AC Reviews

I felt a little bogged down by all the information contained inthis book. It seemed too detailed and included a lot of stuff thatdidn't really apply to just medical insurance (for example thecomplete hypocratic oath which doctors take)! Overall, it was a pretty good book. It would have been a great book if they had cut out about a third or even half of the information. I thought Guide to Medical Billing, by a company called ICDC was much better. A lot of the pertinent data without too much extra. I also liked a book called The Medical Billing Handbook by Jason Cummings.

Having had to wait many weeks for the new, revised 7th Edition I was very pleased to note the improvements made from the 6th Edition. The color examples, universal legend symbols and easy paragraph read for the student are excellent. Another long awaited addition is the expanded Medi-Cal section (applicable to California only). Having been in the industry for 25 year I can say that this is the best Billing book on the market that I have been able to find. The only down side to this book is that it is not written for the "new" biller, but more for an intermediate to experienced biller. As long as the instructor can "dumb down" some of the excellent explanations, students will learn a tremendous amount from this book. I use it in my classroom along with my own material and the students are leaving the class with a well rounded knowledge base. Over all, I am pleased with the new Edition and it's contents.

This is an appropriate text for the medical biller. Although written for the office-based biller, home-based billers will find most (but not all) the information of practical benefit. Used in our homestudy course as a standard text.

This is a great book if you love the subject, but it gets tedious at times. Good information about the heroes and the villains (Ferrari), especially the early days with Carroll Shelby. However, the endless recital of race results gets boring. Only one chapter about the Daytona Coupe. Wraps-up nicely with a "where are they now" section. I would have liked more about the races and the drivers who built the Cobra legend. Still, if you love Cobras and like to drool over pictures of the original cars, this book is for you.

I loved this book! Ok, so I'm a diehard Cobra enthusiast, but I found the details of AC Cars' history to be fascinating. There are also excellent details about Carroll Shelby and how the deal came together between Ford, AC Cars, and his own fledgling company, Shelby American.

The perspective is more from the British side than that of most other Cobra books I've read, which tend to focus on the American side. As a result, there are fascinating details which were new to me, such as the fact that the AC Ace chassis was based on a sports racing car design by John Tojeiro, and this was the chassis which was used for the 289 series of Cobras. And that the Ace's Bristol engine was based on a prewar BMW design, whose tooling and drawings were handed over to the British as part of WWI reparations.

Also, AC continued making Cobras after Shelby went out of the Cobra business, and there were some 30 Cobras built for the European market with the 427's coil-spring chassis - and sexy body - but with the small-block 289 engine ... much like the replica my brother and I built last summer!

Great stuff! I only wish there had been more pictures.

First off, this book is supposed to be a collection of "random notes for AC/DC obsessives," which a good deal of it really is. The problem is, even though this book is aimed at "AC/DC obsessives," the author is a man who merely believes that AC/DC used to be a pretty good band. He makes it very clear that he isn't a tremendous AC/DC fan, and that he has pretty much given up on the band since Back In Black was released. This wouldn't be such a big deal if he had stuck to writing articles for rock magazines, where being strongly opinionated is a good thing, but this is a book which is mostly going to be read by huge AC/DC fans such as myself. Calling much of AC/DC's work "rubbish" as Howard Johnson has in this book is not exactly the most endearing way to present his writing. If he wanted to write a book about AC/DC, he would have been better suited sticking to the Bon Scott era, because apparently everything Brian Johnson has ever sung on is total garbage, save for Back In Black. There are plenty of fans out there who believe that the time Bon Scott spent with AC/DC was the best six years of the band's existence, but to write an entire book from this viewpoint is just obnoxious when the book is to be presented to "AC/DC obsessives."

So now I've got that off my chest--on to the rest of the book. Fortunately, only about a quarter or so of the book is actually written by Johnson--the rest is either interviews with the band or fan stories. The fan stories are pretty interesting for the most part, especially the ones where fans visited key areas in AC/DC's career, such as where Bon lived during his years with the band, and the place where he sadly lost his life. Mostly the fan stories are a good read. Where the book really shines, I think, is in the band interviews. Every current member of the band has at least one fairly in-depth interview in the book, including some past members such as Dave Evans. These interviews are what make the book worth getting for the serious AC/DC fan.

However, you're likely better off going for "AC/DC: The Definitive History" if you're uninitiated or a big fan of all eras of AC/DC, not just the Bon Scott era. On the other hand, if you're a fan who believes the band was only great when Bon Scott was behind the mic, you'll probably enjoy this book. But personally, I listen to every bit of AC/DC because it's all AC/DC, and in the end that's what matters most. "AC/DC: The Definitive History" shares this viewpoint and presents the material in a much livelier, more fan-friendly fashion.

The title of this book, however, is great...and it's likely what I'd say to Howard if I confronted him on the street.

