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The essential "how to" book for anyone bringing a product to market, writing a business plan, marketing plan or sales plan. Step-by-step strategy of how to successfully organize sales, marketing and business development for a new product or company. The book offers insight into what makes some startups successful and leaves others selling off their furniture. Packed with concrete examples, the book will leave you with new skills to organize sales, marketing and your business for success.
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Not just for start up, but for business of all sizes.......2007-10-08
My initial reason for reading this book was because Marc Andreessen recommended it on his blog. There have been many books written on start up, and I just wanted to know why a successful serial entrepreneur like Marc recommended this book. The reason is clear. This book is a step-by-step success guide on running a profitable business. Serial entrepreneur does think differently. This book details what strategies to execute under various conditions, and vivid examples of when wrong strategies are executed flawlessly. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in product planning or entering into a new business.
Best startup product management book available.......2007-10-04
I've read a lot of startup books and been involved in several efforts of varying success. Blank's book is the first how-to-guide that provides clear, unequivocal directions for taking a brilliant product idea and turning it into to a successful, thriving company.
Fans of Geoffrey Moore's Crossing the Chasm will appreciate the additional depth of Blank's honest and rigorous approach to finding the right product-market fit. Moore's bowling alley idea is powerful, but Blank takes that concept and tells you precisely how you should go about discovering the right initial market for your product and then how to reliably grow into that market. His horror stories are insightful and balanced by constructive success stories, with some of the most illuminating juxtaposed within the same market, such as Webvan's brutal failure and Tesco's wild success in the online grocery business.
The book has some challenges when it gets to the details about positioning and branding, but those are areas many people have problems with... and a sore spot for me with even some of the more widely quoted yet insufficient books out there. Fortunately, Blank isn't wrong in those areas, so much as just fails to make the most of the classics of Riese & Trout's Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind, 20th Anniversary Edition and Aaker's Building Strong Brands as they apply to the startup. [I also recommend Holt's How Brands Become Icons: The Principles of Cultural Branding for those looking for brilliant insights in building effective brands.]
My other small nitpick is that the book has surprisingly low production values, with numerous typos and printed on a seemingly depression era yellow paper. Perhaps Blank is simply following his own advice, minimizing upfront costs while he discovers the right product-market fit. I hope so, because at least that shows consistent reasoning.
Despite its failings, this book's strength building both a conceptual and practical framework for guiding product development in innovation-driven companies makes it a must read for anyone leading entrepreneurial product innovation.
A must read for every entrepreneur........2007-09-25
I met Steven in San Jose during SD West 2007 on one of his lectures for young entrepreneurs. He is an amazing guy with lots of hands on experience in building startup companies in Silicon Valley. This book is basically a synthesis of his experiences in this field. But instead of being a mentor he provides you with a detailed, step by step, description of product development process that is mostly iterative, empirical and customer oriented. It is supported by lots of examples from real life. Definitely a must read for every entrepreneur.
Intriguing Use of "That".......2007-08-28
I had just concluded a market feasibility exercise and was in the process of revising my business plan when I was referred to this book. The referral came when I made a general statement about wishing that I had a road map to help me along the rest of my trip, as, although I felt as though I was on the right road, nothing looked familiar to me. Well the referral could not have came at a better time, as, according to Steven's book, I was at a critical juncture. Thanks to the book, I now know what I need to consider before moving forward. As for any negatives, although the book has validated my tribulations and enlightened my mysteries, I am very disappointed with the lack of proper commitment to proofreading and that that is when that all that that I have to say.
Best Startup Book Ever Written.......2007-05-04
The reasons it's great:
Takes product decisions out of the realm of "my vision is better than your vision" into the realm of "the facts say we should prioritize this way..."
Helps a startup discover its CORE value proposition, forcing it to iterate until it has paying customers clamoring for the product.
Emphasizes a low-burn experimentation model rather than a high-burn product milestone focused model.
Helps all of the employees of a company get a visceral sense for what it will take to achieve early traction.
