Great book, but sometimes a little bit unorgnized
588396
I found this book great.
In brief, the message of the book is crystal clear. The author heartens us to love God in a crazy way. He provides a couple of practical examples whereby a church member can express his/her love for God. To name a few: money, career, etc.

More precisely, I like the way the issue of money is dealt along this book. I think Francis Chan did a great job on elaborating this issue from many angles and pointing out pertinent Scriptures.

In my humble opinion, the chief problem with this book regards its organization. Some chapters are over-extended. Some ideas are repeated all over the book which makes it a little bit tiring to read. Some points are belabored. Nevertheless, I do understand that this kind of repetition helps us to grasp the main message easier.

All in all, I highly recommend the purchase of this book to any Christian who wants to get a fresh view of some key topics within the life of the believer.

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Me pareci muy buen libro. El mensaje es claro y bsicamente trata de mostrar como podemos amar a Dios con locura. El autor da ejemplos prcticos de sto: dinero, carrera, etc.

Francis Chan aborda en profundidad el tema del dinero desde diversas perspectiva proveyendo al mismo tiempo los fundamentos bblicos.

Desde mi perspectiva el problema del libro es su organizacin. Algunos captulos estn sobre-extendidos, algunos puntos son tratados de manera tediosa. No obstante, entiendo que sto puede ayudar a algunos a entender las cosas mucho mejor.

En resumen, recomiendo este libro a cualquier cristiano que quiere obtener una mirada revitalizadora de algunos temas importantes de la vida del creyente.
2549388
Wonderful book filled with a massive amount of information. Even though I understand the need for the pages to be thin to fit so much information, it's bit frustrating have to use so much care to not tear them. In the next edition I hope they choose to make the book wider and thinner so it can be  more portable and generally more appealing.
1846860
I really like this book, and the author has a lot of good tips, so I would definitely recommend it.  However, there's quite a few mistakes, which you can usually pick up.  For instance on page 204, regarding Menke's Kinky Hair Syndrome and Wilson disease, he says, "Both menkes Kinky hair syndrome and Wilson Disease are associated with low serum copper levels and ceruloplasmin levels."  Then in the same paragraph, he says, "In both cases serum ceruloplasmin levels are elevated and serum copper levels are low."  He also listed subcutaneous epinephrine was the correct treatment for anaphylaxis, but IM is really preferred nowadays.  As I said, you can catch most of the errata by reading carefully and looking up the right answer in another source.  I think the proofreading was sloppy (lots of typos and some graphs that don't have all the axes labeled), so you have to spend some time sorting things out, but overall it's still helpful.
2032764
I really like this book. There's also a global version.

The main issue with the book though is that it doesn't open up to the images as well. I think it should have been produced differently where the pages were allowed to open more. A lot of the great images are quite difficult to look at.

I would gladly pay for that sort of production.
734405
The truly awesome tour is complimented well with this book and goes over many of the features of compiling the language. Much of this information can be found online but not so concisely. The kindle version code examples can be a bit difficult to read on smaller kindles which is why I only gave it 4/5.
2826555
I really like this book ... in fact it is really a great book.  The only problem is that the text goes off of the end of the digital page and wraps into the next line on the right side instead of going to the next line down on the left.  So you end up with text on top of text and unable to read parts of it sometimes.  It is a very rare occurrence and seems to only be text in tables that is wrapping incorrectly like this.  Still it's irritating and seems to happen most frequently when recipes for oil blends are being viewed.

It is bad enough that I wish I had ordered the paperback version.  However, I can for the most part tell what is typed.  In a few cases I cannot.  I am only 27% through the book though.  It may get worse or better from here.

Super annoying!
3603861
This is a fantastic book. The explanations of how Spanish work are the easiest to understand that I've found anywhere.
One fairly serious problem exists, but I think it's probably only on the Kindle version of the book: Apparently they used optical character recognition to convert the printed book to electronic format and there a quite a lot of misspellings and critical formatting issues. I spent a fair amount of time double-checking the answers online.
If I had the choice I would have bought the printed version of the book instead, then I could have given it five stars.
2124022
This is a great book, with good examples that are clear and easy to understand. I have two gripes with this book, which may be related.

1) There's a ton of whitespace. In some cases, a good quarter of the page will be left empty because there's a graph or table displayed on the facing page, and the publisher didn't fill in the extra space.

