Maintenance

Spanish for Cruisers provides all the essential boating, hardware and mechanical vocabulary and phrases that is impossible to find in any other single source.The book is divided into 25 sections, such as Materials, Hardware, Electrical, Talking to Mechanics, Refrigeration, Sails and Tools. There are also sections on basic conversation, pronunciation and asking for directions. The format is well laid out with many diagrams, a complete index , an extended back reference cover that can be used as a bookmark and a soft plastic spiral binding which allows the book to lay flat. Cruising is often defined as "doing boat maintenance in exotic places". If you're planning to sail to Spanish speaking countries of South America and the Caribbean, this book by Kathy Parsons will make the inevitable boat maintenance part of your cruise much less frustrating.

James Baldwin s/v Atom

Spanish for Cruisers allows students to get quick results from their efforts and I will be using it in my classes as well as recommending it to boaters who are learning Spanish on their own. Its practical techniques give the English-speaking boater the ability to arrange boating repairs, carry on conversations and communicate information needed in emergencies. Spanish for Cruisers provides boaters with the most important verbs that they will need for everyday conversation using strategies that eliminate the need to master difficult conjugations. Another asset is that phonetics (pronunciation) is provided for every word and phrase. This allows students to start communicating quickly without a teacher.

Spanish for Cruisers makes communication easy, fun and rewarding and I recommend it highly.

Oh, that more modern designers would learn the lesson! He states that even the most emphatic golfer who says he's not interested in beauty is "subconsciously influenced by his surroundings." Easily the designer of some of golf's most influential hole scenes, this guy gives definite hints, e.g. Playing down fairways bordered by straight lines of trees is not only unartistic but makes tedious and uninteresting golf. Many green committees ruin one's handiwork by planting trees like rows of soldiers along the borders of the fairways."

Love the poem he quotes on the analysis of paralysis: The Centipede was happy quite until a toad in fun said "Pray which leg goes over which?" This put his mind in such a pitch he lay distracted in a ditch considering how to run."

Scary how much of the comments written in the early part of the century apply to today's game and course design. Once section about the controversy of the day re: limiting the flight of the ball is exaclt what we are hearing nearly again 70 years later

So why am I reviewing a book on PC hardware? Because fear is no excuse for not understanding the device that allows me to make my living. Having worked a little with this book, I can honestly say that I would have saved myself a lot of grief if I knew about this book earlier. It is amazing.

Scott Mueller covers everything you can think of that you'll find in your PC. He also includes both the "what is" and "how to" details of the devices. For instance, you can read the chapters on magnetic storage and hard disk storage to understand how a hard drive works. He then takes you from the theoretical knowledge to the practical information on how to install a new hard drive in your PC. When I had to install a hard drive about a year ago after a drive failure, I truly had no clue as to what I was doing. While I was successful, it was an extremely stressful experience. If I had been able to review these chapters beforehand, I could have actually learned from the process instead of running scared through the ordeal.

In this 15th anniversary edition, there is also a DVD with two hours of video related to the book. I haven't had the time yet to review the DVD material, but I have no doubt that it will be of the same high quality as the book.

Conclusion
You need to have this book if you ever plan on replacing or fixing anything on your PC. I wish I had known about this book sooner... You don't see many tech books that get past their first edition, much less the 15th edition. This is a classic.

I have using theses books since the 9th edition and each time the new book is released I find even more information and always find the book(s) to up to date and techincally accurate. I am teaching a class in A+ and this is certianly a reference to have handy for the students.

There is over 1500 pages covering it all, from Motherboards, CPUs and memory to storage, networking and troubleshooting and just aout everything in between. Mueller has become a highly repsected and trusted author and this book bears out his great technical abilities. Anyone in the technical field needs to have this book as part of thier library.

The techincal details, from pinouts to slot pin breakdown is nothing short of amazing and the amount of information is simply incredible. There is information in this book that I have not found anywhere else.

While this book is not written to any single certification exam, you will find that it is tailored to the A+ or CST exams. The book includes a DVD with 2 hours of video clips to learn from. The only thing I found was that if you don't own a DVD player you have top go tot he website to download the clips, I think a CD should be included for those without DVDs.

Overall this is simply a must have for any and all field and depot technicians. Those working a Help Desk shouldhave a copy at the right hand. Mueller has simply outdone all other editions.

First of all, it is a very easy book to read. There is not a wasted word in the whole book. All concepts are concise and easily understood. When you need a diagram to grok a concept, it is there. You can sit down and read this book like a novel it's written so well.

Second, it leaves no assumptions. Sure, I'd like to think I know all things electrical, but I don't. Sailboat electrics is as different from automotive electrics as cake is from pie. I learned about the difference between marine and automotive batteries. I learned about corrosion and zincs. I picked up the concept of sailboat characteristics in a lightning strike. These are the categories that are not covered in automotive books or even in general Electrical Engineering courses.

I think this book should be every boaters first choice in sailboat electrics. I recommend it to everyone who has an interest. If you feel you need even more detail, or equipment-specific knowledge, you can always pick up (my 2nd must-have book choice): Boatowner's Mechanical & Electrical Manual: How to Maintain, Repair, and Improve Your Boat's Essential Systems.

Between the two, you will have on hand a reference to everything you will need to know.

Muy buen libro, posee gran información para preparar los motores de los Minis, es muy técnico, así que sólo es para preparadores con conocimiento de mecánica...

Esteban Zlatar franulic
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