Old news Simplistic.. Good perhaps 4newbies
588748
Pretty much common knowledge for most folks w\a passing interest in healthy lifestyles. But if this is all new to you, its a passable read on the topic.
3687397
I read through this entire paperback book in bed one evening. Because it was that good?  No, because I was determined to find something new or of real interest about this subject.  The information is quite basic and like most of these meno books, rehashes all the same subjects in its attempt to capture every potential medical (and a basic overview of nonmedical) treatments. Same old same old here.  Eat right, drink less, don't smoke, exercise...and onto the heavweight topic - the gold standard of EVERY meno book - are prescribed hormones actually good for you?  There is not a drug company in the world with sufficient evidence to prove that artificial hormones are worth the risk.  Natural hormones are limited mostly to rub on creams that are very hard to find a proper dosage as it varies so much from person to person. Still, they are infinitely preferable to synthetics, IMHO.

This book offers more in depth coverage of the diseases you can expect to contract once you are post menopausal. Nearly every meno book begins by telling you menopause is truly not a disease process but ends by telling you it results in a dozen or more of them.  Basically, if you sum up the apparent medical world view of menopause: it is a rather simple, natural proces that results in complicated disesases that the medical world intends not to discover the cause of, but rather to stem the tide of with various drugs and hormones.  Most of these books insist other cultures have it better in menopause, that is, unless you are an Eskimo meat eater and thus, prepare to die shortly after midlife from heart disease.  On the other hand, you could find eternal youth if you happen to choose vegetarianism instead. This sort of outdated nonsense is outclassed by newer studies revealing that vegetarians are often MORE susceptible to heart disease because their cholesterol is TOO LOW.  How many vegetarian joggers are peeled off Americas sidewalks every year after keeling over with heart attacks?

I'd love to read one book on menopause, ok, on health PERIOD that is well balanced.  This one is just too old and outdated to be truly useful anymore and as if that were not sufficient cause to avoid it, the repeated references to lesbianism and lesbian sex are more than inappropriate. They are utterly without class. Your sexual choices are not important in the coverage of such material and appear, instead, as lifestyle endorsements.
4720036
Heard a lot about this book from friends.  It is a little simplistic, but a decent read.
1530435
Nothing new, you don't need to buy this book every year. Every 5 or 7 years is enough. The pictures are very poor ( from the 19th century ?). I think the authors are now doing easy money...
3644664
simplistic, good info, truly a juvenile, ok for what it is
4537214
Pretty basic generic newspaper column fluff.  Kind of a weak Garrison Keillor.  Not really something a person already in the country would find that exciting.
2603049
Only Ok, because as a older grandmother who had parents and  family who had carpentry, repair, gardening and  hunting skills, I knew all but a few things in this book.(I also  have a mini hobby farm and animals and gardening  skills).  Most is common sense. I also  lived throught the  70's Carter  recession and gas shortages as a young adult.
  I think it would  prove most useful if you are  young, have no skills other than 'school',  in  which case it is a basic common sense course.
  I did learn 2 things. One  milk cartons are not  to  be used for anything , other than my grandkids  helmets for playing  sword fights. (it explains why the paint I  put in  one leaked the next year, and why when I fill them and use them for  pool tarp anchors they fall apart.... but, I  kinda learned that... I do  appreciate his video channel and he has some  basic common sense without the  Macho, "gorilla huffing" that seems to  be on some of the  other survivalist channels..... but then I am a 'farming grandmother', so I tend to  gravitate to those with more experience than 20 yr. old. something  "children"......
1905936
Good publication but not all stories are as informative as used to be. Reported news sometimes are yesterday news without any thorough analyses
2202600
This book was just "ok". I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who kept up with the news or politics because then it's just redundant.
3343258
It was OK. No new earth shattering info. Pretty common sense stuff. The thing that I learned is that sleep apnea is more common in children than I thought.
2821792
Simplistic and not very intelligent.  Unfortunately the same is true of Worstall's articles online which I have been following.  Don't waste your money.  You can find better books on Capitalism in a children's book store.  Maybe that was the intention?  I wouldn't know.
659635
The book is not bad but I found it too basic and simplistic. Its a good read if you are just awakening to the fact that your world is affected by something called globalisation. Examples are good but the concepts are repeated again , and again and again... we got you Mr Friedman for the first time,

So overall the book is kinda of lukewarm..
4751004
I have enjoyed the Benni Harper stories, but her world is becoming hermetically sealed and cloying...I am a child of the sixties and have reflected for years with some shame of our treatment of the men who fought in Vietnam, a wasted and tragic mistake , but not their fault ...however, this book is simplistic in the extreme about the issues and Benni is growing less interesting with each book.
2538775
This is a somewhat entertaining read if you can get over the basic fact that the information is outdated.  Almost all of the statistics are from 1998 and some of the companies cited as future stars never realized their potential.  It was relevant in 1999 but quickly lost all significance in the dot-com meltdown of 2000 that is still continuing as I write this in 2001.  Dot-coms now require a path to profitability and companies just don't engage in the same behaviors any more.
This books still has value for anyone wanting to know some historical background from the times of "irrational exhuberance" but the changes in business priorities that have taken place since this book was written have doomed it to irrelevance.
1925800
A basic google search brings up much more info and is free.  A quick read though and not really expensive.
3182028
As has already been stated, the view of the world of mass collaboration presented in this book is rather simplistic. It could be helpful, though, if you are new to the topic and would like to understand what "emergence", "wikis" and "prosumers" mean and how the term "knowledge" is changing in meaning.
3519492
If you saw the overkill on Fox News, there is no need to read this.

There are no new "revelations", and the "shocking news" that Beth said would be in the book is totally missing. Nothing new.

Any missing person case is sad, but this one has been fully covered, and there is another book by the Dad that has much of this information.

Very odd that Beth never goes into the Boycott that she started and supported. That seems like false writing to me. Also the title itself is false...NO proof of "kidnapping", from all accounts Natalee went willingly with 3 kids. There is also no real information that would help parents and teens.