© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-lammet Recent reviews written by member lammet en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_408702652036?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - I bought this book a few years back wanting to get a comprehensive picture of the Balkans’ history. It didn’t deliver and left me grossly disappointed. Contents seemed an ad-hoc affair of names and dates with a lot of narrative thrown in. Reading it left... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~408702652036 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:03:27 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_408702652036?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_289659260548?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - Surprising for a country as small as Cyprus it gave rise to one of the biggest International Cruises Organisations. Louis Cruise Lines, running ships as far as the Caribbean and enjoying 22% of the Mediterranean, had their humble beginnings in a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~289659260548 Sat, 9 Dec 2006 19:51:28 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_289659260548?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_191392157316?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - FOREWORD When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan the Western world almost suffered a seizure screaming bloody murder. It did not rest until the 'imperial' aggressors were turned back; to help in this it provided the Afghani resistance with weapons... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~191392157316 Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:38:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_191392157316?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_187036438148?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - After director Joel Schumacher run the cinematic Batman franchise to the ground with his two silly movies “Batman forever” and ‘Batman and Robin” Warner Bros execs were in for some serious thinking. The wait lasted 8 years: “Batman begins”, the latest... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~187036438148 Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:48:37 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_187036438148?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_184872242820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - THE PROBLEM IS 'THE STARS'... Yep; that's it. If one hasn't read Alfred Bester's other '50s novel, the later The Stars my Destination, one can easily give The Demolished Man a 5-star rating. I happened to have read the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~184872242820 Tue, 31 May 2005 21:08:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_184872242820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_183067577988?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - "He was one hundred and seventy days dying and not yet dead"... Thus Alfred Bester begun his gripping tale of Gully Foyle. That was 1956. Fifty years later Bester's book, THE STARS MY DESTINATION, is still voraciously read and widely acclaimed to be a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~183067577988 Thu, 12 May 2005 23:02:07 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_183067577988?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_179445993092?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author lammet - Believe it or not, the author of this book starts his narrative by recounting how he lost and then FOUND his way seeking truth in alchemy. All straight-faced. Anyone who was taught elementary chemistry is left dumbfounded. But the first pages of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~179445993092 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:17:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_179445993092?linkin_id=8003929