A Night at the Movies Or, You Must Remember This

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Great selection of short stories with cinematic themes...

Coover's book was a very confusing piece of literature.

Coovers book is a masterpiece that reflects today's society.

Film and Television in black and white

Coover's book is a great postmodernist reading.

A Night at the Movies Or, You Must Remember This
Robert Coover
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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Binding: Hardcover
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From Hollywood B-movies to Hollywood classics, A Night at the Movies invents what might have happened in these Saturday afternoon matinees. Mad scientists, vampires, cowboys, dance-men, Chaplin, and Bogart, all flit across Robert Coover's riotously funny screen, doing things and uttering lines that are as shocking to them as they are funny to the reader. As Coover's Program announces, you will get Coming Attractions, The Weekly Serial, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, and more, but turned upside-down and inside-out.

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Great selection of short stories with cinematic themes..........2002-05-15

You must remember this features the love of Rick and Ilse as you've never imagined it before. Other stories offer a colorful
though often sadistic portrayal of the place where reality
meets the celluloid imaginings that too often seem to dominate
our lives. Wonderful, clear, easy to read prose. Bitingly honest.

Coover's book was a very confusing piece of literature........1999-11-02

A Night at the Movies, is an illussive postmodern novel waith a dangerous twist of cinema genres. Coover's text interest me because all of the stories in novel seem to deal with identity. This is why I found the book confusing. Coover's illusive words and characters makr the novel hard to follow. Although coover's novel wasconfusing , it was not all bad. One of Coover's overall strengths was that he is able to create the cinematic feeling by being very desciptive. An example of his discriptive skill shows up in "Chalie in the House of Rue". Charlie discovers a police officer sitting in a tub of water. Coover describes,"His uniform is black ripply beneath the surface, the brass botton appearing to float free"(107). This descriptiion helps you visualize the officer, asif you are in the movies watching. This book is a okay read, but is very confusing. I suggest if you are not a vivid reader not to read this book. Unless your teacher assigns it. which in this case you better read it.

Coovers book is a masterpiece that reflects today's society........1999-11-02

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES by Robert Coover is a bunch of short stories within a story, these stories are based on movie sterotypes. This story is based on sex and violence which increase within the story. This story shows the purpose of the increase in sex and violence within society from the 40's to the present. Coover strength in most cases is how he uses various movie sterotypes to display the ending that is not your typical ending. A western movie would overall include the "good guy" winning, however its not in this case. Overall A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES by Robert Coover is a good read that display the way in which modern society has changed its openness and view on sex and violence and how people typically think a certain movie will end. This book is designed for a more mature audiance.

Film and Television in black and white.......1999-11-02

A Night at the Movies by Robert Coover takes a look at film of the twentieth century in a way that makes you feel like you're in the front row enjoying every scene. Coover's breakdown of the different film genres is great. He gives us all a little taste of everything in the first chapter and then gets more focused on particular genres in later chapters. One of the overall strengths in the book is the transition from one genre to the next. In the beginning of the book where Coover is moving rapidly through different genres he still manages to tie in an interesting story. An over all weakness of the text is the very short sections between the others. These stories are very short and kind of slow. After reading them I wondered why they are even in the book. Coovers text provides a smooth transition from one film genre to the next. He does a good job of accomplishing what he set out to do. Which is explore the different types of films of our time. Coover's A Night at the Movies is worth while reading for anyone who is interested in film and wants to examine a wide range of film genres.

