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I just received this book today and, already, I can't put it down! Dolphina's writing style is friendly and conversational making this book a delight to read. The description of the belly dance moves is spot on and easy to follow. I love the beautiful photos -kudos to Dolphina for chosing women of all shapes! I have all of Dolphina's dvds and use them to reinforce what I learn in my weekly belly dance classes. Now, I have her wonderful book to use as well. In fact, I intend to take this on vacation so I can keep up with my dancing! Thanks Dolphina, for producing such an invaluable reference book for belly dancers of all levels of experience! I certainly hope the publisher does a second printing of this book - I would love to give one to every woman I know.

this is a really good book. great visuals, including arrows showing the directions your head, arms or hips should move. good descriptions on what to do. the bellydancers have nice outfits and it really covers all aspects of belly dancing. i've taken a class before and find this to be a great refresher with some new information too. this would be a good gift for someone interested in bellydancing. enjoy!

This book is very helpful and I love the format! I just need to get off my tuff and apply myself. I read through the book and it is marvelous.

I used this book as a filler to lessons while I was traveling and I have to say that it did the trick. Dolphina makes it clear the moves she is expecting you to do and makes suggestions to practicing them that certainly made for a good physical and mental workout. I really love the photography and I like how the book progresses, containing 3 sections so that you can build up to a more difficult workout. The combinations are lovely and put together a very pretty dance once you are complete with drills. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is going to be without lessons &/or dvd access and doesn't want to lose their momentum.

This book can stand on its own as training for belly dance, but I haven't used it that way because I do Dolphina's Goddess DVDs as workouts. The photography is excellent and the descriptions of the moves make sense. If you want to refine your moves in bellydance DVDs, this book provides good tips. It also includes routines, so you can perform belly dance to your own music if you want to expand beyond the traditional DVD soundtrack.

Visually pleasing. The models and settings are lovely, but I didn't feel as if their level of fitness was out of reach, which is nice. There are several models, including Dolphina.

There is a brief history of belly dance in the beginning, but the emphasis is on how to perform moves and the routines.

Of all the management tomes available in the marketplace, The Better People Leader sits next to The Game of Work, Good to Great, and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

Perhaps more than any other business author, Chuck Coodradt understands how to convincly communicate the need to focus on RESULTS and provides the step-by-step plan every reader craves. Importantly, Chuck has been preaching the gospel of results and leadership for over a quarter of a century...and has never varied from the same basic (and learnable) management principles over that period.

Chuck has played a large part in my business success over the years. He has supplied valuable training and information which, when applied, was part of the catalyst for success in my business career. I have purchased and shared his new book "The Better People Leader" with dozens of business leaders. A special thanks to Chuck for sharing his talent and gift of teaching in this new book.

Fred Ferguson
Profit Enhancement
Associated Food Stores

Chuck Coonradt has done it again. I have read his other works (The Game of Work, Managing the Obvious, Scorkeeping for Results)and this is the best yet. Not only does Chuck share his common sense wisdom about leading people, but his approach to leading people WORKS! I have implemented his Game of Work program and experienced the results first hand!

People -- not only the ones who help us build our business but those who buy our products / services . . . NOTHING is more important! As managers, we have to surround ourselves with people smarter than we are. In "The Better People Leader," Chuck Coonradt details the necessity of finding, nurturing, coaching, praising and keeping your most important asset -- people. His coaching techniques center around his 12 "Attributes of Better People Leader." This a MUST read!

If you can't, or do not want to follow the principles outlined in Chuck's newest treatise on over-the-top business performance, then you will not have fun and perform at the highest level as a boss!

Gary Birdsall (Salt Lake City, UT) -- former colleague of Chuck Coonradt and a continuing fan of Urban Meyer.

Well Coonradt has done it again! His ability to refocus the attention of leaders who are much to busy is truly a gift. The simplicity of the "Better People Leader" should be ingrained in every executive, yet we find ourselves distracted from the most important issue in business, "Our people".......