Has been proven to work in both B2B and B2C
Disclosure: I've (gladly) worked with Steve at his courses at Stanford and Berkeley
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Following their bestsellers Vulcan's Forge and Vulcan's Heart, Josepha Sherman and Susan Shwartz conclude their new trilogy chronicling the latter-day adventures of one of Star Trek's most beloved characters, shedding new light on his world's shocking history.
The distant past: The great ships have left war-torn Vulcan behind and, after a most arduous journey, have arrived at their destination. Two worlds become the new home of the exiles: Romulus is a verdant paradise, one much different from their desert home, while Remus is a barren wasteland, albeit one that is laden with natural resources. When Karatek and his family find themselves trapped on Remus with no hope of joining their brothers and sisters on Romulus, it sparks a conflict that leads the exiles into vicious civil war.
One year after the Dominion War: The Watraii are determined to destroy the Romulan Star Empire. Ambassador Spock is equally determined to learn their secret. With the aid of his wife Captain Saavik and the U.S.S. Alliance, his old comrades Scotty, Uhura, and Chekov, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the U.S.S. Enterprise, Spock executes a daring plan to bring about peace before the Alpha Quadrant is once again plunged into war....
The stunning conclusion to the trilogy that changes everything you thought you knew about the Vulcans and the Romulans!
Customer Reviews:
Did you guess what the end would be?.......2007-05-10
The first two books got me. Read them non-stop. Imagine the origins of not only Romulans but of Remans with a hint to the Watraii! But you can guess where this book goes immediately (I won't spoil it here) and not much else gets developed. Still worth it to complete the picture but not as good as #1 & 2. This three book series could have been done in two. Guess it was a money thing to get three books worth of cash out of us. It worked.
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Every day, in almost every field, someone perceives themselves to be on the wrong side of a psychic divide. The “second brain” in their gut tells them their life must change. Bruce Grierson draws on over 300 hundred stories of u-turners, including famous cases like Gandhi and Gauguin as well as a host of other gripping tales of people who have risked everything to answer life’s wake-up call: people who change political parties and careers, people give up their jobs as doctors to become poets, men who become women, professional athletes who quit to spend more time with their families, mothers who quit their families to pursue careers, people who suddenly become revolutionaries for a cause they didn’t care about the day before.
Grierson examines the u-turn from all angles—philosophical, scientific, literary and psychological—beginning with premise that the wake-up call is the secular equivalent of the religious epiphany, the moment when a person is “born again.” When does the wake-up call happen? Often in mid-life, but not always. Is it a good thing? Yes and no. Who does it happen to? Potentially any of us, under the right circumstance. Is America ready for a mass u-turn? Maybe. In chapters that address everything from the neuroscience behind epiphanies (the eureka moment) to the possibility of “forcing” a u-turn, Grierson brilliantly describes and elucidates this powerful, mysterious phenomenon, and in doing so illuminates all or our continual struggles with life choices and identity.
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Fascinating insights drawn from fascinating lives.......2007-05-16
Everyday I encounter people who have made U-Turns and their lives are richer and happier as a result. After reading Grierson's exploration of dozens of people who abandoned or reinvented their previous lives--often in dramatic ways--I am even more inspired and intrigued by the possibility of second chances.
Obviously, Grierson is a great listener and a wonderful storyteller. Unlike most non-fiction books I read, I found this one needed to be read slowly. After one or two stories, I had to stop and think about the tale Grierson had told. Equally inspiring is how obvious it becomes that anyone, anytime, anywhere can find themselves making a U-Turn into an authetic new life.
Interesting read or so I thought. .......2007-04-25
I initially liked this book until as I got further along it became apparent that the author saw this as an opportunity express a political viewpoint. The "U-turners" he chooses as examples are nearly all of the same political bent. It really destroys the author's credibility when he makes it seem that only one kind of person (liberal or conservative) is capable of making a U-turn. Not a book I'd recommend.
