Avoid this book at all cost. It was completely unhelpful. It does not even have the correct type of verbal ability questions. And has no! practice exam.

Not much in the way of explanations as to what is covered on the actual PCAT. Would be a stronger review guide if the author listed a breakdown as to the possible topics within chemistry or biology (i.e. perhaps state that "focus more on understanding acid/base reactions"). Gourley devoted too much time to defining the pharmacy profession, providing addresses of pharmacy schools, and the like. The book would have been a great deal more helpful if the author provided more practice tests and a better outline of what to study to prepare for the test. In short, this book is not for the student who is looking for a strong review for the PCAT. It is more for a student who is leaning toward a career in pharmacy and needs information on the field and a PCAT-like practice test so that he/she can decide whether or not to enter the field. I took the actual PCAT recently and had been preparing for the test using Gourley's book as my primary resource. I can honestly say that I felt ill-prepared for the test and that the book did not provide a complete picture as to the nature of the test (i.e. like the background that Baron's, Princeton Review, and Kaplan books provide for other standardized tests such as the SAT, MCAT, GRE). I was very, very disappointed with my purchase of this book.

Every pharmacy major needs to get this book.

I was in the section on tweening (which I've never done before), and I followed the author's instructions exactly, step by step. And, much to my dismay, the animation didn't work. I looked up the same subject in the Flash documentation and found that the author had failed to mention that I had to make a symbol out of the object to be tweened. IT WILL NOT WORK OTHERWISE! A simple but NECESSARY step was left out of this book's explanation. This book was expensive, too. What good is it if the book is well-written but leaves out critical information?
I'd recommend instead the best book that I've found on this subject which was "Foundation Flash 5" by by Sham Bhangal, et al.

I found this book very disapointing for many reasons. It seems 200 pages short and does not cover anything special. it is 500 pages of wordy instruction. Peach Pits flash 5 easy quick start and pro guides are much smaller and have so much more material covered. The que special edition books usually have really inovative projects. I am sorry to say that this one is just not up to par

Unlike some other reviewers, I was very satisfied with the quality of this book, but I bought it specifically for the sections (Chapters 14-30, literally half the book) written by Darrel Plant, which focuses on ActionScript.

I've been a fan of Darrel's since his "Lingo Programmer's Reference", possibly the best reference book on programming in Director ever written (and happily soon to be updated in a new title, "Lingo Line By Line"), and my advice to anyone wanting to move from Lingo to ActionScript (or simply to learn how to program in Flash) is to buy this book. As usual, one chapter alone ("Understanding the FSCommand System") saved me hours of work and frustration, clearly explaining how to communicate between different movies or between the movie and browser environments.

They're are probably better Flash overview and animation guides for the beginner. But this is the best ActionScript reference available today.

Jared Carter's second collection shows him growing more and more comfortable writing as a formal poet. There are stanzas that show the control of great contemporary formalists like Hollander is Wilbur. While none of his poems as a whole reach that stature, he seems well on his way.

It is when he turns to free verse that he seems to stumble. Rather than finding it liberating, he oftens seems to lose his rhythm, have trouble determining where to break lines ... in other words, he has the same problem all but the best free verse poets have. Not that he is asking, but if he asked me, I'd tell him to stick to formal verse. I would similarly recommend this book to people who enjoy neoformalism.

This book is the epitome of what a sports book shouldn't be. Mythical stats are surrounded by poor grammar that's hard to read and follow. The highlight of the book is truly it's first chapter on the first game ever. Unfortunately, the book goes down from there.

Josef Barton's book Peasants and Strangers: Italians, Rumanians, and Slovaks in an American City, 1890-1950, did not impress this reviewer. Barton compares and contrasts the immigration and livelihood of Italians, Rumanians, and Slovaks in Cleveland. He examines not only the first generation of families, but also the second generations rise or fall in status. His use of Stephen Thernstrom's quantification in reviewing urban history in Cleveland lacks emotion and creativity. Barton states fact upon fact, which the reader finds difficult to follow and sort. One catches themself going back over paragraphs time and again in order to reach some understanding of what Barton is arguing. In conclusion, this book is not an ideal read for someone who seeks to learn more on the social history of immigrants in Cleveland. If one is of the type to enjoy urban histories from a Sam Bass Warner or Stephen Thernstrom ideology this book is a good example, but it must be noted that this type of ideology is taken to the extreme by Barton. It has left much to be desired.

COURTYARDS: Aesthetic, Social, and Thermal Delight; by John Reynolds, published November 2001.

Courtyards contains a huge amount of valuable information for building in hot humid and hot dry climates. Not only a "pretty picture book," Courtyards takes the reader through width to depth ratios; height and width proportions; comfort zone enhancement through thermal mass, ventilation, and shading; and much more. In fact, although Courtyards is similarly priced as the book above, I thought it contained 10 times as much valuable information - real information that I could put to immediate use for my projects in the Yucatan. Color and B&W photos and line drawings illustrate the many considerations for hot weather design, yet the book is not overly technical. Nor is it over-simplified, which is the main problem with Tropical Regions.

Tropical Regions remains the only book I've had to return to Amazon - even a year later - with dozens and dozens of books ordered.

GOOD books about tropical housing design are very hard to come by and I'd like to point searchers in the right direction. Since architecture books in general are usually so expensive, finding a useful selection is very important.

Also, I have to echo the writer below. Richard Hyde's book CLIMATE RESPONSIVE DESIGN...for Hot Humid Climates is also very helpful. I felt it was a little more technical and not as colorful as COURTYARDS. Either would be a good place to start your research for tropical housing construction.

a few months later i would like to add a recomendation for all those searching for information about tropical architecture:

Richard Hyde, Climate Responsive Design , A study of buildings in moderate and hot humid climates, E&FN Spon, London 2000, ISBN 0-419-20970-0 good examples, up to date research data, good value

I have to agree with Rainer Mebus. This book is going to be returned. It is not suited for architects or anyone with even basic concepts of building siting and construction. A hodge-podge of photographs, gathered from various places, do nothing to illustrate examples of the textual concepts. As far as being an "indispensible source," statements such as (p102) "A hat or cool shade is often useful when exposed to sun... as the sun can be very bright when the sky is clear and the sunlight is intense." or (p103) "Vegetation is luxuriant where rainfall is high." & (p105) "The effects of earthquakes are mainly economic, although poorly constructed buildings can result in loss of life." are hardly indispensible and belong more in an elementary school than a volume that claims to be "essential reading for architects and other building professionals."

Mebus is correct that all of the data here contained is readily found in other, better and cheaper books. I was hoping that the longer and first review was more correct, but was sadly disappointed that newer concepts, techniques and materials were not discussed in a book printed in 1999. Further, all the information contained can be found in basic architectural concepts courses or books and is only slightly tailored to fit the idea of "tropical construction." The author borrows diagrams and descriptions from many other texts.