Reinsurance Fundamentals: Treaty and Facultative

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well put together, easily understood by industry people.......1998-12-08

This is a practical handbook for anyone in the reinsurance industry. I found the the chapters to be well organized and the illustrations to be quite helpful. I found the price to be somewhat high but considering the content, a fair bargain.

This book is outstanding!.......1998-04-09

The book is written for practioners not for academic studies. Especially the chapters about reinsurance pricing are really intriguing. The author seems to have an in-depth understanding of the matter. Probably the best book in the market.

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This hothouse is lukewarm at best

Absolutely the "BEST" book I've read in a long time!

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The Hothouse Effect: Intensify Creativity in Your Organization Using Secrets from History's Most Innovative Communities
Barton, Ph.D. Kunstler
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The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators

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Throughout history, across many centuries and an enormous range of cultures, certain communities have stood out as bastions of creativity and intellectual progress. From ancient Athens to the vibrant American jazz scene of the 20th century, these seemingly disparate enclaves actually share a set of defining characteristics that hold considerable relevance for modern businesses.

The Hothouse Effect examines the dynamics of several such communities, or "creative hothouses," and identifies the factors that drove their unusual creative fervor. Case studies of contemporary businesses, plus interviews with executives, illustrate clearly how the nurturing of creative drive can lead directly to more innovative products, revolutionized processes, and dramatic improvements in results.

This valuable book also offers practical tools for assessing creativity in any organization, then implementing the results of the assessment toward building the creative hothouse effect that will drive innovation, productivity, and results well into the future.

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This hothouse is lukewarm at best.......2004-10-02

If you are searching for a resource to help you generate practical ideas to stimulate creativity and innovation in your organization, look elsewhere. The author is at his best when describing the culture and history of ancient Athens, Renaissance Florence or even the 20th centry Bauhaus. In fact, if you are looking to stimulate your own thoughts by researching these historical periods or locations, you might be better served to read historical works with more depth and then draw your own conclusions to apply to the place where you work.

In the end, this type of work represents the worst in "business research." The CHAI-T process described is a pseudoscientifical worm submerged in tequila-like snakeoil. The plotting of points on graphs and the creation of various geometric shapes smacks of another ancient practice ... smashing a vase on a table and having an expert come over interpret the remaining shards.

If you are looking for a more digestible and applicable resource, that offers no scientific delusion, read Tom Kelley's "The Art of Innovation" or even Seth Godin's "Purple Cow." You'll invest less time and come away with some practical ideas for your team or corporate culture.

Absolutely the "BEST" book I've read in a long time!.......2004-03-02

With its fantastic cover, electric colors, and jacket heading
which reads "Intensify Creativity in Your Organization Using
Secrets from History's Most Innovative Communities," the
"Hothouse Effect" is nicely packaged as an organizational
self-help book. But it is so much more than that. Although it
succeeds in this regard, it is organized in a way that allows
the reader to absorb practical strategies for innovation and
creativity in the workplace. The "Hothouse Effect" is not about
business as usual. As one reader to another, I suggest that you
follow the hyperlink, highlighted in green on the jacket cover,
and read the book.

Dr Kunstler has written an engaging and transcendent book that
takes the reader on a spectacular journey through and around
time to such places as Athens, Florence, Paris, Boston & New
York. Much of the text reads like a fast moving can't put this
book down novel, but it is pure non-fiction, and the characters,
whether historical or contemporary, are real people who have
successfully intensified creativity through an explosive
interrelationship of individual to group which Dr. Kunstler
calls the "Hothouse Effect." The secrets of this phenomenon are
here for anyone seeking an edge in this highly competitive,
interconnected globe of ours.

This is a ten-star book that should be on every business
manager's desk and made into software for the desktops of every
employee, teacher, student, artist, and musician.
The "Hothouse Effect" is absolute "Hyper-thought."

