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As NU student got this book as a reference. I heard Alice and Tim are two of best pro in Kel
I agree totally after reading this.
Strongly recommend

Image is everything right? But is hard to stick a dollar sign on to "Image" or better yet "Brand". Detailed case studies of real world products help put things in perspective. Some of the early choices of companies like Coke and Nike have really helped maintain the integrity of the brand through the test of time. By using brands that are all around us, Kellogg on Branding brings it all to your doorstep. I recommend this book to marketing/advertising industry people just as much to fans of books like "The Tipping Point" and The Long Tail.".

This book is very good for anyone who wants to be or already works as a marketing manager in any industry. Branding is not everything of marketing, but it is really an important part can increase or decrease a business.

Branding is so powerful that it touches upon more disciplines than other branches of marketing. Figuring out why branding works and where it might go in the future requires insights from several fields, including anthropology, advertising, management and psychology. Thus, this anthology takes the perfect approach to presenting the latest information about branding. A single author would have difficulty keeping up with so much multidisciplinary research. This worthwhile book ranges from the basic to the esoteric, and from the practical to the theoretical. It offers numerous case studies and advice about brand building in particular industries; it also includes an interesting discussion of the anthropology of branding. We recommend this book to marketing managers: Even experienced, knowledgeable branding practitioners are likely to encounter new ideas and strategies in these pages.

I picked up "Kellogg on Branding" from Amazon because my company was embarking on a branding exercise. As part of the team, I wanted to get well-versed in the theoretical and practical implications of branding and brand management. Little did I realize that I have picked up a gem.

First and foremost, this is an academic book, some of which may cause a reader to gloss over, especially if they are just looking for easy bullet point overviews. Nonetheless, I found this to be a goldmine of information.

A collection of articles and research by some of the by faculty at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University covering a range of issues. Specifically, the book covers branding concepts in the first three chapters, strategies for building and leveraging brands, strategy to implimentation, and branding insights.

I found the last chapters (14 through 20) to be the most interesting as they were written by senior executives at firms. Whether it was a discussion on there individual companies leveraged their brand, to using their brand internally, it was the more "Practical" section of the book.

Thats not to diminish the other sections of the book. In one collection we have a guide for branding in the tech sector, to managing a brand portfolio, to design and positioning. Each with a wealth of information for anyone looking at their own companies and trying to make sense of branding, brand strategy and brand management.

Needless to say, this volume armed me quite well for our branding initiatives.

Again, this is a detailed book, and not a gloss over. If you can read this with the attention to detail "Kellogg on Branding" offers, then you will be well rewarded. If not, you may want to look elsewhere.

Regardless, I highly recommend.

Melanie's adventures will make you laugh out loud, shake your head in disbelief and occasionally wipe a tear.
When reading, I went to exotic places, tasted exotic foods (among them delicious "mud" pie) and enjoyed many adventures. God bless her Saint of a mother, who taught her the lessons to be learned from her adventurous nature. If Melanie had not been the 5th and last child, she "might" have been the 1st and last! She was quite the little spitfire then and is now a beautiful, intelligent, caring woman - with beautiful teeth! And I am truly blessed to have her as a friend.
This book can be read to children, enjoyed by adults and given as very special gifts.
Be sure to experience Ladybug's world - you will not be sorry.
I have only one criticism of this book - it simply ended too soon.
Now waiting "patiently" for book #2!
Jane Nelson

A child full of adventure, curiosity and love of life. This is a tale of Melanie Marshall's childhood. I recommend this book to read to your child at bedtime. You both would enjoy the adventures the book takes you and you can create an adventure for yourselves. Highly recommend this book.

Ladybug is a whimsical delightful little book. Written from a child's point of view but with a grown-up twist - it is about all the things that happen when growing up -- though most of these tales are in a foreign land and are so entertaining and quite surprising. Its not your average short story book. More delightful and entertaining as you learn things about cultures and plants and things you wouldn't even imagine! Its a great entertaining read for adults and delightful for the children - especially at story time. All in all, check out this book, you are sure to be delighted with a tale or two!

Disclaimer: The author of this wonderful little book is a friend, but I learned more of her background by reading these autobiographical snippets of her childhood spent living outside the U.S. There are some painful lessons learned, such as how a trusting little girl discovers prejudice only when she returns to the capital of our own country. Chapters are easily read as Melanie breaks each into different story lines. This book will appeal to both adults and children. I am hoping the children in my family will be inspired to read further about the exotic locations in these poignant stories.

