Not bad, but a little dense and dry
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You think your characters won't ever face a god?  Think again!
This, of course, is the long-awaited sourcebook on creating and playing D&D divine beings, from quasi-deity einherjar all the way up to supreme nameless deities. It has gobs of information in it; each deity's entry takes up almost two double-columned pages. You'll find out how to build your own deities, and to find out what they can do and how they can do it, and what the DM can do with them. Make no bones about it, this is a book purely meant for the DM (as one can tell by the blue cover). It does give option for PC deities, but those are kind of sparse, like they were really reaching for them.
What's good? It has mass quantities of data, and that's always a good thing. It's got great artwork, and it provides some good adventuring material; if nothing else, it gives the PCs something to shoot for. It also serves as sort of a preview for the Epic-Level Handbook; the divine salient abilities are often just several epic-level feats rolled up into one.
What's bad? Not really much. After a certain point, mass quantities of data lose their usefulness. I would've liked a bit more information on the default D&D pantheon's temples and clergy, but for the other pantheons one can find out more information at one's library.
All in all, it's a pretty good book for the DM. I'd like something like the Book of Priestcraft for more detail on the pantheons, but that's a campaign-specific issue.
4089580
I'd recommend the book but I wish there was more hard substance in it and less rah rah you can do it.
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This is a follow-on to Professor Lloyd's book "Early Greek Science from Thales to Aristotle".  It contains chapters of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers, Hellenic Mathematics, Hellenic Astronomy, Hellenic Biology and Medicine,  Applied Mechanics and Technology, Ptolemy, Galen and The Decline of Ancient Science.  I found this book much more focused than his previous one on early Greek science, but it was equally dry.  I particularly liked the section on technology, but the others are also good; good but dry.  I was a little disappointed by the Ptolemy chapter because I was expecting a more in-depth treatment of the Ptolemaic system.

I have mentioned twice that I felt that the book was dry, by this I mean that it was slow reading and not as interesting as I had hoped.  Nonetheless, I am giving the book 4 stars.  While dry, the book contains a lot of very interesting information and was worth the time that I spent on with it.
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I gained a few good ideas from this book. Generally, though, I found the writing dry. For a book called Comedy Writing, this was rather disappointing. I also think there must be literature out there that's more relevant to the times. Perret makes it seem so easy to soar to fame, yet writers have been losing jobs in staggering numbers for many years. Otherwise, it is good to add tools and gain the perspective of one of comedy's best behind-the-scenes players.
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Pretty heavy stuff. I felt it was pretty good, but it wasn't very catchy.  I got a little bogged down in the middle of it.  I feel it gave me a good start, but the author kept going back and forth between ideas and just talking about herself (almost a bit too much).
341979
Books that come into my house  end up donated to the 2nd-hand store, shredded in the compost heap or
given safe haven in my library.  This will make it to the library. but not  to the breadbaker shelf.  It's a
good enough read, though dry-as-dust.  It loses stars because  it is neither informative nor inspirational.
His search takes him mainly to French bakeries-- the trouble with  French bakeries is that they  use French-type flour.
You can get pricey french-style flours here but, oddly, he gives  standard american recipes using american flours.
Then, for flatbread, he picks the very french  socca. although he westernizes it with cornmeal.
Okay,. so it's his journey and he chose to mainly ignore the exciting stuff coming out of the
U.S. but I fault the book  for not giving  a hint of its eurocentric viewpoint in the cover and first pages.
As for inspiration,  how can one get inspired by  a writer who seems  slightly bored with
it all.  Here is how he reacts when the revered Alice Waters  compliments his bread--
  "It was a nice moment and quite telling."
Telling of what he doesn't say  and, given his low-key response to Water's kudo,, do I really want to
to know.
He is so passionless, so flat and grey, that he manages to get through the whole book without  ever
letting  us know if he found a perfect loaf or even one he really. really enjoyed.
4102566
I loved Cutters The Troop and Little Heaven, and liked The Deep. This fell a little short in comparison. Its a great concept but the execution is a little dry, probably due to its first person POV. Still, lots to like here and it was never boring.
1510859
As a dog trainer currently enrolled in a training school, I have a long list of books about dogs to get through. Over 60!

Inside of a Dog wasn't on my recommended reading lists, but I decided to pick up a copy I found after my aunt gave me a little Christmas money.

Pros: It has some solid science, however much of it isn't discussed in detail. A lot of her mentions are one or two sentences long, and this is disappointing.

Cons: Very dry at times. This book is written as if it's aimed at researchers, and seems to use big words just for the sake of it. Maybe that is the way the author speaks in real life or at her job as a college professor and researcher. Although I could understand everything in the book, some of its contents were lost of my older aunt who is just an average joe. She put the book down after a few chapters.
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This book is a little dry. It has a lot of information in it, but very few pictures, which is a bummer, as I am a visual learner. It is also semi-tedious to read through. I find myself having to re-read the same sentences a couple of times because my eyes have started to glaze over.
2558710
The book itself is full of information, but it goes into so much detail that I found it a little dry.  That's just my personal opinion.  It read it but only because it was required text in one of my innovations class.  The subject matter is interesting, but it's not largely my cup of tea.  Still, there's a lot of good information in here.
927033
His first book was better.  I thought he dwelled on the daughter's behavior a little too much.  It was informative, but a little dry.
2242446
It's a little dry but its a book about yeast what do you want. It's a bit better as a reference rather than read cover to cover I think.
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A bit dense but it doesn't skimp on details or conceptual foundations. I would love it to be a little more accessible, but I understand the topic inherently has some accessibility issues.
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.
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I have read a few chapters in this book so far, and I like it, although it is a little dry and not the most exciting read, and I'm a guy that really likes this kind of subject.  So far, I would definitely classify it as educational rather than entertaining.
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A bit dry at times, but if the title appeals to you, you won't be disappointed by what's inside.
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I got this book over a year ago and just got through it. Which should tell you something.  Maybe I need a self-help book for laziness, but I like my self-help in manageable chunks. I found this book to be dense, awkwardly written, and a little too demanding of my time. (Hence, not 5 stars.)

There are 8 Principles - each gets a section -  and honestly all of them are intriguing to me (hence, 4 stars). What is your mission in life, don't let your story define you (my favorite section), use intuition, what energy do you bring, etc.  All good stuff.  But they're just, well, not easily digestible.

BOTTOM LINE: If you have time to do the work, and you enjoy books that talk a lot about spirituality, you should enjoy it.