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This short, concrete, and to-the-point book guides students through this vast field of conflicting opinions. The book starts from the premise that students benefit most from seeing a balanced treatment of all available views. For instance, it provides coverage of both ad hoc and optimizing models and also explores divisions such as flexible price versus sticky price models, rationality versus irrationality, and calibration versus statistical inference. By giving consideration to each of these 'mini debates,' this book shows how each approach has its good and bad points. International Macroeconomics and Finance also excels in its integration of theoretical and empirical issues: the theory is introduced by developing the canonical model in a topic area and then its predictions are evaluated quantitatively. Both the calibration method and standard econometric methods are covered. To avoid the 'black-box' perception that students sometimes develop, almost all of the results presented here are derived step-by-step from first principles. A conversational, logical presentation also makes this a supreme learning tool.
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International Macroeconomics and Finance.......2006-02-27
This is a well written and short concreted book. I makes a good combination of both econometrics and theoretical methods for those who have a background on these topics. The book is suitable for graduate students.
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Performance Appraisals Within Public Safety
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The primary objective of this study is to determine whether practicing personnelists and research scholars agree on what constitutes an effective performance appraisal system in public safety organization. If Personnel managers at public safety organization possess knowledge of the characteristics of effective performance appraisal system in public safety organizations, they are more likely to design and/or advocate performance appraisal system in public safety organizations that include these important attributes. In addition, the research is an opportunity for the academic community to learn from the experience of practitioners. Concepts and techniques that are valued by academics may not be functional or effective for those involved in the development and administration of performance appraisal system in public safety organizations. Thus, areas of disagreement can serve to identify subjects for further research and improve both theory and practice.
Research of this genre is also necessary because much performance appraisal research is laboratory based with consequent questionable external validity. This research and other recent works attempt to delineate the contextual factors that affect the operation of performance appraisal system in public safety organizations.
Given the multitude of variables that can influence the development and administration of a performance appraisal system in public safety organization, personnel manager knowledge alone cannot be expected to have a significant impact on a given systems' effectiveness. Knowledge of the elements of an effective system is a necessary, albeit not a sufficient, condition to ensure performance appraisal system in public safety organization effectiveness.
How can Personnel managers at public safety organizations develop their knowledge of effective appraisal system practices? Formal education is one avenue. Personnel managers at public safety organization with advanced degrees specializing in personnel areas are more likely to be cognizant of the requirements for effective performance appraisal system in public safety organizations. Knowledge about performance appraisal can be obtained through specialized courses and training seminars, membership in professional associations, and self-study of the performance appraisal literature. Finally, practical knowledge gained from direct experience with performance appraisal is likely to be extremely important, if not the most important, influence.
There are no published works that compare the opinions of personnelists with views of research scholars on the attributes of an effective performance appraisal system in public safety organization. Most of the published works have been descriptive or case study oriented and have not addressed the full-range of attributes related to appraisal system success.
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The primary objective of this study is to determine whether practicing personnelists and research scholars agree on what constitutes an effective performance appraisal system in public safety organization. If Personnel managers at public safety organization possess knowledge of the characteristics of effective performance appraisal system in public safety organizations, they are more likely to design and/or advocate performance appraisal system in public safety organizations that include these important attributes. In addition, the research is an opportunity for the academic community to learn from the experience of practitioners. Concepts and techniques that are valued by academics may not be functional or effective for those involved in the development and administration of performance appraisal system in public safety organizations. Thus, areas of disagreement can serve to identify subjects for further research and improve both theory and practice. Research of this genre is also necessary because much performance appraisal research is laboratory based with consequent questionable external validity. This research and other recent works attempt to delineate the contextual factors that affect the operation of performance appraisal system in public safety organizations. Given the multitude of variables that can influence the development and administration of a performance appraisal system in public safety organization, personnel manager knowledge alone cannot be expected to have a significant impact on a given systems' effectiveness. Knowledge of the elements of an effective system is a necessary, albeit not a sufficient, condition to ensure performance appraisal system in public safety organization effectiveness. How can Personnel managers at public safety organizations develop their knowledge of effective appraisal system practices? Formal education is one avenue. Personnel managers at public safety organization with advanced degrees specializing in personnel areas are more likely to be cognizant of the requirements for effective performance appraisal system in public safety organizations. Knowledge about performance appraisal can be obtained through specialized courses and training seminars, membership in professional associations, and self-study of the performance appraisal literature. Finally, practical knowledge gained from direct experience with performance appraisal is likely to be extremely important, if not the most important, influence. There are no published works that compare the opinions of personnelists with views of research scholars on the attributes of an effective performance appraisal system in public safety organization. Most of the published works have been descriptive or case study oriented and have not addressed the full-range of attributes related to appraisal system success.