I loved it! I would highly recommend this book for children or adults. Great insights from such an intelligent, adventurous and brave little girl. It was very discouraging that the first taste of prejudice she experienced was just a few miles from where I live. But tales of her life in Africa were great reading. This would be a perfect gift!

I like the book but the back and forth with the previous books makes it little bit borring because if you already read the previous book you know what happened and it is not relevant to the new book. Even if you have not read the previous book it could do without the inserts or comments from it. Other than that I love the book and the stories. I actually want to meet this doctor.

He leido muchos libros de superacion personal, y nunca pense que un libro que hablara de reencarnacion me ayudara tanto como muchos de los libros que he leido, este libro supero todas mis espectativas, siento que he supere un poco el miedo mas grande que he tenido siempre que es el miedo ala muerte, este libro me ha ayudado mucho a superar la gran ansiedad de no saber hacia donde iba y el de no poder volver alas personas que tanto amo, es increible, se lo recomiendo a todas aquellas personas que sufren por la perdida de un ser querido y aquellas que como yo sufria de mucha ansiedad por no saber que hay despues de la muerte, esto no tiene nada que ver con religion, esto no me hace dudar de mi religion si no mas bien amplia mis espectativas y me llena de esperanza y paz.......

Lazos de Amor es un libro maravilloso. Lo lei hace algunos anios y lo sigo comprando constantemente para regalarlo a la gente que aprecio. Lo recomiendo totalmente.

Soy una fiel seguidora del Dr. Brian Weiss, he leido todos sus libros y cada uno ha sido una experiencia maravillosa. Muchas Vidas Muchos Sabios (o Maestros) nos abre las puertas a un mundo totalmente espiritual, nos hace perderle el miedo a la muerte pues es solo un periodo de transicion. Mi padre es medico, Cardiologo, y aun siendo un cientifico, por su profesion el ha tenido experiencias con pacientes que han sufrido paros cardiacos y han regresado relatando experiencias muy similares a las que se narran en este libro. Muchas Vidas Muchos Sabios llego a mis manos en el momento de una perdida muy dolorosa, mi hermana menor acababa de fallecer en un accidente de autos. Ese libro fue un consuelo increible en ese momento, llego a mi vida en el momento en el que mas lo necesitaba. Cada vez que algun amigo o conocido esta pasando por una experiencia similar, sin pensarlo compro una copia de este libro y se la obsequio. Por su lado, Lazos de Amor es el segundo libro mas hermoso que he leido. Nos enseña que el amor es infinito y que nunca muere. Es lo unico que realmente vale, lo unico real. Recomiendo ambos libros al maximo, cambiaran la vida de los que lo lean!!!! GRACIAS DR. WEISS!!!

Este libro es una prueba que estamos ligados a los seres mas queridos, el amor es la fuerza mas poderosa que hay en el universo.

I found this book to be very helpful. I have purchased five copies to pass on to friends. They have all agreed that it is a wonderful tool and easy to follow.

I suffered through most of my twenties with a pretty debilitating anxiety disorder, which unfortunately has recently come back to check up on me. I found Mike George's short-but-to-the-point book helpful in diffusing and alleviating many of the mental circumstances that contribute to anxiety.

With short, bite size chapters illustrated with soothing water-colors, LEARN TO RELAX touches on all of the important tools needed to unweave the warp of stress and anxiety that tends to bind us in knots. Mike George covers the principles of deep breathing, meditation, visualization techniques, and also shows how to use the formidable powers of the imagination to heal the body and mind from within.

This book isn't a comprehensive manual on relaxation, but it wasn't meant to be. Rather, it's a portable, user-friendly sampler that will help you take the first steps down the path of relaxation and healing. If you get something from this book, you'll definitely want to explore the subject further, but this is a great place to start.

A beautiful book for the mind, body and spirit.

the exercises are quite alright... useful to say... the pictures and the layout is really very attractive... easy to read and to understand... good book overall

This is a must-have for anyone feeling stressed. By this point, just looking at the cover relaxes me. :)

Linux System Security: The Administrator's Guide to Open Source Security Tools, Second Edition
by Scott Mann has advice on starting from scratch when you are setting up a machine to make it secure from attack from the outside.

