Book Description
At last a Spanish CD course which requires no reading and which teaches you to actually speak Spanish in a minimum of time and effort. The course also comes complete with a complete 207 page illustrated text with tapescript, same page answer keys and English translations for home review. Designed by the experts at Language Dynamics, 'Behind The Wheel Spanish For Your Car' takes the learner form basic to intermediate level Spanish without the guesswork and pain usually associated with language learning. An expert English speaking instructor talks you through these tapes in English while a trained professional native Latin American Spanish speaker teaches you Spanish the way it is really spoken.
Behind The Wheel Spanish For Your Car is the ideal way to learn Spanish while you drive because there is no confusion, no reading, no looking up meanings, and no guessing. It's all on the tapes. Use your commute time to effectively learn Spanish with this delightful course whose method will have you speaking your first words in Spanish within minutes of receiving your course, and enjoying it.
Customer Reviews:
Great Product.......2007-10-09
Like most of the other reviewers have stated, this is a great product. You get 8 discs and a book that goes along with the lessons. I listen in my going to and from work, then review the workbook at night.
review cd.......2007-10-01
I spend a lot of time in my car and now I can do someting productive while I sit in traffic.
Behind the Wheel Spanish.......2007-09-30
This is a detailed product that has made it easier for me to learn Spanish than what I have experienced through either formal classes or other products. I would recommend it to my friends.
Fun and Powerful.......2007-07-15
This course is a powerhouse course for learning spanish. So much useful vocabulary and conversational skills are covered in this course it is mind blowing. Mark's strategy is to use variable repetition to build a solid base on which to learn spanish and that magic is working on me. Mark has a solid sense of which words, phrases, sentence structures etc. are most used by english and spanish speaking folks alike, and he pounds them home till they become second nature.
It's all here, not just sentence building, but how to say the time, the days of the week, count into the millions, talk about the weather and a million other daily kinds of stuff humans around the world talk about or use in thier language on a daily basis.
Mark has made an excellent tool for learning Spanish available, it is now up me, the learner, to decide how far and how fast I want to utilize it.
In such a short while I am speaking in rudimentary ways to my Spanish friends, and they are stunned at my progress knowing that -truly- the extent of my Spanish was "adios" before beginning this course.
I hope that helps some of you decide.
all the best
Extremely Helpful.......2007-07-09
I am engaged to a Spanish man, who's entire family speaks Spanish most of the time. Using this program has really helped me get started on learning the language. Now when I am at family gatherings, I find myself understanding the gist of the conversations going on. I haven't finished the program yet, but I recommend this to anyone who wants to learn Spanish and has a long commute to work or spends a lot of time on the road.
Book Description
The Master Key is here given to the world as a means of tapping the great Cosmic Intelligence and attracting from it that which corresponds to the ambitions, and aspirations of each reader. The Master Key teaching has been published in the form of a Correspondence Course of 24 lessons, delivered to students one per week for 24 weeks. The reader, who now receives the whole 24 parts at one times, is warned not to attempt to read the book like a novel, but to treat it as a course of study and conscientiously to imbibe the meaning of each part - reading and re-reading one part only per week before proceeding to the next. Otherwise the later parts will tend to be misunderstood and the reader's time and money will be wasted. Used as thus instructed "The Master Key" will make of the reader a greater, better personality, and equipped with a new power to achieve any worthy personal purpose and a new ability to enjoy life's beauty and wonder.
Customer Reviews:
The Master Key System.......2007-10-06
The principles are great. However, it was not as logically thought out as I had anticipated. Not well written.
Master Key.......2007-10-03
Excellent Book!
The best I've read in a long time...The newer ones are just saying what this said over 80 years ago...
Something you have to stick with...Kind of like workingout....
Stuck Between Parallel Dimentions.......2007-09-06
I am currently suspended between two parallel dimentions aparently in a very deep meditation induced trance. This is a great way to escape the turmoil of the times. Only one chapter did this to me. One can only guess what will happen upon finishing the book. Let me sleep a while! A very good book and investment.
Mastering Key Systems.......2007-09-02
The work describes mind/body connections and classic philosophical universals . For instance, the mind perceives via intuition. The unconscious is the seat of principles and aspirations. A strength of the
work is that the establishment of mind/body connectivity may help to
control such things as depression, pain and chronic disease symptoms.
Non-resistance thought and pleasant thoughts enhance the solar plexis;
whereas, resistance thoughts detract from it. The "I" consists of physical traits, thinking processes and the world within. Thoughts plus a defined purpose will equal knowledge application. Possession consists of internalized values/notions by the mind together with attitude.
