Perry Books

This was at least as good as his first book. There were added insights I haven't seen in other books. For example, after 'death', the person is in an adult form despite the age of death.

This guy is THE MAN!

The Light Beyond is a wonderful book, but so many people just focus on their own lessons they learned, which makes for an interesting story, but I am always looking for more - how does this apply to me? Do I have to have an NDE myself? I liked Tiffany Snow's book better, just one chapter about her great NDE, but the rest of it shows how anyone can open up, if they learn how. I'm not saying The Light Beyond is a bad book, really, but I guess I was just expecting more.

I like this book - a great selection of information and experiences. This guy has been in the front lines for a long time. Other books worth the read - Tiffany Snow, and Betty Eadie. And Nathan Judd's new book, if you can find it. I'm a doctor. NDEs are real!

This book was written after Moody's "Life After Life," and is basically the same. And, like its predecessor, it is well-written and readable. The material is again fascinating, I recommend it, along with "Life after Life"--about which I wrote this: a warm and readable book about a fascinating subject: What happens at death, or near death? It is written by a world renowned and respected scholar and medical doctor. And, in spite of the fact that I am a Christian, with conservative beliefs, and even though I maintain my faith carefully focused on God, I do nevertheless give the accounts in this book some credence (along with its companion, written subsequently, "Life Beyond Death"). I invite you to read it and see why.

This book is very objective, taking consideration of other peoples views, and disects near death experiences. It also focuses on various studies conducted on the subject of death. I'd highly recommend it.

I purchased this book because I enjoyed Yvonne Perry's book, "More Than Meets The Eye". Although it contains a clearly different subject matter, I enjoyed it just the same. I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of research the author obviously accomplished. Even though the book contains a lot of scientific and technical data - it reads effortlessly. What an eye opener!

For those very few who are informed in the intricacies of stem cell research and for the probably over 90% of those who aren't informed, this book will enlighten you, surprise you, and even raise your ire. I suspect it will be a huge push for those sitting on
the fence on this issue, and will entrench those who have already decided to support stem
cell research. It's plainly obvious that the author has conducted hundreds of hours of
research, and has left no stone unturned. Every possible viewpoint , from every possible
religious and political arena, has been examined, and questions have been answered.
It is explained explicitly what an embryonic stem cell is , and what it isn't. Embryonic is
a misnomer, in that it is not an embryo, just sitting, multiplying in a Petrie dish. It is only
an embryo when it is implanted into a woman's womb, and which is the only way conception can take place. An embryonic stem cell is called a blastocyst, and should be
referred to as such, so as not to confuse the uninformed public. This particular stem cell
has so much more potential for cures, due to it's ability to become any type of cell that's
needed. The author cites the laws and how this issue has become such a political football.
Federal funding, which Bush has vetoed, would give this field of stem cell research
tremendous potential to cure diseases from Diabetes to traumatic brain injuries, to
spinal cord injuries. Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's disease also are diseases
which could have potential cures. I recommend this book to everyone, especially those
who have any of these diseases or have loved ones with any of these diseases. It's
unfortunate that most likely , only those with an already open mind, will read this book.
I feel that it is our obligation as human beings, to be informed and up to date on such a life changing
issue, and this book truly does this.
Dale Morrison 2/3/08

To the world of my fellow readers. We have been blessed with a jewel in this world of He said She said. Stem cell being at the forefront of controversy for several years now and so much invalid information being stated about the subject (by the media) without that REPORTER spending one minute of time finding one fact about the subject and Now This Book with both Scientific & Biblical facts supplied to us to make our own decisions about a subject that can change the lives of some 27% of our entire population.
GOD will surely bless you Mrs Perry and I say THANKS MRS. PERRY for your work and Love of mankind. AMERICA this book will have effect on virtually every one of our families.IT IS A MUST HAVE EDUCATION

WORTH THE BLOOD MINISTRY

Limited knowledge of basic embryology provide you with a shell-game of half-truths and lies. You'll look foolish (at best) to many - and bore the heck out of the rest. [See how long you read THIS review with full attention - then imagine a listner following for 340 pages.]

For example, "there is a difference between an embryo and a blastocyst" when a blastocyst is a sub-stage of development within the embryonic. All blastocysts are embryos, but not all embryos are at the blastocyst stage. The statement is technically true - but not for the arguments based upon it here.

"Embryonic' stem cell research is conducted outside the body on a cluster of cells known as a blastocyst". First, blastocysts are not 'a cluster of cells'. That would be a morula. A blastocyst is "A thin-walled hollow structure in early embryonic development that contains a cluster of cells called the inner cell mass (ICM)." A blastocyst is structured and composed of several parts that do not lead to the creation of embryonic stem cells. The outside part(trophoblast) is discarded as is the cytotrophoblast. To acquire stem cells from this stage of development, the blastocyst is deconstructed. But, not all cells from ICM make stem cell lines, which is why only around 200 exist today despite almost a decade of attempts made around the world. Furthermore, not all embryonic stem cells come from the blastocyst stage. Israel, for example, uses 14-day (gestational) embryos, that have already gone through gastrulation. The three germ layers, have already been established & the nervous system is begining to form. Technically, 'embryonic' stem cells can (and do) come from gestational age preceding the fetal stage, or up to 8-9 wks.

