Reviews (18)

New to Hobby - Good Book
I am new to the hobby of horology and enjoy owning this book. It provides a lot of detail and good photos of all the major brands (the competing buying guides leave out some significant brands). Well done and worth buying BEFORE you spend 30 times its price (or more!) on a watch. See the different styles and open your eyes. Take the TIME to appreciate it!

The Bible of the Watch Industry, The Best tool available
This is an excellent tool if your a collector, admirer, in the biz or anyone considering a watch purchase.An incredible reference tool, great in helping one narrow down their likes and dislikes...my 3rd year in a row.There are a couple of others...however this one is the most objective and useful.

A great resource
I've bought each issue since I got interested in watches in 2000, even though the contents change very little from year to year.Another shortcoming of the annual is that the price information is neither complete nor accurate - you can usually get significant discounts on many of the watches featured.Nevertheless, it is great fun just to look at, and read about watches that I can only drool over :-P ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Clocks & Watches    5. General    6. Reference - Price Guides   

Subjects:  1. College Guides    2. Directories    3. Education    4. Higher    5. International Higher Education    6. Organizations & Institutions    7. Reference    8. Higher & further education    9. Reference / Yearbooks & Annuals    10. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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Desert Island discs
On BBC Radio 4, one is required to choose ten peices of music and a luxury item, added to shakespeare's works and a Bible, to take with you on a desert island.
Wonderful book, deep as the sea
Whether you're a nautical enthusiast or just want some light reading, this is a great book!

An Excellent Reference Book
This book contains a tremendous amount of information pertinent to the ocean and things related. It is presented as a number of small chapters with a logical flow and great interest for the reader. This book contains much factual knowledge without getting burdened too much by the technical realm. Everyone who loves the oceans of our world will enjoy this incredible reference book for many years to come. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Earth Sciences - Oceanography    2. General    3. Ocean    4. Oceanography (General)    5. Reference    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Water Transportation    8. Oceanography (seas)    9. Science / Oceanography    10. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Drug Guides    2. Medical    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Pharmacy    5. Reference    6. Pharmacology    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Census And General Statistics    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Directories    4. Family Law - Children    5. Government - State & Provincial    6. Political Science    7. Politics/International Relations    8. Reference    9. Statistics    10. U.S. State Government    11. Yearbooks & Annuals   

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Language    3. Language Arts & Disciplines    4. Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy    5. Publishing    6. Publishing industry    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Census And General Statistics    3. Consumer Behavior    4. Consumer Behavior - General    5. Demography    6. Directories    7. Reference    8. Yearbooks & Annuals   

Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. General    3. Reference    4. Yearbooks & Annuals    5. Psychological testing & measurement    6. Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. General    3. Reference    4. U.S. Local History - Southern States    5. Reference / Almanacs   

Subjects:  1. General    2. Reference    3. Sports    4. Sports & Recreation    5. Sports & Outdoor Recreation    6. Sports & Recreation / General    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Automotive - General    2. Motor Sports    3. Sports & Recreation    4. Transportation   

Subjects:  1. Examinations, questions, etc    2. Health/Fitness    3. Medical    4. Medical / Nursing    5. Pathology    6. Pathology (General)    7. Medical / General    8. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. History    3. Reference    4. United States - General    5. Yearbooks & Annuals    6. Reference / General    7. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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Excellent
Besides the wealth of pertinent information and rich history of this great State, the color maps of the counties are outstanding. I take it with me in the car to keep from missing a thing. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Reference    3. American studies    4. Texas    5. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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Fabulous fun everyday of the year - again!
The Old Farmer's Almanac calendars are absolute must-have calendars. I can't imagine being without them. I've been buying these for many years now. They're truly great companions day after day, year after year. This page-a-day tear-off calendar is especially handy, as it doubles as a piece of notepaper after the day is done.
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Subjects:  1. Almanacs    2. Calendar    3. Calendars & Diaries    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Reference / General   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Commercial - Annuals    4. Commercial - Illustration    5. Graphic Arts - General    6. Art / Commercial / Illustration    7. Illustration    8. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. International - General    3. Reference    4. Yearbooks & Annuals    5. Economic statistics    6. Social research & statistics   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. General    3. Graphic Design    4. Reference    5. Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs   

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A big disappointment
I love books of this genre.The baseball prospectus books are a national treasure.I enjoyed Football by the Numbers and The Hidden Game of Football when they came out in the 80's.This book is so far behind where it should have been.Sure it's decent analysis but no better than you can get in any fantasy football magazine.I really could have done better with about a month of typing.There was NOTHING groundbreaking about it.Where the baseball guys make are innovating, this is more mindless pablum.The basketball one had some improvements over the Basketball abstracts and Hoopstats of the late 80's-early 90's, but this football left me flat.For example, to not even adjust the expected yards per carry by the 3 d's : Down, distance, and defense.How can you still publish 'analysis' comparing to league averages?How 1984 pre-PC/excel spreadsheets can you get?It's not terribly written, there's some entertainment to it, but no more analysis than you can get by dropping 4.95 on a Street and Smiths.

Touchdown!
I bought this book last year, and was very excited to see that someone was doing serious football analysis again.When this year's edition arrived, my jaw dropped.It's about 100 pages longer full of fascinating stuff.Read more

Subjects:  1. Fantasy Sports    2. Football    3. Football - General    4. Football - Professional    5. Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords    6. Reference    7. Sports    8. Sports & Recreation    9. Statistics    10. Yearbooks & Annuals    11. American football    12. Reference / Yearbooks & Annuals   

Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Comics    6. Graphic Satire And Humor    7. Yearbooks & Annuals    8. Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter    9. Comic book & cartoon art    10. Reference works