It looks at everything from the filesystem upwards, and will give you a good starting point for looking at this.

Linux is better than Windows.

Actually all tools described are not Linux specific and can be used for any Unix including FreeBSD and Solaris.

The authors seems to know the subject and really used tools that they are writing about. For several popular tools the book provides some useful info that is difficult to find elsewhere. Pretty decent typography, although it's a little bit too academic and does not use icons on margins that IMHO simplify reading. 

As for the classic open security tools, the book covers PAM(36 pages), Sudo(20 pages), TCP Wrappers(24 pages), SSH(55 pages), Tripwire(24 pages), CFS and TCFS (30 pages), and ipchains.

From the first reading it looks like the chapters are *not* a rehash of existing online documentation. In addition to the chapters about classic open source security tools I like chapters about logs: a chapter on syslog (Ch.8) and a chapter on log file management (Ch.17). 

Now about weaknesses. The chapter on Tiger is rather weak. Moreover regrettably Tiger is a legacy tool, but actually information is not completely useless -- it's not difficult to switch to another tool after one understands how Tiger works. Actually Perl is superior for writing Unix vulnerability scanners in comparison with shell. May be hardening scripts like Bastille would be a better choice for this chapter in the second edition of the book.

Book is incomplete in a sense that neither Snort (or any similar intrusion detection tool), nor open source network scanners (Saint, Sara, etc.) are covered.

Of course there are some typos, but generally not that many. But what is really bad is that the Prentice Hall book page currently is pretty basic with no errata or additional links. The authors do not provide a WEB site for the book.

This book can probably be used for studying Unix security at universities along with somewhat outdated Practical Unix and Internet Security and this combination can somewhat compensate deficiencies of the latter (non tool oriented descriptive approach).

This book is well-written, thorough, and practical rather than academic. I particularly found the chapter on securing network services to be helpful, and was able to identify some potential security problems on the systems I support as a result of information provided in that chapter.

This book is incredibly thorough, and up to date. For example, Red Hat Linux 7 has just come out, and does now has xinetd as a replacement for inetd. Well, you guessed it, this book has about 27 pages on xinetd!

Want info on ipchains? This book has at least 50 pages on the subject!

I could go on and on about this book it is so good!

This book is written by experienced people, not just an author who was assigned another book to write.

You will not regret buying this book!

Yahoooo! Finally, the last book in the Lyon Saga series is out! It's been a long wait but well worth it. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this final story, completing the events of Jess's life from that of a fourteen year old to a mature woman with three grown children.

Oh yes, sending them from Croatoan Island made me very sad but it was the only thing she could do, and it continues the saga to its logical conclusion. Known facts are cleverly interwoven within the story. It is so believable, you can almost imagine you're there, meeting Robert Ashbury again and his carping wife, falling in love with Walter Ashbury, riding the outskirts of the settlement with Suzanne and Walter, breaking your heart over George, who longs to return to Croatoan. And learning what has happened over the past 25 years to Jess, her Akaiyan and all her dear friends.

My one and only complaint - why does it have to end!!!!! Come on, M. L. Stainer, write another story, please.

The Lyon's Crown is the last book in the Lyon Saga series. The story of Jess Archarde and her family rivals that of any new explorers. Their story should be made into a movie for all to see. The bravery of crossing the mighty Atlantic Ocean, establishing a colony from nothing, watching hostile Indians creep closer and closer to their encampment and finally, finding themselves abandoned is certainly the stuff movies are made of.
This is a brilliant series following Jess through 25 years, from age 14 to age 39 with children of her own. In The Lyon's Crown she is forced to send her children north from Croatoan Island, which has been her home for all those years. The story is told from Suzanne's point of view, her daughter and heir to her journals. In these pages are recorded Jess's life story. They are befriended by Robert Ashbury, Jess's one-time suitor for her hand. In extending sanctuary to her children, it is obvious that he still loves Jess. But his shrewish wife makes it difficult for all. Eventually they have to move northward to Jamestown, establishing a new life for themselves in a harsh, unforgiving country.
Little is known of these "lost colonists" and M. L. Stainer has done a remarkable job in bringing them to life. Her understanding of the Native-American culture is nothing short of extraordinary. I did not want the series to end with this last book. That is praise enough! Movie makers, producers, come on and read this series. It should be brought to the world!

