Death Books

In this book, Farrell expands upon Christopher Dunn's research into the true nature of the Great Pyramid of Giza as a working machine. While Dunn has concluded that it was a tremendous power plant, Farrell takes that idea even further and shows how it could have been not only that, but also a weapon of truly monstrous proportions.

From the halls of ancient knowledge to the cutting edge of today's physics, Farrell sifts through evidence and speculations to build a firm foundation for his theory that the Pyramids were once great weapons used in interplanetary war.

While those not used to alternative history and science might balk at such an idea, it is probably the best theory yet for the nature of Giza and its remains. For those wedded to mainstream ideas, there is nothing here for you. For those who prefer "channeled wisdom" from cult heroes, don't bother with it either. This book will demolish cherished prejudices of both groups, and should be left to those who are curious and can accept new ideas.

This book is for open-minded people who can think "outside the box" of current orthodoxy, and dare to try to see things in this world more clearly.

Farrell begins with historical, mythical, and information from previous researchers (all well cited), and methodically builds his case for the "Weapon Hypothesis" of the pyramid's use. He follows the line of thought that there was an "Ancient High Civilization," which was much more advanced than are we today, and that much of what we have "discovered" are just fragments of that society's knowledge. He uses the term "paleophysics" to describe the nature of the scientific knowledge required to create the pyramid in its weapon form.

His work is meticulous, logical, and very solid. He mixes thorough scientific process with strong investigative technique in a way that would make Sherlock Holmes proud.

While there is far too much to describe here, suffice it to say that this is one of the best "alternative History/science" book series one can read. I recommend this and all of Farrell's books to those who want to learn and understand what the "men behind the curtain" have been up to in our history (and are still up to today?).

"Giza Death Star" is Dr. Farrells hypothesis on the true function of the Great Pyramid left by a Paleoancient society predating the Egyptian "legacy" civilization who merely inherited it. Farrell postulates that the Great Pyramid is a shell missing its primary components which were likely deliberately destroyed as recounted in ancient Sumerian texts.

Building upon the works of writers such as Christopher Dunn and others, Farrell brings together ancient esoteric texts and various known physics together with some amazing mathematical facts about the Great Pyramid itself to form his hypothesis that the Great Pyramid went beyond being a power source but was instead an ancient weapon of terrible mass destruction.

He puts forth a plausible case that the great Giza Pyramid tapped into the fabric of resonant energy that is freely available on Earth and beyond, which then coupled and oscillated gravitational and electromagnetic energy along with acoustical energy into a superluminal wave form called a pilot or scalar wave. The passageways inside the pyramid itself hold many redundancies to Planck's constant and could have been used ( with its now missing components ) as an amplification feedback loop using interferometry and harmonics.

There is lots of physics in this book - a necessary primer in understanding where the authors ideas come from. My biggest complaint is the information presented seemed rather scattered at times and took a long time to come together for the reader. There were times when the book flowed and other times when it did not, and I was not particularly comfortable with the format of the chapters.

Nevertheless, this is a fascinating subject that has been gaining acceptance in some circles and is a refreshing break from the dubious conclusions presented to us over the years by Orthodox Egyptologists who excel in denying any sort of mystery when one clearly exists.

The reader will have to let go of their evolutionary thinking and consider the possibility that there were indeed civilizations that existed - much older than what we commonly think - that may indeed have had access to a physics that we have yet to rediscover.

It certainly helps to have somewhat of a background in Quantum Physics and history -- because then you can really appreciate what Joseph Farrell has done with this work. He very skillfully explains the anomalies of physics and history as regards to the 'monuments' on the Giza plains.

This one deserves to be read and re-read.

Perfect, something to think about and to consider.
After reading the book go and visit Egypt and look at the great Pyramid.

I gave this book 5 stars because I love books that are based on the groundbreaking work of Christopher Dunn in his book "The Giza Power Plant".

The author is a physicist but he has enough imagination to believe in mythology, realizing that those myths and legends are based on reality at some level.

Farrell takes Dunn's theories about the pyramid being a machine to a new level. Based on the ideas of Zecharia Sitchin he proposes that the Giza complex was intended to be a military base and weapons platform before it was even constructed.

Because the author is a physicist he focuses mainly on the scientific aspects of his theory while perhaps neglecting the positive, spiritual aspects of how this mystical structure was used for positive purposes.

