Downloads Books

I had never heard the real King Arthur tale. I enjoyed it tremendously! Sean Bean's narration of this tale is exquisite. His voice is perfect for books on tape. Such depth. You felt you were really there. I would recommend this to anyone!

The whole family is hooked on this. The classical music that accompanies it is compelling. You think you are there.

Sean Bean does an awesome job on this production. His range of voices and dialects are amazing. Very eerie in the parts that are supposed to be.

It's hard to take such a well known tale and still make it fun to listen to, but Sean Bean's voice and cadences kept me listening to the end.

This CD was bought for our then seven year old son and we listened to it on a long car trip. What a fantastic way to pass the time. Sean Bean is phenomenal as the narrator and characters of the story. Thrown into this great story is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, another exciting story within the story of King Arthur. This story on CD appeals to all ages from our seven year old to our sixteen year old and to adults. It is one of a few stories that you really can listen to again and again and still be enthralled. I would highly recommend keeping it in the car for the long trips. In fact, I just convinced myself to listen to it again on our upcoming trip!

mr waite does a great job of engaging us with the details of his writing. taking us into the mind of an adolescent young boy and walking us through his thoughts and emotions.

reading the excerpt just made me want to read the rest and learn more - i am especially intrigued by the title!

The opening line beautifully sets the tone for this excerpt: "The summer I collected rattlesnake skins was the summer my father showed me how to keep a woman." I liked the quiet prose, and the immersion in the head of a young Hispanic boy. The neighbor woman, as a character, and as Raphael's obsession, becomes more compelling as the excerpt progresses, culminating in his spying on her through the window - a wonderfully delicate scene, and one which might easily have become unpalatable. The tensions between Raphael's mother and father, nicely demonstrated in the scene where she bangs a cup in front of him while he's drinking juice from the bottle, bring the central character more into focus. There was a slight repetitive nature to the prose which might have been intentional but feels more as if the author was trying to pad the story, and this could be off-putting if it continued through a novel.

Mr. Waite is a talented writer who quickly draws a reader into his story and the characters' world. This story left me wanting to read more stories from this creative author.

Mr. Waite perfectly evokes the beginning of a boy's adolescence and the subtly perceived dissolution of the marriage of his parents. More is hinted at than stated and so much the better.

The Life and Death of Seals by Urban Waite opens with the summer time adventures of 12 year-old Raphael and his younger brother Juan.

This summer, as with each summer, they are at their family's cabin in the Sierras. Their father watches them during the week as their mother continues her work at the hospital.

Isolated with the exception of the younger neighbor couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ramos, Raphael recounts how their days are spent exploring the woods and nourishing his fascination and young desires for Mrs. Ramos.

The sequence this excerpt covers is wonderfully written. Full of detail that is succinct for the purpose of moving the tale along, and varied enough to provide a multi-layered connection for the reader to this story. The author does an excellent job of letting the reader walk in Raphael's shoes.

Despite minimalist dialog, there was no lack of story activity and progress. It can be a tricky task to convey story line movement relying primarily on narrative passages, but the author does a wonderful job.

I envision this being a great long-stretch read and look forward to the opportunity of reading it through.

I was very skeptical about this book/method. Especially because I'm skeptical about anything that involves "steps" and such things.

Anyway, I just got the book 4 days ago and I have gone through the first "step" and it's being a great blessing. I encourage anyone that is dealing with addictions, bad habits, or just hurts from the past, to read this book or try to participate of a Celebrate Recovery group.

Highly recommended.

If you are on the road of recovery or if you are searching for answers as you face the challenges of life, Life's Healing Choices is a practical book to help you find hope as you overcome the hurts, habits and hang-ups that we all face in some way on another in this life.

As the Serenity Prayer denotes "accepting hardship as a pathway to peace", this book helps us to understand why we struggle and how; with God's help we can overcome those struggles. The book is a great read and in a very non-threatening way revels how much God really loves and wants to help us. I recommend it to everyone.

This is a well written book for anyone dealing with personal issues. In a simple to understand common language. After reading this book I felt sure God really did care about me and I believe you will also.

Life's Healing Choices is an excellent read for anyone who is struggling with a hurt, habit or hangup or knows someone who is struggling. John Baker takes an honest look at the issues facing people today and offers hope and solutions for living a full and abundant life. The testimonies in Life's Healing Choices demonstrate that, no matter what circumstances we may find ourselves in, there is a solution. A must read!