Or, "Those in opposition have no biological basis for believing that stem cells derived from 3- to 5-day-old fertilized eggs cultivated in a laboratory are human embryos," when EVERY EMBRYOLOGY BOOK SAYS something like: "Human development begins after the union of male and female gametes or germ cells during a process known as fertilization (conception). "Fertilization is a sequence of events that begins with the contact of a sperm (spermatozoon) with a secondary oocyte (ovum) and ends with the fusion of their pronuclei (the haploid nuclei of the sperm and ovum) and the mingling of their chromosomes to form a new cell. This fertilized ovum, known as a zygote, is a large diploid cell that is the beginning, or primordium, of a human being."
[Moore, Keith L. Essentials of Human Embryology. Toronto: B.C. Decker Inc, 1988, p.2] More current publications often use 'activated' vs. 'fertilized' egg to include SCNT and other methods now used to create the zygote.

Biologically speaking the where has no impact on the what.

Don't buy this book unless you want to appear ignorant or boring and feel deception is appropriate to get your way. If you DO want to use the arguments here, please read some embryology texts first so you can know the difference between what the author says and facts.

Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (4/07)

When I started reading "Right to Recover: Winning the Political and Religious Wars over Stem Cell Research in America," I thought that it would be interesting and that as an Executive Director of a healthcare not-for-profit dealing with this issue, I might glean some new knowledge. The book delivered far more than I ever expected. I was completely hooked by it from beginning to end. The author, Yvonne Perry, does an excellent job in defining stem cell research and in making the case for funding of the different types of stem cell research, especially blastocyst (or embryonic) stem cell research.

Government funding for stem cell research has been a huge controversy over the past several years, especially during President Bush's administration. The author lists the American Heritage's dictionary definition of embryo as: an organism in its early developmental stage, before it has distinctive form; a rudimentary stage." The blastocsyt cells do not even qualify as an embryo because they have never been implanted in a woman's uterus to begin the developmental stage. The cells that are in question to be used for research are the ones that were not used in invitro and are being discarded as medical waste.

The author makes great points about the use of the blastocysts headed for disposal "No life or death has occurred in the process. The cells scientists want to use for research are the leftover IV-Bs; no one is suggesting that the IVF be used to create blastocysts specifically for use in research. Give them funding to use the ones already headed for the biohazard containers. Let them find a way to help the living, breathing human beings who are suffering."

So much fear is surrounding stem cell research and cloning that the amazing potential to prevent and cure diseases, rebuild bodies and so much more gets lost in these heated debates. I learned so much about the current and potential research going on in this country and around the world in this book. Perry does a great job in bringing in Biblical text that could potentially support this research. The only flaw that I found in the book was in expressing her views on the more fundamental religions. I happen to agree to with her views, but I think that adding them limits the numbers of people with more fundamental views that might read the book and learn the truth about this subject.

Overall, I found the book to be very well written, eye-opening and informative. It is written in an easy-to-read manner. I highly recommend "Right to Recover" to those who are sitting on the fence with this issue.

This workbook volume is included in the full edition of "A Course in Miracles". It would be redundant to purchase this as well.

You need to realize that if you have purchased a full copy of "A Course in Miracles", the two workbook volumes are included in that book and a second purchase is unnecessary.

I've found the commentary in this book on the ACIM lessons invaluable. Robert Perry and Allen Watson are masterful in clearing up most of the questions that have come up for me when studying the lessons.

Remarkable work from Allen Watson and Robert Perry. I am no longer floundering ... it's like a hand just reached out pulled me aboard
and, I am actualy getting it ...I love these two guy's!

This book is great ! the book gives great explanations of the ACIM terms and sometimes you are not sure just what the meaning of something is and what is provided is spectacular in giving insight. Sometimes it's just enough to read something in a different way to REALLY GET IT. I GIVE TI FIVE STARS.

Looking to complete an assignment as well as to discover the heart of Buddhism, the journalist author covers a wealth of outer and inner terrain. Ultimately, he completes his National Geographic piece, but the main journey is spiritual as he discovers his own Buddha nature. This funny and interesting book blends personal experiences with Buddhist history as the author takes you on the road to enlightenment.

Very well written account of a personal journey...through the Buddhist world and across Buddhist history. The writer provides both an historic context for Buddhism as well as the platform for a thinking through the personal application of the spiritual components. I enjoyed the book a great deal.

> Positives: nice glimpses of buddhism in different countries, well researched, taps into the desires to better understand the "big questions", held attention during a long plane ride

> Negatives: rarely goes into depth regarding the many strains of buddhism described, doesn't seem to leave reader with much at the end

> Big annoyance: 50+ year old white author's views on Asian women.

e.g. "I was becoming enamored with the beauty, charm, and mercurial quality of Chinese woman." . . .the same later happens with a Vietnamese woman. . . these parts were not needed and definitely turned me off (or would've rated book a bit higher).

For a buddhism related book, would recommend Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill

Good Read! Want a break from The Stephen King Books or Lost on ABC? Then pick up a copy...Nice Break from everyday life.......