Coover's book is a great postmodernist reading........1999-11-02

"A Night at the Movies" by Robert Coover is a book partitioned into chapters each representing different film genre with sex and violence being the most dominant. One of the overall strength in Coover's text is that it is as close to reality as it is to fiction. That is considering the ideas and not necessarily the stories. For example, he explicitly describes sexual encounters which represents the unconscious thought of human beings. Coover makes a lot of references to multiple specific movie titles which a number of readers may not have seen or even heard of; however, his main intention is the general genres. The structure of the plot of this text is hetrogeneous with no clear cut shifting points. He takes the reader flying, sailing, riding, walking.. in a short moment. This can leave the reader confused and feeling a sense of ambiguity. However, Coover does a good job in recapturing the reader's attention. Especially when he reminds the reader between now and then that he/she doesn't belong in the story. He/she is only watching or reading the events. The reader is an outsider looking in. Coover plays with the elements of fiction very well to make this book a great piece of postmodernism.

A Night at the Movies (or) You Must Remember This

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A Night at the Movies (or) You Must Remember This
Robert Coover
Manufacturer: New York Linden Press 1987.
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A Night At the Movies or, You Must Remember This
Robert Coover
Manufacturer: New York Simon and Schuster 1987.
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A Night at the Movies: Or, You Must Remember This

Manufacturer: Linden Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000I86TZO

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The story of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, an organization established in 1994 to help artists working in the blues, R&B, hillbilly, and other "roots" forms of music, comes to life in this beautiful collection of essays, photographs, and lyrics. The artists, all of whom are 55 and over, were either abused or ignored by mainstream record labels and living in poverty until the foundation stepped in to help them with basic needs such as food, shelter, and medical care. The foundation also assists the musicians' careers by providing free studio recording time and local and national tour promotion. Featured are 75 musicians such as Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Cootie Stark, Mudcat, Macavine Hayes, and Drink Small. Their well-documented lives take all who look, read, and listen on a soulful ride through music festivals, beer halls, concert stages, church pulpits, back porches, and city sidewalks.

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this book describes blues in the making.......2003-06-22

Real traditional blues (as opposed to guitar frenzied blues-rock) is very much alive and kicking, and that is the message of this book. Tim Duffy, co-founder of the non-profit "musicmaker foundation", describes the journeymen blues artists that his organisation helps to support, promote, record and arrange live dates for. These artists are a talented bunch who have invariably led the hard lives so often described by blues lyrics. Few of these people have managed to live the life of a professional musician, rather music for them has enabled them to supplement low incomes.

Short sections of text are richly illustrated with photographs shot mostly by the editor himself, and describe with great passion the often rich and eventful lives of these struggling musicians. As a bonus, a number of the artists can be heard on the enclosed CD compilation. Although BB King provides the introduction, this book is never about the well known blues icons such as BB, but celebrates the unsung heroes who are still out there keeping the blues alive in communities all over america.

This is a contemporary book of the blues like no other and is worth every penny. Regard this book as a doorway to the "musicmaker" experience, because musicmker shows are regularly organised up and down the country, as described on their website ...

Excellent.......2003-01-08

A rich and deep portrait of the state of blues today. Highly recommended and the accompanying CD alone is worth the price.

Music Makers: Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America.(Book Review): An article from: Notes

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Music Makers: Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America.(Book Review): An article from: Notes
David Evans
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MUSIC MAKERS: PORTRAITS AND SONGS FROM THE ROOTS OF AMERICA. Foreword by B. B. King

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MUSIC MAKERS: PORTRAITS AND SONGS FROM THE ROOTS OF AMERICA. Foreword by B. B. King
Timothy (editor). Duffy
Manufacturer: Hill Street Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7IAOS

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Kakuro has already become more popular than Sudoku in Japan, delighting millions with its blend of total simplicity and devilish complexity. Now North Americans have the chance to become hooked on Kakuro. In these bumper books of all-new Kakuro there are hundreds of puzzles divided into three difficulty ratings - including some fiendishly difficult ones....

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Welcome Kakuro
A good introduction to Kakuro
The Official Waste of Paper
Lacking challenge and consistency
Excellent starting point

The Official Book of Kakuro: Book 1
Timothy E. Parker
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Sharpen your pencils-and your wits-there's a new puzzle in town. Millions of Sudoku fans around the world are discovering a brand new addiction: the brain-buster Kakuro. Combining the appeal of a crossword with the addictive properties of Sudoku, it's the latest puzzle craze to come from Japan. Kakuro is more challenging, more compulsive, and more fun than anything you've played before.