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Using a design-oriented approach that addresses geotechnical, structural, and construction aspects of foundation engineering, this book explores practical methods of designing structural foundations, while emphasizing and explaining how and why foundations behave the way they do. It explains the theories and experimental data behind the design procedures, and how to apply this information to real-world problems.
Covers general principles (performance requirements, soil mechanics, site exploration and characterization); shallow foundations (bearing capacity, settlement, spread footings -- geotechnical design, spread footings -- structural design, mats); deep foundations (axial load capacity -- full-scale load tests, static methods, dynamic methods; lateral load capacity; structural design); special topics (foundations on weak and compressible soils, foundation on expansive soils, foundations on collapsible soils); and earth retaining structures (lateral earth pressures, cantilever retaining walls, sheet pile walls, soldier pile walls, internally stabilized earth retaining structures).
For geotechnical engineers, soils engineers, structural engineers, and foundation engineers.
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Great for Reference.......2001-01-25
This book starts with a great review of the basics of soil mechanics, and then discusses a wide range of topics such as foundations, bearing walls, footings, deep footings, and many more. Unlike other books, this book is not strictly theory; you can easily apply and understand what this book teaches. It also provides good examples.
Thumbs Up!.......1999-12-03
This is the most practical and comprehensive source for understanding foundations and their design...
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Field Sampling: Principles and Practices in Environmental Analysis (Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment)
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Written by a renowned professional with more than 30 years of experience in environmental sampling and analysis, this reference describes in unparalleled detail all the essential elements for the development and execution of a successful sampling plan at both contaminated and uncontaminated sites. The book covers presampling planning and decision-making, specific sampling situations, and correct sample labeling, and presents the framework and background for the sampling of any contaminated site. Presenting a wide variety of models, quality control procedures, and valuable troubleshooting methods, Field Sampling contains an abundance of topics never before covered in any other source.
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Covering the latest developments in the design of drilled pier foundations and mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls are explained, Geotechical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, explores a pioneering approach for predicting the nonlinear behavior of laterally loaded long vertical and batter piles. Well-suited for use as a textbook and a professional reference, the book discusses soil formation, index properties, and classification; soil permeability, seepage, and the effect of water on stress conditions; stresses due to surface loads; soil compressibility and consolidation; and shear strength characteristics of soils.
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Principles and Practice of Soil Science: The Soil As a Natural Resource
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Soil remains one of the most important, yet most abused, natural resources on the planet. Responsible management of soil and associated water resources plays a critical role in the survival and prosperity of many nations around the world.Principles and Practice of Soil Science, Fourth Edition provides a current and comprehensive introduction to soil science for students in the fields of environmental and agricultural science, ecology, soil and land management, natural resource management and environmental engineering. The text focuses on the fundamental concepts of how soils function and how this functioning is vital to productive and environmentally benign soil use.The Fourth Edition of this classic text includes:Fully updated coverage of all the major aspects of soil science, from the soil habitat to processes in the soil environment and management for sustainable production.Discussion of soil management and environmental impacts.Emphasis on the applications of soil science to the solution of practical problems in soil and land management.Real world examples drawn from the author 's international experience in the field.A thoroughly updated art package, with new colour photographs and diagrams to help students visualize key concepts.New problem sets at the end of each chapter, designed to reinforce important principles. An answer key is provided at the end of the text.Although designed primarily for students, Principles and Practice of Soil Science, Fourth Edition is also an accessible reference for professional soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists, geomorphologists, engineers and land managers.
