David Lynday's "The Haunted Woman" primarily has to do with paganism, mysticism, love, and human frailty. How has this been done? Very simply, a woman and her mother are looking for a new house to live in. They come across a house in the woods. Oddly, the local legend says that the house was built on an elf's hill. Consequently, the third story of the house was taken away by the elves. The builder of the house, his name Ulf I believe, was never seen again. But this was long ago. As it stands now, the house is more like a bungalow. Everything seems to be in order. But every now and then, a person will say, "I saw the missing floor, but when I retraced my steps, it was gone again."

Incidentally, the woman buys the house. She discovers a stairwell that can only belong to the "missing level." As she ascends, her consciousness raises. She becomes more than herself. Of course, there is more to the second floor than that! I will tell no more!! When she returns to the first floor, the stairwell disappears. And she forgets all that has happened.

The story is special and original. It will send chills down your spine, not unlike the Blair Witch Project. I myself was curious as to what would happen. I wanted to know just what was up the stairs. If you want to know what is up the stairs, you will have to read this book. It is one of the most original books I have ever read, along with "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde and "Cosmos" by Witold Gombrowicz.

I found the book intense and suspenseful.

I have just finished "The Haunted Woman" and "enjoyed" it, if that is the right word, very much! I have also read Sellin's book and Wolfe's book on Lindsay recently. Sellin believed that the musician in THW was Crystalman. I don't agree. The world of the musician, who was probably Ulf in one sense, contrasted our world of convention and superficiality. The world of Ulf's tower was a step closer to Muspel light, to use words from Arcturus. I do not think that Lindsay is trying to say the exact same thing in every book. It would be easy for reviewers to look at each subsequent work through the lens of Arcturus. We have to give lindsay more credit than that. Isbel ends up moving back to what her life was before. She says if Marshall can endure her then she should be able to endure him, Lindsay's view on how most human relationships are, expressed quite succinctly. The world of Ulf's tower in "The Haunted Woman" was mysterious and powefully presented by Lindsay. In part the book is a cry against the phony conventionality and superficial nature of the world man, not Crystalman, has created. The last seventy or so pages I couldn't put the book down. It races to a heart pounding climax. It really makes you wonder about what we call real in our everyday existance with it's TV and malls and a whole host of other artificial barnacles on our short lives. "The Haunted Woman"? Yes Isbel was haunted by her experience and so shall the reader be haunted by this book. I know I shall be!

I have always been fascinated by Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus", an incredible, allegory. However, a few years ago, I read his "Devil's Tor", (his final work), and found it ponderous. Not so "The Haunted Woman." It was thoroughly entertaining. This book ranks with some of the best fantasies in mood and mystery. It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a work so much.

We've already had a good synopsis of the book. Let me just say that I love John Putnam Thatcher. I wish Lathen's books were more available. I thought this one was really good. Thatcher gets away from his desk and off on the hiking trail, but his hiking companion finds a dead body. Thatcher gets drawn into the investigation. The dead man was also an avid hiker, but it's his complex relationship with his wife and ex-wife that had everyone thinking. Great book. I found it at the library, so if you can't get a copy elsewhere, try it there.

Since Amazon didn't post an editorial review, here's the description from the back of the book to help you decide if this book is for you: "Imagine the urbane John Putnam Thatcher, senior vice president of Sloan Guaranty Trust, striding down the Appalacian Trail in boots and breeches, loaded with backpack and dehyrated rations, accompanied by an old Down East crony, Henry Morland. Imagine the odds of their finding, along that 2,000 mile trail, one Steven Lester laid to rest (albeit wtih a hammer) in a picturesque housing development with the wildly inappropriate name of Fiord Haven. Consider the improbability of Thatcher and Morland -- both men of great martial experience -- trangling with Steven Lester's two wives, Amanda and Eunice, either of whom had reason to profit as a widow and both of whom intend to. In the midst of the hectic milieu of hig-pressure salesmanship and murder, their cat fights add a special poignancy to the genveral discord and bolster the notion that either of them could have done in Steven Lester ..."

This book is a masterpiece. A must read for anyone interested in the stock market, investing or picking the right stock UNDERVALUED. The book helped me pick and investment which made a 400 percent return on my money. Any investor interested in making BIG money in the stock market should buy this book TODAY.

this is a must read for all people interested in investing in the stock market

Wow-this book really simplifies the stock selection process. I'm an experienced investor who has lost money in pure momentum stocks. I see this guy on CNBC and Bloomberg quite a bit and he seems to know his stuff. I agree with Standard & Poor's great endorsement "Magnet Investing provides an insightful look into the stock selection process. It will be a great boost to professional investors, as well as ones that only dabble in stocks." The first several chapters teach investors how to develop a disciplined approach to the market and then describes a new trademarked system that selects stocks based on a well defined set of criteria, combining value and momentum. If you have a PC, you can access this program through Telescan or set it up with another screening service. Then, with the click of your mouse, you can pick a pool of stocks that have the potential to be great performers. The system has averaged a 30% return per year over the past ten years. The trial CD from Telescan is an added bonus. I think the author's system is one of the best I've seen.

