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I bought this book for my mom for Christmas this year. She's 40 and obsessed with watching Court TV so I thought it would appeal to her. She read it by the end of the next day, and said it was very enjoyable, humorous, and a breeze to read. Don't be put off by the risqué cover.

This book is not only informational, but insightful, hilarious, and perfect for those interested in law or lawyers. Even for those not interested in law, this can be a good book to go along with your morning coffee or commute. Before I read this book, I had been debating whether I wanted to go into nursing or law but now it is definitely clear. I will be applying to MATC in the fall to take courses to become a legal secretary. Thanks Vince!

Although I had to take the cover off to read the book on the train, it was a quick, fun read and a great way to start and end the 3 days it took me to read it. I found myself laughing several times at what the author had to say about the double standards of our society and that a lawyer was able to pick
on his own profession and point out what's wrong with this world while making you laugh. I thought this was the "South Park" of law books. No one is spared.

This book is more than funny. It is a wakeup call to lawyers, cops, tax evaders, Catholic priests and hypocrites. It will make you think twice the next time you try to get out of jury duty or find yourself slipping a dollar bill down an exotic dancer's g-string. The chapters "Sex with a Client" and "Lap Dancers Don't Take Checks" are absolute hoots. The seven page story of Ernest Miranda is a fascinating read. We've all heard the "Miranda Warning" hundreds of times, but you won't believe what happened to this guy. All in all, Lap Dancers... will entertain and educate, and possibly change your point of view. Highly recommended!

I loved the Random Legal Thoughts and Famous Bankrupts. For 17 bucks I learned how avoid jury duty and save thousand in lost wages. Plus I can get enough credit cards to live like a rock star, for the next seven years. Finally someone who gets it and explains the double standards that exist in our society. Vince exposes the hypocrisy of the American legal system and many other groups in a funny and educational way. Required reading for anyone frustrated with lawyers and stupid people, especially lawyers.

I am certainly pleased with my order. It arrived in timely fashion and in good shape

The strips where Dewey introduces his grandmother to the young woman who keeps trying to date Dewey are really funny. Although the strips with Dewey and his gambling-addicted grandmother are my personal favorites, I also like the color section on "Empire County Strikes Back" about the competition from the bookmobile. The whole book is entertaining. I have all four Unshelved books and keep at least two on the coffee table.

The crazy antics at the Mallville Public Library continue apace in the 3rd year of "Unshelved." The characters really continue to grow in this collection, so that the dramatic tension (such as it is in three panels) is interesting, while the workplace humor is so hauntingly familiar. I've heard librarians rave about the humor, but just like you don't need to be an engineer to like Dilbert, the weird patrons and stressed out employees are the same people you meet and interact with every day, regardless of where you work.

"Empire County Strikes Back" is a great bonus feature, a full-color mini-comic. In ways that are more reminiscent of 1984 and Dick Cheney than Star Wars, it tells the story of a super-automated bookmobile that threatens to steal all the patrons from Mallville's library. I won't give away the ending, but I will say it would fit well in another sci-fi classic--Star Trek.

Buy this book. Heck, buy all four books while these guys remain relatively undiscovered. You can impress all your friends at cocktail parties in 2010 when you say you read "Unshelved" back before they sold out.

I shared my copies of all the Unshelved collection with my 22 year old son and he enjoyed the humor as much as I do. He really liked the references to RPG and movies he likes. Please give these books a try, they are all great!

If you like books, you should make Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum's daily comic strip Unshelved, available at [..], a must-read. When I was perusing their books at Book Expo, I asked, "But why would I need it in book format if I can read it online?" Well, I have to say, having sped through all four volumes, that while I'm now a subscriber, their books are so much fun. My favorite is Library Mascot Cage Match, mainly for the absurdity of a library even having a mascot, let alone two duking it out.

It's hard to pick who my favorite character is. They each have their often wry charm, and I might just have to say Merv, the precocious student always hanging around the very kid-like librarian Dewey. The authors manage to cover everything from reading habits to technology to relationships with spot-on, laugh-out-loud humor, and it's often just a short phrase that provides the zinger. The constant struggle between the Mallville Library staff's desire to help their customers (even the one wearing a "Say `No' To Libraries" t-shirt) and outwit them is perpetually amusing. With the addition of the full-color Empire County Strikes Back mini section, where the staff have to try to defeat a bookmobile, Barnes & Ambaum really outdo themselves. My only complaint is that this book is so fun it was over way too quickly.

