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This book is the ideal way to learn from someone else's experience. Because of the nature of the business, not many agents are willing to share what works for them. This book details how to approach all types of real estate opportunities and turn them into money making transactions. Danielle Kennedy is honest enough to let the new agent know that there may be 100 disappointments for every one successful contact; an approach that encourages the agent to keep going when prospects look dim.

Being new to Real Estate I needed a book that gave me the A-Z for being the best I could be in this industry right away. This book delivers. If you are new to Real Estate Sales or you have been in the business for a while, this book will give you all the tools necessary to get your business off to a quick start. You will need a yellow marker for this one and you'll probably highlight ideas of every page, because there is so much useful information. At the end of the book is an action plan to take you to "Breakaway". 21 days on this plan and you'll feel confident with Buyers and Sellers, not to mention all the friends you meet along the way. Read this book...

No one should buy a home without reading this book first! It is a gem--packed with useful information in a very readable format. The author uses his knowledge of the real estate business and his own experiences as a professional to provide a valuable and thoughtful perspective on the whole process. I wish I'd read this book before my first foray into the world of home-buying, but even after several such ventures in my life, I still found I learned a lot by reading this book.

Buying a house would be a lot easier for all of us if we did it frequently. But most of us only buy a home a few times in our lives and, face it, the process is dauntingly complex. As with any complex field, real estate has developed its own technical vocabulary. Fortunately, this book is written in plain English, and makes few assumptions about its readers.

That being the case, it is an invaluable resource to potential home buyers, *especially* if the buyer is looking in the author's home state of Colorado.

The reader learns about the advantages of "buyer agents" and is walked step-by step, in plain English, through the maze involved in finding and purchasing just the right home. Numerous anecdotal "horror stories" illustrate the potential pitfalls in the buying process.

I know *I* will be able to make better decisions on my next house purchase after having read this book.

The book gives an excellent overview of parasitic and synergistic relations between insects and fungi. I was looking very long for a treatment of the subject in total, very happy now, that I found it.

Biology often reveals worlds within worlds, and this book does an excellent job of describing the extraordinarily complex relationships between insects and fungi. Yeast-eating beetles! Fungi hiding in the leaves of plants! Ants that tend fungus gardens - like tiny mushroom farmers! This scholarly volume will open your eyes to some of the more subtle wonders of nature.

A superbly, creatively paradoxical book. This book doesn't just set forth, dogmatically and exclusively, a set of ideas held by the author to be 'objectively true', it puts forward a set of ideas which enter into paradoxical (critical) relationships with each other, stimulating the reader to take up a critical position towards the book hirself. If intelligence rests on a critical attitude, then this book will increase your intelligence. Philosophy as art and dance.

As Marvin Minsky desribes in his book 'Society of Mind' the Agents are small programs that achieve small tasks on their own. Once an Agent is grouped with another Agent new functions and actions can occur that single Agents cannot produce on their own. So what about a whole society of Agents?

Dr. Timothy Leary, in his own chaotic style, recapitulates evolution from the first organism in which life began in the Eastern Oriental shorelines. DNA, the breath of life is always chasing the Sun Westward towards our neurological destiny. If you are familar with Dr. Leary's 24 Stage/8 Neuro-Circuit theory, then you will get a rise from this book. We have migrated from Asia to California as the launching pad into space where we will create H.O.M.E.s (High Oribtal Mini-Earths). The Intelligence Agents have already established their homes in future hive colonies. The secret to becoming an Intelligence Agent and Intelligence Increase is to SMILE (Space Migration Intelligence Increase Life Extension - the 'I' is squared).

The book is designed to look like articles written from future and past Intelligence Agents, with Leary out in the wings sending you transmissions from Switzerland on his update. The articles falsely written by such neuronauts as Carol Rosin, Anise Nun, Henry Marshall, Pauline Kael, Andy Warhol, Susan Kaiser Vogel and so many others that Leary includes in the Genetic Hall of Fame (however, one must realize at some point this was all written by Leary himself). The Intelligence Agents are all working together to get you moving.

Leary's style is jumbled with theories, ideas, histories, dedications, neurological data, DNA information, cultures of smaller organisms, cultures of cosmic life, evolution of organisms and individuals, occult, philosophy and metaphors compact in what seems to be a cross of 'Neuropolitique' and 'The Game of Life.' What I find exciting about this book is not so much the confusing writing, but within the chaos there is a positive code that Leary is sending to all of us, possibly decoded from his own DNA transmissions, and that code is: "Move On!"

.I.R.S is a must read if you want to know all about our system!

.I.R.S is a must read if you want to know all about our system!

Incredible!! One of the best books I've ever read. Next to the Bible. I highly recommend it.

In this autobiography, we see America in the first part of the twentieth century through the eyes of Kelley. His story is just that; History. This book is a must for anyone who loves the theatre, the circus, or great stories told by a master. If you lived in his time, he will transport you back. If you are young enough to only think a Big Top is what Roseanne wears, he will educate you! As his grandson I was fortunate to hear some of his memories firsthand, I highly recommend them

Gershunoff is a keen observer of character and an excellent judge of artistic quality. This book describes the good, the bad and the ugly in artistic life. The author looks behind the headlines. He gives us a true sense of what it was like to live as a person and as an artist in various parts of the world during the period 1940-80. Because politics played a huge role in the arts (and still does, for that matter!), he has some not-so-flattering things to say about powerful politicians as well as about Isaac Stern and the extremely aggressive way in which he promoted some of his proteges who might not really have been ready for prime time. Stern's constant political machinations also cut into his practice time and affected his own performance quality. And who could ever forget the major hype surrounding the Panovs? Well, here's the real scoop. Want to know how Soviet artists lived during that period? Gershunoff can--and does--tell you, in painful detail. It wasn't pretty. This is a book for those who want to know the real, human stories behind the media hype that sometimes even masqueraded as "hard news." And a great read it is, too!

