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Not Bad.......2004-04-26
I was a little disappointed with this tome. Maybe I was expecting the same vein as "Chuck Amuck" but at times the text rambled and wandered about. I loved the sketches, cells and other artwork, which is why I got this book in the first place. Its fascinating to watch a character develop both in the mind of the artist as well as on paper. Animated cartoons have come a LONG way from the 1920's and Jones played a TREMENDOUS part in bringing them up to quality. It's a shame we lost Chuck and it seems like there is really no one to fill in for him. But I doubt that anyone could, his work is that good. And sad to say, the current crop of cartoons being churned out now is FAR BELOW Jone's standards.
Check Out Chuck!.......2000-11-21
This book starts where his other book, Chuck Amuck left off. It makes mention of a more recent update to his classic cartoon One Froggy Evening entitled Another Froggy Evening, which features a cameo of Siskel and Ebert and Chuck himself! It again pays tribute to his co-workers, particularly Friz Freleng, tells more about he came up with his ideas, and gives pointers on cartoon making to others interested in the field of animation. There's nobody better to offer advice! Also, be sure to check out the TV documentary of Mr. Chuck Jones the night before Thanksgiving (I'm sure it will be aired again!).
Check Out Chuck!.......2000-11-21
This book starts where his other book, Chuck Amuck left off.It makes mention of a more recent update to his classic cartoon OneFroggy Evening entitled Another Froggy Evening, which features a cameoof Siskel and Ebert and Chuck himself! It again pays tribute to hisco-workers, particularly Friz Freleng, tells more about he came upwith his ideas, and gives pointers on cartoon making to othersinterested in the field of animation. There's nobody better to offeradvice from!...
A must have for Chuck Jones fans!.......1999-04-12
This biography goes in deep into Chuck Jones' life. Chuck stresses the importance of "character" & "believability"in character animation. His life experiences from childhood to today can be seen reflected into his body of work. But best of all; the book is filled with animation tips which are very useful for anyone studying animation. A must have!
Excellent!! An Absolute Materpiece.......1999-02-02
This book is a great guide for animators to reagain the knowledge of the lost art know as animation! this is a great tool to use since just about every cartoon out now a days is horrible...
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Artist and photographer Joke Robaard, originally trained in fashion, investigates human configurations (e.g., networks of friends or neighbors). After "directing" individuals into certain positions and patterns in relation to one another, she photographs them, using clothing to illustrate where connections lie and how they constantly shift.
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This selection of twenty-one short stories by M.R. James--a first-class writer of supernatural fiction--represents his best work, including "Count Magnus," "The Rose Garden," "The Uncommon Prayer-book," "Rats," "The Malice of Inanimate Objects," and "A Vignette," as well as the title
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Write a Review, and I'll Come to You, My Lad........2007-02-01
O whistle, an' I'll come to you, my lad;
O whistle, an' I'll come to you, my lad;
Tho' father and mither should baith gae mad,
O whistle, an' I'll come to you, my lad.
(Burns.)
Over the last Twenty years I've purchased many books and got rid of many (After reading them then donating them to charity shops),but this is the only one I've repurchased.
I could never get the scenarios and characters out of my head,the way M R James succinctly describes a scene or a, "terrifying agent of supernatural malice" have resided in my head as much as I would have liked them to leave.
If lots of Gore is your thing you may be disappointed by these stories, but for those of us who like a well written story told with panache and subtlety,then these are for us.
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For several years in the early 70's when the BBC made "A Ghost Story for Christmas" it was always the M R James stories that disturbed me the most. But even though I was disturbed by them I was always too fascinated to switch the TV off,and whilst the BBC interpretations were good they never quite captured the atmosphere of the written page.
Most of the "Heroes"(For want of a better word)of these stories are intellectuals from the dusty halls of some Academy or other,who are afflicted by intellectual pride or the even graver sin (In M R James stories)of curiosity!
My personal favourites are "The Mezzotint",and "Oh Whistle, and I'll Come to you, my Lad".
The endings of a few of these stories are not completely resolved, and it's because of that, they stay in the mind longer.
It has always amused me that some of the most creepy and ungodly stories ever written in the English language were written by this most devout Christian.
For maximum effect to be read late at night, and by candlelight!
