I've read and appreciated many of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen's books, and I consider this one the worst. I believe (but am not sure) that this is an earlier work of his written before he fully developed his down-to-earth style. Gone is that easy-going, conversational style that socks you between the eyes with profound truths and wonderful, soul-saving advice when you least expect it. Please don't misunderstand, this book is pack with profound truths, but it is a lot of work just to read.

No doubt anyone who has become a fan of Bishop Sheen will want to read this, but if you are just beginning to read his works, begin with another book.

"Grace Abounding" is a critical commentary on the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. It analyzes important themes in each chapter of Hosea, breaking the chapters down into verses with a single theme. It is useful in presenting an overall picture of Hosea. It presents different interpretations of some phrases which is useful in getting a different angle on the original meaning of the author. However, for someone who is taking an advanced theology class, this book is not technical enough to be a really good resourse for writing an exegesis paper. It seldom presents the actual Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic words which are controversial in their interpretation.

I teach computer applications to 8th graders, and this book is a disappointment to me and my students. It is geared more toward the business worker. The order in which it teaches skills is completely random. For example, it teaches advanced operations such as how to create envelopes and labels before it teaches the most basic functions such as how to format text. It also focuses too much on the Internet capabilities of MS Office 2000 (useless "bloatware" if you ask me).

Another problem is the presentation of the lessons. It lists the steps to complete a task, then has an exercise to be completed. It would be much more helpful if the students were able to DO the steps while the book explains them, THEN have exercises to do on their own. Instead, the book separates the teaching from the doing. This is a very ineffective way to learn.

Finally, the confusing language it sometimes uses doesn't help either. My students constantly ask for clarification. Stay clear of this one. There must be better books out there.

I taught classes of adults with this book. I had many complaints about the fact that it was difficult to follow. Some of the exercises were ambiguous and some were over wrought with typing. It did have poor planning on the organizational side. While it built on the previous exercises, sometimes it was ambitious on some items and lacking on others. A similar amount of time was spent on 'opening' a document as was spent on creating a 'table.' On the positive side, if you already know what you are doing, it was easy to follow. If you already know what you are doing, you probably don't need this book.

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I have been a computer user for over 20 years now - I've installed Win 3, 3.1, 3.11, 95, NT, 98 so I am very expert at installations and useage of the O/S

I thought I'd get a jump start on the Windows ME environment and I got this book, based on the ratings here at Amazon.com. This book is nothing more than a beginning computer user's "How To" book. It tells you what a mouse is..what a Disk is..I mean, come on. The book is supposed to be about Windows ME, and instead is a "Kiddie's Guide to your First PC"

This book is helpful for me, since I would like to get up to speed on WinME before I have to actually get it. The book is cheap, outlines the major points of using this OS and is a good value!

This is the first book I have ever seen that includes a "spatial" section with questions that involve arithmetic, the alphabet, and other logical classification questions that involve no spatial abilities. It's really quite sad.

As a book revealing genius, it's a failure, and, as my previous comments indicate, the included tests are inadequate.

It's actually quite disturbing that a society like Mensa has developed such a poor thinking/I.Q./puzzle book like this (amongst a few others as well).

This is an average puzzle book with some fatuous, silly remarks about the true nature of genius thrown in. If this is the best that the high IQ crowd can come up with, God help us all.

The above poster sounds a bit disgruntled...

The book is not as bad as he seems to imply (although it is no masterpiece). It is no better than an average puzzle book, and that may be the most disappointing part. On the back of the book it states, "Intelligence and genius are often confused, and in truth many people have difficulty accurately defining what genius menas." However, the book is mainly comprised of a series conventional I.Q. and knowledge tests--little more than half of the written material is devoted to defining genius and unique styles of testing.

As a result, the book does not contain enough testing material to be a sound puzzle book, and the genius-related information is too broad to be insightful.

I wish I had looked to see if this book was at my library before I bought it (which I now know it is). It is worth reading, but the advice is lacking. There is a list of over 100 ingredients to look for in skin care products, which I found hard to compare to products in the store. The web sites and e-mail are given with the book, but I found neither any help in furthering advice on products. It seems as though Dr. Fulton only wants to help people through the sale of his own product line. When I e-mailed for more information on products available in the store, my question was disregarded and I was directed on how I could order his own line of products. I was upset that I had to spend money on a book that only wants to help me by further profiting off me by my buying their products. I do understand acne better, but I had to pay for a book that seems like a sales pitch for his product line. Out of 300 pages, only 40 talk about treatment, and I think that could have been reduced. There seemed to be a lot of fluff. A book that I do think is worth putting money into, because I constantly reference back to it, is Paula Begoun's "Don't Go To The Cosmetic Counter Without Me." I'm not really into "cosmetics" but she does talk about acne and her product reviews for cleansers, make-up removers, lotions, wrinkle creams, sun block, toners, men's and baby products, and just about anything you put on the skin are incredible.

This book was a prize won by my son. I have read it and although the information is acurate, I would invest the [price] in a larger book. It probably serves better as a "give away" than to be used as a useful reference.

This book claims to be a compilation of essays written by the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen. It is not. Bishop Sheen was, without argument, one of the greatest homilists and apologist (i.e. defender) of the Catholic faith in the 20th century. He wrote several spectacular books that showed the defects in the arguments of the secular-humanists and modernists.

The book "In The Fullness of Time" contains one or more essays that were NOT written by Archbishop Sheen. In particular, one essay (Chapter 16 - "Personality: Earth and Heaven") is an endorsement of the Jesuit freak Pierre Teilhard De Chardin.
This essay was NOT written by Sheen, yet it is presented as if Sheen endorsed the erroneous arguments of De Chardin.

Teilhard De Chardin was a Jesuit priest with a doctorate in Anthropology. In something that borders on the insane, he tried to re-invent Christianity in to some bizarre mix of anthropology, evolution, cosmology, and theology. He argued that humanity was evolving and progressing to some pan-theistic state of perfection ... a new-aged paganism ... and that Christianity was a part of this process.

The Catholic Church, in 1948, refused to publish De Chardin's book "Phenomenon of Man" because of the errors it contained. This was repeated in 1949 when the Church refused to publish his other book "The Human Zoological Group". De Chardin used other mechanisms to have his books published, so in 1962 Pope John XXIII issused a "moristum" (i.e. warning) against the teachings and works of De Chardin because they contained serious errors.

If you are in search of authentic writings by the late Archbishop
Sheen, then you will NOT find it in this book. Rather, go to your local library and see if there are any books written by Sheen in the collection. If the copyright is earlier than 1979 (the year he died) then you can consider the book authentic.

The book "In the Fullness of Time" is best described as deceptive.

If I were to buy this book again, I wouldn't. 10 bucks? For what ? Although the title is fairly accurate, after ten minutes the book is worthless. I learned more from excels help then I did from this book. Put your hard earned money into a more, MUCH more, comprehensive book.