Haven't read, but since I too am a writer by the name of Dan Ellis, would be happy to read it.

"Just Enough Dutch" so far, is the worst Dutch reference I have come across. The pages look like photocopies, and are quite hard to read. I am just thankful I checked it out at the libarary before buying it.

I read some Pink Parrots books years ago, and it scared me away from the series entirely! I think it was poorly written, and needed a little, spunk! I hated Pink Parrots, but if you're looking for something to read, well I guess you could try this!

I build Stairs and balustrades and this book has only theoretical application. It was modern when written in 1902. Stairs have changed a lot in construction techniques since 1902...Modern is only relative.

This book was used for one of my undergraduate abstract algebra classes.

The book is just as difficult to understand as a more advanced, comprehensive abstract algebra text, but it is small, and leaves out lots of material, glossing over difficult proofs and leaving out important topics.

The book also has some serious flaws in major proofs--notably, one in the proof that solvability in Galois groups corresponds to solvability in polynomials.

The overall reason for complaint however is that the book is not clear. It claims to be usable for a "first course in abstract algebra" but this claim is completely absurd--it was my second abstract algebra class and I still had trouble with the book. I had trouble both because it said so little, and because it said it so unclearly.

DO not buy this book--make a decision, based on your background and buy:
(1) An easier to read book with better explanations
OR
(2) A more comprehensive text.
Trust me--you'll be better off!

Did I really just buy one page of somewhat outdated information for four dollars, or is there something going wrong with the downloads?

If the meaning of liberty is the act of enslaving innocent men, women and children, (throughout their natural lives), then I completely agree with the "scholars" that compiled this book. If not, I disagree.
In the same vein, I would have no comments if any horizontal 'scholar' emerges tomorrow with a book titled, "Osama Bin-Laden: The Genius of Justice".
Well, this book, ("Thomas Jefferson: Genius of Liberty"), made mockery of its subject. It swarms with undeserved sycophantic accolades. Professor Ellis edited it shortly before he came of age. Its contents are no accident. Call it the irony of 'a civilized world'.
My dear, you will like this book if you are fanatical about anything U.S.A. However, if you are a conscientious patriot, who strives to be morally reasonable (no matter what), do not bother to read it. It does not worth your time. It contains more praise-songs than honest analyses. It profanes the very ideals that you would expect it to protect.
Thomas Jefferson and true liberty are at best, two parallel lines. They have nothing in common, and will never meet.

I picked up this book as I was traveling. I found it less than entertaining. Through out the book the author preaches at you. I was not able to bond with the characters because of this. The author takes various time periods in history and uses them as a reason to preach on the dangers of guns and as the reason for gun control. She also preaches about the Vietnam War and I was very upset that she would make such a blanket statement as the soldiers that died, died for nothing. I agree that it was a war that didn't need to be fought by us I draw the line at any such statement about our service personnel. Although I myself do agree with some of what she says I pick up fiction because I want to *get away* from the realities of life instead the book was like being in a one sided debate.

The authors didn't even know the difference between Jesse Livermore & Edwin Lefevre. In the bio about Edwin Lefevre, the authors simple pull segments from Reminiscences of A Stock Operator to describe Lefevre's life - They thought he was the main character in the book!! They write, "Edwin Lefevre was a self-styled Stock Operator from the early 1900s, who had been in the speculative game since he was 14".

The authors didn't even know that Lefevre was a writer (an author of more than 1/2 a dozen books) & that Reminiscences was about Jesse Livermore.

The above gives you an idea about how well this book was researched!

Save your money!