Inaccurate information
597896
I got this book to find out about budget options during my trip to Thailand.  While it's a good starting place and has a good overview of some of the main tourist attractions/activities, we found that the maps and codes were incorrect (sometimes even addresses), so I do NOT recommend using it for details.  It was very frustrating!  You would be better off taking a different book to Thailand.  Hopefully these inaccuracies will be fixed in the 4th edition.
1380612
So far I have been very pleased with the topics covered by this book. From basic 3D camera work (matrices) to HLSL to keyframe animation.

I am however, sorely disappointed at the many inaccuracies that are in this book. If you follow the coding examples step-by-step (letter for letter) you will find yourself chasing quite a few bugs. My recommendation is to download the cod from packtpub as well and use that to compare the code you enter, since the book is widely inaccurate and will cause troubles from trying to use non-existent variables to cameras being rendered with their Up vector point down ! :(

Once I complete this book, I will provide a final review as well. Theses are my first impressions.

This is my update after finishing the book:

The frustrations continued and my worst fears realized, got worse. Specifically in the HLSL examples (a subject that is completely new to me) I ended up spending a lot of time trying to figure out either a) what is incorrect with the code provided or b)where, exactly, does the author want me to implement to current example?

For the money spent, you can get the same information in this book with the same frustrations by Googling "HLSL Tutorials" or going to YouTube and doing the same.

I recommend against this book.
1420377
There are numerous scientific and factual inaccuracies in this book.
Race certainly does exist and is well noted in many scientific disciplines.
Forensic anthropologists can tell race by viewing human skeletons.
One of the leading forensic anthropologists in the country has this to say:
"I have been able to prove to myself over the years, in actual legal cases, that I am more accurate at assessing race from skeletal remains than from looking at living people standing before me."  - Dr. George Gill:
All physicians are well aware that there are major health differences between races and use that as a basis for screening for certain diseases and the health risks.
This author is woefully misinformed.
2403375
I've been studying Ayurveda for the past couple of years. While some information in this book is good, a lot of it is incorrect. For example, there's a recipe of oatmeal with raisins and banana. First, Ayurveda strongly advises not to eat fruit with any other food (raw or cooked). Banana is one of those fruits that has quite a few restrictions when eaten. It is not even recommended to drink water when eating banana. Another example, recipe of bread that has yeast. Yeast is aggravating to all doshas according to Ayurveda, but that information is not on the Dosha food list. Also according to Ayurveda fruits and vegetables shouldn't be mixed as they are incompatible, yet there's a carrot/orange juice in the recipes. In one place it's recommended for Pitta types to eat cranberries while cranberries are aggravating to Pittas. There are many more inconsistencies in this book and poor food combining.

If you want to learn proper Ayurvedic Cooking go for "Ayurvedic Cooking for Self Healing" by Dr. Vasant Lad
3297128
The Wall Street Journal and a number of other newspapers have blasted the author of this book for its factual inaccuracy. Both very Liberal and very Conservative columnists have ripped this person for falsifying so-called 'facts'. Gun scholars on both sides of the gun issue (pro-gun control and anti-gun control) were astounded by some of the assertions made in the book. Thus they sought out the so-called sources of the claims and found road blocks along the way. Every time they requested the sources from the author, he fabricated some story and led them on a wild goose chase. To one person he told them the records were used from someplace in San Francisco, only to be told later from the source in SF that all records prior to a certain year were destroyed in the great fire of that city. When the author was questioned on this, he then told them to check places in Georgia. That lead came up false also. He then claimed all of his back-up sources was destroyed when his office flooded. And on and on....
Before you buy the book I suggest doing a web search using the author's last name and the Wall Street Journal as keywords also. You'll definitely think twice about purchasing the book after.
3295241
I cannot recommend this book, as it contains incorrect information.  For example, Barbara Bush's birth year is stated as a year earlier than it is noted on the White House website.  Other dates are also incorrect.
1483891
Disclaimer: I have never read this book. HOWEVER, I have recently learned that my name and my grandfathers was used in this book. My name is Lexi Roach, and my family's farming operation and my work with dr. Jones is referred to in the portion of this book that discusses Dr. Stephen Jones.

For clarity's sake, our family's farm is in no way an organic operation. Our family's farm utilizes modern technology wherever we can, and this includes application of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides. In addition, western Washington university does not have a wheat breeding program, and to my knowledge any sort of agriculture program. I worked with Dr. Jones at Washington State University in Pullman, which is 350-400 miles away from the town where western Washington university is.

