This is the legit book. Just with no spine to keep it in place
583242
Beware that loose leaf means not glued, staples, or anything else keeping it together. It also has some errors making my time in the class hell once you ask your professor
3475889
Purchased from Ospreys site for 20$, I was keen to purchase osprey books after Frostgrave which is possibly the best game book I've ever owned. Not necessarily my favorite game but a great game none the less with my favorite book aesthetically, the binding and the writing and layout are perfect. I could go on and on about that book in another review and I do. Suffice to say I was keen on purchasing other hardbound products from Osprey for that great quality physically and in content.

Sadly this book has a layout that is senseless to me, the art is great but when it comes to text there seems to be no useful order and worst of all each page has strong dark blue background with a pattern that shoes through and makes the text very hard to read (for me and some others at least). This might be a printing versus prototype issue? Furthermore I've never dug through a book so hard for the rules and information I want! This book make you work so hard for it. There might be a game hidden in here somewhere, trapped in a cipher. The classic pitfalls of putting terms before definitions hits the reader early and often. To understand this book you'll have to read it through like a novel once then got back through and read it a second time to understand it as a game.

On the plus side as far as I can tell there might be really cool armored future combat rules hidden in here, Im marking important rules as i go through to combine them when I'm done to see what I can piece together. It seems conducive to using my existing miniatures (thats what we all say, then 100$ later...) (And again the art is inspiring.) I'll come back with more info
1991517
Cannot put it down. HOWEVER, I take better care of my books than most people do their kids and when I got my book it wasn't in the condition a new book should be in. The edges were ehh and part of the cover was peeling. As far as the content, if you like amazing shit, you'll love this book.
4106866
The information in this book is splendid, however I am nervous about the spine. It feels very flimsy and I am worried it will break with use.
4651481
The book is very hard to keep open while working from it.  The writing and information is spot on.  Yet the publishing is NOT!

What is wrong with spiral binding?  You could make the page size a tad larger and cut the pages down too.  AND it would lie flat!  WHile taking up less space on the desk.

Come on seriously?
2638959
It simply isn't going to work, Friend.  I know what you are doing.  You are a being who is reading this review.  But there is something that I know about you.  You have a body.  You are breathing.  You have a mind.  What is this mind?  Your real problem is that you think that you are somebody.  A concrete entity that is cut off from what surrounds you.  This book along with the author's "The Joy of Wisdom" is probably the closest thing that you will come to truth.  Not only is this book encased in Buddhism; it is also encased in neuroscience.  I have read and studied this book and "The Joy of Wisdom" several times.  When you look into your mind; you are looking into the past.  These are the mental habits that you have created.  If you try to get rid of them and shoot them out of your brain; you may only make things worse.  Why not accept them?  Why not use them as part of your path.  Worried about your health?  Worried about your kids?  Worried about money?  Why not use these worries as healthy fuel.  Don't buy these books and expect to GET something.  You have what you need right now.  Use these books to point you in the right direction.  So you don't continue to fight your mind.  Thank you.
3281416
Excellent book, but this book weight a ton!

I would strongly recommend going to staples and getting those pages removed and placed in a large 3 ring binder.  That way, you can carry just the chapters that you need (safe your back).
1520974
Excellent book. The only worry I have is how long the binding will last. It's fine now, but you have to bend the book backwards to make the pages lie flat while you're playing
4535632
The words printed into this book are amazing, Fredric Bastiat is probably one of the greatest philosophers on government to ever have lived. However this review is about the book itself and NOT the word that are printed onto. The cover is great but the page are print horribly, each page contains an entire topic that Bastiat wrote so you'll be reading page after page containing only ONE paragraph. Also is painfully obvious that this book was created very lazily using Microsoft Word because the format is the same I use when printing out material for my dnd sessions. I love the book The Law, but there are WAYYYYY better prints out then this.
3308879
This book seems ot strech you towards a peak of information that never comes. It keeps feeding you with information you can receive on any help  file. It's examples are as simple as they can get. I dropped it before I  reached it's middle.
2894263
You have to read this book, it tells it like it is- if you want to kick your own butt read it, if you want excuses don't read it.  You can be a wimp after you this
3467052
I am used to see this book on bookstores to finally  leave it -after all I am an adult (IT Manager) and this stuff is probably for kids (Ha!). But one day I dared to buy it.

What can I say? The book is more that anyone can explain or describe. How could Anyone give you, even barely, an idea of what this book is, that is imposible to do that It would be necessary to copy the book itself.

