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- Book Review - Make The Impossible Possible - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2008 from John DuffyI have read well over 500 books in the last fifteen years in the field of motivation, business and personal development but this is one very special book. The author Bill Strickland is truly a unique and amazing individual with a story you just have to read. This book may change your life if you ...
Views: 3210 - Book Review - Talking to Heaven: A Medium's Message of Life After Death - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2013 from James Van PraaghJames Van Praagh is a spiritual medium--someone who is able to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds. Unaware of his spiritual gifts until he was in his twenties, he slowly came to terms with his unique abilities. In addition, many of his sessions with grieving people who came to him looking ...
Views: 1535 - Book Review - The Making Of A Master, By Jeanette O'Donnal - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2008 from Carol AdlerThis is actually not a book review but more of a confession. As a professional ghostwriter, book doctor, editor and publisher, my greatest inspiration often comes from my clients. Jeanette O’Donnal came to me eight years ago through a mutual acquaintance. “Here!” Handing me a sheaf of ...
Views: 2115 - Book Review - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Molly LundquistHere's a publishing rarity—a literary novel based on the darkest of Shakespearean tragedies becomes a huge commercial success. That rarity is The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Much of the novel's success is due, of course, to Oprah's imprimatur as one of her book club picks. Even so, there must be ...
Views: 1019 - Book Review - The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2013 from Philip ZimbardoYour every significant choice -- every important decision you make -- is determined by a force operating deep inside your mind: your perspective on time -- your internal, personal time zone. This is the most influential force in your life, yet you are virtually unaware of it. Once you become ...
Views: 1318 - Book Review of DO I HAFTA GROW UP? - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Gary RobertsonHave you ever read a book that changed the way you look at every interaction and relationship in your life? I just did. The name of the book is “Do I Hafta Grow UP? The Adult Guide to Unfinished Business of Childhood,” written by Gary Robertson. As a master practitioner in the healing arts, ...
Views: 1515 - Book Review of The Shack, Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity (Fiction) - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Karen BentleyOver the past month, two different people recommended I read The Shack, written by Wm. Paul Young in 2007. Since it's unusual for this to happen to me, I took it as a sign from the universe that I should get down to business and read this NY Times bestseller with over 7 million copies in print. ...
Views: 2609 - Book Review – A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Molly LundquistKhaled Hosseini writes with power and surety, producing another best seller with A Thousand Splendid Suns. This is his second novel, following close upon the heels of The Kite Runner, and like the earlier book deals with the troubled history and people of Afghanistan. Two women, Mariam and ...
Views: 2024 - Book Review – Loving Frank by Nancy Horan - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2009 from Molly LundquistFew books are so widely loved, or reviled, or have sparked such interesting book club discussions as Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan—a novel based on the real-life, ripped-from-the-headlines affair of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his beloved mistress-muse Mamah Borthwick ...
Views: 1039 - Book Review – Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed: What is this ‘life’ thing, sis? - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2021 from Rochi ZalaniThis article was originally published at rochizalani.com I have 104 Highlights/Notes marked on Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things – my highest ever in the six years of Kindle reading. This book is a series of advice columns addressed to “Sugar” that was run at The Rumpus. I know the ...
Views: 712 - Book Review--Psycho-Cybernetics - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2008 from David ParedezThere have been many books published on the subject of self improvement but very few will make a lasting impact. “Psycho- Cybernetics A New Technique for Using Your Subconscious Power” is one of those books. Written by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a renowned plastic surgeon in his day, ...
Views: 2345 - Book Review: - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2014 from Julia CameronThe Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist’s life. Still as vital today—or perhaps even more so—than it was when it was first published one decade ago, it is a ...
Views: 901 - Book Review: How to Become Wealthy Selling Informational Products on the Internet - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2008 from Stacey ChillemiThis book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Author Stacey Chillemi’s best-selling books. How to Become Wealthy Selling Informational Products on the Internet, by Stacey Chillemi, is a valuable resource for people interested in becoming a success at selling & marketing ...
Views: 1620 - Book Review: "Breath" by Tim Winton - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2010 from Marco Gustafsson“Breathless” might be a more appropriate title for this very different coming-of-age tale. It’s different not because it deals with growing up in a unique way, but because it’s about much more than young boys becoming young men. One persistent theme that permeates the narrative is danger. All ...
Views: 1824 - Book Review: 101 Grrreat Quickies - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Remember when your mother taught you to never deface a book? Well, forget her advice and rip (literally!) into Laura Corn's 101 Grrreat Quickies. The author of 101 Nights of Grrreat Sex is working her magic again. As she puts it, "You make love. Sometimes slow and ...
Views: 2911 - Book Review: 52 Ways to Celebrate Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: 52 Fun Things to Do on the Plane is from a card deck series designed to inspire creativity and offer an alternative to the idiot box (see 52 Great Books to Read and 52 Special Traditions for Family and Friends). This particular deck, small enough to tuck into a purse or ...
Views: 1309 - Book Review: A Man's Journey to Simple Abundance - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Sarah Ban Breathnach wanted to offer men the same reflective book that she offered women in Simple Abundance. Yet, she also knew that she needed a man to help her represent an authentic male experience, a book that mined beneath the "Men Are from Mars" stereotypes and "Iron ...
