Pass. Buy Drucker's HBS series instead.
357597
I'd highly suggest avoiding this book and I would have returned it had I not been faced with a $5 return shipping fee.

Massively disappointing based on the reviews. I read a lot of business books and this was akin to a series of blog posts - short quips without much thought or research.

Ultimately, it tries to give you an overview of how to be an effective participant and leader. Both topics, however, are covered much better by Peter Drucker. I'd suggest his HBS series for anyone looking for professional growth regardless if they're in the non-profit or for-profit world.
836323
I am terribly disappointed in these speakers. I bought these to replace the stock rear speakers in my 4Runner. I installed one speaker, put the fader on rear, then switched the balance from left to right and back again several times. Unfortunately, the stock paper, tiny magnet Toyota speakers sound way better. After installing the left side speaker (and then a set of JL fronts and a new, top of the line Pioneer head unit), it is evident that these speakers are just subpar. As mentioned by others, there is zero, and I mean zero, bass. And the highs are not crisp at all. These speakers will give you midrange only, but then will pop and distort very quickly when the music is turned moderately up. I can't say how disappointed I am in these speakers - a total waste of $100. I plan to replace them with something else very quickly, and throw these in the garbage.

If your application will allow you to use something else, by all means go that direction. You don't want to spend $100 on speakers that sound worse than your factory el cheapo speakers.
896731
Having over thirty years of experience owning, driving, racing and working on MGs, I had hoped to find this book a gold mine of information. It is--fool's gold. The standard MGB engine, required in forms of racing and used by thousands of owners in their cars, is not even covered. Williams makes a vague comment about the 1800 engine not being large enought and states that his book is only concerned with the larger 1950 and 2100 cc modifications. Immediately, he has made this section of the book usless to the vast majority of MGB owners. Additionally, these two engine modifications have some serious problems, well known to the MG community, which the author does not bother to discuss (cylinder bore flex and excessive oil consumption). In a similar vein, the author mentions the MGC automobile, but only in passing. When discussing suspension modifications, he does not mention that the MGC has a completely different form of front suspension than the MGB and his recommendations will not work on the MGC. For the most part, this book would be useless to the owner of this very rare model car. Most of his "improvements" in the suspension area would cost more than the value of a good car (L 2,000 for the rear end modifications, or about $3,600, plus the cost of modifying the body and installation).  Throughout the book, Williams makes use of the phrases, "This should be possible" or "I was told by". He offers no supporting documentation (as in personal knowledge based on his experiments) for these broad statements, no results of anyone's experiments, nor does he relate the actual steps involved in most of these modifications. Very poor technical research for an engineer. He does, however, maintain a very consistant quality as his poor research is combined with poor technical writing and some of the worst technical photographs I have seen. (One illustration is of a brake caliper. He does makes a vague comment about a brake line which is barely distinguishable and does not even bother to insert an arrow into the photograph to point out which line.) This book is of very little value to most owners and should not be purchased. It is unfortunate that the SPEEDPRO Series has published this book as it detracts from the overall quality of their line, many of which are excellent and a few of which are truly outstanding. This book is neither.
3643491
I do NOT recommend this PriceWaterhouseCoopers-publication, because it is an appetizer, which PWC use to sell their 'ValueBuilder'-Toolset, and they use their ValueBuilder-Toolset in order to sell SAP R/3-Software to their customer.
I know what I am saying, because I have got a degree in Business Administration and 6 years of experience as a consultant. Their book is superficial, and most mathematical formulas have been simplified, so that they are wrong.  This book does give you an overview over Shareholder-Value-Methods and it might entertain a layman, but it does NOT - enable you to calculate SHV - enable you to design Value-Based-Management-Systems (VBM) - enable you to integrate VBM with ERP-Software such as SAP R/3
