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I seldom post reviews. However this book is so tedious, that I have to say that I'm sorry I bought it, and I no idea why it is so highly rated. I didn't see the tv series, so that must have been better. Even 12 years of post high school education doesn't help me enjoy this, and although the writing is somewhat colorful and descriptive, it doesn't make me care about any of these people. A story about an alcoholic, lots of description, where not much happens for many, many pages, a very slow soap opera; Thankfully it's not too long.

This book is an excellent choice to relax with reading. The author's style is very entertaing and the book itself is great. A must read for those who like romance.

This brief review has two purposes. First, to encourage readers to buy the cloth-bound edition, which fits easily into the hand, has much cleaner printing than the paperback, and contains an excellent introduction by Sir Frank Kermode together with a helpful chronology, which puts Waugh into the context of contemporary writings and events. It is well worth the extra two dollars.

My second purpose is to alert readers coming to the book after seeing the recent Miramax movie, that the two are likely to be quite different experiences. The film is magnificently set, splendidly acted, and passionately dramatic; it has all the Hollywood virtues. But it almost misses the fact that Waugh's purpose was as much spiritual as secular: to demonstrate, as he put it, "the operation of divine grace upon a group of diverse but closely connected characters." You could come away from the movie thinking it was an anti-Catholic tract -- but Waugh's novel, despite its characteristic comedy, is also a profound religious statement. I develop this point in more detail in my review of the cloth-bound edition, but whichever one you buy, I highly recommend this book.

This is an interesting and at times an entertaining novel of 1900s England. It appears to be somewhat autobiographical. The plot line centers around an aristocratic Catholic family in England. The readers follow the interactions of the narrator with Sebastian Flyte, his sister Julia Flyte, and others. A significant sub-plot is the struggles of flawed humans in various stages of faith. It is a very subtle presentation of the Catholic faith and just belief in God in general. This may not be for everyone, but fans of modern English literature will most likely enjoy it.

The reader, a deservedly acclaimed actor, who was made famous by playing Charles Ryder on T.V. made the recording sound flat. The weariness was probably an interpretive style; but, it made the listening to the recording difficult.

I never received the product in the mail. Needed it for summer reading for school and had to go to the bookstore to buy it.

This a classic must-read. Deep, interesting and a parable. Dont't miss reading it.

Fahrenheit 451 was the first novel to describe what would happen if people couldn't think. It is an interesting story that you don't find much. The world it draws up has no basis. This is because people can't think. In Fahrenheit 451, people are not allowed to have books because the government is afraid of an educated society. This book is very distressing because censorship could happen today. If there was censorship, the world would become dull and disturbing, as nothing would happen. There would be no great events, and this would cause no one to realize anything. This is the reason that it is still popular today. It is because of how controversial it is, in the fact of the world it portrays.

Fahrenheit 451 is a masterful speculation of what the world would look like if events continued to unfold in its destructive progression. What happens to our cognitive abilities when we are glued to the "wall" every night, plug our ears with sound, and shut ourselves in our homes? Who are our families? Do we care about our neighbours, or even our own families? A great book, and a must read!

This is a book that really get writers hooked. A society that didn't care fore book... Oh my! What will happen to mankind if the wisdom of time pass weren't available anymore? and then what will happen to you, if you were to oppose the silence of the books? A great tale and a lot of wisdom.

Anna del C.
Author of "The Elf and the Princess"
and "Trouble in the Elf City"

Lessee here. I pay $20.00 for a brochure on a $68,000.00 treatment program not funded by any insurance company offering a gaggle of techniques that do not appear to be algorithmically integrated... when I could simply buy a few -other- books on amazon.com to see the statistical evidence on the most effective treatment regimens.

Hmm. This is tough.

I rarely make blanket statements like this, but after 22 years in the field and working with a -wide- variety of approaches (from 12 Step, gestalt and hypnotic to cognitive, pharmacologic and psychodynamic), I'm forced to say, "Enjoy the book, but keep your credit cards in your wallet." And...