Joseph A. Romano

enlightening.......2004-02-24

Dr.Kunstlers "The Hothouse Effect" reveals the dynamic that I suspect we are seeing in the phenominal developments coming out of China today in their industrial and scienfific push towards world leadership. Reading it reveals clues to what breeds competitiveness and innovation. It may be a wake up call !
R.Prince. Pres.
Easy-China (USA)

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After all the research on agricultural risk to date, the treatment of risk in agricultural research is far from harmonious. Many competing risk models have been proposed. Some new methodologies are largely untested. Some of the leading empirical methodologies in agricultural economic research are poorly suited for problems with aggregate data where risk averse behavior is less likely to be important.
This book is intended to (i) define the current state of the literature on agricultural risk research, (ii) provide a critical evaluation of economic risk research on agriculture to date and (iii) set a research agenda that will meet future needs and prospects. This type of research promises to become of increasing importance because agricultural policy in the United States and elsewhere has decidedly shifted from explicit income support objectives to risk-related motivations of helping farmers deal with risk. Beginning with the 1996 Farm Bill, the primary set of policy instruments from U.S. agriculture has shifted from target prices and set aside acreage to agricultural crop insurance.
Because this book is intended to have specific implications for U.S. agricultural policy, it has a decidedly domestic scope, but clearly many of the issues have application abroad. For each of the papers and topics included in this volume, individuals have been selected to give the strongest and broadest possible treatment of each facet of the problem. The result is this comprehensive reference book on the economics of agricultural risk.

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personal opinions.......2002-05-07

The book is a useful one for agricultural economists. By far one of the best books I have read on this subject. I would like more books published on agricultural economics and notify me through e-mail details of which is already with you. Thanks.
Balasubramanian.

Just, Richard E., and Rulon D. Pope, eds. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture.(Review): An article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics

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Just, Richard E., and Rulon D. Pope, eds. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture.(Review): An article from: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Kandice H. Kahl
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Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from American Journal of Agricultural Economics, published by American Agricultural Economics Association on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1218 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Just, Richard E., and Rulon D. Pope, eds. A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture.(Review)
Author: Kandice H. Kahl
Publication: American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: American Agricultural Economics Association
Volume: 85 Issue: 4 Page: 1089(3)

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A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture (Natural Resource Management and Policy)

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A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in U.S. Agriculture (Natural Resource Management and Policy)
Richard E. Just
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An important contribution.......2000-02-21

Taub's work is a valuable contribution to our understanding of an important thinker of Late Antiquity, too often neglected for lack of biographical information. As Taub shows, however, through her patient and careful analysis of Ptolemy's texts and likely sources, we can learn something of the Alexandrian astronomer - chiefly that he cannot be dismissed as just as the late-arriving mathematical straight-man to the wisecracking ancient philosopher Aristotle. The duo are often given semi-equal billing for the cosmology which dominated in the West for more than a thousand years, until the coming of Copernicus. Yet the contradictions intrinsic to the so-called Aristotelian-Ptolemaic world-system, repeatedly noticed by medieval astronomers, and an important motivation for the cosmological work of the sixteenth century, are suddenly made less surprising when one realises that Ptolemy had a philosophy of his own that was not quite Aristotelian. Helpful to all students of medieval and early-modern astronomy (particularly those who wish to understand the opening of Copernicus' De revolutionibus), this book is an essential companion to Ptolemy's own works, helping bring the author of the mathematically intimidating Syntaxis (or Almagest), the quirky Tetrabiblos, and even the list-based Geography to life. Clearly written, and clearly argued, it clearly belongs on your bookshelf.

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Where's the Bears?.......2005-09-27

If you are looking for a book about bears, keep looking. The word Grizzlies in the title is for marketing purposes. The book is essentially a chronicle of a couple settling in Knight Inlet, BC in the early 20th century as told to the author Beth Day in the 1950's. The book is ably written and entertaining, but is not about bears. The grizzlies have occasional cameo appearances, but don't even rate a co-starring role. There is nothing to be learned about bears here, just a light days read.

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Two loners in a country town find cause for hope when one of them encounters a long-lost animal in this taut, shimmering tale by Sonya Hartnett about daring to live a life beyond expectations.

Ever since Dad went off the deep end and decided he didn't need to work anymore -- insisting the Lord would provide -- Satchel O'Rye has felt stuck for life in his dying country town. A high school dropout drifting from one small carpentry job to the next, Satchel can see nothing beyond his own dreary duty to help keep the family afloat. But things start to change when he spies a strange doglike animal at a nearby mountain -- and mentions the fact to Chelsea Piper, an awkward young woman considered the local pariah. Could the animal he saw be a Tasmanian tiger, a marsupial thought to be extinct? And if they found it again, could it give them both a new chance at life?

From the brilliant author of THURSDAY'S CHILD and WHAT THE BIRDS SEE comes a mesmerizing tale of a young man fighting his future, a young woman fighting her past, and a mysterious creature who teaches them something about survival.

