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I've listen to the cd once, and plan to again. Very informative. I currently train/teach foster parents and I plan on incorporating some of this in my lessons. The world would be a better place if we could all engage in this way of communication. I've shared this with my son, a Capt. in the Army going back to Iraq for the second time -- he also recommends.

I completely agree with Marshall's views on schools and punitive actions on individuals and nations. Right from Colonial empire to recent Lebanon - Isreal conflict, the non-violent movements takes a back seat. The selective amnesia in heads of states when comes to war, has thought a good lesson to many states. His views on winning with kind and love, as I have heard situations happened in India, should be replicated all over the world to have losting peace and prosperty to humanity. That is the only way to improve humanity and this books has consolilated opinions on many views. We are far of from getting what Gandhi and Marshal dreams of world, and moreover I am more skeptic would the world ever reach there? However, there is a little hope.

IF you don't have time to read, ride in the car a lot and could use some practical advice with communications in any area in your life, this is a fantastic CD to sit with during those longer car rides. I enjoyed his calm voice, found it energizing, while my boyfriend found it a little lullabying. The information is fantastic. If you have kids, a partner, friends, a family, a boss, or employees this CD is invaluable.

As a graduate of WEAVE (Women Escaping a Violent Environment -actually for men, women, children, & elders, but PEAVE as an
acronym for "People Escaping...." just didn't have the
right connotation) I had learned not only about generational violence and why people become abusive, disrespectful or violent,
but also how to "hear" my own feelings, and warning signals, speak up for them, and ask clearly for what I wanted. This alone was a tremendous win. However, I noticed in practice that when I did so, it was the unusual person who would automatically respond in kind and tell me what they were feeling or wanted. Gradually I felt awkward and unsatisfied, but couldn't really identify what was missing.

Non-Violent Communication offers what was missing: connection and communion. Even though formerly considering myself intuitive, learning to listen to others empathically, below differing opinions, facts and values to the heart of the person, their human needs, was extremely challenging, even frightening - doubtless due to former abuse - but when the breakthrough came, it was extraordinary!! My parents argued very disrespectfully and loudly to solve differences or problems; I overcompensated by appearing to not have any, and then avoiding the situation or person. You can understand how alienating this is, how disconnecting and de-humanizing. I'm very glad to have made the effort to learn this with one or two willing and safe friends, as now it is easier to apply in more difficult situations, for instance, with my family.

This CD set is a wonderful introduction and overview, filled with somefunny, some amazing anecdotes. Dr. Rosenberg has a very soothing voice, a dry sense of humour, and surprisingly, rather pleasing little songs. (At first I thought "Oh, no; this is going to be hokey - but it wasn't. Now in odd moments, I find myself singing "See Me Beautiful"like the school kids!)

Disc One is an introduction to NVC, how discovering why some people use violence and abuse to gain their way, and why others
retain their humanity and consideration was Dr. Rosenberg's deep
purpose in life. He goes on to show real life basics and how to apply NVC personally.

On disc two, NVC is shown in international, social and justice
situations. In one instance of a child molester, my mouth hung opened and I stood stock still for a few minutes listening to how Dr. Rosenberg helped the prisoner discover how terrorizing
children had filled a profound and deeply hidden need for him. The next step is actually a lot easier, which is to gently assist him to getting his needs met and those of the community
in less costly ways. Before getting the facts about who ends up in prison and who is statistically executed, my opinion was that there are certain violent crimes- murder, rape and child molestation - that did deserve the death penalty. It's pretty easy to get very angry about the crime and not see the criminal
as a human being, or coversely go the other way and feel terribly sorry for them, put them in prison, and walk away. But he, Dr. Rosenberg was there, and did do this with this guy, and it did work. It's pretty staggering, and pretty profound, if we
could eventually change our justice system from punitive to
restorative. To me, it's even more profound, more direct, and
more applicable (though maybe no easier) than forgiving one's
enemies, and turning the other cheek.