The work provides interesting discussion on popular philosophical notions
and popular psychology. It would be interesting to a wide constituency
of readers; however, the work tends to be theoretical in nature.
It is not simple "belles lettres" reading.
A must have for spiritual people..........2007-08-29
I love the product, but dislike the third party processing. All the cds are copies, so when I upload to my ipod, I had to identify each track.
Its not work the few dollars saved by going through a third party unless originality is irrelevant.
CHaskins - NYC
Book Description
Real estate financial calculations made easy
Every real estate investor needs to know how to calculate cash flow, long-term gain, net operating income, and a few other basic financial formulas. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow . . . is a guide to the 36 most essential calculations that answer such crucial questions as "What is this building really worth today?" "What kind of cash flow can I expect?" "Is this property a good investment?" and "How do I calculate my return?" For beginning investors, real estate veterans, commercial brokers, and sellers as well as buyers, this handy reference is a must-have for anyone who wants to make sound decisions based on accurate calculations of:
- Discounted cash flow
- Cash-on-cash return
- Net operating income
- Capitalization rate
- Gross rent multiplier
- Net present value
- Payback period
- Mortgage amortization
- And many more
Download Description
Real estate financial calculations made easy
Every real estate investor needs to know how to calculate cash flow, long-term gain, net operating income, and a few other basic financial formulas. What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow . . . is a guide to the 34 most essential calculations that answer such crucial questions as "What is this building really worth today?" "What kind of cash flow can I expect?" "Is this property a good investment?" and "How do I calculate my return?" For beginning investors, real estate veterans, commercial brokers, and sellers as well as buyers, this handy reference is a must-have for anyone who wants to make sound decisions based on accurate calculations of:
- Discounted cash flow
- Cash-on-cash return
- Net operating income
- Capitalization rate
- Gross rent multiplier
- Net present value
- Payback period
- Mortgage amortization
- And many more
Customer Reviews:
Excellent technical manual that every RE investor needs.......2007-09-21
No Real Estate investor should be without this book. Whether you are in residential, commerical, or industrial real estate, understanding the concepts and calculations in this book is a must. The reading can be a little dry, but the information is vitally important.
A Must Read Book For Any Real Estate Investor.......2007-09-06
If you are serious about making money in real estate you must read this book. Gallinelli explains in plain English and with plenty of examples, how you objectively evaluate any real estate deal. To evaluate objectively means you use math - the numbers - to make informed decisions. Gallinelli explains each math concept, e.g. discounted cash flow, net present value, internal rate of return, etc., and why it's important. This is a quick read book. In a few hours you'll see why those who understand the math greatly increase their probability of being successful in real estate (or anything else). My only criticism is, there is no index.
One last point. I sent the author a question and he personally responded back - in detail - that same day. Now that's customer service.
Let's get technical.......2007-08-02
Very technical read. Although the content was helpful in learning formulas and the technical terms, it was not an easy read for me.
I found Bubble Proof: Real Estate Strategies that Work in any Market by Tonja Demoff more suited for me.
This Book Should be on the NY Times Best Sellers List.......2007-06-14
I have just finished reading "What Every Real Estate Investor Needs To Know About Cash Flow" and must say that Frank's ability to explain often complicated financial concepts is quite remarkable. This book teaches real estate finance in a language that other authors seem unable to communicate. Frank has a gift for which I am truely very grateful.
Really Dry.......2007-04-09
This book is good if you are not familiar with NOI or the time value of money. If you truly understand those concepts you could probably do without. Good resource though and he does pound you with the idea of how to analyze a deal. Some useful info in here but very dry. I believe his other book about how to finance investment properties was better.
Book Description
When
The Master Key System was first released circa 1916, it created quite a stir. It was supposedly banned by some groups and rumours abounded about it influencing some of the most wealthy and powerful people in the world.
Master Key Arcana contains a wealth of new writings by Charles F. Haanel and others, some of which were "lost" as time passed. It is the perfect companion for those who have read
The Master Key System. It is also a wonderful introduction to what many consider to be the best book ever written on the powers of the mind and how to attain your goals, dreams, and desires.
Included in this handy and illuminating tome are:
* a unique psychological chart to help assess where you stand and how you can improve.
* writings about
The Master Key System to help you better understand Haanel and his ideas.
* writings that influenced Mr. Haanel, such as Judge Thomas Troward and Henry Drummond.
* images of Haanel's original and now rare correspondence courses. and
* the "lost" parts of The Master Key System, published for the first time in over sixty years!
Master Key Arcana is a wonderful look at the influences of
The Master Key System, how it influenced others, and how to best utilize it to attain your full potential. The "lost" parts are worth the price of admission alone. The results of reading this book, though, are priceless.
