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My 6 month old son enjoys this book. One evening, before bed, my husband called me into the room to show me that my son was pulling down the characters' hands to see their eyes! He enjoys Peek-a-boo with us, but I was really surprized to see him interact with the book like this. Of course he needs help to let go of the hands and not rip them, but I think I can say with certainty that he likes it!

My daughters loved this book. Both of them start to play peakaboo when I read this too them. They always laughted everytime I read the book.

I purchased this book for my son when he was about 10 months old and it's been a huge hit from the very beginning. His eyes light up when I ask him to get his "peek-a-boo" book. He loves to lift the hands to show who's hiding. It's a family favorite!

My son loves to play with the flaps on this book. There isn't much educational about the book, but he smiles when he opens the hands of each sesame street character. It is more of a fun book.

My 9 month old loves this book. He has a great time looking behind the flaps to play 'peek a boo.' I highly recommend!

I want to tell Ms. Kath-Bilsky, BRAVO for writing such an endearing story. I was hooked on the first page, and couldn't put the book down until the very end. It was worth staying up late to finish this story. It's been a very long time since I've been this engrossed in a romance novel. Thank you Ms. Kathy-Bilsky for giving me another author to love. Your hero, Devlin, was perfect. Just the kind of man I want to fall in love with. And your heroine, Christiana, was just the kind of head-strong heroine I enjoy reading. The many twists and turns in the story were well written, only giving brief hints at the right places until the perfect time to reveal the Abbey's secrets. Very well put together, I must say! I have put you on my list of favorite authors, and your stories will be an auto-buy for me from now on. Keep them coming, my dear!

The Sense of Honor
By Ashley Kath-Bilsky
Highland Press
978-0-9746249-6-9

THE SENSE OF HONOR is as sensual on the inside as the cover is on the outside. Ms. Kath-Bilsky has written a story of secrets and honor, treachery and love. Both Christiana Tatum and Devlin Grayson hide their true identities, for the sake of honor and loyalty. But in each other's arms, they find the love of a life time. Now, they must decide which is more important - secrets kept or secrets revealed. Before they can find their dreams though, they must come out of the shadows.

A truly remarkable book of honor and love. A not-to-be-missed summer read!

Ashley Kath-Bilsky's debut novel is an elegantly written story. Time is 1812; for most of the setting, Kent, England. The title, The Sense of Honor, accurately describes the motivation for hero and heroine, and propels the story forward in a believable fashion.

An inherited estate and missing ward bring Devlin Grayson, the Duke of Pemberton into the path of Christiana Tatum, housekeeper at Bellewyck Abbey. Both have secrets they must keep from each other, yet the secrets weigh heavy as the attraction grows between them. However, the sense of honor, as in protecting those who cannot protect themselves, keeps them from blurting out the truth at first opportunity.

This was a well thought out plot with well defined characters. I enjoyed the author's prose, her story and the way her characters slowly and believably grew into better, more trusting people. The resolution was very satisfying. There are sensuous scenes, not at all gratuitous but well written, which contribute to the story. Anyone who as a child had dreams about their own knight in shining armor will love this story. I did. I highly recommend The Sense of Honor and look forward to this author's next novel.

I first read parts of this book when I was a member of Hearts Through History. Ms. Kath-Bilsky was racking up the contest finals and wins at an amazing pace. Over a two year period she surely set a record! Only, historicals were going through a slow time, and so many very good historical writers were not getting their books bought. So hats off to Highland Press for recognising her talent and getting the book into print.

Devlin Grayson, the Duke of Pemberton, inherits an estate and it brings him nothing but trouble. However, it also brings him Christiana Tatum. She is the current keeper of Bellewyck Abbey, and is attracted to the new lord of the manor, but she has secrets she must shield from him. Others are involved and they must be protected, and that puts stumbling blocks into the road of the growing romance.

Kath-Bilsky loves her story, her characters and gives that heart to her novel that you often see in first time novelists. She delivers a story of love, honour and intrigue.

I hope this is the first of many novels from this talented author.