Well, see for yourself! I'll bet something on this CD will affect everyone who listens to it in a profound way. Highly recommended as a first step. If you like it, then you can get
the book, and start practicing with a good friend!

Here's just one of them:

Many years ago I read "Don't Shoot the Dog!" with an
eye towards training humans using rewards instead of
punishment. Positive reinforcement sounded good, but
something about it made me suspect it wouldn't work for
people. "Speaking Peace" gave me the answer: People
don't like to be manipulated; rewards and punishments
are both methods of manipulation, so people eventually
rebel.

This course, as with all Pimsleurs courses, is the best way to start your study of Greek. After doing the 16 lessons you can jump into one of the other "learn yourself" type courses with a good head start. It also prevents you from creating bad habits sometimes formed by the wrong use of some transliterations or pronunciation explanations given in books. Go through it BEFORE you start any book and you will already have learned some of the basic structures. Very little vocabulary however. You may continue with Pimsleur's complete course afterwards. Highly recommemded.

This product has been great. It's easy to use and i'm able to pick up greek phrases after the first lesson. The hardest part is distinguishing between "v" and "d" and "m" and "n" since there is no book to go along with it. However, it is still a great tool!

Wonderful purchase. This will provide great help for traveling to Greece for my honeymoon.

If you want to learn Greek by audio boog , don't buy this product . When you will want to continue learning and will want to buy the next lessons you will see that it is not posible to buy NEXT lessens and you must to buy again all CD's that you already purchased , So buy directly the "Modern Greek I" with all this CDs
It is OK for informations ,to get the notion of what is Greek language

This is a great method of learning enough to get you through a vacation in Greece. My only complaint is that it doesn't go far enough and they don't make a Level 2. However, for going into shops, greeting people, etc, it's perfect. Doesn't take a lot of time; maybe 30 minutes a day and you'll get enough. There are other programs out there, like Rosetta Stone, that might be better if you wanted to actually live or work in Greece, but, for the casual tourist, this is perfect.

This is a really nice meditation CD. I own a few of Kelly Howell's CD's. This one is very similiar to her Healing Meditation CD. However, I prefer this CD. It is one of my favorites.

I was looking for a guided mediatation Cd, on the advise of my therapist to help me sleep. I recently have had a terrible time trying to get to sleep.
But, being as how I've used it six times and have still not yet heard the end of it...not once...I'd surely have to say, it is truly relaxing and calming !!!

I love doing this meditation. It provides a very tranquil start to my day. Kelly Howell's voice is pleasant and calming. The music is also peaceful and beautiful. She takes you to an idyllic place and gives very effective descriptions of what you see, hear, feel and do there. I especially love the segment describing the wall around the side of the mountain and how you follow the wall, running your hand along it, feeling its roughness. Of course, guided meditation has a future purpose, and it's not possible to say, at this point, if it's accomplishing that purpose. I am enjoying the process, though.

This is a very soothing, relaxing CD. Kelly's voice is easy to listen to and the ambient background is quite pleasant as well. I appreciate the fact that half the CD is guided meditation and half is just the music with Theta frequencies. I often fall asleep to this.

I initially gave this 5 stars but decided to rereview and dock it one star - the presentation is extremely smooth but a couple complaints: (1) the discussion is often quite corny; this is typical of a lot of meditation CDs in general so the occasional wild claim can be forgiven, but it seems every other thing out of her mouth is something like "You may find the you feel an exillerating sense of contentedness and etc..." (or some such). It's just too much; here and there is OK, but after a while it's like: just guide my meditation, don't tell me how wonderful I feel - let that be the by-product. Maybe it's just me. Anyway, and (2) Sometimes when talking there will be little blurbs mixed right or left along with what she's saying... initially it's kind of cool, but they're mixed a little too loudly so the stimulating effect she was going for is lost a bit: it becomes more jarring than the gentle tweak it's supposed to be.

Overall, though, still a good guided meditation.. but in retrospect I much prefer an old Bob Monroe tape I have (Moment of Revelation from the Mind Food series) which is very similar in technique; or for guided point-by-point relaxation, a Yoga Nidra CD I've reviewed here.