2) This is a comprehensive book covering a lot of material on a wide range of topics, but good god this is a gigantic book. They probably could have saved a good 20-30 pages by reducing the extra whitespace (see above) but either way this book could have been split into two volumes. Look at the weight!
Shipping Weight: 5.5 pounds
Sure it has 1625 pages... with another 73 pages of introduction and index! I have a lot of textbooks and technical manuals in my library, but this is by far the largest one. It's awkward to hold in your lap, it's a monster to carry, impossible to photocopy (doesn't lie flat) and the paperback binding feels like it's going to just snap in half anyway.

Aside from the gripes about physical size, the content of this book is wonderful. By all means, purchase this book, it has everything you need to know from A to z.
2073632
I thought most of this book was great.  I found "God and I" and "On Copyediting" particularly engaging and great, along with quite a few others.  What is amazing, as the other reviewers have said, is how interesting some of the essays are considering the subject material.  I would never have thought that an essay on copyediting could make me laugh so much, and yet it has.

The reason why I give this only four stars, and not five, is that I found that a few of the essays in the middle, particularly "Over Rough Terrain", dragged on a bit and were not as engaging as the rest.  This made getting through the entire book harder, and I rather wish I had just skipped them now.

But by all means, anyone interested enough in this book to be looking at the Amazon reviews of it should definitely read it.  Just don't get discouraged in the middle, the last few essays are great.
1349878
its a very helpful book with really simple and easy to follow points, directions are pretty clear. Although i must say i find it very odd that this book seems like it wasn't edited, i see a lot of spelling errors. other than that i think there is too much repetitions in this book.

but overall i recommend it
3406863
The book is good.  Gottman takes familiar concepts lacking names, gives them names, and organizes them in a clear and compelling way.  Once I finished reading it my wife picked it up.  We are about to enter a discussion phase.

Good stuff.

My only complaint is that I think I ordered a new book.  The one I received was in good shape, but it was clearly not new.  It had markings with yellow highlighter throughout.
1995230
While I thoroughly enjoyed the book, there were times when I wish the explanations were clearer. Of course, if this book were used as part of a course, then one could ask a professor or other students for help.

Overall, I highly recommend this book.
569933
I love this book, got the soft cover Banner of Truth Trust version.
Only 1 complaint: I would like it to be more usable. It is small and very thick for the size. This makes it difficult to hold and keep open properly.
It also causes the contents to run on over several pages, where a larger book could have kept the passages more together, easier to see the whole (or at least a larger part of it) at a glance. That is important due to how the book is organized (in an outline form). Being able to see more on each page would help to keep it mentally organized for reading. It would also be more useful if the Table on Contents also provided the sub-titles under the main entries. This would make it easier to, again, understand and follow the book's layout, and find the section you need as you pray. There is an index with page numbers for various topics in the back which can be helpful. I came to Amazon hoping to find a larger book which might feature these additions, but there doesn't seem to be any other format or publisher. Again, think it is an invaluable book and I will continue to use it and share it with others, but hope for a better version. Until then, I will treasure this one and I am grateful for its printing, and have shared it with others.
4732309
I'm glad I bought this book and it will be used for many years as a reference. Tons of great insights about the healing the body naturally. My mind is percolating with all my newly-gained knowledge, and I feel confident that I can keep my family and myself a whole lot healthier through nutritional therapy. Dr. Saul is very charming and his writing style is easy to read.

The book is not organized in the most optimal way and there is some repetitiveness that should have been caught by the editor. I also noticed some typos and copy editing errors. The quality of the book production is not great: some of the interior design is faded from poor printing and I think the book designer didn't do a great job (it's unattractive, I'm sorry), making it harder to read the material. So I have to knock it down one star. But this book is worth owning nonetheless!
2205538
It's a very good book in all. It's full of good stories, perhaps the most common and well known one's. But I think that it might need a few other less known stories. That's why I only give it four stars, because it need a few more less known stories. In all a very good book, and I recommend it to people who are beginners at the subject and don't know too much about it.
3736317
This is great book that covers a lot of different dinosaurs quite well. There's alot of info here for both novice and seasoned enthusiasts. Decent illustrations abound, too.

The downside is that years of heavy reading will cause the pages to fall out and that most of its content has been acquired by Howstuffworks, and is consequently available online for free.

Still, I can't help but look back fondly on this book. Brought a lot of joy to an aspiring paleontologist. :D
4407712
There is an insane amount of valuable information in this book, the only reason I'm giving 4 and not 5 stars is that I think the layout could be better (this is a gigantic book made out of recycled paper with a softcover, which makes it very floppy). Otherwise this is a great thing to have in the house, although I'd suggest getting&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/When-Technology-Fails-A-Manual-for-Self-Reliance-and-Planetary-Survival/dp/1933392835/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance and Planetary Survival</a>&nbsp;as well.