Customer Reviews:
Hard to read.......2007-05-30
While I thought this book was great with the extra research and info done on the Master Key System... the font's and typography is horrible. It's very hard to read and some pages were completely faded. Basically it is just a bunch of copied text reprinted. I would have loved to see this information rewritten not just scanned and copied.
A must-have companion to the brilliant Master Key System book.......2006-07-31
The Master Key System is definitely among my top ten books describing the ways to truly take charge of my own power to create.
So it was a done deal when I found out about this addition - Arcana.
There's a lot of value in this relatively slim book: Not only the missing parts to the Master Key, but also excerpts of related writings by Thomas Troward ( parts of the outstanding Dore Lectures on Mental Science ), Henry Drummond, James Allen.
My favorite of course, though, is what Haanel himself had to add. He seemed so ahead of his time.
It includes something called the "Psychological Chart" from Haanel.
The photocopies of the original advertisement for the Master Key System are a nice addition, as well. The original early 1900 images include instruction sheets, and letters describing the benefits.
The Other Boot Has Finally Dropped!.......2004-09-23
With Tony Michalski's publication of Master Key Arcana, there is closure to the earlier "The Master Key", by Charles F. Haanel, with an incentive for further exploration. Readers who profit from, and are inspired by Haanel's works may also enjoy and profit from the workshops, seminars, books, cd's, etc. of Dr.Wayne Dyer. Dr. Dyer is not alone. He seems to be signaling a renaissance in our time similar to the one that burgeoned forth in Haanel's era. Authors like James Allen, William Walker Atkinson, Marsden, Troward, Drummond and other prolific authors, too numerous the cite were calling their readers attention to the primacy of the spirit in things material.
In this new volume a deeper understanding of Haanel's ideas is rounded out with the final Parts 25 to 28. Readers of The Master Key who may have sensed a certain "unfinished" quality are now finally satisfied. Also included in this volume is an excellent 3-part summary of The Master Key in Haanel's own words. The Master Key Psychological Chart is (with a few adjustments) still useful. The history buff and antiquarian will enjoy the Images of Original Material complete with pictures which concludes this eminently practical and inspiring sequel to Charles Haanel's The Master Key.
This is yet another stimulating and thought-provoking publication from Kallisti Publishing. It's a good read, too; and a book well worthy to merit many dog-eared pages.
A great addition to the Master Key System.......2004-08-17
The original Master Key System is revolutionizing my life, so I jumped at the chance to read this new book. It contains the lost part of the MKS as well as additional material that expands and enhances the ideas presented in the original. The lost material is amazing! It really completes the MKS and adds so much. I completely recommend the Master Key Arcana to anyone who wants to improve their life.
Book Description
The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and
quality of energy available to us is not. This fundamental insight has the power to revolutionize the way you live.
As Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in their groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. Their Full Engagement Training System is grounded in twenty-five years of working with great athletes -- tennis champ Monica Seles and speed-skating gold medalist Dan Jansen, to name just two -- to help them perform more effectively under brutal competitive pressures. Now this powerful, step-by-step program will help you to:
· Mobilize four key sources of energy
· Balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal
· Expand capacity in the same systematic way that elite athletes do
· Create highly specific, positive energy management rituals
The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully. It provides a clear road map to becoming more physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned -- both on and off the job.
Download Description
"We live in digital time. Our pace is rushed, rapid-fire, and relentless. Facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We're wired up, but we're melting down. Time management is no longer a viable solution. As bestselling authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz demonstrate in this groundbreaking book, managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance as well as to health, happiness, and life balance. The number of hours in a day is fixed, but the quantity and quality of energy available to us is not. This fundamental insight has the power to revolutionize the way you live your life. The Power of Full Engagement is a highly practical, scientifically based approach to managing your energy more skillfully both on and off the job. During the past decade, dozens of Fortune 500 companies have paid thousands of dollars to learn the Corporate Athlete training system. So have FBI swat teams, critical care physicians and nurses, salesmen, and stay-at-home moms. The Power of Full Engagement lays out the key training principles and provides a powerful, step-by-step program that will help you to: . Mobilize four key sources of energy . Balance energy expenditure with intermittent energy renewal . Expand capacity in the same systematic way that elite athletes do . Create highly specific, positive energy management rituals Above all, this book provides a life-changing road map to becoming more fully engaged on and off the job, meaning physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned. "
Customer Reviews:
Manage Energy - great insight........2007-08-23
We need to manage our energy to perform the most important things. We often take our energy for granted and are not aware of our ebbs and flows.