Includes:
-50 Easy, 50 Medium, and 50 Hard puzzles
-Rules, Tips and Strategies
-A "unique sum chart" that is the key to unlocking the logic of Kakuro

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Welcome Kakuro.......2006-11-07

There are an equal number of Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles. There are also instructions and tips if you have never played before. If you are like me and have been doing Cross Sums for years, you will enjoy the medium and hard puzzles. Now I'm waiting for Extreme Kakuro!!

A good introduction to Kakuro.......2006-11-02

This was my first Kakuro book. It got me up and running quickly.

The Official Waste of Paper.......2006-08-31

Book is too small and bulky. Hard to keep open while solving puzzles. Gridwise, all of the puzzles were very small throughout the entire book. Should be geared toward kids, not adults. Not challenging at all.

Lacking challenge and consistency.......2006-05-19

Most of the puzzles in this book were satisfying. Three of the latter "Medium" puzzles are irritating: two lack unique solutions (for example, the answer key has "3 1" immediately above "1 3," which is impossible to logically distinguish from "1 3" directly above "3 1") and one is actually invalid (the answer key has "2 1 2" as the solution to one "word," and there's no other way to solve it, as the three cells in question must add up to 5.) The other 147 puzzles in this collection are free of such errors. My only other grumble is about the difficulty; I did not notice a significant difference between the difficulty of the medium puzzles and the first 40 hard puzzles, though the last 10 hard puzzles were a significant step up from the first 40. Even the hardest puzzles are not as difficult as those in the Virgin books. I'd recommend this to people who are looking for a first experience with Kakuro, but those with experience with other publishers might want to look elsewhere for additional challenge.

Excellent starting point.......2006-04-17

I made the mistake of starting out with /Kakuro for Dummies/. While that's an okay book if you want a random assortment of challenging Kakuro puzzles, it is a TERRIBLE beginner's book. All the /Dummies/ book did was make me feel like a complete idiot.

How is this book different? Simple. The puzzles are carefully arranged to teach you certain skills as you go along. Rather than saying, "here are the rules, and here's a billion random puzzles to solve," Tim Parker has picked an excellent selection of Kakuro puzzles with a nice progression to them. It is clear a lot of thought went into how new players will approach this book. Playing through the puzzles in order will indirectly teach you a great deal about how to solve Kakuro better and faster.

Good teachers will teach you by example, through experience, and by building confidence. Bad teachers (the Dummies book) will throw a bunch of facts at you and toss you into the deep end to fend for yourself. I prefer the confidence-building approach, and this book does an excellent job at indirectly teaching you to play Kakuro.

Highly recommended for newbies and my fellow victims of bad Kakuro books.

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Not a book for beginners
Agree with readers who panned this book
Don't bother
Typical Mike Mepham style
Move over Sudoku

The Book of Kakuro #1
Michael Mepham
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Compiled by the creator of the best-selling Book of Sudoku and Sudoku To Go series, The Book of Kakuro is the hot new puzzle craze. Think of Kakuro as the mathematical equivalent of crosswords.

Kakuro books are flying off the shelves in Japan, where millions of copies have already been sold. In Britain, national newspapers that are syndicating the now-standard daily Sudoku puzzles are racing to put Kakuro puzzles alongside them. Sukodu went from an overseas puzzle phenomenon to an American popular sensation overnight, and Kakuro, already widely popular internationally, is poised to do the same.

The Book of Kakuro includes 132 puzzles ranging in difficulty from the gentle though the tough to the diabolical, tips to solving Kakuro puzzles, worksheets, and the solutions. Fans of Sudoku are nuts about the challenge of Kakuro and addicts won't tire of Kakuro because it is so flexible. If completing a 10 x 12 cell grid becomes a breeze, simply move on to bigger grids!

