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Where do I start. When I got this book the first part I read was the acknowledgement. OMG!!, this book was written for me. I imeadiatly contacted Karen Steward and have struck up a friendship with her. I am so thankful she wrote this book. It has help me and my family tremendously. Anybody or any one who knows anybody with ARD you HAVE to get this book for yourself and them. This book provided be hope and clairity regarding my condition. I HIGHLY recommend this book!

Mrs. Steward shares and intimate view of faith, love, and tribulation as her family navigates a health care system that fails to listen or understand her daughters debilitating illness. This story spans a painful fourteen year search for answers in an often rushed or hostile health care system. In this system women are quickly labeled depressed or hysterical if diagnoses are not easily found and patients easily cured. This nightmare journey of multiple physician visits, painful tests, and ineffective treatments eventually takes Karen and her daughter Melissa to Germany. At last the elusive cause of much suffering was determined to be multiple adhesions and effective surgical care was provided, thus returning quality of life to a bright young woman and her family.

The story of Melissa's victory over pain and illness and her mother's determination to not give up are certainly inspirational. This book not only sheds light on a medical condition that is often not considered on list of differential diagnoses, but also sheds light on a fractured and rushed health care system. The descriptions in this book of various physicians visits range from hysterical to infuriating. Mrs. Steward's impressions of physicians from the patient's point of view are so insightful and well written that I believe all physicians should be required to read this book. In the words of Robert Burns "Oh what a powerful gift to give us, to see ourselves as others see us."

It is my hope that this book will bring awareness of ARD to both patients and health care providers as well as remind us all to treat others with the same respect and kindness that we would like to be treated with.

Powerful, enlightening, inspiring! This mother's completely committed journey to find relief and the answers to her daughter's suffering is nothing short of awesome. In doing so she has given, in her book, the help and the hope so desperately needed by those also suffering from adhesions. Help for those who may not even know, until now, what they are suffering from and the hope to know that their pain can come to an end.

This is one of the most informative and well written books I have picked up in a long time. She knows her topic, she has lived it! The heart and sole that is poured into the book comes through very clear. If you know nothing of the disease you will be well informed when you finish the read. It is not boring and info packed it is info packed and interesting. Edna Summers

As I read this book, I was reminded of being a teenager with a blood pressure of 180/110 and a resting heart rate of 130 beats per minute. My mother and I consulted with a top cardiologist who couldn't figure out what was wrong with me and wanted to put me on tranquilizers. When my mother and I refused the medicine, he called her in and read her the riot act. This was particularly challenging because the cardiologist was one of my father's best gardening service customers. After shopping around with my mother to 12 more doctors, I finally found one who did the obvious and gave me a test to see if I had an overactive thyroid . . . which I did. Within a few days, I was better with medicine to slow down the thyroid production. Without my mother's obstinate pursuit of a proper diagnosis and cure, I probably wouldn't be alive today.

The same is true for Karen Steward and her daughter, Melissa. Unfortunately, Melissa was suffering from complications brought about by adhesions (where one organ is attached to another so they cannot move freely), a condition for which there is no simple blood test as there is for an overactive thyroid. These two brave women suffered through what my mom and I did for fourteen years rather than fourteen weeks, as was the case for me. I feel sorry for them.

Today, the better medical schools (such as the University of Massachusetts) teach physicians to listen to patients and take what they say seriously. The Stewards mostly found physicians who believed that teenage girls and women usually lie about their conditions . . . and just need something to bring down the swelling (cortisone-based steroids and to calm their nerves (antidepressants).

Research in the internet eventually led Ms. Steward to realize that her daughter could have adhesions. Even with that realization and recommendations from enthusiastic patients who suffered from adhesions, the Stewards found two dishonest physicians who operated on Melissa before finding one who was honest and had the right methods to help her . . . in Germany, far from their home in Texas.

