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Business people around the world raved about The Disney Way and Fortune proclaimed it, "so useful you may whistle while you work." Now, authors Bill Capodagli and Lynn Jackson are back to deliver a comprehensive, step-by-step implementation plan based on Walt Disney's principles outlined in the best-selling The Disney Way.
The Disney Way Fieldbook provides action plans for instilling Disney's vision into any company, complete with diagnostic exercises, practice sessions, proven advice, and insightful questionnaires. Packed with universally applicable tools and techniques, the book also features inspiring quotes from Walt Disney himself and little known facts about his extraordinary empire.
Customer Reviews:
The Disney Way Fieldbook.......2006-11-03
the first thought is ....WHAt is DREAM, BELIEVE, DARE, DO ?????????
Where is the mouse??? Then before long it pulls you in and you are hooked!
As a role playing book team approach, i think for private business the concepts are perfect for team building . need to look real close at a missing link that is EQ (Emotional Intelligence).
This part will go along with the 7 habits of highly effective People and should be showcased as well.
It is not a ONE item of management fits all here, rather a blend of different skill set that can be brought to the table for employers and employees to learn from and grow together while achieving a better understanding of how we can better work, live, and succeed together.
Excellent Companion Title.......2006-06-26
The Fieldbook is an excellent companion book to The Disney Way, and gives tons of helpful hints and exercises for implementing new Disney Way methods of organizing or structuring your business culture, so to speak. As a trainer, I found it extremely helpful, and highly recommend it.
Practical magic.......2000-12-12
This engaging and enlightening book is as much fun to read as it is profitable to use. Structured like a theater script and written with a dramatic verve, it casts teamwork as human drama, and taps and energizes team members' innate will to succeed not just as individuals but as members of a group. This book, and its companion volume "The Disney Way," really stand out from the business book pack in their passion, good humor, and advice on creating the practical magic that makes a team even greater than the sum of its parts. Authors Capodagli and Jackson are really onto something with their "Dream, Believe, Dare, Do" guiding principles, and their business-wise and human-wise insights make their work essential reading for leaders of all types.
Finally a book that's specific!.......2000-11-04
As a consultant myself that works with cross-functional teams, it is great to finally come across a book with proven activities that really work! This is a great tool to add to your repertoire. Individual activities are spelled out in terms of the benefits they provide, the materials required and specific guidelines on how to conduct them. This is a great contrast to the plethora of books on the market that promise great activities but provide nothing of value.
Extremely useful.......2000-09-20
An extremely useful collection of tools. I'll use this book in my teaching and training and recommend it to others.
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History is sometimes made by seemingly insignificant moments that turn out to have been pivotal in hindsight--and sometimes what didn't happen proves to be as important as what did. One such moment came in the Florentine court of Cesare Borgia, when a civil servant named Niccolò Machiavelli recruited a local engineer named Leonardo da Vinci to devise a plan to change the course of the Arno River. Diverting that river, Machiavelli reasoned, would deprive Florence's enemy, the nearby city-state of Pisa, of a dependable water supply. It would also make the Arno River navigable for oceangoing vessels from the inland city of Florence, and as an added incentive, would help limit damage caused by the flood-prone Arno to the surrounding farmlands.
Machiavelli and da Vinci devised a hydrological plan for the river that was extraordinarily promising, at least on paper. The flood-prone Arno, however, made the task an impossible challenge. The pair's chances of success were further reduced by poor design, bad timing, and undisciplined workers. Their failure brought official disfavor on Machiavelli and da Vinci alike. Leonardo transferred his studio to Milan and then Rome, where he would produce remarkable work, while Machiavelli retreated from public life for a time and used his forced leisure to write The Prince. Roger Masters crafts an epic tale out of a historical footnote. Although some of his conclusions are speculative in regards to Niccolò's and Leonardo's relationship, readers will likely find his narrative persuasive and deeply informed.
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Few people know that Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolò Machiavelli crossed paths when Leonardo worked -- ostensibly as an engineer, possibly as a spy -- in Cesare Borgia's court and Machiavelli was Florence's ambassador there. Soon thereafter, they formed a friendship and an alliance. Astonishingly, during the rich first decade of the sixteenth century, the pair joined together under the inspiration of one of Leonardo's most fantastic dreams: to build a system of canals that would make the Arno River navigable from Florence to the sea. Under Machiavelli's supervision, the Florentine government tried -- and ultimately failed -- to realize a portion of this plan in 1504.