Just as the Sudoku craze has begun to dominate the best-seller lists across the country, the publisher who brought you Sudoku first brings forth the next wave in the international puzzle craze, compiled and introduced by the world's best-selling puzzle master, Michael Mepham. This time, don't be the last on your block to join the fun!

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Not a book for beginners.......2007-01-29

I first got hooked on Kakuro from an inexpensive paperback so I decided to upgrade to a higher quality book. I found that all the puzzles in this book are difficult, even the ones designated as "easy". For someone with experience solving difficult Kakuro puzzles, this book is challanging. However, if you are a beginner, you will become frustrated trying to solve the first puzzle and might not ever want to try another.

Agree with readers who panned this book.......2006-09-17

Yes, I agree that the quality of the paper is poor and the puzzles are all difficult, even the "Easy" ones. However, for those looking for tough puzzles, this book is very good, and outshines the other Kakuro (aka "Add 'Em Up") books I've seen. The difficulty rating really refers only to the size of the grid; i.e., the "Easy" ones have the fewest rows and columns. The techniques required to solve the puzzles are pretty much the same for all difficulty levels.

I would like to mention one technique that is required to solve many, if not most, of the puzzles in this book. That is because it does not seem to be required in other Kakuro books I've seen, and could be a stumbling block for some readers of this book. Consider an area of the puzzle (generally not rectangular). Let R be the sum of all entries in this area, when the row totals are summed. Similarly, let C be the sum of all entries when the column totals are summed. Naturally, R = C. Sometimes R can be calculated (i.e., each row total equals the given row sum less the sum of known entries in the row that are outside the given area), and C can expressed C = A - x, where A is a computed constant and x equals the unknown value of a cell that is not in the given region. It follows that x = A - R. (Obviously, the same technique can be employed when C can be computed and R can be expressed R = A - x.) Occasionally, Mepham is particularly devilish, requiring us to extend this approach to obtain an expression x = y + B (or x = B - y), where x and y represent values of two cells outside the area, and B is a computed constant. Clear as mud?

Don't bother.......2006-08-15

This book is such a poor example of an edited puzzle book. Our family does daily kakuro and sudoku puzzles from the paper or other sources. The "gentle" make you think so hard that that it's NO FUN. Don't think anyone tried them before the book was published.

Typical Mike Mepham style.......2006-02-15

Just like his Sudoku books; 4 levels of difficulty - Gentle, Moderate, Tough and Diabolical.

All of the puzzles make you "use your noodle". I have yet to complete one of his puzzles, although some other Kakuros give me no difficulty solving.

One thing this book has going for it is a primer on solving Kakuro.

Move over Sudoku.......2006-01-03

Just when you thought Sudoku was the latest puzzle to drive you crazy, along comes Kakuro, another Japanese puzzle to become the newest craze. Like Sudoku, Kakuro is really anything but new; it has been in Dell puzzle publications for years under the name "Cross Sums." No matter what you want to call it, however, it is an interesting puzzle with rules as simple as those of Sudoku and that's as maddeningly challenging.

I have two complaints with this book that knock a star off its rating. First, the difficulty ratings seem based more upon the size of the puzzle grid than upon its true difficulty. The first few puzzles in the book have a small grid, but they're not as easy as warm-up puzzles should be. Second, the book's paper is rather pulpy and it is difficult to erase your mistakes. In spite of these glitches, it's still a great way to exercise your gray cells. Try it, and watch the hours disappear.

Eileen Rieback

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Kakuro 1: 54 Cross Sums Puzzles
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An assortment of 54 cross-sums puzzles!

