I was reluctant to pick up this book because of it's title, but I decided to read it because I had it in my collection. I was somewhat entertained, and finished the book very quickly due to the short length. It is a tragedy in which almost all are killed in the end. I did not care much for the plot, which involves an incestuous relationship between brother and sister. After reading part of the book, it was rather easy to predict the ending. It is not a tremendously detailed and emotional story. I'm not sure if this is a title that would often come up in conversations between friends or colleagues, but avid readers might want to pick up the title to have read it.

This play is an excellent example of incest in the Renaissance. It's also fairly short and very readable. Bergetto is an interesting character and provides much needed comic relief in this play which is ultimately quite tragic. The title is misleading in many ways, but female sexuality is problematic throughout.

I chose to read this play because firstly, Anthony Burgess mentioned it in his book "English Literature" (1857) and secondly, because it was a short play. Or maybe even thirdly - the central theme [incest] it deals with is treated in an entirely different manner from other literary works. The nature of the incest is frank and horrifying. The intensity of the unlawful relationship is compromised by the coarsening of Giovanni's love for Annabella; their ethereal relationship gradually loses its innocence in the course of the play, culminating in Annabella's pregnancy and finally her death in Giovanni's hands.

While we certainly cannot put Ford in the ranks of Shakespeare, he deserves credit for a play whose themes of sexual jealousy, revenge, violence and incent intertwine in a most heartrending way.

Nothing in the description of this book stated it was for gasoline engines only. Since my truck has a diesel engine I was quite unhappy when the book arrived and it stated Gasoline Engines on the front cover.

If you want to know where the gas filler is....Buy this book.
If you want info on a Bronco, buy allmost anything else.

Knowing little about auto mechanics I find this manual very informative. It's a great to use as a detailed extension of an owners manual. I use it thouroughly for basic maintenance and repair. As an amature mechanic it's a good resource for getting to know your truck better, with detailed descriptions on every part. I've tried to use this book as a trouble shooting guide with with little success. More often than not it led me down dead end paths and seemed to lack a lot of info in this department.

The first need I had for information from my Haynes Ford Ranger manual was to locate a fuse in my 1999 Ranger XLT. The fuse diagram is wrong. No corrections are available at the Haynes website.

I'm thinking about buying this book because I own a 2000 Ford Ranger, code-named J97, built in Thailand for sale throughout the world except North America.
Could it be that Mr Gow found the manual inaccurate because the US Ranger is a totally different vehicle from the Mazda-based Ranger that the rest of us use?

Haynes manuals are for amatures; the majority of info that is needed is not given. Instead, you are referred to your repair shop, this is NOT why you would buy the book. I also misunderstood in thinking this book covered a Ford A4OD trans.

haynes manuals are for amatures, the majority of info needed is not given, insted you are referred to your repair shop, not why you would buy the book.

In its prime, this was probably a good manual. However, time marches on and this manual has not kept pace. The newer Ford automatics from the early 90's on are not covered. If you want info for earlier models, this would be a good reference, otherwise, you'll likely be disappointed.

Dear mr.william lee I have all the info you need in order to build a ground pounder of a 300 ci 6 cylinder i currently have a 650 horsepower nitrous injected 300 and it is some head turner there are so many things you can do and way too much to list here please contact me on msn nickname (Zeus).thank you.i will check back to see if you are having trouble getting a hold of me and will figure a way for us to contact.im glad i found someone with the same interest in building a 6 like mine. sincerely chris

I can't find any info on Hipo parts for the 300 cid Ford Big 6, can anyone HELP! Thanx

As usual with the Haynes manuals, the information is right on! Good pictures and diagrams, excellent tricks to help get at the problem areas. I own several of his books for different vehicles and would recommend them to anyone.

After a great start ("Return To Foreverware") the second installment in this series is a bit of a letdown. Like in the previous book, "Bureau of Lost" revisits an episode of the series - Marshall and Simon meet up with Al and Lodgepool who run the Bureau of Lost (where all "missing" items - from briefcases to pencaps - are stored) - and expands it by introducing a Bureau of Missing, a seperate project where famous people (among them are Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, DB Cooper and the Flying Dutchman) who have mysteriously vanished are cyrogenically frozen and stored in vaults. When these notorious felons escape, Marshall and Simon are reluctantly called upon to help locate them and get them back where they belong.