The first canal in the scheme had a military purpose, to cut off the water supply of Pisa, Florence's enemy -- but that was only the beginning. Leonardo dreamed of irrigating the Arno valley and controlling its water in order to fill Florence's coffers with tax revenues. He and Machiavelli foresaw the day that Amerigo Vespucci and other explorers would be able to sail from the city center to the sea, to travel over new lands and enrich Florentine merchants. Had the taming of the Arno succeeded, Florence might have become the center of a great world power. Unfortunately, in one of history's most tantalizing might-have-beens, the plans for the Pisa diversion were altered by the engineer in charge, not enough workmen were hired, and the ditches were not dug deeply enough. Not long after a sudden flood destroyed some of the work, the project was abandoned.
It was one of a series of failures for Leonardo, who ultimately would depart Florence for Milan, Rome, and France, newly convinced that political power was essential for an engineer and artist to thrive. For Machiavelli it was another military failure in a roller-coaster political career. If the project had materialized, the Republic might never have been overthrown, and Machiavelli might not have fallen from power and been imprisoned.
Roger Masters's account of the friendship between two of history's greatest geniuses starts with this tale of a magnificent lost dream and spirals outward to the art, politics, intrigue, and sexual scandals of Florence. Leonardo's preoccupation with the Arno project explains many of the tantalizing mysteries of his work. It is the reason for the startling bird's-eye view of the valley in the background of the Mona Lisa; it is part and parcel of both his obsession, in the Notebooks, with understanding the dynamics of water, and his work on canals and swamp drainage in Milan, Rome, and France. As for Machiavelli, were it not for his time spent in prison, he might never have been compelled to write The Prince. Fortune Is a River is at once a study of genius and a rich and delightful introduction to the wonders of the Renaissance.
Customer Reviews:
Three Fascinating Figures........2006-08-12
Da Vinci, Borgia, and Machiavelli. Could there be more different and yet fascinating people? This book has some rich details, but came across more as a lecture than a true history. Its focus is on the joint attempt to divert the Arno river away from Florence's rival Pisa. The colorful complexities of life in Renaissance Italy was the main appeal. The author gives the reader a visual show of a turbulent and fascinating era.
A Renaissance Development Project.......2005-11-27
The archives of Western nations and modern ex-colonies are littered with records of utopian development schemes. Roger Masters shows that Renaissance Florence was truly modern, at least in its ability to devise idealistic projects designed to address political and environmental problems. From 1503-06 Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli had a mutual interest in changing the course of the Arno River to marginalize rival Pisa, reduce the hazards of periodic flooding and ensure Florentine economic dominance of Tuscany. This visionary scheme was problematic, perhaps hare-brained, because the Florentine Republic lacked the technology, manpower and financing to successfully divert a major river. The author fails to prove the collaboration of Leonardo and Machiavelli due to scanty sources; his arguments from negative evidence are plausible but not fully convincing. But he accomplishes the more modest goal of demonstrating convergence of their interests and outlook. Masters breaks new ground in bringing together some disparate but very important issues in early modern Italy, and the story itself is always engaging, at times scintillating. In showing two leading geniuses and their familiar city in an unexpected light, the Italian Renaissance once again appears fresh and exciting.
What could have been if the Arno river was tamed!.......2004-10-15
This book has an interesting theme and is an original subject. I am notat all sure what Masters writes is true, since this history is very long ago, and the sources are not there. It seems probable that Machiavelli met and knew DaVinci. It seems clear that DaVinci tried to use the Arno initially to cut off the water for Pisa, and later to improve the commercial position of Florence and the city's boss Borgia. The book does show how DaVinci was ahead of his time in trying to damm and control a river.
This book drags at time and has lots of related material thrown in. I did learn a little more about the characters of Borgia, DaVinci, and Machiavelli. An alright read.
Fascinating study of little known details.......2004-09-20
This book is a fascinating study of some little known historical events. Even to those who have taken a keen interest in the life of Leonardo and/or Macchiavelli, there is plenty of obscure information to add to your body of knowledge. That is the main attraction of the book (apart from recounting its main event, the planned canal, of course), that it lingers over facts that other biographies largely ignore.
The anecdotes, trivial though some may think them, were a big bonus in my view - source material that is otherwise very hard to come by.
As icing to the cake, it is nicely written thus making it a pleasant read - a real page turner actually!