Garfinkel developed this book as an extension of work he did documenting the roots and migration of Buddhism in Asia for National Geographic. It helps to have some rudimentary introduction to Buddhism before the reading the book. On the other hand, the book will appeal to people who see themselves as "seekers" and want to know more about the diversity of Buddhist practice or have concerns about different aspects of dharma or practice. This is not a book of inspirational readings or scholarly discussions of dharma or Buddhist practices and will be welcomed by those who find "serious" work a little daunting at this stage of their interest in Buddhism. It also will be welcomed by people who have seen some disconnect between Buddhist doctrine and the conduct of Buddhist societies.

Garfinkel has had many years of exposure to different branches of Buddhism, but clearly has been weary of a full-on commitment to any of them. He makes efforts to compare and contrast the development and structure of Buddhist beliefs with those of Christianity and Judaism and tends to do better with Judaism (the faith in which he had been raised). The book is far from exhaustive in describing the life of the Buddha or how Buddhism spread and evolved in Asia. Nonetheless, he seems to get most of the fundamentals right and offers direction to deeper work in a number of areas. There are gaps of varying importance--he describes the large temporal gap between the Buddha's life and efforts to document his teaching without much attention to what happened in between. The idea that Buddhism became incorporated into various Asian cultures is treated as more novel than it needs to be (e.g., Catholicism, a faith with significant hierarchy and centuries of centralized teaching, nonetheless, evolved in markedly different ways around the world, which has posed challenges for the US Church with waves of new and different Catholic immingarnst). Moreover, many of the cycles of decline, renewal, institutional corruption, etc. are common to other faiths. While Buddhism differs from other world religions in its absence of a deity, lack of anti-scientific ideas, etc., organized Buddhism suffers the same human frailties as any other collective enterprise.

Garfinkel attempts to explain the adoption and adaptation of Buddhism in the US and seems to have more difficulty with this than with explaining why Thai Theravda Buddhism looks so different from Zen Buddhism in Japan. In many ways, he seems Boomer-centric and misses the many ways, often small, in which the US became ready to engage Buddhism. He is somewhat better at describing and analyzing how Asians have come to the US and discovered ways to renew interest in Buddhism in their own, "Buddhist" countries. In terms of Buddhism's arrival in the US, there have been waves of interest in things Asians since the late 19th century and the strong influence of Buddhist imagery in Chinese, Japanese and other Asian arts and crafts would have awakened some interest decades ago. In addition, many Americans would have been exposed to various aspects of Asian culture and religion, if only superficially, through the Philippine occupation, WWII, the occupation of Japan, the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War and the continuing placement of troops and other interests in a variety of Asian Countries. Important intellectual currents in the US from the late 19th century onward also paved the way for more interest and acceptance. Among the small number of US thinkers who captured the interest of Asians were people like John Dewey. Dewey was the chief exponent of pragmatism, that most "American" school of philosophy which ironically, had many areas of overlap with Buddhist thought. Dewey also was an important figure in social democratic circles, whose ideas would have received a warm welcome by Buddhist thinkers such as Buddhadasa. Early Humanism, including Humanistic psychology (e.g., Rogerian ideas before Carl Rogers rejection of science and the field's popularization by the self-indulgent) also has many points of overlap with Buddhist thought. American thinkers also would have been aware of the study of Buddhist history stimulated by the work of British and other archeologists (described by Garfinkel). In short, the stage was set for dialogue between quintessential Americans and Asian Buddhism long before the likes of Jack Kerouac or Ram Dass.

Shortcomings aside, this is a quick and entertaining read and good for people who want to know more about Buddhism but aren't ready for a detailed history or for inspirational writings. Some may be put-off by Garfinkel's tendency toward the glib and toward Woody Allen-esque humor. I have a fairly irreverent take on many things, but even I found this grating at times. I got the impression that Garfinkel was a little uncomfortable getting too serious about Buddhism, even though it was also apparent that he wished it was somehow more "pure" and consistent. He seemed bothered about its mongrelization in the US, without recognizing the mongrelization he documents elsewhere. He also seems bothered by its commercialization, although I have to say that compared to the commercialization of Christianity, this seems tame. Even in my very secular neighborhood, one can find "Jesus is my homeboy" bumper stickers, the schlockiness of which I've never seen duplicated in other faiths. Ultimately, Buddhism lives as a human enterprise that has had to adapt itself to many different eras and societies and that's what Garfinkel helps document, even if he isn't always able to draw some of the more obvious conclusions.

This a useful book which - although not a complete "toolkit" by any means - does provide a useful overview, and the beginning coach will find this helpful.

I found the authors' continuing hard-sell of their own training programs more than a little wearisome. After all, I paid for a book - not a sales pitch. Far too much ego in places, but still worth buying.

This a good resource for workplace coaches. It contains a lot of background and theory, and also has a whole range of exercises and tools that can assist the coaching process - a good buy !

This book is a remarkably comprehensive resource for coaches. This great book examines the nature of change as well as the role of the coach as a change agent. It clearly articulates the stages of the coaching process. There is a wealth of assessments, profiles and numerous practical coaching tools. The authors (internationally renowned coach trainers) also discuss the role of the coach's personality, coaching techniques and how to use them range from self-awareness exercises, problem-solving techniques and journalling. It is research-based, thorough and very readable. Highly recommended!.