Is is a truly well written book about common business acitivities. I think it is particularly helpful for young people just getting started in the corporate world. It should be a must read for college students. I can't wait for her next one!

I couldn't put this book down! Life Lessons In The Jungle is a "must" read for anyone trying to climb the corporate ladder and also for anyone self-employed. The lessons learnt in this book apply to situations and decisions all of us face on a daily basis! A terrific book, one that I would highly recommend to all my friends and business associates!

This book is so true! I liked the characters, and even though they argued a lot, I have to admit I recognized them in the people I work with. A great story, with lots of good lessons and not just how to solve problems, either. And as promised a fast read. I saw somewhere (her website?) that there's more coming. I hope so, I can't wait!

I'm looking to move up into management within my company and have used the book on a project I'm working on right now. My boss loved my work. It got me recognized. I owe it to the lessons I learned from this book, and can't wait for the next one she promised in the series.

While there are many books dealing with the art of decision making, "Elephant" is so graphically written that most anyone can relate to the animal types used to tell the story and provide the lessons. The steps are well illustrated and logical, and the story line keeps you engaged. Clear gnd direct. All seminars should be this much fun!

This book takes a difficult, personal story and makes it relatable and inspirational. You will feel like you know the author, Courtney Walsh, as you are reading the book. Her sense of humor, honesty and compassion will move you!

Excellent book - suggested by the [...] website.
Courtney Walsh does an excellent job of chronicalling the search for her own "authentic self" in our modern times - where one's own self identity is often a measure of subjective "standards".

Super insights! There indeed ought to be more books written about this subject.

Lipstick and Thongs grabs all the Nurse Ratched's ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") in our society and cleverly forces them to take a closer, compassionate look at the taboo subject of suicide.

Author Courtney Walsh brilliantly uses her charm and wit to hold the readers hand as they stroll down a dark and lonely path together with a personal comprehension and confidence that has not been expressed in quite this way ever before.

A truly engaging, must read memoir that will touch your soul.

Finally someone has brought to life a story of mental illness, courage and survival - and you don't need a doctorate to understand it! This book should be on the 'must read' list for all young women. A fantastic tale of one woman's roller coaster ride through life. I'm not sure where I stopped laughing and started crying...

Mental illness gets short shrift in books and movies. Typically, the "crazy" person is treated like a pathetic victim or a frightening pariah. It's wonderful to see an author treat this topic with humor, sarcasm and wit. I hope to see more from Ms. Walsh in the not to distant future.

My wife is Jewish and I am in the process of conversion. I bought the book version and each year, I've faithfully bought the calendars and have given them as gifts.

They're informative, respectful, sensitive, hilarious, and I often feel I'm given a little bit of Judaica on each page.

A superb and highly enjoyable work!

I highly recommend this series.

Alan Lennox, Va

I recommend this calendar for anyone interested in Jewish culture and humor. As a history and trivia buff, I found it loaded with unusual and interesting facts and figures too.

Extremely well-edited, this author has a gift for picking just the right material, and blending beautifully to give the reader a rich experience.

More a book than calendar, I suggest you buy two: one to use, and one to keep as a reference.

Marilyn Shoen

NYC

FUNNY, FAT, FULL!!! OK, IT'S NOT POLITICALLY CORRECT TO BE ETHNIC. WHO CARES? THIS IS AN ETHNIC BOUQUET OF A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. I WAS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION ABOUT NON-JEWS WHO CAME TO THE AID OF JEWS.

A WINNER. I LOVE GETTING AND GIVING IT.

IRV SACKOFF,
WEST VIRGINIA

Ususally calendars are simplistic -- a gimmick behind a date. A Little Joy, A Little Oy was a shocker. It's a superb blending of date and facts, humor, sentiment. Filled with information that many books don't offer, it far exceeded our expectations.

For anyone interested in Yiddishkeit I recommend it highly! A unique offering.

Ernie Small, LA

I received the book version as a gift, then I went out and bought the calendar in 2002, fell in love with the thoroughness of the entries. Then again in 2003 and now in 2004.

It never fails to disappoint. Frankly, I'm amazed that the entries are not only fresh, unusual, hysterical, but keep getting better and more seasoned.