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Captivating start - why'd you leave me hanging?.......2005-03-29

By Dorothy Franks
Through the eyes of a teenage boy, Satchel, the end of the town is near. People are leaving; Satchel's best friend is leaving. This is not Satchel's main problom though. His father is becoming more sickly and depressed every day and his mother is working night shifts at the hospital with dry and cracked hands smashing pills for the injured. He has to get away on to the mountain away from the deteriating town. One day while up in the mountains to get away, Satchel spots a strange creature with stripes on its back, body like a cat, nose like a dog, and eyes and instincts of a lion. Satchel seeks the help of Chelsea in identifying it; the creature is an EXTINCT MARSUPIAL FROM AUSTRALIA! A thylacine that incidently is in the mountains in their town. Should Chelsea and Satchel tell anyone? It would bring back the life of the town. But what about the thylacine, its past of bounties and mast huntings to the point of "extinction".

Stripes of the sidestep wolf was a wonderful book; it had a fantastic beginning and middle, but the end oohhhhh. At the end I felt as though the author left me stranded in the middle of space. Now there are possible reasons- 1.That stopping there was a "just because it felt like a good spot" or 2. Sonya has in mind a sequal, though adding anything to this book would be hard.

A sojurn in the Aussie wasteland of dry country.......2004-11-27

Deep in Australian outback country, one boy struggles to find his place. Mirroring his struggle is a creature who is native and yet out of place - glimpsed and dreamed of, but never conclusively seen.

He dreams of leaving the country and moving to the city, going to university, getting a job, anything to get away from the dry arid land, the father who won't communicate with him, and the futureless town.

It's a dry slow book, and although Sonya Hartnett manages to imbue it with the same mystical feeling of her other books, such as Thursday's Child or The Black Foxes, is is more like the former than the later.

Interesting but not riviting.

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Just because it's great idea doesn't mean it will succeed. Drawing on the expertise and firsthand experience of inventors, financiers, market researchers, psychologists and sociologist and using examples as diverse as the Classic Coke, Napster, WebVan, the Mars Climate Orbiter and Voice recogniton software.

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The Basic message seems to be ýDonýt believe the hypeý.......2004-03-22

This book covers some of the bases in regard to innovation - in particular it mentions the Diffusion of Innovation Theory, propounded by Everett Rogers among others. He gets a lot of mileage out of failures (such as New Coke and The Smokeless Cigarette) , under the general guise of "what were they thinking", and he clearly describes how foolish ideas can get backing from powerful, influential ideas and how other people then fall into the Emperor's New Clothes Syndrome.
There are a lot of good references in this book to successes, failures and studies relating to the Dot Com boom. One curious omission, in my view, is any reference to the work of Geoffrey Moore, whose work in the marketing of innovative technology products is a must-read for anyone trying to define the topic.

My basic impression of this book is that it is good on description, adequate in referring the reader to deeper, more original, material but very poor on analytical contribution.

Practical commonsense for anyone involved in innovation.......2003-10-29

Why Innovation Fails is a practical guide reminding us of the many almost obvious reasons causing so many innovations to fail. The book is easy reading, and not academic. At first I was disappointed by this, but the book fits together well and has a seriously useful questionnaire at the end. The books uses examples from the dotcom bust and other modern ideas (the iPod is presented as an innovation that did work). It focuses on why people reject or aren't interested in technical innovation. The questionnaire, for example, asks the innovator to describe a typical early adopter, a typical late majority adopter and to ask what they each want from the innovation. This focus on the launch and growth phase of the product is typical of the book's emphasis on the consumer experience. There is some discussion of types of consumers (early adopters etc), and lots of summaries of key books in the area. My overall impression was that at my company, we need to use more common sense and get more customer research. The book is oddly positive, a message being that if innovations doomed to failure and spotted and killed earlier, more resources will be available for innovations that can succeed.

When I rate books, four stars is "highly recommended".

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James does it again........1999-12-11

The author has mastered the art of suspenseful writing and can make any dry history exciting. There is an amazing amount of information in this small book, and it is as exciting to read as any historical fiction novel. I read the author's other book on the Monitor and in both books he amazed me by his ability to end a paragraph or chapter and keep me in suspense for the next.

A Truely Outstanding Work........1998-05-08

The Battle of Stonington is a book in a class by itself. It covers an obscure time and place in American history with a depth of detail and readability that recommend it to the serious scholar, the arm chair admiral, the general military buff and anyone who enjoys a good story.