Ms. Kath-Bilsky has written a perfect romance novel with a most apt title. The story is all about honor and courage and most importantly, love. Christiana's life story is unveiled slowly and intriguingly, but the reader knows or suspects the truth much more quickly than does Devlin. Devlin has his own secrets. Christiana and Devlin are extremely attracted to each other from the minute they meet, but they don't quite trust one another. Too much is at stake for that. They both hide too many secrets and could lose everything, including their lives, if found out. Watching them unravel their truths is a most pleasurable journey. Watching them fall in love even through all their unanswered questions and suspicions is where Ms. Kath-Bilsky's talent shines.

I am in awe with every facet of this novel - its wit, its intelligence, its heart, the sophistication of the writing, the engaging main characters, and the eccentric but honest and loving secondary characters, all written as fully realized persons. Descriptions of clothing, countryside, and abbey are rich in detail, the words used sparingly, but brilliantly to set a scene that stays in your mind.

The Sense of Honor is an remarkably complicated story with many threads which all come together at the immensely satisfying ending. It is definitely a "keeper," and I'll be awaiting the next book from Ashley Kath-Bilsky.

This book uses the scientific method to make the case that we all have this extra unused sense. Well written by a lady who has a great sense of humor. I heard her on Art Bell's show and bought the book. ... BTW... I hope Art comes back on the air. He is a MASTER !

Dr. Nadel's style and content are excellent- I enjoyed this book thoroughly! The amount of relevant material that she has been able to marshall for it is amazing. Her approach to each aspect of the material is easy to understand, interestingly presented, and makes for fast and memorable reading. I found her manner of presentation to be respectful, apt, and very responsible. She opens up a huge number of avenues for further study by explicitely bringing into the picture the works of reputable and reliable experts who are experienced and very current in their perspectives. Additionally, there are plentiful suggestions from Dr. Nadel for those who wish to discover, explore, or enhance their intuitional and extrasensory abilities. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the subject!

This is the must have ultimate guide to your sixth sense! I love this book!

Demystify the intuitive capacity innate in human brains, understand psychic phenomenon, get command of it, discipline it, and choose what you want to focus on. The sixth sense is real but it isn't woo-woo or fantasy either. Understand the difference between sixth sense and your psyche shadow to stay clear and intuitively on. A great book on the phenomenon that isn't a phenomenon at all ... just every person's natural inheritance.

The first edition of this book was 1990 (second in 1996) before the current wave of books on intuition/psi and mind/body science was on the horizon. At that time, Nadel had been "exploring intuition, both personally and professionally" for fifteen years. Nadel was therefore one of the pioneers in this subject. That her work is still relevant today says something of its timeless quality.

What is not shown in Amazon's "Search Inside" feature of the latest edition is the preface in which Laurie Nadel describes the pivotal experience that began all this: she had travelled to San Fransisco to look for work, in 1975: She had never been there before but there was no place to stop and ask for directions. "Something" told her which turnings to take - left or right - at each intersection. After about twenty minutes she slammed on the brakes, questioning her sanity - only to realise that the offices she was looking for were only several buildings away. There was no "logical" explanation for this.

Not only did this incident inspire me to experiment for myself, I also very much liked the balance of the "rational and intuitive" that Nadel encourages. It's therefore great to see an updated edition of this book.

Nadel gives practical exercises and suggestions for explorations that are both creative and down-to-earth. This is particularly useful; although there are books now that describe recent research into the power of "non-local" mind, readers will want to know how to apply these new discoveries in their personal lives - and nothing facy or time-consuming. No special techniques, either.

Authors published recently such as Lynne McTaggart (The Intention Experiment) Bruce Lipton (The Biology of Belief) and Dawson Church (The Genie in Your Genes) inspire us with reports of incredible discoveries, and suggest special ways of drawing on our new-found mind powers. However, Laurie Nadel brings an everyday, practical approach to the whole subject that is refreshing and helpful.

Certainly, authors like Dawson Church stun us with reports that a group of people could "unwind" (activate) a sample of DNA at a distance of a 1/2 mile. I will continue to refer to his book (and other authors) for inspiration, but I have returned to Laurie Nadel's "Sixth Sense" for a practical, everyday approach.

After the initial euphoria of "The Secret" we need something as pragmatic as "The Sixth Sense." Particularly helpful if you have, like many others, had your own intuitive experiences and didn't know what to do with them.

I love these series of touch and feel books for babies/toddlers. I have purchased many of them for lots of kids under the age of 18 months and they all love them. Great travel book too!