It's full of a variety of Yinglishisms, which are my favorites, along with history, literature. Something for everyone.

I'm buying them up as great gifts.

More please!

Jason Blauvelt

You may have seen images from The Lover's Path, and read descriptions of it, but that won't prepare you for the impact of holding and opening this astonishing object for the first time. I've never seen anything like this book before. It's so much more than the sum of its parts - and heaven knows, the parts are absorbing enough in themselves. Far more than an illustrated book, it offers its reader an experience that's not just literary, not just visual, but tactile as well. Reading the book involves not only attending to the words and images on the page, but physically unfolding a letter inserted among the pages, or removing Tarot cards from an envelope. And these things feel so right in their context. As I read, I'm conscious of the feel of the pages and the curiously solid, comforting weight of the book, in a way that isn't distracting but seems an integral part of the process - an imaginative extension of the reading experience. It's intensely personal. I know that this is a commercially produced book; but it feels like a hand-crafted private press book feels. It sings quietly in the hands.

I found the book invited me to linger over the illustrations and the beautifully designed pages, rather than rush through the story. I read it slowly, only a chapter at each sitting, immersing myself not only in the world of 16th century Venice, but in the luxurious physical presence of the book and its contents. To own this book is the kind of privilege that once only kings and queens could have known. Here, today, it can be had by anyone for a few dollars.

This is one of the most beautiful, clever, and unique books it's ever been my privilege to own. It will transport you into a different world and a different way of viewing the universe.

Artist/author Kris Waldherr has gifted her readers with a world of mythic proportions in this work. You will feel that you are in sixteenth century Venice, walking along side the famous courtesan Tullia Ziani, and her talented younger sister Filomena - the Nightengale.

Woven into this feminist tale are the romantic myths of Beatrice and Dante, Danae and Zeus, Tristan and Isolde, the swan maiden, Psyche and Cupid, Orpheus and Eurydice, and Isis and Osiris.

Through well written words, stunning graphics, maps and letters - we enter another world, one of beauty and grace, but one that is also inhabited by sorrow and tragedy. As for those letters - in a very unique device, Waldherr presents us with several envelopes containing the letters referred to in her story, as part of the book. The reader is also gifted with the cards drawn for Filomena in a Tarot reading.

From the superb quality of the illustrations, to the gilt edged pages, the wonder maps, and the depth of thought presented here - this is a "must have" book for all who would follow the Lover's Path!

This is one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen, one of the most romantic, and at the same time contains strong female characters and historical accuracy. As a visual artist myself I know what went into this--years of meticulous research, endless revisions, and a huge wallop of talent. The reproduction is exquisite, leather-bound, gold stamping, and amazing extras like envelopes that open with separate letters that come out. In addition to the gorgeous artwork the story itself is compelling, both sad and hopeful, a moment of respite in our jaded world. Illustrated novels of this quality are hard to find. Take my advice and buy this book; you'll enjoy it and it makes a great present.

I like this book. No, it's not the deepest thing you'll ever read, nor is it what I would call great literature, but it is a fun and engaging story. It is a historical romance set in sixteenth-century Venice with the kinds of exotic elements I love, like beautiful palazzos, walled gardens, and forbidden love. But what makes the book particularly enjoyable and worthwhile is its premise. There is a prologue supposedly written by the curator of a museum housed in the heroine's former palazzo. The museum is dedicated to the life of this woman and the story is put forth as a reissue of a book that was written by the protagonist in her lifetime. Now, for the fun part - the book is full of things like little letters that you can open and read, some tucked inside pretty little envelopes that are glued into the book. There are maps and supposed portraits of the book's main characters, all of which are supposed to be facsimiles of items in the museum's collection. Besides all of this, the book itself is beautiful, full of the author's illustrations. The pages have gilded edges and marbled borders. It is truly a work of art, which gives the book far more value than does the story alone. The book is a light, quick read, but it is these unique features and the lovely art that will make me treasure it.

If you read MAD Magazine at all whatsoever, you will love the bathroom companion series. These books collect the best pieces of MAD mag. including Spy vs. Spy, The Lighter Side Of, A MAD Look At, among many others. The sheer amount of reading content in these books is amazing for how small they are! Also, the absence of color also reminds veteran MAD readers of how the magazine originally was. These books will keep you chuckling for hours! Hilarious stuff that never gets old! Buy the whole series and you will never want to leave the toilet again!

