Imatge de l'autor

Simon Adams

Autor/a de World War II (Eyewitness Books)

141+ obres 5,693 Membres 58 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Simon Adams studied at London and Bristol universities, in England, before working as an editor of children's reference books and becoming a full-time writer six years ago

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Obres de Simon Adams

World War II (Eyewitness Books) (2007) 819 exemplars
Titanic (Eyewitness Books) (2009) 582 exemplars
World War I (Eyewitness Books) (2001) 555 exemplars
The Best Book of Weather (1868) 363 exemplars
The Best Book of Volcanoes (2001) 279 exemplars
Soldier (Eyewitness Books) (2009) 146 exemplars
Texas (Eyewitness Books) (2003) 119 exemplars
Tudor (Eyewitness Books) (2004) 51 exemplars
Archaeology Detectives (2008) 48 exemplars
Encyclopedia of Great Explorers (2008) 48 exemplars
Jazz: A Crash Course (1999) 40 exemplars
The History Book (1895) 21 exemplars
The History Encyclopedia (2006) 20 exemplars
Tanks (War Machines) (2007) 11 exemplars
Antique Marks (Need to Know?) (2006) 10 exemplars
Artillery (War Machines) (2008) 8 exemplars
The Iraq War (Secret History) (2010) 7 exemplars
Russia (Changing World) (2010) 7 exemplars
Northern Ireland (Flashpoints) (2004) 7 exemplars
Russian Republics (2004) 7 exemplars
Aeroplanes (War Machines) (2007) 6 exemplars
The Cold War (History Topics) (2001) 6 exemplars
Warplanes (War Machines) (2009) 6 exemplars
La seconde guerre mondiale (2000) 5 exemplars
Town Hall (Citizen Guides) (2000) 5 exemplars
Politics (Media Power) (2009) 4 exemplars
The Balkans (Flashpoints) (2005) 4 exemplars
Ships (War Machines) (2008) 3 exemplars
Novelists (Great Britons) (2007) 3 exemplars
Várak és erődök (2004) 3 exemplars
Britain & The European Union (2017) 2 exemplars
Election (Citizen Guides) (2003) 2 exemplars
Warships (War Machines) (2009) 2 exemplars
Leaders (Great Britons) (2007) 2 exemplars
Holocaust (World War Two) (2005) 2 exemplars
Cavaliers and roundheads (2002) 1 exemplars
El clima 1 exemplars
Der Zweite Weltkrieg in Karten (2020) 1 exemplars
Atlas van de oudheid (2007) 1 exemplars
Le XIXe siècle (2000) 1 exemplars
Exit Wounds (2000) 1 exemplars
Razbijači kodova 1 exemplars
Evacuation (In the War) (2008) 1 exemplars
The Blitz (2008) 1 exemplars
Pilys ir tvirtovės 1 exemplars
La Rome ancienne (2006) 1 exemplars
Des chefs-d'oeuvre de l'homme (1992) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Tudor Nobility (1992) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
The Folio: Artifacts of Adventure — Il·lustrador — 2 exemplars
White Dwarf 389 (2012) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions1 exemplars
White Dwarf November 2013 (2013) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions1 exemplars
White Dwarf 19 (2014) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions1 exemplars
White Witch and Black Stone (The Folio Black Label) — Il·lustrador — 1 exemplars
The Folio Black Label: Dagger, Venom, Throne (BL5) — Il·lustrador — 1 exemplars
The Folio Retro Classics: The Castle of Death (S15) — Il·lustrador — 1 exemplars

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hcs_admin | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Aug 30, 2023 |
I've long been a bit of a sucker for DK books. The pictures are just so good ...and so many of them. And, In this case the illustrations.....especially the maps are great too. Of course, any book which purports to be a history of the world is going to skimp on some things...well probably most things really. And when I wanted some serious detail on Assyrian history, this DK book gave me a summary outline in a few pages but the detail was not there. Still, it did have a section on Assyrian history. Likewise, when I was looking for something on the Scythians, I found a few paragraphs but no real detail. On the other hand, what this book manages to accomplish rather well is the integration of history. They seem to present the history....not just as the history of one tribe or country but as a region with the various forces interacting across wide swathes of territory. And they have some nice illustrated time lines showing what was going on in different parts of the world at particular times in history.
OK , I haven't read this book from cover to cover and i'm not likely to but I find it fascinating to dig into from time to time and probably will continue to use it in this way.I guess it does really well with what it set out to do but I guess I would have liked some more detail......and that might have required something 10 times the size....and it's a big book (Large format 612 pages) already. Four stars from me.
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booktsunami | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Aug 26, 2023 |
借閱自公共圖書館圖書資源共享服務平台
這本書不論是圖片還是文字量都很多
且範圍涵蓋了史前時代直到現代
翻完大概要數個月的時間
無奈借閱期限已到 只好放棄

本書前五分之四的內容
是依大致上的時間順序分成各主題的方式呈現
後五分之一則是各國家的年表

還好沒一時衝動買下系列作的電子書版本
大小約略等於微積分原文書
即便是用電腦螢幕觀看也會很吃力… (més)
 
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HsuBattery | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Jul 20, 2023 |
MCYUJPFT
 
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Mustygusher | Dec 19, 2022 |

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Valoració
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