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First of all, THANK YOU for "Black Raspberries and Other Tales". Thank you for sharing your wonderful stories and imagination with the rest of the world. I'm blown away!

This is a collection of stories that: take us to places we would never want to be with 'Black Raspberries', make us think about things we never thought about before with with 'Hi, My Name is Kelly!', and totally surprises us with 'Tickles'. You, sir, are a masterful story-teller!

My favorite story was 'Tickles'. I thought I had it figured out, but then Campbell totally surprised me. I love O. Henry-type endings, and this is one. I laughed with 'Uncle Roscoe's Thumb' which was more along the line of a personal essay with its conversational tone. I enjoyed this one too.

With 'Black Raspberries', the most Stephen King-ish of the stories, the descriptions had me riveted until I had to finish it. With 'Road Kill, et al', I was forced to think about my own mortality and how life is a day-to-day gamble, which no one likes to think about, or we wouldn't leave our homes. 'Chat' was excellent, with a twist of an ending. I really thought I had that one figured out too, but then Campbell surprised me. 'Vincent's Nerve' made me laugh. 'Hi My Name is Kelly' made me cheer for Jackson, the hero, and also made me think about the hypocrisy of the whole internet lawlessness and our legal system.

You can 'hear' King's influence in some of the stories, but Campbell definitely has his own "voice". I can only compare them to Twilight Zone-type stories where Rod Serling comes out and introduces the macabre tale that is about to unfold.

Since this was a collection of early writings, Campbell's raw talent shines through brightly. If this is the level of talent he possessed in early works, I can't wait to see a new collection of stories from him now that he is more experienced. Don't keep us waiting! Great read!

Carniverous plants??? You had me by the second page, J.L.. You had me by the second page, my friend. I usually don't like horror too, much, but "Black Raspberries" drew me into the story, much like being around a campfire and listening to the actual storytellers. Hubby had to remind me a couple of times it was past midnight to make me stop reading.

As you read this collection of campfire and other tales, you envision a cozy fire, a roasted marshmallow or two and a madman lurking in your very midst. You feel the anticipation as he makes his way toward you~suddenly the atmosphere changes and you hear the comforting voice of J.L. Campbell as he reassures you that he is only telling a tale and you are safe once more~or are you?
Written with New England wit and wisdom, Black Raspberries and Other Tales will delight its readers with a realism that most of us possess but few have the nerve to admit. J.L. Campbell has that nerve and is well on his way to being the next "King" of horror. Awesome, wicked read!

This collection of short stories by J. L. Campbell is a great asset to any book collection. Full of high tales of fantasy and mystery, the stories are short and engrossing. The stories are deep and yet short, entertaining yet chilling. Could Campbell be our next big mystery writer? I can't wait for the next one. *****

In Black Raspberries and Other Tales J. L. Campbell has brought together a collection of happenings melded into a whirlpool of fantasy. The reader spins there helplessly until the author expels him.
"Black Raspberries" is really the only short story in the collection. Its vivid characters assume life and jump off the page with realism. A plethora of unexpected descriptive phrases contributes to the unorthodox clarity of the heart stopping action. When the reader concludes the story, he is breathless from the tension it created.
The other "tales" are really slices of life and glimpses into previously undreamed of situations. One progresses through the segments wondering what will take place next. Although the tales are unrelated, Campbell ties them together with fragments of personal commentary leading the reader seamlessly from one to the next. Frequently one reads a sentence and stops short wondering just what Campbell meant. Re-reading confirms the author's grasp of heretofore unrealized reality. Just when you think you have zoned in on the purpose of a tale, an unexpected turn leaves you clueless again.
A writer usually has some significant goal to reach and leads the reader down that pathway. But Campbell entices the person who reads to the very edge of an abyss, then leaves him hanging there. I will undoubtedly go back and re-read this book in an attempt to discover "Did I grasp his message?" If his purpose was to puzzle, Campbell succeeded admirably. Long after you put down the book you will periodically wonder, "What did he really mean by that tale?" Black Raspberries and Other Tales can be correctly described in many ways, but one of those will certainly not be dull.

My daughter was in a rear-end accident three years ago.All of her medical tests were negative, however she is not the "same person she used to be". This book of symptoms describes her to a "T". She is still under medical care and on medications.After reading parts of this book we now undertand what no one else has been able to tell us. Thanks!

