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Rather than concentrating on educational theory, this book examines the practical problems that educational administrators faced in their efforts to devise and maintain efficient, fair and flexible systems. The book examines the role played by educational psychologists in particular. ... Read more

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An innovative text that emphasizes the graphical, numerical and analytical aspects of calculus throughout and often asks students to explain ideas using words. This problem driven text introduces topics with a real-world problem and derives the general results from it. It can be used with any technology that can graph and find definite integrals numerically. The derivative, the integral, differentiation, and differential equations are among the topics covered. ... Read more

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Concepts are presented graphically, numerically, and algebraically to give students the benefit of several interpretations. The book is problem driven and features exceptional exercises based on real-world applications for management, life and social science students. Technology is used as a tool to help students visualize the concepts and learn to think mathematically. Contains the main ideas of calculus in a clear, simple manner to improve students' understanding and encourage them to read the examples. ... Read more

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Now in its fourth edition, Calculus reflects the strong consensus within the mathematics community for a balance between contemporary and traditional ideas. Building on previous work, it brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula in an effort to meet the needs of instructors and students alike. The text exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the Rule of Four, an emphasis on modeling, exposition that is easy to understand, and a flexible approach to technology. ... Read more

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The new edition exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the Rule of Four, an emphasis on modeling, exposition that students can read and understand and a flexible approach to technology.

• The conceptual and modeling problems, praised for their creativity and variety, continue to motivate and challenge students.
  

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APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula to meet the needs of today's students. The author team's extensive teaching experience and proven ability to write innovative and relevant problems has made this text a true bestseller. Exciting new real-world applications make this new edition even more meaningful to students in management, life and social sciences. This book will work well for those departments seeking a middle ground for their instructors.

APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the "Rule of Four", an emphasis on concepts and modeling, exposition that students can read and understand and a flexible approach to technology. The conceptual and modeling problems, praised for their creativity and variety, continue to motivate and challenge students. ... Read more

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Barracuda 945 is the ultimate weapon. A jet black Russian nuclear hunter-killer, it runs deep, and its silence and speed are fearsome. It can stay submerged indefinitely and can fire land-attack guided missiles from below the surface. Invisible to any pursuer, it is nearly impossible to track in the millions of square miles of ocean water.

In the hands of a Navy, it brings instant credibility and respect.

In the hands of a diabolical terrorist, it could launch unspeakable horror.

Admiral Arnold Morgan, the President's National Security Adviser, meets his greatest enemy yet, a special forces military genius who now leads the most vicious terrorist group in the Middle East. Morgan valiantly marshals America's forces, nearly helpless in the face of an enemy they cannot detect, a nightmare of modern warfare.

Customer Reviews (59)

Tripe
I have read previous Robinson books and they were ok but this story is absurd. To believe that a major in the SAS would become a arab terrorist and to hide a boat in the Panama Canal when there are millions of square miles of ocean to hide it is stretching the imagination.I have read many cheaper books that were miles better than this.I don't think I will read any more Robinson books. Don't waste your money.

Mental junk food.
It's not a great book, nor really very good, but its fun to read and hard to put down.

Author's agenda gets in the way of the story
Having read a couple of previous efforts by Patrick Robinson (Kilo Class and HMS Unseen), I thought perhaps I'd stumbled across a half-decent new author.Those books weren't wonderful, but they were decent bathroom reads. Unfortunately this book is nearly unreadable.Robinson's political diatribes become extremely tiresome, and he spends long stretches on pointless dialogue and descriptions.At one point he takes a full page describing a Navy staffer's commute to the Pentagon for a crisis management meeting.The story frequently bogs down with these needless interludes.

There are massive plot holes, and plot points that are so unbelievable as to be laughable.The prison escape, the Chinese plot to hide the submarine in the Panama canal rather than scuttling it in deep water, and the US Navy's impotence in the face of attack are a few examples.

I gave it two stars rather than one because the plot was interesting.But it could have been so much more.

Fantastic reading
An awesome piece of fiction... and you'll definitely want to know what happens after you are done the last page - get Scimitar SL 2 to find out after you are done this one.

