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I have just withdrawn my earlier review of this novel, because I have just reread it and wish to review it again - my views have shifted.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 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 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).

This book is an absolute must reading for those who are interested in gaining an indept understanding the Monetary Alliance between a broad spread of countries. The book is written in easy to understand terms where each country is discussed separately. I must say I was a little worried it would be over my head but was delightfully refreshed to find out it was an easy read. This is MUST read for anyone in the financial community.

This may be stated briefly. Charles Carter is a classical writer on the subject.

I was fortunate to come upon his primer, The Principles of Astrology, decades ago when 23, and I haven't looked back since. I never thought there was very much to learn about man via astrology at that time, but Carter showed what the subject was all about when handled by Intelligence. His life was that of a well-do to 19th / early 20th century Englishman: born into sufficient money, well-educated and with all the time in the world to really investigate the subject in-depth. Today's psychology has advanced into ever more elaborate theories to hold its own, but Carter was no mere Freudian and his observations on human character sometimes border on the truly profound.

Although Internet has provided an enormous increase in available celebrity birth dates (including time), Carter's analyses of what material he possessed are scary! His psychological insight has probably never been bettered in astrology and I have seen his razor sharp delineation of the combined "effects" of tenanted signs in aspect (described in his Essays on the Foundations of Astrology, 1947) confirmed time and again.

Just one example: you can expect to find clear signs of stress between an individual and society when Scorpio and Aquarius (decay-death/collective man) are both activated in the heavens. Now, I recently read two books by a child psychologist who never tires blaming society for not inculcating the right values into its members (Joseph Pearce). From Carter I knew what to expect, and indeed, finding the birth date of said author on the Internet, the day was torn by this painful "astrological syndrome," torn by a feeling of being rejected by society but also of an impulse of wanting to reject it - perhaps, as Carter said, by provocative statements or stances.

All seasoned astrologers of course know this behavioural pattern or typical problem area in a life may show up via other constellations too, but astrology is all about learning to operate with many simultaneous variables in mind, looking for useful gestalts or overall patterns, and for inculcating the idea of sound thinking Carter is second to none.

As for the title under review, it really is a small encyclopaedia, that is, containing short entries running from A-Z, and some of them cross-referenced too. Pure empirical data culled from Carter's observations of many instances of each entry. A wonderful book to read, smile or laugh a bit with (mankind's follies are many), and perhaps grow a bit by, personally or as an astrologer too. I found this book to be a gem, after returning to astrology in 2007 after having been absent many years. He really was good, this Carter!

Having read his other books, one notices regarding some entries concerning physical disease (strangely included in a work occupied with psychological traits) that these have been featured before (or after). But this is a minor redundancy - this little volume should be read by all brought up on modern astrologers masquerading as "scientific" (that is, overemphasising technique or formal aspects). There is a certain voice or tone coming from all Carter's writing which I am at a loss to describe. Perhaps it is summed up by his birth sign Aquarius, the good teacher of men. No silly "secular humanism," Carter brought out the true depth of Mankind. Think Plato.

After digesting this Encyclopaedia, look for his Essays - much food for thought there too.