A fascinating collaboration.......2004-04-29
I have for some time been interested in the relationships between Leonardo Da Vinci, Machiavelli and Ceasare Borgia, and this work brings those characters to life in an enlightening and interesting interpretation of an historical event that resulted in a monumental failure. It illustrates the human side to genius and is a fascinating look at the politics of Florence and surrounding environs during the early 16th century. It is considerably more fun to read than most history books I have encountered. Thank you Dr. Masters.
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Lanie Freeman’s life changed swiftly and irrevocably with the death of her mother and the imprisonment of her father. She struggles to hold together her family, pursue her dreams, and follow her heart. Then the new preacher arrives—and Lanie’s world is turned upside down! Book Two in the Singing River series.
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This is definately a Gilbert Morris book!.......2007-05-17
Not quite grown up Lanie Freeman is still taking care of her siblings while her father sits his sentence in jail. Along to help her is feisty over ninety Aunt Keiza who's lived so long she knows everything. Lanie's siblings are starting to grow up and she's put to the test of trying to keep them in stride. Cody becomes a zealous Christian while Maeva keeps testing Lanie's limit by being a teenager. Meanwhile Louise Langley is jealous of Lanie while her brother is taking an interest in her. The town doctor seems to be vying for her attention as well even though he's engaged to Louse. A pregnant girl is taken in by the family because she has no where else to go. Then to top it off there's a new preacher in town, one who wears jeans and rides a motorcycle. Fairhope is shaken up with his arrival, changing the lives of everyone who lives in the town.
Since I'm an avid Gilbert Morris reader, I picked up this book. I guess because I'm such a fan I feel like I have to read every book written by him. That said, I did enjoy this book over the past few I've read of his. The characters in this story are very colorful and bring life to the story. I find the background characters to be more interesting especially the restaurant group scenes. There is lots of historical fact and research done for the book and I enjoy all mention of the food that is eaten. I do like how Colin is a non typical pastor and he does grab the reader's attention from his first appearance. However once again what I find most annoying (but new readers won't notice) is recycled plot use. Why are there always characters that insist on sitting in the front row at church? There will be plenty of rows throughout the church but these characters always march right up in front under the nose of the preacher. The girl being disguised as a guy gets really old too because she doesn't really try hard to disguise herself (cut your hair instead of hiding it under a hat). I really didn't like Lanie's brother after he became a Christian. While I was happy to hear that he became saved, I really think he went overboard with trying to convert others. Why would someone tear up a Bible and give people random pages expecting them to become saved without telling them about it? This character seemed very judgmental and stereotypical of a Christian trying to convert everyone. One more thing that really bugged me was when Colin and Louise finally kiss, they both back away immediately and the first thing Colin says is "Well I guess I shouldn't have done that." That phrase has been used too many times in Morris's books and just doesn't sound realistic at all. I also won't lie, i skipped over Lanie's poetry. I feel bad but it didn't really interest me.
I did enjoy the book but mostly out of loyalty for being a Morris fan. If you like historical fiction, then I think you'd enjoy it. Otherwise I think some of his older works are much better.
Excellent.......2007-03-20
I have read a lot of Gilbert Morris' books and have enjoyed them all. I was excited to get back to the Freeman family and see some good things happening for them among the bad. I was glad to see that another book will follow this one.
