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"If y're not shur 'bout 'sumpin,keep yer mouth shut!"Review Date: 2009-02-19
That's the way to goReview Date: 2007-11-02
Great BookReview Date: 2007-10-05
gotta love um!Review Date: 2007-06-02
Funny funny bookReview Date: 2007-07-09
Excellent reading!!

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Great BookReview Date: 2009-04-29
Super book with tons of infoReview Date: 2009-03-30
FDAReview Date: 2009-05-29
The FDA is the biggest POS we have to deal with today. Big Pharma is out of control. Instead of 1 in 8000 cases of cancer each year (yesteryear) we are almost to 1 out of 2 persons getting cancer within their lifetime. BY ALL MEANS lets use the proven FDA method. Geez.
Alternative methods are the way to go. Using what our ancestors learned from the Indians for one. (Essiac Tea).
Vitamins, juices, limited (no is better) meats, herbs, etc. have been proven FAR MORE than any so called FDA or "BIG PHARMA" treatment. Chemo is poison.
This government (owned by big business) is in the business of treating cancer not curing it. The foods we eat lead to the cancers we have. Steroids in meat, chemicals in most everything produced (read the ingredients and see how many you cannot even pronounce), chemtrails (for those who are not blind), etc. Big business rules this government and our media. Try and watch a TV program without a "drug commercial"... Hell, we have drugs prescribed to deal the fungus under our toenails. Drugs are freely prescribed to children. The best "first step" to any treatment or cure is to use one's own mind.
I have cancer and while I haven't read this book (yet) I move one step closer to buying it when I see someone use the FDA or "Big Pharma" as some sort of "must do" reference.
WAKE UP AMERICA!
must read.Review Date: 2009-04-12
STOP EVERYTHING AND READ THIS BOOK!
A GREAT source of Information and alternate Cancer HEALING mETHODSReview Date: 2009-04-06

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now in a 2nd edition...Review Date: 2009-05-10
I've read the whole book, and am rereading it now (seeing as it's about that time of year). 'Gaia's Garden' provides a wide arrange of topics and tactics regarding edible home landscaping, be they swales (methods of water absorbtion into the ground), chicken tractors, companion planting (with a few great and extended examples, much better detailed than I've seen in any other book yet), beneficiaries, and more. It's been a long while since I've read it entirely through, but I still recall feeling, at least towards the end, that many of the points were being weakly reiterated (at least in comparison to earlier in the book), somewhat tied together, but that they didn't really add too much to the whole of the book. Again, it's been a while, and this second reading may provide a contrary perspective.
Nonetheless, seeing as I've yet to encounter another book which covers half as much, that gives great examples of such, and a number of tables of plants for various uses, then don't forget about the good writing and lots of real world examples, and 'Gaia's Garden' still receives five stars by the likes of me.
p.s. 'Edible Forest Gardens' is also great (at least the first volume, wading through the second more technical one now), which I purchased with Gaia's Garden, and glad both were bought -- one is primarily about tree crops, and not so much in the way of utilizing annual garden vegetables (rightfully so, as Toensmeier has put out since then another book, 'Perennial Vegetables' [look it up on Chelsea Green's website, there's a good 10+ minutes of video with the author going through his garden, showing off some of the diversity of his perennial veg]), whereas Hemenway's book does cover annuals to some extent, with no less than two examples of good polycultures of them (extended throughout the season, even).
Great ReadReview Date: 2008-12-22
Eye-OpeningReview Date: 2008-12-06
Old Idea... new to me!Review Date: 2009-01-21
I think this books main value is in its provocative manner. I read it, and two weeks later have started a plethora of mini permaculture experiments. I searched around my home to find my "micro-environments" and have started to identify my "weeds" to see what they can tell me about my soil conditions. I even found a "weed" growing plentifully in my backyard, was actually an herb!
I recommend this book especially for those new or just beginning to explore the wide world of the home garden.
got my money's worth in one season, for just one technique from this bookReview Date: 2008-09-09
Imagine a beautiful, highly productive, virtually weed-free,
drought-resistant, inexpensive, low-maintenance and ecologically sound
garden bed in your yard. It sounds impossible, but it is very simple
and only requires a few hours to create this fall, no digging required.
You can put to use the bounty of leaves and/or pine needles that are
provided for free to almost every suburbanite in the fall. This
is the ideal time, as the bed is better if it can break down over the
winter.
I have been gardening for about 25 years, and wish had I had heard of
this method sooner. It is perfect, especially for those who are not
physically able to dig, till or do a lot of weeding or simply have very
little time for gardening.
It involves piling up and wetting down 8 -12 inches of layers of
organic matter (we used leaves and some manure) on top of a thin layer
of newspapers or cardboard, with a small amount of amendments such as
greensand, lime and rock phosphate and manure underneath the paper. On
the top is a 1-2 inch layer of mulch (we used white pine needles), to
keep in moisture and suppress weeds. Come spring, you simply push aside
the top mulch and plant seedlings.
This 'sheet mulching' method came from this wonderful book by Toby
Hemenway. We have several sheet mulch beds this
year, and they are outrageously productive. For example, one 4' x 9'
bed in a very sunny spot, contains 6 large tomato plants, 3 sweet
pepper plants, 3 cucumber vines on a trellis, a short row of
sunflowers, one summer squash plant, and 7 winter squash plants. I
find this amazing considering that the ground underneath is very poor,
sandy and barely supported grass.
With apologies to Mae West, I have learned a big lesson, it's not the soil
in your life, it's the life in your soil!
I bought this book in January and have many times over saved the price in
time, mulch and bought amendments using ONLY the sheet mulch idea.