Look these up on amazon.com:

Beck, Wright, Newman, Liese: Cognitive Therapy of Substance Abuse; Gorski: Staying Sober, and Passages Through Recovery; Frances & Miller: Clinical Textbook of the Addictive Disorders; Ellis: A Guide to Rational Living; Perkinson and Jongsma: The Addictions Treatment Planner; Rotgers and Davis: Treating Alcohol Problems; and Rassmussen: Addiction Treatment - Theory and Practice; etc.

And if you can find Sharron Ekleberry's phenomenal Seminar on Substance Abuse and Personality Disorders, read -it- for sure.

Frankly, this book smacks of marketing scheme, though it does (all too briefly) chase down several of the issues that do need to be dealt with to assure long-term abstinence without relapse or addiction-switching.

One can get the job done for a lot less than $68,000.00, however. A -lot- less.

I too, am a "recovering" alcoholic with 23 years of sobriety, and I am very grateful for the gift of finding the treatment that worked for me. I stumbled across Chris Prentiss quite by mistake today, after taping a 30 minute program on the subject "Alcoholism and Addiction Cure." I felt like I had found someone who heard the same "voice" that I had heard within myself for the past 20 years. I too, consider myself an intelligent (I cannot tell you what my IQ is and I am still going to college, part time, and working full time for a large healthcare concern, but I consider myself extremely intelligent and open to new ideas)and open minded individual.
What I do know? I come from a family of addicts; my father's father emigrated from Germany before Hitler's control over that country was irrevocable and he was an alcoholic who passed the "disease" down to his sons - my father, the youngest son, died an alcoholic at the young age of 58. I will not go into detail about my childhood traumas other than to say that I began my journey into my own addiction (lucky me, my drug of choice was alcohol) when I was 15 years old. It culminated with my experiencing panic attacks in my early 20s and subsequent heavier drinking ensued in my desperate attempt to quell my rising panic attacks - I was running away from my childhood pain and I was self-medicating.
What I discovered, quite by accident and to my great relief and immense gratitude was a therapist, who was one of, if not "the," early humanistic therapists in the treatment arena. This woman walked with me through my treatment, unpeeling the layers of protection that I had wrapped by battered and abused psyche within and, after seven years of on again, off again, therapy (each new level, each new unveiling, opened doorways that I had shut and hidden behind) I walked into my first Al Anon meeting and within a month's time, my first AA meeting. I remember the intense self loathing and reluctance that I felt at having to go to that meeting where I had to admit to myself and others that I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC - the one thing that I hated my father for I had become.
The main reason I began my road to recovery in AA was, I knew I needed the strength and support of a fellowship where meeting and talking to others, who were traveling the same lonely, frightening path that I was on, would help me to "stay sober," while I continued with my individual therapy. But as much as I cherish those first couple of years in AA, I came to the realization that there had to come a time where not drinking became a personal choice and not just the choice of the group. I saw too many people who switched their addiction from the drugs or alcohol, to the group and who wouldn't miss a meeting if their lives depended on it and for many it did. And then there were the ones who moved on to other 12 step programs because they were sober but now they were attending Overeaters Anonymous or Workaholics Anonymous or Co-Dependents Anonymous because the root causes for their original addiction remained. Yes, it was healthier than being in the addiction but they still seemed frozen in time because they were still "dependent" on something outside of themselves for validation and strength or had simply switched addictions.
I left AA, but I stayed sober because I began my journey in one-on-one therapy where I was willing to do the work, no matter how painful, to heal my wounded psyche. And I did it with a therapist who allowed me to heal at my own pace and who never, ever, led or told me what I should feel, think or do. She was my guide, my mentor, my belief system when I did not believe in myself, and she let me go when it was my time to go.
When I was in my addiction I always felt like I didn't fit in with the rest of the world; but when I left AA with the belief that one had to finally make their choice not to use, a personal choice and stop being co-dependent on an outside source, I felt like I was different, there, too, and did not "fit in" with the traditional treatment for addicts. I truly believe the reason for relapse is because AA cannot provide the intense therapy necessary to find the root cause of an individual's addiction - I think "getting sober" is the easy part, staying sober, is the hardest thing to do, because then all you have is this open, gaping wound and you will eventually return to the original addiction or find another one to cover the untreated wound.
Today, I feel exonerated and I would encourage anybody who is struggling with recovery to read the book and go find a good therapist, preferably one who is humanistic or holistic (I truly believe you have to treat the mind, the body and spirit because ALL of you is involved in the addiction not just your diseased physical being) and be willing to do the work - not just counting 12 steps and giving it all up to an outside source. I am a deeply spiritual being and I believe addiction stands between you and that spirituality but you must find your own path and be willing to go it alone while in therapy, but know that you are never alone in healing. And by all means, incorporate the individual therapy with a group, such as AA, because it is extremely healing to hear your fears, pain, anger and frustrations, echoed in others - it depletes that sense of aloneness.
I am grateful for 23 years of sobriety and I am grateful that there are those in recovery programs who finally "get it" and are working on treating the mind, body, spirit! Don't give up on yourself or someone you love in addiction - I only wish those who came before, and lost to addiction, had the same opportunity.
"Seek not the favor of the multitude, for it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few, and number not the voices, but weigh them." Immanuel Kant