DeKay writes in a fashion worthy of the best fiction. The Battle of Stonington may be described as a Tom Clancy novel written about the War of 1812. Like Clancy, DeKay writes with a high degree of both historic and techinical detail but, at the same time, creates enough dramatic tension to hold the attention of the reader.

There is, however, one key difference between DeKay and Clancy. DeKay's book is not fiction. Everything in the book is true. The persona dramatis range from immortal seafaring legends to humble but ingenious Yankee patriots. The story includes elements of duty, honor, ingenuity, courage, moral dilemas, patriotism and down right miracles.

How will a handful of militia men defend their homes and honor against five British warships commanded by a hero of the Battle of Trafalger with only three cannons? DeKay engroses the reader for page upon page of historic detail and mounting tension. Even the informed historian who knows the eventual outcome will gladly allow himself to be wrapped up in the story.

I exhort anyone with an interest in American military of naval history, or for that matter, any one who enjoy's a good yarn, to read this book. DeKay brings alive the stuff of which legends are made.

Can a small book by an obscure author possibly be this good? Read it for yourself and believe.

It's the next best thing to being there.......1998-03-01

As a person who has spent a great portion of his life in the Borough of Stonington, a small colonial town in the southeast corner of Connecticut, it's difficult for me to imagine there being a book which could capture both my heart and mind to any greater degree than this one. For this is not simply a recollection of a long-forgotten battle in a relatively trivial arena, but the story of a small community struggling (and shining) through the onslaught of war. What amazes me most about this book is how clearly it paints a picture of an America in which our contemporary feelings of patriotism and national identity had not yet fully evolved. Stonington versus the British navy; Stonington versus New London (a city roughly 10 miles to the west); Americans versus Americans; a war seemingly on two fronts. This book completely shatters what little we have been taught about this war in the classroom. Contrary to mainstream beliefs on the subject, Mr. De Kay shows us a time and a place in which the war was just as much in our backyard as it was on our doorstep -- possibly even more so. In addition to the heroic displays of many Stoningtonians who successfully fought off what appears now to have been a somewhat half-hearted British bombardment, he shows us the less than heroic actions of numerous others who would have been more than happy to "go back" into the English fold and were not afraid to practice treachery to achieve this wish. And this is just one fascinating aspect to a book which is, overall, a truly wonderful read. Additionally, the author does a great job of introducing us to many of the area's inhabitants and showing us what life was like in that time. And his "coverage" of the particular battle in question is nothing short of remarkable. You feel as if you are there, fighting hand in hand alongside the people who you now know. In total, this book is astounding, and one which I highly recommend to anyone with a love for history. Far from being a textbook account, itis a very personal, digestible telling of a story we should, but don't, all already know about. And I am speaking not just for those of us with roots in New England, but for all Americans. For this, in a sense, is a microcosm of all of our histories. For we are all the product, at least to some degree, of our nation's past. Anyhow, this book is wel worth reading. It is as entertaining as a movie, with the factual content of a textbook........and well worth the admission price.

THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON: TORPEDOES, SUBMARINES, AND ROCKETS IN THE WAR OF 1812.

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THE BATTLE OF STONINGTON: TORPEDOES, SUBMARINES, AND ROCKETS IN THE WAR OF 1812.
James T. De Kay
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While most advanced industrial countries have adopted a liberal approach to the regulation of capital flow, the typical developing countries have been driven to control foreign exchange in order to prevent a flood of speculative capital inflow and retain domestic monetary resources for local development needs. This book examines the Taiwanese experience in balancing controls on foreign capital with domestic development needs in a manner that has stabilized the national economy and created a substantial trade surplus. Chich-Heng Kuo's position in the Taiwanese government enables him to provide an accurate analysis of the legal framework and policies that have contributed to his country's success. Kuo begins with a review of international capital flow patterns and suggests standards for national performance and capital markets that will enable policymakers to evaluate the costs and benefits of foreign exchange controls. His appraisal of the role of capital regulation in Taiwanese economic development indicates that encouragement of foreign direct investment and strict controls on outward capital flow have been key factors in creating a strong economy. Kuo describes the gradual reversal of these policies starting in 1986, when Taiwan had begun to accumulate large foreign exchange reserves and needed to focus on foreign investment abroad to cool down inflationary pressures at home. The final chapter explores possible applications for economic development in other countries. Providing legal and policy analysis as well as information on the impact of specific types of regulations, this case study will be useful to policymakers, professionals, and scholars concerned with international trade, capital, and economic development.