Farrell compares what happened over 12,000 years ago in Egypt to our own society today where most of the national budget is put into military projects.

However we may as well compare our current society to another planet as far as how similar the world was at that time to today.

While I enjoyed this book immensely I do not believe that the Giza complex was created to be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

Rather as the American psychic Edgar Cayce said about a similar technology on Atlantis it was the misuse of such awesome power that became destructive.

Cayce did say that the terrible crystal technology was used to create a death ray on Atlantis after the evil Atlanteans got control of it.

But that same ray was also used to power their flying saucers and for other things including spiritual things that aren't related to technology.

I guess it is possible that this same scenario played out in ancient Egypt. Those same evil forces may have gotten control of the pyramid machine.

Still this book raises many interesting questions.

After the pyramid machine was built what happened then ? Who was left in charge of it ?

So many questions. When will we ever know all of the answers ?

Obviously the state of the pyramid today is very much degraded from it's original state when it was covered with a polished, highly reflective white limestone and had either a gold or crystal cap stone.

The number 3 is the most mysterious number in the universe and it comes into play with the pyramid.

The mathematical value 'pi' is 3 followed by a fractional number that continues out to an infinite number of decimal places.

There were also 27 pairs of resonators inside the pyramid machine at one time.

Jeff Marzano

The Giza Power Plant : Technologies of Ancient Egypt

The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls: Unlocking the Secrets of the Past, Present, and Future

Edgar Cayce's Atlantis and Lemuria: The Lost Civilizations in the Light of Modern Discoveries

Edgar cayce's story of the origin and destiny of man

Edgar Cayce's Egypt: Psychic Revelations on the Most Fascinating Civilization Ever Known

Gods of Eden: Egypt's Lost Legacy and the Genesis of Civilization

The Truth About The Philadelphia Experiment

How we face death is at least as important as how we face life. This book is a beautiful example of the deep, esoteric meaning of that phrase. We can't explore the notion of up, without talking about down, hot with out mentioning cold, how can we possibly understand life without talking about death (even if it is imaginary)? This book is quite remarkable and should be a staple among hospice workers, and anyone seeking a higher understanding. I wish I could give it six stars.

We are all here for only a limited time . . . during which we live our lives, and if we are lucky, do not have to spend too much thought on our inevitable demise. Regardless of your situation or reason for considering this book, it is a must read. A positive approach to the end of life is the best present we can give ourselves and those close to us.

Stepping Off the Edge: Learning & Living Spiritual Practice
This powerful book tells the death stories of 108 Eastern spiritual masters. Eastern religions believe one's state of being at the time of death influences or determines one's progress after death. Sushila Blackman began to compile these stories without really knowing why. A trip to the hospital for chest pain revealed she had terminal lung cancer: the book was in fact part of her preparation for her own conscious death. A magnificent book compiled by a magnificent person.

Sushila Blackman was the perfect person to author this book. She was present at the death of her teacher, Swami Muktananda, and also made her own graceful exit a month and a half after completing the book. She presents the accounts of how great beings die in a very straight forward manner. She did a wonderful job of doing that. The exits themselves were a bit repetitive and not particularly fascinating. Maybe my expectations were too high. There were too many overly dramatic exits, to the point where it seemed there was conformity at work. A number of these great beings died during meditation. Although there was little death bed wisdom, I found the book interesting and commend Ms. Blackman for this unique collection of exits, graceful or otherwise.

Koans and stories of the deaths of Masters are scattered throughout the sacred texts of the East. This book is remarkable in that it brings those many stories together in one place. By focusing a book on the theme of "death stories", the stories illumine each other, and the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The stories reveal a wonderfully refreshing way to think about death (and hence, to think about Life!) Many are solemn, but some are quite humorous. In each, we see the presence of someone who embraces all of human experience, who says "Yes!" to all of Life, including death. Many of the Masters give one final gem of wisdom, summarizing their life's teaching, as their last word. The many photographs of the Masters are heart-warming. For anyone ready to think about death and mortality in terms of their spritual meaning, this book is ideal. Ironically, through looking at how the Masters die, we can implicitly understand their teaching on how to be ever more fully alive.