Very entertaining - shows a time (1940s - 1980s) when the classical performing arts were much more central in American culture. Lots of stories of Soviet-American cultural exchange during that period including not-so-flattering episodes with the artists. Great for anyone interested in the workings of the performing arts.

When I read this book aloud to my children I was challenged as well. It is very well written and has layers of meaning....something modern writings do not generally possess. The value of good character building is infused in "Jessica's First Prayer". We cannot wait to read the sequel...The Rescue of Jessica's Mother on London Bridge.

A VERY worthy read!!

Do not be mislead by the beautiful typeface and paper of this book - this popular Victorian story had an unsettling message when it was first published in the 1860's and its message is just as powerful today. How does one explain to a hungry and cold child, living by their own wits on the street, that God cares when they pray and that the message of the Gospel is for everyone? What does it mean for a minister to be a servant of God? Is our faith something to be worn for Sunday or integrated into our daily lives and identities? As magazine editor, Charles Dickens was the first to publish Hesba Stretton's or Sarah Small's (her real name) work. She became a popular and well-loved Victorian novelist, Jessica's Prayer sold over 500,000 copies. A slim book, it raises many of the same theological and social questions found in George Eliot's Silas Marner and Adam Bede and Charles Dickens' a Christmas Carol. This story would make an excellent gift for a child aged seven or older; for a person of any age, who was exploring Christianity and prayer; for clergy reflecting on their vocations; and for people curious about Victorian London, and the life of a street urchin.

Joshua Pilcher was a hard-luck figure of the fur-trade period. A visionary who saw himself and others like him as important explorers of the unknown West, a tireless businessman in the fur trade for a number of years, and an Indian agent at the end of his life, it seems that most of his endeavors ended up in failure, or at best, partial success. In 1819 he became a partner with Manuel Lisa in the formation of the Missouri Fur Company and took over the company a year later when Lisa died. After an unsuccessful journey up the Missouri to the Yellowstone in 1821, he joined Col. Henry Leavenworth in his attack against the Arikaras in 1823, an expedition that produced mixed results. The Missouri Fur Company failed two years later (Pilcher blamed Blackfoot attacks on his trappers as the cause). He formed another company and led an expedition to Fort Vancouver; nothing came of this, either, except the report he wrote about his venture, which praised the Oregon territory as a good place for settlement and the South Pass (later Oregon Trail) as an easy way to get there.

A failure financially in the fur business, Pilcher next became an Indian agent on the upper Missouri for a number of years before replacing William Clark as superintendent of Indian affairs in St. Louis. He died there in 1843. A diligent and serious man, working for the government in an office in St. Louis was probably not the way Pilcher envisioned his life as a younger man, but it's where unfortunate circumstances led him. John Sunder's biography is sympathetic toward Pilcher's plight. It's a scholarly and straightforward account of his life, interestingly told. Sunder is a fine writer, and this is an excellent biography.

Joshua Pilcher gets full recognition as a pioneer of the fur trade era, then later as Superintendent of Indian Affairs in St. Louis. Unless one is an enthusiast of this period of history, most people have never heard of Pilcher. After a brief career as a hatter in Kentucky, he then moved to Nashville and later to St. Louis. He began his fur trade endeavors with Manuel Lisa's Missouri Fur Company in 1819 and continued this till 1829 with many misfortunes in the business. He was involved in the famous Arikara Indian Battle on the upper Missouri, which resulted in disagreements with the army's strategy of handling this encounter. After his ventures in the fur trade, he later became Indian sub-agent, then agent, and after William Clark died in 1838, he was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs at St. Louis. This is a wonderful book well written and researched by John Sunder. Enjoyable.

As a proud former member of the United States Secret Service, I believe that this product is worth your time and money...and I also feel it is my perogative to inform everyone here that, while Vince Palamara is to be commended for his notable research acumen and getting many of my colleagues-and myself- to speak to him, he has also done so at the expense of many of their feelings, beliefs, and trust. In short, Vince Palamara believes the means justifies the ends.
So, imagine my horror when I turn on the television a few years back and I SEE the young researcher who promised myself and many others that he was not a journalist, stating facts, theories, and innuendo as the gospel truth. Emory Roberts, for one, cannot defend himself. I will concede that I have no good explanation for what transpires on the film Palamara shows-but does that have to lead to conspiratorial conclusions? Does it, Vince?
From what I gather, many members of the AFAUSSS, myself included, are quite upset with him, as well they should be.

Can we let sleeping dogs lie? Lee Harvy Oswald killed President John Kennedy, acting alone. Yes, my colleagues did not do their jobs as effectively as they could have or probably should have-but will that bring back the man? No. What useful purpose is served by defaming Kennedy's memory and all the still-living former agents with calling into question the very painful loss of said man, as well as their job performance.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
T.R., proud alumni/ past member of the folowing organizations:
MSU
Army 1957-1959
USSS 1961-1982

As the leading civilian authority on the U.S. Secret Service, I heartily recommend this internal SECRET SERVICE ONLY book (meant for former agents, primarily). I was fortunate to have a very old, former agent graciously provide a complete photocopy of this book. There are priceless photographs and some very good information inside...lots of cool pictures of Robert L. "Bobby D" DeProspero, Jerry Behn, Floyd Boring, etc. etc. etc. Highly recommended...if you can obtain a copy from a retired agent! ;-)