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Terrific book.......2006-07-30
Thank you Julie for writing such a valuable and insightful book. This is super solid grounding for a prospective coach. It is written out of obvious expertise and with compassion and respect for coach and coachee.
The book is very well organized and includes numerous tips and exercises. An added bonus is the book's attractive format and art.
My only criticism (very minor) is reserved for the proofreader. A few typos and ommissions crept into the text, however they don't interfere with the smooth read and the valuable subject matter. Very highly recommended.
WOW! Another great coaching book!!.......2005-11-21
This book is awesome! It should have been titled "The Training Manual" I've bought several books on the subject of personal coaching, and I have to admit, I wish I had found this one first. Everything is outlined in an easy to read and interesting format. This book is actually the only coaching manual one would need. I purchased this book along with "The Life Coaching Handbook" and the two totally compliment one another. This author really touches every aspect of 'Personal Coaching' without all the unneccessary "fluff" that most manuals give you. This author is definately in touch with the practice of Professional Coaching.
Clear, practical, excellent - made a real difference to me.......2005-06-13
This book is recommended by Stephen Covey - I'm not surprised. It's written in a simple style, yet covers both basic and advanced coaching skills. Things like beliefs and values of a coach, postures on a conversation, as well as the foundation skills such as deep listening and purpose based questioning. I particularly like the simple exercises you can do in everyday life - they really helped me to dramatically improve my coaching ability and confidence.
I think this book is great!
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Smart Things to Know About, Teams
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Smart team builders get beyond the group hugs to really understand the key component of business growth.
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Great for beginning homesteaders.......1997-11-02
This book combines the humorous as well as the practicle side of homesteading. Janet Chadwick tells about the aspects of what it took for her and her family to be self sufficient in their daily lives. She covers the small homestead garden, raising of animals and even throws in some crafts and wine recipees. This book will tell the necessary equipment needed as well as what to raise and grow for a family who wishes to embark on the adventure of living off their homesteads instead of depending on the conveince of modern soceity. She covers some of the things that can go wrong, with sometime humorous results. I feel this book is a must for anyone wishing to supply their own living and to live well doing it.
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John Dyson has contributed to the study of the hydrodynamic processes that govern a wide variety of astrophysical sources which he has helped explain. In this volume dedicated to him, introductory reviews to a number of the key processes and to the sources themselves are given by leading experts. The mechanisms in which the multi-component natures of media affect their dynamics receive particular attention, but the roles of hydromagnetic effects are also highlighted. The importance of cosmic ray moderation and mass transfer between different thermal phases for cosmic ray moderation and mass transfer between different thermal phases for the evolution of flows are amongst the topics treated. The main types of regions considered include those where stars form, the circumstellar environments of evolved stars, the larger scale interstellar structures caused by the mass loss of stars, and those where the lines of AGNs form.
The reviews complement one another and together provide a coherent introduction to the astrophysics of diffuse sources suitable for postgraduate students and researchers in astrophysics. Individual reviews stand alone and are suitable for an audience that includes advanced undergraduates doing final year projects.
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The Diffuse Interstellar Bands (Astrophysics and Space Science Library)
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While the origin of the diffuse interstellar bands in interstellar rather than stellar material was established soon after their discovery early in this century, their precise identification has eluded generations of astronomers. However, advances in optical techniques, laboratory studies of astrophysically relevant materials, and our general understanding of the interstellar medium may be changing that. Current indications are that the carrier is molecular in origin.
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The long-awaited sequel to Golf in the Kingdom takes Murphy back to Scotland in search of another encounter with the mystically enchanting Shivas Irons, a man--if that's indeed what he is--who's part golf professional, part shaman, completely wise, and thoroughly fascinating. Filled with myth, mysticism, metaphysics, advanced string theory (courtesy of fellow searcher and friend, physicist Buck Hannigan), and at times other-worldly golf sequences from Scotland, to Russia, to a climactic round at Pebble Beach, Kingdom resolves its quest in the most unlikely and hard-to-find place of all. "Keep coming," Irons implores his seeker. "Imagine. Practice. Start again. I'm not so far away." Indeed, more than fairways that glow in the dark and drives that can fly 450 yards, it's Irons's ultimate whereabouts that infuses Kingdom with its magic and its mystery.
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Originally published in 1972, Michael Murphy's Golf in the Kingdom has become one of the bestselling golf books of all time, and has been hailed as "a golf classic if any exists in our day" and "a masterpiece on the mysticism of golf". It also introduced Shivas Irons, the golf pro and philosopher with whom Murphy played a mythic round of golf on Scotland's Burningbush links, a round that profoundly altered his game and vision. Shivas's insights about competition, life, and "true gravity," all instilled in him by his elusive mentor Seamus MacDuff, captured the imaginations and the devoted following of students of the inner game of golf.
