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When I first starting reading this book, I felt that it was very slow and did not understand the plot. The story starts off, as a sad women named Adrienne is dealing with the fact that her daughter is trying to grieving the death of her husband. She tells her about her time in Rodanthe and the man that changed her life. I think the book had a good theme to it, I just wish that it had a little more romance to it. Not one of Sparks best.

I have wasted my last dime on a Nicholas Sparks novel. After all the hype I finally purchased a copy in hopes that this time I wouldn't be disappointed. No such luck. The story is incredibly thin. The characters never capture the reader's heart or imagination. And, worst of all, why is Sparks seemingly incapable of writing a love story that lasts beyond a few days? I am sick and tired of woman (who life has treated a bit roughly) meets man (also battered by life); fall madly in love, but need to clean up one more thing before they can be together. Man dies during said clean-up and woman spends rest of life living on memories. Get a new formula or stop writing!

I have always enjoyed reading books by Nicholas Sparks and I must say that I was very happy with many of the details in this book. I could not put it down until I was able to find out how it was going to end. I too have lost someone dear and it was able to help me let some of my grief out in a postive way.

I started reading this book the day before yesterday and finished it last night. I couldn't simply put it down. This is my very first book of this author and I will definitely read his other writings now. For all those folks, who do not believe in love from the first sight or at least love that develops over the course only several days, this book will be hard to understand. I do believe that love can exist in many forms and shapes and I also believe writing letters full with love endorses the feelings and can sustain the relationship over the period of time so this book was absolutely true and lovable to me. It reminded me a bit of Margaret Atwood's "The Blind Assassin", a brilliant novel although "Nights in Rodanthe" is far more melancholic and sad story to me. It broke my heart last night...

I am not surprised that this novel is going to become a movie. Sparks is a good romance story teller. Sometimes his stories are a little too predictable.

Adrienne, a 60 year old, is divorced and a mother of 3 children. She tries to help her daughter cope with the recent death of her husband and then we are thrown back into time.

Adrienne at age 45, just recently divorced - meets Paul, a surgeon - divorced, who is on his way to try to reconcile his relationship with his son. Paul worked too much and had no relationship whatsoever with his wife or son. Paul's world is ripped apart when he loses a patient.

Paul stops at a bed and breakfast in Rodanthe. Adrienne is working there. The love affair starts and Adrienne takes us on a journey into the past, almost making you feel like you were there - watching. However, I must say that I did expect the story to end the way it did. It was obvious how it would end.

I had seen the video "Secrets" before I read this book, hoping to find a written reference for most of the material in "Secrets". While the book starts out pretty good, and definitely has some good material in it for increasing your level of happiness, it starts to fall on lame, Pollyannish ideas from the middle of the book and beyond.

Most of the last half of the book contains a lot of "give into a higher power" pap, which requires a lot of mindlessness. I guess if you become mindless, you also will be happier. I'd rather not find out, as I like to use my mind much of the time.

Nonetheless, there are several tips in the book that would allow you to increase your level of happiness a degree or two (on a 10-point scale). Just don't expect too much, and you will be satisfied.

I got this for my sweetheart because she was a bit down. She saw that it I meant well by it but has not read it probably because the last thing you want to do when your depressed is see that other people have noticed it too. If I ever get the chance to read it I'll let you know.

'Happy for no reason' has to be the best motivational/self help book i have read in ages. Besides 'Feel the fear and do it anyway' by Susan Jeffers, Marci Shimoff get's right to the point. Happiness comes from within. I like a lot of people i know have never looked at happiness in this way.

I asked a friend if they were truly happy and they gave the answer i expected, "Yes I'm happy because i have.........." It's the same with work collegues.
People are living unhappy lives and masking it with external things. They're happy because they have a pretty girlfriend, handsome boyfriend, nice house, money, nice job, designer clothes etc.......... but what if those things were taking away from them?

Happiness is internal and Marci breaks this down perfectly in 'Happy for no reason'. Her study on the 100 happy people was interesting. The one negative thing about this book was the input of 'Rhonda Byrne'. I think 'the secret' was a fantastic marketing and money making tool, it was designed for unhappy insecure depressed down on their luck individuals who cannot for the life of them understand how they got into the situation they are in.
Louise Hay's 'Heal your life' and 'The secret' are dangerous in the wrong hands. Both Louise and Rhonda (and her entourage) are about blaming yourself and beating yourself up for the stupid situation you're in today, you asked for it and you manifested it into your life.
I don't know how a rape victim manifests that into their life.
I don't know how a child chooses to have abusive parents.