Bang of a start then fizzles at the end
Love Patrick's detailed research studies in order to get precise information down on paper - the weapons, geographical topology, political strains, etc - but he got lost in Barracuda 945 story telling and seems as if he didn't know how to bring this chapter to a close. Instead of having Barracuda I disappear into the great depths of our oceans, after gonzoing the west coast of the US, he doesn't attempt to get the US Navy to scratch their balls trying to figure out where Barracuda Iwent. Instead he scuttles it in the Chinese(WTF?) run Panama Canal. OK its a done deal...right? No-o-o-o, he has the Navy Seals blowing up the Atlantic Panama Canal gates just to show the Panama Government who's boss. Stupid unrealistic fairy tale ending. That alone will leave you with a big HUH-DUH!?! But, hey, at least the ending put to me to sleep quickly.

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Incomplete
Only about half the problems are solved in this book.It skips over many problems.I have not had this book for long, but the problems that do appear in the solutions manual seem to have adequate solutions. ... Read more

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This Student Solutions Manual is meant to accompany, Calculus: Single Variable, 5th Edition, by Deborah Hughes- Hallett. Calculus teachers recognize Calculus as the leading resource among the "reform" projects that employ the rule of four and streamline the curriculum in order to deepen conceptual understanding. The fifth edition uses all strands of the "Rule of Four" - graphical, numeric, symbolic/algebraic, and verbal/applied presentations - to make concepts easier to understand. The book focuses on exploring fundamental ideas rather than comprehensive coverage of multiple similar cases that are not fundamentally unique. ... Read more

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Not worth the money
I purchased this book hoping to get more in depth explanations to the answers to the problems in the main text book, but in the end get very little from it. For some, like me, calculus is a difficult subject and any extra help can go a long ways. This student solutions manual only includes answers to EVER OTHER ODD problem. Not every odd, not every other, only every other odd (i.e. 1, 5, 9, etc.) I find the "hard" problems in the main text are frequently NOT the ones the solutions manual shows. The few problems from each section that are actually covered do show most of the intermediate steps between the original problem and the final solution in the scope of the section/chapter. Also, there is no explanation on what is being done in each step; the solution from each major step is shown with no information about how that step (or solution) was achieved. In the end the price simply is not worth paying for only a very small subset of solutions.

does not match text
This book does not match the text book that Amazon says it
is supposed to accompany, do not buy!

Don't Bother
This manual has very few questions worked out.I find it much more helpful to my learning to check my answers in the back of the textbook and work them out again if they are wrong.Don't bother to buy this.

NOT I REPEAT NOT RECOMMENDED!!
worst solutions manual i have ever "used". actually i could not even use this because every problem i was assigned in the class was not covered in this book. i am a parent and full time worker as well as full time student and i have limited time to get lab/teacher assistance and look to solution manuals to help clear any confusion i have on certain problems and this did not do that.

if you can find instructors annotated edition, i recommend it.

Very minimalistic solution manual
This manual has only every other odd problems solved(1,5,9...) Who is going to do others? Answers are not consistent with the book. It is very brief and not as comprehensive as calculus students may need. ... Read more

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The fourth edition gives readers the skills to apply calculus on the job. It highlights the applications’ connection with real-world concerns. The problems take advantage of computers and graphing calculators to help them think mathematically.  The applied exercises challenge them to apply the math they have learned in new ways.  This develops their capacity for modeling in a way that the usual exercises patterned after similar solved examples cannot do. The material is also presented in a way to help business professionals decide when to use technology, which empowers them to learn what calculators/computers can and cannot do. ... Read more

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Prompt Delivery and in Decent Condition
The book arrived in A few days and was the first of my textbooks to arrive. My only complaint is that the book was listed as being in "very good" condition, but I would consider it in "good" or maybe even "fair" condition. The cover was worn to the point that it seems this book has been around the block more than a couple times. That said, I would say spending $10 for a $120 book is worth the extra wear and tear.

Applied Calculus
An excellent textbook which covers introductory topics in Calculus.
The author also touches on topics from Multivariate Calculus, which
will only benefit you.

Gets the Job Done
As a college student, I also have this book available to me online, but it's great having the hard copy, since it's what I am accustomed to.
Overall the book has lots of examples and portrays the material very well.

