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I found this book to be very valuable in my dealings with suppliers. It does a wonderful job of driving home the point that a company's performance is linked to (and often limited by) the performance of its suppliers. When looking at a supply chain, the suppliers are the first link and therefore their impact runs deep and wide as the chain continues. Although this book is a bit advanced to be very helpful to supply chain management (SCM) beginners, I strongly recommend it for anyone involved with SCM issues such as supplier certification, supplier reviews, etc.

The Tandem Book is a well-rounded volume and satisfies those interested into "getting into" tandeming as well as those already part of a team. It fills a gap left behind since "The Tandem Scoop" was published. Still both books can stand to be refreshed, expanded and re-released. It is obvious authors Rodriquez and Black are knowledgeable and share a passion for tandems. The love for the the sport, notwithstanding, I wish to have learned more of the passion side of tandeming. As most teams realize, tandeming is not so much cycling as it is being together, communicating, playing hard and reaching goals. THIS is more of the kind of stuff I wanted to read. The photographs and write-ups of tandem teams and their equipment was compelling and inspirational. Angel and Carla related a few anecdotes of their tandeming adventures. I enjoyed them and expected even more stories. Again, tandeming is about fun. The best thing that could happen with this book is the next edition where the authors could explore the subjects even deeper. More about exceptional tandem teams. More about their own experiences. More inspiration. The book is a worthy read. Need to see the sequel.

No one has ever dealed with the connection between transportation and tourism. please remember that transportation is the basis of tourism. page gives a detailed book, with tables, figures and bibliography. a very good book!

This was a really good book. Here are some of the reasons I like it.

It has to photos of the car, both different years, They have them going all the way back to about 1992, and it showes the reviews on it. Not just a little bit of reviewing, but a huge review. I didn't even know that the Ford Windstar was going to replace the Ford Aerostar for 1995, and I have been studying cars since 1999, and my family owns a Ford Aerostar. It was very helpful. I found out what happened to cars that were made in the 80's. Very good book. I just really liked it. I think its the best used car book you can get!

Any book that tries to cover such a wide topic is obviously going to have to use very broad strokes. This book is no exception but overall it does and admirable job. A nice way to pass the time when you can't be either out restoring or buying new toys to restore. Don't expect detail guide though - for that you will need a manual specific to your individual car. This covers the basics of the areas you will need to look up in that specific manual.

This slim volume contains an enormous amount of information but never overwhelms the reader. There's something for anyone who enjoys wine and wants to know more about it. The question and answer format is just right for the novice or intermediate wine lover who doesn't want or need a reference tome but who would like to know more about choosing, tasting, and enjoying wine. The reader can learn about wine's history, its current techniques and conventions, and some "fun trivia" as well. If you've ever been intimidated by a restaurant's wine list (as I have), or ever wondered what to buy to go with that special dish that you enjoy so much (as I have), this is a must. Smith has obviously done quite a bit of work to get so many facts distilled into an easy-reading and non-threatening book.

I was extremely excited about ordering this book. I saw the 5-star reviews and thought this would be a great book to add to my real estate development collection. I was sadly mistaken and now believe that the author and his friends are behind the 5-star ratings.

This book contains a whole lot of checklists and bullet points, but lacks any clear explanations or descriptions. This seems like a half-hearted effort in which the author simply pieced together a number of his own forms and checklists. Don't get me wrong some forms are useful (hence the one star), but not useful enough to warrant the price. I quickly returned the book and recommend others to look elsewhere for real estate development info.

While it appears that Mr. Noe has experience in real estate, this "book" will be of little or no assistance to anyone developing real estate. I put "book" in quotes because rather than sentences and paragraphs it is comprised of lists of items related to real estate development. However there is no instruction, interpretation, or guidance related to these items, merely list after list. I have been a Realtor for 20 years and help others develop property and develop for myself. This book is completely useless for both the novice and experienced developer. The only consolation is that it can be completed in about 15 minutes. I urge you to save your money, even though the title promises a clear and decisive path to real estate development, the text doesn't deliver anything more than lists of loosely related real estate terms.