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DISCOVER JUST HOW GOOD YOUR WRITING CAN BE
If you write, you know what it's like. Insight and creativity - the desire to push the boundaries of your writing - strike when you least expect it. And you're often in no position to act: in the shower, driving the kids to school...in the middle of the night.
The 3 A.M. Epiphany offers more than 200 intriguing writing exercises designed to help you think, write, and revise like never before, without having to wait for creative inspiration. Brian Kitely, noted author and director of the University of Denver's creative writing program, has crafted and refined these exercises through 15 years of teaching experience. You'll learn how to:
* Transform staid and stale writing patterns into exciting experiments in fiction * Shed the anxieties that keep you from reaching your full potential as a writer * Craft unique ideas by combining personal experience with unrestricted imagination * Examine and overcome all of your fiction writing concerns, from getting started to writer's block
Open the book, select an exercise, and give it a try. It's just what you need to craft refreshing new fiction, discover bold new insights, and explore what it means to be a writer.
IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START - NOT EVEN 3 A.M.
Customer Reviews:
Interesting Ideas.......2007-10-01
This book is filled with unusual writing prompts, most of which I doubt you've seen elsewhere. Not all the prompts are for all writers, but there is a large pool of ideas in this book to pull from so I'm sure everyone will find something to their liking.
Thankyou.......2007-07-25
Mr. Kiteley has produced a book for all writers which opens the mind and releases the creative energy within. (honestly)
As per the title: 3AM E: U.W.E. That Tranform Your Fiction - that is NOT a fancy title promising the world. It actually delivers - as long as you use it and not just look at the pretty cover.
Quite Simply: If you are a writer, YOU'D BE CRAZY NOT TO BUY THIS BOOK.
Good Ideas if You Want to Warm Over Someone Else's .......2007-03-17
I returned this book. It is possible that I rated this book a tad low because it didn't fit the artistic place I occupied by the time it arrived. The author should not be penalized for that; decide for yourself if Kiteley is a good writing coach for you. I have several other books of idea prompts, and I also journal. In the final analysis, if a person can't think of anything to write about, writing may not be the optimum medium of self-expression for him or her.
Every writer should *own* this book........2007-03-16
That's right, bibliophiles. Not borrow from the library. =Own=
This book is brimming with exercises that will sharpen your mind, and help you unlock your own inherent skills. It's amazing how similar our writing can be to others. Yet we're taught to seek out individuality. It is this disparity that often forces us to strive too hard to be unique.
In mimicing or embracing the style and work of others, our voices can still emerge. Mr. Kitely is very astute in recognizing this and the exercises encourage the adaptive reuse and combination of disparate styles and ideas. This book is both a teaching tool, and a mind opener. Some of the exercises are a bit more challenging than I might be up for at 3:00AM, but honestly, there's value in each and every one.
I feel like even after only a few exercises, I have a better understanding of my own limitations and thought processes, and have grown as a writer. Not to mention the fun. I've taken a few of these exercises and shared them with friends in our own mini-workshops, and it makes for some great storytelling and idea sharing. Give this a shot-- it will help you, even if only slightly. That alone justifies the 10 bucks it costs.
Kiteley's Epiphanies.......2006-07-18
Books of writing exercises mainly aim to inspire creativity in the writer. Usually the idea goes like this: by putting a constraint on the writer (a particular topic, a set of words to use, etc.) and often a word limit or time limit, the writer will come up with new material she wouldn't have thought of if she'd simply set pen to paper and said, "what comes next?" It can help to alleviate the terror of confronting the blank page that many writers face now and then.
Brian Kiteley's "The 3 A.M. Epiphany" is a little bit different, in several ways. For one, most of the books I've read use time limits, whereas this book uses word limits, pushing you to come up with small gems rather than reams of material to sift through.
The exercises also have an additional dimension to them that most don't. Each one is carefully constructed to help you explore a certain aspect of your writing. These aren't meant to be "merely" inspirational--they're designed to teach technique, as well, without reading like a dry instructional book.
