Atherton's book is "absotively" wonderful. I would agree that APPRECIATING the Wake certainly requires this book. Numerous influences from various authors are catalogued. Particularly interesting is the relatively lengthy section on Lewis Carroll's influence on Joyce.

*Carroll is presumably the undisputed inventor of the portmanteau word: a word with multiple meanings. Carroll was content to have dual meaning while Joyce packed as many meanings as possible into his words.

*Carroll also worked with successive alterations of one letter in a word: meat, meet, mate, maze, etc.. Sections of the Wake which referenced Carroll would routinely incorporate this technique.

*Alice also served as an alterego for ALP, where "Wonderlawn" = the Garden of Eden.

In short, Joyce found lots in Carroll's work which, (in the case of the portmanteau word, to his surprise), neatly "dovetallied" with his own "work in progress".

BATW is a fascinating and well-written collection of many more such analyses, (Shakespeare, Blake, Vico, etc...) and does not promote tooth decay.

Atherton's book helped me begin to understand Joyce's "copy/paste" style. His preface provides an excellent philosphical framework within which the Wake can be understood. His chapters that follow explain in great detail how Joyce used the works of Vico, Swift, and the world's sacred books to construct his masterpiece. Atherton goes on to cite and explain hundreds of Joyce's literary references in Finnegans Wake. This is a good book for any James Joyce fan.

I have been checking the first edition of this book out of my library for months, and am delighted to see a paperback edition in print. It's one of the indispensible guides to the Wake, and I'm glad to see it readily available.

ANYONE contemplating an engine rebuild or bolting on "performance" products should read this book first and also run the program. The practical presentation of the theory and science behind Mr. Otto's engines is excellent.

The bad news is that the software included is from 1996 and runs in DOS. So, if you are rusty on working in DOS it can be frustrating at the beginning. But, the program is awesome to start with and the fact that it is relatively cheap means there is no reason to pass this up (unless you think you know everything there is to know about engines already.)

The menus include configurations for popular engines plus you can manually enter configurations for everything else.

As much as it irritates me that publihers contiue to sell items that are, in essence, a way to dump obsolete software, I have to admit this book is a deal. Buy it.

I am useing this book and computer program in the auto shop class that I teach. It allows the students to try diffrent engine combinations with out the mega bucks that would be necessary to build them in real life. With it they are learning to appreaciate what their favorite racers are acomplishing, and, at the same time, what pitfalls to avoid.

This text is one to keep chairside at all time! It is easy to use and cuts right to the chase. Most patients today are on multiple drugs and it is hard to keep up with the names, uses, general and oral side effects, interactions, etc. But this text allows a quick flip and you instantly know the answer to most questions without having to lug out the PDR. It is also on computer disc, a boon to the well-equipped office.

This is an excellent and very informative account of Berkeley's theory of vision - a topic that deserves to be studied on its own and not only (as has often been the case) as a minor side of his subjective idealism. Atherton's book is a must for all students of Berkeley and highly recommendable to those who are interested in the philosophical aspects of the theory of vision or in the development of epistemology in early modern philosophy.

Nothing spectacular to write home about. When I bought this book, I was hoping for the old radio dramas that I used to listen to when I was a kid on Sunday nights. I will say that there were some very good stories. But a few left you rather wanting.

It is not often that one has the tremendous joy of discovering a very good book, but this is the experience I had unexpectedly when I began to read this one, because in principle I had only expected to find a common piece of superficial historical literature.

It is undoubtedly the best history I know of the development of ideas and theories about electricical and magnetic phenomena AND of the experimentation, development and use of empirical procedures and machines in the same field. I value most the wide and equilibrated coverage of subjects, the precision of the provided data and the almost complete lack of void fraseology. Only so can one accomplish the incredible feat of the author of putting the whole of it into 337 pages. There are a selected number of good references and good indexes.

Pure gold!

it was a very good book.and I would suggest it to anyone to read it. it is an unusual book. but i really liked it.

This book is a must reading for everyone even thinking
of getting depressed! Mr. Everstine has made a very
difficult subject come alive with hope and meaning for
anyone who has suicidal thoughts, or anyone who knows
a person who is in the state of contemplation. He writes
with authority, using interesting stories and enlightening
quotes to illustrate how any thinking person can try to
save anothers life. He gives us the tools to use in this
effort and the reasons we must try. I found this book
to be a long awaited gift to us all.

This drug reference is layed out in a simple easy to use pattern. Every office should acquire this book. We just check the index, get the page number, flip to the appropiate page and wham! everything we need is right there. I especially like how the dental considerations are listed seperately. And it's a lot easier to manage than the huge PDR. It makes life much easier!

Lori and Aunt Dimity are back and at it again. This is a can't put it down till you're done book! Nancy Atherton's "Aunt Dimity" series is the best I've read, Easy & fun reading. "Beats The Devil" is everything you could want! It has ghosts, romance & a pink stuffed bunny , What more could you ask for? So for a good time, Make some tea and read this or any of the "Aunt Dimity" series.

When Lori Shepard leaves her home to evaluate a library in the wilds of the border country, she does so to do a favor for her friend Stan, and to take a little time away from her twin toddlers. She doesn't expect to be influenced by another less friendly ghost. Once again, Aunt Dimity comes to the rescue, but not without alot of plot twists and turns. This is a great book and I recommend it highly.

Expatriate American Lori Shepherd leaves her Cotswold home to drive to Northumberland to evaluate the Wyrdhurst library rare book collection. However, instead of arriving safely at the Hall, a landslide caused by a torrential storm leads to an accident. Writer Adam Chase takes the unconscious Lori to his hovel. When Lori awakens, she feels an attraction to her rescuer that in turn makes her feel guilty since she just left her beloved spouse with their twin toddlers.

Still, Lori goes about her business and begins to scrutinize the collection. Soon, Lori hears eerie laughter and finds a cache of love letters written by Claire Byrd and W.W.I vet Edward Cresswell, who died in combat. However, an apparent ghost and someone knocking out Adam disturb the serenity of her work. With hints of treasure hidden in the castle, Lori with the help of her spirited Aunt Dimity begins a different type of investigation that could prove dangerous to this amateur sleuth.

On first glance, AUNT DIMITY BEATS THE DEVIL sounds inane, but talented Nancy Atherton turns the tale into an entertaining otherworldly cozy. The story line is simply fun to read due to the strong support cast enabling the lead couple (Lori and Aunt Dimity) to excel. The "dialogue" between Lori and Aunt Dimity is often humorous, but also retains a seriousness that embellishes the plot. Unlike many English cozies, AUNT DIMITY BEATS THE DEVIL contains plenty of action, but the novel as with the previous five books in this series belongs to its two stars.

Harriet Klausner