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- |title=The Fear Index |sort= Fear Index4 KB (696 words) - 13:37, 16 March 2018
- ...overed. This is obviously a game for the brave. Just reading through the index makes for good browsing , shows the extent of the coverage and is almost ce3 KB (464 words) - 10:04, 16 April 2018
- ...al ideas in more depth, which he aptly calls the ''WOW Factor Mathematical Index.'' This is an author who is truly excited and inspired by his specialist su3 KB (536 words) - 08:12, 28 April 2018
- ...ve'' to see children introduced as early as possible to the joys of a good index) and every story is brought brilliantly to life by the illustrations of [[:3 KB (564 words) - 10:37, 30 August 2020
- ...s. In response to a suggestion about this the author now also supplies an index ordered by English names.4 KB (573 words) - 13:59, 24 March 2018
- ...nt expert out to the garage he found the guidance clear and took apart his Index System with ease. And put it back together again, which is even more to the ...o supplement the bike maps. Preferably backed up by a really comprehensive index for locating bottom brackets and jockey wheels within the text, because a m3 KB (545 words) - 12:35, 13 April 2018
- ...e that marks out an expert journalist. My only criticism is the lack of an index. ...r evaluating the pain from insect stings to create the Justin Schmidt Pain Index? Or how termites infest a house in New Orleans without ever revealing their3 KB (554 words) - 13:46, 15 April 2018
- ...ference for Holmes fans and accessible to the casual reader, but a lack of index makes it occasionally frustrating. ...hadn't, I wouldn't have been able to find this film easily, as there is no index, and films aren't listed under title, but the actor who portrays them – s5 KB (863 words) - 11:41, 11 April 2018
- ...ellent index – and it's good to get pre-teens used to the idea of using an index. With a book like this they'll do it willingly.4 KB (563 words) - 16:03, 21 March 2018
- ...chelons of power. His 2011 book [[The Fear Index by Robert Harris|The Fear Index]] is an equally compelling read.4 KB (596 words) - 14:16, 15 March 2018
- ...ex in a hurry (yes - I was making a point!) but discovered that there's no index.3 KB (571 words) - 10:47, 10 April 2018
- ...ts - it taught me how to find out information for myself and how to use an index. It opened my eyes to subjects I'd never considered and widened my knowled ...throughout the text which might not be familiar and I was impressed by the index, which works well. Not all of them do!4 KB (697 words) - 09:13, 7 September 2020
- ...ushroom" in the text and wanted to refer to it again - but it's not in the index. I suspect this is deliberate, to stop people looking at a mushroom and say5 KB (807 words) - 09:53, 5 October 2020
- ...s which referred to people and the way that they live. The quality of life index is based on 39 factors ranging from recreation to political stability. New ...$12,742,000,000. But the most intriguing set of statistics is the Big Mac index which converts the cost of a Big Mac in local currency into dollars and com4 KB (699 words) - 10:45, 10 April 2018
- ...material which just begs to be stroked and a pale pink nose. You pop your index finger into the pupet from the back of the book and you can read to your ba2 KB (323 words) - 17:00, 28 March 2018
- ...pic you're looking for – the only thing I would like to change in the help index is that it refers to chapter and sections, where page numbers would be a bi6 KB (1,119 words) - 15:20, 25 March 2023
- ...his would be a five star review but for a minor quibble - it is missing an index of characters which would have been useful for pupils assigned character st ...the only disappointment is that due to the lack of a character or thematic index it is impossible to look up targets for student study such as Judaism in co5 KB (723 words) - 08:54, 16 April 2018
- ...decent index. Sadly, in this area they have also failed with much of the index being grouped by sport as opposed to the more traditional simply alphabetic6 KB (1,060 words) - 10:19, 16 April 2018
- The book is user-friendly because the chapters are tabbed like index cards to make finding information easier. There are sections on high-tech w2 KB (374 words) - 16:33, 24 February 2018
- ...urably with Mr Harris, then try [[The Fear Index by Robert Harris|The Fear Index]] by the aforementioned Mr H. It's a different period but you might also e5 KB (798 words) - 08:32, 2 September 2020
- ...h page the question is on short of reading through the book again. With an index it would be a useful book to look at for information.6 KB (1,047 words) - 14:31, 12 April 2018
- ...d into one brick of a book which has the advantage for me that there is an index which covers the whole course. Trying to remember which volume held a favo3 KB (441 words) - 11:38, 10 April 2018
