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Storm Surges, Rising Water and Death Tolls: A Guide to the Deadliest Cyclones on Record, Including Typhoon Nina, Cyclone Nargis, Cyclone Onil and More ReviewHow many books do you think a single so-called author/editor might be able to produce in one calendar month? If you were to put the name of Caroline Brantley into the UK Amazon search system (as I did), you will discover she has produced no fewer than 153 books in this series so far this year! There are 44 new titles for the month March, 54 for April, 9 for May (slacking a bit there!) and 49 for June - and all achieved by CUTTING and PASTING direct from Wikipedia! It seems she has released a few more titles in the USA...
I was alerted to this unfortunate practise by having purchased one of her titles called "Shipwreck on the High Sea: A Guide to the Sunken Ships of the Red Sea, South China, Mediterranean, and Baltic Seas" (Please see my review for that item - it is relevant). Not only did I find errors too numerous to mention in my review of that lamentable product, I also discovered some of my own words had been copied from my own works and placed onto Wikipedia - only to be copied again by Brantley and placed verbatim I her own work under her own name! Yes, I have sent her an email on the subject - which she has, so far at least, ignored. But not for much longer (I am not a person to be ignored!).
Leaving that book aside, I urge all readers to take a close look at what is printed on the front page of every one of her 153 titles to date. Each book's cover states "Edited by Caroline Brantley from high quality Wikipedia articles" when it is patently obvious she has undertaken no such editing process at all. For any publishing house, organisation or other industry to have factually assessed the information given on a specific subject (let alone 153 subjects) would take a considerable time. Why? Because it's called research, that is what I do and it really does take up a great deal of time!
Not only are the far too numerous spelling, grammatical and typographical errors repeated - exactly as found on Wikipedia, but she also includes the references for direct connections to additional information, sources and images but does not include the additional information to which they relate. When you find highlighted words on Wikipedia within or at the end of the text, you simply click on those words to access additional information relevant to the overall subject you are studying. To repeat those words in a book (which is not a computer and, therefore, cannot provide that additional information) causes utter confusion and yet all those references are dutifully copied out by an author who doesn't understand what the word "editing" means.
Make no mistake, Wikipedia is a great source of information. BUT!, whatever data you find there must be checked against a more reliable source simply because anyone and everyone is able to post information onto that site without any form of accuracy check being conducted.
Now ask yourself this; Who on earth would wish to purchase a book of questionable information (at any price plus postage) only to discover that the information contained within that product is available for free on Wikipedia?
I rest my case - and you should put your money away.
In closing, I am now posting this review against all Brantley's titles and I urge you to demonstrate your displeasure (or otherwise) by actively voting "Yes" or "No" to this review.
Thank you and best wishes.
NM
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