Classical and modern.
The "interpolation" part of the title refers to a classical result of G. Pick [1916], and R. Nevanlinna [1919]. They did it independently. Since the disk D (in one complex variable)is a model of a hyperbolic metric space, interpolation can't be done by just drawing straight lines. If two finite sets of points in D are given(same number of points in the two sets), the issue is to find an analytic function mapping D into itself, which at the same time matches up the points in one set with those in the other. The necessary and sufficient condition for the existence, and the solution, when it exists, is the classical issue. Since this, the framework has offered a wonderful testing ground for main trends in modern analysis, such as the theory of operators in Hilbert space, and for modern techniques in systems theory of engineering, and of scattering theory. The material is wonderfully presented, and the book serves as a lovely introduction to the subject. It is written by two authorities in the field, and helps grad students get entry into an exciting, modern, and very active research area.

The only reason that "A Voyage to Arcturus" is classified as a science fiction book is that it takes place on another planet that required a rocket ship for our hero to reach it.

The fact is Tormance, the planet revolving around the binary star Arcturus, could have easily have been another "realm" or "dimension" that could have been accessed by a looking glass or a pair of ruby slippers.

This story is basically a philosophical parable is which Lindsay's hero, Maskull, journeys through the world of Tormance in search of the truth. During his travels, he meets several interesting individuals, each of whom represent a different lesson. And as Maskull meets these people, he goes through a series of spiritual transformations that sometimes manifest themselves as physical changes to his body.

Lindsay skillfully uses the philosophies of Calvinism, Shamanism and Buddhism (and probably some others, too) to set up some interesting questions. And like all good philosophers, he leaves it to us to determine our own answers.

I found his ideas on gender relationships, truth, nature and good and evil to be very thought-provoking.

I also had fun trying to read into some of the names he gave his people and places. For instance, a character whose core philosophy is based on self-loathing is called "Hator" ("hater"?). Could "Tormance" refer to a series of "torments" that one must go through to find the truth? Only the author, who passed away many years ago, knows for sure.

Word of warning: I have to agree with the reviewer who complained about this particular edition's proof-reading. There was at least one typo on every other page. Most of them are easy to spot..."me" is typed as "mc"..."far" comes out as "fat"...etc. But it does make me wonder if any of the errors were subtle enough to change the meaning of the story.

This is an enjoyable book that tells an imaginative story and encourages you to think. and I highly recommend it...if you like that sort of thing.

David Lindsay's "A Voyage to Arcturus" is difficult to categorize. The book has been labeled "Science Fiction/Fantasy," but it is much more. The novel's hero/Everyman Maskull starts out on a journey to the planet Tormance, but is quickly separated from his two traveling companions. Maskull's journey takes him on an unusual search for the discovery of the truths of the planet and of his own being. He meets several unusual but memorable characters who are so interesting they could each become the subjects of their own novels. The entire book deals with a search for the truth and the struggle between good and evil...and it's not always easy to distinguish which character is on which side.

This is a vast over-simplification of the story. The novel is rich, bold, and imaginative. The reader has absolutely no idea what is about to happen next as the story moves. I found the unpredictability (especially in light of current novels) very refreshing. Several reviewers are hoping for a film version of the book. Some novels should never reach the screen and this is one of them. First, no studio could produce the special effects necessary to bring the novel to the screen without cheapening the story. Second, I don't want to see George Clooney running around attempting to contemplate the meaning of life while playing a caricature of Maskull. Don't wait for the movie...read the novel and enjoy.

