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Over the objections of her spiteful daughter-in-law and despite her own sentimental misgivings, the sharp-witted, tweed-wearing widow Maudie Todhunter is selling the remote Cornish farmhouse left to her by her husband, Patrick. In A Week in Winter, her first book to be published in the U.S., British author Marcia Willett explores the competing claims of love, memory, and duty. Maudie knows that her beloved granddaughter Posy would have liked to inherit Moorgate. But she is surprised to learn who else wants the old house and what secrets unfold as she puts Moorgate on the market. What makes A Week in Winter a "women's" novel (and may narrow its appeal) is its slow development--nothing is rushed here--and a tendency to linger in the moment, savoring emotional nuances and fine points of plot and character. At best, this makes the novel a smooth and leisurely read, but it can also bring the action to a crawl. To compensate, Willett provides some mysterious clues that lend a Gothic aura to an otherwise straightforward tale of giving up a much-prized object in the hope that something better will arrive. --Regina Marler
Book Description
Every once in a while a very special story comes along that deserves an enormous cozy chair with a view of rolling hills, a fire snapping quietly in the hearth, a cup of real cocoa in a favorite mug, and a plate of homemade cookies. A Week in Winter is such a tale.
Moorgate is an enchanting old country house that belongs to Maudie Todhunter, a spirited widow who has been holding on to the place for the sake of her beloved granddaughter. But Maudie can no longer afford a second home, so she reluctantly puts it up for sale.
Moorgate immediately attracts more buyers than Maudie knows what to do with. The first is Selina, her stepdaughter, who has never seen eye-to-eye with Maudie on anything. The second potential buyer is Rob Abbot, a contractor who has lovingly restored every nook and cranny and who is embarrassed by his own passionate devotion to the house. The third is Melissa Clayton, a young woman with a sad, sad secret who discovers at Moorgate all she's ever wanted.
As the story weaves between the past and present, Maudie is startled to uncover patterns of deceit and betrayal that contradict all her most cherished beliefs. At times it seems that her most trustworthy companion is her granddaughter's giant English mastiff Polonius, who is boarding with Maudie after having been banished from his own home by an irate Selina.
As the final revelations stun both Maudie and the reader, A Week in Winter achieves a combined richness of character and circumstance that raises it above most modern contemporary fiction. Marcia Willett is a writer to discover and to celebrate.
Customer Reviews:
A WEEK IN WINTER.......2007-07-09
With a husband at home receiving Hospice Care my days and nights were very lonely and heart-wrenching. This book is truly a treasure and one difficult to put down, yet the thought of soon returning to it, lightened my heavy heart. I am sorry it is in paperback as I would want to add it to my library and loan it to friends without fear of signs of use.
A Realistic Portrayal of Life.......2006-07-15
Marcia Willett's "A Week in Winter" is a very much modern day novel woven in a familial paradigm spun from threads of characters who appear in all dimensions absolutely real and vibrant and full of life. This is a book that comes as a refreshing read and employs a realistic portrayal of life in ficton. "A Week in Winter" as the title itself suggests is the life of a famly during Christmas and in a limited space and time windows the sudden and occasionally abrupt changes in the lives of a plethora of characters ranging from one-year-old Luke to old Maudie Todhunter. This is a moving story about human passions,dreams,hopes,expectations,acceptance and inability to go beyond the insulated boundary of perception,a riveting tale about man's tryst with inevitability and most importantly his own self.
Set against the backdrop of a week during Christmas time,Marcia Willett's amazing piece of literature revolves around Moorgate,a house of contention on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall,England. Indeed it is the proposed selling of Maudie Todhunter's late husband's home that spells troble which ripples diasaster and severe coldness across the family. Maudie is the second wife of Hector Todhunter and has never been able to make the transgression from a stepmother to a mother for Selina and Patricia,Hector's daughters from his first marriage to Hilda. Selina has been an eternal enemy to the hapless Maudie whose life has been rendered forlorn by her husband's death. Her only means to gain some respite from the gloomy atmosphere is exchange of emotions with Daphne,Hector and Hilda's old friend,and occasional but just as buoyed and joyous visits from Selina's daughter Posy. A disenchanted stepdaughter,a huge figure's death and financial insecurity are not enough to conspire and rip apart Maudie's life,and now that she has put Moorgate on sale,things are going radically out of hand.
