This book opens up with some promise, then jerks the promise away quite early, sets you up for the most awful reading experience in your life, makes a dictionary a far better read. I wouldn't recommend this book to my enemies. Definitely not reading for pleasure, more like self-imposed torture. Well, you get the idea, don't waste your money, I suspect there will be a huge amount of them at Goodwill and used bookstores if you don't believe my review.