Let's face it, if you've read one AC/DC book, you've pretty much read them all. Then only difference is what year they were published. This one IS different, though.
First off, let's make it clear--this is not really a book focusing on AC/DC. This book assumes that the buyer already knows about the band, the history, the music. It doesn't mess around too much in the bio department, opting only for little sidebars about present and past members of the band.
This book is really more about the fans for the fans. Random notes, as the title says. The book goes over various fans' experiences, from internet site webmasters to people who knew the band when they were fresh faced and living in London in the '70s. The book has testimonials from fans not only about meeting the band, but about excursions made to places important in AC/DC history, like Bon's final resting place in Freemantle or old haunts in various areas of London.
All of these essays and notes are intertwined with the author's own experience listening to the band throughout the years. It's clear the author is not a manic fan of the band, but it is apparent that, even though he feels the band's best days are behind them, he still has a great respect for them and finds them entertaining still. Some people may find the author's views out of place in the book, but I think it provides a good contrast to some of the notes in the book about the more fanatical followers. It illustrates that there are many different kinds of AC/DC fans, and they're all welcome to rock along together.
Over all, this is a refreshing book. Instead of beating the same old AC/DC anecdotes into the ground, the author went out on a limb and created a book aimed at and about people who love the best band in the world. I think it works!

The ISBN NO. below is the LAB MANUAL for the text advertised above. I think it is interesting and worth the time reading it, but it is not the theoretical treatment you may be interested in.

ISBN-0-8273-7038-5

this book is helping me to gain the education i need to support my family thank you

I am an hvac technician,and this book was more clearly written and logically written than any book in its field that i have read.(and I have read a lot of books}.
It is considered the bible of the hvac industry- highly recommended!

As I'm a big AC/DC fan (up until the "FLICK OF THE SWITCH" album), I bought this book.

It was a big dissapointment. Of course KERRANG has a lot of tradition in the business of writing about rock and roll, but the book seemed to me just a bucnh of old articles put together to sell a book. No new research.

Also, of course, the book is "devoted" to AC/DC. Anywhere, the writer (or "writers") are capable of telling some of the truth: Brian Johnson's voice, nowadays, is totally shot. It's simply not pleasant anymore to listen to it (I mean, in the albums. Alive, the vibe and the hype will do the job for the band).

It does not mention that Angus' extended solos are ludicrous (the solos INSIDE the songs are majestic). It does not mention the fact that,a long a show, it seems that drummer Phil Rudd, bassist Cliff Williams and Malcolm Young are having no fun at all.

Also, it simply does not have the nerve to talk the truth: after Bon Scott's death, the band entered a never ending decline in terms of creativity, only bypassed by the majestic debut of Brian Johnson, BACK IN BLACK. Even if songs like WHO MADE WHO and HEATSEEKER made it to the charts, and that some album had good material, it was always below par comparing them to Bon's albums, always.

The chapter about Bon Scott's death is full of wrong information.

About Phil Rudd return's to the band, there's onnly a brife phrase stating that he came back to the band after "a four-year break"... Well, Rudd left the band in 1983 and returned in 1995. For me, it means a twelve-year break...

There's also the caption of a photo saying it was taken in Cambridge, 1980. But the photo has drummer SImon Wright on it.... And Simon entered the band in 1983...

All in all, this book will add nothing to the serious AC/DC fan, but will at least provide a good frametime for your own research.

But it's a good read anyway.

Kerrang editor Malcolm Dome has a very pleasant style of writing and if anyone knows about rock history, that's the guy.

The book is not the "definitive" AC/DC history. In first place, it cannot be, because it's a short book (200 pages with large font types); also, the research for this book was made from the Kerrang files and, as is always the case, there are no especific interviews for this book conceded by the AC/DC guys.

Clinton Walker's book "Highway To Hell" has much more deep research about the band, at least until the point in 1980 when Bon Scott died, and much more first-hand accounts, at least by ex-band member like Mark Evans and ex-managers like MIchael BRowning.

This bood is a fast and easy read.

Out of all the Biographies I have read on musicians, this one takes the cake. it gives you all the details you need and want to know, wether you're a new fan or if you have been listening to them since the beginning. I give this book a straight 5 Stars!

I had to buy this book for one of my classes and fell asleep many times while trying to read the assigned chapters. I have seen books that are much more interesting and do a better job explaining weather (Jeppesen: Aviation Weather).

Published as an official FAA Advisory Circular, Aviation Weather (and the accompanying book AC 00-45 Aviation Weather Services) contains the info you will be required to know to pass the FAA private, commercial, and instrument rating written examinations. Aviation Weather is written in an easy-to-understand manner. It discusses the various cloud formations, formation of warm, cold, occluded, and stationary fronts, the life cycle of thunderstorms, winds (both surface and aloft), icing, and many other weather phenomena. Profusely illustrated with charts, graphs, photos, and diagrams. Understand this and you will know how to "fly the weather" competently. A classic book that all pilots should have in their library, with info that will never become outdated.

The AC Electronics Activity Manual would be a good read for those of you who enjoy electronics. A stimulating and fascinating book.

Very useful and easy to rea

Fine if all you need to work are the specs., but if you need more visuals and "how to" help, you are better off getting something more user friendly.

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