- ...ters and another on the way in which the oceans are explored. With a good index and a glossary - both things which is a good idea to get kids used to using3 KB (447 words) - 09:53, 18 September 2020
- ...simply because you were interested in a specific point. The comprehensive index makes this simple.3 KB (433 words) - 11:22, 14 April 2018
- ...o will not be read in ten - or twenty - years time. I would have loved an index - or even a list of the authors in alphabetical order - as locating that nu3 KB (484 words) - 12:43, 2 September 2020
- ...bits and outstanding physical characteristics. Of course, there is a handy index at the end to keep the traditionalists happy too. There are a few unusual c3 KB (462 words) - 11:08, 3 September 2020
- ...find the Clifton Fields Caravan Park and any other sites in the area. An index by town would help.3 KB (487 words) - 12:20, 24 August 2020
- ...fluences. It's telling that the index of titles runs to ten pages and the index of authors to six. Edwards is a man who knows his classic crime and as you7 KB (1,129 words) - 08:55, 5 May 2018
- ...for the trivia buff, the detail of where to go for evidence, and the dense index. Here some of the trivia is known (especially the one about Thomas Cook is3 KB (482 words) - 12:22, 16 April 2018
- [[The Fear Index by Robert Harris]] is a more contemporary thriller that also looks at corru3 KB (545 words) - 09:50, 7 September 2020
- ...and more useful as a reference book. This is compensated in part by a good index, however. And most pleasing is the excellent, wide-ranging bibliography tha3 KB (505 words) - 11:22, 12 April 2018
- ...ugh there are some small extended sections with further information and an index, it will be up to the child to explore elsewhere to know more about their f3 KB (576 words) - 22:05, 21 March 2018
- ...ion guides, glossaries, visitor information, ideas for further reading and index ''The Forbidden City'' is an exemplar of cramming a vast amount of detail i ...that level, it is a reference book worth its shelf-space. The time-lines, index and bibliographies alone would grant it that... but my overall impression i8 KB (1,249 words) - 15:40, 30 March 2018
- ...mat is that of a typical non-fiction book, so it has a good contents page, index and glossary for any tricky words children might not be sure of such as int3 KB (556 words) - 09:25, 16 February 2018
- ...a brief explanation of terms that could be referred to when necessary. An index would have been nice, too, although its omission was perhaps deliberate, to3 KB (527 words) - 13:30, 19 September 2020
- ...focus on recency rather than the past. Thus, for example in the excellent index, Sir John Gielgud gets five mentions while the outgoing Artistic Director o3 KB (570 words) - 16:23, 15 August 2020
- ...ically through the book, as are the words within the themes and there's an index at the end which tells you in which theme you'll find the word.3 KB (550 words) - 11:18, 18 September 2020
- ...ou're ploughing through a disjointed series of facts. There's also a handy index if you need to look up one particular topic, either for a project, or just4 KB (597 words) - 15:56, 21 March 2018
- ...e's nothing here to patronise, yet with many cross-references and a decent index nothing to scare or confound anyone. I don't wish to make it seem this is3 KB (530 words) - 13:10, 24 March 2018
- ...out of. My only quibble about the book? Well, I wasn't impressed by the index when I struggled to find that piece by Julian Barnes.3 KB (577 words) - 09:18, 24 November 2021
- I'd like to have seen, in addition to the index for this book, an index for the whole of the "How to Cook" series. I occasionally recollect a recip7 KB (1,329 words) - 11:47, 10 April 2018
- ...tips on the minutiae of keeping records (whether using a ring binder, card index, computer, or a combination of all three), working with and interpreting do3 KB (549 words) - 11:13, 27 February 2018
- ...specimens and post office sheets. There's a helpful commemorative design index, although this would have been easier to use if it had directed me to a pag3 KB (531 words) - 12:44, 28 February 2018
- ...The book is then divided into seven chapters followed by a chronology and index. The pictures of the Queen begin with her at one month old, with the Queen3 KB (573 words) - 14:04, 6 September 2020
- ...onsistent organisation of the information makes it infuriating to use. An index showing towns would help considerably.4 KB (615 words) - 10:55, 14 April 2018
- ...or every walk of life'' about a book in which he appears (according to the index) on at least twenty occasions.4 KB (623 words) - 08:30, 10 April 2018
- ...e House (Affie's London home) amongst others. I did regret the lack of an index though.3 KB (580 words) - 13:42, 8 April 2018
- ...provided me with all the facts which I didn't know before. There's even an index which encourages the reader to look back at the book - an early encourageme3 KB (601 words) - 09:16, 21 September 2020
- ...ts, specimens and post office sheets. There's also a commemorative design index. The listing of Post Office Telegraph stamps is straightforward and based3 KB (541 words) - 14:12, 30 August 2020
- ...ng the artworks or other illustrations. I liked too that there's a decent index - using one is a skill which it's useful for children to acquire. If you'r3 KB (564 words) - 16:20, 25 March 2018
- ...tone would have made the world of difference. The book has a comprehensive index and notes section, but these are separate to the text itself, and therefore4 KB (606 words) - 12:14, 14 April 2018
- ...d in further reading below). I also appreciated the detailed footnotes and index. I admit to finding certain sections more absorbing than others due to my n4 KB (565 words) - 11:01, 2 March 2018
- ...ich has already been mentioned. It's all very confusing and as there's no index of place names to guide you it's virtually impossible to know if you've see4 KB (674 words) - 10:54, 14 April 2018
- ...ns that you have to use the index to find the recipe you need. Luckily the index is well compiled and anyway, after a while you will have a rough idea of wh8 KB (1,368 words) - 08:36, 16 September 2020
- ...ith images of the ruins of the more noteworthy places discussed here. The index was very extensive, which will be of interest to scholarly readers. The ton4 KB (638 words) - 13:27, 11 April 2018
- ...between an extremophile and an electron microscope. There's an excellent index too – and the covers have flaps at both ends so that you never lose your3 KB (570 words) - 08:20, 31 March 2024
- ...are there, including the changes introduced in the 2008 code, and the full index. Do remember though that this is not the book to carry round in your bag t3 KB (578 words) - 14:45, 12 April 2018
- ...always?) then I'd have loved to have seen some maps and a table of content/index would have helped - but these are not deal breakers.4 KB (597 words) - 09:55, 24 March 2018
- ...e's information on 'Maintenance and Upgrades' and a very good glossary and index. I have a very slight reservation about the target age group at eight plus4 KB (602 words) - 14:35, 24 March 2018
- ...t have to: this is essentially a reference book. It has a reasonably good index and you can look up the possibilities for whatever is working its way to th4 KB (629 words) - 08:53, 3 April 2024
- ...nday 17 November'' until we arrive at a brief epilogue, the references and index.4 KB (584 words) - 10:28, 13 April 2018
- I've a minor quibble about the book: there's no index. I have an outing planned to the RSPB reserve at [http://www.rspb.org.uk/d4 KB (637 words) - 13:10, 6 April 2018
- ...eadable given the potential dryness of the subject. The footnotes and the index are also well laid out, making further study very simple, should the reader4 KB (721 words) - 09:31, 16 April 2018
- My favourite stat is the Big Mac Index, which looks at the price of a Big Mac in various parts of the world. It m4 KB (622 words) - 08:59, 19 September 2020
- ...e bibliography of sources and further reading. And I was pleased to see an index, which is invaluable for a book of this kind.4 KB (611 words) - 12:05, 29 December 2023
- The book is rounded off with a good glossary and an index. I'd like to thank the publishers for letting Bookbag have a review copy.4 KB (629 words) - 04:33, 1 April 2024
- ...e read. I also appreciated the rigour of a decent bibliography and a good index.4 KB (623 words) - 14:00, 9 April 2018
- I missed that there wasn't an index - it would be a handy way to find a reference you remember but you're not s4 KB (678 words) - 12:59, 13 April 2018
- ...re people by reading excerpts to them. I've only one quibble – there's no index and when I try and find something I inevitable get sidetracked and that's '4 KB (642 words) - 09:17, 3 October 2020
- ...for the intelligent, thinking reader to keep. As there's a comprehensive index it's easy to refer back to questions which interest you.4 KB (628 words) - 13:00, 9 August 2020
- ...for reference at the end of the book and I was delighted to find a usable index. I'd like to thank the publisher for sending a copy of the book to the Boo4 KB (636 words) - 08:33, 28 April 2018
- ...ed. And in keeping with the basic-essays-and-nought-else plan, there is no index, and no list of sources, so the entry, say, on Hitler's medication, needs a4 KB (650 words) - 13:03, 7 October 2020
- ...t put you'll need to know it comes under athletics or to look it up in the index. It's about the disciplines rather than individual events. I've been righ4 KB (697 words) - 15:55, 15 August 2020
- ...says about you. Like all the best books there's a decent bibliography and index.4 KB (669 words) - 11:15, 14 April 2018
- ...s a visible influence on ''Worrying''. It's a book with a bibliography, an index, and footnotes lining the bottom of pages. And it is replete with literary4 KB (674 words) - 09:44, 29 August 2020
- ...wherever s/he may be from now on. It has a beginning, middle and end (and index), and can be counted on for some great, no-nonsense advice.4 KB (634 words) - 08:43, 22 March 2018
- ...Dalyell as Thomas Dalyell. On a more positive note, do have a look at the index: I don't think I've ever seen one which made me laugh so much.4 KB (678 words) - 13:01, 2 March 2018
- ...table book at a fraction of the price and with a lot more substance. The index is business like and works well and the list of further reading is very tem4 KB (716 words) - 09:48, 26 February 2018
- ...eir position in scientific classification system). There is a alphabetical index, of course, which is a necessary thing, but I am simply after a more detail4 KB (690 words) - 09:45, 26 February 2018
- ...the time to sit and savour it for long. I would have liked an additional index of entries but it’s not a glaring omission, even if you can’t be sure w4 KB (709 words) - 14:11, 27 February 2018
- ...logy or culture follows at the end of each story whilst a bibliography and index of Gods and characters conclude the book.4 KB (651 words) - 09:41, 2 March 2018
- The book does not have an index, but contains very detailed headings under each chapter title in the conten4 KB (677 words) - 13:50, 8 April 2018
- ...read another one before I put the book down' category. I'd have loved an index as there were a couple of points which I wanted to go back and think about4 KB (721 words) - 12:15, 17 January 2023
- Scholars will wish for a better index, and will query how the royal fringe headband is spelled in two different w4 KB (714 words) - 13:21, 12 April 2018
- ...e and quotation to be worth reading alongside the main text) and a 20 page index. At the same time though, it is an accessible account of women’s higher e4 KB (717 words) - 10:31, 13 April 2018
- ...book to enhance their status down at the Dog and Duck. Despite its useful index, nor do I see it being produced with a triumphant flourish to settle a prot4 KB (667 words) - 08:56, 6 May 2018
- ...w starter, the CEO will definitely need his reading spectacles. There's no index either and when I wanted to quote some advice I found myself having to flic4 KB (778 words) - 11:15, 10 April 2018
- ...ith the support of the glossary at the end of the book. There is also an index of common as well as scientific names.4 KB (666 words) - 08:52, 5 May 2018
- ...Pistoia and the tour was much more relaxing. I was disappointed with the index too. The entry for the Sistine Chapel takes you to Umbria and there's no me4 KB (749 words) - 16:33, 17 August 2021
- ...ew information you don't always remember precise details. You can use the index for this but it's far from foolproof if you want a quick answer. My only o5 KB (813 words) - 10:41, 29 March 2024
- One major improvement on earlier years is the inclusion of an index. Now people can quickly find their favourite question and answer so that t4 KB (684 words) - 12:39, 16 April 2018
- Danes regularly top happiness index lists. They are satisfied with their lives. But why? From Albrechtsen's Ame4 KB (710 words) - 16:22, 7 April 2018
- ...g) is a lack of organisation of its contents. There is no chapter list, no index and very few chapter headings within the narrative. This means that it can4 KB (737 words) - 22:09, 15 February 2018
- The book is divided into six chapters, plus appendices and an index. We start with ''Exploring Nature''. A self-assessment section (as with e5 KB (772 words) - 09:16, 3 April 2024
- ...h will stand a lot of use and there's even a useful glossary and efficient index. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.4 KB (763 words) - 11:40, 8 April 2018
- ...start training is here, although not particularly easy to find without an index. I feel it would be difficult to construct an individual programme from the5 KB (718 words) - 10:21, 16 April 2018
- ...d to keep him out of trouble. The beginning of the book is set out in an 'Index', though this doesn't really take us anywhere, it is merely the fragments a5 KB (782 words) - 14:21, 30 March 2018
- .... All this is told in 178 pages (the rest of the book includes sources, an index and six pages of acknowledgements that would not look out of place in an Os4 KB (677 words) - 14:23, 31 August 2020
- ...page or two of notes and bibliography, the whole supplemented by a general index covering the volume in total.4 KB (703 words) - 14:41, 23 March 2018
- ...od-thirsty dinosaur? It's all rounded off with a glossary and an excellent index. For a child who is interested in dinosaurs (and the exceptions seem to be5 KB (824 words) - 08:52, 22 March 2018