Outstanding

SHORT CIRCUITS
This book is called short circuits, because it has 13 short stories. The best one of the short circuits was called For Petes Snake. I liked it because this kid was babysitting his sisters boa construicoer and he wwent down stairs to watch some t.v., because their was a storm and when he up to check on the snake the snake wasn't there. When he saw gnaw bites at the top of the cage he remembered the door was open. He went up to his room and sat there until he felt something crawling up his leg. What was crawling up his leg was the blanket he was under ,then his parents came in the room with his sister and she had the snake around her. He was thankful they had found the snake, but then his sister had to give up the snake because the family was terrified.

I purchased this with the intent of getting a quick and easy method of reviewing basic antitrust laws. While the content of these tapes is okay, the speaker's monotone voice is undeniably irritating. Throughout all 10.5 hours of tape, he repeatedly clears his voice, stutters, shuffles paperwork, pauses to collect his thoughts and notes, and every few seconds, exhales as if he is bored out of his wits giving this audio lecture. The materials is dry enough without his lack of enthusiasm. Tape also has portions where it is obvious that they cut and edited it, as you can hear the tape being stopped. At one point, they repeated a few lines using the same recording. Unfortunately, once opened, it cannot be returned. I only wish West's had a refund policy. Find an alternative source. This doesn't deserve your money until they retape the lecture.

This was 5 tapes of gobbledygook. Most S&S lectures have maps where the professor says what subject will be covered and how you should prepare for an exam in that area. Also, the lecturers usually say, "Okay, that was the end of that subtopic,now onto the next issue." Not Cox! He starts babbling right away and doesn't stop. Obviously, he assumes everyone will love corporations as much as he does. His rapid-fire style and internal logic is quite irritating. I would avoid this subject. I'll forgive my mentors, Sum & Substance, for letting this mistake happen.