Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Required reading for life, possibly the best book ever on personal achievment
  • I LOVED THE BOOK...EXCEPT FOR ONE THING
  • The Best of Its Kind
  • Important, well-done, and inspirational
  • A True Inspiration!
Unlimited Power : The New Science Of Personal Achievement
Anthony Robbins
Manufacturer: Free Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0684845776

Book Description

Anthony Robbins calls it the new science of personal achievement. You'll call it the best thing that ever happened to you.

If you have ever dreamed of a better life, Unlimited Power will show you how to achieve the extraordinary quality of life you desire and deserve, and how to master your personal and professional life. Anthony Robbins has proven to millions through his books, tapes, and seminars that by harnessing the power of the mind you can do, have, achieve, and create anything you want for your life. He has shown heads of state, royalty, Olympic and professional athletes, movie stars, and children how to achieve. With Unlimited Power, he passionately and eloquently reveals the science of personal achievement and teaches you:

* How to find out what you really want

* The Seven Lies of Success

* How to reprogram your mind in minutes to eliminate fears and phobias

* The secret of creating instant rapport with anyone you meet

* How to duplicate the success of others

* The Five Keys to Wealth and Happiness

Unlimited Power is a revolutionary fitness book for the mind. It will show you, step by step, how to perform at your peak while gaining emotional and financial freedom, attaining leadership and self-confidence, and winning the cooperation of others. It will give you the knowledge and the courage to remake yourself and your world. Unlimited Power is a guidebook to superior performance in an age of success.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Required reading for life, possibly the best book ever on personal achievment.......2007-10-12

A good friend of mine recommended this book to me with much praise. So I found it on amazon used section listed for $0.01, which came out to about $4 with shipping. You might be thinking who cares how much I was able to pick this book up for.. THIS BOOK IS WORTH MUCH MUCH MORE! If everything in these pages are considered and used, there is not a price that can be put on it.

Life would be so much easier if all the knowledge and principles in these pages where second nature at an early age. The good news is that you are here now reading the reviews and likely to pick this book up like I did and buy it.

Out of all the books I have read all my life this is definitely in the top ten. If you think the bible is important to read, I would put this one right beside it if not in a more accessible place.

Anthony does a terrific job organizing his writing and making his concepts clear and understandable. There are many guidelines, rules, and strategies that can help you improve your life and ready you for what is to come next in your life.

People pay ridiculous amounts of money to find the secret success formula for this or that or the next thing.. and its all here for the taking.. Heck, its likely at the library for nothing. But this book is like a bible for life. A bible for the mind and the way to do and achieve.

Keep in mind that no book is going to kick you in the [...] every day to make decisions and take action, you need a wife or a mentor for that :)
This is however is a fantastic place to start. You will be glad you did!
"Unlimited Power: The way to peak personal achievement"

4 out of 5 stars I LOVED THE BOOK...EXCEPT FOR ONE THING.......2007-07-03

Tony Robbins has good advice. In fact when one of my employees moves into a supervisor or sales role I give them a copy of one of his books. And I credit his motivational books with some of my financial success. However he misses one point that all motivational speakers miss: no not everyone succeed no matter how much you pump them up. Some people lack the basic skills. For example to suceed in a given business you need motivation but you also need
1. Experience in that industry, extensive experience.
2. An innovative idea.
3. Working capital.

If you lack one or more of these then all the motivation in the world won't help you.

5 out of 5 stars The Best of Its Kind.......2007-07-03

Quite possibly the most important book I have ever read. Robbins touches on every element necessary for success, no matter how you as an individual define success. Unlike the Robert Greene books (don't get me wrong, I love those, too!), Robbins actually delves into morals and ethics rather than trying to remove them from the equation. This was key for me, as I don't think I could stomach some of the tactics advised by Greene. Knowing how far you're willing to go (and the price you're willing to pay to get there) is paramount, and Robbins examines this in great detail.

5 out of 5 stars Important, well-done, and inspirational.......2007-04-30

I read this book originally years ago. I owned a bookstore at the time, and it kept falling off the bookshelf, so the last time I picked it up to put it back, I got the message and decided I should read it.

I had become a Hypnotherapist right about that time, and I was very interested in NLP, an associated therapeutic tool. I had read a couple of NLP books by the formulators of that work, and honestly, I wasn't really impressed with the presentation of the concepts.

When I read Tony's book which is very much about applied NLP, I found it one of the "meatiest" self-help books I had ever read, as well as one of the most motivational. I had yellow pieces of paper stuck in every 5 pages or so, and it was so highlighted that it was hard to separate the highlights from the plain text. I devoured that book.