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Geotechnical Engineering: Principles and Practices of Soil Mechanics, Second Edition
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Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Soil Science
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These Volumes contain the Proceedings from the annual Symposium on Remediation of Diesel Fuel Contaminated Soils, sponsored by the Association for the American Railroads Research and Test Department, the topics covered have broad applicability. Articles are based on presentations at the symposia, and go well beyond railroad sites and issues. This series brings into timely focus issues relating to the remediation of diesel contaminated soils, with an emphasis on bioremediation. The five volumes span the nineties, tracing the rapid and significant developments in the field that have occurred in response to regulatory changes regarding underground storage tanks and the protection of groundwater. One of the objectives of this book is to provide the reader with the methods and results of approaches that have been used at a wide variety of sites, cleaning up contaminants of interest to the railroads such as diesel and related compounds. The general need to cleanup petroleum hydrocarbons such as weathered diesel and other heavy hydrocarbons leads to a related issue, which is the risk posed by these materials. Timelines and disturbance resulting from site cleanup on railroad property are also discussed.
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Astronomy Labs for the Personal Computer
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This is a thought-provoking graduate-level textbook on global problems of environmental policy and economics, global warming, reforestation, and the greenhouse effect. It goes beyond the traditional climate and biology discussions associated with the climate change debate by including broader, interdisciplinary issues concerning, for example, alternatives to business as usual policies, economics and the green market, and future climatic and human change. Part I deals with the global commons, policy, and economics. Part II covers climatic and human change, including global warming, the greenhouse effect, reforestation, and energy policy. Part III discusses economic and greenhouse perceptions, freeing the green market, and the what the future holds. Includes bibliographic references and index.
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In the history of college and professional basketball, only three men have ever scored 100 points in a game. One of those, Bevo Francis, turned the trick twice. Shooting Star is a fascinating biography of the smooth-shooting sensation who leapt from obscurity to become a national hero.
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A Real-Life Hoop Dreams .......2006-10-23
Take a college with under 200 students, a young coach who has as much skill in self-promotion as basketball knowledge and a star player who is a scoring machine, but doesn't have a high-school diploma.
Add in the monolith that is the NCAA and top programs who are getting pushed to the brink of defeat - or are taking big "L's" - to the upstart college, and you have an absolutely wonderful book on a lost history by Kyle Keiderling.
The story centers around Bevo Francis, who scored 116 points in a game, and Rio Grande College & the journey the basketball team took from its band-box of a gym to some of the biggest arenas in the country. It also shows how the NCAA stood in judgment of the small school and ultimately did a masterful job in erasing the records set by Francis and the team from the collegiate books.
As much a history on how an underdog won under the bright lights, it also is a tale how the special interests of the major programs were served by the NCAA.
It is a must read for fans of college basketball or for those who enjoy stories on how - within an even playing field - dreams can come true.
I love it, but why doesn't Bevo?.......2006-06-15
I loved the book and found it very flattering of Bevo! I think that anyone interested in college basketball would find this book highly entertaining and informative! Unfortunately, when I asked Bevo to sign my copy, he refused and said it was unauthorized? Is this another case of someone taking advantage of Bevo?