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Good book for the beginner

Horses for Dummies

Great book for newcomers

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Audrey Pavia , and Janice, D.V.M. Posnikoff
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Features new full-color photos and online resources

Train, care for, and have fun with your horse

If you're crazy about horses, this hands-on guide is all you need to giddy up and go. Featuring updates on breeds, boarding, nutrition, equipment, training, and riding, as well as new information on various equine conditions, this resource shows you how to keep your horse happy - and take your riding skills to the next level.

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The ever-popular guide to horse ownership over 100,000 copies sold now fully revised and updated 4.3 million Americans ride recreationally and 1.9 million own horses. For those who love to ride and want to own, this is the perfect guide. It explains what's entailed in ownership from choosing a horse and tack to feeding, grooming, stabling, and health care and gives people the know-how they need to have more fun on the trail and in the ring. For this new edition, the authors have revised and updated information throughout on how to select and care for a horse. They've brought information on equine illnesses and treatments up to date, gathered together the best online resources for horse enthusiasts, added new safety tips, included more advice on children and horses, and updated the illustrations and 16 pages of color photos. Audrey Pavia (Santa Ana, CA) edited Horse Illustrated magazine, has written for all other major equine periodicals, and is the author of several other books about horses. Janice Posnikoff, DVM (Tustin, CA), is a veterinarian in private practice specializing in horses and also writes the Vet on Call" column in Horse Illustrated.

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Good book for the beginner.......2007-09-20

This book provides a lot of basic information on horse care. It is a must have for the new horse owner or someone taking up the sport. I was hoping for a little more information on feeding, but overall it was a good buy.

Horses for Dummies.......2007-03-30

I learned a lot. A great book for anyone who is thinking about or owns horses. Easy to read and understand. I think even the more experienced horse owner can learn a lot from this book. A good read.

Great book for newcomers.......2007-03-09

I thought this book was excellent and I read it cover to cover in one sitting. Definitely recommended for someone who knows little about horses and is interested in getting into horses.

Well Informed.......2007-03-03

This book is great for all types of horse lovers!!!! I loved how it tells those who are just starting to look into owning a horse what they need to realize as far as cost and caring... It's VERY informative and covers almost everything!!! This book isn't dumb.

Horsing Around.......2006-02-28

Excellent book. It covered all my questions about riding, tacking, etc., that a new rider needs to know.

Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies (For Dummies Series)

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Great Resource!
Excellent For Starters
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Five stars for the target audience: "Dummies"
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How to enjoy a day at the races-and bet to win!
The last two years have seen a record number of Americans tune in for climatic Triple Crown races featuring Smarty Jones and Funny Cide; in 2004, television viewership jumped a whopping 61 percent over the record set in 2003, and the Belmont Stakes race itself drew a record crowd of more than 120,000! This easy-to-understand guide shows first-time visitors to the track how to enjoy the sport of horse racing-and make smart bets. It explains what goes on at the track, what to look for in horses and jockeys, how to read a racing form and do simple handicapping, and how to manage betting funds and make wagers that stand a good chance of paying off. Complete with coverage of off-track and online betting, it's just what anyone needs to play the ponies-and win!
Richard Eng (Las Vegas, NV) is a racing writer and handicapper for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, a columnist for the Daily Racing Form, and the host of a horseracing radio program in Las Vegas. He was formerly a part of the ABC Sports team that covered the Triple Crown.

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Great Resource!.......2007-08-25

This book has taught me alot about horse racing, and had definitely aided in my enjoyment of the sport and helped me win some money! There are some chapters that are a little boring with unnecessary info.

Excellent For Starters.......2007-06-30

I gave this as a gift to my mother before several trips to the races, and after completing it, I was pleased to find she was doing basic handicapping correctly. This book doesn't get deep into hard-core handicapping, but for most people who enjoy the races as an occasional fun day out, it puts all those numbers in the program or the racing form into perspective... making for a more enjoyable experience! Well done.

And Down The Stretch You Come, With Betting Knowledge.......2007-02-20

With the Kentucky Derby about one week away, it will be like NCAA March Madness where even the casual of sports fans is going to have an opinion on the outcome.

But maybe you will want to take that opinion one step further and place a bet at the local race track or OTB that's simulcasting the race. This book will help you learn the nomenclature associated with wagering on the races and the nuances to betting.

Author Richard Eng guides the reader through the basic bets like win, place and show, but really earns high marks by delving into the exotic bets - like exactas, trifectas and superfectas - where betting the same money as you would on the traditional trio may yield much higher payouts.

