Reviews for Life & Death in the United States : Statistics on Life Expectancies, Diseases & Death Rates for the Twentieth Century

The average rating for Life & Death in the United States : Statistics on Life Expectancies, Diseases & Death Rates for the Twentieth Century based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-03-13 00:00:00 Lawrence Leppert Charles Russell Coulter's and Patricia Turner's Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities is indeed a wonderful and highly informative mythological reference manual and as such a five star book and most definitely highly recommended for anyone even remotely interested in mythology, world religions and/or folklore. It is extensive, with well over 10,000 entries (and yes, the preface even states that Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities is the most comprehensive collection of information on the topic, on the subject of ancient deities, an assertion that I can more than well believe). But while the individual entries of Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities are indeed delightfully informative, because this is primarily an alphabetical (from A to Z) encyclopedia, they are of course also not overly detailed (albeit that they do in my opinion provide more than enough required primary information). Furthermore, the authors have also provided a detailed bibliography at the back of Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities (something that I, personally, do very much appreciate, as that is not always and actually often only rather rarely the case with these types of reference materials). And indeed, Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities is also not really a book that one would generally tend to ever read from cover to cover (and in one sitting). I have used my own copy extensively over the years, often for research purposes, to look up names of ancient deities that have appeared in books I was reading (both academic and literary). It takes much of the guesswork and potential frustration out of encountering unfamiliar mythological allusions in the course of one's reading (and is also just an interesting and informative source encyclopedia on the gods and goddesses of the past as yes, I often spend hours simply browsing through some of the many entries).

Review # 2 was written on 2012-03-13 00:00:00 Manuel P�rez Palomo My mother wrote this book. It took ten years of research, during which time her co- author and best friend commit suicide. She plugged along starting at a leather topped antique partners desk in her Los Angeles bedroom until she finished in her basement bedroom at my house in Daly City,CA She fell in love with many of the dieties she wrote about and was very sad yet elated to finish writing it.