You can read 'Happy for no reason' and close the last chapter feeling no shame or blame. You can look at your life now and make gradual changes everyday to feel happier from the inside out. She informs you of the power of forgiveness, passion and purpose.

The exercises are good too. She doesn't spend pages trying to get you to buy any additional products.

This book has made a big impact on me. I look forward to more books by this author.

Wonderful book showing you all the steps to find happiness...definitely reminds me of Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbook also guiding you to finding happiness thru the Law of Attraction.

Easy read and inspriational. Another book on this topic that I recommend is Living The Secret Everyday: My Secret Workbookgiving you all the tools to find the happiness you want. Also a must read!

I've read several of her books and decided to try the CD. I have a severe to profound Hearing loss and use a neck loop for my music. I decided if I wanted to relax I was going to try with out any aide. I could hear the music but not her speaking but it must have been just the touch because I woke up 3 hours later. Her voice is very soothing. Well worth buying if you have problems with stress. Put it on and stretch out after a long hard day!

I highly recommend this audio tape to people who are trying to incorporate meditation into their lives. Dr. Borysenko has a very soothing voice and the exercises are effective. I think this tape may be especially appealing to women; there is some content that I know some men may find corny. However, I found the both the breathing exercises and the stretching to be relaxing and very beneficial.

I've found the 30-minute body relaxation exercise to be a great stress relief on my way to work or when lying in bed. Having listened to the CD regularly for the past few weeks, I am finding that it is making a profound difference in my ability to relax. I am so happy to discover that the "relaxation response", the brain's response to quiet meditation, is real, and actually reverses the effects of stress. It's making a bigger difference than I would have imagined. Having experienced increasing stress over the past year, I am so grateful and relieved to find something that helps. Many thanks to the author for her peaceful voice and healing images.

This tape has helped me relax on many, many occasions. I have almost worn out my tape. Joan's voice and the music are exceptionally soothing. You don't even have to pay attention to it, in order to get benefit from the tape. I just wish it came in CD.

My son loves these stories and he learns a little about each destination. The only problem I have with the books is that proper sentence structure is not always used. Did the editors not notice? These books are for beginner readers, so it is confusing to them not to have proper "subject/verb" sentence structure.

I purchased the Magic Tree House audio set because my four-year-old daughter is always asking me to tell her stories. Sometimes, I just can't get my imagination going, so I thought this would fill in my blank moments. And, in fact, it has done a wonderful job of it. We play them in the car while driving around. They really captivate my daughter. The subject matter is very interesting to children: dinosaurs, mummies, castles, pirates. The stories increased her interest in these areas.

The CDs have also given me new ideas for stories--using the characters from Magic Tree House--and in other ways stimulated creative interaction between us. They have increased her vocabulary as well.

It is also a great way to motivate her to get in the car when we had to leave: "Come on, let's go hear a story!", I say.

I also love the fact that they are not the Disney-fied, commercialized versions of stories. I intend to purchase all of Osbourne's Magic Tree House CD sets.

My one comment toward improvement would be to put each story on its own CD. This set has four stories on 3 CDs, which is not quite as convenient when wanting to locate/isolate a particular story.

I have the audio CD versions of every story 1-24 and 29-32. I can tell you that the stories 29-32 are much longer than any of the books in the first few sets.

For example, books 17-24 have a total play time of almost exactly 5 hours compared with books 29-32 with a total story time just over 5 hours. So, you get 50% less "books", but the same story reading time.

I am just purchasing this set 25-28 now, and I do not yet know the running time of these stories. But.. you should evaluate the hours of audio enjoyment, not just the number of books when making your comparisons. Perhaps Amazon will add this information to the details, or perhaps I just missed it.

I agree with the other comment 100%. I am dissapointed at such a blatent marketing ploy to charge more money for less content. Done in the best "bait and switch", new and (not) improved tradition. I'll buy it for the same reason, but it is frustrating.

