Is Geometry by Lang and Murrow Enough for a High School Course?

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Table of Contents:
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[LIST]
[*] Introduction
[*] Distance and Angles
[LIST]
[*] Lines
[*] Distance
[*] Angles
[*] Proofs
[*] Right Angles and Perpendicularity
[*] The Angles of a Triangle
[*] An Application: Angles of Reflection
[/LIST]
[*] Coordinates
[LIST]
[*] Coordinate Systems
[*] Distance Between Points on a Line
[*] Equation of a Line
[/LIST]
[*] Area and the Pythagoras Theorem
[LIST]
[*] The Area of a Triangle
[*] The Pythagoras Theorem
[/LIST]
[*] The Distance Formula
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[*] Distance Between Arbitrary Points
[*] Higher Dimensional Space
[*] Equation of a Circle
[/LIST]
[*] Some Applications of Right Triangles
[LIST]
[*] Perpendicular Bisector
[*] Isosceles and Equilateral Triangles
[*] Theorems About Circles
[/LIST]
[*] Polygons
[LIST]
[*] Basic Ideas
[*] Convexity and Angles
[*] Regular Polygons
[/LIST]
[*] Congruent Triangles
[LIST]
[*] Euclid's Tests for Congruence
[*] Some Applications of Congruent Triangles
[*] Special Triangles
[/LIST]
[*] Dilations and Similarities
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[*] Definition
[*] Change of Area Under Dilation
[*] Change of Length Under Dilation 
[*] The Circumference of a Circle
[*] Similar Triangles
[/LIST]
[*] Volumes
[LIST]
[*] Boxes and Cylinders
[*] Change of Volume Under Dilations 
[*] Cones and Pyramids
[*] The Volume of the Ball
[*] The Area of the Sphere
[/LIST]
[*] Vectors and Dot Product
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[*] Vector Addition
[*] The Scalar Product
[*] Perpendicularity
[*] Projections
[*] Ordinary Equation for a Line
[*] The 3- Dimensional Case
[*] Equation for a Plane in 3-Space
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[*] Transformations 
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[*] Introduction 
[*] Symmetry and Reflections 
[*] Terminology
[*] Reflection Through a Line
[*] Reflection Through a Point 
[*] Rotations
[*] Translations
[*] Translations and Coordinates
[/LIST]
[*] Isometries
[LIST]
[*] Definitions and Basic Properties
[*] Relations with Coordinates
[*] Composition of Isometries
[*] Definition of Congruence
[*] Proofs of Euclid's Tests for Congruent Triangles 
[*] Isometries as Compositions of Reflections
[/LIST]
[*] Index 
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Is this book enough to cover a high school geometry course? Despite the name, I think I should confirm if this would count as enough. However, as with other Lang's book, I'm pretty sure this would be a good one.
 

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