I have noticed that some posters are upset about the price of being "cured." I am not an addict, but my best friend was, and I would have sold my house out from underneath me if it could have cured him.

I knew that he had a real problem when he was fourteen years old, and knew where he was heading from my experiences in college -- people I knew. He was given an unnecessary tonsillectomy, and the well-meaning surgeon prescribed (Acetaminophen) #4 (with codeine). This was in 1971.

I have taken the same drug, without problems, usually for dental pain. I have never taken it for more than two days.

Well, my best friend was introduced to the same feelings that I get when I do something exceedingly well, only his performance dropped off to near zero. Later, he met a junky nurse, and I knew that it was game-set-match. I intervened and ran her off.

I knew I had no control over his addictions, but I did everything I could do to buy time. He finally went to a detox center and became a sponsor at Narcotics Anonymous. By this time he was married, and my wife learned that they were beginning to use again (she went through detox with him), and I had a decision to make. Something told me that he would not survive the year.

He had learned that narcotics lead to institution, jail, and death. Well, he was arrested for "uttering a forged instrument," which is to say, forging a prescription. Back to detox.

By this time, he was, in my opinion, too old for me to treat him as a child, and I made it clearly known to him that I would be there to intervene only if he asked. I had pulled him out of desperate straights before, but against his (temporary) will.

His junky wife found him dead one Christmas morning, about ten years ago. He had accidentally overdosed. I had an intervention plan set up for the 26th, and missed it by one day.

One of the lines of a poem I wrote to him before his first detox included, "May you find peace in Oaklawn's Gardens, and Sleep the Never-Ending Sleep you Seek. I have seen it all before, but this was my best friend Keith." I hope, somehow, that he did find that peace. He was a gifted person, and my best friend. I frightened him with that poem, and in his last days, he somehow knew what was going to occur. He reported "lucid dreams, where he was with (a friend who had died of drug abuse). I was supportive, and only this one poem was pessimistic.

A copy of that poem is in his casket. It should not be forgotten that people do manage to become addicted to drugs and return to a normal life. These drugs were designed for pain, not getting high. He slipped away one day before I was going to intervene with his recovered addicts alongside me.

If you have an addicted friend, their life is in your hands. Please do not forget that. The price of the regimen in this book is the price of life. Find a way to do whatever it takes, or lose your friend or loved one.I know this post is too long, but it, like and along with the book, will save lives.