The book does not catch the underlying microeconomic logic behind shareholder-value-methods, its explanation of CFROI is wrong,and it does not warn you about the downsides of EVA: - the tendency to milk a business because EVA does not force a manager to reinvest assets at their replacement cost - EVA'distortion by inflation - its low correllation with shareholder value
It seems, that this book has been hastily scribbled together by a ghost writer, who stole most formulas und most charts from Copeland#s McKinsey-Handbook 'Valuation', but who did not have the courtesy to quote his source.
All in all, this book is worthless. Anybody with a serious interest in Shareholder-Value should read Copeland 'Valuation'.
1159711
Sometimes "form over function" is not a very good thing.  We recently completed a basement bathroom renovation and upgraded with Grohe fixtures including a very expensive Grohe 27130 Rainshower Rustic showerhead. I hated this Grohe and ended up purchasing  the High Sierra 1.5gpm showerhead to correct my earlier choice of showerheads.  When you comparing  both heads  the High Sierra head is not very nice looking however the High Sierra's pro's simply outweigh the con's..... more eco friendly, easier on my wallet since water in NYC is horribly expensive, easier also on natural gas costs  as I use less to  heat water for showers,  the spray pattern feels better than a rainshower variety, but more importantly it corrects a horrible design defect on my "newly"  installed Kohler shower door, that being a nasty habit of all new shower doors leaking shower water onto the floor even after numerous failed silicone caulking attempts.  Rainshower heads literally output huge gpm's overwhelming both drain and migrate beneath all newly installed bottom shower door channels.  Attached pics clearly show that not only Kohler but Delta and other shower door makers are now using thinly extruded, poorly designed  bottom shower door channels with it's  anemic inward pitch to drain water towards the shower/tub area.  Pitch should be more aggressive, channel has insufficient surface area to properly caulk( unless you use gobs and gobs of caulk which then  ruin the appearance of the new shower door).  Using this High Sierra shower head, my math tells me I will quickly recoup my purchase price within a year.  There are other imitators to this High Sierra showerhead (eBay fakes) however you get what you pay for.
4075178
2 friends recommended this brand so i gave it a shot. I've waited over a year to give it a review so that i could be as accurate as possible. Out of the box it was hard to start, pullrope kept hanging up (out) and i had to either smack it on something or take it apart to get it to go back in.
Beside the pullrope issue it is extremely difficult to start once it gets warmed up. It pumps way too much oil for the bar/chain (which in some respect is better than too little) and drips the rest while not in use. Anti-vibration is a joke, i feel the vibration worse with this saw than any other saw i've owned/used. The idea of the chain adjustment actually being in the bar sounds great but its a real failure. It is either too tight or too loose, no in between.  Replacement bar is more expensive than normal. After having to replace the clutch, bar and chain due to a combination of abuse and poor quality, i bought an ECHO brand chainsaw.  The 16 inch ECHO works like a champ (again over a year old) and puts the Poulan to shame.  I work on the Poulan 70% of the time and get 30% use from it. I work on the ECHO 5% of the time and get 95% use from it. Something you should also keep in mind..POULAN,CRAFTSMAN,HUSQVARNA..same saw in different clothing, all products of ELECTROLUX.  Word
4079754
Absolute trash, only rambles on about GPPs the entire time. No strategy or direction to help build effective lineups. Stick to DFS only....
3037021
My son recently received this most car as a birthday gift from his Mercedes Benz owning grandparents.  After looking over the car, I feel bad they spend the money on it.

Where do I begin?

"Exterior":  The car came with a poorly formed, warped body.  Uneven surfaces and warping prove to me that the durability will be short.  Aside from the Benz front grille, the rest are just cheap stickers (from the fog lights to the "door handles" , its ALL stickers).  These "durable" tickers that made it 3 hours before they started pealing away(I had the mirror "lights" and dash stickers peeling up in the first 60 minutes).  The headlights have no bulbs or even major reflectors in them(yet they have holes for where bulbs should be???).  The tail-lights are a joke(no safety reflectors or anything).

"Interior":  You get a plastic seat, pedal, steering wheel, and Forward/Reverse button.  That's it.  Very basic.  Think I am being too picky?  Our neighbor's son received Power Wheels F-150 earlier this year.  It has padded seating, room for two, AND a FM radio.  I can also tell you that it handles abuse quite well.