If you have adhesion-related ills, you should read this book. If you have mysterious pains in your abdomen and pelvis, are nauseous a lot, have constipation, and have been told that your bowels are narrowed, you should be checked out by a professional who knows this area. The Stewards had success with Dr. Kruschinski, using a method for keeping surgery from causing new adhesions (surgery is the number one cause of adhesions). You can read information about Dr. Kruschinski and words of advice from him at the ends of the book. You'll also see vivid color photographs of what adhesions look like.

In young women where there have been no surgeries, adhesions can also occur due to endometriosis (growths like the lining of the uterus outside of the uterus). In Ms. Steward's case, she was prone to cysts that grew and dissolved. Each time that happened, there was a risk that adhesions would occur. But each physician they consulted said that there was no chance that Ms. Steward could have her symptoms based endometriosis. Right.

Undoubtedly due to concerns about libel suits, the physicians who did a poor job are described with pseudonyms. I would hope someone would open an investigation into those physicians. Several of them need to have their licenses yanked.

The book also points out the poor way that churches, Christians, friends, and neighbors can behave in dealing with someone suffering from a chronic illness. Even if you or your family doesn't have this problem, you can learn a lot about how to be a better person by seeing how the Stewards reacted to poorly considered words and behavior among those they considered friends and fellow Christians.

The Stewards kept going, in part, based on their faith in God. This book is testimony to the kinds of suffering that can be part of God's plan, just as it was with Job.

Bravo, Ms. Steward! You are a good mom and a good Christian.

I discovered Mary Oliver by reading a short story which referenced Wild Geese. Finding Wild Geese quite literally saved my life. The rest of Dream Work was hardly a let down. The opening poem, Dogfish... "I want to listen to the enormous waterfalls of the sun"... how do you get better than that? From Rage to Shadows to Sliver, Orion, Trilliums... every single poem in this book is pure. This book is my "Bible" so to speak.
Get this book. *Get it.*

I was a little tired of studying one day years ago and decided to pick up something entirely different and read it instead. I did a random search for whatever words came to my fingertips first. I was away at college and feeling a little homesick I guess. As I recall, the words included "moonlight", "home", and "dream". I got back Twelve Moons, House of Light, and Dreamwork. That started my romance with Mary Oliver.
I'm aware that many people say her imagery is too rich, too luxurious, and that it is not so much elemental as "stock". I also believe that that's like criticizing Tchaikovsky or Strauss or Puccini for being too melodic, too beautiful, too sad, too delightful.
I see no reason to believe that popularity and artistic value must be inversely proportional. Quite the contrary, I wish that more people could know about this wonderful woman to whom I am so deeply grateful.

If Dream Work was composed only of one poem - Wild Geese- it would receive 5 stars! In this poem alone Mary Oliver captures the heart of our souls. It is my "mantra".

This book, like much of Mary Oliver's work, breathes with true poetry, the beauty of nature, the spirit of life and dreams. This isn't just fancy wordplay.

I will be teaching language arts. I plan to use Mary Oliver in the classroom to get students interested in poetry. She writes in such a down to earth manner that she can be understood and discussed by people who aren't really "into poetry". Oliver gives us a new angle to look at the world with - but one that can be related to easily.

Top notch telling of the adventures of Father Duffy and the Fighting 69th. Maqnificent battle sequences as well as historical background.Fine piece of work...R.D.Morgan..author of "The Tri-State Terror" and "Taming the Sooner State".

My husband has this book in hardcover and liked it so much that he bought the soft covered version for an older gentleman he knows from the Catholic War Veterans: Father Duffy Post in Manhattan, NY. It is a well written and informative story that does great justice to the bravery and courage of this Catholic Chaplain and others from the Fighting 69th. It also tells the story of the immigrants of NYC as they fought and died together during this first World War.

This is a very good book and thoroughly researched about the Fighting 69th Regiment New York US Infantry. It provides a very detailed account of the Regiment's actions in the Great War of 1914-1918, although the United States did not declare war on Germany until early 1917. The Regiment was transported to France towards the end of 1917 and went into the trenches in February 1918. The book describes the various actions in which the Regiment fought and the doughboys suffered very heavy casualties in its advance to the Hindenberg Line. The book was based upon the writings from his diary of the regimental chaplain Father Francis P Duffy, who also wrote a book in 1919 about the Regiment, a copy of which has recently been received from Amazon and will be my next read.

I've read a lot about the American Expeditionary Force and the Fighting 69th, but Stephen Harris's study really expanded my knowledge about both. I'll certainly have a much better appreciation of Joyce Kilmer's "Rouge Bouquet" next time I hear it read and of the goings on at the River Ourcq next time I visit that battlefield. What I really enjoyed, however, was the author's biographical sketches and background on a whole raft of fascinating individuals. These include average Joes caught up in the adventure of lifetime, Medal of Honor recipients, plus well-known characters like Kilmer, Wild Bill Donovan and--most importantly--the namesake of the book, Father Francis Duffy. The good father turns out to be amazingly multi-dimensional: a good Samaritan to Teddy Roosevelt's returning malaria-afflicted Rough Riders, a learned modernist intellectual who works his way into his bishop's doghouse, a military politician of the first order, the proud protector of his Irish and unofficially Irish flock, and New York City's most beloved humanitarian. A strong recommendation for Duffy's War.

The 69th regiment, is one of the oldest and most famous units in the United States Army. It's history goes back to 1851 when it was known as the 69th New York Militia. ('A' company can trace its roots further back to the Revolutionary War.) The unit gained fame at numerous Civil War battlefields and Gen. Lee gave it the name 'The Fighting 69th.'

This book takes the regiment into the next war, World War I, where its actions were no less heroic. It spent 170 days in the front lines suffering hundreds killed and thousands wounded. Perhaps its most famous members were Father Francis Duffy (whose statue is in Times Square, which technically is really Duffy Square), Wild Bill Donovan who headed the OSS in World War II, and the poet Joyce Kilmer ('Trees') who was killed. The regiment was part of the 42nd Rainbow Division under Douglas MacArthur.

This is the full, previously unpublished story of the regiments actions in World War I and fills out a trilogy of stories concentrating on individual regiments by the same author.

The 69th still exists. It was one of the first military responders at 9/11 - having two men killed there, and it was federalized and sent to Iraq in 2004.

"El libro de Pablo L. Belly, ve la luz en un momento crítico de la comunidad científica internacional y en el que se están revisando los primeros planteamientos de lo que se entendió como Knowledge Management y el "barbarismo lingüístico y teórico" de gestión del Conocimiento. El efecto del "Shock del Management" se ha justificado y este libro lo consigue".

Eduardo Bueno Campos
Catedrático de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (España)
Director del Centro de Investigación sobre la Sociedad del Conocimiento (CIC) del Parque Científico de Madrid
España

"Un libro estimulante que aborda la Gestión del Conocimiento y el Capital Intelectual con un enfoque claro y ameno. Pablo L. Belly, presenta una rica y profunda visión sobre el tema y muestra las iniciativas que toda empresa debería adoptar para transformar con éxito la propia organización y convertir el conocimiento en su principal ventaja competitiva."

Daniel Martí Lluch
Presidente
Fundación Iberoamericana del Conocimiento
España

"Hablar de la gestión del conocimiento es hablar de la gestión del cambio en el cambio mismo y, por ende, ahondar en aspectos poco conocidos. Pablo L. Belly se desenvuelve en su libro con soltura y sencillez, explicitando los temas con locuacidad y espontaneidad. Excelente obra !!!".

Carlos Tomassino
Presidente de la Fundación para el Desarrollo del Conocimiento (FUNDESCO) y
Director de Ingeniería en Sistemas de Información (UTN, Facultad Buenos Aires.)
Argentina

"En este maravilloso libro el lector encontrará, con una lectura fácil, sencilla, muy ilustrativa y totalmente práctica, información sobre qué es "el conocimiento" y como conseguir "gestionarlo". Pablo L. Belly logra transportar al lector a este mundo aparentemente complicado, pero que en el fondo es sencillo y apasionante".

Beatriz Abascal García
Deloitte.
Directora Centro de Documentación y Gestión del Conocimiento
España

"El libro de Pablo L. Belly es un magnífico ejemplo de lo que se podría denominar "narrativa del conocimiento" en el que un lenguaje y desarrollo sencillo nos introduce en las cuestiones clave que se desprenden de la gestión de los intangibles organizativos".

Carlos Merino
Gerente
IADE.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
España

This little book has been really helpful to me in dealing with others.

It explains where people are at emotionally - how to tell where they are at - and how to get your communication across to them.

I took communications courses in college, and this information has been far more valuable to me, in terms of practical use.

If you have ever experienced trying to communicate with another person - and ending up feeling like understanding just didn't come about, no matter how hard you tried - then get this booklet! It explains why this happens, and how to overcome the barriers. It's universal, too - you don't need to give someone a lengthy personality quiz to understand them better! Just by observing the person you can figure out how to communicate with them. It's a gem of a book!

This is fundimanetal, and important data, anyone can use to improve thmeselfs and deal with people around them.
How would you like to be able to handle that obnoxious co-worker? that rude salesperson, or even a family member.
Find out what chronic tone people operate in every day, and how you can be cause over them, and help them too.
People who give false data, and negative viewpoints on this technology have something to hide, and are often distructive to society.
Find out about those type of people by reading "overcoming ups and downs in life" also by L. Ron Hubbard. This will compliment the Tone Scale Booklet

This is a hands-on utility manual for anyone interested in people. It is a totally workable and useful booklet which, when applied to real people, in real life, with people we meet and come in contact with everyday, we are given a tool not only for understanding people's emotional behavior, but it allows us to interact powerfully with people and communicate with them in ways that make a difference. A must-read, and a must-apply easy-to-grasp manual of human relationships.

If you want the truth, here it is. Swallow hard, open your eyes, and look: this is how things work. These basics are very easy to read, and open up worlds of practical application for you to discover on your own. Make sure you do not go past any misunderstood words. Very simply, the data in this booklet came to light after hundreds of thousands of years or religion, philosophy, and science. It is not an add-on, but a resolution of questions and problems - do not treat it lightly.

I learned how to talk to an angry person. That sometimes comes in handy. It's common sense because it works and is natural. Try it.

Most books of this caliber are fat little paperbacks with tiny print; this book was easily readable in a few hours of one day, and it gave me the most modivation ever. John Mason gives biblical examples, short personal examples, strong insparation, and invaluable advice for each nugget - each no longer than a page (front and back). After reading my friend's copy, I ordered my own and highlighted all the parts that gave special sparks in my soul. It's short, to the point, wonderfully put together, and makes you see many things inside yourself in many different lights. I recommend this for anyone who wants to brighten their lives and get into positive thinking =D

A close friend recommended this book to me. I ordered it thinking it would be a book to just skim and think about. It is far more than that. With potent quotes, applicable scriptures,and readibility, this book is perfect for anyone who needs a 'pick me up' in life or to give to someone you know who is having difficulties in life. It has changed me, I now give it as a gift and people love it!

I found this book to be encouraging and challenges you to look beyond being a "regular guy." Examine your God given talents and put them to work to become extraordinary.

Well-written, concise, and most importantly, rings with the Spirit of Truth. Questions and doubts that have bugged me for years--and kept me immobilized--have been answered by John Mason's teaching of Scripture. Simply a great book. Holy Spirit inspired. I can't believe I haven't come across this man before. God bless him.

The book is laid out in nice, easy to digest nuggets with scripture references. Mr. Mason's emphasis on God's will for us to be unique is a nice touch. Overall, anyone who has ever wrestled with low self-esteem, lack of confidence or faith, will benefit greatly from the book.

and faithful to scripture. This is the idea book you want to start with on Christian apologetics. Filled with neat illustrations, and practical advice, it should be good for high schoolers who want to know more on Van Tillian thought. What is especially helpful is that Pratt criticizes a book entitled KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE by Paul E. Little, which suggests a more popular tactic for defending the faith. Here, Pratt writes (p.73-74): "Little's view of reason has several major difficulties. First, human reason is not seen as entirely dependent on God. Little encourages the Christian apologist to present Christianity as a view to be examined and judged by independent human reason....Second, reason is not seen as affected by the fall of man into sin. Man's problem does not, for Little, include blindness to the truth but his unwillingness to choose the truth which he is fully capable of knowing. As a result, Little treats rationality and logical analysis as something neutral for both Christians and non-Christians." Why is it that human reasoning must judge God's existence? Who are we to put "God in the dock"? What Pratt is saying is that neutrality is a myth because "sin has so affected mankind that even rational abilities are not neutral." When a non-Christian suggests that he is "honestly" looking for the God of Christianity, and is left wanting, he seems to skip the fact that he is wearing what Cornelius Van Til calls "colored glasses" that keep him from finding the truth. His own autonomous worldview won't find the truth, he must have the Christian worldview.

Here is the Table of Contents:
Foreword
Author's Note
Acknowledgments
1. A Firm Foundation
2. Where It All Began
3. The Character of Man before Sin
4. The Character of Man in Sin
5. The Character of Man Redeemed by Christ
6. The Non-Christian Point of View
7. The Christian Point of View
8. Attitudes and Actions
9. Popular Tactics
10. Structure of a Biblical Defense

11. Defending the Faith (1)
12. Defending the Faith (2)
13. Defending the Faith (3)
14. An Apologetic Parable

This is an effective study guide that accessible to general readers for Christian apologetics. Dr. Pratt is an effective proponent of the form defense known as presuppostionalism, that is the use and explanation the Christian faith, and coming to understandings with others based on preexisting beliefs they bring. In other words, Pratt argues that no one is really nuetral and capable of making completely objective decisions.

This short guide, about 150 pages, examines what the Bible says about the state of humanity, and how that effects all other relationships. This becomes a very practical book, after a short theoretical exposition. Pratt does a wonderful job of showing that making the case for Christianity is more than an appeal to the mind, rather it is an appeal to the whole person: intellect, body and emotion.

Pointing out evidences from the Bible, personal experience and the external world, Pratt hopes that all apologetic conversations ultimately end by discussing the logical conclusions of where beliefs take persons. By so doing, he hopes to show inconsistencies in world view and to show consistencies in a Biblical world view.

This book makes extensive use of flow charts and diagrams that would make it of good use for group or individual Christian study for people interested in being able to articulate their faith better, based on its consistencies and the evidences available from presupposing what the Bible says about humanity and God is true. Pratt, a former professor at Reformed Theological Seminary with a Harvard doctorate aims to show how apologetics is the natural state of how a Christian believer interacts with the world at large and seeks to help others perform their job more at ease and with greater understanding of their world view.

When it comes to apologetics, I'm of the presuppositional persuasion (specifically Van Tillian). Pratt was a student of John Frame who was a student of Cornelius Van Til, but Frame differs in his approach from that of Van Til, as does Pratt. For a more consistently Van Tillian approach to apologetics, take a look at Always Ready and other works by Greg Bahnsen.

Though I applaud Pratt for taking the subject of apologetics and presenting it on a level that high school students can understand, I also think on some points he is wrong, and on other points he takes a dangerous position.

At one point he says that we can use near death experiences as evidence of some kind of afterlife. I think this is a naive at best and dangerous at worst. Many people have had experiences, and can even present "evidence," for things that are decidedly false.

On the other hand, I can commend Pratt for his coverage of the foundations of people's worldviews, and I think here he is barking up the right tree. I just wish he would take it a little further.

Ideally, I would have preferred that he focus on how the foundation of one's worldview effects one's interpretation of facts. The question is which worldview can even allow the possibility of facts in a consistent and non-destructive manner. Of course, this would have made the book Van Tillian, and I can't fault him that he doesn't completely agree with me.

Over all, this is a good book, and I would use it for a high school Sunday school class, but (personally) I would supplement it in order to give a complete picture of the apologetic conflict.

Pratt does an excellent job with this introductory work on presuppositional apologetics. He is absolutely clear and succinct. This book is an excellent resource for churches wanting to train men, women, and even high school students, in the presuppositional approach.

I felt this book was an excellent foundation for further studies and practice of presuppositional apologetics. Pratt provides a manual for Christian apologetics by getting to the heart of the matter - the unbeliever's commitment to independence while suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. Pratt stresses the importance of addresses the foundational issues in apologetics. This book was extremely helpful.

Many pictures, table, and related figure were sufficient to understand in physiological mechanism in condition to exercising. Especially, the last chapter was very impressed in my insufficient knowledge of molecular and cellular for exercise physiology.

Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance (Exercise Physiology ( MC Ardle))

When I first considered this book, I thought it was a little pricey. Now that I have it on my shelf, I think it would be cheap at twice the price. Every time I have a question on my personal fitness program, I find the answer in McArdle. Even when I don't have a question, simply reading the book teaches me things that I need to know and hadn't thought about. An excellent value.

I have been a fitness trainer for 20 years. I have read many books. This one is one of the best thus far. I highly recommend it !

This is the only reference book I have and need on Exercise Physiology. Most useful to me are chapters on performance enhacement, high altitude acclimatisation and physical training for seniors. The first few introductory chapters and the first few pages of each chapter remind me of my basic life sciences. The authors then focus on the application of cell biology to training. The thing I like most about this book, is that there is no "guru talk". Every piece of advice is based on currect research.

The book is divided into 7 sections. 1. Nutrition, 2. Energy production, 3. Energy Delivery & Utilisation, 3. Enhancement of Energy Capacity, 4. Environmental Stress, 5. Body Composition & Weight Control, 7. Successful Aging, Disease Prevention.

It's a very thick book, but the paper quality is high and the colourful illustrations make it a joy to read. However, this is not simple book for the average man on the street. There is nothing sensational here - just pure science. Readers without a background in the life sciences may not be able to follow.

I am a Personal Training manager with a Physical Education undergraduate degree and Health Preservation and Rehabilitation graduate degree.
I consider that the science of exercise physiology should constitute the basic knowledge for anybody who wants to understands the way the human body functionates and acutely and chronicaly adapts to the exercise stimuli.
No matter you are(or preparing to become) a PE teacher, sport medicine specialist, personal trainer, physical therapist,athletic coach,etc, you should understand the science of exercise physiology.
Dr. McArdle's " Exercise physiology" is definetely one of the most complete books ever writen on the subject. With miriads of grafics and pictures, and tons of scientific research descriptions and results, the book is quite pleasing to read and very convincing.
With more than 1000 pages, definetelly worths its price and even more. Contains as much information as you could find in 3-4 good scientific books and much more than the complete colection of "Muscle and Fitness" starting from 1970.
You can find detailed informations together with all the book ilustrations and even 4 complete chapters at: www.connection.LWW.com/go/mcardle

I love all the Hank books, and this is a great one for the Christmas season. These books are hilarious and more important to the young reader, fun to read. I'd also check the rest of the series.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"

As usual Hank continues to impress with his down to earth humor & "wisdom".
Great for the whole family.

this is a great book and is my second favorite book, and number one is another hank book. i own it and it is very very good.

Hank the Cowdog is a good book that my classmates and I read. It is about faded love. Hank and Drover are in love with Beulah, the collie. Hank was telling Drover that Beulah is his girlfriend and not Drover's, but Beulah likes Hank only as a friend. She said, "Because the way I feel, Hank, is that we should just be special friends. I like Plato."

But Plato was looking out for birds because he a bird watcher. Later, Hank saw Miss Scamper and said, "How do you do you, lovely lady?" Hank was going from one girl to another. Then Hank wrote a song to Beulah and it went something like this, "I have the strangest dream, Beulah, my dear, I'm standing close to you and holding you near. I feel electric shock, just being close by, touching your flaxen hair and seeing you're my love. I can't stop thinking about you, Beulah." Hank rolled around on a dead skunk and went to test it out on Beulah to see if the perfume worked. The "love" perfume smelled bad because he smelled like a dead skunk and Beulah did not like the perfume. But Miss Scamper liked the perfume that Hank was wearing.

