I packed this book on a recent Disney trip that I went on, intending to read it on the bus ride there. It had been several years since I was last at Disney, so the main reason why I wanted to read the book was to catch up on what was new at the parks and to look for things that I hadn't done on my first trip. I quickly found that a relatively small portion of the book is devoted to Disney alone. In fact, Disney makes up only about a third of the book, which meant that I could just skip over an entire 2/3rds because I was only doing Disney. On top of that, I was not at all satisfied with the amount of information used to describe each ride/attraction. When I went on my first trip, I had read "Birnbaum's Official Guide to Walt Disney World", and I am sorry that I hadn't bought that book this year. Birnbaum's gives at least a few paragraphs to describe each attraction, often with pictures. This book only gives a few sentences. By the time I had read all of the info on Disney, I didn't feel that I learned much. The subject of "Orlando" is far too general to write a book about; therefore, I must advise Disney travelers to steer clear of this book and stick with Birnbaum's official guide.

Dummies Walt Disney World and Orlando is a great reference guide to the theme parks in Orlando. The authors give you personal tips, like the best time of year to go as well as tips on how to do the best rides first.

The hotels and restaurants section gives you everything you need to know about where to stay and eat in Orlando. The hotel listings also include websites so you can see first hand where you are staying.

The book is written in traditional "Dummies" style, which means it gives information on lots of different aspects of traveling to this area.

I really didn't need to have information on every ride and attraction or pictures to get me ready to go to Disney World. But I did need information on restaurants in the area, the other area parks, places to stay, and so forth. So, all-in-all, I found this book to be exactly what I needed for my trip.

To me, going to Disney World without going to some of the other attractions like Sea World and Epcot would be a total waste of the trip!

i couldn't get past page 3 of this book. it's bad. don't waste your money on this one.

This is not a good book; if you want real mystery, read P.D. James, Conan Doyle or a host of others.

Robinson's character is gimmicky; the plot is gimmicky; his writing style is gimmicky.

If you have insomnia, however, this would be a good book to purchase.

Also, comparing Robinson to Grisham is like comparing a painter of Elvis Presley velvets to Leonardo Da Vinci. Robinson's not a real writer, let alone an artist.

Kevin's obviously built on his experience and feedback from his first two novels, researched, and come away with a nicely rounded third in the series. I hope there are more.
Again, we have 2 1/5 reviews with no content and lots of venom. Hmm.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. IT'S NOT WORTH IT. I AGREE WITH THE OTHER REVIEWER. IT'S NOT REAL MYSTERY AND IT'S BORING. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY? ROBINSON SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING ELSE BESIDES WRITING.

I meant to read the first couple of chapters before turning off the light and going to sleep, but SPLIT SECONDS just grabbed me and wouldn't let go. I read it straight though, and finally turned off my light at 3 a.m.! Stick Foster is a paraplegic newspaper reporter who doesn't let his wheelchair interfere with his life. He's not a superman or anything, just a smart, determined, and honorable guy who just won't quit. He reminded me of the kind of protagonists Dick Francis creates...people of character whom you'd love to have as friends and business associates. The whole cast of characters seemed very real to me, but sadly, Robinson killed off my favorite one!

I enjoyed the fast-paced plot about a computer hacker bent on creating a disaster for NASA, and the book's climax had my heart pounding, but I was just as fascinated by the nuts and bolts of Stick Foster's life in a wheelchair. I had a lot of misconceptions about that before reading this great mystery.

I can't wait to read MALL RATS, the second book in this series!

I think is it sad, that a worthy first effort has been dragged down in the reviews by some sick individual. (Have a look at all three in the series - Split Seconds, Mall Rats, Matter of Perspective - always two short, meaningless 1/5 reviews). Whoever wrote these reviews must have something against handicapped people and is obviously doing this maliciously, as evident by their anonymous and content-free reviews. The rest of the reviewing community shuns you fool.

Anyway, back to the review: The author obviously has chosen the character of "Stick" so he can write from a point of view that he knows. As mentioned in the trade reviews, the ending can be a bit pat, but overall a good first sleuthing. I want to give 4 stars - but to counter balance the below useless reviews, I am awarding 5.