Any grass or even slight incline means spinning wheels and getting "stuck."

This product isn't worth it for the price.  If you are ready to spend that much, spend just a bit more and you will be better off by getting something that your child and his/her friends will enjoy.
1267283
I don't generally write reviews, but due to the unfair 2 star review here, I'm adding my 2 cents worth.  I NEVER thought I would spend a 100 bucks on a petcock, until I did a frame off on a 1979 Shovel.  The bike had been someone else's checkbook yard ornament back in the 90's.  Since it all ready had 10 grand of Delkron, S&S, Axtell, Revtech, Kraft Tech, PMC, etc., I figured after fixing everything else and putting on a new paint job I should buy a decent petcock.  So what's a 100 bucks.  Here's what it is: I will probably never buy another brand of petcock.  These are ball valve petcocks, instead of rubber washer type, and should last forever.  You know every time you shut it off by the 'click', that it is truly shut off.  I've got 2 more Shovels to build, and two Ironhead rigids to finish, and all of them will be getting these.  To the bad review, Pingel makes ANY configuration you want, with the fitting going forward, backward, or downward.  All you have to do is determine if you want it on the left or right side of the tank, then picture in your head which way you are going to run the fuel line.  The two star review is really unfair.  These are THE top of the line petcock, and even if you're on a budget, after installing one of these you will not have buyer's remorse.
2754783
Might as well buy the windows 95 nascar game. Graphics and car adjustments are lame. Driving is even worse, I demand a refund for false advertising.
2680477
I've got a $7 clock radio that sounds better than these speakers! I did my homework. I wanted a larger monitor with HDMI input to accept video and audio over the same cable from a Lenovo Win7 nettop (with which I'm quite satisfied.) So I spring for the additional $50 +/- over the price of monitor only to purchase this unit with "SRS Premium Sound." First, I updated drivers for the nettop to the latest and greatest. Then, I installed the SRS software on my PC, which is supposed to act like a "plugin" for audio driver, but it doesn't make any difference at all. The sound is tinny and thin. A call to ViewSonic tech support was worthless: "Well, sir, the speakers are two inches in diameter, and the best sound that you'll get is similar to a boombox." Boombox! Crap. I own a Samsung sound bar for my HDTV, and it has two inch speakers that sound great! Save yourself the money; buy a regular monitor and separate speakers.
3172465
Frightfully mediocre and uninspired.  If you want to remember why you absolutely hate going to church, buy this stinker.
Was this a contractual obligation or something? Steer well clear.

I bought this (for $1.70 from Momox--I love them for used discs, they are remarkably fast!) largely because of BMO'H's scathing review.  He is dead right here.  I currently have two other versions: Karajan (Janowitz, Ludwig, Wunderlich, Berry) and Klemperer (Soederstroem, Hoeffgen, Kmentt, Talvela).  I give the nod to the a-little-too-slow Klemperer.  But I am waiting for Giulini and Have High Hopes for Herrweghe.
3612942
My three oldest (6, 5, and 2) each received one of these from their Aunt for Christmas. Putting the stickers on was about 5 minutes of fun, then came the noise. Oh, the noise. I realize that any bank that isn't made of material or paper is going to be noisy, but these are...awful. Add to that the plugs on the bottom of each compartment are nearly impossible to remove (even for the grown-ups). And, strangely enough, pennies and dimes get caught in the seams at the bottom of the compartments; that's just bad design. Also, the stickers have already started peeling, making the banks look ugly.