It's a real funny book. It makes me go back to the old days when I bought my first issue of MAD magazine. Actually, no, because I pretty much have alot of Bathroom Companions and this is one of 'em. Very Entertaining or your money back! It's so funny, you feel like you don't have to "go" anymore!

What a funny book. It reminds me of being a kid and reading my older brothers mad magazines. I laughed til I cried..

Since this is Mad Magazine, why not read the books out of sequence? I never read the original book but Number two I have read. I bought this for my son and I must confess that I ended up reading these old Mad pieces from the days when sideburns were long and lapels were wide. Thus, the illustrations date the book as do some of the issues being parodied. Rememebr the Old days when the "On the Lighter Side" series dealt with a single subject? This book goes back to those days. All in all, this is a great trip down Memory Lane as I recall some of the hilarious older issues of Mad. There is one problem with this book: my son left it where it belongs, in the barthroom, and some guests mistook it for toilet paper. Oh well!!!

This isn't one of those books that focuses on one style of writing like TV, Movies, Dogs, or MAD covers, but it gives you the whole SHABANG! This book, correction, work of art, is a combination of tha best articles from tha best MAD writers of all time! Not only did I read it while on the pot like I was supposed too, I read it over and over everywhere I possibly was! I couldn't help myself! Another must have from the Usual Gang of Idiots!

I laughed out loud as I read it on a flight to Denver. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. Very funny!

OK, I'll be honest. David Tyree is a better live comedian/HBO comedian than an author. But Troy Aikman was a better quarterback than he is a sports commentator, yet he does very well as a sports commentator nonetheless. The same is true for David Tyree in the field of comedy.

This book is definitely worth the price and worth the time to read it. It is hilarious. And, if you have seen David Tyree perform live or on HBO, you might even catch yourself imagining him narrating it upon occasion as you are reading it.

Do yourself a favor. Forego 3 or 4 cups at Starbucks, pocket the money, and buy this book.

I enjoyed reading this book. It has a few blue words but they were in context and not out of place. I laughed from the first page all the way to the end.

Dave Tyree is a brilliant comedian and writer as well. I'm usually a slow reader but I couldn't put this book down and finished it in one hour. My ribs are stil hurting from laughing and it's a wonderfully written original concept. The only complaint I have about this book is that is isn't 10,000 pages long. I didn't want it to end! If you haven't heard of Dave Tyree, you wiill be a fan after reading this book and if you are already a fan of his after reading this, you'll be a bigger fan. BUY THIS BOOK!!! Can't wait for the movie to come out. - Steven Pearl, Critic at Large, Slayer of all Things Mediocre and last of the real HE-MEN

I tried to read it at work on my breaks and everyone thought I was crazy becuase I couldn't stop laughing. Great book! I agree that it could be a movie! Can't wait until the next one!

Subject: Re: What's "manly"

Hello

My love turns 35 tomorrow and will be getting summary of responses to this thread, "The manly handbook" and its reviews on amazon.com as a gift ...

:) Thanks again guys

BTW, I *love* the self-help book above

At 11:10 AM 10/21/2004 -0700, you wrote:
Just a suggestion: Maybe he can play with your two-year old while hunting, which would certainly upgrade that activity to manliness? Also, you may want to let him know that any man (husband) who would even broach the subject, 'why do you like me?' is inherently not manly. In fact, I'm tempted to report him, based solely on this account.

Spend the $35 on this book [ "The Manly Handbook" ] and you can bring both of you up to speed on what is manly and what isn't. Basically, anything that is illogical, uncalled for, obnoxious or dangerous (or some combination thereof) is, by definition, manly. It will also help you get over your astonishment and move on to contempt for the male psyche.

Please don't anyone forward this to my wife -- she'd kill me if she knew I was saying this stuff...

At 10:12 AM 10/21/2004, you wrote:
Hey

Question to all of you guys there - is being a good husband a "macho" thing to do? Because my love does not seem to think so.

Here I am, happily finishing up evening chores while my hubby lovingly pats me on - ahem - the back and asks me "So, why do you like me?". I tell him "Hmmmm... let's see - you're a wonderful dad, you spend lots of time with Andrew and me, you really like me and you help around the house a lot".

