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by: Arco  Dewey Decimal Number: 808.042076 EAN: 9780768911749 Edition: 2 ISBN: 0768911745 Label: Arco Manufacturer: Arco Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: December 18, 2002 Publisher: Arco Studio: Arco Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Very helpful!There is no way you'll be able to memorize all the essays in this book so if that's what you're looking for, forget it. If, however, you are looking for tips on how to prepare for the essay portion of the GRE, common themes you'll find, and you want to review well thought out essays for every possible essay topic (just to get ideas and to get your creative juices flowing), this is the book for you. I thoroughly enjoyed using it as a study guide and found myself well prepared when I actually sat ... Read More Rating:  - Not situable for my useI do not think it is situable for my GRE preparation. Rating: - Practical, insightful, helpfulI truly enjoyed reading this book, not only as a preparation for taking the GRE general test, but also as a tool for self-enrichment. I admit that I don't agree with everything the author put into the issue or argument essays, but, that's hardly the point for reading this book, isn't it? The sample essays are truly extensive and exhaustive, serving as good models for students who might not be familiar with GRE writing. Moreover, very often I find that the essays jump start my own train of thoughts, ... Read More Rating:  - Only 1st section is usefullike titles says... 1st section is useful. Essays themselves are outdated and not really written well. Author says himself that he was not under pressure of time and had time to think it thru, in the end all his essays contain some sort of reference to work of Shakespier or some statistics. How sitting on GRE test I will come up with all these sources? So do not waste your time on 2 nd 3 rd part of this book, but do read thru the 1st one! Rating:  - Does its job just fineAlthough it's true that the topics are not kept completely up to date vis-a-vis the current topics available on the ETS website, the great majority of these topics are in fact still being used, and hence the book is still useful. I should also add that Stewart uses brief phrases describing the topics rather than reproducing them as written on the official list, and they are not in the same order. But as he explains, this is not his fault, since ETS often changes the order and wording of the topics. ... Read More 
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