Owens Books

"The Drifter's Revenge" by Owen G. Irons is one of the Linford Western Library series of large print western novels. It's the story of Ryan, a drifter who had taken a job in a railroad's timber camp in Montana. But when company men kill his friend Ben Comfrey over owed wages of seventy-four dollars and fifty cents, Ryan must flew the camp in fear for his own life. Ryan knows that Ben's widow and son need that money to get them safely through the harsh Montana winter, now with a gun in his hand and vengeance on his mind, Ryan is going to seek frontier justice in behalf of his friend and that orphaned family. Highly recommended reading and a popular addition to any community library's large print fiction collection, "The Drifter's Revenge" is a classic western yarn that will hold the reader's rapt interest from first page to last. Also very highly recommended western titles in the Lindford Western Library large print series are; Terry Murphy's "Broken Star", Tom Benson's "The Land Grabbers", David Bingley's "Lawman's Lament", and Jake Douglas' "Sound Of Gunfire".

I got it for my stepdaughter. age 18, working on her driver's test. It was great.

I have just withdrawn my earlier review of this novel, because I have just reread it and wish to review it again - my views have shifted. Here's what I wrote the first time:

I came to this novel after being mildly disappointed by'Ice'.. (I have since revised my impression of 'Ice' after reading it a second time.) Whereas 'Ice' is a cold and bitter novel about futile struggle, 'Eagles' Nest' is hot, exotic and hallucinogenic. The naturally occurring 'drugs' that distort reality from time to time in the heat of the remote location our hero has fled to, create an eerie and lasting vision. And the flight from this place of apparent refuge returns the reader to the cold reality of everyday life - for me, with quite a jolt.

I noticed as I read this time where the apostrophe should be in the title - and corrected my error. I can't correct Amazon.com's.

This story is strangely hallucinogenic for me. I was left with lasting images when I read it the first time. But where were they? I didn't seem to encounter them again - something like them, but not the same! And now I have new striking images in my mind. This is very strange!! And, as I was reading the novel I dreamt, amongst other things, of a cloud suddenly dropping over me from a hugely precipitous height. I didn't remember that from my earlier reading of 'Eagles' Nest' so when I got to it I was immensely surprised - deep down I must have remembered it. This is a very strange novel, but also very engaging.

Other recommendations:

'Ice' by Anna Kavan
'Let Me Alone' by Anna Kavan
'A Scarcity of Love' by Anna Kavan
'The Tartar Steppe' by Dino Buzzati
'The House on the Borderland' by William Hope Hodgson
'A Crystal Age' by W H Hudson

Learn about Examining the Ear and Ear Disease

Dr. Terry W. Owens is a board certified EARS, NOSE and THROAT specialist. He describes how to examine the ear, many common ear problems, what to look for, laboratory tests, common treatments and possible prevention. The text is clear, simple and with minimal technical medical terminology. Ear disease affects people of all ages and the book will help make understanding the problems easier. Photographs and diagrams are used to help explain each problem.

Ear Problems Discussed:

How to examine the ear
What a normal ear drum looks like
Laboratory tests
Basic anatomy
Fluid in the ears
Traveler's ear
Long term fluid in the ear
Sack like growth in the ear (cholesteatoma)
Acute ear infection
Chronic ear infection
Hole in the ear drum
Swimmer's ear
Ear trauma
Wax
Foreign body in the ear
Hearing loss
Dizziness

Very interesting. This book is a "must to have" for any researcher in health economics.

I read this a few years ago whilst looking for the Ring Lardner in Catcher in the Rye. I knew this was written by the son, but after learning that he was indited as a communist from the McCarthy trials of the Hollywood writers, I couldn't resist. It tells the story of Owen Muir who is a fat, assertive pacifist who grows to be a WWII conscientious objector(I didn't know there was such a thing). He later recants his objections and serves in the Army after seeing that his views are narrow in some situations i.e. in order to defend the safety of others in danger. He returns from the war to start a business, meets a Catholic girl, and the story focuses on his conversion, and what it does to his life. (I hope I'm not giving too much away.) Considering this is my first review, please consider this book for your next read. Ring Lardner wrote this while serving time for refusing to speak to McCarthy, and he famously said during the hearings: "I could answer the question exactly the way you want, but if I did, I would hate myself in the morning." Ead-ray it-ay at-ay ee-thay ibrary-lay if it's too expensive here. Cheers from Arkansas.