Tony's message is one I fully embrace today. I believe deeply in the limitlessness of the human mind and spirit, which ultimately is this book's message.

If you are in a helping profession, or you want to be, or if you life is simply not working, please consider reading this book. If you open your mind to the possibility that you can have whatever you want or become the person you want to be, then reading this book, will propel you on that journey.

5 out of 5 stars A True Inspiration! .......2007-02-25

This book has truly inspired me and has allowed me to see things in a whole new light. I was given a copy of this book to read 4 months ago and it has truly changed my entire thinking pattern. I no longer have a grim outlook on life. I find myself living my life more joyously and realizing the potential I have within and I truly thank this book along with Neale Donald Walsch's Conversation with God - Book 1, for allowing me to see things from a totally different perspective. This book is an excellent follow-up to Walsch's Conversations with God - Book 1 and I truly recommend this book!
The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles - Including: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great & The Science of Being Well
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Getting rich is Awesome!
  • Life changing book
  • The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles
  • buy this by all means!!! :)
  • Highly Recommended!
The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles - Including: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great & The Science of Being Well
Wallace D. Wattles
Manufacturer: www.bnpublishing.com
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 9562913929

Book Description

The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles I - Including: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great & The Science of Being Well

The Science of Getting Rich

THIS book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the processes by which those conclusions were reached. It is expected that the reader will take the fundamental statements upon faith, just as he would take statements concerning a law of electrical action if they were promulgated by a Marconi or an Edison; and, taking the statements upon faith, that he will prove their truth by acting upon them without fear or hesitation. Every man or woman who does this will certainly get rich; for the science herein applied is an exact science, and failure is impossible. For the benefit, however, of those who wish to investigate philosophical theories and so secure a logical basis for faith, I will here cite certain authorities. The monistic theory of the universe the theory that One is All, and that All is One; That one Substance manifests itself as the seeming many elements of the material world -is of Hindu origin, and has been gradually winning its way into the thought of the western world for two hundred years. It is the foundation of all the Oriental philosophies, and of those of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Emerson. The reader who would dig to the philosophical foundations of this is advised to read Hegel and Emerson for himself. In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand. The plan of action laid down therein was deduced from the conclusions of philosophy; it has been thoroughly tested, and bears the supreme test of practical experiment; it works. If you wish to know how the conclusions were arrived at, read the writings of the authors mentioned above; and if you wish to reap the fruits of their philosophies in actual practice, read this book and do exactly as it tells you to do.

The Science of Being Great

"... in Mr. Wattles' book, "THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT", you will get methods, plans, carefully outlined instruction, for the highest self-development and training for efficient living."

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The Science of Being Well

If you are well this book will tell you how to keep so. If you are seeking better health this book is for you. _

Each book builds upon the previous one to construct a complete, simple, practical, easy-to-understand, step-by-step system for getting rich, being healthy, and becoming successful.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Getting rich is Awesome!.......2007-10-23

This book can lead you to a whole new way of living. it is a simple and easy read. Buy it!

5 out of 5 stars Life changing book.......2007-09-01

I have been involved in studying material of the general type contained in this book since the mid 1960's, and I've read a lot.Of them all this is absolutely the greatest book because it spells things out clearly and tells you exactly what to do to get t6he results you want in your life. I am recommending it to everyone and buying copies for loved ones. Buy the book and work with it. It could easily be the best purchase you ever make.

5 out of 5 stars The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles.......2007-08-09

I purchased this book because it was the source material for The Secret. I wasn't disappointed with the material. I highly recommend this read for people who want to know more about the law of attraction.

5 out of 5 stars buy this by all means!!! :).......2007-06-27

read this one very fully with an open mind. getting rich, great and well is easy and needed by all. this is a must have!!!

5 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended!.......2007-05-22

This book is perfect! It's for everyone. Wattles was extremely smart! I am so glad that I own this book. It has so much in it about how to get the most out of life! It's about how to make the healthiest, richest, and greatest life for yourself! It's a must-own.
The Science of Personal Achievement
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Success secrets from the Giants
  • Good to Hear the Old Man Speak
  • Excellent !
  • It will change your Life FOREVER !
  • POWERFUL!
The Science of Personal Achievement
Napoleon Hill
Manufacturer: Nightingale Conant
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 1905453221

Book Description

TIMELESS LESSONS FROM THE PIONEER OF SUCCESS!

The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs now gives you a time-tested formula for self-motivation and achievement.