We need to do the most important things when we have the most energy. We need to eat and sleep to have more energy. It originally comes from a sports performance model, but has been adapted for executives. It is also important as we grow older. Truely a new insight for me that unified a few things I ahve been learning.
Push Past Your Limit To Grow.......2007-06-04
I felt this book's main premise was a useful idea, but nothing novel. Expanding past one's limit, followed by a rest period resulting in growth whether physical or psychological. I liked the informational nature of the book, however, I didn't care much for the examples of actual people written about in it. I understand it is used to help prove the points, but it appeared to be fluff to me and I would have liked more information to drill the point home and more sources to back up the info.
Those opinions aside, it is worthwhile, to the point and contains enough information to satisfy reading it once, but I don't expect to re-read it.
Not a silly self-help book.......2007-05-17
At first look, the subtitle "Managing Energy, Not Time" smells of another 'just do this and your life will be great' self-help book. However, this book avoids most of the simplistic approaches other books take. Outlined is excellent, yet straightforward guidance on how to bring into balance a work life that is out of control or at least a bit out of whack. The simple advice given (which regretfully requires some basic self discipline - I prefer to avoid self discipline) is both helpful and if followed, effective. The book is relatively careful not to imply that applying its principles or introducing self discipline is easy. It is, however, unapologetic when suggesting that making a set of changes in how one manages one's life will make a difference. The book also lays out a very helpful distinction between one's energy and one's time - and it is a very helpful distinction - describing a truth that I had not before carefully considered. The book includes numerous case studies of actual people with which the authors have worked. I think you will be able to identify with a number of these case studies. If you feel overwhelmed, exhausted, and/or lack balance in how your work life, home life, and downtime function, take a look at this book.
Disappointing.......2007-03-21
Nothing new here. Eat right, get plenty of sleep and drink your water and you too can have more energy. I have to agree with other reviewers that state that this book is poorly written. Instead of providing a method for creating your own energy plan, the authors give simple hazy case examples.
WOW! Awakened to New Way of Looking At Work.......2007-03-06
This book really helped me to discover how to manage my energy and not my time. It gave me skill sets to use for daily life processes.
I have recommended to over 50 people since reading the book and everyone has loved it. Great Book!
Customer Reviews:
A must for Six Sigma DFSS .......2007-05-13
I learned statistics back in the university then never applied concepts and after some 10 years I was challenged to undertake basic statistics matters in the way of learning Six Sigma. This book is very focused on the variation and the graphical interpretation of data. Yuo may read this book over a weekend then attack Six Sima stats without pain.
Interpreting data is about the patterns, not the points.......2007-03-07
This is not a book for people looking for the technical detail of data analysis or statistical process control. The pearl in this book is the message that interpreting your data (such as KPIs or performance measures) is about looking at patterns, not at individual points. It's a book that can be read by people not interested in the technical stuff (such as managers or executives) - and it *should* be read by these people. We have to move beyond the days of comparing this month to last month to judge business performance, and this book is a great step in the right direction!
The best concept book for non-technical people.......2007-03-07
I would agree that the details in the book are very, very basic. But that is what makes this so great in my opinion. Most organizations are focused on very small changes in numbers - something moved by a tenth of a percent, the punishments or celebrations must begin immediately - that are, in fact, not driven by anything anyone "did". I have worked with people who were very focused on the "moment". This book is excellent at communicating why that may not be the best way to manage a business. This is written for a business person, not someone who loves statistics, and for that audience the message comes across very, very well.
Review.......2007-01-15
My order came in complete, damage free, and actualy shipped early. I'm very satisfied with this purchase through Amazon.
Very superficial.......2006-12-12
Wheeler has only one premise: plot everything on an XmR chart and watch for outliers or trends. The entire book has very little other technical suggestions for data analysis. Wheeler's mathematical detail is extremely weak. For example, he doesn't show where any of the multiplicative factors come from nor does he give references. The same depth of knowledge can be gained in 10 minutes with a Google search.
Average customer rating:
- Thanks for new window in my life
- Let go of your past!
- Release Anger and Fear
- Completly Incomprehensible
- Best approach to stress relief available
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The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace and Emotional Well-Being
Hale Dwoskin
Manufacturer: Sedona Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0971933413 |
Book Description
Foreword by Jack Canfield: I have been hearing wonderful things about the Sedona Method® from clients and friends for about 20 years. Recently, I finally took the course with my wife and my 12-year-old son. I've been amazed at the simplicity of the Method and the powerful impact it has had on my life. Through my work with Chicken Soup for the Soul and through Self-Esteem Seminars, I have been exposed to many self-improvement techniques and processes. This one stands head and shoulders above the rest for the ease of its use, its profound impact and the speed it produces results. The Sedona Method is a vastly accelerated way of letting go of feelings like anger, frustration, jealousy, anxiety, stress and fear as well as many other problems—even physical pain—with which almost everybody struggles at one time or another.