"The Lyon's Crown" is the much anticipated final book in The Lyon Saga series. The series covers 25 years in the earliest American history and the lost colony of Roanoke Island. "The Lyon's Crown" completes the tale in the year 1612 and explores how things might have been for those who left Croatoan Island for the settlements of Jamestown and Henrico.

Throughout the series readers have enjoyed the historical fiction that is Jessabel Archarde's life. From her trip across the ocean from England as a 14-year-old girl to her having children of her own, we have come to love Jess and admire her strength. What will become of Jess' children, for they are half English and half Native American? After a smallpox epidemic that nearly devastates their Croatoan Island home Jess decides to send her children to live in Jamestown under the guise of English settlers. Hoping that the promise of Master Robert Ashbury to take in the young adults is still good, the three set off on their own adventure, leaving Jess behind.

Throughout this touching work of fiction are historical elements that lend well to children's understanding of our true history. The settling of Jamestown was no easy task and developing the new world was quite daunting. Relationships between the native peoples and the English settlers are compelling to study and this book certainly opens the eyes to what likely really happened. Historical figures like John Rolf, Sir Thomas Dale, and Matoaka (Pocahontas) give a feel of authenticity, while "seeing" the way the settlements were carved out and the development of the tobacco industry was begun gives the reader a better grasp on history than a social studies book might instill.

"The Lyon's Crown" is a satisfying end to a series that I have much enjoyed. I highly recommend the series for readers aged 10 and up who wish to explore history in a personable and enjoyable way.

Completing the LYON Quintet, which offers alternative theories about the fate of the "lost" colony of Roanoke, CROWN provides an emotionally-satisfying conclusion to the adventures of Jess Archarde. It is the year 1612 when Jess' three half English-half Native American children arrive by ship in the young colony of Jamestown. Suzanne, William and George were sent away by Jess, also known as Little Bird, from peaceful Croatoan Island. This was the desperate act of a mother to protect them from the smallpox epidemic which claimed her beloved husband, Akaiyan. To soften the sudden loss of maternal guidance, Jess enclosed many pages of her journal for her daughter to read and remember, for she had pledged to oversee her younger brothers. (First-time readers to the series will recap Jess' struggles and joys as an English girl, transplanted across the ocean.)

Although safe from the epidemic, Suzanne and her brothers are not joyously welcomed by the harassed and fearful colonists. Master Robert Ashbury, an old admirer of Jess, had promised them hospitality should the need arise, but his shrewish wife is resentful of a household of strangers (which includes a clinging widow with 3 youngsters). Treating them as little more than unwanted and inefficient servants, Mistress Ashbury recognizes something different in Suzanne' features and carriage. Her suspicions increase until she is openly hostile about their Indian heritage, for these colonists live in frank fear of the natives. How will Jess' children fit into this world, where their native heritage is grounds for stoning?

The author has skillfully interwoven authentic colonial history with an interesting story about her fictitious heroine and the second generation. Readers aged 10-15 should enjoy the entire series, for Jess' probeles and Suzanne's dreams can be understood by all. Deeper themes are hinted at as well; racial relations, possible fates of the lost colonists, and the role of a mother are subtly mentioned. The LYON series will educate as it entertains, hopefully inspiring further, future study about America's multi-ethnic past, focusing attention on Tidewater
Virginia and the outer islands.

I have finished the last book! I want to compliment you on a wonderful job well done. Your book is very comparable to the work done by Englis Fletcher of Bandon Plantation over at Edenton. Her success was due to the taking of a framework of historical fact and interweaving human characters into a realistic story.
Your work "has brought to life the human relationships of our first English people as settlers, and the Native Americans that were found here."
Your line, "I like to think that Eleanor and all our brave colonists, scattered far and wide... are part of the wind itself which spreads outward to the ends of the earth." How well this portrays the blending of two civilizations and their impact on the world to come.
To anyone, I heartily recommend these five books as a glimpse into the "people side" of our Nation's first colony. Their dreams, lives, loves and hopes. You will feel that in many ways, their lives had great meaning!
What will be your next project? You have too much feeling for people to let it all stop here. There is always another story!

