers, Algorithms in C++ by Sedgewick, STL by Josuttis, and finally The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup) to be a good and efficient C++ programmer, but this is your best way to start.

Some people say that after reading this you should read C++ Primer (no plus). Well, this was not the case for me. I have worked through all the books mentioned in the parenthesis above, and I never felt lost, never (Stroustrup's was read last I must add). I have read books on DirectX and 3D math (more specifically, Luna's and Dun y Parberry's), and on others topics too (that require some C++), and this book did me much justice.

Hope this helps.
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This book was very good! I hardly wanted to put it down. I had to read this for my english class in college, and it was so much better than the regular literature they wanted us to read. The characters were well represented throughtout the book and was just a novel alot of people should read.