Spooky as all get up.......2005-03-03
I bought this book in Paris. It was the cheapest most interesting book in English, so I grabbed it for the flight. It's one of the best book buys I've ever had.
This stuff is genuinely spooky. There are images here
that will stick with you for a long time, and this guy puts in a lot of interesting historical details that make
the stories seem all the more plausible. Can't
recommend this book enough.
Perfect.......2004-11-22
I first read these stories when I was 13, and after 40 years, they still flash into my mind if I have to walk a dark road at night. Where authors like King and Straub (excellent in their own ways in the genre)need to float gruesome stuff our way to be effective, James does it all with mood. Even if ghost stories are not something you like, these are worth reading just to observe his beautiful use of the English language. I recommend this collection highly.
Most but not all of MRJ's supernatural stories.......2003-08-10
If you don't want to pay big bucks for Ash-Tree Press's "A Pleasing Terror" (2001), the complete and heavily annotated supernatural writings of M. R. James (MRJ), then this book might be the next best thing. Cox has collected most of MRJ's stories in this volume and has added a short but decent introduction to this master of the antiquarian ghost story.
The following stories are included in this book:
"Canon Alberic's Scrap-book"--The classical MRJ invocation of a scholar who unwittingly opens the wrong book and pays horribly for his misadventure.
"The Mezzotint"--A collector of topographical pictures purchases a mezzotint with a view of a manor-house from the early part of the eighteenth century. The picture slowly evolves through a story of murder and revenge from beyond the grave.
"Number 13"--A scholar settles into a Danish hotel to research the town's ecclesiastical history and learns more than he ever wanted to know about a bishop who sold his soul to Satan.
"Count Magnus"-- Another story (along with "Number 13") that may have had its origin in MRJ's trips to Scandinavia. Mr. Wraxall, the scholarly hero of this tale dooms himself by reading a forbidden treatise of alchemy and expressing a wish to meet its long-dead (or not so dead) Swedish author.
"'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'"-- A Professor takes a golfing vacation on England's East Coast, and agrees to take a look at the site of an ancient Templars' preceptory for an archeologically-inclined friend of his. He finds a whistle inscribed in medieval Latin.
"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas"-- Mr. Somerton deciphers a text from a medieval Latin history and an inscription in the painted-glass window of a private chapel, then goes on a treasure hunt in Germany.
"A School Story"-- MRJ was a dean at King's College, Cambridge and he supposedly wrote this story to entertain the King's College Choir. In this tale two middle-aged men are reminiscing about ghosts at boys' schools, and one relates a story of a schoolboy's revenge on a murderous master.
"The Rose Garden"-- Features one of MRJ's less sympathetic female characters. The overbearing Mrs. Anstruther gets her supernatural comeuppance when she insists upon the removal of an old oak post in the rose garden.
"The Tractate Middoth"-- The young Mr. Garrett is asked to find a copy of the "Tractate Middoth" in a "certain famous library" and stumbles upon a cobwebby mystery. Find yourself a quiet, unpopulated corner in the stacks of an old library and see if you can read this story without looking behind you.
"Casting the Runes"-- One of MRJ's most collected stories along with "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad." This is a tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley.
"The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral"-- The Venerable John Benwell Haynes succeeds to his new ecclesiastical position upon the mysterious demise of Archdeacon Pulteney in 1810, but does not find much enjoyment in his new job. In fact, the archdeacon's stall with its carvings of a cat, the King of Hell, and Death becomes a particularly haunting spot for the new prelate.
"Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance"-- Once installed as the new master of his deceased uncle's estate, Mr. Humphreys discovers the plan to an overgrown maze on his property. He decides to investigate the old landscaping feature after stumbling across a set of stone blocks that were once part of the maze. He reconstructs the inscription on them to read: "Penetrans Ad Interior Mortis."
"The Diary of Mr Poynter"--A book collector finds a sample of fabric in an old diary and decides to have it reproduced as curtains for his bedroom.
"An Episode of Cathedral History"--Mr. Lake is deputed to examine the archives of the Cathedral of Southminster, and is curious to see what the ancient building looks like at night. He hears the tale of a rather plain altar-tomb and what transpired when a Victorian Dean attempted to move it.
"The Uncommon Prayer-book"-- Mr. Davidson strikes up a conversation with an old gentleman on a train and is invited to view a disused Chapel. MRJ engulfs his reader in quaint British dialects in this story of a prayer book that would not stay shut.