Selina is fuming with rage at the inevitable sale of her father's home and like one of her realm---that of emotional unbalance and indecision of mind---is making all sorts of execuses to impede the sale. She coaxes,pleads and even threatens her husband Patrick Stone,a disillusioned and resigned-to-fate man,to but Moorgate but the odds are heavily stacked against her. "What is one man's meat is other man's poison". In this case though,the adage becomes "What is one man's poison is another man's meat". Rob Abot is the caretaker of Moorgate but given the splendor and charisma of the house he's steeply in love with it. He has not enough finance to buy it but an unconceived meeting with Melissa---who lives in London along with her writer brother Mike and his son Luke,and is a prospective buyer of the property---sripts a fantasy tale that is full of promise and anticipation Rob and Melissa both fall in love at first sight with each other and the five days spent together at Moorgate are the few moments of unassuming glory and fun before the threatening darkclouds swallow them up.
"A Week in Winter" is not just simply a novel about the selling of a house and the consequence of this act;its moral conviction and conjuring up of vivid truths of life are more taut ideas. The book has a tragic note right from the very inception and this sombre picture is carried throughout until the end punctuated by happy incidents. This shade of pessimism might be the flip side of the book but then again,life at its best never promoses any fairytale gratifications. The best feature of this book is the picturisation of the characters of the characters as possessing stories of their own;each figure has its own story to tell,a story patterned in overlapping patches of black and whiteand all stories are distinctly different and so all the more better for the construction of the plot.
Marcia Willett's magic lies in her well-drawn characters all aspiring to jump out of the pages,turn to life and form a part of the reader's environment. Each character is well-defined and massively crucial for the gradual unfolding of the story. "A Week in Winter" is an ebullient book that mirrors life in its exactitude and involves condensed descriptions and measured glimpses of intrinsic emotions and feelings. Patrick Stone's sudden realisation of his position and his metamorphosis,Daphne's acknowledgament of a dark secret,Selina and Maudie's relationship and a slight repitition of feelings of one generation in another are the most critical junctures of this lovely and exotic book. The authoress makes her book an absorbing read and we seem to live the experiences of the fictive characters ourselves. A fluid narration held by certain dynamic reflection moods,invokation of tragedy,romance and Nature and a brilliantly construed idea make this book a wondrous book,one that never attempts to gallop away from life's destined campaign.
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.......2005-07-30
I adored this book. Marcia Willett is a true find, and I only wish there were more of her books available. I didn't think she could match THE CHILDREN'S HOUR, but A WEEK IN WINTER is every bit as good. What makes her writing so special, aside from her brilliant descriptive prose, is her characters. Even Polonius, the dog, emerges vividly, and you feel you know him. I chuckled over and over again when Willett described what he was thinking, because I could believe every word. Even the antagonists in the story, like Selina, were multi-faceted and fascinating. Willett is simply a master at creating full-bodied, believable characters who amuse, frustrate, fascinate, and engross. She also knows how to create and maintain suspense, making me want to turn the pages faster or peek at the ending (yes, I admit it, I sometimes do that). :) Please, Ms. Willett, can't you write faster? I only have one more book of yours left to read, and then what? VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
breathtaking.......2005-02-07
This book was like a breath of fresh air...very Maeve Binchy and Rosemund Pilcher in feel...with characters who you fall in love with. Heartbreaking and hopeful...a book I would recommend to anyone who will listen.
Thoroughly Engrossing... Highly Recommended..........2005-01-10
Marcia Willett is no imitator. Her writing can be compared to Pilcher and Binchy as noted, and what a wonderful compliment...i.e., the descriptive writing and attention to detail so that the characters have the breath of life in them. They wound themselves around the heart of this enchanted reader.
The descriptions of Cornwall were so clear that I was transported.