Ohio "Hoosiers" at a tiny college.......2006-05-17
For fans of traditional basketball -- where the tradition means tiny uniforms, lousy floors, crowded gyms, transport by station wagon, and honing skills in a barn -- this is literally one for the record books. The college with 100 students took on the establishment and won the hearts of America's basketball fans and the general public through the person of one of the sports' most tragic figures. From scoring 116 points in fron of fewer than 200 people to playing to packed arenas from Boston to Kansas City, the ride was short, not always sweet, but memorable.
'Bevo' Francis earned his nickname from his father's taste for a regional soft drink -- Bevo -- and the name passed on to his son, once Little Bevo and, in time, just Bevo. Raised in the Appalachian hills of southern Ohio, Francis was so frail as a child he missed a lot of school time. By the time he arrived at this tiny college (although most people tghink Rio Grande College is along the river in Texas, it is in southeaster Ohio), Bevo would be a married, 21-year old freshman who still hadn't finished high school. A crafty, P.T. Barnum-like coach saw fame and fortune in building a team and a makeshift schedule around a true phenom, and Bevo rewarded his faith with a 116-point performance that season that earned national attention but also caused the NCAA to disown his performances against teams not from four-year colleges.
There is some clear element of the country rube in Francis, but he comes across in this kind treatment as a bright but uneducated, malleable youth. The promotional coach turns out to be interested in showcasing Bevo's talent, at whatever the cost, running a barnstorming-like schedule against all comers. The good news is that the team generated a quarter of the school's operating budget from their appearences; the bad news is that the school turned on the team when it was clear that basketball brought a harsh media spotlight on a woefully underfunded school.
You can't help but like and feel sorry for Bevo; it is almost easier to despise or at least think little of coach Newt Oliver. After a second successful but stormy season, Oliver urges Bevo to sign a terrible contract to play the oafish role to the Harlem Globetrotters, and a life of basketball and career are finsihed before Bevo would have normally finished college.
Bevo Francis caught the nation's attention at a time when college basketball and Madison Square Garden were reeling from the point-shaving and betting scandals of the late 40's and early 50's. Like a shooting star, Francis shone brightly, but only for a very short time. He may have saved the sport and earned some kudos (and built Oliver's ego), but the NCAA, the Globetrotters, Newt Oliver, and Rio Grande treated Bevo poorly.
An important piece of history.......2006-05-15
Times may change, but some things stay the same -- sports have strong grip on the public.
I had never heard of Bevo Francis before, and reading this story makes me wonder why. Truely a remarkable tale of a "superstar" who, along with talented teamates, took the country by storm. His story was covered nationwide, and record crowds gathered to see him.
Bevo Francis was an extremely talented, unassuming, and honest person. His coach, New Oliver, was a promoting promoter who "sold" Francis. Although the team Oliver had assembled was good, they played for a tiny, unknown school - Rio Grande College. Oliver felt that fame would come to the team if ONE player scored a lot of points.
Bevo had his "breakthru" game in Jan 1953. The national scoring mark was 87 points. Bevo had 61 points after 3 periods, when Oliver had the team pass up shots and feed Bevo, as well as foul the opponent as soon as they touched the ball to stop the clock. By the end of the game, Bevo had scored 116 points, and Rio Grande won the game 150-85. Suddenly, all Oliver's efforts to promote the team went from no response to nation-wide acclaim. In a similiar game a year later, he scored 113 points.
Despite these two "contrived" scores, Bevo was a legitimate scorer and all-around skilled player. He averaged almost 50 points a game over two seasons. The second season was entirely road games against top flight competition that Oliver arranged to maximize the exposure of his team and to generate the most income.
Bevo was great, but so was his team.......2006-02-22
Bevo Francis, playing for tiny Rio Grande College in Southern Ohio, was indeed a shooting star. He averaged just under 50 points a game for two seasons and still holds the NCAA record for the most points scored in a college game (116).