Having read some of his other books, (Game of Work, Managing the Obvious), Mr. Coonradt once again reminds us that we can never become to busy to develop our people. Nothing can be more important, and as usual his in your face accountability forces you to really evaluate your self and business. The practical "Player Development" sheets quickly have you back into coaching people. I'm a bit surprised he did not title the book, "It's the People Stupid!



Great fast read to get you focused back on people, at work and at home.



Ted Elliott

President and C.E.O.

Coverall Cleaning Concepts

This is some of the best writing I have ever run into. Incredible! Different. Excellent!

This is the best book I have ever read. My favorite book used to be "The Fools Progress" by Ed Abbey, but McCarthy's theme of regeneration thru violence is written so eloquently, it makes me cry. I can't understand how a person can write about scalping Indians in 1860's Mexico and not have people gasping in horror, but you can't put it down once you start. The story makes one wonder about the history of this country, and the people who settled the west. I particularly liked the scenes in old San Diego and the Colorado River. I can't forget about the mercury miners and their burros carrying mercury in the Sierra Madres. And the kid was one of my favorite literary characters ever. Not loveable or even likeable, but fully materialized. I'm looking forward to reading "The Road" next.

I NEVER HEARD OF THIS NOVEL UNTIL I WATCHED A HAROLD BLOOM INTERVIEW ON C-SPAN. HE CLAIMED IT WAS THE BEST FICTION WORK OF THE PAST FIFTY YEARS. I QUICKLY ORDERED IT AND BEGAN READING. McCARTHY'S WRITING WAS OVER DESCRIPTIVE IN RELATING THE LANDSCAPE IN WHICH THE STORY TOOK PLACE. IT TENDED TO BOG DOWN THE NARRATIVE. THE VIOLENT SCENES WERE GRAPHIC BUT TRUE TO THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE STORY TOOK PLACE. JUDGE HOLDEN IS LIKE AN EVIL CHARACTER OUT OF A STEPHEN KING NOVEL. THIS GAVE HIM A SUPERNATURAL QUALITY THAT MADE THIS WESTERN SO DIFFERENT. THE CHARACTER KNOWN AS KID, SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY ONE IN THE BOOK WITH A HUMAN HEART. THIS IS WHY IT CAN BE A DEPRESSING TALE TO READ. EVIL GETS ITS WAY EVEN IN THE LAST CHAPTER. THAT'S NOT WHAT I SLOGGED THROUGH 340 PAGES FOR.

I read a lot. I can't think of a better book. Blood Meridian, "the kid," "the judge" and the rest are in my head for good.

This novel is landmark. McCarthy uses settings and actual events of the American west to cut away the superfluous flesh of modern fiction and reveal humanity's rawest. Also a fan of other great southern writers like Faulkner and Penn Warren, I found the prose of Blood Meridian tearfully beautiful and the content atrociously engaging. The portraits he paints of scene and deed are unrivaled; such violence portrayed so eloquently reveals again McCarthys gift for description. The character development is masterful, and the themes presented herein flash through one's mind years later. This book forces us to consider evil, authority, and perhaps divinity anew and is as beautiful as it is powerful. In my estimation this is McCarthy's greatest work to date, and I find it no surprise that this novel was his first to be inducted into the Modern Library. I hope you appreciate and enjoy this literary masterwork as I have.

This is a super book that will give inspiration and guidance to those parents raising boys. With hilarious and insightful real experiences, this book is a must own owners manual that will explain the mysteries in the mind of the adolescent boys, much that will convince anyone that God had a sense of humor when he created boys! I recommend this book to many close friends to read!

RECOMMENDED!

I highly recommend this book to anybody who has ANY dealings with boys, even if they're not your own. This book was a wonderful insight into the mind of the male and definitely helped me understand (as the only female in a house with four males) some of the intricacies of the male psyche.

Dave Meurer is a wonderful author and the intermittant mentions of God and christianity were nice and didn't come close to the stuffy, cram-it-down-your-throat level that some authors seem to take.

I highly recommend this book, if only for the enjoyment of reading the story about Dave when he was a child and the fireworks. Hilariously funny.

