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Title: Abominable
Review: There are two things that make this book unusable in any classroom. First, this book is an exercise in plagiarism.Almost nothing is cited; apparently, the authors feel thatthey only need to cite sources if they pull specifics,and then sporadically. A list of sources at the back ofthe chapter is not enough.Second, the report example in chapter four is atrocious.I would not accept anything so non-standard as this from mystudents. Like the book itself, it is a study in plagiarism;nothing in the report is cited (see the executive summaryon page 121, specifically, "The market for wildernessadventure travel is growing at 15% annually." Where didthis information come from?)If these authors are in any way representative, it's nowonder copyright issues are so hotly contested today. Theyapparently feel that they can include material from othersources and give no credit. Shame.
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