One of the wonderful byproducts of taking the seminar is that I have become friends with Hale Dwoskin. He is one of the calmest, clearest, most joy-filled people I have ever met, living proof that the Sedona Method works wonders. I am ecstatic about our friendship. During the seminar, I found myself constantly in awe of Hale's brilliant teaching style. I experienced one breakthrough after another. As a result, I've already referred many family members, friends, and business associates to the Sedona Method seminars, and I've also had the entire staff at Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises learn the Method through the audio programs that Hale put together.
Now I am thoroughly delighted to be able to recommend The Sedona Method: Your Key to Lasting Happiness, Success, Peace, and Well-being. Reading this book is the equivalent of taking the Sedona Method Basic Course and several Advanced Courses rolled together. Filled with practical techniques and enlightening true stories, Hale clearly and generously explains everything we need to know to master the releasing process and to continue using the Method day by day, moment by moment in real life situations, such as having more fulfilling and harmonious relationships, building financial security, developing satisfying careers, breaking nasty habits, losing weight, and enjoying good health. He reveals the Sedona Method's powerful secret for manifesting what you want in your life, while showing you how to be at ease and comfortable with what you already have. The Method also enables you how to have greater ease, enjoyment and peace of mind with all that you experience on a daily basis.
So I highly encourage you to read The Sedona Method with an open mind and heart. Please allow the simplicity of its message and the power of this process to open you to all the wonders that life has to offer. It is one of those rare things in today's world that delivers more than it promises... way more. I urge you to pay close attention to Hale's message in this book. If you do, it will change your life.
Customer Reviews:
Thanks for new window in my life.......2007-09-23
There's so much to say about this book, but I keep coming back to one thought: This book helped me learn to get my life back.
The sections on fear, guilt, addiction, trauma were so powerful for me that I would have driven to California and picked this book up from Jeff Bezos himself, had I known what was in store.
Most times you read a book thinking, "Ok, fix me." This approach is simple and effective and the best part, it was different than any self-help -- no shoulds/should-nots, just simple advice and simple practices to help you fix yourself in a way that allows you to be as you are during the entire process -- a welcome change.
Kevin Mahoney
www.studioEncino.com
Let go of your past!.......2007-09-21
Whereas The Secret and/or The Law of Attraction are now and the future, manifestation and the power of positive thinking, The Sedona Method is now and the past. It explains how to let go of whatever internal thoughts you may have that may be keeping you down, emotionally, professionally - any way. Letting go of it, and being freed. Truly liberating and recommended for everyone! Great replacement for therapy and it costs a LOT less!
Release Anger and Fear.......2007-09-08
In this book are several methods for accessing the origins of our fears and releasing them for good. I've been using their suggestions and I find that I'm relieved of emotions I've carried with me all my life.
Completly Incomprehensible.......2007-08-07
Without question, this is the single worst book in the self-help genre I've ever seen. Completely incomprehensible, irritating and frustrating. While many books of this type don't really deliver on their promises, this is the only one I've ever read that will make you feel WORSE! Dwoskin repeats over and over and over that "releasing" (which he never really explains how to do) is "simple" and "natural" and "easy" and you'll get results "immediately". So, of course when there are no results you start to think that you're some kind of sociopathic freak because you don't "get it". If you're depressed, this book will make you suicidal; if you're angry, it'll make you homicidal. And please do NOT waste the $200 on the CD's just to listen to this guy read the book to you. You'll wind up throwing the whole mess in the dumpster and wishing you had your money back.
Best approach to stress relief available.......2007-07-20
This was the first book I have ever read with real life techniques to apply to your daily living and get rid of stress. Not just go to the gym, take a break from work etc. He takes stress and deals with it in such a logical way - I have been able to put the stress in a basket and close the lid since I read this book. I still get situations where I can do better but it is a learning curve and I gave this book to my daughter's teenage friend who is already 3/4 way through it and it is a huge help for her. It is practical and helps you create situations and deal with them one by one. Once you learn the technique it will just take a bit of time to perfect it but you HAVE to start...
Average customer rating:
- Just as great as the rest
- Another Great Read!
- A top pick for prior fans.
