This is a useful book for those interested in literature, wishing to expand their reading, or just looking for a good book.

The book has two main sections.

The first is a series of essays by leading writers in various fields. So Michael Dibdin writes on Crime, Lee Clark Mitchell on Westerns with other essays on other genres and also major countries of fiction such as America, France etc. Each essayist picks 12 examples of the finest books in each field.

These short essays are very useful as introductions to a field or area of writing and point you in the right direction for further reading.

The second section is an A-Z listing of over 1,000 authors with short biographical details and suggested reading.

Taken together these elements make for a most informative guide which I have found very useful to increase my reading and I am sure other lovers of books will find likewise.

There are some glaring ommisions - no Haruki Murakami?! - and some of the entries can be a bit snobbish but overall there is a good balance.

Although a little out of date, this is a well-researched history of the F-15 and variants. There are lots of large full-color photos and an excellent section on special, test, and NASA Eagles. Since it was published in '94 there have been a few changes and additions to the Eagle fleet, but overall a good addition to any aviation enthusiast's collection.

This book is not about how to paint military miniatures.It is about how ONE modeller paints ONE resin figure(scale not even given.) Instead of lots of figuresand lots of insight, you just get numerous photos ofthe same damn figure from a slightly different cameraangle. Another Davidson/Schiffler ripoff, I fear