Audiobook Books

What a truly amazing book. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone no matter what the age. The pictures are awesome and so is the story line. And the CD is so well done. I'm surprised everyone doesn't own this book. If you are looking for a book for your children or grandchildren look no farther. This is the book you want to buy.

You can't be without this book if you have 3-6 year old kids. My girls can't get enough of it. The message is one of encouragement, persistence, and self confidence. Eric Drachman is amazing at what he does. The CD character voices seal the deal. A must have along with all the others: Ellison the Elephant and It's Me. A Frog Thing is his newest release and is maybe more appropriate for slightly older kids i.e. 5 and up.

This is a wonderful story for any child who has ever felt left out. Leo is tiny and can't make his light shine. He is teased by the other lightning bugs. His mom tells him to keep trying and he'll succeed. After practicing over and over, he finally figures out how to light his light. The other bugs stop teasing him and he learns to laugh at himself, an important lesson for the younger child. I have a 6 year old and an 8 1/2 year old and they both love this story. The illustrations are wonderful.

I have bought this book for my grandchildren and have enjoyed reading it with them. Beautiful illustrations and lots of fun for young children.

This lovely and lively story became an instant favorite of my two young nephews -- which is saying a lot considering that their bookshelf is well stocked! The CD that accompanies the book (making the price a real bargain) is no afterthought -- it is just as rich in detail and as well-produced as the book itself. And having a CD of the book comes in very handy when the boys are in the mood to hear the story AGAIN (and again and again and again...)

Zig is the most encouraging writer. Not only teaches you proven business skills, but how to approach life in a new way. Definitely recommend.

I have listened to the CD at least three times. I love it. I get really motivated every time I hear it. I am going to Acapulco!! (once you listen to it you will know what I mean).

I listened to this audio CD in the car. I was very satisfied of the message and it's delivery. I've always been able to create a destination but never knew exactly how to set the goals that would help me through a mapped out journey. Zig Ziglar uses great analogies in his seminar that anyone can comprehend and use as a model for setting their path.

The biggest lesson was about the company we keep, or the situations we keep ourselves in; we are who we associate ourselves to be. If we have negative thoughts, negative will be surrounding us. Positive thoughts will be a positive aura for us. It is our way of thinking that forms us. His example included the child with CP; this child had 30 diagnoses that he would never do, never walk, never be... but this child was raised with a different mindset and miraculous things became possible. As with a second child to reference, the child was misdiagnosed with CP; that child's life was able to show the complexity of psychology for thoughts and actions.

Zig uses humor in his anecdotes and it carries well with his audience. I found myself recognizing many things that I'd overlooked or taken for granted in the past. I chuckled often with the humorous stories. There is even a section for motivating anyone who needs help with dieting. He broke it down so well, it seems fail-proof.

I recommend this audio (and I mean AUDIO, not so much a book because you cannot feel his energy by reading text) to anyone who struggles with 'where to start' as they journey along the 'wandering' path. I look forward to hearing more of his speeches.

This is the second Zig Ziglar CD that I have purchased and it is well worth the money spent. Very upbeat and well presented, his information is timeless.

I attended a "Get Motivated Seminar" and heard Zig Ziglar in person. He is amazing, funny and truly inspirational. I got Zig Ziglar's books on cd so that I can listen to them on my ipod/car. What he calls "Automotive University". I am truly inspired by him and would highly recommended all of his books!

I am so happy that I bought this CD !... It has helped me in so many ways.. I never thought it was possible but my panic attacks are almost non-existing after listening to this CD and applying what I've learned.
Thank you Claire Weeks!

This set of CD'S is just so wonderful and easy to listen to, the information explained by Dr Weekes is done so in a basic, no nonsense approach, as if she is talking to you, the listener, in the same room, anticipating your questions and giving the answers as she proceeds. For sufferers of 'nervous illness', -anxiety, panic attacks, agoraphobia, and even depression, this is a 'must have'! There is a simple and easily understandable method that Dr Weekes explains in detail how to practice. It is very possible that this method could be the 'cure' that so many people, including myself, have been searching for for many many years to help relieve their unfortunate anxiety symptoms. Highly reccommended.

I have used Dr. Claire Weekes' books on nervous suffering and agoraphobia for over 20 years, I highly, highly recommend them to fellow sufferers. I didn't have her audio, Pass Through Panic, so I purchased it. Delightful hearing her Australian accent as she 'walks' sufferers through their difficulties. Simple, easy to understand, in laymen's terms.

Dr. Weekes seemed to know that her job was not to motivate or inspire people, but instead, to help those who were suffering get well. In her books and tapes, she offers real hope to people, many of whom (as she acknowledges) might not have the energy to hope - yet. In these days of pop psychology

and trendy motivational products, Dr. Weekes goes right to the heart of the matter: that people suffering from panic attacks don't do so because of defects in their personalities, but because they've been sensitized to certain situations. Dr. Weekes helps us learn techniques to get past that sensitivity.

