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Review:Perhaps linguists consider this review's title a hyperbole, but for a CS major and popular science buff like me, this book was the most entertaining, interesting and informative pop sci book I've ever read.- Read more
Review:Great book for self-learning music theory from the ground up.
I studied theory for a short time when I was young, but had forgotten most of it. This book is all I needed to relearn what was lost and go far beyond that too.
The layout of single page lessons with half page explanations and half page exercises is great. Especially since all the answers are given in the back of the book so you can see if you've got it right.
Also has a number of ear training on cd.
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Review:I was so excited to received this new edition! The cover is awesome! It's full of lots of fun, weird and interesting stuff. I loved it all especially using the table of contents and index which really helped to find certain features! It's 253 pages of wow! Read more
Review:The book is really helpful when trying to figure out what somethings mean for beginners.
there are things that are in the dictionary but it's really nice. it also has English to Japanese at the back. Read more
Review:This book is structured by body movement. This is first book you should read. It equates movement with meaning. Remember to watch for changes in behavior and clusters of movements. The second book you should read is by Joe Navarro. Read more
Review:Content wise...I found the book well researched but very dry. Research material like this is difficult to use on the Kindle. I prefer to flip thru pages reading what interests me...going back and forth.
I would have preferred a less scholarly treatment of the medial effects of cannabis. It was too hard to plow thru to get the facts and summaries that I wanted. Read more
Review:I find that Write Great Fiction's layout is easier to comprehend - the outlines, the charts, the lists, the illustrations. My favorite part of this book is when Nancy Kress goes through with the list of traits for your characters: What are their values, what do they look like, what do they fear, what organizations do they affiliate themselves with? This helped me illustrate my characters more.
Unlike Orson Scott Card's books which are a conglomeration of paragraphs that lack visual aids, ... Read more
Review:Heinrichs has made rhetoric chic again! My students enjoy reading this book, mostly because they enjoy learning techniques to be more powerful rhetoricians, especially when arguing with parents. I enjoy the book because I can continue refer to aspects and chapters to enhance my classroom lessons.
I would say to Jay, though, that although this version is updated, he still has a couple of out-dated allusions such as the Eddie Haskel ploy. Teens today (and many adults even -- I asked my 30 ... Read more