I like the fact that it gives a more flexable approach to recovery than the very rigid (although , successful ) suggestions put forth by AA and NA. It looks to the underlying causes of the repatative destructive behaviors associated with alcoholism (in my Case). One more tool to help those still suffering that have a bias towards AA and other 12 step recovery groups.

Jim Bowen

I AM AN ADDICT.... AND I UNDERSTAND TRYING TO FIND THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF MY USING DRUGS. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS BOOK WAS A COMMERCIAL FOR PASSAGES (WHEN I CALLED THEY TOLD ME TO COME UP WITH 68,000 DOLLARS). I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD ALL OF THE COUNSELORS AND HOLISTIC PRACTITIONERS THEY ADVISE I USE. HOW COULD I AFFORD TO GO FOR 30 DAYS TO A PROGRAM THAT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. WHEN I GOT TO THE CHAPTER OF THE BOOK THAT TOLD ME TO GET ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT DOCTORS, I WAS HEARTBROKEN. BECAUSE OF THE TITLE OF THE BOOK, I HAD SUCH HIGH HOPES, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS IT, THIS WAS THE ONE THING THAT WOULD HELP ME GET OVER MY ADDICTION FINALLY. BUT AS EVERYTHING ELSE I'VE TRIED IT FAILED ALSO. I AM GOING TO TRY THE ACCUPUNCTURE AND MY MEDICAL DOCTOR IS WEANING ME OFF OF OXYCONTIN RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT IS MY PLAN. I PRAY AND PRAY AND PRAY THAT IT WORKS. MY FAITH IN GOD IS WHAT WILL PULL ME THROUGH THIS, I KNOW IT. THE ONE THING IN HIS BOOK I TOTALLY AGREE WITH IS THAT EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE.. GOOD OR BAD ALL WORKS TOGETHER FOR OUR GOOD. EVERYTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE, EVEN BEING ADDICTED TO DRUGS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I AM LEARNING A LIFE LESSON. AND THAT IS A GIFT FROM THE LORD.

I purchased this product because it is specific to the medical profession. The book is a great resource. The book has various exercises to reinforce new words and concepts (I.E. crossword puzzles, fill in the blanks, sample dialouges) It has tips and cultural differences (say this is Spain vs. say this in Mexico).
I had a very hard time with the CD's. I constantly had to adjust the volume and replay the sections. I had to use the book frequently to clarify pronunciation with the male speaker. The male speaker sounds like he is talking with a mouth full of marbles. He does not enunciate well.(If you work in an ER you may be used to your patients sounding like this). Overall, the book is great but don't pay extra just to get the cd's.

Product was in great shape and as described; would definitely buy from this seller again!

Everyone learns differently, but some principals of learning are universal (had to economize on words to fit all in here). I was dissapointed with the format of these CDs (SHP for short). I learned ALL my spanish from two sources (*HIGHLY RECOMMEND*)- Global Access Span.(GAS for short) by McGraw-Hill cassette ver. (now on CD but dont know if format same),and STRONGLY recommend "Speedy Span for Medical Personel". The first is for tourists, but I learned grammer and conjugations from it. Second one VERY compact pocket-size six page pamphlet on laminated cardstock with almost every sentence a doctor needs, arranged in order of standard H & P: greet-complaint-Hx-Px-Dx-Tx-Discharge. Truly amazing and for some docs may be all you need. SHP only says each word or phrase once, Spanish then English. GAS says each twice, Spanish then English (repetition key to learning). SHP doesn't emphasize grammer or syntax, just rote memory of words and phrases. Single words are followed by a short typical dialog between Doc and patient, arranged by system. So it throws long sentences at you before you have a grasp on grammer. GAS starts with basic pronouns, steadily builds on them, teaching verb conjugations as you go., GAS comes with dictionary, complete written script of all cassettes arranged by chapter and vocabulary booklet to extend your word base. SHP has sometimes unrecognizable pictures with only the spanish word under it. Both great for the car. SHP gives 30 CME credits. Old ver. of GAS only on tape, but I'm burning them onto CD for my new car (no tape deck). SHP not written by doctors (reviewed by MDs though) and it shows. GAS has begin, intermed., and advanced sets depending on how fluent you want to be, but you need to get your medical phrases from the above pamphlet, SHP, or another source. Neither one really teaches the idioms of Spanish since I found patients dont always understand the formal grammer these teach. SHP probably does a better job at this than GAS. The time I spent on this eval. shows how strongly I feel since more clinics are needing Spanish abilities every day.