Melody Beattie is at her best in "The Grief Club." She used losing her son as a basis for writing this book. The stories are all very unique within themselves and offer much to the reader. As a person who is going through the grieving process right now, I didn't find this book difficult to read through. I found it comforting, though one doesn't have to be grieving to enjoy or get something out of this book. I would recommend this book to anyone and there is always something to be said about someone who uses their own trials as a means to help others.

Subtitled: The Secret to Getting Through All Kinds of Change

The New York Times best-selling author of Co-Dependent No More has lived through many crises: becoming sober, living with an alcoholic, losing her son to an accident, getting Hepatitis C, having chronic back problems--and many other losses. So she isn't writing this from a "professional or clinical viewpoint."

"Welcome to the club," someone might say to you (or at least think it) when you have something happen to you they have already experienced. You may see your life in the chapters on death, Alzheimer's, suicide, divorce, job loss, childhood grief, alcoholism, empty nest, and much more.

"Did I do something to tick God off--so that I got to join one of those clubs," we might wonder. Beattie says, whether we believe it or not, life hasn't signaled us out for tragedy, and depersonalizing a loss helps us detach and lessen the pain.

You won't catch trauma from a person grieving or in pain--and much of her book is about seeking and offering help to those who are hurting--one-on-one or as part of a support group.

The other day a woman told me her mother died seven week ago and now her friends are ready for her to be back to her old self. Obviously they are not a member of that club yet--or they'd be more understanding. Relative to grief, Bettie said, you either pay now or you pay later, and she said, "Once I cried for eight years."

She explains radical faith (vs. simple faith: If I am good, only good thing will happen to me). Radical faith means you can be good and still bad things will happen to you--and it's nobody's fault.

Every chapter ended with statistics, such as 2.5 million Americans die every year, and of that, 45-50,000 are under 25.

Well worth your read because everyone will join some kind of "loss" club--whether you want to or not.

Armchair Interviews says: Highly recommend to anyone going through grief, pain or loss--and those who want to understand better.

I was walking through my local bookstore when my eyes caught sight of this book. The title drew me in, as I am grieving the death of my brother. I saw the author and thought, "Oh, no - not that Codependency woman..."

Melody Beattie - who was the first author I ever knew to use the term "Co-Dependent" a term that had come for many to mean "whiney person who thinks of himself/herself as a victim of everyone and everything."

I decided I would give it a "cup of coffee" dry run, to see if my assessment was correct... or not. I am pleased to announce that my assessment was exceptionally far off and this book is a resource that belongs on bookshelves across the country, since Grief is something we will all touch and the majority of us are less than well equipped to manage.

I remembered as I opened the book I had wondered where Beattie went, as I remember the early 90's and the plethora of Codependency titles I saw springing up and then... I couldn't really remember hearing of her since then. It only took a moment to see why.

Her son had died at age 12. How had I not known this, I wondered?

She wrote about this major loss with candor and frankness, without glossy coating. This is the way she tackles all the losses she discusses in the book - both her own losses and the losses of other subjects in the book.

In the back of the book there is a Master list of losses which is very helpful as an initial assessment and an ongoing tool as you read (actually, work through) the book. Each chapter includes activities to further integrate the material presented.

This is a book I will revisit right away, and then I will most likely revisit it. And I will recommend it to people regularly.

It's a club none of use would choose to belong to, yet with this book as a guide, it will feel that much more "normal."

This is Melodie Beattie at her best relation to her own experience about losing a son. A lost loved one, a change in one's life and a move to a new city(Losing all old friendships behind) can be very traumatic.
I liked the chaper on WHAT NOT to say at funerals...like "I'm sorry"
Melody gets another thumbs up from me!!!

Reviewed by Shannon Bailes for Reader Views (9/06)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book as it enlightened me to the fact that our lives are full of grief, we just might not see it that way. The chapter I most related with was the one entitled "Remembering Changes: Facing Alzheimer's Disease." My father died from complications of this disease almost 11 years ago, and I could really relate to all that was written in this chapter. It is always good to read or hear about someone else's journey through this dark tunnel where there are so many unknowns.

Another chapter that moved me was entitled "Time Changes: Empty Nest and Other Rites of Passage." While we are not yet there completely, in less than two years the last of our four sons will leave our happy, little nest, and even now I grieve about that passage.

Throughout the book, Beattie is solid in bringing out the best of all grief situations in our lives. Her writing shows that even through the worst situations, there is hope in everything, if you choose to find it. In almost every chapter we read about a seemingly lost and hopeless circumstance, but by the end of the chapter, we feel that the voyage you are on does not have to consume you, it can make you better and stronger.

