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Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish: A Creative and Proven Approach 80 reviews
Margarita Madrigal
Main Street Books, 1989
Opinion of Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish
This is an excellent book. Its approach to teaching a language is unique in that it gives fourteen patterns of Spanish words relating to English words. Rather than learning one word at a time, I can learn 50 - 100 words. I don't even have to learn individual words. I just have to remember the pattern, e.g. words ending in "ity" in English usually end in "idad" in Spanish. I also have been ...
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Sell Your Book on Amazon: The Book Marketing COACH Reveals Top-Secret "How-to" Tips Guaranteed to Increase ...107 reviews
Brent Sampson
Outskirts Press, 2007
A MUST have book for ANY promoting author!
We live in the best era of technology and have personal access to cyberspace from the comfort of home. Mr. Sampson has brilliantly spelled out how to make this work with all the options available to you through Amazon.
I bought this book a few months ago, immediately following my books released. I was so impressed with the vast amount of knowledge I can implement to increase sales on my ...
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The Lords of Discipline169 reviews
Pat Conroy
Secker and Warburg, 1981
Duty, Honor, Country
The mark of a successful coming of age story is that you, the reader, can see yourself reflected in the protagonist. For me, this book worked very well. Will McLean, the main character and first-person narrator, a second generation Irish boy, son of a Marine, a mongrel outsider in the pedigreed Carolina Military Institute searches for himself, the man within the boy who is being molded by a ...
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Gift from the Sea106 reviews
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Pantheon, 1991
A Joy Forever
What more can be said about this lovely collection of thoughts? Even as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is as fresh as the day it was penned. This book is a keeper if ever there was one, a volume to be read and re-read and handed down to one's children, which is what I intend to do with the most recent Gift from the Sea that I bought.
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Second Sight95 reviews
Judith Orloff
Warner Books, 1997
I can breathe now
It's like I can take a deep breath and relax now. Someone once asked me "How do you feel when you enter a room where there's a lot of fighting and anger?" My immediate response was: "I recoil and want to run out of there." I thought everybody felt this way. Granted we all feel things up to a certain level, but the notion that I feel more than most never occurred to me. Doesn't everyone? I ...
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Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking113 reviews
Steve Weber
Weber Books, 2007
Worth Checking Out
This book is definitely worth checking out, especially if you are an author and book sales are on your mind. The Net can no longer be ignored as an avenue (the MAIN avenue?) for promoting one's book. Learn all about it by starting here.
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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog169 reviews
Ted Kerasote
Tantor Media, 2007
Merle's Door
Great book about the observations and insight of a dogs life. They do live for the moment but more to with unconditional love & a master of a companion. When you love your dog there are no boundary between you and the dog but a good partnership right to the end. You begin to see humans have more rules & limits than dogs, you'll discover dogs don't care how they look or care what day it is. ...
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The Arabic Alphabet: How To Read and Write It81 reviews
Nicholas Awde, Putros Samano
Saqi Books, 2006
Learn the Arabic alphabet in about 2 days
I live in Kuwait and got tired of my eyes crossing in confusion every time I looked at Arabic writing. The alphabet is intimidating. Each letter has a different look depending upon where it is in a word for example. However, I bought this book thinking, "Hey, couldn't hurt." I found the book exceptionally easy to use. I continue to refer to it, even though I had mastered the basics of the ...
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The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won't90 reviews
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
Star Publish, 2004
After Writing the Book You are Only Half Done
Authors are increasingly coming to appreciate the fact that by the time their book is written, only half of the job is done. Promoting the book may take as much or more time than writing it. Unless authors are internationally famous or very lucky the proceeds from book sales may not allow for expensive promotion. The solution is to do it frugally. Carolyn Howard-Johnson's [[ASIN: 193299310X The ...
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Dan Poynter's Self-Publishing Manual240 reviews
Para Publishing, 2006
Seat Belt for Sef-Publishing
Step by step Dan Poynter takes you through writing and publishing your own book. He doesn't promise that it will be easy or that you will be successful, but he does explain the process.
The real work begins once your book is printed--you are on your own and he gives you an extensive rundown of the markets you can tap. For the novice author first you must make sure you have the best product that ...
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The Nature of Personal Reality: Specific, Practical Techniques for Solving Everyday Problems and Enriching ...71 reviews
Jane Roberts
Amber-Allen Publ., New World Library, 1994
The best of it's kind...