I LOVE this series. Its funny, smart, and addictive. Linda rights with ease and confidence. I LOVE IT!

I started and finished this book today. It's the first I've read by this author and found it to be a fun mystery to read.
If you enjoy mysteries, and daytime drama (not quite soaps) and want a quick book to read, pick this up. I'm off the buy the second in this series called 'Love Her to Death'. I'm hoping it will be just as great if not better.

Morgan Tyler, a young widow, write for a hit daytime soap opera. After only a few years she has become the head writer. The producer, who wasn't a kind man, ends up murdered. Since he'd been after Morgan many times, and she had repeatedly turned him down, she comes under suspicion of his murder. When she finds out he left her a fortune, Morgan decides she'd best figure out who did kill him to clear her name. Her life is beginning to look like one of the scripts she has written. Oh, and she still has scripts to write and problems to solve with the soap opera, too.

To complicate matters worse, one of the detectives appears to like her, but with her being a suspect, it puts a crimp in things. Morgan does develop a great relationship with his aunt.

Someone else is looking into the murder, and he becomes interested in Morgan as well. Much to the detective's chagrin. But, can she trust him? Is she even ready to date?

Can she figure out who the real killer is without having harm come to herself?

This is a fabulous book. I can't wait to read the next in the series. It is a funny, quick read, what is called a chick lit mystery. It is definitely a cozy as well.

Ms. Palmer has done a wonderful job with the plot. There are quite a few twists and turns so that it is difficult to figure out who did it and why before it is revealed.

I highly recommend this book.

My daughter was entirely addicted to more than one daytime drama. She couldn't bear to go to sleep at night before watching the shows she'd taped that day while she was at work. I'm just as addicted to reading Linda Palmer's books about `daytime drama' head writer Morgan Tyler. Unfortunately, it takes longer to write such wonderful books than it does to read them. Drat.

This first installment introduces Morgan and her cadre of co-workers, friends and even the occasional enemy. Set in Manhattan, the city springs to life and becomes an additional character, due to the author's obvious familiarity with it.

As a fairly new employee of Global Broadcasting Network, Morgan is put in charge of the bigger-than-life `Love of My Life' program. There are egos all around, and when one is trampled, (whether real or not) an executive is murdered. Morgan is not fond of tip-toeing around the problems she encounters.

The characters in this book are so lively they fairly jump off the page to grab your attention. The writing is superb. There's humor, there's romance, there's mystery-not to forget the magnificent Morgan. And the plot? Well, you'll have a hard time putting the book down before the final page. And then you'll want to go back to page one and start all over again. I did. After I'd ordered book two--Love Her to Death.

Morgan Tyler is a young widow who started a career in writing soap operas after the death of her husband. Morgan is not afraid to say how she really feels and when her lecherous boss is found murder, Morgan is naturally at the top of the list of suspects. When she is found to be a significant beneficiary of his will, she knows she is in trouble. I like that the heroine has multiple love interests in the novel - when she decides to reenter the dating scene she does so with gusto. The plot twists are fun and surprising. A great novel.

With respect to the book on CD version, the narrator does a great job with the different voices. Very entertaining.

We are big Doctor Seuss fans and are attempting to get the entire collection for our daughter. Like the book, just too similar to Fox in Socks. Nothing but tongue twisters and no real story.
Great to have if your trying to collect all Dr Seuss books. If completing the collection is not important to you, I would only chose this if you don't already have Fox in Socks

Great book for my 1st grader, he loves the rhyming words throughout.

This book captures literary genius in the form of childish tongue twisters. It proves to be an excellent practice of diction and reading rhythm while providing extreme entertainment for the little listener. The love of words is the beginning of all great literary accomplishment, and this child's book is a step in the right direction.

This book was one of my husbands favorites when he was growing up, and now that we are expecting a child he wanted our son to have the same experience. He was so excited when it arrived that he read it to me as a bedtime story. The riddles start out easy, but by the end of the book your tongue is so twisted it's hard to say anything!! It's a lot of fun and we really look forward to hearing our son try to say these riddles when he learns to speak.