Good Quality and Fast Service
I was a bit skeptical to buy a textbook online at first. However, with my purchase I found my worries to disappear. The Applied Calculus book I bought had an overall good quality with the only complaint being that the corners of the book had been folded or somewhat torn. The delivery was also exceptional. I received my book about 1-2 days after ordering online. So far so good. I can't really find anything wrong to say about my purchase.

Good Textbook
This textbook is good, but not great--unless you have an instructor who will interpret the calculus-based applications and problems in the book. Nonetheless, not bad. ... Read more

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The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most efficient, lethal submarines ever built. But suddenly, on a training mission off the English coast, it vanishes, baffling military intelligence on both sides of the Atlantic, including National Security Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A missing weapon is dangerous enough. But then the unthinkable begins to happen....Planes begin blowing up across the skies.

Searching for answers, Morgan is convinced that only one man can be behind all these devastating events: his archenemy, the world's most cunning--yet reportedly dead--terrorist spy. Determined to stop his old nemesis, Morgan must use all his wits to find a madman armed with a powerful sub hidden somewhere in a million square miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn't know, however, is that the fanatical terrorist has a plan of his own, one that will bring these two intense warriors face-to-face--and only one will come out alive in one of the most chilling spy stories of the year.

Commander Adnam, trained as a submariner in England and Israel, hijacks theHMS Unseen,, one of the world's most dangerous and undetectablesubs, refits it with Russian missile launchers, and uses it to shoot downthree very high-profile airplanes, including a supersonic Concorde and aplane carrying America's much beloved vice president (this is 2006, by theway). As planned, the Iraqis are widely suspected--but national securityadviser Albert Morgan recognizes Adnam's handiwork and begins aglobal search.There's a beautifully detailed journey, acrossScotland and Ireland, before the book settles down into a smaller butsatisfying story of Adnam's personal quest for some kind of redemption.--Dick Adler ... Read more

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So Much Detail, It Feels Possible
I almost didn't read the book because of the corny name for the submarine. I'm glad I persevered. Excellent story of an imaginative plot to retrofit a submarine so it can knock high-flying aircraft from the sky. By the time the renovated HMS Unseen downed it's third--and that the Concorde, I wished the F-15 Eagle was out of mothballs and trolling the LEO skies above me. A nuclear sub has never been hijacked, but Robinson makes it believable thanks to the level of detail he includes. He also adds an interesting twist to character development when he makes the reader like the terrorist--before we realize that's what he is. Clever plotting.

The book ends about 2/3's of the way through--sadly, the bad guys win--but the story takes on a new life which carries it through to the end. This is my only complaint. That side plot should have been woven better into the main plot so they finished simultaneously. As written, I was confused by what came off as almost a new book.

A good read, and a bit less rah-rah for Repugs than other Robinson Books
The challenge I have with Patrick Robinson's books is that I absolutely cannot stand his childish political jabs.This book at least was not as bad in that regard, except that the most liberal character that was portrayed in a somewhat positive light got killed off.I am a liberal Democrat and I believe in a strong U.S. Navy, so I find Robinson's political posturing to be insulting - and it is unnecessarily and unfoundedly antagonistic.If I set aside Robinson's frankly idiotic political nonsense, then I usually enjoy the story and the details.I agree with some reviewers that Robinson can be a bit repetitive about some things - like who cares the 100th time about "buckshot" in coffee!But that is minor.Some characters are reasonably well developed and overall I enjoyed this particular book.It was a good read while at the beach.

A really great anti-hero
Where Nimitz class was a good story, it seems that Robinson found his villain (from Nimitz)much more intriguing than his heroes. This was the same feeling I got.In Unseen, Robinson breathes some real life into Adnam.The story still is a narrative, but breaks away at times into developing the personality of its anti-hero.To the end, you're still wondering how its going to turn out, its not as transparent as a lot of stories.I do recommend reading Nimitz Class and Unseen back to back (I did).Be prepared, where Unseen has a real underlying story, Nimitz class is pure narrative suitable for navy fanatics.But once you're warmed up with Nimitz Class...sit back and really enjoy Unseen.