Ok, well, another reviewer pointed out that the number of stories decreased, but the length is the same, and believe it or not he's right. I wrote this before we got them, but after we did I checked how long they played and yep - sure enough, just about the same. The stories are getting longer and so much more imaginitive and fun (if that were possible!). I'd add the other 2 stars if I could, we're happy again :)



Why are there only 4 stories on this set for nearly the same price as 8 on the previous three audio CD releases? I'll buy it because my daughter loves them, but I can't say I'm thrilled with paying only $2 less for half the content.

First, let me comment on the Audio.. It plain stinks. The reader uses some European stereotyped Jewish accent mixed with Russion for the Israeli characters...It makes them all sound evil.. It sounds ABSOLUTELY nothing like an Israeli accent. It changes the tone of the book to hear Israeli's talking like evil Russians with a Polish accent.. just horrible. And he did zero research. He said the word "Chuppah" (a wedding canopy) pronouncing the "ch" like the ch in "chair" instead of a "clear your throat" "H" sound. Anyone Jewish (and lots of Silva's readers certainly will be Jewish, will just laugh at this... it cheapens the writing. I am usually amazed at how good the readers of these novels are...but this one is terrible.

I liked the book itself but some of it just strains your imagination. There is a long sequence where Allon needs to talk with a Russian journalist alone. They meet at a party, eat at a restaurant, then go on a tour of Moscow so they can talk. The whole time they are being shadowed. Meanwhile, Allon is supposed to be a diplomat and not a spy. But he is meeting in full view of all the Russian minders with the journalist closest to the one that the Russians FSB just killed. This is just lazy writing. Clearly he would be seen... and also...during that sequence, they talk in a cemetery within sight of the minders. Like the minders wouldn't have a listening cone that "hears" over long distances (like they have at the football games). This is just a huge plot hole..

sorry....

As always, Danial Silva has written a very exciting and informative book. It fits in very well with todays intrigues and current evernts.
Well done!

As with all his books Mr. Silva has given us a page turner that wouldn't allow me to fall asleep at bedtime. This one was so on the mark. Can't wait to read his next one. HURRY!

Daniel Silva has given us another exciting and well written Gabriel Allon mystery. The story is very interesting and based upon current affairs - you will find yourself often wondering how much is fiction and how much is fact based upon some of the world's current events. Either way it is great!

You will enjoy this book if this is your introduction to Daniel Silva. You will soon find yourself seeking out all the other books in the series. If you are already a fan of Daniel Silva and Gabriel Allon you will enjoy this book and you will soon be wishing you did not finish it so soon and be anxiously waiting for the next adventure you can share with Gabriel Allon.

Thank you Daniel Silva! You Rule!

Despite the end of the Cold War, the Russian bogeyman still is accessible to the writers of spy/suspense stories. Even before the recent invasion of Georgia, the Russian "bad guys" were available to populate tales such as Moscow Rules. In fact, the title dates back to the classic le Carre novels.

This novel is another in the Gabriel Allon series. He, of course, is the larger-than-life art restorer cum Israeli agent, equally adept with paintings and mayhem. In this case, he has to save the world from a Russian arms dealer supplying accurate ground-to-air missiles to al Qaeda.

Written with the intensity and smoothness of its predecessors, Rules is as thoroughly exciting and entertaining as its forerunners. If Gabriel is a bit unreal, the character demands such a persona.

Recommended.

There was some helpful information, but even thought I like to swim and love the water, I found the use of immersing yourself in water to immersing yourself in sleep rather disturbing and creepy, like voluntarily drowning. I don't want something wet taking my hand and pulling me into the water.

I listened to this CD while "fall cleaning" our bedroom so I put into place the suggestions that were made. I then listened to the "going to sleep track". What a difference! Part of the benefit was knowing that waking in the middle of the night can be very normal. Just relax! These CDs are filled with concrete, down-to-earth actions for you to take.