Full of phrases for a beginner and great for review and learning of Spanish Speakers. This is a must for all volunteers going to a spanish speaking country for volunteer work, and for all healthcare providers to learn from a few phrases to an advanced Medical vocabulary.

Its hard for a hypnotist that sells's CD's for mass consumption to make a specialized tape. This is a good tape but I preferred Mind Over Platter which I felt was more specific to women. This tape will taper mindless eating though.

Pleasant CD to listen to daily and use as a motivational reminder and recharger as you lose weight. Keep in mind he refers to weight in a british measurement called a 'stone'. One stone is = to 14 pounds.

Most hypno-subliminal CD's are by egocentric perfect-self gurus and full of overly positive nonsense. The therapist on this CD has a nice voice, British but completely audible by Yankees. In face, his voice is welcoming and soothing, the relaxation bit is effective and a great way to fall asleep and let the CD do its work. I think its worth the $ and time will tell if it has a drastic effect on my attempt to lose weight but I do find myself wanting to listen to it. The messages are great and I believe this to be the first one of its kind I didnt regret after listening. Ignore the fancy covers and smiles on the overpaid overly enthusiastic motivational speakers and try this first.

Glenn Harrold has a good voice, a thick British accent (which is OK with me), and is excellent at self-hypnosis. His CD includes very positive eating and exercising affirmations. There are two sections on the CD, I like the second better than the first. The only downsides are the synthesizer trumpet music in the introduction of the first section. Once you get past that section, however, the rest of the music is very peaceful and relaxing. The only other downside is the vernacular. He says "I enjoy taking exercise." Americans would say "I enjoy exercising." A minor point, but it's a bit distracting in that section of the CD. I would recommend this CD as a dieting and motivational aid. It is also helpful for relaxing, even if you don't use it for the other reasons.

I have tried two other similiar CDs and this one is the best. I lost 5 pounds without trying or thinking about it. When I stopped listening for a couple of months, sure enough, I gained it back. It's very relaxing as well.

Warren Buffett said he admires Don Keough and recommended reading anything he writes. When this book was published, I followed his advice and read it. I was not disappointed. This was a quick read that left me wanting more material from Don Keough.

The title was provacative, so I looked at the front cover. Bill Gates and Jack Welch endorsed it and Warren Buffett wrote the Foreward. Thinking it would be hard to beat that threesome, I turned to the Foreward.
Waren Buffett himself writes that "when you are around Don, you are learning something all the time. He's an incredible business leader."
He also writes of a meeting of the very top leaders every few years, where each time Don Keough is asked to be the kynote speaker. Buffett writes that Bill Gates "just loves listening to him because Don talks such sense and offers such inspiration. Don can tell you to go to hell so wonderfully you'll enjoy the journey."

Thus, I bought the book hoping for three things: useful lessons on leadership and overall success, the opportunity to learn in general, and an enjoyable read.

