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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and fascinating!, 12 Jul 1999

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The people here who gave this book a negative review clearly just didn't get it. This book is not intended as an education itself (hence the title), but as an introduction and overview that will hopefully send you off to learn more. But the best thing about this book is its wit. Saying that the authors should have dispensed with the comments and gotten down to information misses the whole point! I love this book, and recommend it to all my friends.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Educational. Outstanding reading., 4 Jan 1999

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I'm buying this book to replace the 2 copies that were "borrowed" by "friends" who "forgot" to return them. I've learned my lesson -- I'm going to hide this copy. Simply put, I love this book. I don't understand the customer reviewers who didn't appreciate the fact that this isn't simply a dry compendium of facts. There are plenty of books out there (can you say encyclopedia?) that fit that bill. In fact, this book is specifically designed for people who don't like to read serious books full of dry information because, well, think about it; if you liked serious books full of dry information, you wouldn't be reading this book because you'd already know all the stuff that's in it. Does that make sense? No? O.K, try his: buy the book. You'll like it.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Interesting facts - Annoying presentation, 3 Dec 1998

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Reading this book reminded me of dining at a fine restauraunt with an excellent menu and, unfortunately, extraordinarily annoying waiters that buzz about my head like flies - filling my tea at every sip, dragging on endlessly about the soups of the day, and continually checking on my status. Urghhhhhh! Just give me the food and shut up already!

The authors of this book eventually wore me down with the presumtion that I would be more entertained with their apparent whit and comical sarcasm than with broadening my extent of knowledge. In fact, if one were to edit out the exra author-only-pleasing chatter, An Incomplete Education would be a surprizingly short read.

However, in all fairness, I did find the mere girth of this volume to be an excellent support brace for a broken passenger seat in a 1975 Toyota Corona. So, I suppose if you drove a make and model such as this, and if your passenger seat, too, was broken, then I would have to recommend this book highly. Make sure you wedge it with authority between the frame edging and drive shaft hump - it seems to work best that way.

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