I have infrequent yet intermittent insomnia caused by anxiety - but when it hits, it feels like I have to dig myself out of a hole again. I had just come from my doctor and he recommended that I buy this amazing audio set. I was so exhausted that I bought it, came home, put it on my computer and took not one but two naps! The Dr.'s voices are easy on the ears and their understanding of insomnia through and through is comforting in itself. I highly recommend! I had the most gentle naps with this CD and I am not a napper. I have been too anxious to nap. Thanks to this CD, not today:)

I have had problems with severe insomnia the past few months. I have ordered several relaxing CD's and they have helped some but "Healthy Sleep" is the one that actually works. The information given by Dr. Weil and Dr. Naiman give is invaluable to any one that is having sleep issues. I have especially benefited from learning how important it is to "wind down" in the evening before bed and I learned what to do when I wake during the night. Sleep issues is a complex problem and they are all explored in this CD. Thank you Dr, Weil and Dr. Naiman for helping me on my journey to solving my sleep issues. I would recommend this CD to anyone who is having any sleep issues. There is sound, practical advice that really works.

Healthy sleep is a cornerstone of good health that is often overlooked. Alternative medicine expert Dr. Weil and his colleague Dr. Naiman, a sleep expert at the University of Arizona, shed light on how sleep affects health. The CD begins with Dr. Weil talking about sleep in innovative and informative ways. His voice keeps the listener engaged, as he breaks down the different stages of sleep, as well as talking about the importance of mindful awakening. He discusses why sleep drugs are detrimental to healthy sleep, but offers an alternative for people struggling with sleep disorders. Dr. Naiman then takes over to provide practical tips for better sleep, along with breathing and relaxation exercises that can help listeners achieve a good nights rest. His voice is relaxing and confident, and is well suited for the guided meditation/breath work included on the CD. The CD is also well organized with the sleep exercises at the very end of the CD. This allows you to play the guided exercises at bed time, and if you fall asleep the CD will just end and you won't have to get up and turn it off. Multiple track titles allow listeners to easily navigate the information in CD format. The book touches not only insomnia - or trouble falling asleep, but also the common problem of achieving restful sleep. This would apply to people who don't have trouble falling asleep, but rather don't wake up feeling rested. If this is the type of sleep disorder you suffer from you might be left wanting more information. The exercises and most of the research presented in Healthy Sleep address more typical "insomnia". But if falling asleep is your main problem this CD is a must have. It provides background research, practical tips, and guided exercises to help you achieve maximum health through proper sleep.
-Jessica Teel

This was a baptism gift for my husband. He has a 30 minute commute for work so he listens to it nearly daily. Said he has benefitted greatly from it. The different voices for different characters make it easy to follow along.

The audio bible is great for those who can't stay awake long enough to read. For best memory retention, play cd just before sleep.

I read a LOT of the reviews before purchasing. I listened to an audio excerpt and liked it but read the reviews before making a final decision. One common complaint I heard was that people didn't think "God's" voice was very authoritative. I disagree. I think it's perfect. They actually put a little bit of an echo to "God's" voice which is pretty cool. Another complaint I read was that there's no 'table of contents' on one sheet of paper showing which discs have which chapters on them. Doesn't bother me. I'm just listening all the way through and don't ever have to 'look up' a specific book. The background music/noise is fantastic. The noises match the storyline to create a wonderful atmosphere (i.e. Moses & the burning bush had the crackling sound of a fire, when the Israelites went to war there was background noise of swords and war noises, for Noah and the ark there was background noise of rain and animals). When the geneologies are being read, there is quiet background music which actually helps to keep your interest (rather than just dry reading of name after name after name). I love it! I have no complaints whatsoever. I do think the manufacturer's suggested retail prices are a bit hefty. I searched the internet & e-bay for over a week before I found my set for $32 (by signing up for an Amazon card and getting a $30 statement credit on your first purchase.) Hope you enjoy your copy as much as I love mine!

I think this Niv Audio Bible is really good, it provides enough different voices to keep it interesting and I love the sound effects and music in the background.

I listen to it on the way to work and back, if I am going to sit in my car I might as well use my time wisely anyways buy this and enjoy it, at the store it was $100 so your saving cash.

GREAT SOURCE FOR GETTING THE WORD INTO THE HEART. HELP YOU USE YOUR TIME WHILE DRIVING ETC... GOOD TRANSLATION. GOOD SOUND. MAKES SENSE TO GET THE WHOLE BIBLE INSTEAD OF PART BECAUSE ONLY NEW TESTIMENT.

Read the first few chapters and it is very Stephen Colbert. Whitty, funny, in depth, blunt...good book so far

Good price and got what I ordered. The book is funny. Not very informative but an easy read and great way to pass time

I am glad I got this from my local library rather than waste good money. While entertaining at times, this mishmash of nonsense has the feel of Colbert's appearance - a deer caught in the headlights, and wired out on caffeine.