"A Neighbour's Landmark"-- A gentleman spends a wet August afternoon in his host's library and discovers an old pamphlet with two lines from a country song, "That which walks in Betton Wood/ Knows why it walks or why it cries." When the weather clears, he explores the part of his friend's property that used to be called 'Betton Wood.'
"A Warning to the Curious"--A young man discovers the hiding place of an ancient crown of East Anglia and is haunted by his finding. As in many of MRJ's stories, curiosity is severely punished.
"Rats"--This story almost ruined quaint English inns for me. It has nothing to do with rats and you will wish that it had.
"The Experiment"-- First published in "The Morning Post" in 1931 and uncollected in MRJ's lifetime. A horrid little tale of murder and buried treasure.
"The Malice of Inanimate Objects"--Morbidly humorous story that starts out with the retelling of a fairy tale and ends in death.
"A Vignette"-- This might be a childhood recollection rather than a work of fiction. It has no plot and the setting very much resembles the rectory at Livermere Park where MRJ grew up.
Chilling Tales for a Winter's Night.......2002-01-08
As a fan of Victorian gothic fiction, this anthology delivers all that it promises. M.R. James is the king of creating a world of unexplainable situations. However, his endings leave the reader with many questions. Thus, when the reader puts the book down, she is left with the pleasant, tingling feeling of fear. If you like understatement and are a Radcliffe or Monk Lewis fan, then give M.R. James a chance.
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Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
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When we think of ghost stories, we tend to think of cub scouts cringing by a fire, s'mores at the ready, as some aging camp counselor tries to scare them witless with yet another tale from the crypt. But as Michael Chabon's marvelous introduction reminds us, the ghost story was once integral to the genre of the short story. Indeed, as he points out, it can be argued that the ghost story was the genre. Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw"--most of the early short story writers wrote ghost stories as a matter of course. And the best writer of ghost stories, the acknowledged master, was M.R. James. In Casting the Runes, we have twenty-one tales that, in Chabon's words, "venture to the limits of the human capacity for terror and revulsion...armed only with an umbrella and a very dry wit." The stories here represent the best of James's work. They are set in the leisurely, late-Victorian, middle-class world of country houses, seaside inns, out-of-the-way railway stations, and cathedral closes, where gentlemen of independent means and antiquarian tastes suddenly find themselves confronted by terrifying agents of supernatural malice. But what these tales are really about, writes Chabon, "is ultimately the breathtaking fragility of life, of 'reality,' of all the structures that we have erected to defend ourselves from our constant nagging suspicion that underlying everything is chaos, brutal and unreasoning." The tales in Casting the Runes are both chilling fun and, as Chabon concludes, "unmistakably works of art." Anyone who loves short fiction or who enjoys a good scare will find these stories an irresistible delight.
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Great stories---bargain basement , shoddy Edition. AVOID.......2003-07-31
Oxford University Press has committed an outrage---a violation!---and the publishers should be ashamed of themselves. Montague Rhodes James (1865-1936) is, for me, the Grand Master of the Terrifying Tale, and for those not acquainted with his works---well, I envy you the chilling delight of meeting up with James's menacing, atmospheric prose for the first time. Read the tales and relish their keen sense of terror, which belies the avuncular, scholarly style and antiquarian sensibilities in which James was so well-versed.
That said, it's a shame that so many readers will encounter James for the first time in Oxford's new collection of "Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories", which is the cheesiest, shoddiest edition of James's work I have ever encountered. In light of James's dark brilliance, this slipshod edition is the equivalent of serving Kristal Champagne in a plastic coke bottle, or offering Sevruga caviar from a tuna can.
I was initially excited at getting all of my favorite Jamesian tales of terror bound up in a new hardback volume from OUP. Imagine my intial shock when the tiny tome arrived---and I do mean TINY. Check out those book dimensions carefully, folks: this edition is a teensy vanity hardback about the size of the little abridged poetry volumes booksellers stock during the holidays for stocking stuffers, usually kept at the cash register.
Think about that for a second. Think about getting twenty-three James tales, 293 pages in total, into a teeny-tiny little book. Think of just how miniscule the print on those stories would have to be, or how absent the book would have to be of anything resembling normal margins.
