Epinions Recent Reviews for bibliofiend

The First and Still the Best

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:24:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - The Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Birds was originally published in 1934 as A Field Guide to the Birds, and its publication was instrumental in making ornithology one of the most popular past-times in North America. It was also the first guide that I...

Amazon.com: A good place to buy and sell but definitely needs some improvements

Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:42:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - This review actually reflects my experiences with Amazon.ca, where I am a seller. Amazon has provided sellers such as myself with an excellent venue for selling used books, but unfortunately there are some drawbacks. 1) The fees applied to non-Pro...

Pensioners Roll of 1883: Federal Pensioners' Roll of 1883 on CD-Rom

Wed, 10 Mar 2004 02:13:07 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - In 1883, the U.S. Pension Bureau published a five volume list of former soldiers--and widows and dependents--who were receiving pensions from the government. The majority of the pensions pertained to wounds received during the Civil War, but even at...

This first novel doesn't stand out

Sat, 18 May 2002 17:44:02 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - The Clothes They Stood Up In is British playwright Alan Bennett's (author of the play The Madness of George III and later screenplay The Madness of King George) first novel.

The story revolves around the Ransomes, a...

Star Wars is just not Star Wars anymore

Thu, 16 May 2002 17:47:12 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - Like many people my age, especially boys, Star Wars was the movie to end all movies and it was with intense anticipation that I looked forward to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. I had many of the toys to keep me preoccupied in the...

An Excellent Guide to Heirloom Tomatoes

Wed, 15 May 2002 16:27:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - By far the most popular vegetable--er, fruit--that North Americans grow in their home gardens is the once scorned tomato. Nowadays, the majority of the tomatoes grown are red, hybrid and fairly disease and crack resistant varieties. Most are, without a...

Yahoo! Geocities: Yahoo!Geocities Fraud?

Sun, 12 May 2002 21:55:11 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - UPDATE: In early September 2002, I finally received my payment--issued in mid-August, some six months after they were supposed to have been sent out--from Yahoo!Geocities. I have therefore boosted their rating to 2 stars, but still will leave the...

Chronicle of a Bosnian Waffen-SS Division

Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:08:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - One of the paradoxical aspects of Hitler's "elite" Waffen-SS was that more than half of the estimated 900,000 men that served in its units were not full-blooded Germans, and this fact interested me enough while attending university to write a paper on...

A Delightful Medieval Cookbook for the Modern Cook

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 15:56:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - I'll admit that I am not the most avid and skilled cook, but when I came across a reference to this book one Wednesday some time ago while scanning the weekly Food section in the local newspaper, I was intrigued enough to make a mental note to be on the...

A Fine Introduction to the History of Prussia

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:07:45 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - Prussia, which at the time of its dissolution in 1947 was merely a state of the Third Reich, was once one of the most powerful nations in Europe. It's importance to the history and culture of Europe is undeniable, but for the most part...

The Last Enemy

Mon, 15 Apr 2002 20:24:59 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - First published in 1942, The Last Enemy is the contemporary account of Richard Hillary, a British fighter pilot who flew during the very early stages of the war.

The book is divided into three parts: Proem, Book One and Book Two. Proem...

Visions for Saving Turtle Island

Sun, 14 Apr 2002 17:08:43 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - First published in 1990, Turtle Talk was the first book in The New Catalyst's Bioregional Series, a series of books that are "designed not for those content with merely saving what's left, but those forward-looking folks with abundant energy for life,...

Diary of an RCAF Fighter Squadron

Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:05:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - No 1/401 Squadron was the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) first fighter squadron. Formed prior to the war, it was sent oversees shortly after the outbreak of war with the intention of being transferred to France where it would have flown in support of...

The Authoritative Book on the Battle of Hamburg

Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:55:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - The Battle of Hamburg deals with a series of bombing raids that Bomber Command, with the assistance of the United States Air Force, conducted against the city of Hamburg, Germany in July and August of 1943. With characteristic thoroughness and...

The Nuremberg Raid: Bomber Command's Worst Disaster

Fri, 15 Feb 2002 01:08:03 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - On the night of March 30/31, 1944, close to 800 bombers of Bomber Command embarked on one of the most disastrous bombing missions of World War Two. Their target was Nuremberg, a relatively untouched medieval city in southern Germany, which prior to the...

Eastern Europe After the Fall of Communism

Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:25:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - The once unimaginable became reality in 1989, and for many people what was a large problem was seemingly solved. Almost a decade later, however, the freedom and hope that the end of Communism in Europe had proven itself to be a shallow Western ideal...

Motherless Daughters Reveal their Tribulations

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:31:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - Several years ago, Hope Edelman wrote a book that was supposed to help women deal with the loss of a mother. She did this so that other women would not have to go through the ordeal she did. Specifically, the ordeal of not having an adequate reference...

A Revolutionary Rethink

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:30:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - As well as completely changing the political and geographical structure of Europe, the demise of the Soviet Union has significantly altered the approach of historical scholarship about the Russian Revolution.

In Three Whys of the Russian...

Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Brutality

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:15:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bibliofiend - When the Second World War ended in Europe in May of 1945, some six million Jews had been killed in what the Nazis termed the Final Solution. In its barbarity, the Final Solution is unprecedented in this the history of Western civilization. However,...