Nothing but political BS
I am so sick of the political undercurrents in Patrick Robinson's books that I have stopped reading them. Though the stories are good, Robinson diminishes them by labeling and pigeonholing and demeaning anybody he does not agree with politically - especially Democrats. I stopped reading Scimiter SL-2 because I got so sick of it. I'm sure HarperCollins would sell more books if they could get him to stop the bashing.

HMS Unseen
Outstanding book...and scary.This work of Partick Robinson is so close to reality that it makes you think twice about those trans-Atlantic flights.Tom Clancy shoud take lessons from Patrick Robinson and go back to writing realistic military novels. HMS Unseen is hard to put down once started. ... Read more

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It is the year 2007, and the Chinese are poised to challenge America's superiority on the open sea and upset the delicate balance of oil power in the Middle East and the free passage of the world's giant tankers.

The Chinese Navy, in partnership with Iran, has laid a minefield clean across the Strait of Hormuz, holding the world's oil supply hostage. Mystified by China's motive, yet drawn to action, the United States moves to disarm the mines with a huge display of force. At the center of the mission is USS Shark, a 30-year-old nuclear boat on her final tour of duty. When confronted with the unexpected death of brave SEALS, the unimaginable happens: the first mutiny in the modern history of the United States Navy.

Meticulous in its authenticity, terrifying and thrilling, this is the most dramatic story of rebellion on the high seas since The Caine Mutiny was written 50 years ago.

There's enough weaponry and military maneuvering here to keep fans of Clancy, Coonts, and Dale Brown happy, but it may be past time for the curmudgeonly Morgan to retire and let a new series hero like Ramshawe take over. --Jane Adams ... Read more

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Great Story
As always a great story by Patrick Robinson. If you have been in the Navy and in the submarines you will feel at home with this story. He did mention that the officers eat very well on submarines. He just forgot that the non officers do not fare so well. But it still was full of Action and a Great Book.

Some Readers May Make a Mutiny
Patrick Robinson apparently had at least two books in mind when he wrote THE SHARK MUTINY, and couldn't decide which one to pursue.

Book One has to do with increasing tensions between the People's Republic of China (at least a few times called, incorrectly, the Republic of China, which actually refers to Taiwan) and the United States.The ultimate aim of the Chinese military appears to shift over the course of the story--even from the perspective of the Chinese characters.Is it the oil that China seeks?Is it restoring the glory of Admiral Zheng He of the Ming dynasty?Is it bringing Taiwan into the fold of the PRC?Is it, egads, to restore the treasures of Taiwan's National Palace Museum to China?The answer, it would seem, is largely the latter.In other words, war as an art heist.

Book Two, much smaller in size, is a submarine/Navy Seal adventure.Although there is some tiny bit of action pertaining to the USS Shark early in the novel, it's not until very late in the story that the book's title mutiny occurs.After that, there's a rather perfunctory and largely predictable court martial, and that's that.

No more about the oil crisis.No more about the war over Taiwan.No more about the art heist!Oh, boy.

All of the above threads would be of interest to the reader--even the weird plot dead-ends might have been forgiven--if the writing was any good.Here are the problems in brief: (1) the story was poorly researched, (2) howlers regularly appear (such as the "Republic of China" for the PRC), (3) promising action scenes turn out to be plodding, and (4) the dialogue is so wooden and stereotypical that it was laughable (the men are gruff and tough and the woman [sic] good looking).

In fact, the novel taken as a whole is such a disaster that it's almost kind of fun.It's unfortunate that the author hadn't taken more care with this; I think he may have won some readers with a better written, tautly paced thriller that focused principally on the mutiny.

OK at best.Very Elementary Story Line
I have to admit, I had never heard of Patrick Robinson before.I am not typically a reader (or listener in this case) of fiction works, but the story line sounded promising

The book is supposed to be a great military suspense novel between the mighty powers of the United States and China.China mines the Straight of Hormuz, supposedly as an act to destabilize the economies of the oil consumers of the world and corner the oil markets.However, this whole military action performed by China is nothing but the first move in a great chess match.China strings the United States along, causing the US to commit their navel forces to various locations around the globe.Just when the US thinks they have China in the corner, BAM...China pulls a rope a dope and pursues its true intentions.