The intertwining of characters, simply living their (not so) ordinary lives, becomes anything but ordinary. The main character, Maudie Todhunter, is delightful as is her step-granddaughter Posey. Posey's Mother, Selena was impossibly frightful and Ms.Willett weaves a wonderful tale of family strengths, weaknesses, falling in love (with a few mysteries thrown in) through them. I particularly loved Polonius, the dog.
I have her "A Summer In The Country" and eagerly begin another anticipated delight! Thank you Marcia Willett!
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The Merlin Effect
T. A. Barron
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Kate Gordon has traveled all the way to San Lazaro in Baja California ot help her fathr locate the sunken remains of the Resurrection-a galleon wrecked in 1547 and believed to cradle in its belly a fortune in gold and silver. But as Kate is about to discover, there lays entombed in the dark and treacherous waters of San Lazaro a treasure far more valuable than anything Kate could ever imagined: a magical drinking horn from Arthurian times wihch--as legend would have it--led to the demise of the great wizard Merlin.Drawn by the power of the horn into an undersea world inhabited by strange and terrifying cratures, Kate must battle ancient forces to save her father's life....and her own.
Customer Reviews:
Enjoyable, fast-paced half-breed fantasy.......2005-10-10
This book starts out like realistic fiction, and gradually melds into the type of fantasy that most readers associate with Barron. The protagonist is a likable one - the adventuresome thirteen year old Kate. A lot of the book is about Merlin, and readers of Barron's Merlin series will recognize a few of the Arthurian names that are mentioned. Some of the fantasy parts were a little unbelievable - even for a fantasy; Barron handled them a bit awkwardly - but you're still happy to follow Kate. All in all, the novel moves quickly, is interesting, and has a neat premise and a lot of cool ideas.
Strong "Effect".......2004-11-23
T.A. Barron has said that writing this book spurred him to begin his epic "Lost Year of Merlin" saga. That said, "The Merlin Effect" is a book that is only similar to his high fantasy series because of... well, Merlin. The old wizard is only one source of magic and mystery in Barron's third entrancing novel.
Kate Gordon has been tooling around around near her dad's research vehicles in Baja, California. Her father, Jim, has come there determined to prove the validity of the ancient sunken ship, the Resurreccion, and the fabled horn of Merlin that it contains. The Horn of Merlin, the Serilliant, was once filled with a mer-king's gift: the gift of forever remaining young. And the "Ballad of the Resurreccion" mentions this horn.
Now Jim, Isabella and Terry, a marine biologist and an obnoxious sonar expert, are finding some very strange things in the vicinity of an enormous, never-ending whirlpool. When they set out to find out more about the whirlpool, Kate finds herself on the Resureccion -- with a strange old monk who has lived down there, kept alive by the presence of the horn. Now they must find the horn, and battle the evil enchantress Nimue, before a rupture in the ocean floor destroys all of them...
T.A. Barron has made a reputation for himself with his lush, imaginative fantasies laced with little bits of myth and legend. And "Merlin Effect" shows how he can take even seemingly silly ideas -- the horn of Merlin on an old Spanish ship? -- and make them plausible fantasy plots. He also gives a few new twists on Arthurian legend, bringing the character of Merlin forward in time without silly gimmicks.
Barron's writing is typically lush here, with ornate descriptions of the California shoreline and the strange, eerie interior of the shipwrecked Resureccion (an apt name for the ship, considering the horn's effect). He makes the story come alive with little details, sounds and smells and colors; the message of the book is in the true effect of the horn, which will come as something of a surprise. And little tidbits of real Celtic legend are woven in, such as the various treasures at the climax.
Thankfully, Barron doesn't "wise-up" Kate to the point that she seems unreal. Rather, she seems like a teenager who has seen and experienced too much to not be intrigued by the strange and surreal. Merlin himself is pretty easy to spot, but the way he fakes doddering eccentricity is amusing to read. Even the malicious Nimue is given a bit of extra dimension, when Merlin reveals that once she was good and selfless.