The Kingdom of Shivas Irons is the enchanting story of Murphy's return to Scotland to investigate reports of further visitations by Shivas Irons, and to answer questions about him and MacDuff that have haunted Murphy since his original trip to Burningbush some thirty-one years before. Murphy and his companion Buck Hannigan, a skeptical physicist fascinated by Shivas's connections to metanormal events, embark on a magical quest for Irons and MacDuff--and their wisdom about golf and human potential.
From the mystical golf course surrounding MacDuff's estate in Scotland, across the world to the first Russian Open Golf Championship and finally to Pebble Beach on the California Coast, The Kingdom of Shivas Irons is a delightful exploration of the deep truths about the game of golf and a provocative inquiry into our remarkable possibilities for growth and transformation.
John Hannah, an accomplished stage actor, has appeared on television and in the films Madagascar Skin, The Final Cut and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He can be heard on the audio production of Michael Murphy's Golf in the Kingdom, also available from BDD Audio.
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Thirty year, after the publication of Golf in the Kingdom, the bestselling classic that defined the inner game of golf, Michael Murphy returns to investigate further visitations by the mythic golf pro and philosopher Shivas Irons and his elusive mentor Seamus MacDuff. Confronting questions about Shivas Irons and MacDuff that have haunted readers for decades, The Kingdom of Shivas Irons takes us on a mystical tour from revered Scottish links, to Moscow for the first Russian Open Golf Championship, and finally to Pebble Beach on the California coast. This marvelous exploration is a provocative inquiry into the deep truths about the game of golf and the possibilities for personal transformation.
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A journey to..........2005-07-19
I read the Kingdom of Shivas Irons just after finishing Golf in the Kingdom. Perhaps it was because I still had so much in my head from the older work that the impression Shivas Irons left on me was mediocre at best. So much of what was built up in the original was either expanded along a side-path or seemingly dumped for one reason or another. Much of this is completely new information, with very little connected with the original.
I don't want to give many explicit examples for those still trying to decide whether to read the two books, but virtually everything regarding Seamus Macduff seems to have been turned upside-down. Pythagoris and other philosophers seem to take a holiday as well.
On the good side, however, we get the involvement of a whole new host of characters, including Ziparelli, the anti-Shivas. Mechanics (which he can't keep in his head) and technology (that breaks down on him) are his tools, and he serves as a farsicle figure, something absent from the original tale. There is a more intense mixing of mysticism as well, which will appeal to some.
If you truly enjoyed Golf in the Kingdom, it might be best to pass this by. Your image of the whole thing may be turned on its head. If you thought it mediocre, this may be more appealing to you. If you hated the original, I doubt there is anything here for you.
As sequals go---- A pretty damned good one!.......2003-01-01
While it's always difficult to follow-up a blockbuster novel, movie etc Michael Murphy has done so with remarkable style and panache. Although written almost 30 years after 'Golf in the Kingdom' first debuted, 'The Kingdom of Shivas Irons' is definitely worth the read. Murphy goes back to Scotland to try to track down the elusive and enlightened Shivas with mixed results. Several adventures along the way make the reader think about the true meanings of golf and life as metaphysical happenings deeper than what's on the surface. If you liked G.I.T.K, you will not be disappointed with this sequal. This book, like the first one is similar to an onion--- peeling off several layers of meaning only reveals to you several more. Digging into this book and it's liquid smooth plot make you feel like you're out on the course 170 yards from the hole with a five-iron in hand ready to go for broke over a pond. It draws you in slowly and very subtley, but the effect is still the same--- you come away shaking your head in amazement!
The Emperor Has No Clothes.......2002-12-13
Michael Murphy's 1972 novel "Golf In The Kingdom" deservedly became a cult classic in spite of some fairly dodgy attempts at portraying Scots dialect and culture. This was because he got it right with the golf while the mystical, metaphysical elements of the story added an extra angle of interest despite being a wee bit hokey in places.
This time out, with the sequel "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons", the golf seems to take a back seat to the metaphysical, New Age stuff, while his portrayal of the Scots comes across as patronising and ridiculous. Indeed, by halfway through the novel one begins to wonder whether Murphy has ever even been to Scotland and experienced anything of the people and culture besides spending time on the country's spectacular golf links.
Buy "Golf In The Kingdom" and enjoy. But beware of the sequel, "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons", which is unfortunately second-rate and adds nothing worthwhile to Murphy's original vision.
