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- ...s had come out. So you get an introductory letter and interrupting little index card notes from a modern-day editor. You get annotations by the man himsel4 KB (747 words) - 09:25, 16 February 2018
- ...rthy or the frightening – there's the quirky too. The Economist's Big Mac index has a serious side as there's a suggestion that the countries with the lowe5 KB (738 words) - 10:46, 10 April 2018
- ...e looking for in a book. You actually had to thumb your way through this ''index'' malarkey. Who knew!10 KB (1,781 words) - 11:21, 21 November 2012
- ...want to, review the references. On the plus side, there is an impressive index.5 KB (767 words) - 09:56, 13 April 2018
- ...ranian… the roll call of the citizens' birth countries reads like an atlas index. Now imagine these cultures, living alongside each other in cramped condit4 KB (748 words) - 15:24, 30 March 2018
- ...going for you. It's unashamedly academic with more than a hundred pages of index, bibliographic notes and sources. Stylistically, Peter Gay sits somewhere b5 KB (804 words) - 13:32, 6 April 2018
- ...y the book hasn't been as well-used as it might have been. There is a good index but when you're looking for inspiration that's not necessarily your first p5 KB (840 words) - 13:47, 10 April 2018
- ...e produced, a glossary of people, places and other wartime phrases, and an index which includes place names, so I can look up all seven references to Stoke5 KB (742 words) - 13:31, 12 April 2018
- ...namely the bizarre use of three fonts where one would do, and the lack of index, and the scroll option would let you bypass the fact that Wheeler has an in5 KB (800 words) - 11:23, 12 March 2018
- ...gives rather more than you expect too. There's the luxury of an excellent index (increasingly rare even in good books, these days), a glossary which rightl5 KB (807 words) - 08:25, 29 April 2018
- ...''Quality Comics''. This book can be had up for not including a creator's index, but we soon learn the threat implied by the name Bill Woolfolk, or one of5 KB (784 words) - 12:42, 21 August 2020
- ...a section given over to it. Instead you have to know where to look in the index and even then you won't be able to locate all the references. In an otherw5 KB (873 words) - 15:16, 3 February 2023
- ...t. The majority are not signed though each artist is credited in the front index and a short biography is included at the back. There are a good number of n4 KB (783 words) - 10:26, 3 March 2018
- ...nd Gisele. Being a "proper", factual, researched book, there is a thorough index at the back and though a younger me might have gone straight for "sex" to s5 KB (922 words) - 10:10, 11 May 2018
- ...n the novelised approach, it almost seems silly to have a bibliography and index – when of anything I would have liked a map or two, of Lithuania, and not5 KB (822 words) - 10:02, 13 April 2018
- ...e proper content, there are more than 30 at the end for these notes and an index, worth bearing in mind if you’re coming to the finish and expecting to ha5 KB (939 words) - 08:47, 10 April 2018
- ...sm – with all the names mentioned, I felt the book could have done with an index. But it certainly didn't spoil my enjoyment of a very engrossing read.4 KB (772 words) - 10:29, 1 March 2018
- ...aste amongst us. It probably couldn't be improved, unless it lost the A-Z index (silly in an A-Z book), or listed all the American-only Eggs too - but that5 KB (826 words) - 12:55, 11 April 2018
- ...ather than loved this book and it was things like the seemingly incomplete index that contributed to this.5 KB (876 words) - 11:52, 14 April 2018
- ...is small, not even 150 pages of text, and more like 100 if you exclude the index, references and acknowledgements so perhaps it's unsurprising that it had t5 KB (820 words) - 08:16, 19 September 2020
- ...e of the more (or less) obscure references in the adverts. There's even an index with some erudite entries. Every sexual preference seems to be catered for5 KB (824 words) - 09:28, 6 March 2018
- ...and it's easy to find the fact that you want afterwards. I'd have loved an index, but that's me being picky and rather lazy. You want advice on sex, love an5 KB (938 words) - 12:24, 16 April 2018
- ...Bearing that in mind, this volume would be improved by the provision of an index for reference purposes. I did enjoy the extracts from BFR's works, the nume5 KB (834 words) - 14:55, 8 April 2018