The landmark bestseller Think and Grow Rich established Napoleon Hill as one of the world's most revered and trusted authorities on personal development. Now, in this rare collection of original recordings, Hill shares the success secrets he learned from the achievers who influenced him -- Carnegie, Edison, Ford and the other legendary leaders of the early 20th century -- and the common set of universal principles that Hill discovered at the root of their success.

The proven wisdom of these timeless principles, revealed in this remarkable program, offer a road map to achievement that will help you:

* Unleash the power of positive thinking
* Gain an unflinching belief in yourself and your ideas
* Motivate others with your enthusiasm and faith
* Develop mental skills needed to transform your ideas into realized accomplishments

You don't need to forge the path to success on your own; with The Science of Personal Achievement, the master will show you the way!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Success secrets from the Giants.......2004-06-14

In this great audio program, Napolean Hill shares the secrets he learned from Carnegie, Ford, Edison and other legendary giants of the early 20th century.--- and the common set of universal principles that Hill discovered at the root of their success.

On this two tape set you will learn how to:

* Unleash the power of positive thinking

* Gain an unflitching belief in yourself and others

* Motivate others with your enthusiasm and faith

* Develop mental skils

* Transform your ideas into realized accomplishments

NAPOLEAN HILL also ends the series with his prayer and a special challenge he recieved from Andrew Carnegie.

So much powerful information on just 2 tapes. Good stuff. Thank you Napolean!

5 out of 5 stars Good to Hear the Old Man Speak.......2003-08-02

I like listening to the inflections and style of that old Napoleon Hill. Keep in mind that the audio is kinda rough to listen to because it was recorded a long time ago. The ideas and thoughts of this person will live on forever.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent !.......2000-01-22

A tape that you will want to listen to time and time again. Listening to Napoleon Hill himself is mesmerising. His story, his findings and his subsequent philosophy is so easy to understand and even easier to put into action. Good Luck to all who heed his advice !

5 out of 5 stars It will change your Life FOREVER !.......1999-07-02

These cassettes need but one word; AWESOME! It is obvious that to me that all of today's so-called motivational gurus have taken a page from Napoleon Hill. I understand now that all I ever needed to know about personal achievement and life are contained somewhere within Dr. Hill's Philosophy. I hate to think of all the money I could have saved with those other books and tapes.

5 out of 5 stars POWERFUL!.......1998-07-05

Learn from the master himself, the one and the only NAPOLEAN HILL! Mr Carnegie's challenge and suggested affirmation to Dr Hill alone is worth the price of these cassettes. I used a variation and doubled my sales in one month! These cassettes and THINK & GROW RICH Provide all of the personal development strategies you'll ever need to succeed!
The Science of Personal Achievement: The 17 Universal Principles of Success (Audio Cassettes)
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    The Science of Personal Achievement: The 17 Universal Principles of Success (Audio Cassettes)

    Manufacturer: Nightingale-Conant
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    Binding: Audio Cassette
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    ASIN: B000BTUAK0

    Product Description

    Complete set of 6 audio cassettes plus index sheet and 20-page booklet--all in plastic clamshell case.
    Theory I: The Methodology for Success
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      Theory I: The Methodology for Success
      Clifford I. Sears
      Manufacturer: Corporate International Associates, Ltd.
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      Magic, Science, and Health: The Aims and Achievements of Medical Anthropology
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        Magic, Science, and Health: The Aims and Achievements of Medical Anthropology
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        ASIN: 0155008285

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        Students will not need prior courses in medical anthropology to use this introductory book. Not only is it soundly based in the history of anthropological theory and method in general, its emphasis on inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary topics such as race, gender, ethnicity, age and ableness connects the text with "real life" situations. Case studies and discussions with professional models round out the material and orient students to the realities of a career in this field.
        7 Secrets Of Highly Successful Kids (Millennium Generation Series)
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • An excellent inspirational and motivational book
        • Colourful book on national anthem brings history to life
        • Good Insight Into What Makes Kids Succeed as Kids
        • Surviving and thriving in the pre-teen jungle
        7 Secrets Of Highly Successful Kids (Millennium Generation Series)
        Peter Kuitenbrouwer
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        ASIN: 1894222393

        Book Description

        Every child has the potential to reach his or her personal goals, and will benefit from this collection of stories from "tweens" who have achieved success in different aspects of their lives. According to the twenty-two kids that were interviewed, keys to success include finding a good role model, being a loyal friend, and not being afraid to try new things -- realistic advice and strategies that will motivate young readers in their own endeavors. The New Edition of 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids contains the interviews which appeared in the 2001 edition, along with updates on where some of those kids are now. Find out if their "secrets" have helped them in the long run, or if their blueprints for success have changed over the past five years. The book also features several new interviews with motivated tweens, sure to inspire kids and the adults that care about them! Themes include overcoming obstacles, problem solving, confidence, and peer pressure.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars An excellent inspirational and motivational book.......2007-01-06