Views: 919 - Book Review: A Child Called It - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2014 from Dave PelzerDavid J. Pelzer's mother, Catherine Roerva, was, he writes in this ghastly, fascinating memoir, a devoted den mother to the Cub Scouts in her care, and somewhat nurturant to her children--but not to David, whom she referred to as "an It." This book is a brief, horrifying account of the bizarre ...
Views: 1286 - Book Review: A Guide to Rational Living - by Submitted on May 05, 2014 from Albert EllisIf you have the rigorous honesty necessary to conduct self-analysis, this book can be the most important one you have read. For although it makes no promises, it can help you more than all the other self-help books put together. Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy can teach any intelligent ...
Views: 2553 - Book Review: A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed. He ...
Views: 719 - Book Review: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2014 from Robert FulghumTwenty-five years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo—a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world. He has written a ...
Views: 1890 - Book Review: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2014 from Robert FulghumTwenty-five years ago, Robert Fulghum published a simple credo—a credo that became the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. Now, seven million copies later, Fulghum returns to the book that was embraced around the world. He has written a ...
Views: 1356 - Book Review: Anatomy of the Spirit - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2014 from Caroline MyssBuilding on wisdom from Hindu, Christian, and Kaballah traditions, this comprehensive guide to energy healing reveals the hidden stresses, beliefs, and attitudes that cause illness. Anatomy of the Spirit is the boldest presentation to date of energy medicine by one of its premier ...
Views: 1557 - Book Review: Angry All the Time - An Emergency Guide to Anger Control - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Marelisa FabregaThe book “Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control” is a best-selling classic that has helped tens of thousands of people overcome their problems with anger. The author of the book, Ron Potter-Efron, Ph.D., is a clinical psychotherapist in private practice with a special focus on ...
Views: 2606 - Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year in Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from Brenda StephensAfter listening to Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver (one of my favorite authors) on CD I have becoming a farmer on my bucket list. The family leaves sunny Arizona for the Appalachians. They decide to grow their own food and eat only what they grow for a year. What they don’t ...
Views: 1093 - Book Review: Anyway: The Paradoxical Commandments: Finding Personal Meaning in a Crazy World - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: As the story goes, author Kent M. Keith was a sophomore at Harvard University in the 1960s when he first wrote "The Paradoxical Commandments," a manifesto about doing good in a crazy, ungrateful world. These commandments are the basis of his repackaged and expanded book ...
Views: 1923 - Book Review: Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs to Know - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review As stated in the preface to this concise primer, any weekday edition of The New York Times contains more information than the average person living in 17th-century England was exposed to in a lifetime. In acknowledgement of the modern world's information glut, leadership ...
Views: 3340 - Book Review: Bad Childhood---Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review With her characteristically pointed advice and take-no-prisoners attitude, Dr. Laura's book Bad Childhood – Good Life tackles one of the most basic questions of therapy: How can a person effectively move past the injuries of a bad childhood? Her answer will be familiar to her ...
Views: 2487 - Book Review: Become a Better You: 7 Keys to Improving Your Life - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Joel Osteen reaches one of the largest audiences in the U.S. and across the globe--more than 42,000 people attend his church every week, and millions more tune in by television to hear his words of inspiration and wisdom. His first book, Your Best Life Now, has sold over 4 ...
Views: 858 - Book Review: Being Genuine - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2009 from Bradley FosterThomas D’Ansembourg, Puddle Dancer Press, 2007 Being Genuine is simply stated, one of the best books I have read all year. It very clearly and effectively conveys a process for communicating with others in a genuine and non-judgmental way. Thomas D’Ansembourg is a student of ...
Views: 1293 - Book Review: Body for Life - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2014 from Bill PhillipsMention the name Bill Phillips to any of the people he's helped transform and you will see their faces light up with appreciation and respect. These people include: Hundreds of thousands of men and women who read his magazine for guidance and straightforward information about exercise, ...
Views: 1743 - Book Review: Body for Life: 12 Weeks to Mental and Physical Strength - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Bill Phillips had been publishing bodybuilding magazines and marketing nutritional supplements for years when he had a weird revelation at a trade show: many of the most loyal and enthusiastic readers he had were totally out of shape. From that uncomfortable realization came ...
Views: 736 - Book Review: Body Knowledge SystemR: An Awesome Intelligence - By Stephanie Wood - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2010 from Laura MonzoThe Body Knowledge System® opens the doorway to a different kind of intelligence- one that includes intuition, physical well-being, emotional intelligence and enhanced spirituality-by reuniting us with our bodies. The result is better choices and better lives. Practice the dance, dance the ...
Views: 1549 - Book Review: Boundaries: When to Say Yes, When to Say No-To Take Control of Your Life - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review In order to call themselves good Christians, many people have drawn overly flexible boundaries (unwilling to say no, always accommodating others' needs) or overly rigid boundaries (to the point of being righteous and judgmental). Psychologists and inspirational speakers Cloud ...