The 'Toolkit' is a highly professional, yet easy-to-understand reference book and includes a complete and very helpful glossary. The authors are the most respected coaching educators in the business world today. The professional coaching industry has evolved dramatically over the last two years and bears little resemblance to its fuzzy predecessor of the nineties. A lot of serious research and work has gone into this groundbreaking text book, and serious personal and organizational change can come from the use of the book.

The book brings together a complete listing of the major skills and techniques for organizational and personal coaches, and offers guidelines and instructions on how to employ them. The Toolkit provides processes, protocols, assessment instruments, forms, charts and checklists and examines the management practices of coaching. The text also details the changing nature and evolution of coaching, such as the increasing importance of specialization. To date, most available coaching books detail the standard practices of goal setting, action planning and some coaching interventions but they do not offer too many actual techniques that facilitate the desired change. Achieving measurable, sustainable outcomes isn't a matter of simplistic goal setting, personality profiling and cheerleading but requires the skilful use of validated, proven behavioral change methods and learning tools grounded in the behavioral sciences. In this book, these invaluable techniques are blue-printed and discussed, and then presented alongside case studies and exercises.

The success of any coaching program is dictated by the program's resources depth, scientific validity and measurability. This invaluable, well written and very accessible reference provides exact processes and details for achieving successful coaching outcomes and will find a place on the bookshelves of many coaches, consultants, trainers, HR professionals, learning institutions and corporations.

The 'Toolkit' is a highly professional, yet easy-to-understand reference book and includes a complete and very helpful glossary. The authors are the most respected coaching educators in the business world today. The professional coaching industry has evolved dramatically over the last two years and bears little resemblance to its fuzzy predecessor of the nineties. A lot of serious research and work has gone into this groundbreaking text book, and serious personal and organizational change can come from the use of the book.

The book brings together a complete listing of the major skills and techniques for organizational and personal coaches, and offers guidelines and instructions on how to employ them. The Toolkit provides processes, protocols, assessment instruments, forms, charts and checklists and examines the management practices of coaching. The text also details the changing nature and evolution of coaching, such as the increasing importance of specialization. To date, most available coaching books detail the standard practices of goal setting, action planning and some coaching interventions but they do not offer too many actual techniques that facilitate the desired change. Achieving measurable, sustainable outcomes isn't a matter of simplistic goal setting, personality profiling and cheerleading but requires the skilful use of validated, proven behavioral change methods and learning tools grounded in the behavioral sciences. In this book, these invaluable techniques are blue-printed and discussed, and then presented alongside case studies and exercises.

The success of any coaching program is dictated by the program's resources depth, scientific validity and measurability. This invaluable, well written and very accessible reference provides exact processes and details for achieving successful coaching outcomes and will find a place on the bookshelves of many coaches, consultants, trainers, HR professionals, learning institutions and corporations.

This is a dialogue between a skeptical philosophy teacher and her friends. The teacher is close to death, and her friend tries to comfort her with the possibility of her survival after death. But whether she can survive death depends upon what sort of thing she is, and the dialogue introduces the topic of personal identity.
The problem of personal identity is about the nature of persons, what it is that makes a person at one time the same person at a later time. The theories addressed in the dialogue include the dualist theory that the person is identical to an immaterial soul, the materialist theory that the person is identical to a body, as well and the psychological continuity theory that a person at one time is the same person at a later time because of psychological continuity. The philosophy teacher defends the bodily continuity theory.
The dialogue should be accessible to those unfamiliar with the subject of personal identity. The theories are introduced in a clear and engaging way. Thought experiments involving brain transplants and the duplication of persons are presented; however, there is no treatment of relevant though experiments involving brain bisections. The book also includes some helpful recommended reading.
Unfortunately, the dialogue is less than 50 pages in length. This will sustain the interest and satisfy the curiosity of many readers, but others may be interested to learn more about different versions of the theories and alternative theories. However, the paperback edition of the book is not expensive, at least at the time of writing this review.
Readers may also be interested in Perry's anthology "Personal Identity", which includes some of the most influential readings on personal identity, as well as in the debate with the same title, "Personal Identity" by Swinburne and Shoemaker, which includes more advanced defenses of the dualist theory and the psychological continuity theory. However, these are more difficult than Perry's dialogue, and may not be accessible to those without familiarity with the problem or analytic philosophy.

I ordered a book from this seller, I received it in a timely manner and had no issues with the seller.

In this delightful booklet John Perry, a philosophy professor at Stanford, discusses personal identity and immortality. It is implied that immortality is meaningless without personal identity, and therefore almost the entire argument is about personal identity really.

The setting of the dialogue is dramatic: a philosophy teacher, Gretchen, lies dying in a hospital after a motorcycle accident. She is visited by two friends: Sam, a chaplain, and Dave, a former student. She asks them to comfort her and gives them an apparently easy task: to show that it is possible for personal identity to survive the death of the body. She does not ask them for good evidence or some probability estimate of this happening - but just for the logical possibility of the survival of personal identity. In other words she questions whether the idea of personal survival is even coherent, if it makes any sense at all. Of course Sam and Dave find it very difficult to convince her.