I feel that this book literally saved my soul. I am recovering from a mild TBI. My discovery of BRAINLASH was actually the greatest force in my healing process, and still is. It is not a book a TBI survivor reads once, I have read and re-read the pertinent parts. It is a blessing for family members trying to understand. (Although my own family members refused to read it; denial of what I was going through seemed a safer ground for them.) I am sure I am not alone in trying to heal on my own, with the help of a loving son, and Brainlash.

Part of the "polarization-of-healing" seems to me to be an incredible sense of isolation. NO ONE, except for the person with the brain injury truly knows what it is now like to function in their world with their new limitations, and the emotional feelings associated with that. It seems most injuries are unique, but there are many common threads. If not for this book, I would have questioned my sanity and my ability to heal every step of the way. Gail Denton's BRAINLASH has given me hope and understanding, resources and comfort...............when the going got tough.......her words were always by my side. Thank you Gail L. Denton!

"Brainlash" by Gail L. Denton is the book my neurologist, my PT, my neuro-psych, my chiropractor, etc. should have recommended immediately so my family and other supporters would have known what might happen during my (now) 4 year ordeal as a MTBI victim. It's written with a sense of humour and it is written to be easily understood. I strongly feel this book would have made it much easier for my family to understand what I no longer had the ability to explain and that knowledge would have made it possible for them to better support the healing process which still continues for me today. This is not only about her recovery but how to enhance my own recovery. Hallalejuah!! Brainlash: Maximize Your Recovery from Mild Brain Injury

This book is a guide to sanity for those who have experienced mild brain injury, as I have. In the fall of 2000, I suffered an accidental fall and spent the following 15 months in a struggle to recover my 'real self". With the aid of this book, I am now fully functional again and able to cope with the minor relapses. I strongly recommend this book to those who suffer, their friends and caregivers.

This book is a must have for patients and families of brain trauma. It clearly states symptoms and stages of the trauma. It tells you what to expect. It isn't a medical description but a patient to patient description in terms that anyone can comprehend. It is one excellent book. Thank you Gail Denton for writing this book.

This is a collection of writings that serve as short devotionals leading up to Easter. It has profoundly affected me and caused me to see the death and resurrection of Christ from many new perspective written by many great spiritual writers - CS Lewis, Bonhoffer, Nouwen, Mother Theresa and more!

We are using this devotional as our study guide for a Friday night group meeting. It has been wonderful and we love it! We can't wait to get the one for Advent!

Wonderful book for reflections on Christianity. Brings together some of the best religious thinkers in a way that allows one to contemplate one's relationship with God.

After a recommendation from Pastor Harrell at City Church, I purchased this book and have read the first 20 pages and so far love it- it's rich and reflective and a great devotional in light of Lent and Easter. Definitely recommend it!!! And Amazon got it to me in 2 days- great service!

See my review on the other book in the series, "watch for the light: readings for advent and christmas."

This play arrived practically brand new (even though I bought it "used") and was exactly what I needed at the time. I even got a great price for it. Yea!

Fellow play readers say that this is one of the best plays they ever read. It made them weep, it changed their lives, it is the only the play they've ever loved. You can't argue with that. I have read this play several times myself, but for me it is a play that works but it does not work wonders. I am a great admirer of the Mel Brooks, Wood Allen, Neil Simon school of comedy. There should be a plaque on the Cross Bronx Highway alerting people that they are approaching the stomping grounds of America's greatest comedic generation. Of course, we know that it was the depression that incubated this batch of comedic geniuses. Simon, more so than the others, has mined this era, tapping his memories of love without any trace of irony or insight. His is one big sloppy family kiss on the forehead. Still his memories clearly are those of millions, and what seems corny and undramatic to one reader clearly has the power to bring others to tears. All the power to you, Mr. Simon.

I remember watching the movie version of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" years back and thought it was fantastic. Now, years later, I decided to pick up the play and read it.

As usual with the written version, there is quite a bit more detail in the play. Eugene is the story's main character, and while his family struggles with all sorts of family issues. His brother Stanley comes to him with his dilemma about possibly being fired from his job. His cousin Nora, her sister and her aunt Blanche all live with the Jerome family in their Brooklyn home. Eugene's main concern is dealing with the rigors of growing up--and winning the World Series for the Yankees. His character really comes out in the play; there is the sense of witty spirit that he has in dealing with his family and his own problems. Another great aspect of the play is the sense of family spirit it evokes, especially in troubled times, and you see that in the final act when Eugene's dad is able to talk some sense into his wife and her sister, but Stanley as well.

