Not the best book on the subject!
358435
I was very disappointed with this book.  I bought this book because of all the glowing reviews and was looking forward to having it in my library as a valuable reference source.  I am a professional doll artist and am always looking for good photographic reference materials.  This book had beautiful photographs, but only covered late 19th century, and early 20th century clothing. Very little effort was made to cover the other time periods that the title suggests.  There was no time-line order to the photographs, instead they are just placed in the book at what seems to be a random order.  Also, not alot of detail of the various clothing articles are shown in the photographs...if you are in need of good references on early children's clothing, and are serious about historical accuracy and costuming... I would not waste your money on this book.  There are other sources which have more detail.  Nice coffee table book especially if you have just a curious interest in antique clothing, but if you are a serious costumer, it is greatly lacking in needed detail and a timeline reference.  It would be a good price guide for a vintage clothing collector, but is of no use to a costumer.
1251976
This book was not as basic as I had hoped it would be. I wanted something that assumed no real knowledge of glass fusing. This book had some information, but was mostly made up of projects and plans for fused work. Maybe I should look for "An Idiot's Guide to Fusing".
4303452
mostly it's about the author justifying his position and comparing it to other historians.  I was interested in reading a book with some detail and new insights.  This book is more for those highbrow historians and not so much for someone like me who was looking for another history about the Civil War.
584580
I was disappointed with this book.  I didn't learn anything new from reading this book, which was really disappointing.  For the price, it's just not thorough.  There are many other books on the subject that offer the same advice and are a better value for your money.  If I'd have had the chance to flip through this first I would not have spent the money on this book.  Over-rated and over-priced.
2533792
The book arrived on time and was well packed. However, I think the topics weren't  well organized nor described properly, especially if you were new to the topics.
If you needed a book to include clear and detail illustrations and explain every single step, this book won't be what you are looking for.
1688900
The Editorial Review states "At last, a book written by a professional healer and witch especially for the pagan community!"  This is a little misleading.  It is not surprising however as much of the information about this book is misleading.  The version of the book which I received did not have 140 pages, rather 100.  The text portion of the book is more in the realm of 81 pages as 21 pages are wasted on photos and drawings.

As expected for such a small amount of information about a very large topic, the book is at best superficial.

If you are looking for a good book on the topic I would suggest:

The Healing Craft: Healing Practices for Witches and Pagans by Janet Farrar, Stewart Farrar, and Gavin Bone
492889
This book seems to be miscategorized.  While well written technically, it lacks properly attribution for many assertions, and seems to be more of a series of editorials than actual researched subjects.

If the author decides to revise the book in the future, he should consider providing much more source background, and leave the conclusions up to the reader, rather than making those conclusions without first providing the facts to back them up.
1529521
Like most of the reviewers, I too felt that there amount of information was pretty useless and can be gotten much more efficiently and more comprehensively from other sources. I'm of the opinion that this is pretty much geared towards snaring, and there are other sources that are much more comprehensive. I'd pass on purchasing it again.
811132
I love 98 Degrees, but this was not the best book on them.  It was kind of repeating what everyone already knows.  But, a good one to add to a collection!
3072013
I buy this book about 3 years ago (2000).
My aim was to get a better understanding on statistical dsp.
I got the lecture on advanced dsp on my master degree. I must confess that for me this is not an easy subject to master. Therefore a clear and well explained book on this subject is a very important for me.
But I was dissapointed when I got this book!
Yes, it is broad of coverage, but the content is not focuss.
The connection between previous and next parts of discussion and chapters mostly does not show a clear link.
Yes, it is full of facts, but I need more than bulk of facts: THE WAY OF THINKING, why we do and why we don't do.
It didn't help me to master the subject.
For the reader who want an easy to read and clear in explaination as well as good reasoning and examples, I would suggest to go for another book such as Steven M Kay (Volume 1, Estimation Theory). For me this is a lot better investment of time and money!.
Thank you for reading my review.
4926883
The book is written for specialists, it is not a book for anyone who wants to learn how to flourish!
4075659
Contains many interesting snippets of information, and is good for casual browsing. However, it is not one of the best books on the subject.
1167480
The book is interesting and has a lot of information in it but not about the Gospel of Judas. In other words I don't feel he accomplished what his title promised. He puts a lot of history in the book, maybe half, of the intrigue and finding and profiteering of the document as well as other old documents within the package being offered. But no real details of what is in the "gospel" itself. He spends  a lot of time on what the evangelists were doing when they wrote their gospels and including how it might affect what was included on Judas. Was Judas a traitor or a hero? This is really interesting information as far as background goes but again it doesn't really deal with Judas as much as I thought it would. It certainly includes some but....