I particularly enjoyed the statistics at the end of each chapter. All are enlightening, and added support to the reading of this book.

I would recommend "The Grief Club" to any person that I know, especially those who are struggling with a grief issue in their life. It is an uplifting, sometimes heart-wrenching expression of what life really brings--hardships and joys. The majority of life is filled with joy for most of us. We find while reading, that some have dark clouds and are not so fortunate. More importantly, we find between the cover of this book, that at times the only thing you have to grab onto is hope. Look for it--it is there!

Basic Budhhist principle applied to grief, with some elegant applications of the principles of Dharma to giref counseling.

My wife, best friend and soul mate for 31 years died in July, 2007. I have read several books on the subject of grieving and coping with the loss of a spouse. This book is the best and most useful of all. I am now reading it again for the third time. It has been transformational for me as I try to find a "new normal" in my life. I would highly recommend this book to anyone dealing with the loss of a loved one. I would also recommend re-reading it at different times after the loss. You will get different things out of it as the time passes since your loss.

My significant other of 11 years died from metastatic melanoma at the age of 50. My life has been turned up-side-down and this book has been very comforting. I believe it is one of the best grief books I read - and I read many. It is based on Buddhist principles that are far more effective in dealing with grief than any Christian denomination.

Who would expect to come into contact with a Mindfulness Meditation Primer during a time of excrutiating pain and sadness?

Probably only a handful of us - and the blessing is that in Dr. Kumar's
gently paced grief guide, we find all that and more. It is written in short, easy digestable chunks with both "how-to's" and soul-methods to facilitate a never-simple process we all experience at some point in our lives.

Highlights for me include the definition and application of radical acceptance and the 5 Steps to Facilitate Closure. These two nuggets contain gifts that will multiply many times over... and over again.

This is a title that belongs on people's shelves because we will all grieve eventually - and chances are someone close to you is grieving right now. Your compassion may be called into duty (and privilege) right this moment.

Dr Kumar has taken his years of practice in grief counseling, his Bhuddist belief in the importance of consciously living in the present, and the knowlege he as absorbed from other experts to beautifully write a gentle guide for those of us who are dealing with the loss of someone or something basic to our lives.

There is not an unecessary word in this book perhaps because of the evident respect and compassion with which Kumar seems to have for his grieving readers and his desire to show them how to make their present lives manageable and even enjoyable.

This book should be read by every person who had suffered an invaluable loss. I hope it is.

As the wife of a young man dying of cancer, this book was an incredible aid to getting through each day and learning what to expect. That was 15 years ago. My sister-in-law faced the same situation recently when her husband was diagnosed, and I bought the book for her. She said she couldn't put it down until she read every page. We need to have that helping hand when we're hurting. This book is it!

I found this book days after leaving the hospital with a two year prognosis for a misdiagnosed illness. My head was spinning. I was making lists of questions and to do lists for leaving my 2 young children. Finding this book was a wonderful gift. It answered my questions and provided a realistic outlook for what to expect of a terminal condition. The book provides sample statements for calling your relatives and helps you to prepare for your doctor appointments. I visited a doctor today and I led the session and all of my questions were addressed before the exam occurred. This book should be recommended to all diagnosed with a terminal illness. Highly recommended book!

I have owned this book for several years and decided to use it as an adjunct teaching tool for those training to become hospice volunteers. Every person in the group gave a high rating to this book. I will continue to use this book in future volunteer training classes. Eileen Urquhart, Hospice Volunteer Coordinator, Visiting Nurse Association Hospice of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

This is a must have resource for all of us. It is a practical book that helps you with End of Life concerns and how to plan for them. Far too many people wait until a crisis to make desperate choices that could be avoided. It is difficult to live with the choices that we make in crisis. Many times a crisis situation does not give you the opportunity to discuss critical issues with your family before the crisis occurs. This book will give you the necessary tools to discuss your wants and wishes for the living of your years.

I wish I had picked up this book earlier in my step-father's illness. Very useful for those who are facing illness or who love someone who is very ill, telling you the kinds of things to expect and ways of dealing them.

I am a 9/11 survivor and this book really helped me accept my feelings rather than judging myself for having them. I bought this at Amazon.com from an Awesome Deal I found on DailyTool.com.