Neil Simon's ability to create funny and memorable characters and a story that is both insightful and humorous makes this a fantastic read. It is easy to see how this play got adapted into a full length film. This play is the first in a series of three plays covering the life of Eugene Jerome.

If you enjoyed this book, another great movie or book to check out is Biloxi Blues, which is the second installment of this series. If you watch the film, it stars Matthew Broderick as Eugene, and narrates his exploits as he goes into the military.

Easy reading, but also very meaningful for the family.

The first of his three semi-autobiographical plays about the "Jerome" family, Neil Simon's BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS takes place in Brooklyn, New York toward the end of the Great Depression. Fourteen-year-old Eugene Morris Jerome (Simon's alter ego) is the protagonist and narrator of the play. Struggling to find his niche among his large, extended family, Eugene writes his own witty observations about them in his journal, sharing them with us as he does so. Yet the focus of the conflict is on the older family members (including Eugene's parents, Kate and Jack; his brother, Stanley; his cousin Nora; and his widowed Aunt Blanche), all of whom struggle daily to make ends meet. Though a comedy, BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS asks a serious question, one posed in earlier eras by playwrights like Clifford Odets and Arthur Miller: that is, how can one preserve one's morals and integrity in difficult economic times, when it is all one can do just to put food on the table? BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS is an affectionate though often painful family comedy; in it, Simon establishes characters for his two later "Jerome" plays, BILOXI BLUES and BROADWAY BOUND, while anticipating the impending WWII era, the setting for the former title.

Brighton Beach Memoirs is a play about a fourteen-year-old boy growing up in 1937. The boy's name is Eugene Jerome. The play is divided into two acts. The first act is one night in Eugene's house. The second act is a week later in his house. Eugene is growing up in a hectic and eventful household of seven family members. He writes memoirs in his journal about his family and different events occurring in his life. During the play, Eugene share's his own personal thoughts with the audience. This really gives the audience an inside look on Eugene's life. I reall liked having this inside view. It really kept me into the book. Brighton Beach Memoirs was a real page turner. I highly recommend it!

This book is truly inspiring! I am a college student and it really opened my eyes to a lot of things and I am so grateful to have read it. I am making all of my friends read it now. GET THIS BOOK

Russ Goings writes from his heart and soul to touch ours, but beyond that he provides us with the rare of experience of seeing how God can use us by working through us. What comes through profoundly in this saga of the flight toward freedom, the crossing of the River Jordan, the glimpse of the Promised Land is that he was called to this writing and his life was indeed a preface to this expression. This is soul stirring writing, awe-inspiring expression of the human journey, and a transformational reading experience. You will not come away untouched by the divine love that pours through these pages making us aware of the sacrfices and accomplishments of our foremothers and forefathers not only on the path to freedom, but on the spiritual path to union with God. We feel sustained and also challenged. Few works of human creation can simultaneously bring a tear to the eye, a quickening in the heart, and a cry to the lips like the Children of Children. Bravo!

This poetic griot song by Russell Goings is a MUST READ for all. I have introduced my students to the book for Black History Month and will continue it for Women's History Month. The book expresses the struggle of Afro- American ancestors in a brilliant explorative way. Goings engages the reader by tapping into all our senses with his words. GET A COPY NOW:)

Bravo! Like the urgent voices of the "children of the children" who sing out in this book-length, epic poem, Russell Goings is a force to be reckoned with. His sweeping and melodic verse washes over us in waves, lending new life to the successive generations he seems so effortlessly to channel. The reader is filled with hope, faith, and the powerful rhythm of incantatory prayer.

Mr. Goings' book comes at the perfect moment in our history. On the heels of President Obama's extraordinary inauguration, we, the totality of the American people, need Mr. Goings' inspiring words. They remind us that only by opening our individual and collective eyes to history can we open our hearts, and together heal and go on to create a more responsible and compassionate future.

A must-read for every man, woman, and child who chooses to live in our rich, multi-cultural society, and strengthen it through honesty, dignity, mutual respect, and solidarity. Thank you, Mr. Goings, for guiding us toward the light.