I had the rare opportunity of meeting this author at a Writer's Conference. He is warm and witty and is the "real deal". Dave helps us see the lighter side of life but still through a stained glass perspective. He offers up humorous slices of life that will have you laughing out loud. Read all of the DAVE books - Boyhood Daze, Daze of Our Wives, Out on a Whim and his newest one to come in May 2002 - Stark Raving Dad.

Dave Meurer is a gifted author. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. As a parent of only one son, I too have learned the hard and fast rule: You can cry, or you can laugh. Like Dave, I think I'll stick with laughter.

I am the mother of a red headed 5 year old boy. I read this book over the weekend. This book helped me to laugh at the struggles of raising boys and enjoy what makes boys different and special.The author weaves in a Christian theme. The book is worth the price. It was a help to realize all this bliss of raising a son will not go away anytime soon.

In Brother to Brother, Reverend Thomas Walker is encouraged to have radical surgery over and over again by urologists who practice bad medicine. The Reverend seems to know propoganda when he sees it and refuses to have his body destroyed for no benefit. He makes good decisions despite the urological establishment's pressure to do the wrong thing. A nice enjoyable read. Like the other physician who reviewed this book, I rate it very high.

Bravo to Dr. Walker for writing such a compelling book about prostrate cancer. This book is certainly a "must have" for all men, especially african-american men.

In the only randomized placebo-controlled study every done on the radical prostatectomy, radical surgery was no better than placebo. Reverend Walker seems to figure this out. Instead of being pushed into surgery by several urologists he undergoes the much less harmful treatment of radiation seed implants. Definitely read this book and note how much pressure was put on the reverend to undergo surgery, while other less harmful options were ignored. The reverend triumphs over his urologists.

This book chronicles more than one man's struggle with this dreadful disease. It provides spiritual hope for the masses of men who are having the same experience. It proves that I don't have to die SPIRITUALLY, SEXUALLY, EMOTIONALLY OR PHYSICALLY from prostate cancer! Thank you, Thomas L. Walker!!!!

As a physician recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, I found the book entertaining and easy to read in 2-3 hours due to the large text. I applaud him for encouraging men to have their prostates checked starting in their 40's. Unfortunately, the book is directed to Blacks more than to all men. The reader is cautioned that the author delays treatment and eventually chooses one form of therapy at a specific institution. The treatment option that has the greatest chance for cure is downplayed. Use this book as only one resource among several. Also, I would have liked more encouragement to let the diagnosis change your life for the better. Best wishes.

I love biographies and this is one of the best.

Isobel Kuhn writes her story of her personal belief to Christianity with grace and honesty. She tells of her struggles to believe, and her climbing with God step by step as He leads her to greater heights. She tells how God called her to the mission field in China.

A great read for someone questioning their roots in Christianity and needing to find their own faith instead of simply accepting the way they were raised. It will strengthen your resolve to find God for yourself. This was Isobel's theme, and she tells how God gently and patiently led her into a grounded solid Christian faith of her very own...not just one "handed down" by her parents. An exceptional book.

You may also want to read "In the Arena" in which she briefly describes again her journey to faith, but mainly tells the story of she and her husband's miraculous mission to the people of China.

Isobel Kuhn's life and missionary work were nothing shy of miraculous due to her deep faith and continuous trust. What a beautiful book, what a beautiful life!

Isobel Miller Kuhn (1901-1957), a Canadian missionary to the Tibeto-Burmese Lisu people of southwest China, wrote a number of popular books about her missionary work. This one, published posthumously after her premature death from cancer, treats Kuhn's pre-missionary career from her teenage years until she sailed for China in 1928. Kuhn had a gift for storytelling, and By Searching is nicely written. Not only will sensitive Christian readers find the work spiritually uplifting, but they will also note the significant differences in the culture of Western conservative Protestantism between the 1920s and the present.