Her genius was in understanding exactly what her audience was going through emotionally. I've never heard any other doctor speak with such empathy. And by her example, she teaches us to be patient with ourselves while we're getting better.

I usually HATE self-help materials, but I love Dr. Weekes' work. She's one of my heroines.

The advice Dr. Weekes provides is just as relevant today as it was 30 years ago. Nothing has changed. I have returned to Claire Weekes' work time and again. I don't mind her "old fashioned" wording and no nonsense approach to this condition. Everything she says is God's truth... and she does it in a non-frightening way. I've tried other programs, including Lucinda Bassett's. I still think Weekes' tapes are superior. I also recommend David Johnson's Freedom from Fear program, which is entirely based on Claire Weekes' work.

I personally write visualizations and am a published author. This CD has had the most profound effect on both me and my husband of anything we have ever used. We have been under considerable stress and he has had trouble sleeping for years no matter what remedy we tried. Two nights with this CD and he has slept every night since starting it. I had asthma as a child - had a bout of it again for the last couple years and was on Advair and Albuterol. Since using Psychosomatic Wellness I am off the Advair and use the Albuterol sparingly. Spread the word to everyone you know about the healing, life-changing power of this combination of words and music.

I was not clear when I purchased this CD that it was a meditative tape. It would have been great to be able to hear a random snippet from each segment.

At first, I was taken back by the recording with Candace Perth's voice for this, closed-eye, meditative CD because it was a challenge for me to focus on what she was saying. Her voice was soft, but the delivery of it at times was too slow and did not flow in a manner that relaxed me. But as I continued to listen and adjusted to her rhythm of reading and her voice I felt great.

I should have known when the title felt ill-advised (pun) and clunky.
This CD doesn't flow, either. Pert, whose book "Molecules of Emotion" I've read and admired, does not have the best voice for this sort of meditative exercise. But here's the main thing: the CD advertises "a music to heal your bodymind," but I found the music evoked in me a feeling of loneliness and even creepiness. Some of it was harmonically dissonant which brought up feelings of irritation and edginess. I have to wonder how healing a sound is when the body is shrinking from it. Okay, this could just be my problem, but I have no trouble reacting nicely to other pieces of music that are deemed restful, healing or joy producing, like Mozart, Bach or Josh Grobin.

I also thought the programming of the CD was badly done, wasting much time. There should be no Intro. That should have been written in an accompanying booklet. The Affirmations section was too long and repetitive for me and too many of them didn't apply to my life. The last song, Honor Who You Are, was musically forgettable and the singer's presentation of it was uneven, sometimes raw and loud, sometimes too low.

I would not recommend this CD but I would also add for anyone else that your response might not be what mine was. Musical tastes are, after all, highly individual. For what it's worth, a friend of mine who listened to it liked it very much and especially enjoyed the last song because, as he said, "It sounded like a fresh young teen's sweet and naive rendition earnestly done. Very charming." Yeah, that's what I want in a mature, introspective, influencing, meditative CD. Having said that, I feel like Simon Cowell. So I will fall back on the very words he uses: That's my honest opinion.

I got this CD based on the author's involvement with the film, "What The Bleep Do We Know." The film was fantastic and the interviews with Dr. Pert showed her to be a very interesting and intelligent woman, with a lot of fascinating ideas and information to impart.

I have a somewhat limited range of experience with this type of guided meditation. I own about four other CD's of this type and subscribe to two weekly podcasts for the same thing. In my opinion, this CD is fairly good, but there are some parts that I find a little annoying. It is broken up into four parts. One part is an intro, the second is some guided visualization, the third are a series of affirmations and the fourth part is music. Dr. Pert does the narration herself and I think she would have been better off to hire someone with a stronger voice so the whole thing would be more understandable and relaxing. The mix is kind of iffy and at times the music overpowers Dr. Pert's weak voice. I find myself straining to understand her. Also the percussion in the fourth section gets a little frantic for my taste. The affirmations are good however, and the visualization is relaxing when it can be understood.

I was a bit curious about other reviews I read on this item before I purchased it, but I trusted the credentials of Candace Pert and I must say I find this to be quite a good presentation. I've listened to it nightly since I received it and am not only sleeping more soundly, but feeling really good about life, health and wellness in general. Whether it can all be attributed to this CD or not may be debatable, but I feel there is something to it that is undeniable in my experience, so I would recommend it highly to anyone seeking more of a scientific perspective on sound therapy and healing. Very good.

I did not see anything in the product description about the audio CD's being in MP3 format. I would have liked to have known this before purchasing the book, just in case I didn't have a MP3 disk player. That was the only problem I had with the book.
It has been the best beginner language book I've found! I wish BARRON'S would find other authors like Mr. Harvey for other languages.