I found the dialogue very readable with some flashes of humor, expressions of passion, anger, sadness - the whole lot one would expect in such a setting. And at the same time we get a good philosophical debate. Excellent.

In the second night all three agree that personal identity is contingent on memory, or rather on the continuity of memory, but in a way I found very puzzling they all also immediately agree that there is an important distinction to be made between what one really remembers and what one only seems to remember. This, I think, is a big mistake. There is of course an obvious difference between an atomic explosion and the simulation of an atomic explosion, but as far as experience goes "is" and "seems" are identical. When I see a red apple it makes no sense to wonder whether I may only seem to be seeing a red apple. There is no difference playing chess and simulating the playing of chess. Still, based on the distinction between remembering and seeming to remember Gretchen shoots down all arguments Sam and Dave propose for defending the very possibility of survival of personal identity after the death of the body. But, by that standard, personal identity is not possible even before death. After all how can I be certain that I remember my past? Maybe I only seem to remember what happened yesterday. Gretchen might have answered that the continuity of the body (and particularly of the brain) before death proves that what I remember is real - but then how do I know that yesterday I had the same body I have today? Maybe this too is a wrong memory.

Another error I found in the argumentation is that the continuation of personal identity after the death of the body is imagined only through the recreation of a "heavenly person". This arbitrarily assumes that the "person" disappears at the death of the body and must therefore be recreated somehow - which shows that by "person" Perry (as all three characters in the dialogue agree on that) imagines some kind of body. To be fair in the first night Gretchen has shown that the idea of personal identity without the benefit of a body (i.e. the idea of the "soul") makes not sense because it souls existed we would know nothing about them. This argument is valid but is solipsistic in nature. After all neither can we know anything about other peoples' consciousness and still we assume that other people are conscious; in the same way we can safely assume that other people have souls. In fact I find that for all practical purposes "soul" and "consciousness" can be used interchangeably.

Finally the idea of the possible recreation of a person in heaven is rendered absurd by pointing out that then it would be possible to create several identical heavenly bodies which would negate personal identity. But why is that? On what logical grounds must one assume a link between personal identity and uniqueness of body? This is what we empirically find to be the case in our condition in this life, but it is not logically necessary. I can easily imagine my personal identity experiencing through two bodies. Even worse, one can imagine a case where Gretchen's body while alive is copied atom by atom to create a second copy of her. Would this event in some way evaporate the original Gretchen's personal identity? Of course not. But if the possibility of producing several copies of the material body of Gretchen is not problematic, why should the same possibility when applied to her "heavenly body" be?

In any case, this 49 page booklet was a joy to read - but also strangely upsetting: I wished I could find a way to insert myself in the book and argue against Gretchen. Which shows how taken I was by the story. Anyway I also learned something about the craft of writing a philosophical dialogue: You never have all characters agree easily on anything. At least one character must question any claim introduced (no matter how obvious it may seem to the writer of the dialogue) and have other characters defend it before continuing.

If you are interested in a philosophical analysis of personal identity, you will not find a better introduction than this little volume. It is, however, just an introduction. It raises issues without fully developing them, which is fine, since it does not pretend to be more than an introduction. For the same reason it omits various issues. The most important omitted issue IMO is the view of the Buddha, David Hume, Derek Parfit and doubtless others that personal identity is in a sense an illusion. To get deeper into these issues, I recommend Part III of Parfit's Reasons and Persons.

One quibble: notwithstanding the book's title, it does not discuss immortality. Survival after death is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for immortality.

I purchased this book for a college course in Philosophy. I expected it to be boring, but to my surprise it was very interesting. If you want to be a lawyer or politician, you might want to consider purchasing this book. Socrates was brilliant and questioned everything, as dictated by Plato. Also, I am a first time student of Philosophy and before taking the course thought I would not be able to deal with it because I rarely question the things around me--but this book proves that even if you are more of a simple minded person, you can still wrap your thoughts around certain things that Socrates questions that today still have no specific definitions. It is a thin book, with few pages, but it is full of a lot of knowledgeable ideas and concepts that do take some re-reading to fully comprehend Socrate's methods. I highly recommend this book!

Changed the way I write, February 28, 2006
Reviewer: Barry Hilton "Barry Book Lover" (St. Louis) - See all my reviews
What made me the most money in eBay eXtasy wasn't the eBay eXtasy strategy itself but the author's explanation at the end of the book on his writing process.

It was the KEY I'd been looking for.

I know a lot about 3 subjects that I've been wanting to write about but I never knew where to start. As a BONUS to eBay eXtasy, the author explains how he went from writing strictly for major publishers to this eBook format. This was EXACTLY what I've been looking for as he explained how to create a book even if you cannot type, even if you know nothing about editing, even if you can't form a sentence, as long as you have the knowledge that someone else wants...! I had NO idea how simple it was to go from idea to book and I don't know why Greg Perry told the world this secret (he doesn't think it's a secret, he's just being helpful I suppose) but as for ME it has changed my whole view of my career over the next few months.

Thank you Greg Perry!!!

Oh... and the eBay eXtasy strategy works amazingly well, and I think its simplicity is what makes it so important for ANY online seller.