My son got this when he was about 12 months old and it was instantly his favorite. There's a great extra 'game' you can play with these books. On each page is a little white mouse. I ask "Where's the mouse?" and he points to it. We have also bought a couple of others in this series and they are equally as fun.

wonderful books!!!!!!!!!!!! get them all!!! our daughter has loved them since she turned one, and still loves them after turning 2! very fun to read, colours are vibrant, textures are appropriate, such nice books!! first discovered this series on www.mybabycantalk.com 's dvd's "First signs" and "Sharing signs" (by the way the BEST dvd's for babies and toddlers to learn sign language (asl) and english words. they are a must alongwith the books listed here.

My daughter has loved this book (and several others in the series) since she was about 6 months old. She's getting less interested now at 13-months, but it's still a favorite.

This is a great board book and touchy feely book for age 8 to 9 months and up. I would even buy it for as young as 3 months old. It's sturdy, durable, colorful, beautifully illustrated. This book has won the Parent's Guide Award. They learn about the different textures and love looking at the pictures. A plus to this book is that there is a mouse hidden in the pages that they can look for. It gives them great satisfaction when they see it. It's a great reading readiness book and talk about book. We love it.

This book has great pictures of animals. The little one loves it. I do wonder why some of the previous reviews talked about different textures on the pages that the child can touch. The copy I got was just a plain old board book. It is still great and the munchkin loves it. I'm just wondering if there are more than one book with a similar name and someone got their reviews mixed up or if I ended up getting something else than what I clicked on. No big deal, just something I noticed.

I just love ALL the books in this series. My children just loved them when they were little, and if you've ever had babies you know how valuable a good book is -- you get to sit down for a while! They were fun for me to read and really fun for them to explore. In fact, I've already packed them away in their hope chests for when they grow up and have children.
Now, whenver I know anyone who has had a baby, these books (as many as I can find) are my gift.
Julie Clark Robinson, author of Live in the Moment

All of the DK (publisher) books have gorgeous photographs, and this one is no exception. The photos are sharp and bright and the animals are highlighted against a white background, which makes them look like they are about to jump off the page. The textures in this book are really unique too. So many of the touch and feel books have all the same textures (fur, sandpaper, etc). This book has really unique and interesting textures (e.g. a cool, rubbery, soft, smooth surface for the dolphin - it really feels like the skin of sea mammals I have touched; and a bumpy shiny surface for the lizard skin). My 14 month old daughter really enjoys feeling all the different textures and "reading" this book to herself. Highly recommended.

This book has the greatest variety of different touch sensations that I have seen anywhere. My 2 year old son received this for Christmas last year and it has been his favorite. The sticky tree frog was the best page for him. It did lose the stickiness quickly, but I found an adhesive at a craft store that was specifically for tackiness. I just put it on the spots whenever they wear out and then we have weeks of fun again.

My 4-month-old loves this book. She expecially loves the lion's long fur. She grabs it and will hold on for a long time. Needless to say, we spend most of our time on the lion page! But the other animals are neat too; a bumpy lizard, a smooth dolphin, a frog with sticky pads on its fingers, etc. This is a nice book to share with your child.

Having never been able to plow my way through all of Science and Sanity, I've mostly been searching for summaries of general semantics, and anything I can get my hands on. This book was an excellent overview of general semantics. GS along with the help of this book has completely overhauled my thinking. I can think -far- more clearly than I ever have in my entire life. I owe great debt to Korzybski et al! Definitely worth the read for those interested in evaluation & general semantics.

Drive Yourself Sane takes the core principles from Alfred Korzybski's book Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics (International Non-Aristotelian Library), and presents them in simple format that anyone can use. I regularly recommend this book to my coaching clients. You learn tools to make your own thinking processes more effective so that you can better understand situations and people. You learn communication tools that will help in personal and work situations. This really is a primer for experiencing your internal and external worlds with more ease and enjoyment. Would it be helpful to leave behind misleading thoughts that lead to anxiety and turmoil? This book could be a start. Each chapter has practical exercises that you can do on your own, with a friend or a group. The authors use humor and a clear writing style to guide you through the information and tools. This is a great tool for team building whether at work or with those you love!

