Pretty good book overall, but I would have liked it more if there were more color sheme charts/ drawings to choose from.

The book was quite informative and would recommend it to anyone who is going to be fishing dry flies.

This is an excellent book in EEG. Concise, practical and easy to carry and read. Author is EEG authority.

This is the story of Elmer Sperry, inventor and engineer, who created the company which eventually included such famous names as Sperry Gyroscope, Sperry New Holland, Sperry Vickers, Sperry Marine, Remington and Sperry Rand and the technologically advanced makers of the first commercial computer, Sperry Univac.

For students interested in the historical backgrounds of some of the most influential hi tech companies of the 50s to the late 80's then this book is almost required reading.

Elmer Sperry was a quiet, understated and insightful genius and inventor whose influence has been felt by all who passed through the Univac school with their eyes wide open.

Regards,

Martyn R Jones

Hughes delivers a good sci-fi novel here. I won't go into the plot details, but you won't be disapointed. He has a very unique and magnetic writing style that keeps the reader interested throughout. It's a shame more people won't read this one. Recommended.

OK, first the good points about the book. It's superbly organised, providing word lists at the beginning of every chaptre, which gives you a great idea of how different accents compare on identical sets of words. The intro about different styles and registers of Received Pronunciation, including grammatical points, is also of great help to understand how accents may differ. The tape is a must, and the dialogues in it are great, since they were recorded in a very spontaneous manner. OK, so, the sound's quality is not the best around, but you get spontaneous dialogues (and therefore more natural dialectal pronunciations) in exchange. The only problem I'd see is that is that stylistic varieties are not covered more in depth. J.C. Wells' "English Accents: An Introduction" and "English Accents: The Brittish Isles" offer a lot more information, cover more nuances of accent, and are in general more complete that this book. Anyhow, it's still quite a good buy if you're interested in regional varieties of English in the Brittish Isles.

Mr Hughes has clearly laboured most passionately to construct this magnificent tale of life, love and loss. He has cleverly woven a fictional human drama, around real people and historically significant events, that engages and enraptures the reader into an incredibly entertaining and, I dare say, educational experience. Highly recommended! ....

"Alcestis" is the oldest surviving play of Euripides, although he had been writing tragedies for almost twenty years when it was written. Apparently it ws the fourth play in a tetralogy, taking the place of the ribald satyr play which traditionally followed a series of three tragedies. Consequently, this play has more of a burlesque tone, best represented in the drunken speech of Heracles to the butler and his teasing of Admetus at the end. So while "Alcestis" is a tragedy, it does offer up an unusal happy ending.

In Greek mythology Alcestis was the daughter of Pelias and wife of Admetus, an Argonaut and the king of Pherae. In Western literature Alcestis is the model wife, for when her husband is to die she alone agrees to die in his place. However, the key in this drama is how Admetus finds this sacrifice totally acceptable. Admetus is represented as a good and honorable man, but then his ethos is established in this play by the god Apollo in the opening scene, and even though it was written later it is hard not to remember the expose Euripides did on the god of truth in "Ion." Euripides adds a key twist in that Alcestis agrees to the sacrifice before she fully understands that her husband will suffer without her. She is brought back from the underworld by Heracles and restored to her relieved husband, but the play clearly characterizes Admetus as a selfish man and it is this view that other writers have imitated every since.

The story of Alcestis has been addressed by more modern writers from Chaucer and Milton to Browning and Eliot. The sacrifice of Alcestis has also been the subject of several operas. "Alcestis" is not a first rate play by Euripides, but it does represent both his cynicism and his attempt to make the audience confront the problematic elements of its belief system. So while I would not teach "Alcestis" by itself, in conjunction with other play by Euripides, specifically "Ion," it can definitely have value in class.

I would have given this book 5 stars, if i were a different person. I found it too basic, if you've already read lots of books on feminism i wouldn't recommend this. But if you haven't this is an amazing book to start. It discuss every topic realated to feminism. Besides, i just loved the way it's writen because it's like the author was talking directly to you.When i was reaching i though that it should have had a conclusion, but when i finished it i realized it wasn't necesary. You have to find a conclussion of your own, it's up to you what you've learnt from the book and what you think about feminism. i recommend this book to anyone, boys or girls, who are interested in learning more about feminism. Apart from the book it has a further reading list where you can find other books discussing the topics already discussed in the book, so your learning won't stop.

Technology and fun are what is in this book. It is very exciting you won't want to put it down. I had to do it for a independent study in english and I wasn't happy on doing it but this book made me happy and I did very well. A good young adult read.