I see him beaming with pride for a while and then he goes "Just don't tell any of my friends about it".
I'm really puzzled and ask why and he answers, very seriously, "Because it's not a 'manly' thing to do" and then he goes on elaborating a bit on it. Apparently it's a huge dishonor to a man to hug, kiss, tickle and play with his 2yo son, to like spending time with his wife and to do dishes/take trash out etc every evening and to openly admit it to his computer game playing buddies (as if they don't know it already - or maybe they don't? Man's psyche never fails to astonish me ...).

Guys?

Thank you

This book is not for the soft and weak.If you truly wish to become manly and stand proud.This book is a must read.No wimps are allowed to get near this book or they will be in a world of hurt.

We've followed this bible since college in '82, through 10 yrs of military service, and continue to place it on the pedestal it deserves today. So simple, so obvious, and yet so needed in this fairy age we live in. I now have this propped up in my H2, what better vehicle for MEN? Excuse me now, I need to hang glide through enemy airspace.....

This book should be required reading for all american males. Everything in this book is right on. The reason I'm so manly is because is started living this book at a very young age. I eat stuff that'll make a billy goat puke

I read this book in the mid-80's, and it changed my life. Gave a copy to a friend of mine what was in the hospital for lung surgery, and a coupla weeks later got a thank-you card. Said that without reading The Manly Handbook, he never would have had the courage to have the surgery without anesthesia.

This book should be a must-read for every male in America - before it's too late. There aren't many manly men around these days, and I think there's a direct correlation to the fact that the book has been out of print for a few years.

or a sunny one for that matter. P.G always delivers!! If you haven't read him don't wait!

This is one of the lightest and brightest of the Jeeves and Bertie novels, from 1949, smack dab in the middle of Plum's acquaintanceship with the half wit and his gentleman's gentleman. Other reviewers have capsuled the insane plot admirably; let me add a few happy notes. The author limns a number of his ensemble cast quite handsomely in this book, but one who takes center stage, literally, and steals the show is Bertie's lifelong female friend, now a famous Hollywood star, the beautiful willful handful, Cora "Corky" Pirbright. I am madly in love with this character, and not just because she's a gorgeous celluloid ingénue. Her ferocity of purpose is matched only by the nonchalance with which she pursues it. For instance, the way she gets Gussie to do her bidding would be cruel were it not carried off with such whimsy. Her honest friendship with Bertie, whom she clearly likes, is as refreshing as a spring breeze. Corky is actually kind. She tolerates an endless visit with a matronly fan, only later revealing to Bertie that the woman is the final and interminable authority on Hollywood. "She even knows how many times Artie Shaw has been married, which I bet he couldn't tell you himself. She asked if I had ever married Artie Shaw, and when I said No, seemed to think I was pulling her leg or must have done it without noticing. I tried to explain that when a girl goes to Hollywood she doesn't HAVE to marry Artie Shaw, it's optional..."

As the story's climax approaches, Wodehouse takes the reader inside a small English village amateur show, a benefit for an extraordinarily tired church organ. The account is almost as long as the show; the master really takes his time. The funny thing is: every line. It's a tour de force, and exemplifies why we read PG Wodehouse. Not to rush to the finale, not to find out what happens, but to sit as one sits before a warm clear sunrise, to take in every word and phrase and let it slowly bring its own chuckling light into your heart.

OK, I'll put a sock in it now. By the way, Plum uses that phase in this book just the way we use it today. I wonder if it's his creation.

If there is a master of the feel-good book - one of those novels that elevates your mood every time you read a page - it must be P.G. Wodehouse. Yes, his stories may not be deep, but they are always delightfully entertaining. And nowhere is Wodehouse better than with his incomparable Jeeves and Wooster tales.

These stories are typically narrated by Bertie Wooster, a well-meaning but not-too-bright fellow who tries to enjoy the life of the idle rich. Since he isn't all that sharp, he constantly gets into trouble, which is where his valet Jeeves steps in. In any crisis, the omniscient Jeeves is unflappable.