The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal SuccessSeven Suggestions for writing meaningful books:
1) Be original: It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol did it better. Andy Anderson is no Frank Capa or Charles Dickens.

2) Make characters that are real, not cardboard.

3) Get your facts straight. Christopher Columbus (Colombo) was an Italian who lived in Portugal and in Spain and probably did speak all three languages, but why would he speak Portuguese to an American on a Spanish ship? And why would Columbus claim to have special insight about the world being round when it was a pretty commonly accepted by the Renaissance? Fact checking is so easy with lots of good sites online.

4) Don't underestimate your audience.

5) Pick a genre, any genre. It is not good science fiction when there are too many logical fallacies. For example, the hero is wearing jeans into which he manages to stuff a scroll from Solomon, a leather pouch, various notes and pieces of paper. Fantasy? Then let's magically shrink these items. Inspirational? Not particularly, especially not this writing style.

6) Life is unpredictible. The ending of any book should not be this predictible.

7) Don't be preachy. The Ten Commandments pretty much covered the whole thing already, succinctly, without being preachy. Find a new franchise.

I love this book and the way Andy Andrews reads it because he's full of passion and also a great storyteller. My eyes filled with water as each decision which determines success was read. It's spiritually motivating and I highly recommend for everyone!

For anyone who needs a quick pick me up, this book is it. I had already read the book and now just having it in audio format to listen to while driving just makes it that much better. This is just one of the great books out right now.

I really admired "The Traveler's Gift"--it's an attractive book, easy to read and enjoyable. The message is key: change your attitude and change your life.

Mr. Andrews has a way of telling stories--parables, that are meaningful to anybody and enjoyable to read. His writing is engaging. I found I could not put his book down when i read the print copy.

The principles are akin to positive thinking, for which I am a firm believer. Once I change my daily attitude towards something, whether it be a person or a task at hand, the situation becomes clearer, rights itself and things go the way I need for them to go. And I have less stress. But accomplishing "positive thinking" is of course not easy or else we'd all be doing it. Here, Andy Andrews sets down rules that frame positive thinking into actions and deeds as well as setting the table around your life. These concrete seven statements really get the job done. When I read the seven decisions, I realized that when I had adopted some huge changes in my life, these were indeed the rules I had set down for myself--only Andy Andrews wrote them with such clarity and beauty that it resonated hugely with me.
The seven decisions are:

The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny.
The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom.
The Active Decision: I am a person of action.
The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me.
The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.
The Compassionate Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit.
The Persistent Decision: I will persist without exception.


So, while reading the book for me was really fun, I like the audio version, because I can put it in the car and listen to it and remind myself from time to time about how to keep my attitude positive and useful to me. Andy Andrews is a great motivational speaker and writer, and having his words to listen to whenever you want is a great companion to this book. If you are looking for techniques to master his philosophy of positive thinking and action, I suggest Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: An Owner's Manual to the New York Times Bestseller, The Traveler's Gift which is a companion piece and helps you change your behavior to achieve this mindset.

I'm telling you, if you sincerely adopt these principles, your life will be better than you ever could imagine it.

This weekly funfest brings chuckles and sometimes out loud laughter. Not My Job pulls material from the show and listeners will be pleased. The Tom Hanks and Janeane Garofalo are very funny, but reactions from the panelists also make this a must hear.

For those who think NPR is a bunch of boring folks, "Wait Wait" is a great weekly quiz show that's entertaining and (slightly) educational. This CD collection of the "Not my Job" sections from Wait Wait makes great listening - perfect for commutes, while running on a treadmill, etc.

Often times I disagree with the opinions of the commentators but they express them in such a wry agreeable way that I can't help but laugh. I listen to this CD and the program podcast at work and my coworkers often wonder what it is that I am giggling over! I highly recommmend these CD's.

If you like the show, you'll love the audio cd. And if you don't listen to the show, you'll be amazed at how much fun it is! Try it, you'll love it!