There are types of exercises in here I really haven't seen anywhere else, particularly in the sections on "Internal Structure" and "Exercises for Stories in Progress", and I think you'll find them inspiring in ways that other books aren't. They'll make you think, work and write in whole new directions.
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Exploring identity development and gender orientation, Lesbian Epiphanies: Women Coming Out in Later Life contains firsthand information about the experiences and difficulties of women who discover and reveal their newfound lesbian sexuality in later life. Psychologists, social workers, counselors, and professors will find that Lesbian Epiphanies is the first book to extensively quote from interviews of lesbians and bisexuals who had entered into heterosexual marriages. From the analysis of these 24 interviews, the psychological, erotic, and social processes of women who come out as lesbians or bisexuals after a heterosexual marriage are clearly explained so you can better assist your clients throughout this coming-out process. Discussing the personal and societal standards which clouded early self-awareness for these women, Lesbian Epiphanies lifts the veil of confusion to clearly illuminate the issues at hand to assist you in understanding and helping your clients. From the case studies in this important book, you will learn how some women came to realize their same gender attractions and the barriers they faced, including negative attitudes toward lesbian women and the lack of strong role models.
Helpful and informative, Lesbian Epiphanies explores the development of sexual identity in women in the United States today and provides you with essential information to help you improve your services to lesbian and bisexual clients by:
- examining how the role of marriage in American culture stifles a woman's self-awareness of her sexuality in order to help clients avoid the mistake of a heterosexual marriage before husbands and children are involved
- examining reasons behind the lack of valuable sexual information in America that limits a woman's general awareness of herself, her body, her sexuality, and her life options
- understanding the challenges that lesbians and bisexuals experience when attempting to establish their true identities to assist your clients in overcoming these barriers
- suggesting support groups for clients who are having a difficult time becoming used to the ideas and feelings of some same gender attractions
This insightful book knocks down the sociological and psychological barriers that keep women from realizing or acknowledging their real sexual orientation by dispelling societal and cultural myths about what it means to be a woman in the United States. Offering you invaluable advice on how to help clients effectively and happily live with their new identities, Lesbian Epiphanies provides solutions to the challenges that women experience in establishing their other-than-heterosexual orientation in a heterosexist society.
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Educational.......2007-02-23
This book is quite educational...but is a STUDY about 24 women. Make sure you realize that before buying it! It is very bogged down with psychology and quoting Erickson and those guys...so be ready to put your thinking cap on for this one. It is not a story...it is a study. Filled with quotes from the 24 women who were RESEARCHED. As long as you know that...then go for it.
Treatise on Older Lesbians.......2006-11-05
This read like a doctoral treatise; I would like to have had it in plainer, everyday language!
If you want to understand Lesbianism - Read this book!!.......2005-04-29
Lesbian Epiphanies deserves MORE than 5 stars!! The best book out there on understanding WHY some women come out late in life. I being one of them came out in my later years and wondered WHY I missed not coming out earlier. This book from the 25 life studies explains why. It seems we all have [almost] the same or similar stories and making the discovery of being a Lesbian and understanding WHY I was born this way, as I know I was having loved women ALL my life, it just takes a little *push* to finally go over the edge of society's regulations and come out - OUT & PROUD.
Ya all have to read this book, it's a *winner* fo sho!! And for all you *HET* folks, this is a great read if you want to appreciate where we are coming from and where we are going. I found out it is NOT a life style BUT a way of life, a persona, my authentic self. Be proud of WHO YOU ARE and don't hide behind the *mask* of deception.
Contact me if you want. Would love to hear from other Lesbians who have read this book or who are interested in possibly reading it!!