Everyone has losses. Everyone has wounds. This is not the end of joy but the beginning, if only we can learn to live with and find ourselves in our feelings, and embrace the life that waits for us on the other side of our pain. Miriam Greenspan's wise book is a warm and helpful guide to dealing with the dark emotions we all experience. As a writer and therapist myself I know how needed her book is and how valuable what she has to offer is. This is a must read for everyone.

A relatively recent book with the simple but profound concept that fear, grief and despair contain the seeds of great wisdom, vitality and balance when they are experienced fully rather than phobically avoided. It demonstrates how our aversion to pain sabotages our search for happiness. I often recommend this book in my psychotherapy practice.

From Phyllis Chesler, author of eleven titles, including "Women and Madness" and "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman":

Greenspan is the gentlest and therefore the wisest of healers. Her book is a poem, a prayer, a guide, a ritual. She herself models what can be done. She is vulnerable, grief-stricken, mindful, supple, connecting, and joyful. She describes enormous grief and terror--her own, that of the world's--and explains what it means to surrender to fear, to face straight into it, to "let it be" as the royal road to sanity, rightful action and rightful non-action, and to exuberance and freedom.

This book is very easy to read--but not simplistic; political but not rhetorical; spiritual but not dogmatic; literary but also practical. It beholds that which is tragic about the human condition but embraces it in a therapeutic and consoling way. It is both Jewish and Buddhist, feminist and humanist, grave but sometimes funny. Greenspan provides an excellent discussion of the "alchemy of fear," and of the Buddhist concept of "tonglen": non-action, action, surrender. She is excellent on violence, trauma, numbing, and the consequences of omnipresent media in our lives. Her discussion of the world post 9/11 is compelling. The tone is grave, measured, supple, vital, enchanting.

Greenspan is a trustworthy guide for us in these times.

Greenspan's book deserves wider recognition. I found it by accident online and I wish I had seen it earlier.

What I liked best: Greenspan writes from her own experienced as therapist and bereaved mother, a woman who came to the US as a young child and lost her first child due to unexplained brain defects. She knows the darker emotions first-hand.

Even better, Greenspan is not afraid to confront the received wisdom of the psychiatric establishment. Medication works for some depressed clients, but it is only by going into the emotion that we can transform despair into faith and fear into joy. She picks up on the values embedded in the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria: depression is a "mood disorder," which means that only cheerful, upbeat people are "normal."

I found myself making notes of key points that were unusual and insightful. In particular, her discussion of "boomerang emotions" will be especially valuable to anyone who's ever been frustrated in one area and acted out in another. It is easy to make impulsive, often dysfunctional decisions after stifling feelings for a long time. This section is one of the best in the book.

On the downside, I wish Greenspan had been more rigorous. Although her views seem sensible, some research suggets disagreement. For example, one study found that people recovered from grief as well if they were medicated as if they were allowed the full experience. Other studies have demonstrated that people experience grief differently. Some may not need to go deep into the feeling.

Because Greenspan works with therapy patients, she does not discuss the context of these "dark" emotions. Despair can be experienced by someone like William Styron, whom she discusses, as a person who seems on top of the world. But would there be a different experience of despair for someone who just lost a job, has little chance of finding a new job, anticipates old age and perhaps has family stresses too? Despair rooted in real obstacles seems somehow different from despair that has more existential "why are we here" origins. And biologically based depression seems to be different altogether.

Many New Age and popular authors (such as best-selling author Lynn Grabhorn) make exactly the opposite point: if you force yourself to be upbeat, your life gets better. I wish Greenspan had addressed this point directly, as some people do seem to do better after forced cheerfulness. This topic may not be amenable to scientific research but it would be nice to see some science-based discussion.

Finally, I wish Greenspan had stated her credentials on the book jacket. Is she a PhD? Does she have degrees? Has she published articles in academic or research journals? I was a little disconcerted by the discussion of chakras in a book by a more-or-less mainstream therapist.

Then again, Greenspan seems to be making a statement. She doesn't like the way we treat the darker emotions. And maybe she doesn't like the way therapists are categorized and pigeon-holed either. After all, there's no research (as far as I know) demonstrating that certain training results in better therapeutic outcomes. Definitely worth a read.

This book is a gem! It is wonderful, touching, and really easy to read. I have already recommend the book to folks I just know will love it.