I'm a huge fan of Colbert, but unfortunately I felt a little robbed after buying this book. The book is undoubtedly amusing but it mainly illicits chuckles and grins from the reader rather than genuine laugh-out-loud moments, which you would come across infrequently throughout the entire book.

This stems from the fact that the entire book is more or less the same diatribes from his show (mainly "The Word" segment), just converted to text and far more lengthy. And its other significant flaw is that it is just not insightful enough to be memorable.

Don't get me wrong, if you're a Colbert fan this is a book worth reading - just not to be bought as a pricey hardcover.

Downloads in 15 seconds, and takes about as long to figure out that he was simply capitalizing on his celebrity. I THOUGHT I would enjoy a light, funny read but instead subjected myself to a long run-on disjointed and runaway thought train that seemed to have no real destination. I eventually stopped reading after giving him some room to be funny or interesting, or SOMETHING. But now I have a new resentment in my life... that he's taking up room on my Kindle, plus it's a frequent reminder that I was hoodwinked out of 9.99 when 1.99 might have left me feeling chagrinned, but at least not ripped off.

Stephen, stick to TV. You ARE funnier there and it costs us nothing.

I enjoyed the book. Despite having a mostly sad story line, the two female main characters demonstrated courage, love, and hope in an otherwise brutal and oppressive marriage. This book is not for children since it frequently describes sexual encounters in a somewhat graphic, though tasteful, manner.

No need to recount the story since other reviewers have already done that. I'll just express some thoughts that occurred to me as I read the book:

1) The book describes at least two lines of Islamic thought. One is the oppressive, brutal Taliban variety that treats women harshly, prohibits them from study or work, and views them as male property. The other is a more open minded, progressive variety that encourages women to learn and work. The author clearly prefers the progressive variety. The story shows the danger of having zealots in control of a country. We're truly fortunate to be in a country where one ideology or religion does not control us, particularly an oppressive ideology like the Talibans.

2) The story has two women who grew up without having to wear burqas, marrying a man of the repressive variety who required them to wear a burqa in public. Having lived in Afghanistan for several months, this brought back memories of the women wearing burqas, how uncomfortable they seemed, and the double standard. It reminded me of a time at a lake near San Antonio where I saw three Muslim women sitting on the beach in direct summer sun (very hot) wearing black abayas, waiting and watching while their husbands wearing swim shorts and no shirt played in the water with the kids. It escapes me how some Muslim men don't see how cruel and unfair this double standard is. They claim the cover is for purity, yet if that were true the males would have to cover themselves as well to maintain their purity. Yet, nowhere do we see male burqas or abayas.

3) Most of the story line was about a brutal wife beater. For the wife abusers, the burqa is a great way to conceal bruises.

4) Women under the Taliban had no rights and that is true in many middle eastern cultures still. I'm glad our western cultures got past the "women as chattel" concept. We can only hope the Afghan culture and the rest of the middle east will wake up and stop oppressing half their populations.

5) The Taliban sense of justice is truly warped. In the story, a husband beats a woman, another woman tries to stop him from doing that and ends up killing him to protect both their lives....so the Taliban sentence HER to death because women have no right to disobey their husbands. Scary. Although this story is fiction, it is based on reality.

6) The book reminded me of a Japanese-made film about the life of a woman and her daughter struggling to live under the Taliban. Saw it in Kabul but can't remember the name. Very powerful and depressing movie. It brings the evilness of the Taliban into crystal clear focus, as does this book.

7) The father of one of the women had ostracised her because she was a "harami" (bastard child of his). He refused to acknowledge her and instead married her off to a brutal man far away. At the end, he attempts to gain forgiveness, but it's too late. Made me think of the importance of caring for our children and ensuring they know we love them.

8) The tension that exists in Afghan culture between arranged marriages and marriages desired by both parties is shown. Another example of how the culture is behind the times and inconsiderate of the feelings of people wanting marriage. Too often, the reality there is that a young woman is married off to an old guy that she finds repulsive and, well, old...and often she knows a young man she finds attractive, yet is unable to marry.

9) The ending was powerful with Laila going to the birthplace of her deceased co-wife to honor her and feel connection to the woman.