All throughout this conflict with China, there is a second conflict being played out in the book.The Captain of the submarine, the U.S.S. Shark, plays completely by the book.This narrow focus by the Captain causes members of a SEAL team to die due to inaction by the Captain.As a direct result of this and other "disturbing" factors, there is a mutiny on the submarine.The XO who takes over the boat is then court-martialed, despite the fact his actions saved the lives of numerous SEALs.

I am well aware that I was listening to an abridged audiobook and much is cut out to save time.However, I think this is one of the most humdrum book I have read.The whole story line is highly predictable and quite elementary.There were parts of the book that seemed to be nothing more than padding.I have never served in the military in my life, but even I knew there were glaring inaccuracies in this novel ranging from weapons to court martial procedure.

I found the reader of this audiobook quite annoying.The reader speaks with a heavy English accent and his American, Chinese, and other accents are not very believable.As the book centers on the American military, I think the audiobook performance would have been much better if an American were reading it.

The book is not a terrible one.I did find the book entertaining enough to listen to the whole thing.However, while it is not a bad book, it is not a book I would recommend to my friends and family.If you can pick this book up cheap or for free, it might be worth the time to read it.Personally, I would not recommend wasting the gas money to get it from the library.

2 1/2 stars -- not what it could have been
I picked up Shark Mutiny at a used-book fundraiser for the local library without having ever read anything from Patrick Robinson.This book was far from spectacular but also not as bad as many of the reader reviews would have had me believe.The plot itself had definite promise, although some of the potential was left unfulfilled as plot lines were left hanging. Action sequences kept me turning the pages.All things considered, there were enough positives in Shark Mutiny to make me take a chance on some of Robinson's other works.Hopefully some of the shortcomings will be less evident.

Teddy Kennedy
On Page 11 of "The Shark Mutiny" (soft cover) Robinson describes Kennedy thusly: "..the vastly experienced Senator Ted Kennedy, whose unwavering patriotism and endless concern for his country made him always a natural leader among such men."

"Such men" in this book are the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the CNO, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the "Defense Secretary" (as Robinson calls the position), and various NSC members.

Oh really. It's evident Robinson's home in Cape Cod plays a role in his beatification of Chappaquidick Teddy who obviously, among his many fears, hates being in the water. And this is a book about watermen.

No, I truly doubt the above-mentioned military men hold Kennedy in the esteem Robinson does. Just the opposite, I'll bet.

Once I saw that passage, I threw the book away since it was apparent other passages would lead to further preposterousobservations.

Mark Berent

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APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula to meet the needs of today's students. The author team's extensive teaching experience and proven ability to write innovative and relevant problems has made this text a true bestseller. Exciting new real-world applications make this new edition even more meaningful to students in management, life and social sciences. This book will work well for those departments seeking a middle ground for their instructors.

APPLIED CALCULUS, 3/E exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the "Rule of Four", an emphasis on concepts and modeling, exposition that students can read and understand and a flexible approach to technology. The conceptual and modeling problems, praised for their creativity and variety, continue to motivate and challenge students. ... Read more

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Little depth, even for applied text
I realize this textbook focuses on applications of calculus, but many of the examples provide little insight in to the actual calculus going on.Explanations are often vague and easy to comprehend, and the text will not provide sufficient background to solve most section problems.

The examples are unhelpful and often incomplete, and vague at best.Buy a supplementary text if your professor requires this.

Excellent if you are having trouble with course/book content
Excellent guide in helping you learn the content from the main book.Doesn't simply copy material, and makes you apply and think about what was in the main book. ... Read more

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OSS agent Craig Osbourne is picked up by a German ship whose captain is a man Osbourne last saw at Harvard in 1939. 2 cassettes. ... Read more

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Entertaining Read
One of Higgins' better books. This WWII-based story revolves around the infiltration of a French chateau where a meeting between Rommel and his subordinate generals will take place. The story is full of non-stop action and interesting array of characters. A quick and entertaining read.

More garbage.
Why did they use a picture of a WWI U boat to illustrate a story that takes place in WWII?How many of these anti-German hate novels can people read anyway?

Not worth it
I found this book for free and read it based upon the rating of 4 stars that Amazon.com readers had given it at the time. I'm sorry, but it's definitely not worth a 4. Even giving it a 3 is being generous. It's a decent book, but, given all of the other better things out there to read, this book isn't worth your time. The story has some interesting twists. But, for the main, it is contrived, lacks energy, has flat characters, and lousy dialogue.