I'm so glad to know that I am not alone..........2000-01-17
Karol Jensen managed to communicate and clearly explain the life transformation that I experienced around the same age. I was married for over twenty years when I discovered that I experience my most happiest moments when I was in the company of other women. When I turned 40, I went through a major metomorphisis - realizing that what I truly wanted, my husband was not capable of giving me, and until I read this book, I had feelings of guilt for wanting to be with a woman. But discovering that the signs were there for many years, even as an adolescent, I have finally accepted my self, and I encourage any middle age woman who is struggling with this problem to read this book, and pray, and know that God does not make any mistakes, He wants us to be happy. And if its a woman that will bring that happiness, then don't waste another minute..GO FOR IT!
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The two novels combined in this omnibus (Cald of the Long Sun and Exodus from the Long Sun) comprise the second half of Gene Wolfes long novel, The Book of the Long Sun. Publishers Weekly calls it One of the major SF series of the decade The complex language is lovingly crafted.
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If you read first half you gotta read this.......2007-06-26
and you will be disappointed. A civil war begins, main hero steps up as leader of rebellion, a third side appears in civil war, and lot of stuff gets complicated and little solved, and mood is not even close to adventurous/mystery mood of book one.
I couldn't say that this series, 'Long Sun' really ends here, it seems that Short Sun is sequel, but I didn't read it yet.
When Wolfe has idea and inspiration, he is best. When not, he is worst.
I'm sure the series will be better the second time through........2007-04-17
After a first reading, I need some time to forget some of the major plot elements so that I can re-read this story later. It is quite fascinating, especially so if you view the society as an anthropologist would.
A lot of the confusion from this book stems from the fact that not one word written in it is trustworthy and it should be read with much more scrutiny then I put into it. As we cannot trust the writers of the biblical gospels to be impartial, we certainly cannot trust a young man with a revisionist take on history and a bad case of idolizing a man at the center of a cult of personality. The joy of reading Gene Wolfe comes from scratching hints, shades of meaning and the truth of events from a storyteller who does not want you to know the whole truth, and is probably outright lying (New Sun) or has absolutely no connection to reality (The Wizard)/is incapable of discerning truth from idealization and revision (New Sun, The Knight)/reality from fantasy (There are Doors)/objectivity from subjectivity (Long Sun) or is incapable of having factual knowledge whatsoever (Latro).
I'm really expecting this book to wow me the second time through, especially after analyzing Knight/Wizard and The Book of the New Sun a couple more times, allowing me to realize that the narrator is your worst enemy in trying to understand and enjoy a Gene Wolfe novel.
Sun of an epic, part 2.......2007-04-08
A couple decades ago, I remember tuning into a panel discussion show on TV because it featured Isaac Asimov and Harlan Ellison, two authors who I really enjoyed reading. There was also a third author on this program, who for many years, I essentially thought of as "the other guy." It would take till just a couple years ago for me to figure out that this other guy, namely Gene Wolfe, was also worth reading, in ways completely different than either Asimov or Ellison.
Epiphany of the Long Sun is the concluding half of Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun. Like the previous volume, Litany of the Long Sun, Epiphany is actually an omnibus of two books in the Long Sun tetralogy: Calde of the Long Sun and Exodus of the Long Sun. Altogether, the four books are over 1200 pages of complex plotting. (The Long Sun books themselves fit into the middle of a larger sequence including the Book of the New Sun and the Book of the Short Sun.)
As Litany had concluded, the protagonist Silk had been elevated, almost against his will, into the position of Calde, a high-ranking position that is half administration, half monarchy. In Calde of the Long Sun, civil war erupts in the city-state of Viron, as not all people are happy with Silk's promotion. By Exodus, things stabilize a bit (although not all is settled) and the focus is more on the nature and destiny of the Whorl itself.
The Whorl is the space colony/generation ship that Silk's people have inhabited for centuries. The societies that exist within this Whorl are both advanced and rather medieval, with both high-end technology alongside more primitive devices. Silk, who also acts as a kind of priest known as a patera and as an augur who sees the future in animal entrails, has become something of a prophet as well. In the Whorl, gods are worshipped and occasionally even seen, but Silk is driven primarily by an outsider god known, quite naturally, as the Outsider.