David Lindsay is one of the twentieth century's greatest and least appreciated geniuses. This, his first book, is also his best known, although it's debatable whether the science-fiction/Tolkien-fantasy crowd, into whose hands it has generally fallen, quite have the measure of its overarching ambition and audacious vision. Tormance, a planet of the star Arcturus, is a young world where raw particles of life flow and are trapped in the creations of Crystalman, the god of the visible world. Maskull, a human being, comes to Tormance from Earth and embarks upon an epic journey towards Muspel, the source of all genuine life, which is in constant danger from Crystalman's vulgar machinations. Maskull meets a succession of characters whose various philosophies and points of view represent the stages of his own spiritual progress, until finally he sheds his "Maskull" (mask, shell) self and awakes to the truth which Crystalman's world keeps hidden. The fight goes on, a fight in which pain is an ally and "nothing will be done without the bloodiest blows." This summary cannot begin to convey the complexity of this work nor do justice to its vast scope or the astounding variety of its invention. As he travels through the book's epic landscapes Maskull constantly mutates, growing new eyes, new arms and new organs, seeing new colours and encountering a member of a third sex. Almost everyone he meets soon dies, killed either by Maskull himself or by their own inability to evolve as he does - bloodiest blows indeed. Lindsay's prose is pedestrian and often clumsy, but always clear and never verbose; the story moves quickly, its most complex ideas given concrete shape rather than conveyed through abstract discussion. A Voyage to Arcturus is neither science fiction nor fantasy, but a vision in words, as raw, bleak and powerful as a Scottish mountain. The problems it raises are deathly serious and forever immediate.

Reading this book is the best thing I ever did. This book opened my eyes. I am a male and I was very hopeless at dating until I read this book. It taught me techniques in easy understandable terms. It taught me how to understand women, how to express myself and how to get dates one after another. I love this book so much I will tell every man I know to buy this book. In fact I purchased 3 copies for my friends. I know now how to understand the womans language, how to express myself and how to act. John Eagan writes with respect and insight. It changed my thinking and attitude and turn my life around. It will do the same for you.

I was a bit skeptical of this book. I am writing this review and giving it 5 stars only because John Eagan's techniques did work for me, when done properly.

I recommend reading this book, even if not for picking up girls, but just for the entertainment. Everyone already possesses these techniques to some extent, but what makes this book rather successful is the much needed confidence it gives to its readers. However, there are a few things I advise fellow readers of this book:

1. Feel free to slightly modify some of the 10 'approach' lines. Some of them are rather long and corny, especially when the first couple of seconds of impression you give the lady are of great importance. John Eagan stresses that you mean what you say and you're confident while doing it (it's how you say it, not what you say).

2. This book deals with fast-paced approaches of meeting a girl. After the two of you are at good comfort level with the girl, let progress flow naturally. Remember, this book is about 'meeting' girls, not what to do after. If you're after a relationship rather than a one night stand, just remember that most of successful relationships are ones that started off as friendships.

3. Ignore the sentences where he says: "After you read this book, you will be more confident than ever". This is said throughtout the book (including the end), so don't get too excited.

4. Try to get the main idea in this book. I classify them as the 3 C's: be Calm, Cool (smile, have some fun), and most importantly, Confident.

Overall, this is a good and entertaining book, and will most likely give you the confidence to approach women. However it is only a book on how to meet girls in the first place. It does not go over what to do after the initial meeting and phone call, and there is no book that will cover that other than to tell you to 'be yourself'.

I bought this book after reading several articles about the author. The book takes you through a whole gamut of learning techniques. The book tries to mold the reader into being exactly what the woman of today is looking for. There are many studies that help you understand what women want. For example, there was a study done where women were given a choice of picking either great looking guys or average guys. Women picked the average guys over the great looking guys because they had certain personality attributes. The book explains these attributes in detail. After you come to learn the wants and needs and desires of the women of today, the author offers Super Techniques to use to help you secure dates. They work extremely well after you understand the contents of the book and become a pleasing and enjoyable individual.

This book is helpful but does lack information on replacing parts that are common replacements on Suburbans. Also sometimes pictures do not have arrows specifying which part it is actually showing. Since this is the only book I have found that covers Suburbans, it is helpful but I hope someday someone will do a complete teardown and use better pictures and/or drawings.

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The book was perfect for me. It explains mainly how to serveice your vehicle, and that was what I was looking for. If you are wanting to get into details of the 97-99 Dodge Dakotas, you may want to get the Chrysler book instead

Don't go to the shop without this manual.

I found the information for a 1988 Jeep Cherokee to be vague, superficial, and many times, incorrect. This might be due to production changes in the 1988 year. In looking for information on automatic transmissions, ignition system, engine control computer, or transfer case dissasembly or repair, the book says that this is beyond the home mechanic. Well, few other repairs even require a book for anyone with reasonable experience. I believe they are copping out. It was not worth reading.

Not bad, but get the Factory repair service manual, which is more accurate. Some wire diagrams are different.. good for the newbie, but better get some advice first, like Always use Quadra-trac fluid
in Transfer case, never anything else, the Friction cones will not tolarate it, since it is a full time 4 wheel drive. ( from 73-79 borg -warner)

As a beginner in home car mechanics I found this book very helpful. It helped me already with understanding my Jeep Wagoneer '73 (V8, 360). And I used it to replace the powerbrake booster, the powersteering pressure line, rear suspencion leaves, door window, door lock and so on. New jobs are coming and this book wil help me, I sure...