This book has some very actionable sales insight and particularly Gitomer's take on 20 ways to beat a sales slump. I also highly recommend the new "Selling to Zebras" by Jeff Koser and Chad Koser as a companion book. Good sales insight that meets today's sales environment challenges.Selling to Zebras: How to Close 90% of the Business You Pursue Faster, More Easily, and More Profitably

I read the first line of the most recent review of this book and that is all it took for me to decide how I would explain what is wrong with this book. The reviewer said the book would help you make those 10 additional sales calls in a given day. This is old school thinking and so is this book. This is the very reason many people dislike sales people. They waste your time. Modern sales is about thinking first. Thinking where you fit. Thinking where you bring value. Thinking specifically what that value is. Then stay there. By doing that, you will no longer allow yourself to think of success as making 10 more sales calls in a day. It's about results. Count results, not sales calls or hours. "Did you get it done?" is all that matters. I'd rather make one meaningful call with a prospect that I know provides me with a ninty percent chance of success than 100 calls, hoping I'll find one opportunity for success. And this also is the key to work-life balance.

I sent this book back. It is written in bullet points and different types of fonts and in bold. It seemed to be yelling out car salesmen pitches. Good for those with attention deficits?

This book is well written! I love it! I'd read anything from this author. The illustrations make the book easy and fun to read.

I have used this book in the past and found it helpful. I decided to buy one for my whole sales staff. Bottom line is they all loved it. Simple answers to difficult situations and question. i would recommend this to anyone interested in selling

Garrison Keillor -- NEVER BETTER -- is very entertaining and keeps you smiling for the entire CD.

If you've never heard of Garrison Keillor or Lake Wobegon, well are you in for a treat.
Sit back and put on your head phones and be prepared for people around you to think you're out of your mind when they glance in your direction and hear you laughing.

The CD stories were absolutely and truely stories from Lake Wobegan. They were tasteful and full of humor

Like another reviewer, many driving hours have been happily spent listening to Keilor's incredibly engaging tales of Lake Wobegon. When I saw a new collection, my heart raced as I stood at the checkout....only to be sorely disappointed. These aren't stories, they are just newsy ramblings. And they aren't all that funny either. It sounds like Garrison is getting tired of Lake Wobegon, as evidenced by the bored tone of his voice and the superficial news tidbits he plies us with in this collection. If you love his older stories from collections such as Mother, Father, Aunt, Uncle or Summmer, Winter, Spring, Fall, these will not live up to your expectations. But, us Lake Wobegon junkies take what we can get, and any new stories are welcomed. But, jeez, Garrison, there must be some good ones left in you. Although I'm giving this a 3-star rating, it's really more a 2.5 star when compared to his older stories.

...but not of my favorite stories. I fell in love with Lake Woebegone about ten years ago. I used to do a lot of driving between Georgia and Tennessee and Garrison's hilarious stories made the drive go by fast. I tried to listen to this CD several times, but I noticed that it wouldn't really hold my attention. The stories aren't bad. It's just as a collection, it didn't pop. But I'll continued to listen to his work.

I bought this for my dad as he has started listening to literature on XM Radio. So far he loves it. I was a little disappointed in the selection of stories. I thought it would be the more well known stories, but so far he likes them.

This was the first time purchasing stories on CD and I loved it. I don't spend alot of time in my car but sometimes talk radio is too hostile and music isn't stimulating enough but these stories were perfect. It got me through snow storms and traffic by taking away to different places and times. I would recommend to everyone.

I bought this selection because of the title, which credits the stories to Mark Twain. I would have loved ten of his stories! Unfortunately, the selections for inclusion (other than Mr. Twain's) were some of the poorest examples of American literature that I have read. They weren't even good irony; they were just depressing. I'm sure there could be a great collection of American short stories; these were certainly not that.

I bought this and a few other books on CD for my husband who has a bit of dislexia (sp?) and has trouble reading. He was so engrossed in the stories that if he were near the end of one, he would sit in the driveway and listen until it was done. So then, by proxy, I know all of the stories and it seems like a wonderful 'read'. This is a perfect gift for someone who enjoys fine adventure literature by fine authors.

I purchased this for my father along with a selection of other audio books. He reported that he liked this one the best. Apparently the selection of stories was excellent, and the reading was clear and expressive.

After listening to this great audio book, I now understand why it is one of the all time best-selling books on leadership. This 4th edition presents the latest research, interviews with people at all levels in organizations around the world, and case studies of real people achieving remarkable results. So much of this edition is new, it's a must have for even those who loved the original...and it's certainly required listening for anyone who happened to miss it the first 3 times!