"Bureau of Lost" reads more like a caper from the old 60's "Batman" series, with the four villains plotting a giant criminal scheme together, than it does like something from "Eerie, Indiana." Also, the purpose for the Bureau of Missing never really made any sense. The Bureau of Lost, as it was explained in the TV show, existed to keep the economy stable (if people never lost anything, Lodgepool theorized, they'd never buy anything to replace those missing items, thus causing to economy to crash) but there is no apparent reason to keep human beings frozen and stored. Overall, this entry just seemed to be streching it.

I purchased this book to make repairs on my 1995 T-Bird 4.6l dohc V8. The book has a section dedicated to this engine But in many areas it is very Vague. This is a complicated engine and more detail needs to be illustrated on things such as valve timing, as well as component placing, and how to's.

Needless to say, I was very disappointed in my purchase.

Ron

I purchased this book because I needed to figure out a problem with the heater on my 96 Ranger. This book proved to be of very little help.

There was only one diagram of the heater system with virtually no detail (page 3-9 diagram 3.11). The problem is with the heater vacuum system. This area is not even mentioned in this book.

So for me, this book was of virtually no value. Hopefully, I can come back in the future and say that I was able to use this book to fix a problem. However, I will probably have traded in my truck first.

The Haynes family of repair manuals are VERY limited in their scope of information. They try to cover too many variations of a car in one book. The Taurus early 4 cyl, 3.0L and 3.8L, all of which are very different engines, are all lumped together in this book. Many times it is very difficult to obtain specifics on an engine. An example is, they may mention the 3.0L and not he 3.8L which leaves you many times guessing about the location of a sensor or a wire harness. The significant downfall of this book is when they don't explain HOW to do something! They will often times just say "remove" part with out mentioning how. Again, this is just because they try to cover too many engine types in one book.

The book claims to cover '86-'95 model year Taurus/Sables, but if you own a 1995 Model like me, the pictures of the '86 or '87 Taurus they show in the book won't really help you much. Among others, If you have any engine OTHER than the 3.0 V6, You won't get much useful information. For me this was a strong point with this book, some of the coverage is lacking, but overall, it will get you through at the end of the day and back up an running. I wish this book had better wiring diagrams, and finally, pictures of a more current Taurus would be a real plus.

I purchased this book shortly after buying a used 93 Taurus wagon with 80,000 miles. I went through the maintenance chapter and performed all the steps. It was full of clear pictures, easy to follow instructions and also helpful suggestions. The coverage was excellent considering the number of years covered for such a small book. I also replaced my brakes and this was my only source. It covered my optional ABS brakes in detail. I had the experience in the past using other manuals where there was too much technical language and you were left guessing at what the instructions really meant. Not the case here. I would recommend this book to anyone of any level of experience.

This is an overhaul manual? I could have sworn it read like the Sunday comics with its pictures and captions. There is hardly enough beef in this book to help anyone rebuild an engine. Maybe if you had a NASCAR crew chief with 30 years of experience on your side you'd be able to rebuild an engine with this guide, but otherwise it's useless. At least I borrowed the book from a library and didn't waste my money. There's not enough detail, not enough clarity, and the instructions are vague. It spends like the first 5 chapters discussing how to use a micrometer and know how to build your own workbench. If I wanted to build a garage - I'll get my dad to help or a Bob Vila book, thank you very much.

I suppose this book is fine for those people who aren't going to attempt to do more than change the oil or maybe replace the brake shoes. I've found that anything more than that is either skipped over or mentioned only in passing. For example, the section on installing the intake manifold consists only of a picture of the manifold. The fault diagnosis sections aren't terribly helpful either. A few possibilities per symptom are listed, but they are very vague, for example, "mechanical damage." Occasionally you will find a helpful bit of information, but for the most part this book is a waste of money.