This is a really fun book to read. However, you REALLY have to pay attention to the words or you will mess them up. If you love tongue twisters, this is the book for you. It also is great for young readers, but they may become frustrated with some of the words. It's fun for little ones to listen to and to see how fast you can say these phrases. When you hear "faster, faster," well, you know you're encouraging reading in your child. A very fun book - I recommend it.

It's only love.
Did Lennon got the tittle of his song from the novel?... guess will never know.
I must admit the author toys a bit with the reader in this book... after a promising beginning (deja vu if you want...), the plot is very thin and quite incredible... and as you start thinking Fleming is off form... all the pieces come together perfectly.
Not perhaps my favorite in the series... but has many novelties (for once no Caribbean, not a lot of England... and a lot of imagination for a so quiet Swiss surroundings...
No spoilers up to know I think. But quite romantic novel...

Of course better to read them in order as I am doing... only two books remaining... a good summer reading decision if ever I got one.

ADB

This is my first ever James Bond novel, I can't remember if I saw the movie. This is a thinking person's spy story with few gimmicks but great finesse and ingenuity. Fleming fascinated millions with his suave 007 personality and his missions against villains who were larger than life and twice as nasty.
The pace is slow, a good armchair read with a briar pipe in hand. An entire new generation will find the foreshadowing deep and miss the absence of the now classic action adventure. But Fleming's astute writing style will continue to attack new fans who enjoy a good story well told.
Nash Black, author of TRAVELERS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.

James Bond is still hunting for Blofeld. After a year Bond thinks he is useless, and wants to quit. In Italy he saves a girl who was trying to kill herself. This leads to a relationship, and Bond learns that she is the daughter of a high ranking Italian gangster.

He has info on Blofeld. He is in Switzerland running a finishing school type or organisation, after having undergone plastic surgery. It is really a brainwashing organisation to get women to basically be terrorist weapon carriers.

Bond infiltrates Blofeld's organisation, gets out of there, and here Tracy helps him out.

He asks her to marry him, and she agrees.

Bond, with some of Tracy's dads' men, assaults Blofeld's organisation, but the supervillain gets away again, and has a nasty surprise waiting at Bond's wedding.

This is definitely one of the better Bonds since, like CASINO ROYALE and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, the more formulaic elements are so well integrated in the story.

What I loved about FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE was that the obligatory romance was the actual scheme of SMERSH to ensnare and kill 007. The characters were well-drawn and Bond doesn't come off as such an indestructible superman. His heart is broken in CASINO ROYALE, confused in FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE and then shattered in ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE. (It's also very cool that we learn that Bond annually visits the grave of Vesper Lynd as well as still checks into Casino Royale as well).

We meet Ernst Stavro Blofeld again, not because of some grandiose world-conquering plot, but because he wants the respect and nobility of a title. The College of Arms angle of the story should be the dullest part of the story but Fleming actually makes it interesting by revealing the desire of everyone--except James Bond--to be "somebody."

The biological warfare passages may seem dated but I like revisiting the 007 books while keeping them in context: they must have been fantastic reads in the 1950s and 1960s. These books really anticipated the very modern threat of what Fleming referred to as "the man with the suitcase"...which contains an atomic device. Blofeld's plot in this book to attack England through its livestock with a virus is certainly something to think about in this day of Mad Cow and Bird Flu epidemics.

Although I'm only quibbling, I wished there had been more development between Bond and Tracy, the only woman to ever become Mrs. James Bond. After reading the novel, I felt as if I saw more of her in the movie! (The movie version of OHMSS is also one of the best).

Among the titles of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels, I'd have to say that On Her Majesty's Secret Service is my least favorite, with neither the brevity of a Dr. No or Goldfinger nor the plot descriptive nature of The Man with the Golden Gun or From Russia with Love. Even if I dislike the title, however, this is one of Fleming's best Bond books.

The story opens around a year after the events of Thunderball (the intervening book, The Spy Who Loved Me, is not even mentioned). The villain in that book, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the mastermind behind SPECTRE, has been in hiding and James Bond is trying to seek him out. It is a more-or-less futile assignment and Bond is disillusioned enough to consider quitting. Before submitting his resignation letter, however, he takes a break at a casino. During this mini-vacation, he performs a chivalrous act to save a beautiful countess from embarrassment; she in turns, rewards him in her own special way.

