Dry subject explained in an interesting way.
592811
If you are not an accountant and need to know accounting concepts then this is the book for you. A dry subject explained in an easy and interesting way.
3864636
This book was interesting to read and covered a lot of ground.  I learned a lot from reading it and I appreciated that it was not too dry or too scientific.  It was written in a style that the average person like myself could understand what I was reading and stay interested in it.
315018
If you are interested in this subject, this book is worth the effort it will take to wade through it.
1547352
The story of the river war in Vietnam was a new one to me. I had not heard of the "Riverine" outfits. While the author is an accomplished writer, I have found the book to be a bit dry and boring. The background would as I have said before made a great History textbook. A lot of work went into this treatise. Towards the last 1/3 of the book, where he had stories by the "grunts" (if you will) the story and history moves along at a much faster and interesting pace. I would surely recommend this narrative with the last 1/3 of this book.
2946918
Looking for something a little different to listen to on your long commute? Vowell aims to please with this look at Puritanical America and its origins. The subject is a bit dry but defiantly comes across better via audio than picking up the book.
2059317
This is really a text book and reads like one.  Filled with information, but dry like a desert.  I didn't want to die from hydration lack so I quite reading it half way through.
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If you are interested in learning more about this subject, read Thinking Fast and Slow.
2509039
I didn't think it was possible to take such an interesting subject and turn it into a dry, boring book. I rarely leave a book unfinished, but I did with this one.
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I was drawn to this book because it sounded intriguing. But in spite of the illicit nature of the subject matter, I did not find this to be as compelling of a read as I expected. I found it to be very informative but perhaps a bit too dry and academic for my tastes.
Lots of great information here and worth reading for the educational insight into the era as well as the artists (not being an artist myself I did enjoy learning  more about those like Michelangelo).
A 3 1/2 star book for even an average reader. For anyone more versed in the arts and how history shaped some of the greatest artists of all time, definitely 4 or 5 stars.
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This book is pretty interesting for a very dry academic study... if that makes any kind of sense at all.  If you are interested in background information of the great, the Nature vs. Nurture questions involved,enviornment personality type birth order etc., then you might enjoy this Tome. Not enjoyable light reading by any means, but it does site some very interesting and diverse views and theories.  However if the subject is of interest to you, you might read this in tandem with Orson Scott Card's "Pastwatch", or "Enders Shadow", as well as C.J. Cherryh's Cyteen. These are the stories that brought me to the interest of the study that Dr. Simonton investigates here. But you'd have to be a lot smarter than me to read it for fun. The TV series Malcolm in the Middle gives a much more entertaining look at the subject, and if you are an academic that doesn't understand the correlation, then, that is a show you should watch from the Pilot episode to the Finale.
1316072
Very dry like most text books are, but very informative if the topic applies to you and your profession.
1114748
It's very informative, but not the kind of book you read cover to cover. Use the index when you have a question, and you're taken to a brief, concise explanation with a bit of humor thrown in. Doug Lowe does a great job dealing with a very dry subject.
2390335
It had good information, but it's written in a very dry, almost clinical way.  I didn't expect it to be highly entertaining, but I didn't think it would read like a textbook either.
1602818
An interesting read, this book gives insight into the coverage given to this maritime disaster. It was,you will pardon the expression, a rather dry read..
199466
Being a science geek, I'm naturally interested in this subject matter. I was a *bit* disappointed in this book because the material is presented in a pretty dry fashion. I think there needs to be a bit more color and less slavish adherence to every letter and number in the history of science. Not falsifying but leaning more toward the human without being afraid to show disagreements, personality flaws, etc. The history of science is really the history of human beings, after all. I would recommend this book for anyone who, like me, slurps up Everything Science, but not, maybe, for a youngster who's just dipping her toes in the stream for the first time.
3928465
This is an Excellent story telling about a subject that could otherwise be quite dry. This book is great - Highly recommend!
96425
Was a lot more dry than I expected.  I ended up giving to my friend.  The content is worth while and interesting but it is a big book.