This is the book for those involved with the egg business. The authors use a clear an easy language whithout losing the aim of a good value technical and scientific information. It's a good and quick reference for those in production, processing and industry of egg products as well for the consumers of such products. I've been using this book by a long time (back editions) and it never left my desktop, as a good refecence in day by day uses. A good choice for the beggniners at the egg processing. Julio C.Baldim Brasil

This is the BEST book for a beginning EKG reader--medical student or intern. There is a popular American so-called programmed text that just asks the reader to mindlessly spew back what it has just said. ("The p wave is the atrial contraction. That is, the atrial contraction is the [blank] wave."] This Owens book teaches principles, not memorizing patterns. Then its questions are about the content of what you just read, not just repeating a phrase. You cannot skim the book, because you jump all over as you read it. (For example, "If you think the correct answer is Lead I, turn to page 23. If you think the correct answer is Lead II, turn to page 59." Etc) You will understand the principles of EKG interpretation in an enjoyable presentation that tries to teach the reason for the patterns, not just asking you to memorize it. I found this book 35 years ago when I was a medical student and lost track of it. I have just re-discovered the book, and I can appreciate how the author tries to explain the reasons for what he is saying rather than just giving patterns to memorize blindly. Obviously this is not an advanced text, nor one to which you could return with a questionable EKG, but it is the BEST introductory text on EKG interpretation that I have ever seen...

This is the most comprehensive introductory text on Southeast Asian History that I have come across in many years. Despite there being several survey books such as Mary Somers Heidhues' Southeast Asia - A Concise History an in-depth examination of the political and/or economic history of the Southeast Asia is much appreciated as a pedagogical tool. Owen's compilation is different from most because of its comprehensive and balanced approach. It is my opinion that the collection does well in capturing the essence of the region's multiple dimensions. From colonialism to globalization this book guides you through the complexity of the region that we begin to get by reading Heidhues' `A Concise History.' Along the same lines, editors and writers comprehend how hard it is to amalgamate the scholarly energies of eight authors of different generational situations and yet come up with a consistent and accessible book - a book on the histories of ten nation-states that have complex and interrelated narratives. The writers, in particular - Owen, should be applauded for accomplishing this Herculean task in less than four years after commencement. The book itself is the metaphor of the "unity in diversity" that is Southeast Asia. The writers are self reflective of the ever-changing dynamics not just of Southeast Asia but the ever-changing perspective of the region as well and this volume is "a fresh look at modern Southeast Asian History", deliberately as a "shorter more accessible text for the twenty-first century" (p. iv). The book is arranged into 37 chapters in five parts. The editor's aim is to map out the "processes of historical transformation" as well as to reveal the "chronological narratives of events" unfolding across time and space (p. xi). Despite its omissions and errata it is still arguably one of the most comprehensive works of its kind.

Miguel Llora

This book will make accessible to a wider audience the new and important area of nonparameteric likelihood and hypothesis testing. It is written by a pioneer in this area. The ideas in this book are very sophisticated but one has no difficulty following the arguments because the writing is crystal clear; the author must have put in a lot of thought into the organization and presentation of the ideas. The book lucidly discusses the statistical theory and -- perhaps more importantly for the practitioner -- computational details and practical aspects of putting the ideas to work with real data. I expect that this book will have a major impact on the way hypothesis testing is done in econometrics and other areas of applied statistics, where one is very often unsure about what the correct model specification is and cannot rely on certain large sample approximations. A terrific book. I would recommend it very highly to practitioners in areas where hypothesis testing is too important to be left to less correct approaches (I am thinking of areas like biostatistics, quality control, econometrics, but I expect there are many such areas).