T.A. Barron's "Merlin Effect" is a worthy predecessor to the "Lost Years of Merlin" and "Great Tree of Avalon" series, a solid fantasy-adventure full of beauty, magic and color.
Strong "Effect".......2004-11-21
T.A. Barron has said that writing this book spurred him to begin his epic "Lost Year of Merlin" saga. That said, "The Merlin Effect" is a book that is only similar to his high fantasy series because of... well, Merlin. The old wizard is only one source of magic and mystery in Barron's third entrancing novel.
Kate Gordon has been tooling around around near her dad's research vehicles in Baja, California. Her father, Jim, has come there determined to prove the validity of the ancient sunken ship, the Resurreccion, and the fabled horn of Merlin that it contains. The Horn of Merlin, the Serilliant, was once filled with a mer-king's gift: the gift of forever remaining young. And the "Ballad of the Resurreccion" mentions this horn.
Now Jim, Isabella and Terry, a marine biologist and an obnoxious sonar expert, are finding some very strange things in the vicinity of an enormous, never-ending whirlpool. When they set out to find out more about the whirlpool, Kate finds herself on the Resureccion -- with a strange old monk who has lived down there, kept alive by the presence of the horn. Now they must find the horn, and battle the evil enchantress Nimue, before a rupture in the ocean floor destroys all of them...
T.A. Barron has made a reputation for himself with his lush, imaginative fantasies laced with little bits of myth and legend. And "Merlin Effect" shows how he can take even seemingly silly ideas -- the horn of Merlin on an old Spanish ship? -- and make them plausible fantasy plots. He also gives a few new twists on Arthurian legend, bringing the character of Merlin forward in time without silly gimmicks.
Barron's writing is typically lush here, with ornate descriptions of the California shoreline and the strange, eerie interior of the shipwrecked Resureccion (an apt name for the ship, considering the horn's effect). He makes the story come alive with little details, sounds and smells and colors; the message of the book is in the true effect of the horn, which will come as something of a surprise. And little tidbits of real Celtic legend are woven in, such as the various treasures at the climax.
Thankfully, Barron doesn't "wise-up" Kate to the point that she seems unreal. Rather, she seems like a teenager who has seen and experienced too much to not be intrigued by the strange and surreal. Merlin himself is pretty easy to spot, but the way he fakes doddering eccentricity is amusing to read. Even the malicious Nimue is given a bit of extra dimension, when Merlin reveals that once she was good and selfless.
T.A. Barron's "Merlin Effect" is a worthy predecessor to the "Lost Years of Merlin" and "Great Tree of Avalon" series, a solid fantasy-adventure full of beauty, magic and color.
A New Take On Merlin's History.......2004-04-27
This week I would like to talk about the new T.A. Barron book THE MERLIN EFFECT.
Like Barron's last book that I reviewed this one has the feel of a very good juvenile. Although while the hero is a ten-year-old girl, it is very easy to forget what her age is. All that really matters is that she is with her father on a research trip.
This book tells the story of a new chapter in the myth of Merlin. A sunken Spanish ship off of the California Peninsula coast may contain a treasure often called the Horn of Merlin. Unfortunately the wreck is near a huge whirlpool, thus making direct investigation a chancy affair. Time is at a premium as the local government is uninterested in extending the research visa. Soon it is noted that there is something unusual about the area. The local villagers claim to be hundreds of years old. A pod of whales circling the whirlpool seem to be deliberately singing to jam the sonar equipment used to find the ship. Unusual fish though to be extinct show no signs of aging.
A mishap at sea leads Kate, her father and the rest of the research team to the bottom of the sea where they encounter merfolk, monsters of the deep, the Glass House, Nimue, Merlin himself and an ancient treasure ship.
The story moves quickly and the plot twists frequently. I found THE MERLIN EFFECT to be a very enjoyable read that, while on the light side, does not lack for substance.