About the Book: Men Don't Listen
is a very well written and easy to read book. It is a recipe book on how to make a very good relationship and keep it. The title of this book is a definite attraction for all female readers, but I truly advise both genders to read this book. It teaches women as well as men to stop, listen and learn all those little things that chip away at our relationships, after all, men and women alike spend so much time and worry in regards to healing their frustrations where their inability to understand their partner is concerned. Men Don't Listen has it all. This book will take its readers from A to Z in what steps are worth climbing to meet one another at a very equal level. One may consider this a self-help book in relationships. They would not be far from the truth, in fact it will even take away any false ideas that our world has managed to implement in your brain and take you to a realistic level of what men and women are really about. I enjoyed the romantic section of this book; it added a nice desert to the dinner so to speak.

Recommendation: Womensselfesteem.com highly recommends this read to all women and men regardless of your relationship. It is a very positive and informative book on living a very happy relationship. Thank you Wayne, for requesting a book review by womensselfesteem.com, it was a very entertaining, not to mention valuable read.

I feel this is a must book for both men and women but even more so for women to read. Women have an easier time expressing their feelings and needs and I feel this book will help them understand men better and give them the tools to help draw out the man in their life if they are having any problems communicating. I am presently going through a divorce after a very long marriage and I know if I would have read this book several years ago maybe I could have saved my marriage by knowing more about how my husband was thinking and not giving up because I could not get through to him and us growing apart. The book was written from the personal experiences of the author which makes it even more useful and practical information to learn and hopefully helps the reader not make the same mistakes in their lives. I know I have learned some valuable insight into a man's mind in reading this book that will hopefully help me in any future relationships I am lucky enough to have. Thank you Wayne for sharing your life with the rest of us in an effort to help us avoid the mistakes you made in your journey through life!

This book should be read by all men and women. There is something for everyone to take away from it. The list in the book are very helpful and gives you a place to start. Women if you can get your husbands to listen to you for one minute ask them to read this book it could very well change there whole thought pattern . I loved it. Great Job Wayne!

Ah, what a great book! Being involved in Relationship Workshops, I feel this book is absolutely a must to read by women as well as men. It certainly offers insight into the world of men who listen but have found it difficult to feel. Women you must read this book! It will give you a greater understanding of men. I will indeed suggest reading it at my Relationship Workshops. Pattimari Sheets

Ah, what a great book! Being involved in Relationship Workshops, I feel this book is absolutely a must to read by women as well as men. It certainly offers insight into the world of men who listen but have found it difficult to feel. Women you must read this book! It will give you a greater understanding of men. I will indeed suggest reading it at my Relationship Workshops. Pattimari Sheets

I took many interesting courses in my early-1980s MBA program: strategy formulation, marketing, consumer behavior, and others. But the most exciting course was taught by Vijay Govindarajan. A star in higher education in India and later in the United States, VG (as we students called him) had us on the edge of our seats each and every class. Using the "case method," he embedded what he wanted us to learn inside interesting business problems, and he challenged us to solve them. My classmates and I energetically debated the cases both before and after class. The subject VG taught? Accounting.

One might not expect the world of disease and pharmaceuticals to be exciting, either, but Robert Shook does the same thing with drugs and the people of the pharmaceutical industry that VG did with accounting. Each of the seven stories in Miracle Medicines describes a health problem that afflicts people all around us, perhaps family members - maybe even you. (Like the author, I suffer from asthma.) Shook introduces us to the people of Big Pharma (as insiders call the industry) and vividly describes their struggle to develop an effective drug and bring it to market. It is not an easy process, and, after reading this book, you will understand why pharmaceuticals can be so expensive.

This book is a must read for three groups: those who want to know more about the drugs they depend upon for health, if not life itself; anyone who wants to understand the business side of the pharmaceutical industry and how drugs are developed; and readers who enjoy good short stories, for Miracle Medicines is really a collection of fascinating tales with a common theme - how people working together bring life and hope to others.

Americans who criticize the pharmaceutical industry need to read this important book. Author Shook went behind locked doors to show us an insight on the tremendous costs and risks that these pharmaceutical corporations take. We all complain about the high costs of medicine, but Shook clearly describes the years of work and dedication by brilliant scientists as well as the many millions of dollars that these corporations front to bring a new medicine to the market place. I still may complain about the cost of my prescriptions, but I am now appreciative of the many dedicated people in the industry who made my medicines available.