When I read the last words of The Children of Children Keep Coming: An Epic Griotsong by Russell L. Goings, the first thing that popped into my head was blessed be the rock; thank you Jesus. Mr. Goings combined fictional characters with actual historic icons, whose sacrifices and determination made a lot of what we have today very possible. The entire story was written in poetry. At times, as I read, I could visualize the scene taking place. I felt the prayers, the chants, and songs along the way.

Mr. Goings introduced me to James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. Dred Scott was another unknown to me before reading The Children of Children Keep Coming. Also, I have to mention the sketches throughout the book. Romare Bearden, the artist, did not get extremely elaborate with the images. He kept it simple, which was the right touch, since the topic of slavery and equality is a deep subject. In this one book, I read about those who were considered the property of others, up to where segregation was abolished and the freedom bell rang.

The Children of Children Keep Coming: An Epic Griotsong is a book that I will pass on to my children. I recommend every family have a copy in their house. Families can take turns reading various verses and learn something new from every page

Jennifer Coissiere
APOOO BookClub

Yes for anyone who does glass painting, especially faux stained glass, this is a MUST HAVE for glass painting reference libraries. This is the only cfraft I do and I was amazed at the number of things I learned from these guys. Also the problems I've had in the past were resolved in such a way that went away thinking "Why didn't I think of that?"...because I didn't have this book! I'm on the hunt for more from these same artists/authors.

We have been so excited with the continued success of this, our first book. Worldwide sales of this title have now exceeded 50,000 which we think makes it the best selling book on glass painting. Don't miss our other books and our new book, The Complete Guide to Stamping is published in March 2004. If you have access to broadband internet, you can see our regular TV show, Alan & Barry's Craft Choice and a host of other shows on www.createandcraft.tv. We can also be seen regularly on HGTV in the United States.

Since I am a beginner to glass painting and have one book on the subject I was looking for something more comprehensive that covered other techniques. After reading the review and previewing from amazon's "look inside", I had to buy the book. "The Complete Guide to Glass Painting, is just what it says, it is a good start for beginners and and provides lots of projects, techniques and motifts for the more advanced glass painter. There are so many techniques I never though of that was not covered in my one glass book. When the book first arrived in the mail, I glanced through it quickly; now I am reading the book word for word so as not to miss a great tip. Each page is well designed and layed out for easy reading and understanding with visual direction. You can't go wrong. For those who have more knowedge, this book has 400 motifs to use or combine to create fantastic glass paintings and projects that spark ideas. If you must have a glass painting book, this will be the only one you will need. Allan and Barry, thanks for sharing your 20 years of experience, this is a great book. If the authors ever collaborated to produce anther book; I will be looking out for more of them.

If you just are getting one book about glass painting to try the hobby out then this is a good choice. It has a good overview of the materials available, step by step instructions for different techniques and templates to trace over (glass is perfect for tracing ;-) so you can get started on some small projects. The color pictures are plentiful and pretty, and the price is not too high as one might expect with color pics. Even if you are just into crafts and later find that glass painting isn't your thing the templates and pics can carry over into other crafts.

This is a good book if you know you want to try glass painting out.

The techniques presented in this book is good enough for a beginner like me to get started. However, the projects given in this book was not enough to motivate me to try them. I've found that the book was not organised enough for a beginner to go through the projects and progress from there.

Having said all this though, I still think that the book is a good reference to have and coupled with other books like Glass Painting (The Art of Crafts series) by Naazish Chouglay, you could learn more and appreciate the art as well as the techniques behind glass painting.

This guy is funny. I'm assuming he writes comedy for a living but haven't heard of him before. Anyway, buy this book for yourself if your girlfriend doesn't get it for you -- it is great

Funny, funny, funny. When is the movie coming out?!

This is the funniest book I've ever seen on the subject of the engagement process. Buy it, give it to a friend

Great gift idea for your brother, son, friend -- any guy you know that's going through the whole engagement thing! Michael Katz has a handle on the experience, and delivers on every page. I keep a stock of these and give them out every time somebody new gets engaged. -- Lori

Great stuff. Extremely useful for breaking the pre-wedding tension, and the truth is, I learned a lot.

This is a great book. Not only was it very useful in my derivatives class, it also was useful for other finance subjects. I often found its explanations helpful for completing assignments in fixed income and international finance courses. McDonald's clear explanations and explicit examples set this book apart from others.