I first read S&S in my late teens while in college probably in 1960. I truly believe that it kept me sane during that decade.
Thank you S&S for helping to save me from abandoning myself to profound confusion. Thank you S&S for helping me to question the events of that period by applying reason and the principles revealed to me by Korzibsky. When I was drafted into the military in 1968 I realized that I had 'under-defined' patriotism by excluding the terms Marine Corps(yes they were drafting people also), rifle and killing. Over 35 years have pasted and now I continue to apply S&S ideas to get me through each day as I hear the double-speak coming out of my government. Thank you S&S for helping me to understand that people who don't question will allow others to cast the definition of words for them. Democracy IS invasion, freedom IS our way, justice IS killing. Thank you S&S for reminding me that democracy, freedom and justice are just words and that their truer meaning can be more fully learned only by the way we define and live our individual lives. After all , democracy is just a word unless you live it!

General semantics provides a very clear, lucid way of understanding reality, and of building linguistic structures to express our understanding more clearly. I highly recommend this book for its clarity and ease of explanation, not to mention totally righteous, mind-blowingness.

Bruce I. Kodish has a doctorate in Applied Epistemology: General Semantics; further has studied physical therapy with posture-movement education. Currently serves on the teaching staff of the Institute of General Semantics. Susan Presby Kodish has a Psychology doctorate. Joining the Institute of General Semantics teaching staff in 1983, serving as Educational Director. Further both served as senior editors of the "General Semantics Bulletin".
Our daily functioning depends upon notions comprising of personal, collective, etc., experiences, perhaps involving some level of scientific understanding, but organized by Aristotle's (c. 350 B.C.) 'logic', which has an equivalence to a cultural 'common sense' forming a world view (paradigm). However when we evaluate using such mis-information, this leads to mis-perceivings, resulting in inappropriate, inflexible, functionings, etc., hence appearing maladjusted. Further that we do not question our false assumptions remains apart of the 'common sense' notions, that we are not aware as to how language affects our evaluating (event(s)-insight-logic), 'filtering' our perceivings. For example, Benjamin Whorf (1956) while an insurance investigator, had (re-)discovered (Korzybski, 1933) that, such 'unconscious' language 'habibts' can lead to accidents: people often smoked carelessly around 'empty' (filled with vapour) gaseoline drums.
Such that an uncommon sense, must involve an extensional (factual evaluating) orientation, thus scientific, as 'opposed' to 'conditioned' 'aristotelian metaphysical-logical' 'deductions'. That our premises (theories, guesses, etc) lead to consequences, as poorly developed forms of Mathematical-logic, first became noticed by Cassius J. Keyser (1922) as "Logical Fate". So that it appeared clear that if we can apply a mathematical framework, making our premises extensionally conscious, then we might function more adjusted, adaptively, (sanely), etc.; since different premises leads to different consequences, we must revise them inductively.
Where Alfred Korzybski's (1933) General Semantics (Science of values, hence evaluating), addresses these along with many other problems.
Whereas this book represents an excellent primer for General Semantics.

No matter what your background, there is promise in a book that contains "An Introduction to Probability Theory, Information Theory, and All the Rest." And Arieh Ben-Naim delivers.

Call something The Second Law of Thermodynamics and it's bound to have a forbidding quality. Partly this is due to the use of the word "Law", and partly it's because scientists have been challenged by the Second Law since it was first formulated 150 years ago. But despite this quality even the nonscientist needs a passing familiarity with the law's basic principles to understand some of nature's greatest puzzlements: Why do whole eggs break and broken eggs never again become whole? Why does a drop of red food coloring loosed in a bowl of water always disperse but the dye in a pool of pink water never coalesces to form an isolated spot of pure red? And why do teenagers' rooms only get messier? Ben-Naim can't help you with the deepest of these mysteries -- you just have to accept the room situation -- but he does shed considerable light on the hows and whys of the Second Law and on the scientific debates that have long surrounded it.

Understanding the Second Law means understanding entropy and the counterintuitive rule that, left alone, the entropy in a system always increases. Counterintuitive because what else in the universe always increases? In a clearly argued presentation, Ben-Naim makes the case that entropy is best thought of as information and that rather than some of the more typical expressions (e.g., an untended system always leads to greater disorder), what actually increases in a system left to itself is the amount of information needed to fully and correctly describe the whereabouts and behavior of the particles atoms and molecules therein.