Kakuro 1: Beyond Sudoku - The Ultimate Cross Sums Challenge

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Kakuro 1: Beyond Sudoku - The Ultimate Cross Sums Challenge
Dan Lindop , and Andy Johnston
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Millions have succumbed to the phenomenon of Suduko, and it has spawned thousands of books, websites and daily puzzles in a number of national newspapers throughout the world. Yet in Japan, home of Sudoku, Kakro, or Kakuro is a far bigger phenomenon, appearing in over 70 different magazines and newspapers with over one million Kakuro books sold to date.

While Sudoku uses a straightforward grid, a Kakuro consists of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash with numbers in them, the clues, creating exciting, addictive puzzles that will allow the growing army of Sudoku fans to stay one step ahead of the game.

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Keep looking.......2006-08-20

Puzzles are almost impossible to solve. Many puzzles have multi-solution blocks, which are a no-no. Skip this one and keep on looking.

Disappointing.......2006-08-13

A true Cross Sum does not have more than one possible solution. I have run across several already in this book that have interchangeable numbers in one or more areas which would make this particularly difficult for a beginner.

Kids' Kakuro (Dover Hobbies and Amusements for Children)

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Kids' Kakuro (Dover Hobbies and Amusements for Children)
John Pazzelli
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ASIN: 0486453448

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Also known as "cross sums," this new Japanese puzzle sensation is rivaling the popularity of sudoku. Kakuro helps sharpen math skills, and children will find these brainteasers both absorbing and entertaining. Designed especially for kids, the 48 puzzles feature whimsical illustrations. Solutions included.

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Penguin Book of Ultimate Kakuro 1
Michael Mepham
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Buy an A4 notepad & pen FIRST - Then GET this book!!

I wish I could give this book ten stars!

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You learn ideas, concepts, and methods used by high-achieving people in every field everywhere. You learn how to unlock your individual potential for personal greatness. You will immediately become more positive, persuasive, and powerfully focused in everything you do. Many of the more than one million graduates of the seminar program upon which this book is based have dramatically increased their income and improved their lives in every respect.

The step-by-step blueprint for success and achievement presented in these pages includes proven principles drawn from psychology, religion, philosophy, business, economics, politics, history, and metaphysics. These ideas are combined in a fast-moving, informative series of steps that will lead you to greater success than you ever imagined possible -- they can raise your self-esteem, improve personal performance, and give you complete control over every aspect of your personal and professional life.

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Brian Tracy is one of the world's leading authorities on success and personal achievement, addressing more than 100,000 men and women each year in public and private seminars. In Maximum Achievement, he gives you a powerful, proven system -- based on twenty-five years of research and practice -- that you can apply immediately to get better results in every area of your life. You learn ideas, concepts, and methods used by high-achieving people in every field everywhere. You learn how to unlock your individual potential for personal greatness. You will immediately become more positive, persuasive, and powerfully focused in everything you do. Many of the more than one million graduates of the seminar program upon which this book is based have dramatically increased their income and improved their lives in every respect. The step-by-step blueprint for success and achievement presented in these pages includes proven principles drawn from psychology, religion, philosophy, business, economics, politics, history, and metaphysics. These ideas are combined in a fast-moving, informative series of steps that will lead you to greater success than you ever imagined possible -- they can raise your self-esteem, improve personal performance, and give you complete control over every aspect of your personal and professional life.

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Buy an A4 notepad & pen FIRST - Then GET this book!!.......2007-10-05

Once you discover a really good book that works well & easy for you, all you want to do is RAVE about it!! With this outstanding book from one of America's greats - Brian's Tracy, why not? It really "does exactly as it says on the label" (or front cover in this case.)

You only have to briefly scan all of the reviews below to see that this is a powerful book that works. His message in simple & obvious, but with this book Brian shows you why & how so many of us don't or can't succeed in our ambitions to be happy & successful, when it is the right of everyone to enjoy life to the full.

If you've read his other book "GOALS!" first, then don't despair. This book has exactly the same message but goes much deeper into the workings of how health, wealth, happiness & peace of mind can all be achieved, providing you with a dearth of inspiration & motivation to try it out instantly & get going straight way.