The only reasons I can see for the author misrepresenting these two facts is 1) adequate research was not undertaken for this book, or 2) the author purposely misrepresented my family's farming operation because it fit in better with their book

Either way, if these simple, easily verifiable facts were wrong, it follows that this isn't the only mistake/misrepresentation in the book. I would pick a book written by a more reliable author if I were you.
2266358
I have purchased numerous DK Eyewitness books. This book was poorly edited.  Although it was updated within the past 12 months, the misinformation was rampant - everything from dates/hours key museums and sites were open to the walking tours which were entirely inscrutable (and I have followed DK walking tours without issue in numerous European cities).  The book was so often incorrect that we rejoiced each time the information proved accurate.  The photos are, as always gorgeous.
232940
This book is highly inaccurate. Brooks Brown, one of the shooters' close friends, has said that many of the things written in this book are factually incorrect and the depictions of the shooters are just wrong. If you're interested in Columbine, read No Easy Answers: The Truth Behind Death at Columbine, written by Rob Merritt and Brooks Brown himself, or Sue Klebold's book. It's very annoying how much misinformation this book spreads while being hailed as one of the best books on Columbine out there.
1137724
I was extremely disappointed in this book.  I found numerous inaccuracies, both in the author's descriptions of religious teachings and in information about sexual practices.  In some cases (such as his chapter on BDSM), he  begins with a completely wrong assumption about *why* people practice BDSM  and what they get out of it, and then bases all his judgement on those  false precepts.  I found many points in which he was out-and-out wrong.
If you're interested in the subject, Dr. Ruth Westheimer's book  "Heavenly Sex: Sexuality in the Jewish Tradition" is a much  better book -- more accurate and more interesting.
394815
This book was originally written by Rev. William McClung and published in 1904 and is not updated as one would believe it to be. A good deal of the information have been proven to be incorrect and I would advise that anyone who purchases the book, to do their own research using official records, court documents, etc. to prove their own family search I, myself have worked for years, along with other McClung descendants to bring the true facts to light.
555554
Do not buy this inaccurate book!  By page 13 you will have learned to misuse reticent, laconic, and accost.  There is a mistake in the key for the review on page 12.  Using this book will do students more harm than good.  The format is wonderful, but the flaws in word usage are unforgivable.  It is appalling that this book was rated a number one best seller in its category on Amazon.
2530795
As a researcher of Irish republican history, I would concur with a previous review. 'Deadly Divisions' is an inaccurate and largely fictionalized account of the INLA. Some of the notes used by the authors  are available in Belfast, and after viewing these documents it becomes  clear that the authors' primary sources were a few individuals outside of  the movement who are/were hostile to the INLA and had political and  personal reasons to undermine the organization. Furthermore, the authors  apparently took the word of these individuals as 'gospel' when writing  their so-called 'history' as in several sections what these sources said  was repeated verbatim in the book without any effort to authenticate the  information from other sources, including members of the IRSP or INLA.  Indeed, 'Deadly Divisions' casts the INLA in such a negative light solely  because the bulk of the information the authors had access to was biased  against the organization. It does not seem that the authors strove to write  a fair or balanced account, and as such it is an interesting read but very,  very poor history indeed. Hopefully in the near future new works will be  published which will cast a very different and more accurate light on this  organization.
3304561
Quaint and inaccurate  Reviewer: Eva Webster-Frizzell from Tennessee  I have read and am appalled at the first of many inaccuracies in this book. The first, most glaring to anyone from the area is the caption of the  two-page "homecoming" picture. The actual gathering is for a  baptism. Anyone not recognizing this has spent a year not learning. Very  disappointed in this book. I bought the book for my sister, a PHN working  with people in very poor circumstances in the Sequatchie Valley of  Tennessee. She had hoped to see the documentary but missed it. I hope she  can look over the problems with the book, we can forgive Yankees who try to  look at and into our lives and consistently get the wrong information. By  the way, our widowed mother reared twin daughters without ever resorting to  welfare.
3035871
We were very disappointed that the information in the 2012 edition is incorrect and out-dated. There were numerous instances when this guide led us astray on our travels in June 2012. Prices were significantly higher across the board, museum's cited by the book as being free on Wednesdays had stopped that policy 18 months prior, and the Netbus price did NOT include admission to the Blue Lagoon. While in general we like Frommer's guides, this one was a huge disappointment.
2643194
Very disappointed in this.  Went online and found that some of things they stated in this book are only partially
 accurate.
1427645
This book is filled with misinformation.  Don't waste your money.  Patsy Ramsey is more concerned about defending her wardrobe choices than talking about her poor dead child.  Burke, who's Burke? Their internet slave is  mentioned more than he is.