Well, think about it, and then think hard before wasting your money on this edition, because this is pretty much M.R. James for Lilliputians. I have 20/20 vision and I need a magnifying glass to read the type comfortably. Oh, and remember all the scholarly annotations supplied by James scholar Michael Cox in the previous edition? As one reviewer noted, the asterisks are still there, but the annotations have been gutted.
Even better, apparently to save on paper and space the Oxford editors, in their infinite wisdom, cut out the James essay "Stories I Have Tried to Write" that appeared in the previous edition. Mind you, this is an essay that has graced *every* edition of "Casting the Runes" since the first publishing run, and they just---cut it out.
Oh, it gets better. In place of the erudite Cox, we now have Michael Chabon's witless introduction, in which Chabon appears eager to show how many literary works he is familiar with, but proves unable to get the name of James's protagonist in "Oh Whistle and I'll Come to You, Lad" right. Given that Chabon professes in the first sentence of his review that "Oh Whistle" is one of the finest short stories ever written, one would think M. Chabon would realize the name of the story's hero is Parkins, not Parke.
This edition is so shabby, cheap, and shoddy as to make even the most fervent bibliophile yearn for a good book-burning. James deserves better, and I hope his ghost haunts Oxford University Press.
One of the great voices in horror.......2003-03-28
First, about M.R. James:
He is excellent! He is one of the best, most underappreciated voices in horror. Lovecraft admired him. His stories, though old, are quite scary. Also, they are very well written. As Chabon points out in his intro, Poe and Lovecraft weren't the best literary stylists. Most people cite "Oh, Whistle..." as James's best story, but I think I'll vote for "Count Magnus." Certainly all of them are good. More than that, they are REQUIRED reading for anyone who wants to have a basic understanding of horror literature. It is also a hell of a good read.
Second, this edition:
I was greatful to a previous reviewer for explaining the asterisks. There are asterisks without footnotes all over this book, as well as other Oxford University Press books (The Monk). Now we know that these are residue from a previous edition that HAD footnotes. Perhaps you might want to get that version.
However, I take great issue with the disparaging of Michael Chabon's essay on M.R. James. If you don't get the edition with his introduction, I recommend going to the bookstore and reading through it anyway. His comments are very illuminating on James and ghost stories in general.
An inexplicably dreadful edition.......2003-03-20
Beware! If you love James or desire to discover him, this new edition of OUP's anthology is not the way to go. A previous and superb OUP edition was edited and annotated by Michael Cox. His fascinating comments are cued by asterisks that are liberally sprinkled throughout the text. In the current version, all the annotations are gone--but the asterisks remain! One can imagine how many readers must be scratching their heads over them. In place of Cox's excellent work, there is an innane introduction by the fashionable novelist Michael Chabon, who tells nothing of James's publications and incredibly little of his life (not even his dates), and explores only one of the stories, persistently misidentifying the protagonist, Parkins, as Parkes. You can't make this stuff up. What was OUP thinking? Why fix something that not only wasn't broken, but was something to be admired? I bought this volume as a gift--it's a handsome hardback--but plan on asking for a refund.
find it.......2002-01-05
The art of Dr. James is by no means haphazard, and in the preface to one of his collections he has formulated three very sound rules for
macabre composition. A ghost story, he believes, should have a familiar setting in the modern period, in order to approach closely the
reader's sphere of experience. Its spectral phenomena, moreover, should be malevolent rather than beneficent; since fear is the emotion
primarily to be excited. And finally, the technical patois of 'occultism' or pseudo-science ought carefully to be avoided; lest the charm of
casual verisimilitude be smothered in unconvincing pedantry.
-H.P. Lovecraft
Though less well remembered today than some other authors of Gothic ghost stories--like J. S. [John Sheridan] LeFanu, whose work he
edited, Bram Stoker, and Henry James (no relation), or their successors H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, and the like--M. R. James is
one of the great early horror writers. This story, which concerns a mysterious and unpleasant Mr. Karswell, who takes creepy exception to a
negative review of his book, The Truth of Alchemy, shows off James's talents to good effect, combining genuine scares with a droll wit.