There are two elements to any industry. Research and making money. At no point we should question the integrity of people who do everything they can to find cures for human ailments. This book tells all that. In this world of Wall Street expectations to show quick and continuous profits, some times, Pharma companies might make some bad judgment calls and those decisions cause more harm than anything. Pharma is being criticized for its practices in drug research with all the myths and lies, and at the same time pushing those companies to produce and show quick returns on stock market so that investors can make quick profit without realizing the effort that goes into the research, clinical trials and marketing of a drug. Drugs are not commodities and only that realization can put things perspective to everyone.

For years, the media has been knocking Big Pharma,and many of us are be duped into believing that the pharmaceutical companies are deceptive, devious and inhererently evil. Even the movie, "The Constant Gardener," a fictious story, has influenced public opinion to think that Big Pharma will do anything for the almighty dollar.

Robert L. Shook, a highly respected independent business writer, with no ties to the pharmaceutical industry has penned an eye-opening book that takes the reader behind the scenes of seven companies--Abbott, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis amd Pfizer to meet the real people who dedicate their lives to finding cures for diseases. In doing so, Shook puts a face on these dedicated men and women, most of whom spend their entire careers working in their labs without ever having a new drug ending up in our medicine cabinet. After reading MIRACLE MEDICINES, my take on these individuals is that they are truly committed to humankind. They are hard-working, decent people who spend their lives to benefit others. As the author states, these are highly educated people, many who have medical degrees and Ph.Ds and could earn far more in private practice or working elsewhere. Why do they work for pharmaceutical companies? To paraphrase one chemist in the book, "I could have made more money working for a chemical company, but I wanted to work where I could do the most good for humankind."

The author does an excellent job in presenting an otherwise very complicated subject in a way that can be enjoyably read by all. This is a tribute to his writing skills. The book is very informative and interesting to read. I recommend that you buy it.

I expected to be enlightened by this book, but I never expected to enjoy it. I was in for a big surprise. Author Robert L. Shook's writing is always first rate. However, in this book he has accomplished three rather remarkable things. First, instead of simply presenting well-researched and well-organized information - which could have made for a dull read - he has brought the information to life, creating seven intriguing stories about the dedicated and talented people who embody the pharmaceutical industry. I'll offer one example. Over a relatively short period of time we have come to accept AIDS as a (tragic) feature of contemporary society. I was fascinated to read about how, when, and where AIDS actually began; how it spread in this country; how physicians eventually identified HIV; and how pharmaceutical companies rushed to develop tools to diagnose and treat it. And, by the way, I found the profiles of the pharmaceutical companies quite inspiring - great things really can come from rather humble beginnings. Second, Shook takes technical information and makes it simple and easy to understand. This is no small feat. Finally, Shook helps the reader understand - yes, even appreciate - the contributions of pharmaceutical companies. In recent years, people have come to regard "Big Pharma" as they do "Big Oil" - i.e., as companies that exploit consumers who have no choice but to buy their products. Shook helps us to see pharmaceutical companies in a far more sympathetic light. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good read and wants to learn about the ever-changing world in which we live.

This is a fun, useful and thought provoking book. There are lots of good questions and as I read the book I found some interesting answers under the surface.
This book is the older version of Money Magic: Unleashing Your True Potential for Prosperity and Fulfillment. There are some cosmetic changes but the content is generally the same in both books. The Money Magic book is easier to find and available in soft cover.
The content inspired me to seek out the author and sign up for the workshop and first level coaching class.

An interesting book in a field that has been begun to be explored - the emotional and spiritual aspects of money. I especially appreciated the author's discussion of money's creative and fluid nature. Her emphasis on maintaining your integrity while seeking greater financial prosperity is particularly welcome - one aspect of investing which often gets forgotten when people focus on making money.

I've read dozens of books on money (and completed hundreds of exercises), and what I appreciated most about Deborah's cogent volume was its "user-friendly" format. In contrast, Maria Nemeth's "The Energy of Money," while comprehensive, was intimidating in the level of commitment required to complete her program. Deborah's work inspired me (a psychotherapist) to complete the training she provides through the Money Coaching Institute and make it the focus of the psychospiritual work I do with clients. Deborah is not a "therapist" per se, but she KNOWS how people relate to money as a result of her many years of experience in the financial services industry, and has communicated her knowledge straightforwardly and helpfully in her book. Her vision is to help individuals harmoniously integrate the energy of money into all aspects of their lives and, by example, become healers themselves. I found this to be a unique approach, valuable to me personally, and proving valuable to my clients as well.