I can only scratch the surface of this densely plotted story, and there's too much to really summarize well. Wolfe is a good writer, but this is not always an easy read. The Book of the Long Sun is ambitious and has a certain artistic merit to it, but for all its admirable qualities, I personally find it to not be great but merely very good, worthy of a high four stars. There isn't really anything wrong with it, but it never completely won me over either (I guess it's a chemistry thing).
Do not start this book without having read Litany of the Long Sun. The two volumes are really one long story and the breaks between volumes (and the books within) are more arbitrary than conclusive. With that caveat, if you are a fan of science fiction, this is a worthwhile read.
Good story drowned in bad style decisions.......2006-11-28
I loved Book of the New Sun and had high hopes for Long Sun. The plot of Long Sun is very good, and I very much enjoyed most of books 1 and 2. However, as the story goes on, the narrative becomes increasingly annoying. Minor spoiler -- Most of book 3 consists of a war for the city of Viron. This could be great, but unfortunately most of the dozen main characters spend most of their time captured, hospitalized, or hiding -- in other words, not doing anything. The battle doesn't really touch any of them, and you hear about the battle only by their conversations with random people they encounter who have actually been involved in the plot off-stage, or from a few scenes with some minor characters from books 1 and 2.
The narrative of books 3 and 4 also shift almost entirely to dialogue, dialogue, and more dialogue, which is a problem. Dialogue is great when what is being said is important to moving the story forward or offering key insights into characters. The reader doesn't need a transcript of every incidental utterance every character makes -- this includes pages and pages of introductions ("Hi, this is so and so, remember we met back on page 335? I had on a blue dress!" etc), overly long expositions on the logic of what characters are doing ("Well, I'm making this decision because of this, and this, and oh you're right, this and that. And this too."), and even as a means of describing the environement (characters routinely say things like "look over there, see how the mountains flow down into the valley, the river is so smooth it looks like a mirror"). All this dialogue slows the story WAY down and has the effect of lessening the impact of the dialogue that actually IS important to driving the story forward.
The other problem I had with the narrative is that, time and again, Wolfe (slowly) builds up the reader's interest in a storyline, builds up the tension to the point where something (finally!) is going to happen -- and then fast-forwards to a point after the action has happened and just has a scene where the characters talk about what happened in a "Whew, we're safe now," or "Well, that didn't go so well" sort of way. The result is that many of the interesting or exciting bits of the story feel totally flat, having been skipped over and bookended by a long run-up of dialogue and soul-searching and an anti-climax of dialogue and soul-searching.
Some of the storylines that receive the most attention end up not being resolved very well, too, which makes you almost regretting putting in the time reading them. The battle for Viron and the three-way political scheming that consumes huge chunks of Books 3 and 4 are dense and should build to some great climactic pay-off for the reader. I won't say exacly what happens at the end, but the book ends not so much with a resolution of this battle, but an escape that makes much of the details of the battle irrelevant. Where the battle should come to a head, the story instead just runs away from it, and resolves things elsewhere. So what was the point of most of it, if not to set up the conclusion? Similarly, I really enjoyed the storylines with Blood in books One and Two, but Blood and his gang become pretty much irrelevant almost immediately. Those storylines wrap up very early, but the time we spent with them in books 1 and 2 make you wish they were more important in books 3 and 4. Instead, they are finished and the story moves on to bigger, but not better, things.
So basically, this book really disappointed me. New Sun really had none of these problems, and I highly recommend it to everyone, but I don't think Long Sun is worth it.
Prime Wolfe (part 2).......2006-09-01
New characters and threats are revealed. Patera Silk continues to grow in unexpected ways. Mysteries are solved only to open up new complexities. If you have already enjoyed other works by Gene Wolfe, you will be right at home here. Pay close attention, read huge chunks at a time, and just enjoy both the story and the language. I will add these volumes to my "read again" list.
