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| Caveat EmptorThis volume is one of the only tools available to prepare for the Latin SAT-II. I recently purchased it to consider ordering it for my Latin III class, many of whom take the test. The book was a serious disappointment. It's one virtue is the number of practice questions it offers; though some of them are from such old tests that they don't provide much benefit for today's test takers. Unfortunately, however, the book is riddled with serious errors that will confuse students. On a single page containing seven questions, I found five substantive errors. For example, as the correct translation of "Pueros prohibui ne domi irent" we are offered "I have forbidden the boys", although the secondary sequence "irent" forces the simple past translation, "I forbade". A question about "celerius navigabant" offers no answer that reflects the comparative degree of the adverb. On the same page there is a use of credo with the accusative, rather than dative case, and the following unintelligible item: "Dixi eum libros quos lectus esses scribere." Numerous questions have no correct answer; some have two; some grammar questions are missing their verbs. The problem goes well beyond typos, though there are plenty of those. In one reading passage, interiacebat, "(it) lay between" is glossed as coming from intericio, "throw between", and violentiam loses its -i-, rendering "quae huic urbi per violentam ignium acciderunt" difficult to construe. This error is compounded by the fact that students are asked to choose the best translation of this sentence in a question that repeats the mistake. An equally serious deficit in the book is the lack of explanatory material. Students will have to consult a teacher to understand their mistakes. The book has the potential to undermine the confidence of capable students, as they fail to answer the many erroneous and misleading questions. If anything else existed, I would recommend that students avoid this book; as it is, students should only use it with the guidance of an experienced Latin teacher, who can also serve as copy editor.
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| Product DescriptionPackage includes Three Programs: The Princeton Review Inside the SAT, Scholastic Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, and The Princeton Review Inside the ACT. These are multimedia programs which are in the format of games, which teach students how to prepare for the SAT & ACT. They range in difficulty from 9th grade to College Entrance Level.
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| Dangerous, misleading, disappointingCooking with Chimineas: 150 Delicious Recipes for Barbecuing, Grilling, Roasting and Smoking
CONS:
I. THIS BOOK IS DANGEROUS
The author tells readers to cook with charcoal. Most terracotta chiminea manufacturers tell users NOT to cook with charcoal. It can cause the chiminea to crack and break and cause a fire outside the chiminea.
The author herself uses an uncommon NON-terracotta chiminea that LOOKS LIKE TERRACOTTA, and she features it on the cover, giving terracotta chiminea owners a misleading impression. (And, get this, she encourages the readers to buy her model, providing the UK mailing and UK web address of the company).
II. THE TITLE IS MISLEADING
The title includes "smoking" but I was unable to find any recipes that involved cooking with wood smoke! It's all charcoal cooking.
III. THIS BOOK ADAPTS ORDINARY RECIPES TO COOKING ON A CHIMINEA; IT DOES NOT PROPOSE MANY RECIPES THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A CHIMINEA'S UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS
I think some things are better cooked on a chiminea than a stove or gas grill, but the author seems to miss this point. She tells you how to use your chiminea to cook many things that would be better/more easily cooked on the stove or in the oven.
I have a stove. I have an oven. I have an electric grill. I bought this book thinking I would learn some recipes for things better cooked on a chiminea, perhaps things with a wood smoke flavor, etc.
I did not buy this book for stove-top recipes simply transferred to cooking on a chiminea. For example, the author tells you how to cook stir-fry vegetables with a wok--by placing it on the very top of the chiminea. (By the way, she assumes you have a chiminea with a wide mouth (like the special one she uses and markets to you) and has a special "trivet," also made for her special non-terracotta chiminea.
CONCLUSION/SUMMARY:
This book tells you to cook with charcoal, when that may destroy your chiminea and be dangerous. It pitches a product sold in the UK. It doesn't contain any wood smoke recipes. And it doesn't present many recipes that you won't find in ordinary cookbooks.
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| Product DescriptionThis book is a complete instruction program for beating the SAT. It includes instruction for math, reading, sentence completion, writing skills, essay writing, memory tips, math cues, and a unique segmented vocabulary list. It also includes detailed explanations for the test questions for the first two tests in "The Official SAT Study Guide." Henry Davis opened The Study Hall in 1992 in Dallas, Texas to help students to prepare for the SAT and other tests. He has successfully worked with thousands of students. He developed all the textual and interactive programs used at The Study Hall and on multiple websites
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