Other reviews in Amazon regarding this book point to the many useful lessons for leaders, and how the book is so much better than others at illustrating these lessons with real-life cases. So many books by very senior executives are exercises in ego, or self-justification. In this book, Keough often shows where he went wrong -- but the point is that he readily recognized and admitted it, took the blame himself, and moved rapidly to the needed solution.
My favorite book on Leadership by someone outside of business, Leading Minds, by the renowned psychologist and education expert Howard Gardner, concludes after exhaustive research that exemplary leaders tell "stories of common aspiration."
Reading this book, one sees how Keough was such a great leader at Coca-Cola for decades -- he is a master storyteller, but it is not about him, it is about a team aspring and pulling together. Indeed, his legendary teamwork with two other humble but globally-renowned leaders, first roberto Goizueta and then Herbert Allen, show that he does put team before self. It would be such a privilege to be a fly on the wall when Keough and his great friend of almost 50 years, Buffett, swap stories - through parables they can make the important and the complex both clear and witty.

Regarding the opportunity to learn in general, this book is an easy read but it contains some profound and far from obvious nuggets. I guess it is because Keough studied humanities in college, which he attended on the GI bill after his service in World War II. He majored in philosophy, which he admits many in business scoff at as "useless knowledge."
This book reveals that Keough learned his lessons well, as philosophy and humanities in general can sharpen one's thinking and communicating skills. what could be more essential to a leader's success?

Reviewers often say this, without meaning it, but in this case Keough's depth and wit ensure that the quotations he provides are themselves worth the price of the book. Perhaps my favorite feature of the book is the comfortable way that Don Keough slips in philosophy, and his obvious love of and knowledge of literature. This book is one of the few written by someone so distinguished that is truly WRITTEN by the cited author. Keough writes with such an energy and personal quality that you know it is all from his fertile mind.
My third hurdle for a great investment of money, but more important in our harried world, time, concerns the enjoyment of reading.
This book is a noteworthy pleasure. So many books on leadership are trite or wooden. so many books by great leaders help you see why they did not become either writers or philosophers. In contrast, this book is one which you will not want to place down, even for dinner. Warren Buffett makes it clear that Don Keough is arguably the greatest keynote speaker in business, but sometimes witty and inspiring speakers cannot bring that off on the written page. Without the benefits of body language, facial expression, tone of voice, physical proximity, etc. it is much harder to be witty in a book.
Keough pulls it off, magnificently.
Finally, it is enjoyable to see the commandments in the negative, vs. the affirmative form. However, it is much more than enjoyble. This unique idea of Keough's makes the reader think more deeply about the commandment. For example, if someone says "take prudent risks", you my say "OK" and forget it. If someone illustrates, with witty applications and cases he has been an ultimate insider in, how NOT taking risks can lead you to fail, it helps lock it in your memory. The very act of thinking how and why not to do something, forces you to think more deeply than you would have about what to do, how to do it, and most important why to do it.
I would likely have read a list of ten things to do and said "Nice, I'll try to remember." Keough found a secret formula that makes me think about and actually remember the steps that can lead to success, by showing the failure caused by the alternative.
The bottom line is that this book is a great investment. I'd recommend it: for you, your employees, clients, or just people on your holiday list who you want to assure that you think have a love of learning and a good clean sense of humor.

I enjoyed the book. It's a quick easy read. It's also accurate in the sense that there is not much one can argue with (unlike many business books). But a large factor in my rating of a business book is in how many items I add to my todo list after finishing the book. I added none. I have decades of business experience yet I usually pickup a few actionable ideas from a book. I suspect the utility of this book is inversely proportional to your business experience so if you are just starting or have a few years the book could be very useful.

After a bad loss, the Packers football team trudged into the locker room, expecting a chew out by Lombardi. He took a long time appearing and when he did, he walked in, held a football over his head and quietly said, 'Gentlemen, this is a football. Let's try and remember that next Sunday." He then walked out. Keough lays out the fundamentals which are so easy to forget: ask if a proposed course of action is the right thing to do, not the legal thing, since the next transition is to "can we get away with it?"; take time to think and reflect, and he quotes Goethe to good effect, "action is easy, thought is hard" ; do rely on your instincts and a few pieces of good information, and don't delegate your responsibility to decide to consultants and focus groups. The disaster of the New Coke is honestly explored. A key lesson? Your brand is in the mind of your customer or client; it is not what you want it to be or even think it is. Book is well written. Nice and short.