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Eternity Today: On the Liturgical Year: On God And Time, Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Candlemas
Martin Connell
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David Anderson has been a popular columnist in his parish for many years. Writing about his everyday experiences-like cleaning up the yard after a storm, waiting in the doctor's office, even helping his teenage daughters pick out fall dresses-he explores how the divine surprises us in these ordinary events. Breakfast Epiphanies is a collection of forty-one of these true-life tales. "I wish David Anderson had written Breakfast Epiphanies twenty years ago. Reading it then would have made me a better person, parent, and pastor. In any event, I'm glad it's here now. And I bet you will be too." -Philip Gulley, author of Front Porch Tales "This is a delightful book, wise without being precious; entertaining without being trivial . . . Readers of almost any persuasion should enjoy Anderson's affable company." -June Sawyers, Booklist "D. H. Lawrence once called wonder our sixth sense, a natural religious sense. Anderson's tutorial on this spiritual practice is refreshing." -Spirituality and Health
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Everyday Simplicity.......2003-03-31
A wonderful book! Father David Anderson (an Episcopal priest from Bucks County PA) has written a book that is spiritually uplifting. It is an enjoyable read for the religious and the non-religious alike. He has elements of Buddahism as well as the Benedictine and Franciscan spirituality of seeing the wonder of the spirit of God in the daily grind that we all live each day. Highly recommended!!
I'm Giving Them Away for Christmas!.......2002-12-06
The way I know if a movie is good is if I want to see it twice. The same goes for books. I've read Breakfast Epiphanies and I'm going through it again.
I read a lot in this genre of self-help and spirituality and I have to say, this book caught me by surprise. Partly it's because there's such a light touch to every story. Anderson is a pastor but he doesn't preach.
I loved the one titled, Hands off: We Hatch Alone. It's about his visit to a kindergarten class where they were hatching a box of chicks. All the children were instructed to keep their hands folded behind their backs. Anderson did too. And then he spins a gentle tale of how this simple posture of attentive detachment works in our relationships. "We cannot stop drinking for someone else...we cannot lift the pall of depression...If they are going to break into freedom, they will have to hatch themselves."
And so it goes, story after story. There's the one about the cat, Oliver, who has the instinct to hunt but when he actually gets outdoors, meekly returns to the warmth of the kitchen. I sat there thinking about all the times the door of opportunity slid open for me and I retreated. I have a name for this now. I used to call it fear. Now I call it Oliver.
Then there's the one about the woman who received last rites and came back to life for the love of meat loaf. And the one about American men (and husbands) and how the best path to spiritual growth and vital relationship with our spouse might just be dancing lessons.
Finally, I guess why I like this book is that Anderson is such a likeable guy. The book is solid gold but it has the warmth of a real person living a real life. He's smart and witty but he's also just a lot of fun, the kind of neighbor you'd be eager to see and talk to over the fence.
I loved this book. I'm giving them away for Christmas!
A great way to start the day - or finish it!.......2002-11-25
David Anderson manages to find the transcendent in everyday pursuits and happenings. You don't have to be an Episcopal clergyman (as he is), or have any religious belief at all, to identify, learn, and be touched by the wisdom in these brief, warm, funny, and enlightening encounters with the nitty-gritty of our lives. No story takes more than 5 minutes to read, so it's easy to pick up and put down again with little guilt - but with great reward.
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The Epiphany Deception
Michael, S Holihan
Manufacturer: Xulon Press
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America, Prepare for Deception Day! A shocking revelation is about to trap humanity. Most will believe this lie. The Epiphany Deception unmasks this coming celestial delusion. Eerily prophetic and Eye-opening. Michael S. Holihan paints an End Times perspective that will shock most people. As the former Associate Editor of an International Civil Defense magazine, coupled with his military upbringing and travels to England, Europe and the Holy Land, he has an exceptional grasp of current affairs, both seen and unseen. For over 30 years, he has been a fervent student of history, science and religion which has imparted to him a keen awareness that the past and present can only be understood by peering into the invisible spiritual conflict. He currently lives in Texas with his wife and family and teaches Sunday school. He has spoken at lectures, seminars, radio programs and authored various study guides concerning preparedness and Eschatology. His descriptive style mixed with graphic imagery creates a startling portrait that offers illumination on the shadowy subject of Last Days.
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- not just for therapists
- Mind Expanding
- Epiphanies: A Psychotherapist¹ Tales of Spontaneous Emotiona
- Epiphanies by Jauregui
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Epiphanies: A Psychotherapist's Tales of Spontaneous Emotional Healing
Ann Phd Jauregui
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Psychotherapy, TA & NLP
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ASIN: 0761563768
Release Date: 2003-01-28 |
Book Description
"In a quiet moment in therapy, a breakthrough comes—the miracle of the new."
"Epiphany" is defined by Webster's as a "sudden insight into the reality or essential meaning of something."
"But my favorite part of the definition," says psychotherapist Ann Jauregui, "tells us that the revelation is usually brought on by some simple, homely, or commonplace experience. Something big is occasioned by something little, something easily missed. And it unfolds from there—sometimes as a flash, sometimes in exquisite slow motion—out of conventional time and space and language. 'Look at this,' you whisper as you see something about the universe you've never seen before. 'And look at this,' you whisper too, seeing yourself seeing it. The universe is bigger than it was a minute ago, and so are you."
In this intimate, lyrical integration of psychology and spirituality, Dr. Jauregui shares the stories of nine clients, casting light on moments that "just came," bringing surprise, comfort, and joy. "Shyly we venture out with these stories," she writes, "into a world still in the thrall of a reluctant science and its cousin, a reluctant psychotherapy." We are the beneficiaries, invited into a sparkling conversation that explores these life-changing surprises, and our own.
Customer Reviews:
not just for therapists.......2003-05-23
I hope that word of this little gem of a book gets out in spite of its audience-narrowing subtitle. This is not a book about psychotherapy. Or at least it's not simply a book about psychotherapy. With great good humor, touching lyricism and intelligent insight, family therapist Ann Jauregui conducts a magical mystery tour, exploring life's ah hah moments in science, psychotherapy, and religion.
She asks how it happens that something quite ordinary triggers a change in perception as when looking at an Escher print. Without fanfare or warning, edges blur and suddenly something familiar shifts. Light falls on a new path and nothing is ever quite the same again.
As entertaining as this book is, it should be read slowly. Take the time to enjoy Jauregui's good company and make sure you don't miss a single insight along the way. In a world full of promised quick fixes and self-help guides, Ann Jauregui's Epiphanies offers something deeper and more humbling -- a newly generous sense of wonder, optimism and possibility.
Mind Expanding.......2003-05-07
Ann Jauregui stretches our minds so that we too begin to see and have epiphanies, moments of opening to new life and light and joy. Once we are looking and listening freed from the box of nineteenth century science, epiphanies are there, as natural and real as butterflies. A great read, accurately poetic and scientific at once, with stories of clients, scientists (Newton and Hawking), and Ann Jauregui herself. An important book for therapists, especially those of us who are ready for life changes to be happening in our offices and wondering why they are going on next door, not with us. This book has the power to change us and those we want to help.
Epiphanies: A Psychotherapist¹ Tales of Spontaneous Emotiona.......2003-04-18
This book has had a lasting effect on the way I look at life. I have the utmost appreciation for Ann Jauregui and her life accomplishments. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in bettering their time on this wonderful earth.
Roger Neef
Epiphanies by Jauregui.......2003-02-19
Once in a while, I find a book that has the ability to shatter my world--but not in a bad way. It shatters it in such a way as to tear away the walls that bind my mind thereby allowing the light to come flooding in. Jauregui does this for me in her book Epiphanies. Chapter by chapter she builds on the idea that things may not be totally as we think they are or as they first appear. This book left me wanting more and I can only hope she is already working on her next book.
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