This countess, familiarly named Tracy, is also the daughter of a genial but ruthless mob boss who Bond winds up (pardon the pun) bonding with. The boss, Marc-Ange, realizes that his daughter is troubled (in fact, suicidal), but that Bond may be able to help her by marrying her. Bond is not willing to do that, but is willing to see her again after she gets treatment. In the meanwhile, Marc-Ange gives Bond a lead on Blofeld.

Blofeld has holed himself up in the Swiss Alps, where extradition is nearly impossible. Bond goes undercover, hoping to lure Blofeld into Germany where he can be arrested. While there, he stumbles upon a strange plot that seems to involve young women seeking treatment for allergies. What Blofeld's scheme is goes beyond Bond's expertise, but the superspy will have more immediate problems as his cover is threatened.

Eventually, Tracy gets back into the mix, which adds another level to the story. Bond versus Blofeld is good, but at long last, Bond meets a woman who he can truly love. Since the first Bond book, Casino Royale, when Bond found himself betrayed by a lover, he has never been willing to truly risk emotional attachment. This time he does, and this adds an extra depth to this particular novel.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the middle part of what I think of as the Blofeld Trilogy, which started with Thunderball and concludes with You Only Live Twice, so it may not be the best Bond book to start with. For Bond fans, however, this book is a treat and one of the very best that Fleming wrote.

Once Upon A Curse is a book that every book lover should read (after you've read The Frog Princess and Dragon's Breath of course)... It has time travel, fairys, dragons, harpies, and other magical creatures too. Captivating with kind and snotty ancestors that Princess Emma meets when she's trying to solve the family curse's mysteries... along with Eadric, Lil, and some magic she's bound for a journey no one's gone on before!

We bought the Frog Princess from a school bookfair. I've been reading it to my 8 year old daughter. We both enjoyed the book so much, I bought the next two in the series on Amazon. These are wonderfully funny, engaging stories. This is a children's auther I would highly recommend.

Ilove the romance in this book.Emma and Eadric
are very funny characters.I love the magic in this book.
I hope to keep reading the series!

This book is just one of the wonderful books in this series. An absolute family treasure and fun for the whole family.

This was a fun book that has been passed around in family. I read it first and then passed it to my 13 yr. old daughter who then passed it to my 10 yr. old daughter. We've all laughed with delight at some of the exploits our "heroes" manage to involve themselves in. A must read! Grab the whole series while you're at it!

Talk about dreams coming true! In "One Little Secret" Ursula Rhoades a suburban housewife and mom has the chance of a lifetime to sing with the great Nik Prevel an awesome rock singer in his own right - son of the great Cristoff Prevelakis who is known as the love ballad king. There's only one small problem Ursula can't seem to tell her husband who is in New York for the summer working on the biggest case of his lawyer career the case that could lead to a senior partnership in his law firm. A dream that Ursula and her husband Don have worked towards all their married life. Yes Ursula had dreams of her own just as we all do. She dreamed of winning a Grammy. But she gave it all up for her husband and children, Victor and Valerie - that is till now.

Who would have thought just one innocent night of standing in for the singer in her son's band would lead to a chance of a lifetime invitation by Nik Prevel who wants to record a CD of love ballads with or without his father's blessing. Ursula agrees after much persuasion to do the project but no one is to know except Nik and his manager Arnie. So she becomes Alexandra Arcano or Alex the mystery woman. Ursula tries all summer to tell her husband but he's so busy they hardly have time for phone conversations. Ursula begins to wonder if God really wants her to tell her husband as something happens everytime she tries. Ursula knows she's lying to her family something she has never done. Deeply religious, all this is tearing Ursula apart.

Wow! the author Allison Bottke does an amazing job on this her second novel the first being "A Stitch in Time" where we first meet Ursula. God is all over this novel! An awesome read for teen girls and adult women alike call it fiction, contemporary fiction or chick-lit this reviewer calls it God's light as this novel has more reference to God than most Christian fiction books I've read in along time and that is so awesome. So find a comfortable chair, maybe some popcorn and sit back and enjoy "One Little Secret" as you won't want to put it down and I promise you'll come away never looking at your own life the same again!