This is definitely a great book that everyone who is tempted to view their business as a success that just needs to keep doing what it is doing needs to read. Just listing the commandments themselves doesn't do the book justice, because the author really gives a depth to each that expands beyond what you would get from the name. The book is also a quick read without any pretentious prose to get in the way. The author comes across as human, and is very open about his own mistakes and is very willing to learn from them.

Where the book falls flat is the last two commandments, where the examples description and point stop being about business, but rather about life. The 10th commandment deals with fearing the future. That might imply not fearing a changing marketplace for your business, but really that is mostly covered in the first commandment (stop taking risks) and here he focuses on things like overpopulation and recession. And all his point amounts to is that past doomsayers were wrong, so don't worry about them now. Besides the rather flat point (even though I agree with it in general - many Domesday predictions are overstated) what it does is accentuate a flaw in the first commandment - it tells you take the necessary risks, but really focuses no time on risk mitigation. You can finish the book thinking that bad things only happen when you don't take risks or get paralyzed by a fear of the future. Bad things can also happen when you take a good, solid risk and fail. You can end up worse off. Admittedly businesses with big budgets like the ones the author focuses on generally aren't betting the farm, rather a profitability percentage and can weather the failure of the risk rather than the failure to take the risk, but that is highly selective sample.

Still in all very worth the read and chock-full of great advice and insight. If you are in a decision making position in a business that has success and needs to know what to do with it, you will not find a better ROI for your money than buying this book.

Certainly the ideas presented give something to mull over. The experiments with plants and hands-on approach for results has been done in the past, but to connect it with the "field" makes it more interesting. It is fascinating to bring in quantum physics with this concept, and I look forward to hearing more about it.

The Living the Field CD set was a mind expanding experience for me. It greatly changes your preception and values of your being and the physical world around you. I would recommend this CD set to anyone.

Lynne does an excellent job of putting the information on The Field into useable terms. I like her suggested exercises as well as her general information.

Nice product to listen to in car. Good lessons in life and interesting scientific research. Good positive educational tool. Narative a little slow, but pleasant sounding.

Everything I've ever experienced by Lynne McTaggart has been unsurpassed in quality and uniqueness of information and professionalism, and this is no exception. I would encourage you to get her other works, especially The Field (book or abridged audiobook) to get a solid foundation for this series, although she does a good introduction on these cd's. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

My kids and I love this series! We homeschool and it's a great way to get science in. The lessons taught in the included study guide are so fascinating that they're actually sticking in our brains! :) We ordered the next series, too, and plan to get the whole set.

This is one of the best audio adventures available today, and the only one that I know of that covers this type of material. Learning about paleontology has never been so exciting. Our entire family (kids ages 7 through teens and including adults) loves the entire series of Jonathan Park audio adventures. Highly recommend these.

I purchased this for my 8 year old for Christmas.She loves it.She listens to it all the time and has really enjoyed the study guide that came with it.They have a web sight also that she has visited.Definitely will get the rest of the series!

The Jonathan Park series is excellent, as it teaches biblical foundations
about creationism. It's not only educational, but it's entertaining for
children and parents. It reaches a wide audience. We have given this series as a gift and the parents bought more of the CDs for their children. It's
a quality series that you'll want to hear again and again!

This was a great purchase. I haven't finished it, but wish I would of known about this sooner.

I had never heard of the StoryCorps Project until recently. Since I am facilitating a memoir writing group, I ordered Listening Is an Act of Love.
I loved it! Every page was a gentle focus on real people's lives. I highly recommend this book. Don't miss it!

StoryCorps is America's largest oral history project and was begun in 2003 by Dave Isay.