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The language and form of this searing book are as powerful as the life experience that inspired them. In a series of essays that cohere into a spiritual autobiography, the author writes prose that's deceptively simple yet rich in metaphor. An wild horse living in the parking lot of a Navajo school becomes a symbol for living creatures' intrinsic wildness, tamed only at a terrible cost. "We are all runaway horses" is one constant refrain, as is the reminder "you are your history." The author's history is painful: born in 1950 the son of an alcoholic Native American woman and a white cowboy father who "would sell my mom to other migrant men for five dollars," Nasdijj grew up a "mongrel" and an outcast, contending with his violent father's demons while his mother beguiled them with Indian stories. Living on a reservation, never fully accepted because of his white skin, he adopted a baby boy with fetal alcohol syndrome who died at age 6. The book's most beautiful passages meditate on Tommy Nothing Fancy's short life and express his father's love. Nasdijj has been homeless, he has taught Indian children on a reservation, he has retraced with a historian friend the dreadful forced march to Bosque Redondo, where the Navajo and their culture were nearly exterminated. These and many other ordeals are related in the agonizingly lucid words of someone who has turned to writing as a lifeline. This remarkable memoir has its share of bitterness and anger, but Nasdijj transcends both in his acceptance of the world that made him and in the knowledge that "the reservation runs like blood through a river of my dreams." --Wendy Smith
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A searing book as powerful as the life experience that inspired it, THE BLOOD RUNS LIKE A RIVER THROUGH MY DREAMS transports readers to the majestic landscapes and hard Native American lives of the desert Southwest. Born to a storytelling Native mother and a roughneck, song-singing father, Nasdijj has always lived at the jagged-edged margins of society, yet hardship and isolation have only brought him greater clarity -- a gift for language and a voice of searching honesty. "In a prose style that could almost be chanted" (New York Magazine), Nasdijj writes of his adopted son, Tommy Nothing Fancy, and of his own chaotic childhood; of his struggles between two cultures and his pursuit of the writing life -- as a lifeline. A powerful, unforgettable memoir, THE BLOOD RUNS LIKE A RIVER THROUGH MY DREAMS will "wash over readers and often take them by surprise" (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
Customer Reviews:
I give this book three stars knowing it is a fraud.......2006-04-24
This book has to be the worst and most sickening case of cultural apropriation in the history of the US. The fact that it was writen by a white man is further proof of the emperialist and colonialist mentality that still exists in this nation twords the Native American Community. However when I forst read this book Nasdijj was still a navajo within the eyes of the public. At the time the book mooved me deaply. Nasdijj's use if diction and the storytelling nature of his narative was beutifle. It made me want to learn more about the status and problems facing the Plains Indian community and work bring about change. That meens somthing to me and despite what I know now that initial responce when I first read this book stays with me to this day. I urge those who are going to critisize this book to read it first if you have not, and when you read it, do so with eyes un clouded by the trouth.
One Fraud Too Many.......2006-03-16
It's a shame that because of works like this, not to mention the Forrest Carter (Education of Little Tree) scandal a few years back, many unknown and undiscovered--but authentic--Native American writers will probably have to struggle that much harder to become published. Well-established American Indian authors are already naturally suspect of any newcomers on the scene; the sad fact is that for some reason Native American culture and identity is misappropriated by more misguided white writers--whatever their individual agendas might be--than any other race or ethnic group. The sad truth is that, for every Forrest Carter and Timothy Barris who manage to secure a publishing contract, there are dozens of truly deserving Native voices that are going unheard.And thanks to these imposters making the buying public- as well as agents and editors- increasingly suspicious of anyone claiming to be Native American-their chances to be read and heard are only going to diminish.
The Joke.......2006-02-16
To hold the power to move people with words regardless of the validity of those words is a very impressive art. With the exception of one specific actor, no one in history has made a powerful film about his or her own life. There is no reason to believe that written works shoud be treated differently from movies in this respect. Obviously this writer has realized that human deception is an important method of eliciting an emotional response from an audience. By reading the responses from readers prior to the false exposure of the true writer, it is clear that this man or woman is light years ahead of current authors when it comes to manipulating the human brain into believing a story, factual or not. With the increasing pace of desensitization of the mind in recent years, obviously new techniques must be made available to entertain an insatiable public. To say that this author's amazing work is only confined within the pages of the book is downwright ludicrous. Everything, including the monikor and real identity of "Timothy Barris" is part of a larger piece of fiction that may be even further exposed as time passes. After this "identity" was unearthed, opposite and even stronger emotional responses were elicited from readers, demonstrated in print on these very pages of Amazon.com. Is it not true that disgust and outrage are also emotions that sub-par authors struggle to touch in their works? "The Blood Runs Like a River Through My Dreams" is such an example of a work of writing and deception that is capable of plucking each string of human emotion in such a way that has never been attempted before. There is a larger picture.
-AK
A shameful fraud.......2006-01-28
I read this book last year, and was moved by it, though I often found it rather fuzzy on certain details, and the chronology seemed to jump around. Now, I learn this guy is a total FRAUD: He's not Indian and Tommy didn't exist. He's apparently lazy, too: I've read that his descriptions of Navajo culture don't fit with reality, either. This is disgraceful, both his lying about his heritage, and inventing this sick child, as well as the other people he made up. What a waste of time.