I read this superb book just about two weeks ago from today. It is the well written and inspiring story about a young college student in Vancouver, Canada---of how her professor has vowed that his students will leave his class atheists, and how he made her feel like she was stupid to believe in Creation "just because your parents do". Isobel Kuhn decided that she would not believe something -- "just because her parents did", and, although not an atheist, became an antagonist. In "By Searching", she tells of her life through college on "The Misty Flats", and how God brought her back to himself. She still was a very immature Christian, and this book also tells how she grew. . .how she trusted God to provide for her during her years at Moody, and then--as soon as the Boxer rebellion was over she went to China to serve Jesus among the Lisu of the South-west.

I'm really busy with my studies these days but when I got this book and started to read,I just couldn't drop it!I was extremely encouraged by Isobel's struggle and search for God,I realized a truth, that is whether you have or not believed in God already,as long as you want to know Him and search Him with your spirit and truth,He will prove Himself to you,just like the testimony which happened to Isobel.And for Christians,we should search God first in our daily lives,put Him in the first place,and get a deeper relationship with Him,be purer and holier,be more like Jesus our Savior.And I believe GOd has His own beautiful plans for us,only you can find it out with your sincerity and faith.
I'm also thankful for God,because I'm a Chinese,even nowadays,the place where Isobel went to is still very poor and remote,and even few people know that place and Lisu people(it's a minority of China).I really admire Isobel's sacrifice,if there is no God,how one is able to forsake his own and go to such a terrible place?!But God loves them although men even don't know them.
It's a must-read book,may it encourages each of you, me included,to find God,and as well as a lifestyle that leads us into the inner of truth of Christ.
God bless!

I'll add my kudos to the list... this is a fantastic read, overflowing with strong arguments for classic Catholic doctrine. I am not Catholic, mind you - I bought this on a recommendation when I first started my investigation into the claims of the Catholic Church.

If the Catholic Church of today even remotely resembled the ideal put forth by St. Francis de Sales in this collection of letters, one would be hard-pressed to deny the validity of its claims. However, in a post-Vatican II, John Paul II "universal salvation" era, it is impossible to reconcile the two.

Too bad.

I recommend this book for Protestants and Catholics alike.

Illustrates what a man with the truth can accomplish. Every Catholic should read this book which proves the teaching of the Catholic church.

Up until the time of St. Francis de Sales, the printing press had been used as a battering ram for reformers of all stripes to destroy christendom.

However, with the start of St. Francis de Sales' mission to the French Calvinists that changed dramatically. When people refused to listen to him because of contempt or fear of reprisal, he printed tracts and slipped them under doors or put them up on public squares to bring the Calvinists back to the Faith.

The result: nearly 72,000 French whose parents abandoneded the Faith a generation ago were brought back to the Catholic Church.

If you read this book (a collection of the tracts St. Francis wrote), you'll see exactly how it happened. The arguments are cogent, simple, easy-to-follow and strike at the heart of whatever matter they address. The arguments against Protestantism in general and Calvinism in particular are relevant and still thorns in the side of the Reformed apologetic several hundred years later. If you're Catholic or Protestant you owe it to yourself to read this collection of tracts!

In addition to what is common in all other positive reviews of this compilation of writings by St. Francis, there yet remains at least one other strength of this book that is to be praised. That strength is his cohesion to the traditional Catholic Faith. There are other books that give overviews of the Catholic Faith, but often times their consistency with Scripture and Tradition should be questioned. That is something that one need not worry about with this work. Not only does St. Francis give sound arguments for the Catholic Faith, but he does so with plenty of Scripture, Church Father quotes, and reference to Church Councils. He also shows an understanding and love for Catholicism that is sopping wet with intellectual genius and passion for Christ! He will make a knowledgeable Reformed churchman (that was his intended audience, after all) take a few steps back and rethink his doctrine of the "visible/invisible church distinction" and how God has commanded the Gospel to be preached and succession of church leaders to continue. Not only does he understand Catholic doctrine, but he also understands his opponents, and often quotes from Calvin, Bucer, and other Reformers. Also, his treatment of the Papacy is probably one of the most concise anywhere. So I challenge you to read it, but I warn you, you may find yourself defending Catholic doctrine afterwards, even if you're Protestant when you first read this book!