I found this book so refreshing! Compared to other standard financial money advice books, the author, Deborah Price, integrated money archetypes and spirituality giving the reader a chance to look at money in a more fulfilling, richer way. The book gave me tools to be able to filter out the negative subconscious views we have about money and how to turn our views into a more positive, selfserving "Money Magician".

Most people have a love/hate relationship with money. Most people also don't have as much money as they think they should have or need; and those who have lots of money often find that they're still not happy. Deborah L. Price addresses these problems in her latest book, Money Therapy.

Price is a licensed investment advisor and stockbroker. She is now a money coach consultant. She has condensed her more than fifteen years experience into a process called money therapy.

She explains that we are not meant to spend our lives shopping and working to pay off debt. The purpose of her book, she says, is "to help you remember the purpose of your life: the original purpose." Money is only one of the many tools available for achieving that purpose.

Price advises people to start building the life they want before they have money. Too many people waste their lives waiting for money to come first, and are still unhappy if it does come. She details how to build a strong foundation based on what you truly want from life, and then how to manifest the money needed to achieve your goals.

Over the years, she's observed eight "money types," based on how people feel about money. These are the innocent, victim, warrior, martyr, fool, creator/artist, tyrant, and the money magician. The money types are meant to be a "guide to discovering the impact of your past experiences with money and to changing your approach in the future." Price describes the weaknesses and strengths of each, and explains how people can turn themselves into money magicians who have all that they need and the ability to enjoy it. She's included a simple quiz to help readers determine which type they are.

She emphasizes throughout the book that the only real value that money has is the value we give to it. Money itself is just pieces of paper. We forget this, and attribute power to money. This leads feeling out of control and making financial choices based on fear.

Price has filled Money Therapy with advice on how to overcome negative and fearful feelings about money. She provides "practical steps toward acknowledging the hold of money on our minds and emotions and then using those insights to create not only a better relationship to money but also the wealth and prosperity we desire."

"A modern classic. Dewey's lectures have lost none of their vigor...The historical approach, which underlay the central argument, is beautifully exemplified in his treatments of the origin of philosophy."--Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

"It was with this book that Dewey fully launched his campaign for experimental philosophy."--The New Republic

Dewey's philosophy is hard for some people to get into, or take seriously, because his whole body of concerns and ideas are present behind every sentence-- so, even though his language is plain-spoken, it is "saturated with meaning," to use one of his phrases. So it takes real work, and he doesn't always succeed in keeping the foreground clear, while remembering the background. It's DOING philosophy, rather than merely writing ABOUT it. This book is a great example -- what does philosophy do for us, how does it contribute when it is woven into the other enterprises of life, and what ideas in philosophy stand it the way of its making a living contribution. The book is full of dramatic, and even radical thinking, but in quiet, reflective language that requires relaxed, persistent attention.

Written shortly after World War I, John Dewey's classic RECONSTRUCTION IN PHILOSOPHY offered an introduction to the philosophy of pragmatic humanism, arguing against traditional philosophy by suggesting their fountains in self-justification were flawed and proposing an examination of core values based on other criteria. Published in 1948, this Dover reprint of the enlarged edition is an important guide to any college-level philosophy collection.

Written soon after the First World War, Reconstruction in Philosophy by James Dewey attempts to lay out a program for making philosophy adapt to the needs of a new time and age. As man's experience has changed in the modern era, so must philosophy change; philosophy must evolve in order to explicitly address those issues from which it originally arose - those dealing with the everyday concerns of man. It is contemporary philosophy's (in 1919) detachment from man's real life and goals that Dewey wishes to diagnose and address. Philosophy must break the bonds of tradition and become entirely secular; the scientific method which revolutionized man's life must be embraced by philosophy - the facts and experience oriented spirit of science must pervade the reconstruction of philosophy.