I got this book few months back, though little pricy but someone recommended it. I found it to be a wonderful blend of the economics and mathematics of derivatives pricing. After reading the book, i was comfortable with :
understanding of derivatives pricing models &
derivatives markets

I strongly recommend people giving their FRM, CFA and / or SOA certifications to get their hands on this book.

You would like it. A good reference book. Only issue is it is little too heavy, hence you cannot lie down and read it for a long time ;-)

Very easy to understand. IMO, it is the only book that is at par with, if not better than, John C. Hull's "Options, Futures And Other Derivatives."

Strongly recommended for everyone with even an oblique interest in the study of derivatives.

If Shreve and Karatzas is/are too dense, read this instead.

With all due respect, this book should inspire the Broadies and Dermans of the world to write such textbooks themselves, and the Sundaresans and Glassermans of the world to (also) cater to less scholarly minds (such as the undersigned).

-Kunal Kunde

As financial instruments become ever more complex, McDonald's book gives a systematic treatment of the most common forms of derivatives. Providing a unified etymology that can help you understand how they work.

He groups options (puts and calls) with forward contracts like zero coupon bonds. Through numerous simple payoff graphs, as well as explanatory accompanying text, the ideas are easily grasped. The book starts with these ideas in its early chapters. Then it builds on them, to illustrate associated and often more elaborate constructs, as in insurance strategies for hedging.

Nor is the discussion confined to minimising one's risk. There is an alternative method, of deliberately speculating on volatility, for example.

The modelling of futures and options pricing is dealt with in detail. Including the seminal Black-Scholes formula and related analysis. The assumptions behind Black-Scholes are examined in detail, given the crucial influence of this on many types of pricing. The treatment gets rather advanced, invoking ideas like Monte Carlo simulations of stock prices.

The text is well suited for a graduate program in finance.

I was recommended this text book by the study material I was using to prepare the acturial exam FM. Then I came to check this book here and I found out that the price here is way too much higher. With this price, you can buy both the text book and its solution mannual in Actex Mad River with free UPS shipping. Hope this will help.

After reading other books on Howard Hughes, I thought this book would be a waste of my time since I'd "read everything else" but little did I know that this book went into such detail of his life, exposing in great detail specifics that other books briefly mentioned.

This book answers the question, "How did he get to be that way?" It delves deeply into his relationship with his mother (and lack of one with his father) and follows him into adulthood. He seems a little eccentric but still within the normal range for most of his early life. He lived lavishly, but his demons caught up with him eventually. The pity is it didn't have to be that way.

I read this book when it was on the Best Sellers list. Howard Hughes was the subject of one of my papers for a psychology class and this book was my main source.

The story of Howard Hughes, told superbly in this classic bio, is simply magnetic. How else could you describe a tale that begins with young Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. being born into one of Texas's wealthiest oil families (his father's company, Hughes Tool Company, held a virtual monopoly on drill-bits for many years), moving to Califoria to become a movie mogul, pioneering aviation, heading TWA, and then slipping into degenerative obsessive madness that rendered him completely in the hands of his manipulative underlings. Thus in this book we confront both the young, energetic Hughes (romantically linked to both Jane Russell and Katharine Hepburn) and the old, sick hughes - a nudist who left his hair and fingernails uncut for years, chronicly addicted to codeine, flitting between vacuum-sealed hotel rooms in diffent countries (Bahamas, Nicaragua, Toronto, London, etc.), yet whose name continued to command terror and respect among presidents and governors.

As I read this book, there were many Hughes habits that I found deeply endearing, even as the weird details mounted. How can you not like a guy who, in the pre-VCR era, decided to buy the local Nevada TV station, just so they'd play the movies he wanted? Who - upon installing his home entertainment system - had an obsessive-compulsive need to watch the epic 1968 thriller "Ice Station Zebra" over and over again? (It's a good movie, after all.) Who bought up half of the real estate of Nevada in a doomed expectation of a world gold shortage? Or who lent his name to the ocean-dredging vessel, Glomar Explorer, to aid the CIA's covert attempts to refloat a Soviet sub? And there was something genuinely visionary about the way he built his aircraft and electronics empires. Indeed, despite the piles of carefully-compiled evidence of financial disasters at TWA, RKO, Air West and Summa Corporation, somehow I want to believe that Hughes was not the bungling sicko that emerges from these pages, but so what if he was, the story remains magnificent.

