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Opening to Channel: How to Connect with Your Guide (Roman, Sanaya) 37 reviews
Sanaya Roman, Duane Packer
HJ Kramer, 1993
Changed my life.
This book is clear, easy to read and doesn't use a lot of senseless 'filler' words to make the writing sound more eloquent than it needs to be. I bought this book over 12 years ago and have had it on my nightstand ever since. When I need a reminder of how life is meant to be lived, I open it, read a few pages and am immediately reminded of my own power and joy.
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings, Volume 118 reviews
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 2006
Great Book, Great Addition to the Chess Library
This books is a great addition to anyone's chess library. To achieve best improvement you should be:
1) in the 1500 rating vicinity or higher.
2) You are reasonably good with simple tactics so that you don't spend lots of time questioning why certain moves hasn't been played
3) You don't get out of book quickly in most common openings even if you don't know the whole line
4) in other words, ...
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Undaunted Courage : Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West343 reviews
Stephen Ambrose
Simon & Schuster, 1997
Undaunted Courage
I will keep it simple. Next to the Holy Bible ~ best book I ever read. I have since then read several of Stephen Ambrose's books and highly recommend them. He and his family put many years of research in before writing any book. I have travelled across the country all the way to Cape Disapportment as a result of reading the book and following the trail. Everything Mr. Ambrose claimed in the ...
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The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile 117 reviews
Noah Lukeman
Fireside, 2005
Wow... time to rewrite...
If you never want to do another rewrite DON't BUY THIS BOOK - if you want to get published and be professional - buy 2 copies! Great book, enough said.
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Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century72 reviews
Lauren Slater
W. W. Norton & Company, 2005
Opening Skinner's Box
Very well written. A page turner. Great experiments disected to be relevant for everyday experiences. Makes one think about today's society in a different light and rethink one's belief system.
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Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships 3 reviews
Tristan Taormino
Cleis Press, 2008
Real Advice, no matter where you are on your journey
Tristan has a great way of intertwining advice, information, and wonderfully personal stories from people in open relationships. It is truly a guide and offers practical advice without being judgmental or glossing over the difficult aspects of open relationships. It is based on lots of interviews and so the stories are inspiring but also very real. There is the misconception that open ...
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Elements of Writing Fiction - Beginnings, Middles & Ends (Elements of Fiction Writing)36 reviews
Nancy Kress
Writers Digest Books, 1999
Marvelous Short-Cut to Learning to Write Fiction
John Irving once commented that his experience at writing workshops & conferences taught him things about writing (e.g., voicing) that he would eventually have picked up anyway, but that he saved a lot of time by not having to learn it the hard way. That's the way I feel about Nancy Kress's wonderful Beginnings, Middles and Ends.
First of all -- and this matters -- Kress is a world-class ...
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Opening to Meditation: A Gentle, Guided Approach (Book & CD)14 reviews
Diana Lang
New World Library, 2004
Simply Wonderful
I have been listening to the "Opening to Meditation" CD by Diana Lang and it has helped me greatly. Her voice is soft and southing and she has a wonderful way of taking you to a meditative state of mind. I high recommend it.
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The Second Half of Life: Opening the Eight Gates of Wisdom19 reviews
Angeles Arrien
Sounds True, 2007
Very Rich In Resources
Dr. Angeles Arrien is a cultural anthropologist who uses images, poetry, metaphor and other forms of symbolic language from world cultures in her work. I have enjoyed and learned from all her books: The Four-Fold Way: Walking the Paths of the Warrior, Teacher, Healer, and Visionary; Signs of Life: The Five Universal Shapes and How to Use Them; The Nine Muses: A Mythical Path to Creativity; and ...
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The Honk and Holler Opening Soon187 reviews
Billie Letts
Grand Central Publishing, 1999
A pleasure to read!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I think it was even better than her first, "Where the Heart Is." Endearing characters who are like most of us! You will not be disappointed.
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What Men Don't Tell Women About Business: Opening Up the Heavily Guarded Alpha Male Playbook13 reviews
Christopher V. Flett
Wiley, 2007
A good book to read for one perspective of business.
