Poorly Indexed.  Lots of Information on Non-Disney Shows
584393
This is one of those books that I bought sight unseen over the internet.  I don't think I would have bought it if I had a chance to have looked at it first.

This is one of those encyclopedia books that give you the name of a show, its air date and what seems like the TV Guide description of what was in the show.  I figured that it would begin with the Disneyland TV series and branch out to the Wonderful World of Disney that I watched in the 70s.  Well, it kind of does that and kind of not.  It includes a chapter on Disney Specials (organized alphabetically by the name of the show).  Then it has a chapter about repeating series, then the Mickey Mouse Club, then a chapter about Zorro, etc.  The Disneyland shows are in there and so are the Wonderful World of Disney shows, but again, they are listed alphabetically by the title of each show.  So, you wind up having a show from the 90's listed next to a show from the 50's.  I suppose its one way of doing things, but its not what I expected.  I thought I'd get to see which episode was shown on day one and then the rest in a chronological approach.  It will be very difficult to identify the episodes that I saw growing up because of the way the shows are organized.

Indexing was a disappointment, but what I really don't understand is the inclusion of what appears to be ABC's complete line-up from the time Eisner took over Disney until the book was published.  I really didn't expect to see complete information about the "Golden Girls" series in a book called "The Wonderful World of Disney."  Further the last 100 to 150 pages is just a listing of production people (like you would see shown in the credits of an episode - in small print) for each of the episodes mentioned in the book.  If you knock out the ABC 90s lineup and the production credits, you've knocked out about 1/2 of the book.

Substantively, the Disney-program related stuff is kind of weak -- like I said, sort of a TV Guide synopsis -- but there are little bits of trivia listed for numerous episodes and that's nice.  Again, however, indexing makes the book suffer.  For example, the movie Johnny Tremain was broken down into segments when shown on TV with each episode having a different title, "e.g., The Shot Heard Round the Word" and "The Boston Tea Party."  Well, the Boston episode is found in the B's and the Shot episode is way over in the S's.  This organization didn't make a lot of sense to me.  Also there is some information that is just wrong.  For example, it lists the Shaggy D.A. (from the mid 70s) as being shown in a colorized format in a TV episode.  Of course, the movie was filmed in Color.

I haven't spent a whole lot of time with the book, and there appears to be some good information in it (there are a number of pages or regular historical prose dealing with Walt's getting into TV, the Mickey Mouse Club and Zorro) but overall, the book is disappointing.
2757502
My daughter and neice both love to watch Stanley and so I bought this book thinking it would be set up similar to the Great Big Book of Everything on the show. I was wrong. This book is not set up alphabetically as it is on the show. It has sections for Mammals, Birds, etc. It then has sub heading such as web-footed animals, spiky animals, etc. You can't just look up P for porcupine....you must go to the mammals section and then look under spiky animals. This book is full of great pictures and lots of good information, but the layout can be confusing. While i still like the book, it is a bit disapointing.
4246453
There is more and similar  info available for free out there. I do not like the kindle format.
3859072
I bought this because it was recommended by a co-author.  It has a bewildering collection of information and WIDE margins.  NO index, so just plow thru or better yet, if you need to know something specific about some subject, use Wiki...
302755
My biggest complaint is no index for ease of finding the info on a particular park.  I have not read content yet, but a cursory glance indicates it may be interesting and informative.
4875513
It is not as in depth as I expected. The indexing is poor and needs expanding to be more user friendly.
4340267
The directory is filled with bad information.  We've used it thoroughly and it's no exaggeration that 75 to 80% of the names, contacts and email addresses are incorrect or out of date.  It's embarrassing to call a contact only to learn that he or she left the library 5 years ago.  If you use this book, you will get used to that response.

At least 40% of the phone numbers are wrong, physical address are right about 75% of the time.

They are slapping a new cover on an old book and selling it at a huge premium.  Not worth the money.  They need to make a serious effort to update this directory.  Until then, it's not worth the high price.
299015
When reading "rivised and Updated" I assumed it would contain all of the latest productions such as Lion King, Hairspray, etc.
Not happy.
1040437
Pretty good.  It doesn't have an index, which makes it hard to find things on particular topics.
1905724
Advice given regards places and items was either out of date or  just plain wrong. China, especially in cities likeBeijing and Shanghai, is changing so fast I suggest using only guides with current year copyright dates.
4039512
This "Dining Guide" is basically a very short (already outdated) list of roughly 20 restaurants (several already closed) with the following deets:

1. Name
2. Picture
3. Website
4. Google maps location
5. A weird blurb that usually reads like a cut and paste out of a Yelp review by a local. Sometimes reads like two reviews were cut and pasted together. Quite odd.

That said - good info and useful for a quick eating reference for the ones open, for FREE. I wouldn't pay for this (use Yelp, FS, Trip advisor, and Google).

The places we have been to in here jive with the given review blurb. Except for the one that mentions it's a great swingers club. Totally misleading. I showed up there in my new gold thong and see-through beach shirt and it was some kind of jazz swing dancing venue. Not the kind of swinging Kauai is known for. Wife was super let down. No fun for her that night.

Otherwise - the info here  is actually decent for FREE (Kindle Unlimited), even though it reads oddly. I wouldn't buy it
3973151
So many index references don't refer to the right pages in the book it is downright embarrassing.
If you want to read the book from start to finish it is ok but if you have to reference a command, etc., the books index is poor at best. Not once has it referred me to the right page for anything.

Will be returning.
1546545
I had very high hopes for this book.  Based on the product description, I was expecting to get tons of actual park maps from 1955 to today.  Instead, what you get is a hodgepodge of concept art renderings with very little explanation of what you're looking at.  There are very few actual maps of the parks.  While the concept art included is beautiful to look at, it's all very poorly organized.  The book jumps around from park to park without any transition.  Instead of placing things chronologically, or by individual park, everything is kind of just smashed together.  There are different chapters, but the chapter titles don't mesh with what's actually in that chapter.  It's just a poorly designed layout for the book.  There is very little in the way of descriptions of what you're looking at or why.  Also, the other obviously had a huge fascination with Tom Sawyer's Island because he includes more renderings of it than he does for some of the actual parks.

If you are looking for a book that contains all the park maps from all Disney parks from 1955 to today, this book is not for you.  If you're looking for something to kill some time while you're on the toilet, this book might fit that bill.  But, it would be an expensive toilet read.

Seriously, if I had paid the full $30 retail price, I'd be mad and sending the book right back to Amazon.  There are a lot of really good books out there about a Disney park history.  This is not one of them
3938749
This book is a jack of all trades but master of none. In that it goes out of its way to give a few paragraphs and basic facts on over 3000 shows but it doesn't tell me the one thing I was looking for; episode lists.

I am a brit and while the cover might lead you to assume that this would be British Comedy book, especially with it having 'Radio Times' in the title but Pee Wee Herman was definately not british.

I'd much rather they had stuck to the british side of things, removed all the others, and been more thorough with episode names with the first airing dates of each show. And the dates and names of each of the 'specials'.

Just my 2 penny worth.
882682
I was so excited to find this book because it compiled all the programs in detail in one spot...except 90% of the information that I have come across and actually checked on each schools website is wrong. From application deadlines to programs offered I've already gone through a list of 10 schools that I highlighted and all of the information was incorrect!

Not worth the purchase, not the sellers fault but the publishing companies!
4652932
Some of the episodes don't match up with what's listed in the cover and one of the episodes is on there twice.
592621
Imagine my surprise to find my cattery and website listed without permission...and much of the 'author's' information comes from sources such as CFA.org.  Much information is outdated, incomplete or inaccurate.