The Cheapskate's Guide was a major disappointment!! It wasn't cheap, either! The book was just a rehash of the other, more complete and better written guides. This book could have been written at the dinner table using the others as sources, because it didn't offer any new information, and offered very little in helpful tips. Too much of the book was wasted in describing rides that are described in the brochures given out at the park. The rides are part of admission, and have nothing to do with saving money. Our personal experience has netted many tips to saving at WDW, that were not even mentioned. One of the more obvious examples was in one of the "Itineraries" suggested. The authors recommended eating supper at 6:30 in the evening. There are no "Cheap" prices at that hour. We saved money on numerous occasions by looking for "early bird" meal specials, that ran just before the usual dinner hour. We also found some meal "specials" that were only on certain days, none of which were even mentioned. There were some "old wives" tips that are useless, such as "Always get in the left-hand line because it is faster". Finding the faster line is more a matter of watching them for the type of groups. Had it not been for the constant mention of the authors love of Disney, one would conclude the opposite, from the way this is written. We would recommend Sehlinger's "Unofficial" guide as a better bargain, with more tips to make the experience enjoyable.

The above review notwithstanding, I found this book to be informative, well-organized, and extremely helpful. I also liked the way it was written -- all too often "guides" like this tend to be boring as hell. The fact that the author Michael Lewis has also written books on Tom Hanks and Harrison Ford (I collect movie books) shows in his entertaining style and confident tone. I would recommend this book if you're interested in an easy-to-use, helpful guide to the Land of the Mouse!

This is one of my textbooks for my classes this year. For $73, one would expect to find color pictures, well written text, and current information, however, this book lacks all of these. Published in 1990, the info is at least ten years old. I can't believe they charge this much for a book. It is not Amazon's fault, it is the publisher.

This book has been around quite a few years, but the authors have updated each edition for new trends, especially in space exploration, technology, and the constructivist orientation to science teaching. I am using it for an Integrated Physical and Biological science content class for elementary teachers. I can supplement with web searches for jazzy pictures, or low information density lessons, but for a good all round knowledge reference, with the extra of alternating chapters to emphasize methods of teaching elementary science, I haven't found a better physical/biological science text.

This reference book is a handy guide to more than fifteen thousand foreign terms. One occasionally comes across such when reading, but it may be a term with which the reader may be unfamiliar. These terms, drawn from various disciplines, are found in this one handy little tome along with their meanings which are clear and concise. With this source, one may avoid having to sort through a variety of reference materials in order to come up with the needed meaning or definition.

If you are looking for the definative guide to all things Disney and Universal, this is not your book. In fact, you'd be much better off with "The Unofficial Guide."

But, if you are looking for the quirky and less well populated, the odd and the sublime, and sites which will give you a taste of the "old" Florida, this book can be worth the read.

It provides good information on many of the area attractions which are not so "Disney"-fied, but be prepared -- due to the age of this edition you may need to make some phone calls to verify these places are still in operation.

It has some holes in it... Disney does not have a 1-800 number for priority seating, so you need as much information as possible before calling. This book did not tell how far in advance you can make reservations (6o or 120 days, I have found) It doesn't say how old the kids need to be for all the rides, only some of them. There was a "Jake rating" that was great, but there wasn't one for everything talked about in the book. All the restaurants listed did not have a rating other than prices. So I couldn't tell if they were all good, all the same, or some better than others. Same for hotels. I think you could get more out of a different guide book.

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Connected to Madsen's previous book "Confessions of a Flesh-eater", "Orlando Crispe's Flesh-eater's Cookbook" is a hodgepodge of recipes, culinary activities, memories, and dining experiences. Crispe is a famous chef, whose culinary art has intriguing effects on those who consume it. Using all sorts of meats in his dishes (including human flesh and juices), Crispe documents and reminisces about his friends and acquaintances. It's all rather fascinating, but not having read "Confessions", I was quite lost, like it was all a private joke I was missing out on. Nonetheless, this is an interesting addition to such cannibalistic fiction as Virgilio Piñera's "René's Flesh", Slavenka Drakulic's "The Taste of a Man", and Poppy Brite's "Exquisite Corpse".