Review for Kindle editionReview Date: 2009-06-16
Love it or leave itReview Date: 2009-06-14
Very HandyReview Date: 2009-04-25
Carry it with you!Review Date: 2009-04-21
An excellent resourceReview Date: 2009-04-10
This Cato Institute publication encourages you to read these important documents for yourself and learn the intentions of America's founders.

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Supernatural MindReview Date: 2009-07-04
The Supernatural Power of the Transformmed MindReview Date: 2009-02-02
More More More!!!Review Date: 2008-12-08
I am changed because I read this book.Review Date: 2008-11-14
Fresh, real, biblical, and usefulReview Date: 2008-10-03

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Calvin and hobbes ruleReview Date: 2009-01-31
Great buyReview Date: 2007-05-25
a little bit of perspective...and a lot of funReview Date: 2005-03-06
Great Look Behind the ScenesReview Date: 2004-12-24
Insightful looks at classic sunday stripsReview Date: 2004-05-13
Created by Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes will be hailed among the greatest ever created, right alongside Peanuts and Krazy Kat for its creativity, scope of influence and the enjoyment it offered the reader. It was a strip capable of being all things gleeful and all things sad, all things goofy and all things serious.
Bill Watterson's genius cannot be overstated. He was a master of the comic form. He somehow managed to be funny, clever, touching, insightful, warm, cynical, uplifting, devious, nostalgic, and mischievous, all in the space of a little three- or four-panel comic strip.
And his Sunday strips? A feast. His use of space and color, especially in the strip's later years, was masterful. He knew how to work a page like no other.
In this collection, some of the best Sunday strips are collected in glorious color. Each is amended with footnotes and annotations by the creator himself, along with early pre-newspaper versions of the strips. While many of these can be found elsewhere, this collection is a nice look back at some favorites, made even better by the insight and observations of the man who drew them. Even those intimately familiar with these cartoons will learn something new about the craft of comic creation through his annotations.
Each comic strip is a story - and for longtime Calvin & Hobbes readers, a memory. That final strip, with its clean slate of white snow into which Calvin and Hobbes disappear, talking of discovery and exploring ... just fantastic.
If you're a fan of Watterson's work and Calvin & Hobbes, you owe it to yourself to pick this up.

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New twist on a proven conceptReview Date: 2009-06-30
Insightful and practicalReview Date: 2009-04-22
Best advice on mastermind groups!Review Date: 2009-02-22
Very practical and realistic and easy to understand and follow.
Excellent value for money!
Meet & Grow RichReview Date: 2009-02-01
The Fastest Way To Wealth And SuccessReview Date: 2008-03-29
Meet and Grow Rich gives you multiple examples of how to run a mastermind group effectively so you can produce the results you want in your life quickly and easily. It also cuts down your learning curve to success.
Profiting in Turbulent Times
Wealth Without a Job: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Freedom and Security Beyond the 9 to 5 Lifestyle
Laid Off? Don't Stress! How to Get from Mad to Glad

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book reivewReview Date: 2006-09-05
Wow, takes me way back...Review Date: 2007-03-31
Thank you Mrs. Parish for the memories!
Now... it's on to "The Mystery of Chimney Rock"...
Loved it as a kidReview Date: 2006-03-09
The three kids were staying with their grandparents for the summer when they accidentally stumbled upon the clue to a treasure their great-great grandfather had hidden over a hundred years ago. Using their wits they solve clues and overcome obstacles to help them find the key to the treasure. Some of the things they encounter are a hissing goose, a mischievous little boy, paper that is so old it falls apart, wasps, and moldy pouches.
I loved this book when I was a child and still read it to my students today. I always tried to figure out the clues before the three kids and I always dreamed of hiding my own treasure for someone to find. The writing style may not be the best especially compared to books written in our day and age but it is a fun book and a quick read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes quick mysteries and hidden treasure.
Nico's reviewReview Date: 2005-08-06
Key to a Great TimeReview Date: 2006-03-16
What I enjoy most about Peggy Parish's book is that it is fiction based on facts. This lends a great deal of believability to the story while providing young readers with glimpses of a time when life was far more simple and yet much more fun. For this reason alone I purchased a new copy of the book for my nine-year-old daughter.
I highly recommend "Key to the Treasure" for children ages seven through twelve who enjoy reading and also enjoy using their imagination. Many hours of pleasure are sure to be derived from this book that I believe to be a classic children's story.