I am reading this book again for the 3rd time. When you lst read it the concepts seem simple but they are complicated and require much thought. Seth whoever/whatever he is, I think was clever to make it seem simple as to not stop anyone from reading it but below these concepts are very important things about being human. I just wish that Jane had thought to perpare a wookbook to go with it. Or ...
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Aiming at Amazon: The NEW Business of Self Publishing, or How to Publish Books for Profit with Print on ...76 reviews
Aaron Shepard
Shepard Publications, 2007
Finally, The Missing Link Between Dead Tree Books and E-Books
Using the number of dog-eared pages scale, this book should rank much higher than five stars. As soon as the UPS truck delivered the book, I started reading it. Unable to tear myself away from it, I then took it to my favorite reading room--the gym. There I spent two hours riding the exercise bike while I read the first two-thirds of the volume. After I left the gym I spent another hour finishing ...
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Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) ...68 reviews
James Scott Bell
Writers Digest Books, 2004
Great read for all writers!
This little gem cuts through all the noise and gets right down to analyzing the mechanics of good stories. It's full of wonderfully simple observations and immediately applicable guidelines, the kind that are obvious in retrospect but that I never noticed before. The author's not out to cramp anyone's style, either - he recognizes that writers generate material in all kinds of different ways. ...
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Self-Publishing Simplified: Experience Your Publishing Dreams With Outskirts Press80 reviews
OutskirtsPress.com
Outskirts Press, 2005
Great Information
Great book. I was able to publish my book with the information contained within the pages of this book. Stop dreaming and become a published author now. i did after reading Sel Publishing. Check out my workThe Angry Black Man's Guide to Success: And the Women that Help Them
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The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women: A Portable Mentor70 reviews
Gail McMeekin
Red Wheel/Weiser, 2000
Incredible!
McMeekin's book is a must for all who feel frustrated and stuck in their career. She takes you step by step through a process that helps you define your needs, your desires, and tap into your own creativity...you. Eight women read it as part of our book club and more than half of us are expanding our paths as a result. Incredible!
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501 French Verbs: Fully Conjugated in All the Tenses in a New Easy-To-Learn Format Alphabetically Arranged62 reviews
Christopher Kendris
Barron's Educational Series, 1996
Great for clarifying that what you speak is right!
This is an invaluable book because if you speak another language (i.e Spanish, Italian, Portuguese) it will allow you to see patterns in French that are common--to see that you are saying it right. Further, that the verb you have known all your life does exist in the French language as well (or that it does not) and your vocabulary and understanding of grammar will grow by leaps and bounds as ...
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Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life80 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh
Bantam, 1992
Enlightening! Mindfulness simply yet thoroughly explained
Thich Nhat Hanh's book Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life is an enlightening read!
The author does a great job of showing the inextricable connection between the mind, the body, and the environment. Mindfulness is an awareness of our living right now. It helps us to become and remain mentally and physically healthy and to live harmoniously in our symbiotic ...
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Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate60 reviews
Elizabeth Pantley
New Harbinger Publications, 1996
very useful book
I highly recommend this book. Very helpful, especially for those parents that fail to be consistent and "go with the flow", failing to create strong rules and a loving, solid discipline.
This books acts a self-confidence booster for parents, offers very empathetic advice when it comes to parental anger, and actually gives very practical tips and hints to deal with misbehavior.
I love the ...
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Jump Start Your Book Sales: A Money-Making Guide for Authors, Independent Publishers and Small Presses70 reviews
Marilyn Ross, Tom Ross
Writer's Digest Books, 1999
It's Never Too Early to Start Marketing
Do you know when you should start marketing your book? Marilyn Ross does, and in "Jump Start Your Book Sales" she reveals the answer. (Hint: It's before you start writing it!)
Before, during, and after -- in fact. Regardless of where you are in the writing and publishing process, book marketing should be at the forefront of your thinking. Is your book even marketable? What is the market? ...
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The Wisdom of Florence Scovel Shinn68 reviews
Florence Scovel Shinn
Fireside, 1989
Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction
If you want to know more about your subc.I heartily recommend these CDs
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind
The Master Key System
Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World
The Science of Getting Rich
The Science of Mind
Think and Grow Rich: Original Version
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