Just wanted to mention that the author's spelling of "Restaurateur" is CORRECT, instead of the all too common but incorrect Restauranteur as suggested by the previous reviewer of this book.

I have gotten a lot out of this book. It has solid suggestions and the advice given is useful. However, perhaps the author might want to proof his own work, especially the cover. The sub title on the book, and it is viewable on the 'see larger photo' of jacket on this page, is 'How smart Restaurateurs' are using newsletters to build business' I would rather be a restauRANTeur than a restauRATeur!

Harry Mathews gave himself a writing assignment: before going to work on the last chapters of the novel he was writing at the time (Cigarettes), he would write at least 20 lines of something, anything. He mostly tried to avoid automatic writing and forced himself to stick to whatever subject he started out with, but he made no demands on himself of quality or insightfulness. The exercises produced surprising results, work of much better quality than he expected, and they are collected here in chronological order.

This is not the sort of book you will finish reading and say, "That was one of the great reading experiences of my life." The pleasures here are not earth-shaking or mind-blowing. But there are pleasures here, quite a few. The book reads like a journal, because many times Mathews wrote about what was going on in his life (a few people who were close to him had died just before he began the exercises), and the entries which stick to his everyday life can become dull and repetitive for a reader -- its when Mathews lets his imagination wander, or puts down some of his ideas about writing, that these pages really come alive.

The book is highly readable, whether you know Mathews's other work or not, because the exercises are short and the language clear. It's easy enough to skip around in the book, reading it on different days, looking for entries which appeal to whatever mood you happen to be in at the moment. Reading them in order produces a certain feeling of intimacy with the author, though, and the book is oddly moving by the end.

This book together with the book by Mathews and Walker , Mathematical methods of Physics, really teach you to calculate.It is not a book on theory. It is a book that will teach you what to do to solve an integral eqaution or even to calculate some difficult integral. Very Good

A handy, but not outstanding, history of the E-Type. Some unique photos.

This book is an easy read. There are really two stories told: Marland's biography, and also, an history of early economic development in the northern part of the young state of Oklahoma. In a few chapters you will read about geology, Native American tribes, seizure of Indian lands in the "Cherokee Strip", early oilmen, New York bankers, the roaring 1920's and the Great Depression. They all influenced Marland's career as an oilman. The author's (often acerbic) opinions about persons and events are freely given throughout his book.

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sub.: REVIEW OF "MEDICAL AND HYGIENE TEXTILE PRODUCTION - A handbook" - by Allison Mathews and Martin Hardingham

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I am owner of manufacturing unit in India engaged in the business of Absorbent Cotton Wool since 1974. I have completed my graduation in Textile Technology and I am Associate member of The Textile Institute, Manchester. I bought this book in the year 1995 only. The authors have covered all the aspects of manufacturing of Surgical Cotton, Bandages, Gauge, and Sanitary Napkins etc. They have explained processes, testing methods, production planning methods, project setting methods and equipment supplier addresses. The book has been neatly printed and illustrated with diagrams. The authors have maintained clarity, brevity and simplicity in explaining the terminology involved. Perhaps, this is the only book ever written on this subject. Stress has been put upon application of manufacturing process in developing countries. Besides these, non-manufacturing aspects like pollution, labour etc. have also been touched. I am proud to be owner of this book in my library.

I read this for my U.S. Government class and although I find the topic most interesting, I found the book rather boring. It was very difficult to get into the book, although there were occasionally chapters that struck my fancy, but overall if you are looking for a book on the subject you would enjoy reading, I'd say keep looking.

This novel is about a man and woman hunting for sunken treasure of gold. The style is a bit abstruse and intellectual, and is not intented for mass audiences. Yet if you pay attention and are persistent, you will find lots of witty lines and some rather poetic phrasings. It is a very unusual book ... the best comparisons I can think of are Fowles' "The Magus" or Umberto Eco's stuff. And maybe John Barth. Stick with it, the ending will surprise you.

Is this the same book? Different authors. From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press homepage:

Translational Control Monograph 30

Edited by John W. B. Hershey, University of California, Davis; Michael B. Mathews, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Nahum Sonenberg, McGill University, Montreal

Great issue for those who understand the fundamentals of the market. Not recommended for the novice investor. Good tips for investing, though not all the tips will apply in every case. Book tends to highlight the importance of investing in good companies with very little review of market analysis.