Ursula Rhoades isn't "just" a housewife- she is a gourmet chef with an eye for fashion and a knack for hostessing exquisite events. She is also a faithful wife and mother who is very clear on her priorities, God and family first. Ursula finds herself offered the chance of a lifetime: to record an album with the hottest pop star in the nation- Nik Prevel.

Born into a lifestyle of fame and fortune, Nik is accustomed to getting everything he wants which leaves him feeling strangely empty. It also makes him completely unable to accept Ursula's refusal to work with him. Enter mystery woman Alexandra Arcana... and a secret which will change the lives of Nik, Ursula, and her family forever.

Allison Bottke's novel is a fun indulgence into a lifestyle many of us daydream about. She does a lot of name dropping of designer everything (which is a bit overkill) in the early chapters, but in her defense this sets the tone for a world where image is everything. Central to the storyline are the concepts of sacrifice and gratitude. Ursula reminds women everywhere to never give up on a dream because through God, all things are possible.

If you are a fan of "chick lit" but are looking for a little more spiritual meat, you are guaranteed to enjoy Allison's very delicious One Little Secret. You might even find yourself wanting a second helping!

Ursula Rhodes, last seen in A Stitch in Time, is a regular housewife and mother who's taken the summer off to relax and perhaps even take some opera lessons. Her plans are ruined though when her husband is called away for business and seems to busy to talk to her about his plans. Meanwhile pop star Nik Prevel is looking for a singer who can make an album with him and boost his career. When he hears Ursala's singing at a party, he knows that she's the one. Suddenly the housewife becomes a singing sensation that everyone wants to hear. Mom - lit meets American Idol.

This was a really fun book to read. I enjoyed learning about what goes on in the music industry. Who hasn't had the dream of winning a Grammy? Even if you sing horribly, you always wish that you could be up there singing a duet with your favorite star and then getting rewarded for it. I liked how even though I know that there are negative influences in the music world, this story was able to stay in the positive area. I was proud of Ursula for not backing down with her priorities with Nik. I'm glad that she set down what conditions she was going to follow and not give in to him simply because he was famous. I know that there would have been many women who would have fallen for Nik's advances especially if their husband had been distant like Don. I'm glad that Ursula did not fall prey to him. Although I will admit, I got frustrated that she kept giving in to her family and Don at the end of the book. They keep getting mad at her for keeping a secret yet she didn't seem to explain to them the real reason why she did it. She just kept apologizing when I felt she shouldn't have to. But other than that minor quirk, I really did enjoy this book. Very fun and I learned a lot too! I really loved seeing all the famous celebrities stop by and make little cameos throughout the book. It's more fun than seeing fake names pretending to be stars. They didn't have to interact with the main characters but it was fun to not know who would pop up next. I would love to own a copy of Blissful Love. It sounds like it would be the perfect CD to listen to on a romantic evening or to kick back and relax

Ursula has everything: an upper class lifestyle, a beautiful house, a rich husband, talented children, classic beauty, and she sings opera, to boot--but I like her anyway! A fun read, especially if you're like me and occasionally want to escape to another world. You'll find yourself pulling for Ursula one minute and ready to knock her in the head the next. What a treat! Thanks for the ride, Allison!

"One Little Secret" is fun, fun, fun...and inspirational too! Whether you're going on vacation or you need a little vacation, this is the book to throw in your tote bag. I loved it!
Tracy Klehn, author of "Prayer Starters for Busy Moms" and "Growing Friendships"

Newman gives us something fresh about ordinary characters in ordinary situations ... which speaks volumes about how EXTRAordinary this writer is. The first few paragraphs set my teeth on edge. They were raw, real, and hit far too close to home. Still, I couldn't put it down. We all know a Joe like Wade. Heck, many of us ARE a Joe like Wade. I am a completely converted Pittsburgher, but I've lived in a number of gritty, hard-working towns. Regardless of what sports team you root for, this is about a working man in a working man's life with a working man's dirt under his nails ... and a glimmer of hope in his eyes. I want to read more!

It would be a damn shame if Dave Newman's novel PITTSBURGH IN THE TITLE isn't selected to move on in this competition. Honesty, love, sadness, and unbelievable joy fill these pages. Newman has mastered his own rhythm of storytelling and once you let yourself go, it's amazing how clear and honest everything comes through. It really is something to check out.