The Mating Season again puts Bertie in the soup. This time, he is coerced by his fearsome Aunt Agatha into visiting Deverill Hall, a mansion filled with a bunch of elderly aunts; they aren't Bertie's aunts, but Agatha has given him a phobia about all such relations. Bertie's friend, Gussie Fink-Nottle, is also supposed to attend, but an unexpected incarceration spoils that. This threatens Gussie's engagement to Madeline Bassett, and Madeline has made clear that she intends to marry Bertie if ever Gussie doesn't work out. For Bertie, there is only one choice: he goes to Deverill Hall impersonating Gussie.

Complications, of course, ensue. First of all, Gussie gets out of jail early and goes to Deverill Hall impersonating Bertie. Meanwhile, there is a tangle of romances that could still well-endanger Bertie's beloved bachelorhood. Corky Pirbright wants to be with Esmond Haddock, who in turn is wooing his cousin Gertrude (to make Corky jealous) who in turn is in love with Corky's brother, Catsmeat. Gussie falls for Corky, Catsmeat gets mixed up with the maid Queenie who is on the outs with the police constable Dobbs.

This comic soap opera plays out perfectly with Wodehouse's adept plotting and even more adept use of language. The only bad part is it eventually must end. But until that conclusion is reached, there are few reading pleasures quite like a Wodehouse book.

Evelyn Waugh, a tight man with a compliment for his fellow authors, referred to P.G. Wodehouse as the Master, and nowhere are the reasons more apparent than in The Mating Season.

There is never a dull moment as Bertie Wooster impersonates Gussie Fink-Nottle, Claude Cattermole ("Catsmeat") Pirbright impersonates the non-existent Meadowes, to appear at Deverill Hall as Gussie's personal gentleman (Bertie is impersonating Gussie at the time), Gussie impersonates Bertie, with Jeeves in tow, no fewer than four pairs of sundered hearts are re-united, as Bertie once again escapes the matrimonial trap, and Esmond Haddock, the landed proprietor of Deverill Hall, defies his five aunts to marry Claude's sister, the celebrated Hollywood actress Corky. With all this action and imposture, however, Wodehouse's writing is so skillful that the reader, with no effort, keeps the characters and action straight. There is, of course, time for Wodehouse's unexcelled magic with the English language. To put it more briefly, this novel provides one whale of a good time.

Wodehouse wrote dozens of hilarious, wonderfully-written, and intricately-plotted novels. It is high praise indeed to note that The Mating Season would almost certainly rank in the top five in any poll of Wodehouse fans.

P.G. Wodehouse's _The Mating Season_ is very entertaining. Wodehouse's wonderful, comic writing is sure to bring smiles and laughter. _The Mating Season_ is filled with hare-brained schemes plotted by the likes of Bertram Wooster and his chronies, disguises and impostors, and tales of weak-willed men, who quail in the presence of imposing Aunts and fall in love (in swoons) with precisely the wrong young women. And, of course, there is the resolute, unflappable man-servant Jeeves. Jeeves "shimmers" in and out of the book at just the right moments, devising ingenuis solutions to extricate Bertie and his friends from their troubles.

As the other reviewers have noted, the story is intricate with four romantic plots and four characters--Berties, Jeeves, Gussie Fink-Nottle, and "Catsmeat" Pirbright--variously impersonating each other at Deverill Hall, an estate dominated by five Aunts. Bertie, the narrator, helps the reader keep track of the story by explaining to characters how things stand as the plot twists and turns. In the final chapter, Bertie gives the reader a final chart, hilariously assembled, of how Jeeves has managed to sort out "the great web."

There are many wonderful scenes, including one where Jeeves literally plays the "deus ex machina" with a "blunt instrument knowns as a cosh" and another where Bertie, mistaken as a burglar, is nearly shot. There are hilarious, laugh out loud sentences like this description of Rev. Sidney Pirbright: "A tall, drooping man, looking as if he had been stuffed in a hurry by an incompetent taxidermist." Bertie's way of telling the story, peppered with latin phrases and exclamations of "Right Ho!," is always funny.

For readers unfamiliar with Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster characters, I would recommend as a starting point the anthology _The World of Jeeves_, a great collection of Jeeves short stories. These stories introduce all of the major and minor characters, including the unforgetable Aunt Agatha.

About ten years ago, my uncle lent me his copy of the _World of Jeeves_ before a long summer trip abroad. Not only did I enjoy the stories immensely, but my friends loved them, too. Living without TV for a few months, these stories became like episodes of _Seinfeld_ to us. I'm still "borrowing" my uncle's book.