I first listened to CD's of this book on a very long and boring car trip. Of course I had already read and immensely enjoyed The Kite Runner. Well, this is even better, although somewhat more harrowing. It shares the same elegance of writing style, surprising, when one considers that English is not Hosseini's first language. The local color of Afghanistan is fascinating, but more interesting yet is the detail of injustices to women that is so unlike that which exists in Western society. Even though the book is, I presume, fiction, there is nothing self-serving or deliberately sensational about it. To say it is merely a good read is to do it a dis-service. Marvellous!

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a better book than the kite runner in my opinion. The pages exude genuine feeling...it is amazing how the author captures the full sentiments of betrayal with his candid descriptions. This is the heartbreaking tale of two womem, both struggling to find their way in a world that seems bent on caging them in. Despite the odds, they manage to find their escape from hardship in their mutual friendship. Beautiful... a must read!

The kite runner was one of the best novels I ever read. A thousand splendid suns comes close, but falls a little short. Which is like saying that Tiger Woods had an off year in 2007. Anything this man writes is worth reading.

The book is a overdramatic tragedy in which most characters are losing. Rasheed, the main bad guy, has more than one wife. Rasheed was a widower before he married Mariam and Laila. The two wives are polar opposite in character - Mariam is loyal while Laila is rebellious. The opposite characters attract and become friends.

Both women are foolish not to listen to their mothers, and as a result both women are like slaves under their husband. For example, if Laila, who becomes an orphan in her teens, had listened to her mother, she would not have been impregnated by Tariq and would not have to marry Rasheed. Throughout the book, Laila is hopeful even though she lives a difficult life under a burqa.

Mariam repents for the rest of her life because of one mistake she makes. Mariam's stepmothers are straight out of Cinderella. Mariam respects and regards Rasheed until she found porno magazines in his room. As we go on in this book, Mariam has lost so much hope that she becomes almost unhuman. (One of the answers to the questions at the back of the book is Mariam signs her name for her wedding and for the sentence given to her by the Taliban judges towards the end.)

Like the movie Titanic, which is mentioned in the book, the book has a few characters who are connected to each other and who are friends with each other (such as Jack and Rose, or Mariam and Laila) set against the backdrop of a disaster, such as the ship sinking or war in Afghanistan which has militiamen fighting. The book shows that Afghanistan is not a good place for even infant girls, such as Laila's daughter Aziza. The best part of the book is Aziza and her relationship with Mariam. The way the author describes Aziza's laughs and smiles is very good.

There are some modern women in Afghanistan before militiamen started fighting each other. Islam in Herat plays a more important role the Islam in Kabul. There are racial and ethnic differences in Afghanistan, a poor country, just as in USA, the richest country in the world. The West and Soviet Union are not described much in the book, except when Bush declares war against Taliban. Hosseini's American citizenship could mean he has a condescending relationship towards Afghanistan. The name of the title appears in a poem which describes one moon and a thousand splendid suns.

This particular copy of Audio Osmosis had garbled tracks. The information was helpful. Since my purchase was electronically delivered I do not know where the fuzziness began or if the set was complete and unabridged.

These are great to listen too. However, they do get old fast. There are lots of quirky sounds and really bad jokes that are amusing the first time you listen to the lecture but after a few listens they become very old. I really think listening to these helped alot, so I highly recommend them.

This is a great product, I've been listening to this in my car almost everywhere I go. It keeps you refreshed on the multitude of topics presented on the MCAT, while the cheesy/corny jokes keep the perspective lite in contrast to other preps available.

This product is comprehensive and well organized, and I believe one of the better audio MCAT reviews out there. In some of the reviews people have complained that the jokes and sound effects are distracting--I have a thought about this: The lack of monotony and homogeneity of the recordings keeps the listener interested. Other programs are easy to "tune out" after a short while. This program keeps you listening and gets the information into your head whether you are extremely focused or not---thus the name: Audio Osmosis. Fully recommended.

It was obvious that it was recorded several years ago and hasn't been updated in a while. It was okay, I wouldn't discourage anyone from buying it as the information is useful and presented in a simple format. But it's a little expensive and I'm not sure it helped me much other than offering audio to the examkrackers books I was reading. The books seemed to be a little more up to date than the cd's and I would recommend these books over the Kaplan ones. Good luck on the MCAT!