Donald Bartlett and James Steel's book, "Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes" is an excellent example of journalistic reporting converted into book form; the book is simply fascinating to read. The authors accomplish the gargantuan task of separating fact from fiction in the very complex life of Howard Hughes. "Empire" is impeccably researched and documented; It is a bona fide biography that reads more like fiction than real life-such was the world of Howard Hughes.

"Empire" traces the rise and tragic fall of Howard Hughes; a man who wore many hats, he was an aviator, Hollywood movie producer, Las Vegas hotel/casino owner ... and a recluse. For one brief shining moment, Hughes was considered one of America's premier aviators, breaking flying records, but then falling out of grace with government and the aviation industry for breaking contract deadlines. In the long run, Howard Hughes would become a grand failure in the world of big business.

Bartlett and Steel show the reader a man who had everything to live for, good looks, fame, fortune, power and prestige, but he was unable to triumph over his social and physical phobias that led to psychological, emotional, and physical illnesses and to his final descent into the dwellings of the insane. Hughes' deep mistrust of all people-even family, worked against him and led to his demise and the lose of his billion dollar empire by the very people whose job it was to safeguard him and his empire.

By the time I finished reading "Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes, I was much more accepting of my status as a non wealthy individual. Although Howard Hughes had everything a man could possibly wish for, he was underprivileged in peace of mind.... The authors do a superb job in separating fact from myth in the life of Howard Hughes. The book is worth reading.

The Life, Legend, and Madness offers an in-depth view into the secretive life of Howard Hughes. Unbiased in its writing, the book focuses on all of Hughes accomplishments and successes, as well as some of the darker aspects of his life. After reading this book, one can really see that Hughes is one of the few "larger than life" characters that ever lived.

Hughes played an integral role in shaping this country, a role unknown to many of today's younger generations. Donald Barlett and James Steele do an amazing job detailing both his accomplishments and private life. Some of his endeavors are less obvious today than others, such as helping transform Las Vegas into the resort town we know today. Many people are unfamiliar with the Hughes Medical Institute or the creations from the Hughes Aircraft Company. Although the book does show his odd lifestyle behind the darkened windows and closed doors, it is fair in that it also accurately focuses on his important business dealings.

The popular movie "The Aviator" seems to be scripted largely from the first half of this book. To fully appreciate the movie, I recommend reading this particular book first. Not only will it help clarify references that may slip by in the movie, but this book shows that Hughes was much more than a movie producer who flirted with Hollywood's divas of the day. He was a master engineer, expert businessman, and defender of Democracy (he furiously fought Communists). Innovative people like Hughes is what America is all about.

A recommended read!

What a wonderfully inspiring and uplifting story...


Can you imagine existing on a cup of rice and two bowls of boiled weeds each day? After being held as a POW in North Vietnam for six and a half years Colonel Ed. Hubbard brings a unique perspective to life that most of us can benefit from. This isn't a story about the horrible atrocities that he and his fellow prisoners endured, Instead it's a story about the amazing potential that exists inside each and everyone of us, if only we realized it...

There are not enough stars for the award this book deserves. If you pay attention, this will be a life altering read. God Bless the Col. & all he represents.....

Yesterday I attended a sales conference hosted by Ameriprise Financial and Col Ed Hubbard was the key-note speaker. As I listened to his testimontial I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. The stories of defeat and triumph, discovering the potential within the (his) human spirit to get him through a long and arduous stint as a POW. What a story . . . needless to say I'm in the middle of his book and can't put it down. I would recommend this for anyone who has ever had a bad day and would like to know what that really is - and how you are responsible for the outcome - when you put it in it's proper perspective all that is happening in the world. FANTASTIC BOOK!

I heard Col. Hubbard tell his story a few years ago. At the luncheon I received one of his Escape From The Box books. I could not put it down until I finished it. It is a powerful presentation and will change your life. After almost four years the impact remains. "Everything we do, or have done, we can do better" is the powerful message transmitted by Col. Hubbard and his book.

A very thought provoking book. In many cases, Col. Hubbard reinforces lessons which my parents taught me, however, his experiences as a POW in North Vietnam lend an unparalled level of credibility. A must read for anyone in leadership roles, from industry to parenthood.