The Encyclopedia of Figure Skating

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Summary: Good for getting an overall view of figure skating history
Review: Anyone purchasing a book by this kind of title expects accuracy. Accurate this is NOT. Along with spelling errors in skater's names and goof- ups in listing competition results, this title claims a skater dies in 1992 who is very much alive. I would return this for a refund except now I am planning to try to find all the errors. As an avid fan of skating this is kind of an equivalent to Where's Waldo.

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Summary: a reader from quebec
Review: Book with a lot of informations, however too many mistakes for the price I paid for. Mr Malone should have this book reviewed by consulting different references available from others sources (books, former skaters, professionals, agents or researchers). I hope that, if a revised edition is published in the near future, informations will be more accurate.

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Summary: Factual Errors mar otherwise fun book.
Review: If you are looking for accurate facts, DONT buy this book. Many errors in the skater bios. For instance, it states that Mishketuniek & Dmitriev won the 1994 Worlds when in fact they did not even compete. Many remembrances of skating events are completely off the mark as well. Hold out for someone else to get it right. This man did not.

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Summary: An Error-Filled Encylcopedia
Review: If you are looking for accurate facts, DONT buy this book. Many errors in the skater bios. For instance, it states that Mishketuniek & Dmitriev won the 1994 Worlds when in fact they did not even compete. Many remembrances of skating events are completely off the mark as well. Hold out for someone else to get it right. This man did not.

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Summary: Factual Errors mar otherwise fun book.
Review: Who wrote this book? Do they know about checking facts before submitting them? The misinformation is unfortunate, but overall is a fairly decent book if you are interested in an overview of the sport.