This book is a little larger & a little harder going than "Goals!", only in that the chapters aren't broken down into convenient sections where you can pause & take a breath/ Nonetheless, it is written in such an enthusiastic way that keeps you interested all the way.

This ought to be the very last book you buy on the subject, but before you read (& more importantly re-read) it, please make sure you have a fresh note-book (preferably A4) & pen to hand. The book is jam packed with all the essential information to kick you off in the right direction the minute you start reading.

If you've got this far already then you need this book, look no further, your intuition was right in looking here. You won't be disappointed. It's quite a long book but with a little perseverance, you too will be glad you bought & read it. Check out the Amazon sales ranking to see how high this book is valued by thousands of likeminded customers.

I wish I could give this book ten stars!.......2007-09-02

I wish I could give this book ten stars! I've read most of the great motivational books - Napolean Hill's Think and Grow Rich and Master Keys to Riches, and Norman Vincent Peal's Positive Mental Attitude, plus dozens more, but this book summarizes them all. If you are looking for a quick fix, this book is not it. It is a book which will make you think, examine, question. Take it in small bites. My volume is underlined, starred, notes in the margins. This is a great summary of the best of the best. If you are in a hurry to reach your goals, this is the book you need to start with. However, it is NOT a fast process.

If you truly wish to turn your life around, this is the book for you. If you are not sure of where you want to go, this is the book for you. If you feel that YOU are different, that LIFE has given you some bad blows, this is the book for you. START HERE!

Mr. Tracy will take you by the hand. Help you to eliminate your excuses. Help you to examine your true goals. Help you to lay out your plans. He will not let you make exuses but will hold up the mirror of self examination so you can see where you are fooling yourself (but no one else, really). He will help you face YOUR truth, but will also kindly provide the path you seek to a better life.

I am planning to buy this book for all of my employees, although I'm not sure all of them will "get it." You make your own life; you are responsible for where you are right now...and for where you will be in the future. I am also planning to contact Mr. Tracy to see if he will be a guest speaker at my organization.

Folks, if you can buy only one book, then this is the one. I've read most of the other major players....Hill, Stone, Peale, Mandigo, Clawson, Collins....and they're all great. Many of them are at your local library. But for the very small price of this book, I recommend that you buy Maximum Achievement so that you, too, can underline, write, reread, make notes, and totally consume this book. This is not a paid advertisement. I have never met Mr. Tracy nor have ever read any of his other books (however, I intend to now).

If you want to make the most of your life, this is the book which will head you down that road.

Success Manual.......2007-08-28

This book covers an array of subjects but in essence it's a book for anyone looking at achieving success in life.

LIFE CHANGING BOOK.......2007-04-17

I've read plenty of self-help books but I've never had a book make such a huge impact on my life. Brian does a great job of showing you simple strategies to help change every aspect of your life. My book is highlighted throughout and I wouldn't take anything for it. It is my self-help bible!

Inspiring and uplifting book.......2007-04-05

This book motivates, stimulates and helps you focus your mind on meeting your goals. Words simply cannot describe how truly valuable a book like this is. Brian Tracy helps you in defining your goals and meeting them. I believe that this book ranks among best personal achievement and self improvement manual on the market.

This is an outstanding book that is presented in a clear and precise way that is beneficial to anyone in any walk of life. This book motivates, stimulates and helps you focus your mind on meeting your goals. Brian Tracey helps you in defining and refining your goals and guides you on how to effectively achieve them. He methodically guides you to organize your thoughts, think positively and then get into the action habit.

It is truly an inspiring and uplifting book. Therefore if you feel lost in life, with no direction and need upliftment, Brian Tracey will help you to discover what your ultimate passion in life is, thus helping to start living meaningful and purposeful life.

I recommend this book to anyone who is serious about changing their life for the better. However, the book can only provide guidance and it is up to the reader to put into practice the advice and wisdom from this fantastic book.

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