So many literary frauds have been exposed this month (Jan 06). Now, I'm wondering about a few other memoirs that have been popular the last few years. I'm rather disinclined to buy any memoirs these days; and I bet I'm not the only one who feels this way. I bet these scandals hurt sales of this book genre.
plagiarist, Navajo wannabe, fake.......2006-01-28
I haven't read any of "Nasdijj"'s writings, and I don't expect to do so, but as a REAL Amerind (Cherokee), I am disturbed and indignant at Navajos being used as a publicity hook by a white sado-masochist. Don't take my word for it. Read an exhaustive exposé at
http://www.laweekly.com/index.php option=com_lawcontent&task=view&id=12468&Itemid=47
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"Amy . . . I'll be back." For eight years Amy Deverall clung to the words Rain Tallman had whispered as he kissed her and rode away. Smart as a whip and as eager for life as a young colt, Amy grew up along the mighty Wabash River, waiting for the handsome Shawnee-raised boy who had gone off to explore the wilderness beyond the horizon. Now, the broad-shouldered, gun-toting trapper galloping toward her was a new Rain Tallman. His slow, sweet kisses taught her passion and she longed to ride beside him down the dangerous trails he traveled. But where was the boy she had known? Had he really grown to be a steel-hard, silent loner who would take her heart--and never say "I love you"?
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"Amy . . . I'll be back." For eight years Amy Deverall clung to the words Rain Tallman had whispered as he kissed her and rode away. Smart as a whip and as eager for life as a young colt, Amy grew up along the mighty Wabash River, waiting for the handsome Shawnee-raised boy who had gone off to explore the wilderness beyond the horizon. Now, the broad-shouldered, gun-toting trapper galloping toward her was a new Rain Tallman. His slow, sweet kisses taught her passion and she longed to ride beside him down the dangerous trails he traveled. But where was the boy she had known? Had he really grown to be a steel-hard, silent loner who would take her heart--and never say "I love you"?
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Fast-paced and unforgettable.......2006-10-12
Dream River
by Dorothy Garlock
Reviewed by: Pamela Ackerson (author of Home of the Braves trilogy)
Dream River is a love story that will make you sigh in contentment. Amy and Rain have known each other since they were children--Amy has always loved him. Rain, of course, was oblivious. Eleanor and Gavin are two unlikely souls who gradually fall in love creating a sweet romance. Add the wild American frontier and all of its trials and tribulations and you have a fast-paced unforgettable love story.
Amy and Raines story..........2002-10-19
This is a great follow up book to Lonesome River. In this story after 8 years of waiting Raine finally comes back to Amy. The problem is that as she seems to have spent a lifetime waiting for him he seems to be apathetic to her now. And then there is the woman that he is escorting along to the Arkansas territory who is just a little to "lady like" and basically the opposite of Amy. But, do what she may Amy can't seem to shake her longing for Raine. Then things turn and Raine asks her to accompany him on the trek west and things finally start to go her way. There is a lot of traveling, a few fights, a few changes in personalities of the main characters but overall a good story. I am now off to find the third book in the series.
The best of the trilogy.......2002-07-27
The Wabash trilogy is the best frontier romance you'll ever read. Years after reading this book for the first time, I am still haunted by their love story. It was wonderful to find out how Raine and Amy turn out. Don't miss out. This is Dorothy Garlock's best work.
Excellent... the best of this trilogy!!.......2002-03-11
I loved Liberty and Farr in the first of this trilogy - Lonesome River. However, it ended without resolution of Amy and Rain together and in love. This book will put the two together, and sure there was nothing keeping the two apart (like the other reviewer stated), except for a frenchman determined to have Amy for himself and several other dangerous encounters throughout the story.
The story begins eight years later from the first in this trilogy... with Liberty and Farr in complete happiness and with a growing family.... only Farr longs for a homestead that isn't quite as crowded as the booming town enclosing them. Liberty senses Farr's edginess... and when Rain returns to the homestead, speaking of the virtually untouched land beyond the mountains, Liberty encourages the family to relocate. Rain is excited that his extended family is anxious to move to the land he longs for, bringing the woman he craves along with them... as Amy has changed a lot and Rain's unsure of her feelings towards him... and still seems to make her so darn mad at him everytime they speak.
Rain volunteers to take a woman to her fiance, on his way to the new land. For this reason, he must leave earlier than Farr and Liberty... but he manages to convince them that he needs Amy to come along... "for appearances sake"... while he and a rough riverman escort the spoiled and helpless woman. Amy agrees to go along, mostly because the woman's eyes are on Rain.... while the rough riverman keeps his on the spoiled little rich girl.