- An already exciting and at times scary adventure
- Definitely recommend
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Lady Friday (The Keys To The Kingdom)
Garth Nix
Manufacturer: Scholastic Press
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0439700884 |
Book Description
Four of the seven Trustees have been defeated and their Keys taken, but for Arthur, the week is still getting worse. Suzy Blue and Fred Gold Numbers have been captured by the Piper, and his New Nithling army still controls most of the Great Maze. Superior Saturday is causing trouble wherever she can, including turning off all the elevators in the House and blocking the Front Door. Amidst all this trouble, Arthur must weigh an offer from Lady Friday that is either a cunning trap for the Rightful Heir or a golden opportunity he must seize - before he's beaten to it!
Customer Reviews:
Just as great as the rest.......2007-07-03
I am a HUGE fan of Garth Nix's works. The books, expecially in this series, capture my attention every time to where I feel like I can't put them down until I read the very last punctuation mark. Lady Friday followed along with the other books, and I cannot wait for the next two to finish out the series!
Another Great Read!.......2007-06-17
This was yet another great book in this series. I was so disappointed when I got finish with it in less than 12 hours. I cannot believe I have to wait another year for Superior Saturday and then another for Lord Sunday!
A top pick for prior fans........2007-06-10
Garth Nix's latest ' The Keys to the Kingdom' addition is LADY FRIDAY, telling of Arthur Penhaligon, whose friends have been captured by the Pipe in a world where the army controls most of the Great Maze. Pitted against the ruthless Lady Friday, Arthur finds himself in a race to win control of the House and assume his role as a rightful heir - or lose everything - in this fifth book of the series, recommended as a top pick for prior fans.
An already exciting and at times scary adventure.......2007-06-01
On the fifth day, there was fear...
Leaf wakes up in a hospital ward and realizes something strange is going on. There are several people with her, but they all appear to be sound asleep, and there are no medical items. Leaf remembers that Lady Friday was a nurse at the tent hospital, but it's not until a frightened hospital cleaner tries to save Leaf from being detected that Leaf becomes aware of the danger that she --- along with her Aunt Mango and several other sleepers --- is in.
Meanwhile, Arthur wakes up from a nightmare in the Citadel. The last battle has left him shaken, but he appears to have defeated the Piper for now. Unfortunately, the New Nithling army has control of the Great Maze, while Superior Saturday causes trouble by cutting off the telephone lines and controlling the elevators of the House. To make matters worse, the Dame Primus, since gaining the Fourth Part of the Will, has unwonted, barely-concealed moments of rage. Arthur isn't sure he can trust her, but he has no choice. He is trying to figure out what happened to his family in the week that has passed on Earth, as well as locate his friends who have been captured --- or worse --- by the Piper.
Then, a messenger from Lady Friday arrives bearing a letter and a gift. Lady Friday has apparently abdicated her position and will turn it over to whoever can find the Fifth Part of the Will and the Fifth Key. For Arthur, this means he has to go against the Piper and Superior Saturday and possibly gain control over them. However, the week hasn't been going well for Arthur, and it gets worse when he is unexpectedly transferred to somewhere within the House, with no known way of getting back to the Great Maze or to the Secondary Realms.
While Arthur tries to make his way to Lady Friday's Scriptorium, he encounters some familiar enemies and meets a few new characters, including the Paper Pushers, who have an unusual but interesting line of work. Arthur has more work cut out for him, but when Leaf discovers Lady Friday's real motive --- "experiencing" --- the day is further seeped in the fear of the unknown.
LADY FRIDAY, the fifth book in Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom series, adds another dimension to an already exciting and at times scary adventure that will have readers looking forward to the weekend.
--- Reviewed by Sarah Sawtelle
Definitely recommend.......2007-05-10
My 10-year-old loves this series, although for that age, I would recommend it for advanced readers. Also, start with book one in the series. The storyline is creative and complex and would be difficult to follow for anyone coming in mid-series.
Book Description
The biggest paradox in golf is that the harder you try to "hit" the ball, the worse you do so. In The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing, Michael McTeigue offers you a simple system of sequential body movements that produces a true swinging motion with every club in the bag. The result is increased distance and greater accuracy for all sizes, shapes, and ages of golfers for a minimum investment in learning time.
The clarity and simplicity of McTeigue's frell-free approach to the golf swing leads the reader to a new experience of power and effortlessness. He truly shows how to "build a swing you can trust and keep for life."
If you love golf but have never played to your potential, here is a book that you will quickly come to treasure.
Customer Reviews:
Simplicity.......2007-06-11
I have probably read 50 different books on golf instruction. This one is not only the best, but a remarkably easy one to follow and implement. It has done wonders for my golf swing in a very short period of time. If you are religious in following its simple steps to learning (in most cases without a golf club in your hands), you will be amazed at your improvement.
The Ultimate Golf Swing Tip Eluded Me - Until Now.......2007-06-09
The very first time I played golf I got a hole-in-one.