        Now in a new edition featuring updates concerning where the kids interviewed in the first edition are now and what they're doing, 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids is a compilation of true stories about successful tweens, each with a personal strategy for achieving his or her goals. From a skateboarder to an actor, a drummer, a ballet dancer, a magician, and much more, each young person describes largely in his or her own words the challenge of honing personal skills, as well as the rewards of achieving progress towards one's dream. An excellent inspirational and motivational book, especially recommended for grade school library collections.

        5 out of 5 stars Colourful book on national anthem brings history to life.......2005-02-17

        This year, 2005, marks the 125th birthday of our national anthem. What most people don't know is that it started out as a French-only song written to celebrate a holiday in Quebec, long, long ago, and grew slowly, like our nation. This book tells the story of that long journey.

        Picture a palacial ballroom in Quebec City on the night of St. Jean Baptiste day, June 24, 1880. Five hundred guests are on hand for a banquet -- the crowning event of an international celebration of the French in North America. The Governor-General is here, along with Quebec's Lieutenant-Governor and the Honourable Wilfrid Laurier, plus senators, judges, mayors and delegates from across Canada and New England. They sit at six long tables laden with delicacies: salmon, turkey, capon, roast beef and lobster salad. For dessert are ices, creams and pies of strawberry, peach, raspberry, rhubarb and plum. What a party! All that's needed is a song. And the organizers have just the thing: a tune freshly-penned by one of Quebec's most renouned composers: Calixa Lavallée.

        Lavallée hailed from St.-Hyacinthe, Que., and his resumé shows that nothing ever changes: He had to go south to succeed. Lavallée enlisted as a musician in the Union army in the U.S. Civil War, emerging wounded and honourably discharged. He then found fame writing operas in New York, Boston, Paris and London. Returning to Quebec in 1880, Lavallée found his compatriots buzzing with plans for celebration. The habitants had heeded the Catholic Church's plea to make babies, and the French felt powerful and proud. Party planners asked Lavallée for some music. The words came from another son of Quebec, Mr. Justice Adolphe-Basile Routhier.

        After the meal at the Quebec City banquet hall, the band of 100 trumpets struck up, accompanied by a choir. "Electrified by an unstoppable impulse," reported those who were there, the crowd stood and heard for the first time the brand-new song, whose words existed only in French: "O Canada." Over the next 20 years, the song became a hit in Quebec, sung in churches and on all formal occasions; 2,000 schoolchildren sang it to the Duke of Cornwall and York (later King George V), when he visited Quebec in 1901. Then the tune spread east and west -- but with no English words.

        People across Canada began to compose their own English lyrics, and by the 1920s, English Canadians sang 200 different versions. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, seeking an official English O Canada for the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation in 1927, asked his chief archivist to write Canadian Clubs from coast to coast, asking for "a copy of the text used by your club." The replies, as preserved at the National Library, show that Stratford sang, "O Canada! Beloved country thou; Hope's holy wreath adorning thy young brow," while Toronto sang, "Lord of the lands! Beneath thy bending skies; On field and flood, where'er our banner flies."

        Amid this confusion, one version stood out, written in 1908 by yet another son of Quebec, Montreal judge Robert Stanley Weir. Rather than translate the French, Judge Weir captured the spirit: "O Canada! Our home and native land." The federal government chose to publish Weir's song for the 1927 festivities, and it is the song we sing, with minor modifications, today.

        The song spread in World War II and by the 1960s won its place as the country's national song. But it was still not official. Finally, in the wake of the 1980 sovereignty referendum, the House of Commons showed a rare common purpose, and on June 27, 1980 voted unanimously to pass the National Anthem Act. Exactly 100 years after its birth, O Canada finally became the nation's official anthem.

        Sumptuously illustrated with full-colour collages and photographs, this book is a must-read for every child who belts out O Canada at school in the morning, and wants to know more about where it came from.

        5 out of 5 stars Good Insight Into What Makes Kids Succeed as Kids.......2001-10-11

        7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids tells the stories of real kids and what makes them successful as kids. It provides good insight into what it takes for kids to be happy and feel a sense of accomplishment using actual stories from about 15 kids, both boys and girls, from Canada and the U.S. Kids can read this to see how other kids have handled situations similar to those they may be facing themselves, whether it's moving or dealing with problems at school or any of numerous other challenges children have to face and overcome. It can inspire kids to bring out the best in themselves.

