Informative book lacks depth
594984
This book is informative but lacks the necessary depth for the Title  "Advance Engine Performance  Diagnosis"....a better label would Pre-Advance Engine  Diaginosis. This book needs to give  challenging examples that illustrate "how to do" Diagnose difficult issues ....not straight forward ones. The book "Advanced" title is mis-leading.
4151748
Just a few quick points...
The book was very summary level, but that is okay.  If you are looking for a non-biased writing, this is not for you.  It did a decent job of showing how the interaction of other nations/peoples with the Israelites effected the spreading of Judaism/Christianity throughout the world, but lacked depth. If you are looking for in depth historical knowledge of non-Israel nations/peoples during "bible times," this is very lacking.
3615569
Book is okay for basic info. But needs to have more in-depth knowledge for us who are looking for more information than just basics.
1913148
The book gives a very rudimentary explanation of the topic and actually doesn't take the time to expand when it should.  I know that it is not intended for that reason but it touches on many subject and then drops the matter.  I will say however that the information provided is not inaccurate I just felt it could have been expanded upon.
568026
This was a required textbook for a class that I was taking.  I enjoyed the insight the book offered but it seems like it takes a simplistic approach many times without going into more detail of the subject matter at hand.  It is also examining a generation of people that live in an advancing and ever-changing world so things that are listed in the book that were relevant when it was published become irrelevant six months down the line.  Again, the book is good for some insight into the given population but for more in-depth coverage I would turn elsewhere.
1112944
The book is not well catalogued and does not go into much detail about attractions in each area.  I was expecting more depth.
3107286
Concise but not enough information focused on what an ER resident needs to know.
4469491
This book is not all that infomative.  Maybe I knew more about the subject than I realized but there was not much new information in this book.
3326226
Ok for the price but not a great deal of information
1705889
A nice handy little book. Could have had a lot more interesting information and I felt it was too brief.
1918845
The book had good info about the people, but only 30 pages does not give as much detail as I was hoping for!
1804455
On the positive, the book is an easy read and a good and timely introduction to the topic. A number of interesting observations is being provided and relevant questions being raised.

Where I find the book to come short relates to its organization and its analysis:

The book contains a number of pamphlets / short topics, each beginning with a question and ending with a brief discussion related to the question, often including citations from elsewhere. All too many times I find that the subsequent discussion is too shallow to properly address the question. Moreover, rather than being served occasionally quite extensive text inserts / citations from external sources I would have preferred to have the author's consolidated view of the challenges at hand. As it is now, the content more resembles a number of more or less related blog postings with occasional external text inserts. I get the impression of navigating articles on a financial blog portal rather than having an author's effort to present a coherent view of the topic.

In my view a part of the book that contributes little is Appendix II with its huge list of issued Wall Street Fines. Also, the organization of "Appendix I - Demonetized Currencies" is odd as it is neither organized by year of demonetization nor by name of country nor by name of currency. In my Kindle edition, the practical reading of book ended at 70%, the remaining 30% consists of some tables and the mentioned huge list and is adding to the page count without providing much further insights.
326419
Gives some good basic information but then says that it cannot go in depth in this book. The author does provide links for more information but some don't work.
1626156
The book contains many entries, but lacks in my opinion a more in-depth analysis. With more illustrations it could be a nice children's book...
265360
While a solid, informative read, this book is somewhat stodgy, like oatmeal that has spent too much time on the stove. The good:
- It is understandable.
- Not too badly written.
- Gives an insight into the NY Amish not available elsewhere, especially their diversity.

The bad:
- Reads like a thesis converted into a book: factual, but uninspiring.
- Written as a long list, handling much the same material for each community.
- No mention of items that have appeared in the news like spousal abuse.
- Not enough viewpoints or interviews with individual Amish, and as a result the book is informational, but does give us a overview of Amish life.

Overall a good book, but a bit of a plod.
3298692
A compilation by various contributors, often covering repetitive topics adding very little.  The low rating is due to poor depth of coverage and not offering a more comprehensive solution end-to-end.
502604
After reading nearly all of this book I can tell you that this text is in fact helpful, however its the information quality that worries me.  The 1000+ pages in this book provide the reader with a great breath of info, but with that said the depth of that information is about as deep as a shower.  It has vision but lacks insight; has quantity but the discussion lacks quality.

While the book covers every relevant topic regarding restaurants, if fails to offer any insight into how a restauranteur thought process actually goes and lacks the critical thinking I was hoping for.  In the end it is basically a series of lists.  It can be summed up as a series of things a restauranteur can do for his business... with no thought really given as to whether or not a restauranteur should do them.  Also this textbook is more boring than most you've probably read as it lacks: Q & A, relevant stories or examples, graphical data, and other common textbook features that make reading more interesting.

This post is not meant to come across as negative because this book is overall very helpful.  However you should know before you purchase this book that: much of the information is obvious and common sensical, Atlantic-pub treats this book as an infomercial for a myriad of products it sells, it also tries to sell other company's products on page after page, and finally if you incorporated every one of the million suggestions in this book I suspect you'd end up either broke and or just plain annoyed with all the unnecessary additions to your business.

Summary: Helpful in that it covers all the topics that you need to know, but frustrating in that 90% of the time it is overly simplistic.  Pros include: Quantity of topics covered, helpful forms, and case studies.  Cons include: uninsightful, tons of advertisements, and more dry than any textbook I've read.