Views: 1616 - Book Review: Career Distinction - Stand Out by Building Your Brand - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2007 from Mary Gormandy WhiteCreating and managing your personal brand is essential for career success. Career Distinction: Stand Out By Building Your Brand, written by career coaching gurus William Arruda and Kristen Dixson, is a valuable resource for any professional who wishes to set him or herself apart from ...
Views: 1200 - Book Review: Chained to the Desk: A Guidebook for Workaholics, Their Partners and Children, and the Clinicians Who Treat Them - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Being a workaholic doesn't just mean being a hard worker, says Robinson, a psychotherapist and professor at the University of North Carolina who has been studying people's work habits for years. It means you've got a progressively worsening addiction like any other, in which ...
Views: 1517 - Book Review: Chetan Bhagat’s Novel - Three Mistakes of My life - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2017 from Byreddy Balaji ReddyChetan Bhagat is one among the top-notch authors of modern India. He is viewed as Youth Icon and writes about especially youngsters – their worries, anxieties, hardships and aspirations. His novels are extensively read by youth as he conveys some sort of solutions to their problems in his ...
Views: 2024 - Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Admittedly, we sometimes become oversentimental about motherhood. But in a climate of rampant cynicism and family disintegration, stories about maternal love, courage, devotion, and triumph can be immensely comforting and inspiring. Contributors such as Dave Barry, Barbara ...
Views: 2129 - Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Soul - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review It's like homemade chicken soup that warms the chill and heals the ill. This collection of 101 stories is based on the belief that true testimonies of goodness and loving transformations can nourish us to the bone and heal the cynicism in our hearts. Indeed, most every story ...
Views: 745 - Book Review: Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul: Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Writers - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul anthologizes 80 stories of heartwarming writerly success. As is the trademark of the Chicken Soup series, these are feel-good stories about unforgettable relatives, encouraging teachers, serendipitous encounters, memorable experiences, ...
Views: 1109 - Book Review: Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings - by Submitted on May 10, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Comfortable with Uncertainty reads like a perfect companion guide to the traditional 108-day Buddhist retreat. In a day-by-day format, author Pema Chödrön dives into the soothing wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism, reminding us that groundlessness is the only ground we have to stand ...
Views: 863 - Book Review: Coming Apart: Why Relationships End and How to Live Through the Ending of Yours - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Clearly, one of the most complicated and devastating experiences of life, next to the death of a loved one, is the death of a relationship. Daphne Rose Kingma offers a process and a way of examining relationships that is not only healing and helpful through the process and ...
Views: 1190 - Book Review: Contemplative Prayer - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review This little gem of a book, newly issued with a foreword from the great Vietnamese Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh (who knew Merton in the 1960s) beautifully distills Merton's own reading and long experience with contemplation. Written close to the end of Merton's life, this book ...
Views: 739 - Book Review: Conversations with God - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2014 from Neale Donald WalschBlasphemy! Heresy! Who does this man think he is, claiming to speak directly to God?! Jesus did it, Muhammad did it, the Jewish prophets did it, but none of their Gods had the sardonic wit or raw verve of Prophet Walsch's God. Neale Donald Walsch isn't claiming to be the Messiah of a new ...
Views: 1056 - Book Review: Corps Values: Everything You Need to Know I Learned In the Marines - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: Call it Robert Fulghum by way of John Wayne... In 1953, Zell Miller was as low as he could get. He'd dropped out of college after being made to feel inferior because of his "hillbilly" background and wound up in jail one weekend after getting drunk on moonshine and driving ...
Views: 4029 - Book Review: Creative Visualization - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2014 from Shakti GawainCreative visualization is the art of using mental imagery and affirmation to produce positive change in your life. Successfully used in the fields of health, business, the creative arts, and sports, it can have an impact in every area of your life. This pioneering bestseller and perennial ...
Views: 1065 - Book Review: Creative Visualization: The Complete Book on Tape - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review When it comes to creating the life you want, Shakti Gawain literally wrote the book. Now considered a classic, Creative Visualization teaches readers how to use their imaginations to manifest their deepest desires. In a straight-talking narrative, Gawain uses the first part to ...
Views: 733 - Book Review: Dark Nights of the Soul - by Submitted on May 12, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review: When it comes to spiritual growth, we humans are solar-seeking beings; eager for the bright lights of clarity and the bliss of illumination. Paradoxically, we all need to walk through the shadow of the dark night in order to discover a life worth living, according to ...
Views: 1024 - Book Review: Developing the Leader Within You - by Submitted on May 11, 2009 from John AOVAmazon.com Review Few of us are natural-born leaders, according to John C. Maxwell, author of Developing the Leader Within You. Fortunately though, "the traits that are the raw material of leadership can be acquired," he promises. "Link them up with desire and nothing can keep you from ...
Views: 2797 - Book Review: Dive Right In, The Sharks Won’t Bite: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Success - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2007 from Mary Gormandy WhiteAre you planning to open your own business? Are you already living the entrepreneurial life? Either way, Dive Right In, The Sharks Won’t Bite: The Entrepreneurial Woman’s Guide to Success is a must-read for you. Author Jane Wesman opened her own business more than 25 years ago, building Jane ...
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