The book is not how to handicap races, which is the art or reading a racing form or researching with other material to select runners for your various bets. It purely focuses on understanding what bets are possibly available for the races at your local tracks or on the simulcasts.

And with confidence, you'll be able to march up to the teller and state - for the record - "In race five I'd like an exacta box with with 2 and the 6," just like a pro. And through the help of Eng you will certainly understand it just as well or better than that "expert" who's next in line.

Five stars for the target audience: "Dummies".......2006-11-29

This is a great book for the absolute begginner, first time track experince. For the enthusiastic hobbyist like myself the book only gets two stars.

I thought the pull out cheat sheet in the front of the book was irresponsible, suggesting a sixteen dollar play for the pick 6. I believe two dollars is okay, because it's like buying a lottery ticket, however a minuim of a 128.00 is needed. Anything else is just throwing away money. The suggested amount for the superfecta and pick 4 were off base too.

The book was very hard to read, as it seemed like every chapter the author was just saying the same thing over and over again. Although the book explains to the reader the different types of handicapping methods, it does not teach you how to handicap. Remember the book title is "Betting on Horse Racing" not "Handicapping on Horse Racing".

Now for what I liked about the book. Great glossary and index, something that all horse racing books that I've read lacked. I enjoyed chapter 17, which covered handicapping tournaments. This is something I've never tackled and find interesting after reading. Chapters 19 and 20 covered Harness racing and Quarter horses. I prefer throughbreds because I understand it and find it more enjoyable, but if I ever decide to bet on these types of races I will refer to these chapters. Chapter 25, the ten best race tracks to visit, was also interesting. I'm fortunate to have two of these in my back yard, and in the future I would like to visit the authors other eight picks.

I bought this book after I selected another book and needed to spend more to avoid the three dollars shipping and handling. So factoring that in 10.59 was not a bad price. The amazon advertised 13.59 is'nt bad either, however I would not purchase the book for the suggested 19.99 cover price (not worth it).

In all, good book to have for begginers. Also a good book to have for experinced horesplayers who have non horse playing friends that want to tag along. Much easier to let them borrow the book over night then to have them harrassing you at the track like a little kid with thier questions.

The other do it yourself series KISS and Complete Idiots Guide do not have books on this subject, instead there covered in chapters of other books. KISS Guide to Gambling, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Gambling Like a Pro, respectfully.

Betting on Horse Racing for Dummies.......2006-05-10

I found this book to be just excellent. After being invited to the Kentucky Derby by some folks who own a Kentucky horse farm started in 1867, I wanted to learn more about racing and betting before I went. I was a complete novice, having been to Saratoga several times betting on horses with cool sounding names and always losing. The book goes through everything you need to know about racing and betting. Not only did I win several races before the Derby, but I actually won the Derby with a bet on Barbaro! I made quite a reputation for myself as a handicapper!

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You’ve always dreamed of riding horses. So what are you waiting for? It’s time you realized your equestrian dreams and learned to ride like a pro on the back of a noble steed. And Horseback Riding for Dummies shows you how.

Don’t know a horse’s head from its tail, a trot from a canter, withers from a fetlock? No problem. Coauthored by a medal-winning equestrian and nationally respected equestrian trainer, it tells you what you need to know about that elegant animal, body and soul, to become an accomplished rider. And it trains you in all the technical basics of riding for fun or competition, including how to:

Find a good stable and instructor
Select riding gear
Warm up and keep riding muscles fit
Establish a rapport with a horse
Cue a horse to walk, jog, trot, lope, and cantor
Ride in the ring and on trails
Improve your balance and timing
Compete in horse shows
Buy and care for your own horse

Stop dreaming about it and learn to ride like the wind with Horseback Riding for Dummies—the ultimate beginner’s guide to all things equestrian.

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Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))
Audrey Pavia , and Kate Running
Manufacturer: For Dummies
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Horses | Animal Care & Pets | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0470239522

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Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies serves as a need-to-know, non-intimating guide solely devoted to ultimate healthcare and nutrition for horses. In addition, owners can find the latest information on breeding, alternative therapy, and feeding and nutrition (including organic diets). Horse owners, trainers, and groomers will be able to find information and solid advice to help make informed decisions on whether to treat an emergency, perform check-ups safely at home, and when to seek veterinary assistance. In addition, Horse Health & Nutrition For Dummies devotes coverage to help readers deal with equine euthanasia.

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