 Just trust me... This is THE BOOK.
3193599
FIRST OFF, I HAVE TO GIVE THIS BOOK 5 STARS. IF THE HOLYSPIRIT HAD A BOOK, I'D GIVE IT 5 STARS AS WELL. I GOT THIS BOOK FOR A BIRTHDAY GIFT AND I MUST SAY IT IS A DEFINANTS READ. 648 PAGES OF AWESOME.  WHAT PEOPLE FAYLE TO REALIZE IS THAT THE COVER OF THE BOOK WAS NOT ACTUALLY CREATED USING MICROSOFT PAINTS, BUT HAND DRAWN. I KNOW IT LOOKS REAL DUSN'T IT?  OK ENOUGH TALKS ABOUT THE ARTISTIC VALUE OF THE BOOKS. WITHOUT SPOILING IT, I WILL SAY THAT THE BOOK BASICALLY TELLS YOU TO FORGET EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND COLLEGES AND TO JUST DROP TO YOUR KNEES AND LISTEN TO THE BIBLE.  LISTEN UP PEOPLE. DON'T DO ANY BAD STUFFS BECAUSE A RED HOT PLACE AWAITS. AND NO IM NOT TALKIN ABOUT THE ARMPIT OF THE AUTHOR
4369373
I read this book back in September when it was chosen for Oprah's Book of the month.  I LOVE THIS BOOK.  I've bought multiple copies and given them out.  This messege to "hold on" while very few words, and so powerful.

I hope that America doesn't let all the recent hype and criticizim of the book and author cloud their vision of this book.  Wether memoir or fiction, this is a story that needed to be told.

In defense of James Frey, the lies he did tell, in the whole scheme of things are minor.  To alter the details of characters is something all authors do, especially in memoirs or books "based on a true story," because the identities of the real people do need to be protected.  The dentist scene, we still are unsure if it is true.  He simply doesnt remember, and has documents and people at the treatment center saying that there is a possibilty that there wasn't any novicane used, and no one who knows the "truth" has told him otherwise.  As far as lying about jail, that is the one lie that I find pointless. But still is not a big deal, whether in jail for 87 days or 2 hours, the messege of the book remains the same.

No one says a memoir has to be 100% true, if that was the case, it would be called a Biography.  If you look back to A Bell Jar and Girl Interupted, both Memoirs, do you really believe every single word in those books are 100% true?  I highly doubt it, but they will remain some of the greatest works in literature, and this book deserves to be amongst that group.

Please do read this book, as it is really really great.  If you don't want to support the author take it out of your local Library.
2544387
The book itself is great.  The pages could be a little stronger.  It's easy for them to become worn and tear away from the spiral binding after doing a set of bicep curls, for example, marking down your work, and tossing the book down to the gym floor to move back to the weights.  I don't really want to focus on not tearing my book in the gym.

The content is great.  A little on the feminine side, but I can't complain.

The format is rigid and restricting.  The weeks start with Monday and end with Sunday and the page after that is the weekly wrap-up.  That wold be great if that was how I worked out.  I start on Sunday and have a six day rotation.  I don't think it should have days listed.  Or maybe a spot where you could just write them in yourself.

Overall, this is a great book, but it isn't a perfect fit for how I work out.
4938449
This strategy worked well for us. No excuses, you have to follow it as laid out, but everyone we've passed it on to has had success with it. My one complaint is that this is CLEARLY just a series of blog posts bound together to make a book. The writing style is almost cartoonish & occasionally contains phrases like "in this post..."- there was not even attempt to make this seem like a for real book by a for real expert. But it still worked for us, so I can't complain.
356403
Lots of great tips in this book and I believe it's worth reading. Understand that it's more about a mindset than a step by step packing list. The author explains this up front and I do believe it's the only way such a book could be written. Otherwise it's one page that simply states "If you don't absolutely have to have it, don't take it".

Today's newest, greatest, lightest gizmo will be replaced in a few months or years down the road, rendering the book obsolete (or requiring an update). Therefore the author retrains your thinking to question everything you're planning on taking and leaves the gear choices up to you. You don't need this book to tell you these things, but it's good to know how real "gram counters" think. His illustrations are quite good as well.

So why only 3 stars? The chapter on personal hygiene techniques (going without toilet paper) was not only unnecessary, it left me with an unforgettable and disgusting image of the author scooting his buttocks across a wet mound of grass. And I paid for this!!?? I believe Clelland when he says he packs out other peoples garbage (including spent TP left on the ground by clueless hikers), but the last thing I would want to do is wind up in this guy's campsite the day after he left, only to stumble on that mound of grass. Hey, I have an ultralight trowel and no one will ever find where I've been.

Secondly, the section dedicated to his metaphysical zen diet preferences was useless to me. There are many books on how to prepare and dehydrate fabulous backpacking meals. Lastly, as others have mentioned, I strongly disagree with the notion - or even the suggestion of going into the wilderness without a knife. That's something I would never do.

Don't get me wrong, there are many great pointers and tips in this book. I just don't need an entire chapter on how to wipe.