I'd be FAR more money ahead if I'd know about this much sooner. This technique is simple and obvious except you'd never think of it (at least I hadn't and I've sold a lot on eBay). I like the bonus material as well, I want to write my own eBook now!

This book could and should be condensed to about 5 pages. I have never read anything so redundent in my life. The ideas are not bad but.....

In our eBay business, we must monitor costs as well as profit margins to maximize every cent.

eBay eXtasy helps us to grow our percentage margin AND provide a needed service at below market rates to our buyers.

I'm surprised this technique isn't used more. It's extremely simple.

If you don't follow this simple technique, you aren't maximizing your income.

You're leaving lots of money on the table. Maybe only as little as $1 per auction, but think how your gross profit adds up over time, over 100s of auctions.

Do NOT settle for "average income" when you can have far more for about 3 minutes worth of one-time work.

* Several good plan for us to implement in order to improve our financial income is explain in details.
* Lots of good story of real life people who face financial problem and overcome it.
* You don't need to work like crazy to achieve success but you need to be smart in taking advantage of the current situation or market so that it will not turn against you.

One of the best things this book does is points out that it is a CHOICE to live an abundant life. The book points out those wrong mental footprints of to handling finances can be corrected. Then it shares easy to understand, sensible steps to follow in making one's financial abundant life a reality. I read the book the first time and made notes. Now I am rereading it the second time and doing the exercises. I see the rewards are right around the corner.

I brought this book last year and I still refer back to it. It is a must have for all women who are trying to get it together.Good luck ladies we can do it.

This is the first popular book on finance I've ever read that didn't make me want to go out and cut my throat because I'd been so stupid and now it was too late! Instead, the authors explain how to think in terms of abundance, not deprivation, and explain how it's NEVER too late.

Another great thing about this book is that it integrates saving and investing into your life, not just your lifestyle, and shows how they can actually enhance your value system.

Buy it. It's the WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE of investing.

A truly wonderful book. However there is a crucial element that must be addressed in light of what is coming down the pike at us "Girls". If you read Arnold's The Great Bust Ahead (or visit the book's website at thegreatbustahead.com) you will gain insights into what may be the greatest depression in history beginning just a few years from now. This will probably affect women the most, and women (and men) of color more than others. So, whatever us Girls can make by following Glinda's advice needs to be protected (i.e. not lost in the coming depression) by reading Arnold's advice.

Paul Perry's Jesus in Egypt takes the reader on a tour through a mystical land of miracles and myth. Tourists and pilgrims regularly flock to Egypt's sacred sites to gaze upon remains and relics up and down the Nile, which pumps the life blood into the desert country. Perry's trek followed the controversial trail of the Holy Family's short stint in Egypt has they fled Herod's soldiers. Not the standard traveler's trip to the Giza Plateau outside of Cairo or the Valley of the Kings on the Western banks of Luxor, Perry journeyed through darkened alleys, deserted rutted roads and into the heart of the most extreme Islam fundamentals in the world. Even more interesting, Perry, an American, made this voyage not long after September 11, 2001.

Tracing the exact route of Joseph, Mary and Jesus proved problematic. Not all the canonized Gospels give an account of this journey, and Matthew's version is short and vague at best. Even Coptic monks within Egypt can't agree on the authenticity of many of the sites that proclaim to have provided shelter for the family or experienced a miracle performed by the baby Jesus while passing through. Moreover, not much in the way of tangible evidence exists that would even begin to sway the opinion of a western archeologist.

Perry's voyage relies on roughly two thousand years of oral tradition, divine visions, two or three lines from the book of Isaiah and accounts from apocryphal books. Remote villages claim celebrity status related to the handy work of the divine infant such as creating water wells, various healings and toppling pharonic monuments. Slim empirical evidence exists, but a handprint, visions, light spray sightings, remains of the first icon of the Virgin Mary and a stone slab in the so-called world's first Christian church are all parts of this mosaic.

It remains unclear exactly where Jesus and his parents visited on their refuge into Egypt, if they ever entered the country at all. Believer or not, this book reads like a hybrid of a personal spiritual journal, travel guide and Holy Family Trail map, making it a priceless resource for those who seek to follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

I really enjoyed this book, Christianity was alive and well for 400 years from 1 AD. Then the Roman Emperor decided that Christianity should be the official religion of Rome, So after feeding christians to the lions, "now I'll accept their religion", But we can't profit from what they believe, so a counsil of bishops, threw out this, modified that, and the emperor was presented with the new cannonized version of the Holy Bible, in about 395 AD. Ok, we got our Bible, so what do we do with all these people who arn't going to accept it as the word of God, since they had their teachings going back 400 years. Well to suppress any opposition to our new bible we will just kill them. And kill them he did, all the way up till the 19th century. But some of them in spite of the opposition hung on to their beliefs, Coptics in Egypt as one, but recent findings are rediscovering what these bishops thought were suppressed. They are being translated and so that now we can read what these bishops didn't want us to know! I really enjoy these authors who have the guts to run with this information, It's about time to come out of the dark ages of Christianity, and enjoy what was hidden for so long, I could shoot off a list of books, but anybody who as came into the light can name them for themselves. Thank You. , and I used to think James Mitchner, and Ernest Hemmingway were exciting !!!