Quevondo ..........2004-03-10
The main chracters of the book are Kate Gordon her father Jim ,Treey Nimeu,and Merlin. The stroy is mainly about kate,merlin.and
Teery,as they try to stop Nimu from getting the Horn Of Merlin and from controlling the
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This story of hidden government agendas was written by a former Air Force intelligence officer and America s foremost paranormal investigator. Alien Rapture tells of discarded constitutional rights, alien abduction, and genetic manipulation. Based on facts, this is a disturbing look into the eyes of an unethical government and a commentary on the current UFO crisis.
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Alien Manifesto: The Lie is Out There .......2006-03-07
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" -John 8:44
This book appears to reveal the truth but it is actually disinformation from a government agent. It is a vehicle for New Age/Satanic religion. Like all good lies, it includes a lot of true material to fool the spiritually ignorant, but it leaves out the most important hidden truth behind the UFO/alien reality.
In this book, the MJ12 conspiracy group needs to protect the world from the "truth". They were told by "aliens" that there is no God and the human race was created by alien geneticists called the "Jexovah". This is the same lie perpetuated by Zecharia Sitchin and others. (I have no doubt that the faithless MJ12 group really believes the demonic lie portrayed in this book.)
The whole concept promoted in Alien Rapture is designed to undermine Christianity. We are even told about a superior alien religion. Every tenet of Christianity is replaced with a clever substitute explanation. Were we created by God? No, by aliens. Are we a fallen race in need of Jesus Christ, the savior? No, we are just genetically modified apes with flawed DNA. Can Christ save your fallen soul in this lifetime as Christians know he can? Why no, the aliens made all that up to control us, and all you can do is reincarnate over and over and save yourself by perfecting your own soul and becoming godlike yourself. (Christians know this is Satan's oldest lie: that you can be like God--if you just eat the forbidden fruit!)
Furthermore, according to this book, our not-so-heavenly fathers are busy fixing our DNA and preparing to take us to a new age of enlightenment. Forget Jesus Christ! All hail the Jexovah, our creators and our saviors! Just follow these so-called aliens (fallen angels) because they know better than us, and they will take us higher. I quote from page 193 of Alien Rapture: "Perfect human genes are a rare occurrence, but Jesus was a chosen one, and he attained the [Alien] Rapture. And so did Moses, Elijah, Mohammed, Krishna, and many other great religious and humanitarian leaders." That's right, they are all rolled into one here. Jesus is not even given higher status than Mohammed, who was a pedophile and a murderer! According to the aliens, Jesus was just a better monkey than the rest of us.
The aliens even champion a new world order with one global government and religion, where the "defective" humans (not the chosen ones) all die off so the new and improved humans alone survive the alien rapture. All earth's problems will be solved if we just bow down to them. (Read Global Tyranny Step by Step by William Jasper for the truth about world government.) In reality, this book glorifies the dream of Lucifer and all his Illuminati pawns going back to the times of the Nephilim--to corrupt the human gene pool. Before the Great Flood, fallen angels procreated with human women in order to corrupt the creation of God. The goal: to remake the human race in Lucifer's image, removed from God. This book also demonizes patriots and conservatives.
So why do readers believe the faith-destroying alien manifesto in this book? Because of massive mental conditioning by movies and television. Christianity is ridiculed and aliens are worshipped as superiors. Salvation from aliens is part of the strong delusion of the Antichrist. To believe a lie, you have to reject the truth. To follow the Antichrist you have to reject the Word of God. Only the spiritually dead would trust a soulless space alien more than Jesus Christ. Read this book if you want a glimpse of the lie that will cause millions of people to abandon God and embrace damnation.
"And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness." -2 Thessalonians 2:11-12
This Book Should Be A Movie!, .......2005-12-05
This one oughta be a movie, folks. Co-authored by Ed Fouche and Brad Steiger, they deserve to make a million bucks, if Hollywood is sharp enough to option the work. Written as a novel, Ed Fouche is able to take advantage of his 25+ years of experience, working at and within Area 51, the top secret Nevada test site run by the Government. Due to security clearances Ed felt it necessary to tell the story as a novel, and what a story it is! At least this way it gives the Government "plausible deniability", and Ed gets to live a little longer.