This is a good book but could have been written in about 150 pages... Much of it was common sense over and over again... I totally understand repetition is good but this is a little overkill.... I did pick up some good points and have put them in place already....
I have read several good management books and this one ranks a 3 to me on a 5 point scale... I have read some worse but have read several I think are better...

One of the best books I have ever read. Gives how both sides feel regarding the War in Iraq. Really conveys the sad reality of what went on and in some regards, continues to go on over there. You will really feel for the victims (the troops and their families and the Iraqi people). Very in depth and after reading it, you will almost feel like you were over there and experienced it.

Mr. Filkins' experiences are filled with insight about the effects of war on the common person in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Those common people range from a Marine private in the Marine Corps dodging RPGs to the Iraqi child in the street returning from school who dies due to being at the wrong place at the wrong time when a car bomb explodes.

He is both an excellent writer and story teller. Many of the stories are stark and filled with dread. One such story is about a Humvee on patrol with Filkins inside as vehicle enters an intersection, the people in the street quietly vanish, and one solider says, "They are going to hit us." But the attack never comes.
Some of the stories he tells are very personal such as the one where he is running in the hot sun and a car bomb explodes within a mile. Filkins stops to tighten his shoes, reflects on the explosion for a moment, and continues to run toward his destination.

War changes people and countries for both good and ill. This story is a diary of change both to individuals and to nations. This book is the best I have read about the Iraq war from someone who has run beside American soldiers under fire and talked quietly to civilian leaders in a very hostile environment.

This book utterly captures the humanity of a time and place at war with itself and the world. Mr. Filkins ability to portray the "ordinary" lives of Iraqi and Afghans alike amid all the turmoil that surrounds them is remarkable. His willingness to forego his own personal safety to meet those who are at the heart of his reporting bring a level of detail to this work that is lacking in many other books on this subject. It is a compelling read that you will not be able to put down until you are finished.

Of the dozens of books written about the war in Iraq, along comes Dexter Filkins with a commentary on Iraq that blows the others away. Non-political and highly personal, Filkins goes after the day-to-day story that, through accumulation, delivers a report about the Iraqi citizenry over the years after the invasion. He captures it with style, wisdom and grace.

Americans have largely known the Iraqi war through political slants with a small degree of knowledge of the street. The author adds so much to the discourse. Who knew the depth that kidnapping played or how even going to the bathroom played with both American troops and the Iraqi people, disrupted as it was. This is a book of color and passion. I was particularly moved by a paragraph in which he relates how one would know if an Iraqi was killed by a Sunni or a Shia. The exceptional side of "The Forever War" is not only the presentation of the story but the narrative in which it is told.

Filkins has his own boots on the ground, grinding through Baghdad, Falluja and other hot spots. His book is one of remarkable courage under fire and serves to remind us of what our government simply didn't know about Iraq, or about which it didn't care. I highly recommend it.

I happened to be in New York when Mr. Filkins was giving a reading from this book at the Strand so I stopped by to listen to him read as well as answer questions about his years in Iraq and Afghanistan. This book is probably one of the few written about the wars which does not get involved in making judgments about whether these wars are anything but "forever."
Starting with his witnessing of Taliban "justice" in Kabul in 1998, nearly 20 years after Jimmy Carter decided to start the war in Afghanistan as a trap to lure the Soviets into invading the country and create a Soviet "Vietnam", Filkins shares with us the brutality of that war and the ravages it brought to Afghanistan over a couple of decades. He is able to capture the reasons that the Taliban were reluctantly viewed by the general population as a means to end the bloodshed and blackmail which had seen millions displaced, disfigured and dead over the years. Ironically, Filkins witnessed the amputations and executions in the former soccer stadium the same year that Zbigniew Brzezinski was giving his interview with a French magazine claiming that his advice to Carter to fund the mujahedeen and thus creating "a few stirred up Muslims" was worth the price if it meant the Soviets would end their occupation of his native Poland. Filkins witnessed firsthand just how "stirred up" they became, and how decades later, they are still "stirred up."
Filkins does not get into the "who started what and when" trap in this book, but does show that decisions have consequences and "The Forever War" started long before W even thought about running for president.
If you are looking for a book that points fingers and lays blame, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for a book that shows the day-to-day reality of war, the deaths, the damage, the decisions, that people have to make in winning or surviving them, this is as good as it gets.
Filkins does devote a few pages of placing Iraq today into context with his observations in visiting the cemetery where Gertrude Bell is interred and her role in the creation of the country of Iraq after WWI, as well as his visit to the graveyard and memorial built to the memory of the 30,000 British soldiers who were members of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force who paid the ultimate price in liberating the country that would become Iraq from the Ottomans during WWI.
As I told him after his reading, I am sure that Ernie Pyle is smiling down on him and his courageous return to unvarnished journalism without a political agenda.