When I decided to read this book, all I could remember about Jesus' life in Egypt was summed up by Matthew 2:13: "Behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him." It turns out that this is only one of two passages in the New Testament that refer to Jesus spending time in Egypt. The other is when Joseph is called to return to Palestine.

According to the New Testament, Herod feared Jesus after meeting the three magi and decided to kill all of the young children to avoid having a challenger for his throne.

Fascinated by that story, author Paul Perry found himself in Egypt working on another project. He decided to visit all of the sites where Jesus is supposed to have passed. In doing so, he sought to bring both his perspective as a Western journalist and as a believer. Over the course of two trips, he was able to follow this ambition. Jesus in Egypt is the story of his travels and what he learned. There are many unexpected aspects to the story.

First, if you are like me, you don't know much about Coptic Christians and their lives in Egypt. This book will tell you much. A major source of inspiration for these Christians comes from the heritage of Jesus' travels in Egypt. Although they comprise only about 5 percent of the Egyptian population, they feel especially blessed by these historical sites. You will meet many of them, both clergy and laity, as they describe their faith. As Egyptians, they experience their religion differently than many people do in the United States . . . drawing great strength from oral traditions that may date as far back as the time of Jesus.

Second, the Bible is almost silent about Jesus as a child. What was He like? What did He experience? The various sources (texts that were excluded from the Bible, oral tradition, visions and dreams) reveal wondrous tales that many will find inspirational. Water was drawn from the sand. Wells rose mysteriously to the top. Idols were toppled all around. Spiders and trees dropped down to hide the Holy Family. Dangerous animals left the Holy Family alone.

Third, many of these sites have large impacts on the believers today. In one location, an apparition of the Virgin Mary is shown photographed amid mysterious lights on the domed church of Zeitoun. Other sightings of the Virgin have been seen in recent years and have had profound impact on those who have viewed Her. In addition, many miracles have followed in some of the sites . . . often from drinking the water in wells that are attributed to the hand of Jesus.

Fourth, Mr. Perry asked those he met what they thought about Jesus in Egypt. When is a dream a dream, and when is it a message from God? Without archeological evidence, how can we know what the Holy Family did? When is a medical miracle a miracle, and when is it a reaction to a placebo? Can oral traditions be trusted? How? In the course of thinking about these answers, you will probably (like me) find yourself finding new pathways to increasing your faith. That's a wonderful gift!

Fifth, Mr. Perry describes the effects of faith on the Egyptian people. Theirs often seems to be a purer, deeper and more powerful faith than we usually observe in the United States. Simple aspects of experiencing faith can bring them enormous joy, even amid great poverty and problems. Learning about those dimensions made me interested in deepening my faith.

Sixth, Mr. Perry describes contemporary relations between Muslim and Christian Egyptians that is far more peaceful than one would imagine from our rhetoric about fundamentalist terror threatening non-Muslims from all sides. As an American, he found himself welcome almost everywhere . . . even though the security police felt like he needed an armed escort when he went into the areas where the deepest Muslim fundamentalists live. He also found himself learning to trust Egyptians of all faiths as people of good will.

I won't reveal more about the book because it would spoil nice surprises for you, but there is a remarkable ending experience that Mr. Perry had which underscores the whole message of following the steps of Jesus to find Him.

Interestingly, the day before I found this book, I found myself praying that I could find ways to more closely follow the path of Jesus. Perhaps the book is the literal answer to that prayer. I tend to believe that to be true.

May God bless you!

Author Paul Perry went on a sort of pilgrimage and journalistic quest to find the path of the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary and Joseph) through Egypt. When Jesus was a baby, Herod commanded that all male infants under the age of two were to be killed, a Draconian plan to find the prophesied King of Kings. Joseph is directed in a dream to take his family to safety in Egypt, and we learn little else that he went, taking Mary and Jesus, and subsequently returned.

What happened during the time the family dwelt Egypt is not part of the official Gospels. There are the secret "Infancy Gospels"-- and some of the books of Apocrypha that deal with Jesus' childhood--not officially Biblical truth. What Perry finds out is that the process of creating and transmitting oral legends, some of which were written into the Apocrypha, is still a process going on today. Visit any town along the path the Holy Family took through Egypt and those who are Christians are still telling those legends--and creating them.

This process amazes the author. Among the Coptic Christians, truth seems to be a matter of possibilities --and impossibilities. If a bishop has a dream about what happened to Jesus as an infant in Egypt, this becomes a new legend.

Some of the legends told by the locals sound more like Semitic tales of wisdom or riddles such as Solomon would have faced. Other tales are of miracles that remind one of the wedding of Cana or tell of the raising of the dead. The fact that Jesus didn't start his ministry until Cana and until he was well into adulthood is irrelevant to these legends. Which gives insight into how legends are formed and passed on. And also insight into why officially, some books of scriptural writing are included the Gospel and others were rejected.

But Perry isn't really writing about Biblical truth; he is writing about people and their sacred traditions. And at the end, he finds a holy family of his own; he takes care of a pair of widows in a truly Christian manner. This story is about his quest and about the culture of the people in Egypt. It's beautifully written, and of interest to anyone who loves travel, legends, and meeting people in a culture different than ours. Highly recommended.