Villans Hull Dexter and Hammond Perry return in this story, to add constant chaos and conflict for Rain and Amy, and Eleanor and Gavin during their travels. Though Rain and Amy expressed their love shortly after their travels began, and stayed together to the end... there were numerous conflicts trying to pull them away from each other.
Yawn.......2002-01-11
I'd like to say more nice things about this book, but the truth of the matter is that there was no real tension between the hero and heroine. There was barely anything keeping them apart, and while in the real world that's lovely, in a romance novel that can make for some pretty bland reading. I suspect the author knew this, as she seemed to spend more attention, at times, on writing about another subplot: a romance between two other characters. The secondary romance was also not very exciting -- too much divided attention, not enough build-up and tension.
Finally, the author has forgotten the storyteller's rule of "show, don't tell". She kept telling the reader what to think of people, rather than showing examples as to why they should do so. That keeps me at a distance, as a reader, and makes the characters seem contrived. In short, there are better books out there, so read them instead.
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Psi, the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet, has come to represent phenomena such as ESP, telepathy, precognition, intuition, and other psychic events and qualities. Using the metaphor of a river, Dale Graff, the former director of a federally funded research project on remote viewing, teaches readers how to understand and develop their own psi potential in River Dreams. Gripping true-life stories demonstrate the value of using psi to help in everyday lives, and the personal revelations of the author coax the reader to examine psi's potential for personal and inner growth. For example, Graff believes that the current UFO craze "is a reflection of the loss of connectivity with deeper aspects of ourselves." A glossary of terms and three appendices of exercises help the reader explore their own psi talents. --P. Randall Cohan
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Discover your own psychic powers-and learn what the US government knows about them!
In the follow-up to Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness, Dale Graff, the former director of Project STARGATE, provides more stories from the US government's top secret program, and focuses on how readers can tap their own psychic potential.
For 17 years Dale Graff was the leading researcher and expert in the United States Defense Department in the area of parapsychological phenomenon. He founded and served as the director of the controversial and secret Project STARGATE, which received federal funding to investigate and use remote viewing to gather intelligence information.
As Project STARGATE began to grow, its researchers were called upon to search for high profile objects and people. Graff has compiled the most exciting of these searches-from the abduction of Brigadier General Dozier, to a fugitive wanted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), to a missing Soviet airplane!
Using nature images to portray the link between the natural world and our psychic nature, River Dreams shows how readers can increase their own psychic powers. The final section contains a self-test that allows readers to actively examine the psychic world.
River Dreams examines the psychic resources that exist within everyone, providing stories that illustrate the usefulness of intuition, synchronicity, psychic and healing dreams, extrasensory perception (ESP), remote viewing and energetics (psychokinetics). Graff explores the nature of precognitive dreaming and shows readers how to recognize and use their own dreams.
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Summary.......2000-02-12
RIVER DREAMS expands the theme of psychic exploration introduced by Tracks in the Psychic Wilderness. It has many examples of psi phenomena, or extrasensory perception (ESP) from the author's personal experiences, from parapsychological research and from operational projects in the government's STARGATE program. RIVER DREAMS focuses on psi in the dream state, although psi experienced in the conscious state, such as via intuition and remote viewing are central aspects of the various episodes described. Specific incidents are written in a first person style to capture the sense of discovery, and to illustrate the motivation and meaning aspects of the circumstances.
This book uses the metaphor of a "river" to emphasize that our subconscious nature is like a relentless far-reaching stream that connects us to others, to our environment, and to the universe. To access the information available from these psychic currents, all we need to do is be open to the possibility of experiencing our psi nature and to find approaches that best match our needs, preferences, and cognitive styles. The examples in this book illustrate a variety of methods for accessing our psi potential in both a conscious mode and via dreams. Specific focus is given to lucid dreams¾ dreams when you are aware of experiencing or being in a dream.