He talks about terms and thoughts behind scripture including the mysterious Q Gospel which is great general information but not Judas specific. Although he does include information about where Judas' name might have come from and in fact one chapter really does deal with Judas specifically. He also spends time on Gnostic writings which is what this gospel is.

But I found the authors opinions being presented too much as facts and began to find his information less authoritative. For instance - Did Jesus "really know as much scripture as modern scripture scholars ascribe to him? Certainly not!" He makes this bold statement with absolutely not basis of fact to support it. And there are other such opinions given which for me taints the validity of many of his conclusions about the evangelists as well as Jesus and Judas.

There is some good information on the Gospels and early writings as well as peddling antiquities and especially old documents. The read is worth it just for that information alone. But I don't feel he revealed "the secrets of Judas" or specifically "His lost Gospel" which obviously was not "his" gospel at all. Interesting how he notes in his book that a prior book entitled "The Gospel of Judas" was now selling "used on Amazon.com for $0.49" implying its worth. I notice this book is selling for $0.01 on Amazon.com.
2046663
I picked up this book a few months ago at a local metaphysical book shop... I have been studying plant magic and green spirituality for close to a year now, and I cant really say I'm an expert in the subject, but reading this book i found myself bored, as most of the information in this book is quite general, bordering on vague, and I've come across most of the information in  far more detail in other books.  So in conclusion, if you are curious about nature magic but have no experience in the subject, by all means, read this book to get a base idea, but if you are looking to supplement your knowledge in green spirituality, i would advise you to look elsewhere.
4152427
When you buy a book titled "Understanding Exposure" you would expect most of the book to talk just about that!!

This is a decent book as far as pictures and general 101 photography info - especially if you are a "35mm type" - but it does a pathetic job talking about "exposure" (i.e. metering a scene, using a light meter, zone systems, etc.).

This is is NOT what it purports to be...

Very disappointing.
2890715
I would have to disagree with those who have previously "reviewed" this book.  This is certainly not a "great" book in my opinion since, it attempts to cover all bases in fishing and, thus, is simply far too general for my tastes.  I don't know too many people who a) fly fish for high-mountain trout, and b) bass fish for lake (pond) bass, and c)  who troll for marlin.  Frankly, I found that I had to skim all of the material that was of no interest to me - alot of material!  Further, I found that it was outdated already as it didn't even cover the subject of saltwater "soft" baits.  I was honestly looking for a narrower treatise on saltwater fishing - not every kind of fishing imaginable.  However, that said, I assume for the price that if you can find a few tidbits of fishing "wisdom," then, you might feel vindicated for having purchased the book.  Otherwise, I'd look for publications with a more narrowly defined subject, particularly, on the type of fishing (fly, saltwater, etc.) that the reader is interested in pursuing.
3037715
I got some information out of this book, but I was disappointed.  To have gotten more from it I would have needed to know where each ____shire [Yorkshire, etc] and more on British history through c 1200 than few non-Britishers would know.

Further, the author dealt with a topic by giving the details about it as they varied from place to place.  So it was hard to keep track of what the general picture was, among all the .exceptions.
The one small part that was clearest was that on the words entering the language from Danish-- like law, window, husband etc.