It is the rise of science as the great shaper of human life and culture that constitutes the greatest change in human experience. Pre-historic man's life - which, according to Dewey, consisted of brief periods of food gathering and the rest of long periods of reverie - gave rise to conceptions of the nature of man and the world. As men's culture advanced, so did men's accounts of the nature of man and the world; these developments culminated in the works of the classic ancient thinkers, notably Plato and Aristotle. These were philosophies that denigrated ugly matter and imperfect change, and idealized perfect, eternal forms. These philosophies, and those in modern times which carry their influence, place ultimate value and ultimate reality in otherworldly or extra-sensory things - in the Forms, Celestial Spheres, the Categories, etc.

The Pragmatic method proposed by Dewey seeks to dispense with the old dichotomies and idealizations and transform knowledge and philosophy from the "contemplative to the operative." Science broke the old dogmas about the physical universe and philosophy should similarly make experience the test of our principles; abstractions, principles, generalizations, etc. should service concrete action, not the other way around. "The true is the verified," writes Dewey. This is the method by which logic, epistemology, morals, politics, etc. should base its reconstruction.

Dewey's program, it may be argued, only serves to relocate rather than resolve some of the main issues of philosophy. How exactly the methods of science are to be absorbed by philosophy, and whether philosophy does in fact differ from the sciences only in its degree of generality are unanswered questions. While deriding "fixed and final" end in ethics, Dewey posits "growth itself as the only moral end." And by defining society as "the process of associating in such ways that experiences, ideas, emotions, and values are transmitted and made common," he makes both the individual and the state subordinate to this process. Have we not traded one thing to subordinate ourselves to for another? This is not to say that Dewey doesn't offer a framework that perhaps allows us to offer more satisfying answers to philosophy's issues (which is just what Dewey argues for); its just that he is proposing a new methodology for answering those issues, not (in this work at least) offering specific answers, or defending in a satisfying way the assertion that his program is in the first place tenable. These comments aren't mean to trivialize Dewey's program offhand, but to point out the sort of questions he raises which should be answered.

For a much more fruitful and rigorous defense of a pragmatic-type approach to some of philosophy's central issues, see Susan Haack's Evidence and Inquiry: Towards Reconstruction in Epistemology (for the title of which she borrowed from Dewey). This work by Dewey, however, is required reading for those who wish to study the American Pragmatist school.

John Dewey, as I've heard, was never comfortable with labels. Throughout his career he shifted from and to many rubrics: pragmatism, interactionism, instrumentalism, transactionism, experimentalism. Truth be told, all of these are present in "Reconstruction in Philosophy" and partly because of that, this is probably the best intro to Dewey available.

Dewy has a bone to pick with traditional philosophy. Not only has it lost track with real, as opposed to academic, problems (anyone walking down the street can tell us this) but it never really was that good at depicting real questions and descriptions anyway. Take comcepts like Plato's ideal forms and Kant's a priori. Neither of these are teneble in any realm of experience; rather, they were a misguided quest to explain the permanance and stability of the world.

Dewey's book is an attempt to pull the carpet out from under their feet; science and inquiry using its methods shows us that the world changes and if anything, stability is something that is felt by us - not inherent in the world. Thus a prioris, ideal forms, seperation of the noumenal and phenouminal amongst other current 'problems' in philosophy - all based on the idea of permanant/transitory dichotomy - are not only wearing thin, but are fast showing to be irrelevant. From this, he builds the groundwork of a philosophy in between rationalism and empiricism. Taking from rationalism an admiration and recognition of reason's power to direct action and combining it with empiricims fascination with experience, Dewey creates a philosophy that puts the spotlight not on one or the other, but on both as leading to and taking from eachother.

The first chapter are a philosophical survey of how philosophy went wrong; particularly in Ancient Greek and early Christian philosophy (both having a love affair with absolutes outside of experience). The second chapter focuses on the mistakes when philosophers, like Francis Bacon, widened the chasm between the real and experiential and the ideal and rational.

From here, Dewey proceeds piece by piece to show what was wrong and how to fix it by making clear tht scienctific inquiry (the equal interaction between subject and object) leaves no room for absolutes, forms or a prioris (or at least, not in any pragmatically useful sense). By extension, things like formal rules of logic above experience, non-experimentalism in moral or political theory and psychology that includes the individual without an equal part of the social; all of these become little more than unfounded but continually persisting glorifications.

For the reader interested in Dewey, naturalism, instrumentalism or the implications of pragmatism, this is a great introduction. From here, I suggest Dewey's "The Quest for Certainty" followed by "Experience and Nature", topped off with "Human Nature and Conduct".