RIVER DREAMS includes two sections and three Appendices:
Deep Currents and Hidden Rivers River Shadows Appendix A, Journaling Your Future Appendix B, The Creative Journal: Journaling Toward Goals and Well-Being Appendix C, Try Your Psi
Deep Currents and Hidden Rivers describe the author's experiences in exploring psi, personally and professionally and examines factors that enhance connections with our psychic nature. Resonance explores mind-to-mind communication (telepathy), contact with the environment (remote viewing or clairvoyance) and accessing information about future events (precognition). The following chapters, Fire!, Airplane Down, Search for General D., and On the Run, present personal psi experiences and remote viewing of colleagues for several operational STARGATE projects. Examples include detection of a rocket motor test, location of missing airplanes (including a Soviet plane in Africa), location of an Army General abducted by a terrorist group in Italy, and the location of a fugitive wanted by the US Customs Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
River Shadows reviews a variety of issues associated with psi phenomena. Confluences examines the root cause of why psi is sometimes disregarded, ridiculed, or even feared by people. Delta Regions considers psi from an explanatory viewpoint and places the phenomena in a perspective that tracks aspects of quantum physics (the hologram, nonlocal effects). This section also considers the potential that psi has for contact with extraterrestrial or multidimensional intelligences. It also includes perspectives on certain experiences, such as UFO sightings and abductions, that draw sensationalistic media attention. An alternative view, based on the author's lucid dream experiences, is suggested. The last chapter, Reflections, considers the author's personal and professional psi experiences from a learning and philosophical perspective. We can all uncover our intuitive/psi nature in both conscious and in dream states. However, for most us, the easiest way and most personally meaningful one is to experience psi in the dream state, in the domain of our "theatre of the mind."
Appendix A, Journaling Your Future explains how anyone can tap into their psi potential and gain information about approaching future events. These are seen as probabilities dancing on a hidden stream. Some are likely to occur; others are less likely and can even be avoided or changed. The key to becoming a "future see-er" is intention and dedication, along with journal keeping.
Appendix B, The Creative Journal:Journaling Toward Goals and Well-Being explains how anyone can improve their physical and psychological condition through dedication and goal setting, and by drawing on the insight available from dreams.
Appendix C, Try Your Psi provides the reader with a step-by-step approach for exploring their psi potential while awake and relaxed or via dreams. Specific "targets" are included as psi objectives to help illustrate experimental and practice procedures.
RIVER DREAMS presents our psi nature from a natural and practical perspective. It encourages anyone to explore for themselves to discover the reach of their subconscious connections, and to apply this uncovered talent for helping themselves and others navigate along the challenging river called life.
Book Description
For as far back as he can remember, the dream of becoming a writer has burned brightly in Thorliff's heart. But when he arrives at college, things are not as he had imagined. Thorliff longs for the familiarity and nurture of his loved ones back home. The distance has created a rift between Thorliff and his childhood sweetheart. The only bright spot in his life is his job at the town newspaper. Will he be forced to leave one dream behind to pursue the other?
Customer Reviews:
Great book if you don't mind all the mistakes..........2006-12-09
While I'm glad things worked out OK in the end for Thorliff and Elizabeth, it's obvious that Ms. Snelling and/or her editors were out to lunch when the book was proofread, it's loaded with mistakes! Example: Knute Baard rushes to Ingeborg's house when his brother Swen is injured - Ingeborg takes Knute's horse and he stays behind; she arrives at the Baard home and Knute meets her at the door, and a few minutes later Knute arrives in the wagon with Haakan! When did Knute develop teleportation powers?
For those who haven't read the original "Red River of the North" books, mistakes happen all the time when previous happenings are remembered: Kaaren's 2 year-old and 2-week old daughters died when Andrew was 1 year old in "An Untamed Land" but this book says Lizzie was stillborn and Andrew was born AFTER Kaaren's babies died!
Now about the geneology chart in the front of the RTRR books, why is Ingeborg's maiden name shown as STRAND? In "An Untamed Land" (RROTN #1) she introduces herself as "Ingeborg MOE Bjorklund". The Strands were a horrible family introduced in "A New Day Rising" (RROTN #2), and they were definitely Ingeborg's relatives or even her friends (especially when the oldest daughter falsely accusing Hjelmer of dishonoring her). Does Ms. Snelling even remember what she's written in the past?????
This is like reading my heritage story!.......2003-09-06
As a daughter of a Swedish immigrant that homesteaded in North Dakota in the early 1900's, I have read the 6 book series of Red River, and the first 2 return books. I have shared them with my sisters and daughter. Today I am buying return #3. These books are so real, they are like re-living my childhood. These thing really happened the way the author describes it. I can't wait to see if the series continues!! Awesome, historical,can't put down, truly enjoyable reading!! These books have enhanced my memories,and I recomend them to anyone interested in Dakota history, or Scandinavian immigration!!