Deborah, I read the entire book. It fits my situation with my family really close. It was like you were looking into our living room the morning of November 10. Your book has given me insight into some of what is coming next in our life. As hard as it will be, at least I can prepare myself for the next few months. The book let us into your home, your sorrow, hurt, anger, grief. It puts your whole life in print. I hope others gain as much as I did.

Amazing healing powers. I lost my nephew in July,2006. It was comforting to know how other people greve the loss of our brave soldiers. I too have seen a Red tailed hawk in the garden behind my sister's house. I, too hope it was Tom telling us he was near us. This book is a powerful story of one family search for healing. I recommend this book to any one who has lost a child, or to anyone who wants to read about the power of love in healing our hearts.

I haven't received it yet. I just realized that this is the book that I ordered in October and I have not gotten it yet. I have been billed and paid for it but did not get it. The five star rating is an anticipated rating if and when I get it.

I bought this book for my husband. He said it is the best book he ever read.

This book was a journey, it took me to places in the heart I've never been but had been searching for most of my life. While I don't believe that there is just one specific "answer" in life, this book has been an open door to explore the possibilities of life, death, love and laughter. The healing tools of life are love and laughter, and the reminder that they are needed daily is ever present in the pages of this book, both on this earth and off. I will use this book often as a gentle but constant reminder of those that have left my side, but not my life.

Beautifully written, A Hug from Heaven is an enlightening and compelling look at what happens after death. In conversations with her deceased father and uncle, the author, Margien Burns, offers comforting and descriptive insights into the learning process that occurs when we "cross over." The author relates the importance of communicating and listening, and how to handle the highs and lows of everyday life while we are on this earth, and the path that will eventually take us to the greatest love of all. We find that what awaits us at the end of our temporal journey is really just the beginning.

An excellent and intriguing read.

"A Hug from Heaven" helps one understand what happens after one "passes on." If you have had a loved one pass away, it helps you come to peace and to know that they are still with us. The conversations Margien has had with her father and others from the other side are amazing.

This book has opened my mind about life and death. I recommend this book to all.

If you ever wondered whether someone you've lost can talk to you from the "other side," this book may help you make up your mind. What happens when you die? This book offers a crash course in what we learn when we leave the body behind and enter "Heaven's Gate." In a series of conversations with her passed-over father and others who have died, Margien Burns looks at the meaning of life, death, of your "life plan" and of how you can open yourself up to connect to those who are no longer in body. Filled with examples of "readings" she has given others who have lost loved ones, the book will help you cope with loss because you understand that life does go on, even when we feel like we have lost everything. We don't come into this world alone. Our lives are interwined with others from before we are born, and our life plans are made to hone not only our souls but to help others do the same. The chapters in this book remind us that we are here to grow in body and spirit and we are never left alone. Our loved ones are here, and if you will open your mind to them, they will speak of wondrous worlds yet to be experienced. Have no fear. This book helps shed light on enlightenment.

This delightful books provides us with an enlightening peak into the after life. We all hope to pass into such a place, when our time on earth is done. Here the reader finds a peace and assurance about the place our loved ones have passed to and where we may meet up with them when the time comes. If you were raised with the memorable idea of "Eternal fires burning in Hell--from childhood, you will value the serenity found in the author's words. It speaks of how love and knowledge rule and light the way, even for lost souls. They too have the ability to find their way out of the darkness. The clarity about many subjects we all question privately, is honest, calming and makes reading this great little book easy. It isn't about one religion being better than another. The fundamentals we learned from childhood will light the way for the spirit and for us: Love, Kindness,and Acceptance. There must be holes in the floors of Heaven and this book describes it best.

This book is not only a great reference for studying forgiveness and conflict resolution, as other reviewers have suggested, but also for anyone looking for an understanding of apartheid and post-apartheid in South Africa. I purchased this book as a student of human rights law, and found it incredibly helpful in detailing background and implementation of such law in South Africa. A good choice for a student or for entertainment.

Dr. Gobodo-Madikizela is a remarkable human being. I am awestruck by her depth of soul. She puts so many of us to shame. I hope I can learn at least a little of her understanding and compassion.

This is one of the most powerful books I've read on the power of forgiveness and what it means to be human. I highly, highly recommend it.