I purchased this CD because I wanted to start a new Christmas Eve tradition in my home. As the years pass I find myself enjoying less of the hustle and bustle of the Christmas holidays (decorating, gifts, etc.) and wanting to focus more on the reason we celebrate Christmas (the birth of Jesus the Christ). I found that hearing the age old story in this excellent production using Biblical text was a wonderful way to focus on the religious aspect of Christmas. While I own the Word of Promise New Testament, this CD is an easy way to quickly access just the Christmas story.

This is a NRKJVersion and is not recommended for Catholics and even tho I am echumenical of religion, this is too far from the original to enjoy.
It is luckily a gift and to someone who is not well versed in the earlier versions or Catholic Bible.

This is a wonderful audio book, the christmas story with beautiful guitar background, I found this to be very inspiring during the rushing and stress of the holiday season. This is a perfect gift for anyone who needs to slow down and reflect on what Christmas is about, a fabulous Christmas find!

This is another outstanding little audio cd. Not only is it specific to Christ's Birth, but the music accompanyment is outstanding with Phil Keaggy on the guitar. Beautifully performed by the actors and moving, I was yet again blown away by the quality and the price which was literally a steal!
I intend to incorporate this little cd as part of my Christmas celebration this year!!!;-)
Thank you again to all involved!
Elizabeth Schnell

I have purchased the first 2 sets of the Bob books for my granddaughter. She is 5 years old and can read these books on her own. I purchased this book with the CD to help her. She listens and reads along with it in the car. She has been reading for almost a year now. She was in a private pre-school last year. This year she is in public kindergarden and she is the only student reading.

I have the hard copy of this book as well. It is a helpful book that just makes sense. The narator is kind of hard to listen to at times but the content is good. You may want to get the book as well so you can see the lay out and schedules better.

I used this material with our first son in 1994 and am using it again for our second son now in 2008. In fact, I am re-ordering it because I want any updates they may have added.

My clear recollection of my first son compared to neighbors' kids born around the same time was that he was calmer, collected, and infinitely more happy and well-adjusted.

If the reader is interested to further investigate the Ezzo's please see their site at gfi.org. The below is a quick blurb from a link at their site:

"Gary Ezzo holds a Master of Arts degree from Biola University, Talbot Theological Seminary and School of Theology and serves as the Executive Director of Growing Families International. Anne Marie Ezzo is a registered nurse, has co-authored On Becoming Birthwise, and Birth by Design, oversees the GEMS (Contact Mom) ministry and ministers alongside her husband. The Ezzo's have 2 married daughters, eight grandchildren."

I suspect that TulipGirl, one of the "reviewers" has her own ax to grind and has not revealed her own preferences, beliefs, associations, or whether on not she has had children of her own.

As for myself, I am a Christian, a father, an accounting manager, and am on the verge of completing my fourth degree. I want the best for my kids and that means I want what works. This stuff definitely works. Please feel free to contact me via this site if you would like.

Thanks,

Don

First, much of the medical, developmental, breastfeeding, and sleep information in Babywise is not accurate. A lot of opinions are presented as facts. Consequently, intelligent, loving parents are making decisions based on faulty information--faulty information that can lead to serious problems for baby. (See ezzo.info for details.)

Second, for some babies, the ideas in BW seem to "work." Their inate rhythm is in sync with the schedules promoted by Gary Ezzo. Their belly size can accomodate larger feedings less frequently. They "fit" with the sleep schedule okay. Perhaps some little ones fall into this category. The thing is, there are many babies who do NOT "fit" into the BW type of schedule, and a new mom just doesn't know whether her baby will or not. When people recommend Babywise, how often do you hear the caveat, "Well, some mothers don't make enough milk using this program and some babies end up with delayed growth or sleep disorders or attachment issues--so be careful, and I hope your baby "fits" into it well!"