Set in Pittsburgh during the Steelers recent successful Super Bowl run, it gorgeously captures how a football-mad town swoons for its favorite team. The sun does seem to shine a little brighter when that happens. People hold each other a little tighter. It's absolutely insane in the best possible way.

But there's so much more to PITTSBURGH IN THE TITLE than a love for the Steelers. This is not a sports book. Newman draws the main character Wade so good that I could easily picture him hanging out with Orwell's Eric Blair or Bukowski's Henry Chinaski. You get to know Wade inside and out and if he was able to walk off the page, you most definitely would want to sit him down in your kitchen, give him a beer and burn a few of your favorite CDs for him. He's a hero we all could get behind, and you'll be rooting for him throughout the book.

Dave Newman's opening chapters have tremendous energy that draws you right into the novel. The main character Wade is trying to survive at his warehouse job while the Steelers are in the process of making it to the Superbowl. Wade's fellow workers are finding lunatic ways to call off work to make it to the big game, leaving a hapless Wade behind to carry the load. As the narrator notes, "There was nobody to cover but Wade, and it was killing him in all kinds of ways." Newman's sympathy for Wade and the other characters in this funny book is remarkable. Newman's description of the city, both the hardworking sections and the up and coming neighborhoods, is dead-on accurate. The dialog is perfect, and the writing style will carry you through chapter after chapter of Pittsburghers living through a crazy time in the Steel City. The story is so well told and so resonant that anyone who has ever worked hard to scrape by in this world will be able to identify with the people in Dave Newman's terrific work.

I was about to write "I wish I knew Wade," but stopped because I do know him. Everyone knows him. That nice guy who works too hard and doesn't think much of himself. He's your neighbor or your boss and you always wonder what he's doing when you're not around. That's what makes Dave Newman such an incredible storyteller. He takes a guy like Wade, a supporting character, and makes him the protagonist. Not everyone can make that work and there's a reason there is a supporting role category in the Oscars. Oh, how I wish this were longer than 8 pages.

This is remarkable writing: so transparent you forget you're reading, a central character who is completely alive, and a real voice. Astonishing to find work of this caliber here. The prose style is supple and visual: a bruise is described as the size of a "small blackberry pie." The dialogue was pitch-perfect. I loved Wade's visit to a bar in "Lawrenceville, a part of Pittsburgh that was supposedly undergoing a cultural renaissance, meaning, Wade guessed, that it would be getting harder to find a decent hooker but much easier to find a gallery selling framed photos of dead trees." You can see in that sentence the humor and the truth that is present throughout this excerpt. Impressive material.

Larry King is humorous. I read this book in 1 day I couldn't put it down! If you want to understand prayer from a wide range of people from different faiths and beliefs then you should get this book. I read it free from the library years ago and for some reason I just thought to myself maybe I will buy it. lol....hope you enjoy this book as I did.

This book is going on eight years old as I write this review, but I suppose it will always seem timely. Larry has quite a knack for just telling it like it is. As an admitted agnostic he has no agenda in passing along this delightful collection of tales and interviews with those who [mostly] have belief in God. And mind you, this is not a book on religion. True to its title, the book relates prayers - moments - that have moved others to prayer. In some instances it is the circumstance which catches your attention, and other times it is the prayer itself that provides the power. And Larry's personal asides are even more delightful.

All in all I was always interested in reading on to the next page, person, or prayer. This is an "un-fussy" book and a wonderful read.

This book will open your mind if you are agnostic, and it may make you angry if you are set in your conventional religious beliefs. This is not a politically correct book, and King takes some risks, but it is worth a good read whether you are spiritally inclined or somewhere in the middle.

Jeffrey McAndrew
author of "Our Brown-Eyed Boy"

Mr. King delved into the foundation of Spirituality and Religion and made simple an otherwise complex and controversial issue. The book focuses on the individual and his or her communication with God, while setting aside religious beliefs. I would like to recommend to friends who are too formal about prayers and to those who maybe agnostic such as Larry King in his book.

Mr. King delved into the foundation of Spirituality and Religion and made simple an otherwise complex and controversial issue. The book focuses on the individual and his or her communication with God, while setting aside religious beliefs. I would like to recommend to friends who are too formal about prayers and to those who maybe agnostic such as Larry King in his book.