The book is easy to read. It provides a detailed insight into most of the contentious issues that separate the Protestant churches from the Catholic Church. It is an excellent reference for anyone who wants a better understanding of the Christian faith. For the Catholic, the book is also an excellent resource for defense of the Faith.

This book was very helpful in my launch into the creative world of candle making. I'm a rookie and was intimidated by the shelves in my craft store. This book eased me into the craft and taught me how to use my own resourses!! I'll never look at garbage the same way~ it got my wheels turning to find new ways to make & create. Highly reccomended!!

This is very informative, step by step procedures to make practicle candles for for many age levels. Instructions are clear and precise, giving caution and tips when needed.

Everyone loves to get a homemade gift. I make candles. I found this book helpful in brushing up my skills and it gave me some new projects to try. I also recycle items and I think it is great that this book encourages that. A great book to add to your craft room at home.

What a great way to recycle! I love candles-and this is something I can put together on a day with my grandkids. And what great gifts they can make to give to their parents-something they made.

Very easy to follow instructions and practical ideas!!
Thanks for teaching us another way to recycle!

The book is very helpful for the storytellers and teachers who feel that young people and students can become active storytellers as well and then they can enhance their lives and their society.

Now in a new second edition, Children Tell Stories: Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom is the award-winning creation of Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, who have been telling stories as "Beauty and the Beast Storytellers" for twenty-five years (and they never say who is the beauty and who is the beast). Chapters reveal the educational benefits of storytelling, how to get started with storytelling in the classroom, helping students choose stories to tell, assessing student storytellers, and much more. An accompanying DVD of helpful videos, web links, and stories to print out enhances this wonderful resource especially for educators, but also useful to home schoolers and child care providers.

This book has a wealth of information and is a great value. The DVD is a treasure! I teach special education in an elementary school and I plan to use the stories from the DVD with my students. My students also love the authors' Noondlehead Stories and Scary Tales books which I have read aloud in class.

This book is as good as its cover and its cover is t-e-r-r-i-f-i-c! From the cover, and most importantly when you dive into the wealth of information within the book, it is clear that storytellers Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss know storytelling
is fun in its appeal and a powerful tool for learning. They've improved on an award-winning book that explores methods and merits for teaching storytelling to children. Their generosity and intelligence make the second edition with its DVD even more inspiring.

The DVD alone is worth the price of the product with its unobtrusive camera work and delightful music. We are in the room, not watching from afar. The DVD also introduces us to the most engaging children and adults. Kids have clearly strengthened their public speaking skills and enhanced their self-esteem. In a world gone mad with teaching to the test, this project attests to value of humanizing learning, and building a learning community in the classroom and beyond. Turn off the sound, you can see the success of this work in the faces of kids and administrators alike.
Carol Birch
Storyteller

As an elementary teacher for almost ten years, I've recognized the importance of telling stories to children and have been telling stories for years. I was missing a piece of the literacy puzzle, the piece in which children tell stories themselves, but I didn't know how to approach it until I stumbled across Mitch and Martha at a storytelling conference and bought their book. It provides a practical, manageable approach to teaching children to tell stories. Our school has a high percentage of ESL students and the lessons and activities in this book are of particular relevance. Perhaps the most important part of the book is the companion DVD. It's truly an inspiring 20 minutes. I've shown it several times around our school and teachers who claimed they have no time for storytelling are now finding time.

This Bible is wonderful for those children just starting to read or for those whose parents read to them. Our church gives it to the second graders for their first communion gift.

I was looking for something that a seven year old would enjoy reading. A lot of bibles are either too young or too hard. This was perfect. She loves it.

We found these books for quite a lot less than anywhere, and we were apprehensive that the books may not be of top quality. But the books were in excellent condition (new). The kids love them, the illustrations and text are top notch.

The childs Mom had been searching locally and could not find what she was looking for. She and the baby both love this book! The baby enjoys the illustrations and loves hearing Mommy read to her. Jeanne

My kids love this Bible. The stories are short and accessible for kids of all ages. The pictures are good too, not at all scary. It is easy enough to find any Bible story that you are looking for.