And finally, c'mon be honest, have you EVER met someone who thought they didn't have common sense? Have you ever met a new mom who would say "oh, I can't be flexible or use common sense, so I better stay away from Babywise!" While each parent is fully responsible for her own actions and her own child, I put the onus of providing sound, researched, medically and developmentally accurate information on the author. And in this area, Gary Ezzo fails to measure up.




Just for clarity. . . I am not criticizing any mother who has used Babywise or discounting your love or common sense. I am criticizing an author and a method with a track record of poor results, even when used by loving, common-sensical parents.

Libertarian-conservative Bernard Goldberg lets the Left have it in this enjoyable book. The New York Times, Rosie O'Donnell, and other bastions of leftist foolishness are put in their place. I also respect his wilingness to criticize conservatives, asking whether they would have endorsed nation-building in Iraq if Bill Clinton had invaded it instead of Bush. A good question; one which I do not have the answer to. He also attacks creationism, which made me like the book more. I recommend Crazies, especially at the Amazon.com price.

"Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right (Kindle edition)"

What got my attention was the discussion of race. He asks: "When did Republicans lose their nerve on race? And why?" According to Shelby Steele: "White guilt does not depend on the goodwill or geniune decency of people. It depends upon their fear of stigmatization, their fear of being called racist." But white guilt doesn't just apply to conservatives nor Republicans, nor does fear as the following quote shows: "There is no subject that journalists fear more than race in America. None." And, "The problem is that reporters tend to be liberal and liberals don't really want to ask "uncomfortable" questions about race, because the entire subject of race makes them uncomfortable. Unless of course it is framed in the usual safe, familiar terms."

Wimpiness on the subject of race is bipartisan. But you have to look hard in this book to see that. It could have been made clearer. Making it seem political just confuses the matter.

For a man who wrote a book called "Bias", This is the most Bias book I have ever read. The entire book is Liberal bashing, calling them racists and bigots. The only thing he utters about Conservatives is that they are to scared to adress racial issues.

I can agree with him that the is lots of liberal bias in the media, and that many of them have turned crazy. but anyone who says he has been a liberal his entire life, then slowly went to the right, goes on to say that Fox news is the only network that does not have a bias, or that Ann Coulter makes sense, or that George Bush hasn't made a mess of things, is clearly Bias! I find it hard to believe this man has spent his career in news!

In the end, I could not put this book down for some stupid reason, and at some spots in this book, he makes decent points... buy it at your own risk.

Goldberg is right on .... he shines the light of greedy self interest on both parties. Those of us who think the system is broke, and anything the politicians do to attempt fixing it only make it worse, will love this book.

Benard is a great reporter but should stick to the news and quit trying to analyse politics He hasn't a clue and comes out with the wrong opinion every time.BIAS was a good book he has not written anything near it in years. The book is a waste of money.

I love this story! The CD audio is very good. It's very easy to get lost in the story.

This wasn't as good as I was hoping. I needed more background sound effects--not just people with British accents.

What a terrific find! I got the Romeo and Juliet cd from the same company and was very pleased. So, I tried Macbeth. This is the finest interpretation of the parts I have ever heard. The readers even speak with Scottish accents. This a dramatized version, complete with sound effects. My students love it.

This really is "The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark" and not only the Prince but his family. Not only his family but his friends. Not only his friends but all though that came before him and is told to those that came after him.

You can slow down and pick apart many underlying themes and may of the phrases that now challenge Bible sayings in today's sound bites. But the real fun is in just reading the story and you will find that it is not as foreign as you may have thought.
A quick synopsis is that Old Hamlet conquered Old Fortinbras seizing his land. Now that Old Hamlet is dead, Young Fortinbras wants his land back and is willing to take it by force. Meanwhile back in Dänemark Young Hamlet who is excessively grieving for the loss of his father, gets a now insight from his fathers ghost. Looks like he was a victim of a "murder most foul"; it looks like his mother and uncle were in cahoots on the murder.

The story is about what each person felt and acted or did not act upon the situation.
You will find many movies and perverted imitations of the story but nothing will replace the original that was intended to be watched but reads well.
You may like different audio and audio dramatizations.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead