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This book is fundamental for me because I'm PhD candidate and my thesis is about Flexible Spaces

SIMPLE GIFTS is a delightful collection of short stories by beloved authors! Very Enjoyable!

Great book - couldn't put it down.

I have bought this book to read two little novels written by J.McNaught which are not translated into french (I am French).
Despite of my very poor english, it was a very good moment of evasion and the great sense of humour of J.McNaught was still there. The stories were good but definitively too short...

Four quick reads that are perfect for your wait at the doctor's office or waiting at your child's sports practice.

"Just Curious" is a touching tale about a woman who is a widow and stuggling to move on with her life alone. Her boss makes her a business proposition that she can not refuse, not realizing that it will lead to true love.

Some reviewers were disappointed with "Miracles", the story of Nicki and Juliana. Nicki was such an intriguing secondary character in Whitney My Love and Until You (two of Judith McNaught's best sellers), that I can see why fans wanted him to have a longer story.

Those of you who follow the Montgomery/Taggart series written by Jude Deveraux will be interested in "Change of Heart", a story about Frank Taggart. This is a story of mature love between a struggling single mom and a wealthy businessman. Unbelievably, a young boy orchestrates the meeting of these two unlikely characters and it really is a heart-warming story.

"Double Exposure" is a prequel to Remember When written by Judith McNaught. It is Corey and Spence's story. I liked it because I was familiar with the characters. It is an interesting, if not bizarre, wedding.

These short stories may be a good way to become acquainted with these fabulous authors if you have not read any of their longer romance novels. Avid McNaught/Deveraux fans will feel right at home with them!

I only bought this book because of Judith's McNaught short on Nicholas Duville's love story, All I ever did through the piece was sigh and cuddle the book to my heart, and continued reading page after page, I cried I smiled, I felt my heart bloom with every kiss or embrace the characters had...and this is only a FICTIONAL story!! GOD! I miss Mcnaught!!! I miss her so much! So much that I want to wringe her neck for discarding the gift she had in making BEAUTIFUL historicals! she was a legend! and still is! does anybody know's what happened to her?! Honestly!
I adored her story with Nicki, Julliana was the classic Mcnaught Herione...perfection! But what I liked most about her was that she wasted no time in making things interesting, I related with Nicki so much through out the story he was always the "Friend" to the women he was interested in, interesting women on the whole seemed to back away from him and run into the arms of other men...and that was TWO books straight! good thing it didn't end there and had him star here as a hero for once! I loved him since Whitney, my love...I adore him now! the bit with Julianna excusing herself from Nicki saying "Goodafternoon,Mr....er....Deveraux." I laughed so much it was so clever to put Jude Deveraux's name in there...hehehe...

I recommend anything by Judith Mcnaught although for me I have no interest in her contemporary novels...its her historicals you should be looking out for and their the following:
-Almost Heaven
-Something Wonderful
-Once and Always
-A Kingdom Of Dreams
-Whitney, My Love
-Until you
-And lastly this book Simple Gifts (Nicki's story -Miracles-)

I'm sure your going to enjoy all of them! :)

This is the most detailed view / explination of the Coming Earth Changes I am aware of. ( Daybreak would be an excellent book covering some concepts in greater detail ). Certainly I would rate this book with 5 stars as it is one of the top ten books that one must own. I have read and reread the book many times and continue to refer to it.

If you are aware of your surroundings you will understand my explination when I say this book shakes me from 10 feet away when my eyes make contact with the cover.

I have given this books to my dear friends. Usually I am pretty tight with my money. I greatly enjoy the authors easy to read / understand writing style.

Mary Summer Rain would always be welome at my campfire any time and I would share my food with her.

Barton Thom

Phoenix Rising written by Mary Summer Rain as dictated by 'NoEyes' is more relevant today than when first written years ago. As the world progressively gets crazy, the senseless violence she predicted has continued. No common sense is running rampant and the values our forefathers began our country with are falling by the wayside.

I found Phoenix Rising to be quite believable. I was not surprized at all what what had been seen for the future that we have created for ourselves. I enjoyed the book immensely and found the authors ability to write outstanding.

Mary Summer Rain hasn't written anything that hasn't been said by about a zillion other new age authors. However, Summer Rain does bring a whole new level of creepiness and general feeling of mental instability to an otherwise repetitive and plagaristic genre. Seriously folks, this woman gives me the creeps. In several places in this book she's shown: irrational hatred and violent urges, smug superiority over those who don't share her views, and an utterly disturbing fawing posessiveness for this No-Eyes. This book isn't worth reading...I'd suggest buying a book about earth changes and doom from someone less mentally unstable.

The only reason I gave this book a star is because Amazon doesn't allow you to NOT give stars.

Given all the glowing reviews prior to mine, I feel compelled to offer an alternative viewpoint.

I find Mary Summer Rain's writing style very annoying and thus difficult to read. I find her relationship with No-Eyes irritating and extremely distracting from the message of the book.

Of course, perhaps I am overlooking the whole point. Maybe it is her interaction with her teacher that is the point of the book and teachings about end-times are just incidental.

I am at only at page 100 and have had a hard time reading more than a few pages at a time (and I haven't yet discovered anything about the future other than it is going to be bad). Now that I read in a review below that there is a list at the end of the book, I plan to skip straight to that and spare myself the misery of reading everything to that point.

Obviously others have liked it very much, but it is definitely not something I will read over and over (in fact, I won't finish it). Nor will I recommend it to others.

I suggest you find a copy of one of Ms. Summer Rain's books at the library. Check it out. If her style of writing fascinates rather than disturbs you, then by all means read this and her other books. If, like me, you cannot stand her style, then you have saved yourself the cost of the book.

The author does an excellent job showing how to build rapport and trust.
Clear, concise dialogue and easy to follow.
A wonderful addition to the Family Therapy class I am about to attend.

This is a wonderful christian radio drama that my children and I listened to on a long car trip. It held their attention and interested them so much that they wished our drive had been longer.

Very simply "Sixty Seconds" is an excellent book and a must read. Why? Read it and find out.

This book gives insight into the many different ways in which there is hope and inspiration where you may not see...being more aware of our connection to others and to the earth. It is an honor to read from those at a higher level...we can all gain something by reading this book...Joan Linder

Thank you Phil Bolsta for this wonderful collection of memorable moments of grace from a variety of great spritual teachers, thinkers, and activists for change in our time. What a rich collection of experiences that changed these peoples' lives by opening up their eyes to previously unseen threads of reality woven through this life on earth! I shared many of the stories with my daughter, as they were such wonderful lessons for being a loving presence to the world.

It is very validating to a sometimes-pragmatist like myself not to dismiss those moments of clarity that come to us in sometimes very ordinary moments, and sometimes in moments of great trial. They are all blessings, revealing that we are all a part of something so much larger than ourselves. Thank you to each storyteller for sharing!

This is a book of stories, rather like "Chicken Soup for the Soul" where people share their personal experiences who their lives or the lives of people around them changed in literally the blink of an eye. Authors include Wayne Dyer, Dean Ornish, Marilyn Diamond, and Deepak Chopra.

But my favorite story was from a hairdresser that had a client come in between her usual times for a styling. When the hair stylist asked about any special occasion, the client said "Oh, I just want to look and feel good tonight." After a scalp massage, a haircut and a lot of laughing and sharing, the client left. And then had her sister check her into a mental health facility, because the reason she was getting her hair done was because she was going to commit suicide that night, and she wanted to look good at her funeral. How sobering! By being fun, entertaining, caring and "there" for his client, the stylist actually saved her life.

The other story I loved is one of a doctor who volunteered for a spate in Nigeria. While there, he did a risky procedure to remove fluid around the heart of a young farmer. After some touch-and-go moments, the procedure was a success. When the doctor came back later to see his patient, the farmer said the most extraordinary thing: "I get the sense you are wondering why you came here." --How did he know, thought the doctor. "I have an answer for you" went on the farmer, "You came here for one reason. You came here for me." The doctor realized he was there, anywhere, to help ONE PERSON AT A TIME. After he had gotten over a very grandiose viewpoint of his own importance, the farmer set down the significance of what he was doing. Helping one other person, one at a time. Very profound.

This is a terrific book about life's purpose and our place in it. A very inspiring book to read and I recommend it highly.

In a gentle, quiet Foreword Caroline Myss serves as a guide to the reader who may pick up this small but significant book with her thoughts that 'the most meaningful events that have shaped our lives have, by far, been the smallest and the subtlest.' That introduction serves Phil Bolsta's SIXTY SECONDS: ONE MOMENT CHANGES EVERYTHING well for it provides the thread that ties these 45 collected moments shared by a wide variety of thinking people into a memorable, valuable reminder that life as we are living it is precious, that no matter how raw times become or challenging events can be, there is that single moment that can change our vision if only we are vulnerable and sensitive to notice.

Bolsta introduces each section of this book (1. Glimpses into the Unknown: life-and-death moments; mysterious moments 2. Living Life: heartbreaking moments; sacred moments 3. Insightful Incidents: life-altering moments, moments of enlightenment) with brief synopses of his own philosophy and then gives a brief background for each of the highly regarded people who agreed to share their particular moments that changed their lives. As the section divisions suggest these 'moments' can be the result of encountering trauma, fear, near death episodes, or simply those happenstance frozen moments in time where the words or deeds of strangely appropriate individuals arrested the attention of the writer and quietly but inexplicably altered the path or journey through this life.

For some readers this collection of moments may feel too grounded in Western religious explanations. But the experiences shared by these 45 'changed people' cannot help but raise our awareness of the 'spiritual' presence that accompanies these changes - and that 'spiritual presence' can be called by any name for any preference. The messages are still poignant and reassuring in our lives that at times seem to lack meaning. Grady Harp, July 08

In addition to being a textbook, this is a resource worth adding to your professional library.

This book was just what I needed for my class. It had all the info that I needed to help me succeed in the class.

Great book. Very helpful in my study of the school superintendency. Very practical and useful information.

The book gave you a lot of information on the use of energy in other religions. There are exercise to do, to help you with the use of energy.

I highly recommend this book and any of Mr. Bonewits books

I just wanted to write a quick thanks to Isaac and Phaedra for this book, and a recommendation for anyone considering reading it.

As an educated individual, a self-proclaimed intellectual, and a pagan, I've been thoroughly disappointed with the majority of works available on magic and witchcraft. Countless times I've read rosy and exciting accounts of magic, rituals, energy work, etc., without any attempt on the part of the authors to provide scientific, factual, or even rational bases for their claims. I have always been divided by my imagination and belief in the mystical, unseen world, and my need for "facts." I want to believe in the things claimed in the majority of pagan works, but I don't ever want to believe blindly...I was raised Christian...'nuff said.

Since becoming pagan three years ago it's been slow growing, as energy has been a hugely difficult concept for me. As one reviewer mentioned (an excellent observation), Christianity separates you from nature and the world. I've been searching for books and teachers to help me become open again, and to bring me back to the world in a way that both halves of my brain can understand.

"Real Energy" has been exactly the book I was looking for, and again, thank you Isaac and Phaedra for standing up and bringing reason back to the beauty of paganism, and for wielding the science stick in a way that supports magic rather than beating it down. This is an excellent addition to my studies and a great foundation, even for someone who's not naturally scientifically-minded.

The book gave you a lot of information on the use of energy in other religions. There are exercise to do, to help you with the use of energy.

I highly recommend this book and any of Mr. Bonewits books

Clear, direct, and simple, this book is great for getting a handle on the etheral subject of magical energies. Anyone annoyed with breathy, wide-eyed authors who have their feet in the clouds or who are clearly in love with their own mystic 75-cent vocabularies will find the Bonewits duo's writing style and outlook to be refreshingly matter-of-fact and accessible, even humorous at times. Energy is broken down into component types (including how it's seen through beliefs from different world religions/philosophies), examined rationally in well-ordered chapters, and a few exercises are provided for those who wish to explore further. An interesting read all around.

To be honest, I wasn't really expecting to enjoy this book quite as much as I did Bonewit's earlier work, "Real Magic". Boy, was I wrong. I devoured this book.
Both Issac and Phaedra have created here something very special and unique. Where to begin?

First off, as a person with a technical background, I was throughly impressed and grateful to see that the inclusion of physics and quantum mechanics in the book were discussed factually and accurately, with no "fluff" or twisting of facts to fit preexisting hypotheses or ulterior motives. The Boneswits' are among the very few who are not afraid to attempt to reconcile magic, to some degree, with the scientific worldview. At stated in the book, there is no such thing as the Supernatural, all things follow natural laws, whether or not modern science is yet cognizant of them.
However, I believe it is not the authors' intent to "prove" anything to a non-believer, but only to provide insight and education to all those that believe or merely study the topic academically.

If there is one possible exception to the above, it's in one of my favorite sections where the authors discuss the modern (over?)usage of the word "Energy" by the New Age crowd; contrasting it first in strictly physicists' terms, they then make a rather appealing allowance for it's more colloquial and abundant usage by revealing startling similarities between ancient Hermetic concepts and modern string theory, among other cutting-edge modern day scientific constructs.
Like Real Magic, both Eastern and Western mystical concepts are covered in the book, from the Greek roots of the word "Spirit" to the Chinese "Qi" to the Indian "Prana", among others, all of which pertain, etymologically and interestingly, to "breath".

There is an updated section on the "Laws of Magic" formerly discussed in Issac's seminal "Real Magic", as well as treatises on traditional mystical sources of energy such as the Aristotelian Four Elements; herbs and plants; gemstones and minerals; Gaia(Earthmother/Biosphere)and Cosmos, and of course, animals and living beings. A very brief discourse on spirits, faeries, djinns, and the like, is also offered towards the end, as is a larger section on generating and controlling previously discussed energies.

Overall, I immensely enjoyed this book, and I would even recommend it over Real Magic, if one had no option but to choose between the two. However, the best option, by far, is to get both of them!