As would be expected, the team was built around Francis, and he made all the headlines, as well as the covers of the major sports magazines of the day. Unfortuately, his team did not receive the credit they deserved. In 1954, Rio Grande, with an enrollment of less than 200 students, played some of the nation's best teams: Villanova, Providence, Miami (Fla.), Arizona State, Wake Forest, and North Carolina State. In January of that year, I watched the Redmen beat Butler University in Indianapolis. Bevo, coming off several weeks of appendicitis attacks, scored 48 points. At the end of the game, the Indiana fans, who know their basketball, gave the entire Rio Grande team a standing ovation; something rarely seen in college play.
Two years later, While in the Army, I had the privilge of playing on the same team as Roy Moses, a former Redmen. After listening to some of Roy's stories about touring the country with Bevo and the Redmen, I was hoping that someday somebody would write the definitive history of Rio Grande's two legendary seasons. Kyle Keiderling has done it, and it is an excellent book.
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This text presents a comprehensive plan for vocabulary instruction from kindergarten through high school—one broad enough to instruct students with small vocabularies, exceptional vocabularies, and every child in between. Written by one of the top experts in the field, this practical book presents a research-based program with plenty of classroom examples and strategies that teachers can use. The comprehensive plan includes four parts: rich and varied language experiences, teaching individual words, teaching word learning strategies, and fostering word consciousness.
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* Provides teachers with sound advice and research-based models of exemplary instruction.
* Addresses issues related to all types of students, including English language learners.
* Includes portraits of comprehensive vocabulary programs in primary, mid-elementary, middle school, and high school classrooms.
* Represents a synthesis of the author's 30 years of work on vocabulary development and instruction.
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An effective reference for all teachers, kindergarten through high-school.......2006-04-06
Expertly authored by Michael F. Graves (Professor of Literacy Education and Guy Bond Fellow in Reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota), The Vocabulary Book: Learning And Instruction is an excellent instructional reference guide for classroom teachers wanting to provide their students with a more a expansive and proper understanding of English linguistics and proper manipulation of their given vocabulary. Introducing the reader to relative advice and comprehensive examples for the students' education, The Vocabulary Book acts as an effective reference for all teachers, kindergarten through high-school. The Vocabulary Book presents the reader with an invaluable and highly recommended introduction effectively guiding their students through common problems and conundrums of the English language.
THE VOCABULARY BOOK: A Much Needed Resource for Teachers, Researchers, and Literacy Policymakers.......2006-03-23
THE VOCABULARY BOOK provides readers with a fascinating and compelling case for effective vocabulary instruction in our schools based on theory, research, and best practice. In clear, engaging prose, Graves helps us to understand the thinking and research of some of the best minds in vocabulary research ranging from Terman, Thorndike, and Dale to Clifford, Carnine, Beck, McKeown, Anderson, Nagy, Hart and Risley; Carlo, August, and Snow; and his own research conducted over the past 30 years. Graves covers such topics as A Four-Part Vocabulary Program, Words and Word Learning, Providing Rich and Varied Language Experiences, Teaching Individual Words, Teaching Word-Learning Strategies, Promoting Word Consciousness, and, finally, Classroom Portraits of Effective Vocabulary Instruction. His astute understanding of effective instruction for all students in concert with his insightful unpacking of the best thinking and research in vocabulary make this book the best resource available for anyone who needs to better understand the critical importance of students' word knowledge in the acquisition of literacy in our schools and our diverse culture.
The Vocabulary Book.......2006-02-27
This book pairs well with Isabel Beck's book,Bringing Words to Life. Graves covers many of the same topics in vocab.in a very similar fashion, even with some of the same terminology. This is a good additional resource for teachers and reading coaches to use as an aid in helping students.
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Sing It! Level 2 Cassette
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I thought I was getting both the workbook and the tape, but the hefty price tag bought only the book. The songs were not terribly exciting and the exercises were weak.
An ESL teacher and folksinger thinks Sing it! is superb........1997-06-28
This thoughtful, comprehensive six book series of songs along with taped versions of the songs is really a "chef d'oeuvre" for Millie Grenough. Spanning many kinds of musical genres and carefully graded and classified by grammatical difficulty, the series shares culture while it teaches English. As an ESL teacher who has used music in the classroom for many years, I feel like I have hit "pay dirt" with this set. The background information about each song is excellent, and so are the exercises. The recordings themselves are highly professional and pleasing. I'm sure I will be using this series for many years to come and highly recommend it to others! Kristin Lems, Asst. Prof, Dept of Applied Language, National-Louis University, Chicago
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Sing It! Level 5 Cassette
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Want to learn English the easy way? Songs made famous by Gloria Estefan, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, the Beatles and many others make learning fun and long-lasting. Millie Grenough, an experienced language teacher and nightclub singer, developed exciting activities to go along with the 81 songs. Photos and bios of the artists and the complete song lyrics (with music notation and guitar chords) make this 6 book/6 cassette series a must-have for anyone learning or teaching English. And others will enjoy SING IT! simply for its great collection of popular and folk music.
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Want to learn English the easy way? Songs made famous by Gloria Estefan, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, the Beatles and many others make learning fun and long-lasting. Millie Grenough, an experienced language teacher and nightclub singer, developed exciting activities to go along with the 81 songs. Photos and bios of the artists and the complete song lyrics (with music notation and guitar chords) make this 6 book/6 cassette series a must-have for anyone learning or teaching English. And others will enjoy SING IT! simply for its great collection of popular and folk music.
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The ultimate resource for USMLE Step 1 preparation! Published annually, this is the only student-to-student review book that provides facts and strategies from medical students who had previously taken the exam. The book contains over 900 frequently tested facts and mnemonics, 24 pages of high-yield color images similar to those on the exam, more than 100 clinical vignettes, and a completely revised rating of over 300 basic science review products.
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Overrated but still worth buying.......2006-07-16
People often make the mistake of thinking that knowing this book forwards and backwards translates into a superior score. It probably doesn't. The pathology and physiology material in particular lacks both concepts and details that you will need for Step 1. Every edition of the book is laden with errors and should be used with caution. Finally the book is awkward to read and contains too many lists.
On the plus side, the pharmacology section is excellent. If you do not understand the figures you see, however, you should use another source to figure them out. My recommendation would be to use this book to wrap up your review after using other sources, to catch high yield information you may have previously missed. While the book does not come close to containing everything you need to know (except perhaps in pharm), it does a pretty good job of limiting itself to things that are likely to be on your test.
good enough.......2006-03-08
Good enough, but if you have already done kaplan and Goljan, you will find very little new things here. Still a fair review.
An excellent book for review AFTER studying everything else.......2006-01-25
This review would apply best to FMGs who have finished medical school rather than medical students who are taking their Step 1 at the end of their second year.
For the purposes of doing well on the USMLE step 1, this is a book that I would recommend reading only after one has studied the test material from other sources. In fact, this book contains a list of recommended review book for each particular subject which I also recommend following. I would not recommend using it as a primary source of knowledge acquisition for someone who has finished the basic science part of their medical education a number of years ago (as most FMGs would be). Instead, it is a really powerful, and essential, tool to consolidate that knowledge once it is acquired elsewhere. Spending a couple of months recovering the lost basic science knowledge is worthwhile before reviewing this book.
It is worth mentioning that I used this book for review while I was doing the Kaplan Qbank questions. Only within that context, did I come to agree with those reviewers who refer to this book as the USMLE holy grail.
Better dont trust this book .......2005-11-10
I heard some people saying that they were helped studying from this book but trust me, according to now a days exams this book hardly helps. You can read this once but dont hope that this will help much. No need to buy new edition, its just waste of money. Can get old edition from amazon or ebay...... good luck.
Great Review.......2005-09-30
It's great...I'm a second year and I have been using it to study as I go through classes (while making notes that are missing from the book). It's pretty well put together.
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