But what makes this edition particularly appealing are the 12 splendid black-and-white drawings by Jeff White--an artist with whom I am not
familiar and about whom I could find nearly nothing on the Web--that accompany the text. This slender volume seems certain to get any
reader looking for more stories by Mr. James and more books illustrated by the estimable Mr. White
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Some of the Greatest Ghost Stories of M.R. James.......2000-02-11
This is a great collection of the short horror stories of M.R. James, the best of the early 20th century horror writers (arguably, the best of the entire century!)
James was a professor and antiquarian who sets most of his stories in the contemporary (early 1900's) ruins of England's medieval past. The title story is a marvelous tale of a vicious crank whose occult revenge is turned against him. Other stories included are:
Canon Alberic's scrap-book.
Number 13
Count Magnus
'Oh, whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.'
The treasure of Abbot Thomas.
Many more! Highly recommended.
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A spectacular collection of ghost stories by one of the masters of the genre, introduced by the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon.
"The central story of M.R. James, reiterated with inexhaustible inventiveness, is ultimately the breathtaking fragility of life, of "reality", of all the structures that we have erected to defend ourselves from our constant nagging suspicion that underlying everything is chaos, brutal and unreasoning. It is hard to conceive of a more serious theme, or a more contemporary plot, than this.... The stories are, unmistakably, works of art." - Michael Chabon, from the Introduction
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As a one-woman antidote to urban angst, family dysfunctions, and self-inflicted crises, the Nuisance Lady sizes up everyone and everything. From bosses who give suspiciously large bonuses, to boyfriends who take sex tips from porn movies, to children who think they've found God in the dishwasher, the Nuisance Lady's grudgingly affectionate advice and caustic humor are all you need for nuking the nuisances of postmodern life. And, if that doesn't stop your whining, she's quick to remind you that if you think you've got it bad, you should see her family.
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seriously funny.......1997-09-19
This is a ridiculously funny book. I laughed at least a zillion times. Anyone who actually takes this advice seriously needs to check into the nearest mental hospital. Just too funny
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A particularly comprehensive study of representation.......2001-04-25
De Lauretis's book is one of the most influential in the field of feminist film theory. An incredibly comprehensive study, it engages deeply notions of desire, fantasy, and identification. It is useful as both a theoretical and a political text, weaving a personal struggle with feminism and film practice throughout her semiotic analysis of the process of film.
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This book is to be used with the corresponding volume of the SUZUKI PIANO SCHOOL to produce duet versions of the pieces in the original series. Titles include: Allegro * Chant Arabe * Christmas Day Secrets * Clair de Lune * French Children's Song * Go Tell Aunt Rhody * Goodbye to Winter * The Honeybee * London Bridge * Long, Long Ago * Lightly Row (Alberti Bass) * Little Playmates * Mary Had a Little Lamb * Musette * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Variations and more.
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The rules of poker are a lot like life--and who better to deal the winning hand than a dedicated player who has learned many of life's most important lessons at the poker table?
Poker's the rage, thanks to televised tournaments and Internet show-downs, but Esquire has always been a few steps ahead of the curve. And in Mr. Schreiber, Esquire has found the right guy--a major player in cutting-edge theory and real-world experience--to write the book on Poker As Life.
Where else but at the poker table can you discover all in one place the principles of finance (money management, risk and reward); mathematics (probability and odds); sociology (getting along with disparate , sometimes odious, personalities for the good of the game); literature (playing by the book); and, above all, psychology (in which the perceptive, intuitive, and observant student of human nature will usually be materially rewarded). Poker As Life is a primer for success. If you lie but never cheat, play the hand you're dealt, and make your own luck, then you'll never go bust.
As a bonus, there are dozens of entertaining and edifying life lessons provided by poker pros and other famous folk.
"Guessers are losers"--Amarillo Slim
"I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died."--Steven Wright
"In the long run there's no luck in poker, but the short run is longer than most people know."--Rick Bennet
"Nobody can forsee what will please the critics. Every artistic activity is, and always will be, a poker game."--Marlene Dietrich
Lee Scheiber supported himself through college via his poker wiles. He's played every variation extant (he even invented a few) at every stakes level, from penny-ante to no-limit. In his only tournament experience, he outlasted world champion Scotty Nguyen, an account he chronicled for Fortune Small Business, one of numerous publications in which he's shared his poker-related wit and wisdom.