It's been downhill ever since.
I was 15 years old and 35 years later I was still struggling to break 80. I'd hit the ball OK some days, but usually I always put too much pressure on my short game to score. I read all the books, took all the lessons and beat balls on the range until my hands bled. Mechanically everything always looked copasetic, but yet I was never consistent in ball striking. Thin, fat, toe, hook, push, etc.
I knew it was important to be in a relaxed and "athletic position" at address. My inherent problem was with excess tension THROUGHOUT the swing. I mistook power for the "coiling of the spring", (bad metaphor!). At the top of my backswing my arms, shoulders and torso were tied in one big connected KNOT. Like most men I thought muscle strength was the key to distance and I would try to over power everything without knowing it. Think Vijay Singh, Fred Couples, Ernie Els. Swing easy, hit hard.
So I took to the range after reading this book with yet another tip to experiment on like I've been doing on and off almost all my life; low and behold, once I relaxed my arms and shoulders throughout the swing and hit the ball in a much more free flowing fashion, I swear to God I felt like the incarnation of Ben Hogan. Solid, straight shots like never before. Feeling the ball compress against the face of the club each time was sublime. Working it right and left at will.
I'm now regularly shooting in the seventies from the pro tees and focusing more on the short game to start beating old man par. I may even start competing in some amateur events next year. The key is ZERO TENSION in all muscles throught the swing. Tension destroys the golf swing. Let the club swing itself. As Sam Snead said, "Feel oily".
The reason a good teaching pro could never help me is because they could not "feel" what I was feeling at the top of my swing. Thanks Michael McT. You saved a once putrid golfers soul. This book is a "diamond in the rough", no pun intended!
Old golfer says:.......2007-04-15
I've been trying to learn to play golf for some years now and found some very good help in various places. Swinging too hard and just trying to hit the ball have been my constant downfall. Tis book is finally helping me to understand and execute a smoother more fluid golf swing. FHurray.
Not only that: this book has helped me understand a number of concepts that I have been constantly encouraged to do and never understood.
I wish that I had found it years ago.
Gary
All About Golf.......2007-04-10
Learn why all those hours spent on the green aren't making your game any better. This book will also help you develop the perfect golf swing.
If you love golf and want to play better, do yourself a favor and work with the ideas in this book.......2007-03-10
I am 46 and have been playing golf since I was in my late teens. There is no question in my mind that the better you can play this game the more enjoyable it is. Those players who say it doesn't matter are simply not being honest with themselves. Sure I love being on the course especially with good company, but what is supposed to be a pleasurable hobby can be far from it when you are playing poorly. Lets face it; all of us have been there, and all of us want to improve. Unfortunately golf is not like many things we do in that practice doesn't neccessarily make perfect. If what we are working on (based on information we are given) is even slightly flawed, improvement is not likely to occurr despite our best efforts. Since golf is one area where there's no shortage of instructional material, our success will largely be determined by the effort we put in and information we use. Fortunately the author of this book, Michael McTeigue, has presented in his words "everything you need to know." I could not agree with him more. As a dedicated student of the game who wanted to improve, I went from book to book and theory to theory until I came across this little book. The book gave me a systematic method by which I have enjoyed considerable improvement in only a few months. If you're tired of hours of unproductive practice, I highly recommend you work with the ideas in this book.
Book Description
Dr. Patrick Leonardi can show you the way to ultimate golf performance. He scores consistently in the sixties. He is not a low-to-mid handicap teacher like many golf instructors. He knows what it takes to shoot in the low sixties because he has done it. Shooting low scores do not have to be fantasy anymore. His techniques are easy to learn and will put more enjoyment back into your game. Whether you are a beginner or advanced golfer, male or female, this book can help you tremendously. With this best-selling book, you will learn:
The 8 essentials of the zero handicap or better golf swing, Proper course management that is easy and highly effective, The short game and long game routine of the zero handicap or better golfer, An innovative way to play the short game, What part of the green to hit to on approach shots depending on distance, How to practice most efficiently to become a zero handicap golfer or better, A foolproof way to figure out how far to hit shots crosswind, downwind & upwind, The mental aspect, common golf myths & prevention from injury, How to play your best in golf tournaments, Nutrition hints for helping your golf game, Which strength training exercises to use to increase clubhead speed even further and more...
Dr. Patrick Leonardi is an expert in golf instruction. His techniques have helped many golfers achieve their goals with more fun and less frustration. He has a goal of helping every golfer in the world play to his or her hidden potential.