A mixed bag.......2002-06-09
This follow-up to 1972's "Golf In the Kingdom" is, to say the least, a mixed bag.
On the positive side, Murphy's use of language to describe and evoke physical landscapes and the natural environment is, as in its predecessor, breathtaking. The novel's structure and pace are also sound.
On the negative side, some of the characters in "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" ring false from the outset, to the point of being laughable. For example, the Scots physicist Buck Hannigan, one of the major characters: I would be surprised if there was a single person in Scotland named "Buck". Sure, this kind of Americanism is a minor detail, but it calls into question how much Murphy really knows about the land where golf was born and the nation of people who established it. Because of this, the storyteller's credibility is somewhat devalued.
Murphy's novel explores golf not as a mere game but as a sort of grand metaphysical experiment, dipping into a hodge-podge of New Age beliefs towards which the sceptical reader may sometimes wince. This aspect of the book reminded me that while open-mindedness is generally a virtue, there's also a saying that "An open mind may let in falsehoods as well as truths". "The Kingdom of Shivas Irons" contains some interesting ideas but a lot of utter nonsense and psychobabble as well.
Worthwhile reading, but only when taken with a pinch of salt beforehand.
Golf as Integral Practice.......2001-01-30
This book has everything I could ever want in a book: an engaging story, a shamanic quest, metaphysical speculation and Bill Murray. Golf as a martial art. Golf as integral practice for "the life beyond." This is the only golf book I've ever picked up that refers to Henry Corbin's "Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth," and Sufi/Orthodox/Catholic spiritual practices. Really a very enchanting story. Makes me want to take up golf and go muck about in Scotland. Highly recommended.
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THE KINGDOM OF SHIVAS IRONS
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Publishers buy new book ideas every week. Why not yours?
Whether your book consists of a few notes on the back of a napkin or a completed manuscript, Susan Page's proven system will make your dream of successful publication come true. A bestselling author and leading consultant to other writers, Susan Page knows the difference between common industry wisdom that doesn't work and the precise, easy-to-follow strategies that actually get results. In this breakthrough book, she leads you away from the obstacles that often delay and frustrate writers and introduces the twenty essential steps for success, including:
The three "magic first steps" you must take now to claim success later on
The real differences between self-publishing and selling to a publisher
Clever methods for finding a truly brilliant title for your book
The formula for writing proposals that get read...and then bought
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The six biggest hidden heartbreaks in publishers' contracts and how to avoid them
The range of royalty advances and how much you might expect (hint: it may be larger than you think!)
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Susan Page not only tells you how to proceed, she anticipates how you might feel at various stages and deftly coaches you through the best and the worst of it all. And the gift many of her clients have appreciated most is the crucial, little-known skill of keeping your hopes high and your expectations realistic. This book will leave you feeling excited, inspired, and ready to get to work.
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Straightforward, Practical, Excellent Advice.......2007-07-09
This book oriented me to the inner workings of the publishing world, helped me clarify what I wanted to do with my book idea, and provided a straightforward, practical set of steps to accomplish the goals I set for myself. My book proposal was accepted by an agent with high compliments on its quality.
It worked for me!.......2007-03-22
In 1997, I was trying to get a book published. I found this book and followed Susan's advice. It's now 2007 and my 7th book comes out this year.
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Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book.......2007-01-09
A must read if you are wanting to write and publish a book.
THIS BOOK GOT ME PUBLISHED!.......2006-09-12
I never thought it would be possible to get published so quickly, but the guidance and insights in Susan Page's book allowed me to plan a clear path for my first book which was sold within 9 months. The Shortest Distance...is by far the best "how to get published" book on the market with concise, direct, generous and incredibly useful information. It even helps with promoting and publicizing your book once it's on the shelves. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be a successful author!
A real eye-opener to first-time authors!.......2006-04-04
I had an idea for writing a book and am soooo glad I read this before I put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard as the case may be). Susan Page really wrote realistically and completely on every aspect of getting a book published. Yes, she does focus on non-fiction - but that's what she knows. Her writing was engaging and approachable and the author was likeable and sincere. I took 6 pages of notes! A+!
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It's time for the end of year parent-teacher conference, and Hank's in a panic. He's afraid that his teacher is going to tell his parents that he has to repeat the fourth grade. So Hank creates an elaborate scheme to have his parents win an out-of-town trip so they're gone during the conference days. Of course, the plan backfires. Will Hank have to stay in fourth grade forever?
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Zipser Rules!.......2006-05-08
This series of books offers a great peek into the stuggles of childhood that so many of us can identify with! Henry Winkler's description of life for Hank is very real and his travails and solutions are funny and sweet. My thanks to the authors for giving us these books to give to our kids!
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