A condensed version of larger books.
593627
Not enough variety to make it a general opening book (Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan), nor a book specifically focused on one repertoire (The King's Indian Attack by Eric Schilling).  The Openings discussed are somewhat in random order and therefore there is no real focus.  Though a good book, very instructive and well written, I would not consider it a necessity for players.  If you want to cram on a few popular themes then this book will fit your needs.  All levels can read this book, but intermediate players (1200-1600)  may utilize this book best.
1996560
It is limited but that is what you want in a book like this. It has a table of contents that you can reach with the 'go to' function.
4204811
Good selection. Really wish print weren't so very small -- difficult for older readers.
3428055
More like an encyclopedia with many facts squished into a too-small format.  Many tiny pictures squeezed into pages which have too many words to begin with.  Content interesting, sometimes fascinating, but presentation makes it hard to read.  Would have preferred a larger format.  As it is, I can read it for a short time only.  I was so looking forward to receiving it and planned to read it from cover to cover.
3672436
I likes the book, however, the printing is much to small which makes me need glasses to read.  I would have liked this in a bigger format.  That said, this book is very helpful.
2571129
Very helpful in this condensed version.  I can put it in my purse and not carry around the bigger book.
11910
As much info as you can pack into a book the size of a Yellow Pages for a moderately large city.
2431762
This is a nice book.

But I wish the pictures were bigger. The pictures of the fabrics are so tiny, thumbnail size. Not easy to see anything, particular the fabric with bigger print than the size of the thumbnail.

I did not get any CD with this book, that has to be said. I do not know if it should be or not.
2218819
This book is not written for a kindle.  There are a lot of items in the book that come across the screen too small to see.
3384447
This book is ok but it is about the size of a small flip cell phone. buy the larger version.
557241
It was a good story if you like novellas or bookshots. I prefer the regular size novels.
4114095
Beautiful illustrations. Book is rather small in size and number of photos.
2871803
I like the inclusion or real things, businesses, places, etc. I like the least that the books are so short. I could read them for days.
4158145
It's a nice idea. And very beautifully laid out. I'm just not too sure it's enough to be an entire book.
3367941
Consists of a couple of pictures and a few brief paragraphs. Period.
222366
The text is far too small and condensed. Would have preferred this guide to have larger text and more pages and flimsier binding. The old Prima Strategy guides also had a better story driven structure flow to follow. I found more practical use from online guides. Beautiful presentation for the most part though.
4081214
I rather like these summarized books. Its like the most important and note-worthy facts from a huge book have been filtered through to make this one. I see many important facts are included here despite the short length. Its not an easy task, in my opinion, to shorten such a volume as the life of a person, and yet bring out the best and important details to the reader.