It would be silly for a layperson to say much more about what is obviously a nuanced subject, and Ben-Naim plainly states that the nature of entropy has produced diametrically opposing opinions even among Nobel Prize winning physicists. But Ben-Naim does nonetheless provide even the lay reader with invaluable tools for better appreciating aspects of the Second Law. Among these tools are discussions and illustrations of the truly BIG numbers involved in the workings of the Second Law -- numbers so big that without scientific shorthand they could not be written in their entirety in all the time available since time began (numbers of the 1,000,000,000,000,000,... variety).

When the effects of probability are then unleashed in the realm of such big numbers, Ben-Naim shows how big systems "always" stabilize around their most probable states (red dye diffusing to pink in a pool of water) and how rare will be the exceptions: Turn ten thousand coins all to show "heads" then give the whole lot a random toss. While it is possible that all ten thousand will fall so that each coin again shows heads, don't bet on it. The chance is so low, says Ben-Naim, that you probably wouldn't get them to show that one unique result even if you could flip the coins at the rate of a million times a second and were able to do this for the entire 15 billion years the universe has existed. Instead, what you're almost always likely to get is close to half the coins showing heads and close to half showing tails. Which, says Ben-Naim, is why the randomly moving molecules of red dye will "always" spread evenly throughout the pool and "never" again come together in their original single drop. And why -- because it takes more information to describe the location of the particles in the dispersed rather than the concentrated dye -- the entropy of the red-diffused-to-pink system has increased.

This coupling of clear explanation and vivid example goes a long way toward making the concepts Ben-Naim presents accessible. And while the lay reader is not apt to come away with a thorough understanding of why "the Boltzmann constant (k) should be expunged from the vocabulary of physics," he or she will undoubtedly gain a deeper insight into the way the world around us works and why we see it the way we do. And which is why everyone can benefit from this book.

Arieh Ben-Naim, a distinguished scientist from the field of solution physical chemistry, guides readers to grasp basic principles of the second law of thermodynamics. In the book the author provides clear examples of how widely prevailed use of 'increase in disorder' to explain the underlying microscopic mechanism of the second law can be subjective and misleading. The statements made in this regard are reinforced by his decades of incomparable contribution to the understanding of hydrophobicity. One may recognize longstanding controversial aspects in the interpretation of the second law from the author's conclusion of the necessity of changing the unit of the absolute temperature. The book is written in a lucid manner, which can be done only by individuals who understand the essence of the subject in depth. The book is highly recommended not only to readers in fundamental physics and chemistry but to ones in biologically related science.

"... Arieh Ben-Naim invites the reader to experience the joy of appreciating something which has eluded understanding for many years -entropy and the second law of thermodynamics". This statement on the back cover for sure will reflect the experience of many who read this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to understand or teach the mysterious concept "entropy". Just sit back, open this delightful book, and experience how your foggy ideas are cleared up within just a couple of enjoyable hours. You need no prior knowledge; if you have learned how to read and how to count numbers between one and ten you possess all qualifications needed to read and appreciate all of its contents. The author not only succeeds to brilliantly explain the meaning of entropy, its statistical interpretation and why common sense leads us to conclude entropy (most likely) is ever-increasing - he moreover provides compelling arguments to do away with the second law altogether: ".. because science will find it unnecessary to formulate a law of physics based on purely logical deduction". This concluding sentence by Ben-Naim will be further substantiated in a forthcoming book by the same author. In addition to the present book, which I highly recommend to everbody who wants to learn about entropy in general, I also want to recommend another recent book by Ben-Naim on molecular theory of solutions to students and scientists interested in the entropy of solvation processes. The scientific literature on this topic is huge and -above all - utterly confusing. Ben-Naim's clearly formulated ideas have helped me a lot in understanding the subject better.

After seeing nothing but five-star reviews for this book, I figured I'd pick it up despite having little feel for what its target audience was since none of it was actually viewable on Amazon.