"Poker as Life" is a valuable book, and not just for poker buffs. As those who live by its precepts could surely tell you, this little tome...is an even better handbook of practical philosophy--how to get somewhere in a world in which, whether you like it or not, many of life's winners approach each day as a new game."
--www.headbutler.com
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A good book about life not poker.......2006-07-03
If you are looking for a book to improve your poker game...this is not it. If you are looking to understand life as a whole...this may be it.
TERRIFIC BOOK.......2005-08-18
This is a terrific little book...filled with gems of game wisdom that carry over to "real life. Highly recommended!
You don't have to love poker..........2005-08-11
You don't have to love poker to enjoy this book. I'm a mediocre player myself and will never confuse a card game with real life, but this book is so damned readable -- smart and provocative and memorably snarky -- that I savored it the way I'd savor the conversation of a wise, battled-tested old pro in virtually any walk of life. The hundred chapter epigraphs alone are worth the price of admission and constitute, taken together, a nice little primer on the game.
Four Aces.......2005-08-09
This is a wonderful read--brisk, blunt, sarcastic, witty, even a little nasty. But, at all times, extremely well written and engaging. It not only offers the reader valuable tools to psych out other poker players, but also provides a playbook for out-foxing all those troublesome competitors, foes and rivals that we encounter in life. Highly recommended!
A bit different .......2005-06-15
All of the other poker books I've read up to this point have focused on a combination of gameplay and history. Poker as Life is the first to address the rest of the world in table terms.
I am the type of person who finds it strange if someone doesn't gamble, and even stranger if they don't play cards. For me games of chance hold a special place in my heart and have taught me much about myself and others. The author of this book must feel the same, because in the 101 rules that make up the book he outlines the inalienable truths you learn when the chips are down.
Most people who are new to poker probably only have the stuff on TV as a reference, and that's a shame. Poker as Life gives you a glimpse of the beauty of the game and just what it can teach you.
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This book is packed full of powerful marketing secrets that will help readers enhance their companies' images and increase their business.
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WARNING: SCAM RATING SYSTEM.......2007-03-30
TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE POSITIVE REVIEWS. ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE AROUND THE SAME DATE AND ARE FROM VIRGINIA BEACH. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT OUT OF 300,000,000 PEOPLE IN THE U.S.A....5 THAT POST GOOD REVIEWS AROUND THE SAME DATE ARE FROM VIRGINIA BEACH. THE AUTHOR ASKED HIS FRIENDS TO GIVE GOOD REVIEWS. YOU CAN SEE THE REAL "TRUE" GOOD REVIEWS ARE FROM TEXAS.
THE BOOK IS CHEAP ENOUGH SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE BY WASTING YOUR MONEY GO AHEAD.
Definitely worth the money..........2006-12-29
This book offers some outstanding ideas to make a lasting first impression. Perception is reality, and this books helps you to be perceived as a knowledgeable, successful, and competent salesperson. This is a must read for anyone wanting to stand out from the crowd and boost their business.
Not worth your tiime.......2006-05-31
I purchased this book based on the hype listed about how it will boost your stream of referrals. Not only was this book disappointing it reads and written like a sales brochure. The authors gives you a tid bit of information and then wants you to go to his website which bounces you to other affiliate sites where he stands to make a buck. The information is very general and I mean very general no origional thoughts that I can give credit to this author. He does a good job of listing all the real gurus in this business and quoting from there material and dropping links to there material. This is the first book I felt compelled to send back to Amazon! So these reviews that I'm reading must be planted by the publisher because this book sucks.
I was captivated by two of the ideas in your book..........2005-02-08
So I tested them... and sure enough, I've brought in extra business that I never could get before by rolling out these ideas! It's so nice to find people who are as truly dedicated as you are in helping people make more money with new and exciting ideas! This book covers all the bases on marketing myself and my company without wasting time on mortgage products which I already know about!
Best Sales Tool I have Read.......2004-01-06
A co-worker has this book I picked it up on my office day for something to do. He did not get the book back for 3 days. I found it most help full as I'm just getting back in to the real sales world. All in All I feel everyone in sales should take the time to read this book it will open your mind to endless opportunitys to make you and your sales grow. Thank You David
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- Discoveries: Chagall (Discoveries (Abrams))
- Donald Holden Watercolors
- Doubly Gifted: The Author As Visual Artist
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