More on Thorliff.......2003-04-08
Thorliff is off trying to get his college education. There are some really sad moments, but also some really happy ones, too. I must say that I'm rooting for Anji to come to her senses and go back to Thorliff. I like Elizabeth, but just don't think she's the right wife for Thorliff. I like the new characters, but I do wish for more about the ones in Blessing. It was a wonderful book though and I can't wait to read the next one!
Book Description
Book 3 of RETURN TO RED RIVER by bestselling author Lauraine Snelling. Thorliff's goal of becoming a writer is within reach. Working for a newspaper in Northfield, Minnesota, he is busy writing articles and stories for the Minneapolis Tribune and Harper's Magazine. But his idyllic world comes to a sudden halt when an epidemic hits the town of Blessing, North Dakota, following the Red River flood of 1897. Thorliff returns home to help family and friends recover from the aftermath of the disasters and rebuild their town. A captivating and heartwarming tale of aspiration, struggle, love, and triumph.
Customer Reviews:
excellent ending!.......2006-01-07
The best part of this story moves along faster in this book than the first 2 in this series, but not so fast that you're left wondering what happened. Thorliff continues to work for Elizabeth's father at the newspaper as Elizabeth goes to medical school, and when tragedy strikes Blessing, Thorliff goes home to help and eventually convinces Elizabeth to come when a doctor is needed desparately.
I noticed a couple of earlier reviews disliked the idea of Elizabeth and Thorliff being a couple, but it wasn't unexpected - the story in Book 1 allows readers to get to know Elizabeth pretty well before she ever lays eyes on Thorliff, so it's obvious she was introduced to us for a reason. I'm sorry things didn't go well with Anji, but at least Thorliff was spared from being in a "love triangle" with both women.
My only complaint about this book is that there isn't a 4th in the series - I would love to see Thorliff start a newspaper while Elizabeth sets up a medical practice in Blessing. (Of course one can imagine their own ending but I hate loose ends in a story)
Wonderful Book - Made me cry.......2003-04-07
This is a fabulous ending to the triology on Thorliff. Although I might have been rooting for another ending (Anji, why'd you marry that other guy!) this one still won me over. The book made me cry, laugh and share it with all my friends! I can't wait to go back to Blessing later, I have completely fallen in love with all the characters.
Book Description
Every year, the 9 million RV owners in the U.S. look for new and exciting vacation destinations. RV owners who aren't content staying put will be inspired by journeys, such as: Southeastern California's enigmatic deserts; Spectacular mountains on the Lewis and Clark route and a dozen more. Detailed trip maps, and insider's tips complete information on campgrounds.
Customer Reviews:
16 Great Western Vacations would be a better title........2001-06-15
To date I have used only a couple of the "trips" outlined by the author. Her data is definitely shy of specific rv information...just the skimpy basics. However, the "travelogue" sections are quite good on their own merits. Exclusive of the rv, we found much of her other information quite helpful and interesting. I hope the author revises the book and adds a healthy dose of really meaningful rv info.
Not RV Related.......2001-05-17
The title of this book is deceptive. The author's major RV experience was in driving an 18' motorhome and she definately feels that anything larger is more like staying at home than camping. If you are interested in RV related material, this book is not for you. If you want a so so travelogue with minimal information about where to park your RV, you might like the book. The author obviously has no experience in using RVs in urban environments--something than most owners of large RVs do on a routine basis. I think the title is highly misleading.
Customer Reviews:
A Dream to Follow.......2007-07-18
This book is a wonderful continuaion of the story of the Bjorklund family and sparks interest in historic events of the times. Lauraine Snelling has a real knack for writing adventure, love, family ties, personal trials and tribulations, that include humor and faith.
I still want more Red River series books!!.......2005-10-23
I have read the entire Red River Series more than once and feel that Inge and Kaaren are old friends. They always make me want to start baking something! This continuation of the Red River series is with Ingeborg and Roald's son Thorliff who goes to the big city to study writing. The only reason I gave this 4 stars is that I skip the chapters with the girl and his city life to read only the chapters that take place in North Dakota with Inge. I wept with the death of Agnes. These books are wonderful treats and I highly recommend them
Return of the Red River.......2005-08-13
If you liked the Lauraine Snelling series Red River of the North you will love this continuation series. It continues with Thorliff going away to college and the entire community of Blessing. It also adds new characters which are just as loveable as all the rest. It is by far my favorite series I have ever read. Continuing on to it was perfect and it completely satisfied my hunger for more of the Bjorklunds. If you read the first series you have to read this series. It is amazing!!! Bravo Ms. Snelling!!!
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