(...)

I think that Faded Love is a good book. It is funny and also it has lots of adventures like the other books of Hank. I read this book with my classmates. Each of my classmates had a part in the book, like a kid was Drover and the other was Hank. Hank and Drover make this oath that they would never return to the ranch, and they would quit their jobs as cowdogs.

Drover told Hank that there was a snake on the ranch. It really wasn't a snake; it was just a cat's tale, which was Pete. Pete became mad at Hank because he thought he was a snake, so Hank left with Drover. On his way he met all kinds of old friends. He also meets new friends like Miss Scamper. She is this dog that Hank meets by a lake. Miss Scamper's owner stops by the lake and puts water in his radiator. Drover and Hank fall in love with Ms. Scamper. He also meets his old friends Rip and Snort; they are coyotes.

We found out that Drover is not that dumb. Hank sings this song to Beulah (she is hank's old girl friends, which was kind of funny. Hank and Drover decided to go back to the ranch. Drover reminds Hank about the oath, but he said that there are different kinds of oaths; one is forever and others are temporary. So they went back to the ranch and they saw the real snake. It was going toward little Alfred. Hank attacked the snake and the snake beat him. Everybody now thinks Hank is a hero.

This book is so much more then just a good read. It is an interactive soul search where ultimatley you can find and understand your true self...........your spirit.

So many people are lost and unsatisfied in the world today. What do I really want to do with my life? and what is ultimatley going to give me LASTING happiness and success??

This book can answer those questions. It did for me.

By not just reading, but actively participating in the focus boxes and learing how to use pro active reflection in my everyday life, I have come to understand my spirit and what really drives me. This knowledge has been invaluable to me and I recommend everyone, no matter where you are in your life, to read this book. Trust me it is time well spent. You won't regreat it.

This book was given to me a few weeks ago,and am presently at the 5th chapter...I must say I am pleasantly surprised so far. Am already thinking along new avenues & am gaining a new insight on my inner self & my own power of reflection...In this book, I enjoy to make use of the "reflection boxes" to jot down passing thoughts of the moment,which now also makes this book so personal to me.Also enjoyable are the short stories which are written with humour & compassion... but also teach in a very special manner...It is important to note,that by keeping an aware & open mind and in exercising faith...you can observe how daily life's troubles/problems are actually teachable/learning
moments.We just have to be in tune to ourselves & the author shows the way...
I now return to my reading & will surely reccommend this book to others....spm bifolchi/canada

More than a good read, FaithSkills is food for the mind. It teaches you the basics of personal success starting with oneself, leading to interactions with others. I recognize elements of behavior that have brought me success. Mr. Messier provides a much more complete explanation of why these principles work, then adds additional principles and information. Knowledge is power, and its easy to see how practicing FaithSkills will help us be much more powerful as we put into practice the things we learn.

Faith Skills gave me a "Kodac Moment" on my own life.
The way Rene has put the book together, anyone can read it,
and understand what they are reading.
What do you have to loose?? Nothing..... what do you have to
gain.... Everything. Trust me.... You will have a Kodac Moment too!!!!

To overcome obstacles in life we need to know and apply the life saving skills identified in this book.

Rene L. Messier has presented in a step-by-step format a self-improvement program that if followed will lead many to personal success.

Faith is an intangible subject debated by scholars and theologians since the dawn of time. Rene has identified life giving skills which with application, we can master and realize our dreams. Formal education does not teach these life giving skills however they are a necessity for true happiness

Just as how to achieve financial freedom is not taught in our formal schooling neither is how to achieve freedom from our own negative thoughts and behavior - Rene Messier has identified a pattern of success and the skill set needed to reach our higher purpose in life.

If you can master the skills in this book, you can master life. And if you master the faith skills in this book you will become a master

Go ahead - exercise a particle of faith that there really is a pattern to success in life.