It's a pity more of our current political leaders aren't reading books such as this one. Forgiveness, open hearts, the space to grow - how can this be anything but good? I heard Gobodo-Madikizela on NPR, inspiring me to read her book. It's amazing. I'd recommend it highly.

I was extremely fortunate to hear Ms. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela present her book on booktv on December 7, 2003. I strongly urge you who are reading this amazon comment to seek her out and go to listen to her if she is speaking anywhere near your area. Read this book by one of the world's most remarkable women and a true seeker of peace. Judge Albie Sachs also spoke in conjunction with Dr. Gobodo-Madikizela's book presentation and I would encourage the reader to seek him out as well. These two are truly exceptional human beings.

BOOKTV description of the presentation:
A Human Being Died That Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness
from March 9, 2003
From John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio, South African activist Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela discusses her book "A Human Being Died That Night." A psychologist, Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela had many conversations with Eugene de Kock, the former commanding officer of the apartheid police squads. De Koch, whose nicknames include "Dr. Death" and "Prime Evil," is currently serving 212 years in prison for crimes against humanity. Much of the book is set during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, during which both the perpetrators and their victims were given the right to be heard. Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela suggests that the TRC hearings may not have produced complete reconciliation, but the validation the victims received and the absolution they subsequently offered was therapeutic and necessary for the creation of the new democracy. Albie Sachs, a judge with the Constitutional Court of South Africa joins Ms. Gobodo-Madikizela. This program is hosted by Facing History and Ourselves, a nonprofit educational organization that encourages an interdisciplinary approach to teaching history by relating it to the daily experiences of the students.

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This book just pulled me along. I finished it much faster than I thought-- but that's alright. It's the kind of book you enjoy reading and re-reading. If you like cutting-edge sci-fi with the truly human touch, you will like this. No paper doll characters here and a world so real, you'll think you've been living in it!
A rich and rewarding experience, like all of Sean's works-- but this one is just that much better.

The basis of this novel - brilliantly condensed, no doubt - had me entralled every day for months in its original decentralized form. The idea of actually getting a portable version is thrilling, instead of having to experience it through the static telecommunications system. Sean Stweart is a pathbreaker in this medium - taking digital media and transferring it into this, how can I say, physical chunk. What a perfect irony, considering the material of the work. Giving the success of this project I think I won't be alone in saying his work creating this collection of physical pages (with blank ink inserted!) has only just begun and is sure to inspire others in a similar vein.

"Death of Evan Chan" is a superb work by master writer Sean Stewart (who, may I add, is quite a cutie!) Long-time fans won't be disappointed, and he's sure to add a whole new following with this book.

The plotline is based on an online game that Mr. Stewart co-created, captivating thousands around the world for three fabulous months (some of whom may even have cameos in the novel). Yet the story transcends the electronic media in which it began.

Stewart possesses a superb talent for bringing his characters to life. Hacker-extraordinaire Dwayne is sure to be the object of many girls' affections, while Laia's troubles will make even the most cynical heart ache in sympathy. Nor are these nearly hyper-real characters lost in a trite or plodding storyline; Stewart whisks readers away into a tangled future where the line between human and robot is ever-more blurred and pulls them into a thrilling tale of jealousy, murder, and heroism.

Make a beautiful land, and surrender yourself to "Death of Evan Chan". And check out Sean Stewart's other books - he really does know 22/7 of everything!

Sean Stewart, author of Galveston, has excelled himself here with this account of a murder set hundreds of years from the present. Having consistently enthralled and entertained over 2.5 million people--every week--over the course of four months and nearly working himself to death whilst sitting in a space-age chair, he's had time over the summer to put together A.I. - The Death of Evan Chan as a sort of Cliff's Notes to what was possibly the best marketing campaign the 'net has ever seen.

You've got sex. You've got death. You've got the best crackers and hackers in the world. You've got cockneys, you've got infamous sexbots, you've got Shakespeare obsessed characters and houses that speak using pictures. What more could you possibly want? Probably a puzzle hidden in the text of the book, but let's just see about that, shall we?

The only downside--if there could be one--is that so many things were cut from the story. But that's by-the-by. This is one gripping, weaving story that's crying out to be bought by you.

Possibly the web's favourite pseudo-interactive narrative, any self-respecting sci-fi junky, advertising exec or plain geek needs to get this and read it. And then ask themselves where they were on the 12th of April, because being a Cloudmaker was one hell of a ride.