Customer Reviews:
GOLF BOOK packed with Useful Techniques .......2005-12-10
MY WIFE AND I HAVE IMPROVED OUR GOLF GAME THROUGH THE USEFUL TECHNIQUES IN THIS GOLF BOOK AS FOLLOWS:
.....IMPROVED OUR GOLF SWING
AND GOLF SCORE
.....LEARNED NEW WAYS OF USING OUR GOLF CLUBS
.....ENHANCED OUR MENTAL OUTLOOK AND ATTITUDE
.....GAINED HEALTH AND EXERCISE TIPS
.....PREVENTION OF INJURIES ON THE GOLF COURSE
WE KNOW WE WILL KEEP USING THIS GUIDE TO CONTINUE
THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR PLAYING GOLF.
Excellent, Highly recommended!!!!.......2005-05-15
This book taught me how to score better.
I really liked the golf routine for the short game
that is explained. The techniques in this book are definitely
helpful. I'm now a much better golfer. I now can hit the ball
much further. The author really taps into the limitations that were holding me back to becoming a great golfer. There are water
hazards on the two par 3s of my home course. I'm no longer
afraid of hitting it in the water.
I have much more confidence before I hit a golf shot because
of what I learned from The Ultimate Golf Instruction Guide.
FABULOUS BOOK, my dream has come true!.......2005-04-13
The reasons why this book has awesome golf instruction:
The short game explained in the book makes so much sense. It is a very simple, yet highly and I mean highly effective. I get up and down more often now then ever. I even hole a few chips every now and then. [...] this book has unconventional golf techniques that are highly useful.
My greens in regulation percentage has improved from average of 27% per round to an average of 55% per round. This took me a period of about six months. This book is not another quick tip book. However, as soon as I started using these techniques, I hit the ball a lot more at my intended targets. It has golf techniques that actually give positive lasting effects. I been through a lot of golf books. Golf books usually don't give me lasting results. However, this one does. The best of what I learned from other golf instruction books is proper etiquette and why people slice or hook the ball.
My driving ability has only gotten better. Before reading this book, my fairways hit was 35%. Now after following his essentials of the zero handicap golfer, I now hit approximately 60% of the fairways. Leonardi's technique makes a lot of sense because he showed me how to get more power.
My driving distance has gone up. Before applying the techniques in this book, I had an average driving distance of around 225 yards. After applying the author's techniques, my drives now average in the 265 yard range. I'm amazed at how much power I was losing because I used to be using poor techniques before applying Leonardi's techniques. Now I don't get those up and down practice sessions at the range as I used to get. My practice sessions at the range are much more consistent. In fact, I continue to get better. For example, in the book, it says "slumps don't have to be a part of golf." I can say that the author knows what he is talking about. I don't shoot bad scores anymore.
The author's unique golf instruction is easy to follow. Yes, the book is unconventional. But it's unconventional in an exceptional way. This book is worth much more then $50 because now golf is a lot more satisfying. I used to only dream of what it would be like to score below 80. My dream is now a reality.
[...]the book looks different and to have an open mind. The different look of the book fits perfectly with the unique and exceptional technique given. Ten Stars. Enough said.
Different technique that works........2005-03-22
If you really apply the techniques in this book to your swing, you will see a big difference on where the ball goes. I liked the eight essentials of a zero handicap golfer or better that were described by the author. It's not just theory, the stuff really works and I found it easy to follow.
I apply his techniques to my golf swing and it makes me hit the ball much more consistently. It seems Leonardi has discovered how to put the pieces of a golf swing together into something that works time after time and round after round. The nutrition portion of this book was highly informative. I think I have more endurance on the golf course now because of it. The price of the book is well-worth it. Look how expensive getting golf lessons are these days. If you like books on financial advice, I recommend The Millionaire Mind by Thomas Stanley, interesting book. For example one interesting point Stanley makes is that many millionaires are golfers and that golfers are correlated with higher incomes.
An unorthodox approach in an unorthodox package.......2005-03-09
If you have an open mind, read this book.
I know the author -- and his claims are 100% true. He taught himself how to play golf and he regularly breaks 70 now. And, yes, many of his techniques and strategies go completely against the present-day conventional wisdom concerning the golf swing.
But think about this. Tens of thousands of golfers read books, buy videos, take lessons and then practice, practice, practice. If all the current teachings of the golf swing were so good, then why do so few of golfers EVER break 70? Or 80, for that matter?
Dr. Leonardi's techniques clearly work for him. There is nothing unusual about his physiology, so his techniques will certainly work for many golfers as well. Will his techniques work for everyone? Of course not. Then again, no other golf book or video can claim anywhere close to a 100% success rate.
Ignore the packaging. No, this book does not look slick. But who cares? It's the info that you're purchasing!
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