The hero is Joe Green, obviously an alter ego for Ed Fouche. The story develops that we are not alone, and Joe discovers that the Government is not telling us the truth about virtually everything, particularly the aliens among us. Read between the lines, MJ-12 is a sinister plot, leading to developmental sub-plots at Area 51, where the successor to the SR71, the SR75, is built. Hence the need for a 6 mile long runway, as the 75 degree sweepback on the aircraft's wings do not provide much lift at takeoff speeds.
The usual gunmen, professional killers, torturers and psycotics abound, as does a New Age preacher by the name of Page St. John. St. John gives a new, and entirely acceptable, meaning to " the Rapture ", which is plausible, possible and believable.
Aliens are there, the Jexovah, with their mother ships and their scoutcraft, here to help us. Unlike Hollywood, there are no bug-eyed monsters or giant lizards drooling from toothy jaws. There are some tough times coming, and the Jexovah are here to help us get ready and change in a positive fashion.
Without giving anything away, the superb technology shines through, for those who seek it. Read it as a thought-provoking piece of entertainment, based in fact, liberally splashed with the thoughts of those who work with and investigate alien technology. Worth every penny of the price, it will make you think, as well as entertain. One can only hope that there will be a follow on book, giving us more information on the TR-3B, the SR75 & 74, (all Project Aurora aircraft), anti-gravity units and the super-secret bases such as Papoose Lake. Not to mention MJ-12, the Jexovah, the Chosen One and last but not least, the Rapture. "Tain't what you think, folks!". On a scale of 1 to 10, a definite 8-9 in my opinion.
R. Paulson, Mohave Valley, Arizona
Usual stuff.......2005-08-17
I was expecting a good science fiction book (look at the price)...to read through the weekend, however, it was like reading a very cheap and fast written novel. Usual conspiracy stuff.
Fair 'movie' with dangerous message.......2005-06-13
This reads like a B-movie action thriller. It seems to be written especially for US 'X-files' type fans. The first reviewer has a pretty good description of that aspect of it.
However, it seems to be putting over a dangerously mixed message. These nasty little Alien Grey types are just that - nasty and unpleasant and with their own agenda, unfriendly to humans and the Earth. However their 'creators' the 'Jexovah'(yes like Jehovah) are at first poor victims of their own stupidity on their own planet which they destroyed. Then they are trying to manipulate and take over humanity on Earth (to destroy her as well?) for their own ends, with the 'helpless but paranoid evil' tendancies of the US govt and MJ12. Then they're trying to 'save this planet' through their 'prophet' who has been abducted countless times by them and 'reprogrammed with psychic healing powers'. Tosh. Utter nonsense.
It all ends too 'nicely and neatly'; the bad guys 'get dead' the 'good guys' (who exactly are they?) win. It has the overwhelming implausibility of both 'X-files' and '24'. Its a fun read, that's for sure, but don't be fooled about the 'nasty little Greys'who are 'really quite friendly', or taken in by their 'Christian/Jewish fundamentalist-type Jexovah helpers'. There's some very nasty subconscious manipulation/disinformation in this book. Take it as a fun read but remain VERY aware.
Hey guys, lighten up. .......2005-03-28
If you buy any non-fiction or fiction work about UFOs or Aliens DON'T EXPECT it to be GREAT LITERATURE. Let me make a couple of points:
1. Don't expect a REAL INSIDER to break his secret's oaths or non-disclosure agreements. According to US AFRs and DoD Regs, such a person cannot directly relate anything that he read, worked on, or saw that was Secret or above. However, if his best friend or a trusted source tells him what he already knows, then it is second hand information. That is obviously why the authors used a fiction format to DISCLOSE information, which we would otherwise not have known.
2. If a book is not published by a major publishing company with wide ranging resources, then expect it to have an occasional error. There are web sites which post detailed lists of errors and mistakes of major movies which cost over 100 million dollars to make. A mistake is not a brick wall, it's just a mistake.