        5 out of 5 stars Surviving and thriving in the pre-teen jungle.......2001-10-05

        Imagine you're 11 years old. You are performing a magic show in front of 50 children. You pull out your "magic wallet" out of which you can make flowers appear. Only, they don't appear. What do you do?
        In 7 Secrets of Highly Successful Kids, David Armstrong, a child magician in Toronto, describes how he overcame that challenge. In all, 22 kids from across North America share stories of their success in this book, aimed at kids aged 8-12. Meet a skateboard champ, a pianist, two singers, a drummer, a gymnast, a female hockey player and many more kids.
        Personal Character and National Destiny
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • A Beacon of Light in Dark Times
        • An insightful, engaging look at our America and its future.
        Personal Character and National Destiny
        Jr. Harold B. Jones
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        5 out of 5 stars A Beacon of Light in Dark Times.......2003-01-09

        It's easy to get depressed about the current state of the world, between 9/11, the looming threats from terrorism, the highly public business scandals and the threat of unemployment. But it's important to remember that things can get better, people have survived far worse, and that rather than complain about our lot in life, it's time to look at how we can learn from our misfortune and become better people and better citizens as a result of it. Such are the themes that run throughout "Personal Character and National Destiny".

        The idea behind the book is simple, that strong personal character can allow an individual to overcome nearly any form adversity, and that a lot of such individuals make a great nation. However, what makes the book shine is the long list of examples that are used to illustrate this point, taken from the annals of American history. Rather than just a simple character sketch like you may have gotten in school, you're given a look into how these people developed throughout their lifetimes to become great Americans. These are presented in a friendly, accesible manner, and individual chapters explore different time periods and aspects of the central idea of personal character. While you may not want to read it all at once, reading a chapter or two and digesting the material over a few days will be a very rewarding experience.

        Though Christmas has passed, it's not too late to give this book as a gift. I'm thinking mainly of kids in high school and college--it would make a great graduation present. For the lessons in this book to have any real impact, the message is going to have to be delivered to the youth of America. I've seen Bill O'Reilly make that suggestion with his books, and I think it would be an excellent idea to do the same with "Personal Character and National Destiny". It never hurts to let your kids know that this is a great nation, and can continue to be one for generations to come.

        5 out of 5 stars An insightful, engaging look at our America and its future........2002-07-06

        Why would anyone read a book about political philosophy? Maybe if the author is a close friend one could buy the thing and begin, but what would keep the pages turning? Here's what I found:

        Harold's (Dr. Jones to you!) book is readable. His PhD has not resulted in his using strings of rare words lifted from a thesaurus. And the logic path is straightforward.

        The book is relevant. It belongs with other clear and insightful books about our current condition and how we got here. And it points out clearly what we must do to survive the fate of other once-great, but now declining or fallen nations.

        In my view, no intellectual piece is quite complete if not spiced with unforced humor in keeping with the author's personality. I can see Harold's smile as he delivers his frequent jabs.

        Everyone loves surprises, and this book supplies them. In fact, it drops them on the reader when they are least expected; well-placed jolts to move you out of the media-induced mire. For example, who would think that the future of our nation depends on the stories we tell our children?! Read the book and you'll see that it's true.

        Another jolt to those of us who sometimes enjoy whining rather than taking action is the historical proof Harold offers of its futility. He reminds us, for example, that Andrew Carnegie, who began work at age 13 as bobbin boy in a cotton mill for $1.20 a week because his father was unemployed, later netted $300 million when he sold his Carnegie Steel company. He "began lower, worked harder, had more lucky breaks, and rose higher than anyone ever conjured up by the imagination of a writer."

        Finally, no book is worthy of the time required to read it, if it doesn't teach a useful and foundational truth. Harold shows that the "achievement imagery" concept is vital to economic progress, and is the force that can prevent the otherwise inevitable, and seemingly imminent decline of our beloved USA.
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          4 out of 5 stars thought provoking insights to tensions in america.......1999-03-25

          in reading this book it will take you inside to one mans thoughtful and inspiring book to make the reader think about themselves and actions in todays society. at times reading will make you feel as if the author is in the room with you. this actually draws you into the scenes and situations in a very dramatic way. it pulls from the authors personal and stong family values to provide the reader with a sense of caring and committment to personal and social tensions in our society. thus putting a direction and sense of moral guidance to our lives. i would highly recommend this book as one of the must reads for the person that cares about social and society problems and wanting to understand and make a difference in their own personal interactions with others.

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