I became aware of this book while listening to the StoryCorps excerpts that air on NPR Friday mornings. One morning in particular I heard the story of the unofficial spokes people for StoryCorps, Annie and Danny.

Their love affair is told in the final pages of the book, the chapter entitled "The Story of StoryCorps." When my daughter and I heard their segment on NPR that morning on our way to the coffee shop, we were held mesmerized until it came to an end. It was one of those "transfixed in the parking lot" moments. We sat there, tears streaming down our faces until the end. We didn't go inside for our time of coffee and conversation until we could compose ourselves. That was the day I heard about and decided I had to have this book.

There are two versions, one which comes with a CD and one without. I made the mistake of saving a buck and going without. I recommend getting the CD. I suspect it makes the experience all the more enjoyable. Don't get me wrong, the book is fabulous and full of stories that fill your heart with light and love.

Every section of the book has heart-wrenching pieces. Stories that will define the American experience. The section entitled Fire and Water is particularly emotional as it deals with stories from the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001 and Hurricane Katrina.

I will recommend this book, and give it as gifts to my parents and others.

These are great stories from everyday people. If our legacy is the stories of our lives that we share with others, then this CD is what we should all be recording for our family and friends. I only wish there were more than the 20 included.

wonderful! can't wait for another to read! opens your eyes to the great people in the U.S.-their challenges, hopes, and happy times

My two-year-old son and I have a lot of fun listening to some of our favorite stories in the car, but the performances are a little lackluster. I think Jason Alexander puts the most into his performances, but David Hyde Pierce and Michael McKean are just okay. In fact, since they are the only three voices on the cd, I get a little tired of them. But overall, the cd is enjoyable.

My son (4 1/2 yrs) asks to listen to this every time we get in the car. The narration is wonderful, with a soothing rhythmic quality. Our favorite is the Jason Alexander's rousing version of Green Eggs & Ham, and his reading of the ABC's (there's a sneeze at the letter "K" which threw my 22 month old into hysterics. I've never seen a baby laugh so hard. To this day it makes him to laugh every time). David Hyde Pierce is great at the tongue twisters, which is why I guess most of those stories are read by him. The Michael McKeaon ones are a little weak, however we don't currently have the books that he reads, so it just may be that we're not familiar with those stories. These stories seem to make whatever ride we're going on that much shorter. There's also been many times when we've arrived at our destination & my oldest son will ask to stay in the car until the story is over.

And as for the other reviewer saying this CD is as boring as an insurance seminar.....I currently am going to school for my insurance license & I can assure you the CD is most certainly not boring. The insurance classes on the other hand......

As great as Dr. Seuss is, this package is terrible.

Most importantly, the readings/performances of these stories are BORING! These are some of the most imaginiative, fun-to-read stories on the planet and the performances have all the enthusiasm of an insurance seminar.

Anoher gripe is that it's just the two CDs -- no book or additional packaging that's fun for the kids to look at (which maybe was my fault for assuming otherwise).

Plus, there are two CDs when it seems like they could have piled it all together on a single disc. I suppose they wanted to include more stories, but it ends up being a more of a pain to make sure you have the 'right' disc for the story your kids want. If there wasn't enough room on one CD, cut one of the weaker performances -- there were plenty to choose from.

Overall, this was a big disappointment. Our family loves Dr. Seuss, but this package doesn't do him justice.

This is a terrific audio CD of our Dr. Seuss favorites. My sons love to read along in the car and at home. The celebrity readings are great to listen to. Even my husband and I listen in the car, long after the kids have dozed off. Don't miss out on this collection. Well worth it!

If you've wearied of Green Eggs and Ham and Sam-I-Am, and would rather not Hop on Pop, you'll be grateful for this CD set with lively readings of the kid-favorites by familiar voices like Jason Alexander, David Hyde Pierce, and Michael McKean. For young readers, pair them up with the books to follow along and VOILA! Instant Readers! this year is Dr. Seuss's 100th birthday!