A few too many twists but a solid thriller
Higgins has pretty much mastered this genre and has been known to "phone a few in, but COLD HARBOUR does a nice job within the confines of Higgins' rather straight forward style. Playing around with the typical conventions of cross channel warfare, identical twins(never a good idea), and a foray into LeCarre territory, a nice thriller emerges. The story does have its flaws with a rather obvious villain and a few too many twists to hold onto the realism that Higgins generally strives for but overall it works its way to its inevitable conclusion effectively. Other than the ridiculous cover on this paperback, as astutuely mentioned by another reviewer-a U-Boat which has nothing to do with this tales of an E-Boat and espionage, this one's a rather nice page turner and not bad for a quick thriller to fill in on the plane trip or at the beach.

Goofey in Places
Buy the book to save the cover.It display a German U-Boat.There's a partial photo of a submarine on the back page.And, each chapter is signaled with a small image of a submarine.So, it's about a submarine, right? Wrong.The only boat in the book is a German E-Boat. The cover designer didn't know the difference between a German U- and an E-boat! :-} One has to wonder how this got past the proof readers!! Meanwhile, the story is fair, but in places it leaves the reader saying, "Naw, that wouldn't happen." ... Read more

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Now in its fourth edition, Calculus reflects the strong consensus within the mathematics community for a balance between contemporary and traditional ideas. Building on previous work, it brings together the best of both new and traditional curricula in an effort to meet the needs of instructors and students alike. The text exhibits the same strengths from earlier editions including the Rule of Four, an emphasis on modeling, exposition that is easy to understand, and a flexible approach to technology. ... Read more

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Calc. book.
Very impressed with this product. Good considering the price paid for it.
There is some writing in it, but that's expected.

calculus made even more diffcult
I don't know how some of the reviewers can claim that this is a good book to teach or learn calculus from.

the book does a very poor job in my opinion of explaining calculus to students. it's definitions are very academic in some cases, convoluted in others, and certainly give very poor if any explanations. It seems to build on an assumption that a student has a rock solid foundation in math and an early understanding of calculus already. something that, sadly, not all students coming into intro. calc. classes may have and teachers often can't spend much time correcting those gaps, which a book has to fill with proper explanations and coverage.
moving on to the examples; those given here help very little to actually solve the problems at the end of the chapters and i've noticed that students have a hard time applying those examples to standard problems in the classroom. i think one of the main problems of the book is the problem setup. the examples do a very poor job of setting up a problem and and explaining the process of solving it, instead, they just go ahead and solve the problem leaving the student to puzzle out how an answer was arrived upon.

for the price of the book, the coverage in it, and the quality of that coverage...well, i certainly wouldn't be recommending it any time soon.

calculus book
The book got moldy but its kind of okay too read.
condition is okay just hoping it didn't have mold on the book
thank you for the cheap price tho :D

calc book
this was sooooo extremely perfect...fast arrival and book was in awesome condition..seller had a very reasonable price as well..will use this seller again!!

Great
After I ordered the book, I had to contact with her in regard to the change of my address where the book needed to be sent to.
She got back with me right away and sent it to the address that I asked her.
Also she sent me a student solution manual book free of charge along with the book.
I'm really satisfied with her service.
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Pursuing Sadam Hussein's most accomplished killer across Germany, the West's finest criminal investigator soon becomes the hunted. 2 cassettes. ... Read more

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Not so good!
The cover to the book said something like "Hagberg now takes his rightful place alongside Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler." Not with this book he doesn't. This is a quick read with a lot of shoot 'em up but it is a dime novel along side either Clancy or Cussler. It is an OK read if you check it out of the library, but I wouldn't recommend adding it to your personal collection.

Good Fun
This book has German's, Iraqis, the PLO, WW 2 war criminals and Nuclear bombs - - what more could an action reader want?The story is one were the German government is providing to the Iraqis a nuclear reactor.The Germans want the money and the Iraqis want to build the bomb, what could go wrong?Well all is going well until a few people turn up murdered and the mystery solving begins.