In a nutshell, this is very much a book for laymen. If you want an intuitive grasp of what entropy's about in the context of everyday physics without getting bogged down in math, then this may be a great book for you. The book uses as little math as possible in its explanations, and effectively assumes you're unfamiliar with or have forgotten high-school-level math operations such as factorials and logarithms. It manages to pound its point home reasonably well using lots and lots of fairly simple thought experiments that only differ from each other by little incremental steps.

On the other hand, if you already know anything at all about the information-theoretic formulation of entropy, already have an appreciation for the Law of Large Numbers, and have heard the words "macrostates" and "microstates" before, then there's nothing in this book you aren't likely to understand already. If you've taken a course on statistical mechanics and finished it without being horrendously confused, but maybe were hoping for a useful refresher on how different formulations of entropy are related, you should pass on this book. If you were hoping for illumination about the aspects of entropy that are actually at all "interesting" to modern physicists, such as black hole entropy (or the bizarre theories it's spawned such as the holographic principle), this is definitely not the book you're looking for.

Also, the book has no index. This is less annoying than it would be in a book that had more meat to it, but still, any 200+ page nonfiction book with no index should be taken out and shot as a matter of principle.

Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand" leads many people to think, that markets have the power to repair "themselves". But even in markets as open systems, there are irreversible processes, as the openness of real systems always is limited. Adam Smith, still in a Newtonian world, didn't know anything about the "second 'law' of thermodynamics" and "entropy". But at least today we should know better. Unfortunately entropy still seems to be some mystic thing to many, which to deal with should be avoided. (Knowing about entropy also increases responsibility. Some like to avoid that as well.)

You can't "avoid" entropy. Entropy is something very real: E.g. in broadband transmission the cost (e.g. chip size, power dissipation, heat generation) of managing entropy is almost proportional to the amount of entropy, which is to be managed. And climate change also can be explained by the entropy accounting (entropy generation, import, export) of the biosphere and the clogging of the interfaces of the biosphere, which are required to get rid of the entropy generated within the biosphere.

Therefore we need comprehensible explanations for entropy. My personal interest is not so much in entropy itself, but in how teachers and authors manage to explain entropy. Arieh Ben-Naim manages to get rid of all the fuzz which comes with so many publications related to entropy. He really manages to demystify entropy. I think, there are two paths which one could select to explain entropy. One is within information processing, the other one uses statistical physics. Ben-Naim chose the second one and thus not only managed to demystify entropy, but also demystified statistical physics: From my point of view, you just need a high school degree in order to be able to comprehend his book. Or you even may be lucky to have a teacher, who uses this book in the final high school year.

Economists and social scientists could get some help from the book too in understanding, what entropy really means. Indicators like the inequality measures of Theil and Kolm are entropy measures. And Nicholas Georgescu Roegen will be easier to understand. (The book would have been helpful to him too.)

Besides its content, I also like the making of the little book from Arieh Ben-Naim. It got very nice illustrations. And they are not just nice, they also are helpful. Here scientific thinking comes together with simple love to make things beautiful. It seems, that good science also leads to good aesthetics.

Related to this book, I also recommend the publications of M.V.Volkenstein (like Physics and Biology), although they are mostly out of print.

Brian Lane presents clear and concise information on hiking in the Grand Canyon. The fact that he has focused on the Bright Angel, South Kaibab, and North Kaibab trails--the popular trails to Phantom Ranch--is a boon to anyone going on their first backpacking trip in the Canyon. With his book you learn the necessary info to have an enjoyable and successful journey into the mile-deep gorge. His detailed and easy-to-read text provides info from his years of experience about your drinking water requirements, protection from the sun, conditioning prior to the hike, and desert safety. Lane's beautiful photographs of many of the scenes along way is a pleasant bonus--his fine art quality photos are stunning. Lane has created a classic backpacking guide book with the specific aim to get people into the Canyon--and back out again--while having fun.
Grand Canyon: The Vault of HeavenThe Fun Guide to Exploring Grand Canyon National Park (Grand Canyon Association)Grand Canyon Map and Guide[[ASIN:189386099X

Excellent book, answers lots of questions ranging from temperatures, sunrise/sunset times, elevation gain, appropriate equipment and trail conditions to what to eat (and avoid eating) and how to avoid health problems and how to treat them if they occur. Although for a trip to Phantom Ranch (our plan) one wants to consult a number of sources, this is the best I've seen so far at answering questions. Practical, easy reading and worth more than the price.

