Martin Greif (1) (1938–1996)

I want to include this in my books because it is the worst book I have ever owned. Even if you accept the premise of the publisher that it is OK to sift through old books of chess puzzles and reprint them at least you would hope that they would be good puzzles. Or interesting. Or have some redeeming feature. But no, nothing. Some of these puzzles will leave you feeling cheated (it doesn't always give answers - it gives solutions like "Other variations are obvious"). And the puzzles are show more artificial. I want to give it 0 or minus stars but it will look as if I didn't rate it so I am giving it an undeserved half. show less

history of the airport, from cow pastures onward; in addition to chapters covering commercial aviation, the first international airports, and flying in the '20s and '30s, one contains "a gallery of contemporary jetports from five continents that graphically illustrates just how far the airport has progressed in the seventy-five years since it was first called an 'aerial garage.'"