The story runs all over the Middle East and Europe, the main character is a dark guy just trying to get this on solved and to get back home. Over all the tail is interesting and fast moving, and given what we hear on the news it could have some very real parts.Overall this is an all around good book, well worth your time.

An all too real thriller
This is a combination of an excellent murder mystery, an international adventure, the tale of how parents can complicate lives for their children and a warning about the efforts of Saddam Hussein to acquire nuclear weapons.

The story is centered on Iraq having a secret deal with a large German company to engineer a nuclear facility that would also as a by-product produce weapons grade nuclear material.The contract is for over six billion dollars.The German government faced with rising unemployment was eager to keep the contract secret and in order to keep the money flowing.

A German spy of Iranian origin undercover at the facility is killed.It becomes necessary to find a police detective who will investigate the murder without risking the jobs or exposing other potential negative complications that could affect Germany itself.

The novel is well told, will keep you wondering about the next event and the next complication.It is also a salutary reminder that Saddam Hussein is real, does want nuclear weapons, and is actively trying to buy them and build them.I personally interviewed the defector who had been the head of the Iraqi nuclear weapons program and who had 7,000 Iraqis working for him when he defected in 1994.Recently the New York Times reported that a new defector had personally visited 20 sites in Iraq last year in which chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons of mass destruction were being worked on.

This novel should remind us that a very vicious dictatorship with a habit of torturing and killing its own people is eager to get the kind of weapons that could blackmail us or cause us enormous losses of life.It is well worth reading.

More like 4 1/2 stars...
I originally picked up this book after having read several previous Kirk McGarvey novels, and figured that this was just another one...well it sure does pay to read the sleeve to a book, first...but in this case, it landed me a rather exciting good-old-fashioned murder/mystery novel which had some espionage undertones.

Just about everything in this story is done well.The overall story of murder, and the who, what & why's only serve to make this a mystery with plenty of action.Hagberg certainly CAN serve up a top-notch thriller whether McGarvey is one of the main characters or not.I highly recommend this to any person who is looking for a mystery with James Bond-like flavor to it. Actually, I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys any of Mr. Hagbergs other books, or Clancy or Cussler for that matter.Great depiction of Saddam after Iraq's embarassing defeat at the hands of us 'infidels'.A real sense of urgency is put out to achieve this nuclear reactor so weapons grade plutonium can be manufactured...the sooner the better.Iraq's ultimate goal of revenge cannot be far from the fiction portrayed within this story, and sorta chills me to the bone when I think about how real it just may become one day.

Hagberg really IS a major find for those who enjoy action/adventure in the Clancy/Cussler tradition, but with a totally original taste.Great stuff.

An Exciting Book!
This was a good effort by David Hagberg to use the notorious reputaion of Saddam Hussein to cast him as a villain in a book. Saddam,after losing the Gulf War,attempts to obtain a nuclear reactor to buils an atomic bomb. He sends his chief enforcer who his a backgroumd in terrorism(1972 olympics for example) to obtain his reactor. His enforcer is accompanied by his ruthless daughter. The only one to stop this group is a German detective. This book has plenty of action and will definitely keep you reading. Once again Hagberg proves himself to be a good writer. He has once again come through with a good book. ... Read more

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This book offers a fresh approach to algebra that focuses on teaching readers how to truly understand the principles, rather than viewing them merely as tools for other forms of mathematics. It relies on a storyline to form the backbone of the chapters and make the material more engaging. Conceptual exercise sets are included to show how the information is applied in the real world. Using symbolic notation as a framework, business professionals will come away with a vastly improved skill set. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Long and the Short and the Tall is a 1961 film directed by Leslie Norman and stars Laurence Harvey, Richard Todd, Richard Harris, David McCallum, John Meillon, John Rees and Ronald Fraser. The film takes place in a Burmese jungle in 1942 during the World War II Burma Campaign. During the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, a seven-strong British sonic warfare patrol beds down in a dilapidated store-hut in the Burmese jungle. Tension rises as Private Sam Whitaker fails to repair the malfunctioning radio, the rest of the men cannot guess whether or when to move on. The plot thickens when a lone Japanese scout stumbles across the hut and his fate becomes the squad's second dilemma. ... Read more