5 comments about Notes upon Russia: Being a translation of the earliest account of that country, entitled Rerum Moscoviticarum commentarii (Works issued by the Hakluyt Society).

1. I needed to have this book for class and it is so boring. I can only read a page before I just have to stop because it's just that dull.



2. This book breaks down every area of communication. It let's you know step by step what is needed. This is a book you will keep referring to for years to come.



3. Thanks to this book I got more than 99% on my Professional Writing class. This book isn't just for college students; it is good for anyone who is in the market for new job. It talked about business communication (it's on the title) but that includes oral, written, how to do research paper, how to write proposals, what to expect and dress during an interview, how to write a follow up letter (thank you note), types of cover letters and how to tap into the hidden job market, types of resumes and online job search, e-mailing, types of letters (like fundraising) etc. (the list goes on and on). This is an excellent book for anyone learning about the current job market or what to expect. Ms. Locker is an excellent career coach and the book proves it. I applied to few job postings online (as a test on this book), and got replies from all of them and was called for interviews. I don't know about others but I'm very impressed with this book.



4. This is a college textbook which is required for the course I'm taking. Book shpped out the day after i bought it and arrived a few days later. Couldn't be happier.



5. The ISBN for this product is 978-0071283113, making it the International Student Edition (for use outside the US). Why isn't this clearly stated in the description? I purchased the book from another seller, now I'm returning it for a refund (since I'm in the states).

5 comments about Four Against the Arctic: Library Edition.

1. I kept going with this book because I felt it just had to get better at some point-but it doesn't. As other reviewers have pointed out, this is a story about research, not about the four men who survived the shipwreck. I was hoping the polar bears would get the whole boring lot of them, but no luck with that, either.



2. It is difficult to understand why anyone would state as a COMPLAINT that "The book is about David Roberts and his research into a survival story." Yes, that is EXACTLY what it is. Roberts' story-within-a-story is accessable, immediate, often humorously self-disparaging, and it shows a drive for knowledge which one can only admire.
   
   I was captured by the end of the first paragraph of the introduction, and I couldn't put it down. Great stuff.



3. This book is NOT the story of the four Russian sailors shipwrecked for four years in the Arctic. It is the story of the author researching the story of the four Russians. He does uncover some interesting bits about early Russian and Norwegian Arctic exploration but it is all buried in 288 pages of the author's self importance.



4. While the parts about the Russian sailors are interesting, the book rapidly degrades into the author's ego trip as the book becomes more about what a clever researcher he is and less about the sailors. What a shame.



5. I got this book because the title seemed to suggest it would be a story about FOUR AGAINST THE ARCTIC. It's not. The book is an endless description of David Roberts research into the story I hoped to learn more about. While Roberts telling of his story is creative and his research thorough, this reader would have appreciated having a title that described what the book was really about. This is not the first time I have seen a book title by this publisher that seems to mislead readers just a bit. It's disappointing.

No comments about Report on Russia,: Uncensored.

No comments about Geography of the U. S. S. R..

No comments about Where's the Chicken in Kiev?.

No comments about The Trans-Siberian Express.

No comments about A Portrait of All the Russias.

No comments about The British Isles and the Baltic states;: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Free State, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Russia, Esthonia, and Finland, (Carpenter's world travels).

No comments about Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey; Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland; Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petrea and the Holy Land; Travels in the East.

No comments about A Journey in Southern Siberia (Russia Observed).