When I studied drafting in school, we used a text by the same authors. I found it great, as it gave enough detail on how to draw, without being wordy, and there were ample pictures & diagrams to help. I'm no artist, by the way, but every now & then I did a couple of problems to do something different.

Time came when I wanted to get back into re-learning drafting, but due to family, and time constraints, there's no way I could again take courses. So, I bought the book.

If you're a beginner, don't be put off by the title.
This is exactly the same as the text and workbooks, by the same authors.
Start at the beginning, and pay attention to basics.

If you're a pro, it will refresh your skills.
This has a workbook with it, so practice isn't a problem.
It's all too true, that one shouldn't attempt to draw CAD until the "Board" has been mastered. Without the basics, you're building on a house of cards. My husband works in an engineering firm and sees this all the time. Some of the ideas inside, may seem outdated, but trust me, the priciples are still the same.

I highly recommend it. Personally, I found it practical, challenging and affordable.

i loved this book. my brother stole it from his fifth grade teacher, and i borrowed it to read it. i didn't read any of the ones before it, but that's not important. the story was great! and the characters were wonderful. it is a small book, but the plot can get confusing at parts, but i figured it all out. i would recommend it to anyone to read again and again.

I found this book to be very insightful. The extent that the author has gone to in compiling her research is very thorough and makes a very well put together book. I found it easy to check off which items, in my opinion, have already come to pass. This is a must read for any Latter Day Saint who wants to know where we stand as to the fulfillment of all prophisies both ancient and modern. It can also be benifical for all those who are not LDS yet who have an interset in the sign of the times.

Dorthy was a radical of the previous century. Draw from her wisdom as you read and see God's heart.

Written with great imagination, style and humor. And the sharp characters! Lucy, child of the gutter, but sharp as a tack. Rosie the police gofer, using her brains instead of procedures. And the two baddies - like Don Quixote and Sancho Pansa, they can't get anything right. The rape of Kim brings, on the last page, the most satisfactory retribution one would not have thought of. And through it all, there are those snippets of pink. I love it!

A young African American boy puts on his yellow rain slicker and boots and grabs his yellow umbrella to enjoy a spring rain. The simple text expresses the noises of a rainy day and the fun of jumping through puddles. The last page shows the boy standing barefoot in a puddle, arms spread wide, his beautiful eyes full of the joy and wonderment of a young child. The watercolor illustrations capture the essence of a wet day, from the rain pouring out of a downspout to the spray behind a car's tires on a wet street. Watery green and gray are predominant, with splashes of red and pink. The yellow of the boy's rain gear, a fire hydrant, a car, a house, and some dandelions provides a warm contrast, standing out just the way that bright colors do on a rainy day. This book is suitable for babies, who will like the contrasting colors, and for toddlers, who just may be reaching for their boots, hoping for rain.

The sailing ship La Belle was used in the 1600's in the beleaguered Fort St. Louis settlement's attempt to escape. But when the La Belle sank, the ship's occupants found themselves stranded, and then threatened by hostile Indians. Chapters detailing the history of the colony and the ship alternate with the modern account of the finding and recovering of the long-sunken ship and its artifacts. In 1995, the Texas Historical Commission discovered the sunken La Belle, and set to work extracting it and its cargo. The result of their labors and the amazing preserved relics of history fill the pages of this fascinating, informative, and highly recommended account, enhanced with black-and-white artwork.

It has been said that an encyclopedia contains a little bit about everything and not much about anything. Never has anything been more true about a single volume work. Containing the world's basic knowledge, the Random House Encyclopedia is a breathtaking collection of over 11,000 color pictures, paintings, photographs, diagrams, illustrations, drawings, maps and charts. Divided into two sections, The "Alphapedia" provides a standard text and black and white photo mini encyclopedia. It also provides a quick factual alphabetic index to the book's better half, the "Colorpedia." It is within the "Colorpedia" section that the Random House editors have created an extraordinary collection of text and images of the world's basic knowledge. Its unique organization by grand themes such as "The Universe," "Man," "History And Culture," "Man and Science", "Man and Machines" makes the spectrum of human knowledge unfold in an entertaining, colorful, and cohesive manner. Each subject, presented in a double page spread, can be read by itself, yet a "connection" section on the page relates to topics that precede and follow. The result is a book that allows you to turn to any page and have your mind receive information in a natural, visual, thematic way. This is simply the best one volume reference book I have ever encountered

This volume of poetry is one of the most impressive I've read in a long time. S. Mitchell is the only poet I know who can successfully fit all the essential ingredients of enduring poetry with innovative, contemporary charm, in such a fiercely high spirited way, into one poem. Really, in short, this book blew me away.

Mitchell's energy is such that you feel she is taking you to ride a little on the wild side -- this is also, perhaps, where the innovative elements of her poems come in. I was disappointed when my friend didn't seem to like this volume (after I had recommended it so eagerly), and it is no surprise that she prefers classical *sensible* poetry -- with rigid meters, rhymes or some definite form -- and if you are a reader who prefers such poems, I wouldn't at first recommend this book to you. However, if you are not the exacting type, and rather than scrutinizing want to enjoy a fabulous book of poetry, I highly recommend this. But I believe this book also certainly deserves being recommended to even the 'classical' poet. There is just something universal about the spirit of poetry that Mitchell portrays so perfectly in her words, and I guarantee that you'll agree, after you give this a fair chance.

Pyron amasses a collection of critical essays on GWTW that, as far as I can tell, is unequalled. This includes early reviews of the book to modern-day criticism, which provides an interesting and helpful read. Check out Pyron's exhaustive biography on Margaret Mitchell too.