I found the book "GO/NO GO" to be valuable source of real estate development reference information. It's concise and to the point format made the information easy to comprehend and retain. The book has enhanced my ability to communicate complex development concepts to others. - It's a great book!

Whether you are a web developer or a company considering outsourcing, this book is a small investment you need to make. Many of the chapters focus on areas that will not change much over many years. Project disipline, forming a consensus, ensuring you have high-level support will always be needed. I am a web developer, and I would (with the singular exception of one chapter, which I felt the contributer was way, way too jaded...)highly recommend to my clients. I find knowledgable clients much easier to work with then newbies. They are far more realistic about the time, effort, and potential for reward. And the costs. The book is not the end-and-be-all, but it doesn't try to be; bottom line, it is a sober, necessary resource to turn to.

I can understand why some of the developers don't want to their clients to read this book--it points to some level of standards that developers should maintain when building Web sites. I have used the book extensively in my search for a Web developer and can say that it has helped me separate the good developers who have my business interests at heart from the bad developers. In the chapter on Web hosting I was immediately able to learn that two of the proposals that I received did not include any of the costs for hosting and maintaining my Web site. When I pushed the developers for that information much to my surprise I found their estimate actually tripled. I can see why developers don't want that sort of information out there for us clients. I agree the book could be a little less common sense and a little more hardcore outsourcing information but there's not much out there on the subject and this book is a step in the right direction.

Today, I gave this book to my corporate attorney and CPA.

Everyone believes they know what is involved in building a web site. But most mean the end product. Including our attorneys and financial advisors.

Now, everyone involved in our company knows what we do and can help our company continue its growth.

We've changed our accounting and changed our web development and hosting contracts because of this book. We've also added a Internet law firm to our mix to help our client thru the maze of issues that they may face.

Thank you JP.

If you are looking for a book that will teach you a lot about real estate and home inspections then this is not the book for you. The chapter information and text content of this book was very basic and did not teach me anything I didn't already learn from other books that were much better. Inspecting homes is something I have done for many years and I would not recommend this book to any customers or contractors. If you know absolutely nothing about real estate then you might learn a few things but not too much.

We have a home inspection business and I read many books on real estate topics. This book was OK but certainly not worth recommending to our inspection clients. Some of the topics discussed are irrelevant to home inspections - such as mold! There were many topics lacking in the amount of information the author provided. Maybe if you don't know anything about houses or construction you might learn a little bit from this book. If you have a novice level of knowledge about house inspections then you should buy a different book since this book won't teach you anything new.

Most books of this type are written by people with little understanding of the engineering involved in pre-purchase home inspections. I am a Licensed Professional Engineer involved in pre-purchase home inspections, and have seen many similar books with inaccurate information. This book is written by a Licensed Professional Engineer. For anyone purchasing a home and desiring accurate information, this book is highly recommended!!

I've always (up to now) been a fan of Parkers books. In my opinion, he's always managed to give a thorough description of all areas he has visited - since last book issue.. This is not the case for 'Wine buyers guide, 5th edition' ! First of all, 500 pages (of 1700 in total) on Burgundy alone is waaay over the top (unless you are a burgundy devote, of course !) On the other hand, it seems like mr. Parker still hasn't recognised the potential in many new areas of the world (ie NZ, here look for James Hallidays EXCELLENT wine companion instead) And what about the emerging South Africa ? As stated by other reviewers, other parts of France don't get their fair share and - you can certainly do better that that on Germany, Bob ! Even though I've bought the book - and in some way, feel it covers the newer vintages, I cannot help feeling let down, considering earlier editions. So...I only give it an 86 out of 100 ! (eat that, Bob)

