This is the Essence of Anthropology - Third Edition CourseMate Access Code from CENGAGE Learning. This is not the book, it is just the CourseMate Access Code.
This was the textbook I used for my Anth 1000 course. It gives a great overview of general anthropology and is easily readable in one semester (for those 2 students who actually do all the reading!). The only thing I would add is a little more history of anthropology - preferably a whole chapter.
For a general overview of the fields of Anthropology, this is a good starting place. Each chapter is detailed in the subjects it talks about. From evolutionary, to cultural, to physical, to even fields of Archaeology.
One of the best things about it is that tries not to inject personal politics into it. It places things like Evolution & Paleoanthropology in separate chapters from Religion. Understanding this a separate things despite politics & religion becoming part of that discussion at times.
Overall, for an introduction I would give it a go.
This book is an easy read with some very interesting asides in the "Bio-cultural connection" sections. The reviewer who simply didn't like his anthropology class most likely didn't even read this book.