This little book is packed full of useful information for anyone planning to hike the Bright Angel Trail (as we are) or other Grand Canyon trails. It is well written, has some great pictures, and provides excellent advice. I really liked this book!

Fantastic photography, great maps, very informative! Awesome for anyone
who loves hiking. I have not yet visited the Grand Canyon, but when I do
this guide is going with me. It's a great size to carry hiking and you
can't beat the price either. A friend of mine also stated that she
wished this guide had been available 2 years ago when she visited the
canyon. This book is definitely a must read!

I would have expected a guide as well done as this to be twice the price. The author has taken some stunning photographs and backed them up with consise trail information. Makes me want to go back again soon. Excellent book.Hikernut's Grand Canyon Companion - A Guide to Hiking and Backpacking the Most Popular Trails Into the Canyon: Bright Angel, South Kaibab & North Kaibab Trails

This has been the favorite book of our 15 month old daughter since we bought it 5 months ago. In addition to feeling the different textures of all the different "monsters", she especially loves looking and laughing at herself in the mirror on the last page. Her 22 month old cousin loved it so much that we bought him one for his birthday too. Guaranteed hit with little boys and girls.

My 8-month old has loved this book since we got it three months ago. He reaches out to touch the monsters and he loves the last page with the mirror. It costs a little more than other baby books but is definitely worth it.

We got this book for my son when he was 6 months old. He was absolutely fascinated with the red hair on the cover monster and with the sparkly texture on one of the other monsters.

He is 9 month now and loves the surprise of the monsters under the flaps. It been a great book that keeps his attention while I read it to him!

The pictures are cute and colorful and as an adult I find that it is fun to read this book to him.

We bought this for my daughter's first birthday. She immediately loved turning the flaps to find the monsters and pet all the different textures. It's been a couple of months now and it's still one of her favorite books! She sits and turns the pages on her own and loves kissing her reflection in the mirror at the end. A great book I'd recommend to anyone!

I bought this along with about 6 other books for my neice when she was just about a year or so. She has yet to put this one down! It's the perfect size for toddlers as well as very engaging. The premise of the book is that not only is it touch and feel but the toddler has to find where the monsters are hiding. For instance, one hides behind the couch, another under the table, and another in the bathroom cabinet. (My neice now checks all those places to see if her monster friends are hiding there :) Each montster also has a 'feel' soft and fuzzy, coarse, smooth, etc. They are also brightly colored so she works on her colors as well. Overall its a great book and I would highly recommend it.

I have recommended this book to friends who would like to understand the subtleties of reading people. It is a good starting point for people wanting to know how best to approach individuals.

As the title says, this book is for coaches, managers and YOU! There are a lot of books out now on NLP and a lot of people talking about it. Roger Ellerton lives it. Oftentimes I've found that people talk about NLP but don't give action steps to put it in practice. This is what this book does with exercises and examples. This book is good for anyone who would like to improve communication with others yet also, good for improving communication with oneself.

Pick it up, read it, use it; read it again. It's worth the time and effort.

Revvell

Ellerton is Brilliant, Concise, Precise, Lucid, and Comprehensive. This is an in-depth explanation of, journey through, and discovery of NLP in its most clear and most comprehensively engaging representation. By far the most comprehensive and thorough and easy-to-understand book on NLP. I'm still reading it (plan to read it cover to cover) and will constantly use it for reference.

Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP & Common Sense For Coaches, Managers, And You by certified management consultant and certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming trainer Roger Ellerton is a self-help guide to using NLP to improve one's communication, free oneself from the burden of past memories, achieve goals, and much more. Written both for individuals seeking to transform their lives and parents, coaches, and managers helping their charges unlock their full potential, Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up is upbeat and positive-minded, offering step-by-step instructions to focus one's thoughts in the right direction. An excellent and easy-to-use self-help resource.

I highly recommend this book: the NLP exercises are laid out in a step by step format, making it a useful reference for NLP practicioners. "Live your Dreams" also provides an excellent overview of NLP for people who are not familiar with it. Throughout the book, questions are asked to stimulate the reader's reflection; this makes the book especially valuable for both individuals and trainers. In fact, I used it as a reference in a recent training I gave to coaches and I certainly plan to use it again!