This book is almost 2,000 pages and I am taking the liberty of writing a few comments based on a quick overview. The text on the bottom of the front cover states "...Ratings for more than 8000 Wines from All the Major Wine Regions". Some important wine areas are completely excluded, such as South Africa, the USA apart from the West Coast, Canada, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East (where there are a few very prestigious growers, such as Chateau Musar). Burgundy and Beaujolais together receive about 500 pages of commentary whereas Bordeaux gets only about 200. Germany gets 11 pages only, of which 5 are maps and general information about how its labelling system works, and no tasting notes at all. Austria is appended to Germany, and receives 5 and a half pages with tasting notes. All of the notes are devoted to one Austrian producer's Trockenbeerenauslese wines. I was quite astounded to find the exclusion in the German chapter of Robert Weil among recommended producers. His Rheingau Riesling wines are getting some of the highest prices in the country and comparable recognition. The section on Spain includes no evaluations of its white wines, as they were not considered by the author to be worthy. There are no comments on the country's wonderful sherries. The section on Portugal is devoted almost entirely to Port, with about half a page on table wine. There are no evaluations of any madeiras. I fail to understand why the author chose to include detailed commentaries on vintage Ports and Sauternes chateaux but practically nothing on sherry, madeira, Hungarian Tokaji Aszu Essencia, or German dessert wine. To me this seems very arbitrary.
It should also be noted that Mr. Parker's assistant Pierre-Antoine Rovani wrote the tasting notes and/or scoring (using the 100 point system of course) for red and white Burgundy, Alsace, the Loire, Germany, Washington and Oregon, and New Zealand. This comes to somewhere between a third and half the total text. His very significant contribution is noted in one paragraph in the introduction.
Having said all of this, for the most part I like what is contained here. It was decided - correctly in my view - to present the major French wine regions in alphabetical order rather than starting with either Bordeaux or Burgundy. Therefore the first 75 pages or so are devoted to Alsace. I have been a huge fan of this area's wines for the last 12 years and Mr. Rovani's comments are excellent. I concur wholeheartedly with his assertions that the very best vintages from the estates of Domaines Weinbach and Zind-Humbrecht (among others) offer quality equal to anything from Burgundy. You are not likely to go wrong with any of the recommendations here. The Burgundy section may seem a bit excessive at 500 pages, but again Messrs. Rovani and Parker emphasize there are sizeable variations in quality and it is easy to pay top dollar for mediocre wine here. It was noted that in the elite Le Montrachet, some 20 acres, there are 15 producers, of which only 5 or 6 can be relied upon for producing consistently excellent wine - yet all of them charge anywhere from $150 to $300+ a bottle. I cannot fault the authors for providing some extra guidance and information here, and if it saves the reader from spending money on one mediocre bottle the book has more than paid for itself. The Bordeaux section is well written but with over 2,000 chateaux to choose from, it could have been longer. To be fair, this area (and Burgundy) can take a book by itself, which Parker has done on 3 occasions already.
The rest of the book has some interesting things too, but I have to disagree with the author's assertion that there is a lot of bad wine made in Washington. I've enjoyed it for many years and cannot honestly recall ever paying too much for a bottle. Oddly enough, Washington's best offerings get higher scoring than those from Oregon. New Zealand's offerings are confined to only one page.
So far I like this book but cannot in all fairness give it an unqualified recommendation.

If you'll accept Robert Parker's bias towards French wines, you'll appreciate the 5th edition of Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide. (As a holder of France's Legion of Honour, you'd hardly expect him to lean towards German plonk!) That said, Parker's Guide is an almost complete reference on wine vintages and prices with ratings for more than 7,500 wines from all major wine regions. It is by far the most comprehensive and respected wine rating book in the market.

There are critics who say that Parker is too influential, that his weakness for strong, tannin rich reds makes him biased in their favour, but there is still no other rating book that comes close. Until his critics come up with something better, they should hold their peace.

What impressed me was the way the Parker's Guide picks up even on some of the smaller chateaux. Clos de Gamot, for example is a tiny producer and I wouldn't have expected to find their wine given a mention. On the other hand, South Africa and Canada (both somewhat larger 'chateaux') seem to have been missed altogether! Like I said, you need to accept Parker's bias to all things French. I guess at 2,000 pages, the book weighs enough already!