This book has a nice little story that really is entertaining, but it manages to discuss a lot of the secret methods, procedures, and happenings in the DoD's Black Budget or Deep Black programs and blend them into the story for the novice. And if you're a UFO buff like myself, I've seen the Black Triangle once outside of Tempe Arizona at night, then you will recognize that the authors information on this vehicle is more detailed than you will read anywhere else. I'd say this is one of the top five UFO books in my collection.
Book Description
What would legendary Boston Celtics coach and 16-time NBA champion Red Auerbach say is the most critical quality for a person to be successful? Would his advice differ from 10-time NCAA championship coach John Wooden's? What would each say to a young person just starting out in pursuit of their dreams? What is the best advice they were ever given?
It took author Christian Klemash more than two years of research, persistence, and original interviews, but now he's ready to pass on the best advice you'll ever get. Only the rare individual has had the opportunity to pick the brain of just one legendary sports coach—let alone thirty-four of the best sports coaches of all time. Klemash gives sports fans a once-in-a-lifetime chance to learn valuable life lessons from the most famous, intelligent, and victorious coaches ever. The legends span the sports world, from gold medal-winning gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi and three-time college football championship coach Tom Osborne to four-time World Series-winning baseball manager Joe Torre and hall-of-fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee.
These coaches know how to teach top athletes about character and winning, how to manage pressure at crunch time, and how to bring out the best in their players when it matters most. How to Succeed in the Game of Life shares their insights into sports, life, and the most vital keys to sustain success.Featuring Exclusive Interviews with:
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A Great Read.......2007-08-26
Wow!Could not put it down.An extraordinay self help book.Gave it to my kids they loved it.Don't miss this one
What a great read!.......2007-07-25
I took it on vacation with me and I couldn't put it down. A great book for aspiring athletes and coaches as well as your average Joe who works 9-5. The coaches discuss a variety of topics from their childhood to how they motivate their players. Any easy read for all ages.
Game of life.......2007-07-24
I've read through Game of Life and I enjoyed it very much. There are so many things to take from this book, not just into sports, but also some reflections on life. I would recommend this book to everybody.
Coaching advise from athletic coaches.......2007-06-27
A fun read, especially if yoiu're a sports fan. I read it in search of things that would help my own ability as a coach in my company. Much of it is light stuff but the easy read makes it fun nonetheless and there are few golden nuggets laced throughout the book.
Overcome Adversity.......2007-04-12
Anyone looking for inspiration, either for their own life or to share with others, will find a gold mine of quotes here. This book isn't just for sports fans.
Customer Reviews:
Superb photography.......1999-05-21
Just returned from Malaysia and purchased the book in Kuala Lumpur thinking that it might not be available in US. Large format with photos of nearly 50 photographers many tops in their field. The text is informative and the pix exquisite.
Book Description
These fourteen prayers, revered within the Islamic world for centuries, include expressions of devotion and contemplation and provide a precious glimpse into the real practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition.
Customer Reviews:
Inspiring and Guiding.......2001-04-09
This book has been a source of inspiration for the true contact with one's heart, one's inner being. Even for those who haven't tasted the delicacy and rigour of Ibn 'Arabî's teachings it is a most welcoming piece of doctrinal guidance,with refined comments which explain and clarify the intricate meanings for both the beginners and the experienced readers.
Beautiful , Intimate, and Direct.......2001-02-12
These prayers are an immediate and direct converse between the individual and God of immense beauty and depth of intimate closeness.
Book Description
Providing a precious glimpse into the real practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition, this volume marks the first time any of Ibn ‘Arabi's prayers have been translated into another language. The 14 prayers include not only the most astounding expressions of devotion and contemplation, but also an unparalleled depth of knowledge of union. The very structure of the prayers is itself a mode of contemplation, making for a unique spiritual experience.
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This digital document is an article from Internal Medicine News, published by International Medical News Group on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 651 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Artificial heart implanted in seven men so far; trials to continue. (Four of Seven Patients Survived 60 Days).(Brief Article)
Author: Joyce Frieden
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Internal Medicine News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: International Medical News Group
Volume: 35
Issue: 13
Page: 28(1)
Article Type: Brief Article, Product/Service Evaluation
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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