- ...akes some navigation. I for one was grateful for the Commemorative Design Index at the front, an A-Z listing of all subjects since 1953. If you want to kn5 KB (764 words) - 14:10, 30 August 2020
- ...al reader in mind. There are no illustrations, lists of dates, or even an index which surely limits its use as a work of historical reference. As backgrou5 KB (808 words) - 08:09, 12 April 2018
- ...gh notes on each chapter, a biographical appendix , a glossary and general index, making this book very useful for future research.5 KB (787 words) - 08:30, 12 April 2018
- ...nto, whether you are interested in plants, folklore or social history. The index is excellent and there is a long list of references for the reader to follo5 KB (857 words) - 08:32, 27 September 2020
- ...s, bibliography (usefully divided into fiction, non-fiction and films) and index – but found that each chapter can be read, to some extent, as a separate5 KB (800 words) - 11:26, 26 September 2020
- ...logically set out with précised recaps at the end of each and an itemised index at the back of the book. We're guided through cheery, undumbed-down tutori5 KB (830 words) - 11:31, 4 September 2022
- ...his sidekick, DS Heather Jenkins recognises the series as potentially the index number for a birth or death certificate and calls in a genealogist, Nigel B5 KB (925 words) - 13:29, 18 February 2018
- ...already. But do you know what really disappointed me? Looking through the index I found an entry for ''Yorkshire Picnic'' with a page number for what seeme5 KB (875 words) - 12:24, 10 April 2018
- ...r movement history. The book includes twenty-six pages of footnotes and an index for the benefit of anyone using it for academic study or research, or who j5 KB (846 words) - 09:25, 21 August 2020
- ...look at all the references in the way I did. There is a very comprehensive index. More interestingly for the general reader, there are 16 pages of black and5 KB (895 words) - 09:11, 15 August 2020
- ...raphy of 78 rpm discs and LPs. One minor criticism I would make is of the index, with some names omitted, and also the rather old-fashioned principle of no5 KB (832 words) - 09:01, 18 September 2020
- ...or even three completely different things. And all the while there is no index, nor complete referencing, nor notes.5 KB (915 words) - 09:26, 9 April 2018
- ...hich seems to be increasingly a sign of the times today, is the lack of an index – a little surprising, given the attention to detail shown in the bibliog5 KB (898 words) - 10:34, 13 April 2018
- ...or those studying or doing research, there is a comprehensive and detailed index.6 KB (998 words) - 11:14, 12 April 2018
- Praise is also due to the excellent index which is usefully split into 'subjects', 'names' and 'wines'. However, even6 KB (953 words) - 12:03, 15 April 2018
- ...attempt to cover the man’s life and times in great depth, and it lacks an index, but it tells the basic facts in around 200 crisp pages and provides a usef5 KB (918 words) - 14:12, 9 April 2018
- ...oved as a work of reference had either a timeline of cases mentioned or an index been added. I also have some reservations about the magazine-style layout,5 KB (891 words) - 13:02, 16 April 2018
- ...ting everything, I feel that a book this size would have benefited from an index and discography, at least of UK releases. Nevertheless, I found it an engr5 KB (858 words) - 15:21, 3 September 2020
- ...cookbooks have a 'lived-in' look. Talking of the cover, the flaps are the index, which is a very clever idea. But it's not the book you want to know about6 KB (997 words) - 11:24, 8 April 2018
- ...whose surname starts with M (and therefore presumably starts the famous M index which would go on to include Moriarty and Moran), but the ending is the kin5 KB (887 words) - 08:21, 7 August 2020
- ...ilmography or list of TV and theatre appearances, there is a comprehensive index – which is more than can be said for certain other recent titles in this6 KB (994 words) - 07:52, 17 September 2020
- ...f the people caught up in the war. There are several pages of endnotes, an index and a bibliographical notes with several suggestions for further reading, w6 KB (942 words) - 11:23, 28 February 2018
- ...hies published today it is good to note that a comprehensive bibliography, index and reference notes are provided at the end.5 KB (912 words) - 09:31, 19 August 2020
- ...ant to use it as a reference book after you've bought a dog the lack of an index will make it a time-consuming task.6 KB (1,075 words) - 11:03, 14 April 2018
- ...ood volume to dip into and keep as a work of reference. The comprehensive index makes sure it will serve the latter function as well as being a very worthw5 KB (829 words) - 12:51, 11 April 2018
- The Greatest Escape: How one French community saved thousands of lives from the Nazis by Peter Grose...ession that he's gone for overkill on minutiae – that, despite the lack of index, this book is trying to be the authoritative, most heavily-detailed and aca6 KB (963 words) - 11:24, 12 April 2018
- The Commemorative Design Index at the front is a boon as ever, saving us the time of leafing through every5 KB (890 words) - 10:29, 27 February 2018
- ...de a more taut book. Moreover, with a musical biography of this length, an index and discography would have been more than welcome. We have neither. Much as5 KB (912 words) - 12:29, 22 April 2018
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- ...n the supermarket aisles. This might sound extreme, but with the excellent index it's so simple to check exactly what the label really means, or what you sh6 KB (1,061 words) - 12:37, 2 March 2018
- ...cademically. With a huge section of notes, bibliography and over-detailed index, the student will crave the attention given to the matters at hand, and wis6 KB (1,033 words) - 13:00, 16 April 2018
- I had a couple of minor reservations. In addition to the lack of an index (surely essential in a book of this nature with over 300 packed pages) and6 KB (949 words) - 10:19, 6 October 2020
- ...a thing is even possible). I would also like page numbers in the reference index by brand as well as in the top-10 listings.6 KB (946 words) - 15:53, 26 September 2020
- Although it lacks an index, a full chronology of the tour can be found at the end.6 KB (957 words) - 11:25, 26 February 2018
- ...ss, and might have perhaps been given added value with the inclusion of an index, increasingly a thing of the past these days. Yet it is very informative,6 KB (952 words) - 13:36, 9 April 2018
- ...to recommend this rather highly. I don't claim to be an academic but the index might have let me down if I were one, and there are some tiny repetitions.6 KB (982 words) - 09:52, 5 March 2018
- ...nd his wife, though the doctor merits two brief references in the text and index. Likewise there are only passing mentions to the already well-documented m6 KB (968 words) - 08:03, 3 October 2020
- A decent bibliography is provided, and a solid index, both of which ensure its use as a reference work.6 KB (1,040 words) - 15:45, 30 March 2018
- ...n look up ''conditionals'' and ''if statements'' in either the contents or index, but not the actual terminology ''first conditional'' or ''second condition7 KB (1,230 words) - 12:40, 28 February 2018
- ...bread and muffins, desserts and so on. At the back there's a comprehensive index, so even though at first is seems a bit muddled, you can eventually find wh6 KB (1,125 words) - 13:50, 10 April 2018
- ...detail about funding and the keeping of accounts. I did feel here that an index would have been useful - I wanted to show certain parts to a friend who is7 KB (1,190 words) - 12:06, 2 March 2018
- ...over to cover several times to be able to find anything quickly or use the index, as it's not particularly obvious whether Toad in a Hole or Sweet and Sour6 KB (986 words) - 12:28, 10 April 2018
- ...ferenced. There's a Table of Contents at the beginning and a comprehensive index just to pick up anything that you can't find otherwise. All the fish are th7 KB (1,193 words) - 12:26, 10 April 2018
- ...reached early in the day before it gets too busy for comfort. There is no index, but an extensive eight-page bibliography is provided, as is an extensive 36 KB (1,050 words) - 08:30, 13 April 2018
- I'd have liked an index, but that's me being greedy. The book's recommended, particularly to anyone7 KB (1,198 words) - 14:22, 12 April 2018
- ...s to be increasingly the fashion for non-fiction books to dispense with an index and this is no exception, which might slightly lessen its value for any stu6 KB (977 words) - 15:30, 27 August 2020
- ...'re listed at the beginning of the month and also covered in the excellent index. The recipes are almost incidental though, as the book is written in the fo6 KB (1,123 words) - 14:45, 3 March 2018
- ...ll-encompassing - so much so it's a surprise to get to the end and find no index. This is certainly a more scholarly tome than it could have been, and proba7 KB (1,208 words) - 09:33, 6 March 2018
- ...ndly to the general reader (and not ideal for the student, being devoid of index). You seek in vain for more than a paragraph defining Rosicrucian ethos. Y7 KB (1,184 words) - 09:47, 16 April 2018
- ...d presented us with a perceptive portrait that – apart from the lack of an index – is unlikely to be bettered. The photos are well chosen, especially a p6 KB (1,070 words) - 12:59, 11 April 2018
- ...e of its quality. Moreover, I couldn't resist a smile when looking at the index and noticing that the references to Margaret Thatcher end with ''see also''6 KB (1,024 words) - 10:47, 13 April 2018
- ...isn't the book for you. Marilyn Monroe doesn't even merit a mention in the index and Judith Campbell Exner is mentioned only in passing and not as Kennedy's7 KB (1,164 words) - 12:00, 27 February 2018
- ...nding it. Any book giving this much food for thought really should have an index.7 KB (1,366 words) - 15:06, 9 April 2018
- ...told the story of a childhood accident, namely losing the top of my right index finger in the hinge of a door at school, and how that experience surfaced m7 KB (1,256 words) - 16:03, 11 February 2015
- ...with repetition and without a clear structure. No table of contents and no index make it even harder to find anything. All in all, the book's poor structure, lack of table of contents and index, poor if any copy-editing and a dubious set of moral and social beliefs abo14 KB (2,238 words) - 11:18, 3 May 2018
- There is good cross-referencing, a decent index and a further reading list.7 KB (1,157 words) - 15:15, 27 August 2020
- ...er refers to her. We never know her name and she doesn't even get into the index, rather like Edwina Currie in John Major's memoirs. Meyer makes no secret o7 KB (1,193 words) - 08:29, 7 April 2018
- Supported by short fiction & non-fiction bibliography & a comprehensive index, this is a book that I will not only re-read in its entirety – but also o7 KB (1,120 words) - 11:57, 27 February 2018
- ...ncakes, for instance, make appearances in two seasons, but there is a good index if your fancy is for pancakes rather than a temptation to eat apple pancake8 KB (1,384 words) - 13:15, 10 April 2018
- ...all by redeeming the most serious flaw: there is no index. A comprehensive index is essential in a work of this kind - not least, because I found that I und14 KB (2,441 words) - 14:20, 12 April 2018
- ...d that's the Cast of Characters. This is supplied in addition to the usual index and is an alphabetical list of characters by first name. To maintain the re7 KB (1,307 words) - 15:42, 30 March 2018
- ...ously readable, despite the facts, figures and statistics. There is a good index, extensive notes for sources and a reasonable amount of space given to the8 KB (1,366 words) - 11:59, 5 March 2018
- ...e cross-referenced and to tie it all together there's a very comprehensive index. Each fruit is considered in real depth. Let's take apples as an example.8 KB (1,446 words) - 09:39, 4 March 2022
- ...dishes together, not in 4 different places of the book! I KNOW there is an index, but still...9 KB (1,586 words) - 13:02, 3 March 2018
- ...evelopment in month two. But the book has a clear table of contents and an index so it's not really such a major niggle.9 KB (1,538 words) - 12:36, 13 April 2018
- In addition to the very good index (I found everything that I wanted on the first try), there's also a glossar9 KB (1,686 words) - 08:05, 19 August 2020
- ...he archivist handed me a piece of paper which was my grandfather, Willem's index card. It is the camp record of his date of birth, his address, his next of10 KB (1,795 words) - 15:58, 25 September 2019
- ...ot just a fascinating journey in place and time; but for the absence of an index it would be a useable reference work on all manner of incidental informatio9 KB (1,578 words) - 16:30, 29 August 2020
- ...offering is a mighty tome. At some 788 pages, plus illustrations, notes, index etc it isn't one to while away a quiet couple of hours.11 KB (2,053 words) - 09:16, 23 April 2018
- Listening to Grasshoppers has a suitably detailed index and a useful map of India. The glossary however is hardly worth the effort11 KB (1,822 words) - 11:46, 28 February 2018
- ...e. The nod to the academics is a wealth of end notes, bibliography and an index which in total take up some 65 pages (almost a third again the length of th11 KB (1,939 words) - 11:13, 12 April 2018