I'm currently waiting for an order I placed for three Moonjar Classic banks from amazon to replace these banks. While they might not be quieter, I expect them to be easier to get into and to be of a higher quality both in design and build.
3184543
Product as not advertised. I had a myriad of problems with HB01+. There was too much of noise and as claimed in the advert the sound quality is not at all good. HB01 is far superior than HB01+. Sometime around this time last year, I bought a HB01 and it was the happiest moment regarding my car audio. Unfortunately, it got conked. I ordered HB01 and returned this piece of junk ( according to me)
4830874
Bought for 85 Series 3 XJ6. This is not a very good copy of the original equipment casting... or it is based on an earlier water pump. On late Series 3's the Air Pump bracket mounts on the 2 bolts on the upper right of the pump (facing the engine). Because of that, the bolt bosses are supposed to be machined flat to accept an oblong spacer with 2 holes and then the bracket itself. This thing has those 2 bosses machined in a circle around each with the extra metal casting left between them forming a hump. Hard to explain but you can't use the original oblong spacer unless you take a grinder to the water pump. Had to use 2 cut washers under the bracket to get close to the location where it's supposed to be to line up properly. Terrible.

Also the boss around the hole that accepts the lower stud is not machined down enough. The stud barely reaches over it to accept a few threads of the nut. You either need a longer stud or remove it and replace it with a bolt. Also Terrible.

I bought this because I was being too cheap to buy the correct part from SNG B - big mistake. Changing a pump on a Series 3 Jag is a bit of a pain and I don't want to do it again on this car in the near future. Shoulda popped for the good stuff.

Apparently it's made in Japan (not China - wouldn't have bought it if it was) which hopefully is a good sign about it's actual longevity as a water pump, but I would still never buy this pump again.

Do yourself a favor and save your kids' and neighbors' delicate ears from the foul language that's gonna come out of your mouth when you try to bolt the car back together.
1508023
I want to second two points made by another customer.  I bought these shocks at the same time I bought my trailer.  This means that I have a BRAND NEW pair of original shocks for which I have absolutely no use.  I contacted Yakima to express my displeasure, and to suggest they offer the option of Regular or HD shocks with all trailer purchases.  They responded, stating that this would complicate things for dealers, who would then need to have a variety of trailers in stock.  Ridiculous, and not true.  These shocks are SO easy to swap; the dealer would only need to have a few sets of shocks on hand, not entirely different trailers.  Not to mention that many, like myself, buy these trailers in the box and build them ourselves, which would only require the swapping of the small shock box before shipment.  I also suggested to Yakima that they simply put the HD shocks on ALL their trailers since they don't even increase the load capacity by that much.

Which brings up the second issue.  The load rating increase is not entirely clear.  Even in Yakima's own literature, it sometimes says the load rating increases from 250# to 300#, and in other places says it increases 100# (to 350#).  They already have a sticker with load rating on the trailer, and what's worse, it even says "Silver Shocks" next to it.  I have no idea why they wouldn't ALSO have a row for "Orange/HD Shocks" and list that rating as well.  That way, regardless of which shocks are used, the operator can easily determine the capacity.  But don't even get me started on these stickers, because the trailers still come with a sticker that says to use a 1 7/8" ball (this used to be true) when the trailers now have a 2" coupler.  Dangerous, ridiculous, and possibly illegal?!
2194700
I bought this book because I had seen (and suffered through) Steves' amateurish and infantile videos on visiting Germany. I was curious to see if his books were as bad as his videos. The verdict: they are equally as bad. The problem is, Steves isn't an innate or talented traveler, though he apparently has performed a miracle and makes money fooling others that he *is* a great traveler. The Arthur Frommer Guides are much better than these Steves offerings.
Problems abound. Steves concentrates most of his time on two cities: Berlin and Munich. He hasn't a clue on how to locate a low-cost Pension and opts for dingy tents on the outskirts of town. His suggestions on eating are obtuse. Snacking in Germany is a cinch: go to a bakery in the morning, buy your rolls, cheese and coffee and be on your way. His suggestions of hanging around railway stations and saving a few pennies are insulting and poorly rendered.
Similarly wretched is his advice on getting about the country. Forget the railway, you can rent an econo car for about $150 a week. Yes, gas is expensive, but driving is the only way to see these three beautiful countries. Another weakness is Steves' summation of Austria, which basically consists of 10 pages divided between Vienna and Salzburg. If that's all there is to see in Austria, then we're all in trouble. Truly, this is a terrible book written in plodding, patronizing style, guaranteed to set your nerves a-jangle.