I actually liked this book. And, as the author states, it's good to start the conversation he refers to. The conversation on women working in business. Maybe after a generation or sooner, women won't even need to adhere to guidelines and advice like those in this book. But it seems they may still have to now to stay in business.
I think the book is best read on a level of understanding and ...
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings, Volume 25 reviews
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 2007
Most Excellent Work!!
First, I must confess that I have only read the chapters on the Queen's Gambit Declined and the King's Indian Defense.
Queen's Gambit Declined chapter
He gives detailed descriptions of the major themes of both the classical and exchange variations. I especially liked his discussion of the Tartakower Defense. I found his discussion of move orders to be quite interesting, subtle and useful.
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Kingdom Principles: Preparing for Kingdom Experience and Expansion (Understanding the Kingdom)42 reviews
Myles Munroe
Destiny Image Publishers, 2006
Kingdom Principles
All of the Kingdom books by Myles Munroe are a must for anyone and everyone seeking the truth about the Kingdom of God
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Modern Chess Openings, 15th Edition (Chess) 5 reviews
Nick De Firmian
Random House Puzzles & Games, 2008
The BEST MCO ever, but will it be the last??
Death of a series? For about 100 years now MCO has been the best single volume English language opening reference book available. The 15th edition is the best of the line, combining both broad and deep coverage via a team of experts and computer error checking. Sadly, it looks like this year there will be no hard cover edition. Worse yet, one has to question the very existence of the MCO ...
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Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season26 reviews
Jonathan Eig
Simon & Schuster, 2007
"I don't care if he's black, I don't care if he's yellow, I don't care if he's a f * * *ing zebra. If I say he plays, he plays!"
On April 15, 1947, a young Holocaust survivor who had arrived in New York just 14 weeks before, attended his first baseball game at Ebbets Field. That young man was my Dad. Just having arrived in the United States and unfamiliar with the country's social ferment, he was unaware at the time that he was present at an historic moment---Jackie Robinson's Major League debut.
In OPENING DAY, ...
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Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan and ...8 reviews
Sharon Fullen
Atlantic Publishing Company (FL), 2004
Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan & Feasibility Study by Sharon
Sharon Fullen provides thought-provoking as well as practical steps to prepare for entrepreneurship by making the Readers aware that opening a restaurant is more than an idea but requires planning.
Not only are you moved to do more than come up with a wish list but one must take the time to write their vision, study the market, and come to terms if their business idea will be a profit maker ...
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Opening Atlantis18 reviews
Harry Turtledove
Roc Hardcover, 2007
Atlantis revisited
This is an alternative history of the propagation of English, French and Spanish peoples into the New World, a different New World than our own. His presentation of the process of change over the first several hundred years is interesting, seen through the eyes of those who lived through them. Quite good.
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The Elements of Resume Style: Essential Rules and Eye-Opening Advice for Writing Resumes and Cover Letters ...11 reviews
Scott Bennett
AMACOM, 2005
This Book is Essential to Getting Hired!!!!!!!
Mr. Bennett leaves no stone unturned here...he takes readers through each step of writing a resume so diligently that I feel as if he has practically re-written my resume himself! Throughout the book he reinforces the importance of being honest about work histories and teaches readers how to position job hopping and gaps in employment. (Now I can feel confident in selling myself despite the ...
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Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West13 reviews
Wallace Stegner
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1992
Educational but not boring
I kept waiting for this book to get boring. It has all the potential to be boring. But it's not. It's an excellent introduction to the history of the West. I learned little tidbits about all sorts of varied subjects - Native American tribes, government, the history of the USGS. Stegner does get a little too wrapped up in the details at a couple points, especially when he gets into all the ...
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Opening the Energy Gates of Your Body: Chi Gung for Lifelong Health (Tao of Energy Enhancement)36 reviews
Bruce Frantzis
Blue Snake Books, 2005
Potentially life changing - must read!
I've been interested in Chi-Gung and Taoist things for a number of years. Took a few classes, etc, but nothing has been as detailed and to the point as this material from Mr Frantzis.
Honestly, most chi-gung books and many classes out there just teach you some physical movements or "standing like a tree".. stand in different poses and hold it without a whole lot of additional instruction as ...
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