Jesus in Egypt is a silly book. Masquarading as a serious biblical study book, instead it is a travelogue of all the tourist rip-offs in Egypt where desparate people try to convince rich foreigners that "this is the place where..." I can imagine Perry doing a follow-up entitled "Bigfoot in Seattle".

This is not to say that the connections between Jesus and Egypt should be ignored. There are many connections here, and books like Freke & Gandy's "Jesus Mysteries" address some of them as does Alvar Ellegard in his book "100 years before Christ"

The one saving grace of this book is that it is well written. Had it been renamed "My tax deductible summer in Egypt" I would probably give it 5 stars. Well, no. Not 5. For a travelogue, this book is mysteriously devoid of pictures and maps, except for the head shots of the people he meets along the way.

This is one of the best overall trading books that I have read.
In New Trading Systems and Methods, Perry J. Kaufman gives you unlimited access to everything you need to know--which trading systems work best in specific markets, techniques for controlling losses, internal strategies for overcoming the danger of emotions--to make an exceptional living on the frontlines of professional trading.

I've read this book thoroughly, and have found it invaluable in my own approach to trading, and in understanding the many approaches to trading and the markets in general.

BTW I have no connection with the author whatsoever, but I do have a deep appreciation for the amount of time and effort required to write a book of this magnitude. It is, perhaps, the most comprehensive book available on trading methods.

My copy is stuffed with pieces of paper that mark particularly valuable information. From market basics and charting, to fractal analysis and portfolio allocation with a genetic algorithm, the book covers practically every aspect of trading methodology. The breadth of coverage is just incredible.

There are sets of rules for William Dunnigan's Thrust Method, trading rules for gaps, Eugene Nofri's Congestion-Phase System, Tom Demark's Sequential, Raschke's First Cross, to name just a few. The list goes on and on, and is far too extensive to mention here. Many gems are hidden between the very clear and concise explanations which prepare the reader for the more complex trading methods.

If you're not familiar with trading systems and are just looking for a set of simple, step-by-step rules that will make you a lot of money in the market, then you don't need this book - you need sympathy. No book will deliver that, but many will promise to. The traders that you will be up against could be the ones that will find this book invaluable. Good luck, anyway! (You'll need it!)

If you have some experience studying the markets and are interested in an excellent overview of the most popular trading methods, and a few esoteric methods that are not easy to locate elsewhere, then this is an excellent book for that purpose, in fact, the best I've found. Even one of the methods is well worth the price, and the code on the CD-rom is a bonus.

I've often asked myself why someone would put in the vast amount of work required to write a comprehensive work on trading methods. The amount of time and effort required to compile a book of this magnitude must be truly mind boggling. His pay must come out to something like a penny an hour, if that! LOL

Obviously, it's the author's passion to find, understand and explain trading methods! And he is an expert at it. My hat's off to you, Perry! Job well done!

Similar to many traders who own Perry Kaufman's 3rd edition of New Trading Systems and Methods, I ignored the publication of the 4th edition. Well, such oversight was my loss. Even a quick perusal of the work reveals a wealth of new ideas, techniques, and concepts. Kaufman offers ample inspiration for exploring trading problems in a new light.

Kaufman's encyclopedic coverage is unique. The 3rd edition contains 700 plus dense, fast paced material. The current edition adds another 500 pages of new and revised material. Each topic is examined with care; Kaufman has an ability to focus on the key concepts and omit the fluff. His presentation assumes a sophisticated, intelligent reader with solid software development, testing, and trading skills. Sloppy readers, clumsy testers, undisciplined `traders' will complain that this is not a `trading war stories book'--such complaints are correct; this is a trading SYSTEMS and METHODS handbook.

The book binding has a problem. At 1,200 pages, the adhesive binding is falling apart. This book requires either sewn through or over-sewn type binding. Shame on John Wiley for such embarrassing production quality!

I've only gotten about a third to halfway thru the book as I can't see what the author's purpose is, whether laboring thru the rest would benefit me or not. It reads like a college level textbook of the mathematics behind technical analysis. Boring. In what I read, the author worked thru proof formulas to get to more elaborate indicators. In so doing, sometimes he explained what his formula's symbols meant and sometimes not. I sure don't want to go back thru the book to see if I can find an earlier description of what the symbols mean should I ever want to use one of the new formulas. Then he compared some of the new trend followers like standard deviation against olders ones like moving average and point and figure and behold none are really better than the others. When I get stranded on a tropical isle and am bored to tears, I will page thru the rest of it.

Certainly not a How-To book but a compendium of trading methods, strategies, etc. This book covers everything from trading using standard methods such as moving averages to exotic methods such as planetary alignment. I use this as a reference book rather than a book to read cover to cover. The beginner may be overwhelmed with the quantity of material but well rewarded with such topics as Unexpected Price Shocks, which I have rarely seen covered. This book is extremely valuable for Tradestation users like me who aren't the best programmers. Trying something from the book couldn't be easier. The techniques import directly from the DVD into Tradestation. As a warning to readers not using Tradestation you are on your own. Some of the techniques use complex code so they would be difficult for many of us to implement on our own.