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Buy this book!Review Date: 2009-03-15
I am just blown away at the thoroughness, quality of process and thought that has gone into this bookReview Date: 2008-03-16
I am always looking for what I think is the best sales book to recommend. This is the book for B2B sales this year. A very high sales performer, Bill Stinnett has really hit the mark with this book. If you coupled the strategies and methods of Stinnett with the strategies and tactics used by Bill Freese, (Question Based Selling) you could build the ultimate sales machine in your company. I am just blown away at the thoroughness, quality of process and thought that has gone into this book. When I asked Bill for a review copy he arranged to call me to find out where I was coming from and what I did with the reviews. This gentleman dots the i's and crosses the t's.
Buy it, read it, and keep it on your read often, do not lend bookshelf. Of course if you are content with the status quo, this book will only make you realize how much more there is out there. I am really pumped by Stinnett!
An Invaluable ResourceReview Date: 2007-03-11
Stinnett is an apostle of the "diagnostic approach" to selling, in which the seller undertakes a process of discovery to identify what results the customer is trying to achieve. The focus is always on the customer--his motive, the urgency of reaching the objective, the consequences of doing nothing and remaining where he is, the expected payback from attaining the objective, the resources the customer has available to devote to the effort, and the risks he will face in moving in a new direction. These "Action Drivers," Stinnett explains, govern and control just about every buying decision. If a sale falls through, chances are that one of these "Action Drivers" was missing.
In the first half of the "Think Like Your Customer," Stinnett analyzes how buyers evaluate their options and assess risk. Weeks after reading the book, I still open it up and turn to the chart on page 49, where Stinnett lists the eight major types of value your customer may be attempting to derive from a relationship with you and your company. They are:
Economic Value (increasing revenue, reducing costs, better utilization of assets)
Emotional Value (need for recognition and security)
Simplicity Value (making the easy choice and reducing headaches)
Relational Value (repaying loyalty and commitment; avoiding potential conflict)
Political and Image Value (looking good to others)
Guidance or Advice Value (access to expert advice)
Quality Value (reducing product defects; better service)
Time Value (shorten time to market; free up time for other things)
Stinnett points out for each of these denominations of value, there is a corresponding denomination of risk. Since value and risk are two sides of the same coin, a seller can increase the perceived value of his offering--and overcome prospects' perennial objections about price, by focusing carefully on the customer's concerns and reducing risk in the areas of value that are important to that particular customer.
In the second half of the book, Stinnett dissects the anatomy of the customer's buying process. Instead of focusing our attention on how we sell, Stinnett says we should concentrate on how the customer buys and--more importantly--what affirmative steps we can take to help the buyer move through each stage of the buying process that the buyer needs to traverse in order to buy from us.
Nothing in "Think Like Your Customer" is startlingly new; rather, Stinnett teaches how we can turn our thinking inside out and look at a transaction from the perspective of the buyer.
This book is well organized and highly readable; the reasoning is persuasive, and the advice is immensely practical. Immediately after reading "Think Like Your Customer," I began to conduct conversations with my clients using the tools and skills Stinnett provides. The difference in the quality of the communication was nothing short of amazing. Buy this book and profit from its wisdom!
Valuable tools to use right awayReview Date: 2006-04-02
The chapter on what customers really want is worth far more than the price of the book. It identifies the factors that must exist for a customer to buy from us. And it teaches how to weave key questions about these factors into our informal conversation with the customer.
Another example: The book teaches how to learn what specific results a customer really wants and how to tie that to our product or service. The specific "result" a customer wants may differ greatly from the generic benefits we assume our product or service's features provide.
I've found that using Stinnett's tools to focus even more on how the customer thinks increases sales and the number of satisfied customers.
How to understand the high-probability customer's purchase process Review Date: 2007-01-31
Bill Stinnett concludes the Introduction to this book with a remarkable statement: "Now let me be clear: I don't take credit for any of these truths [culled from a variety of other sources]. I didn't make them up. They have been there all along, waiting to be observed. My life's work has been to recognize them and organize them in an effort to advance my own career and yours." Stinnett refers to popular sales methodologies which include Strategic SellingĀ®, Solution SellingĀ®, and SPIN SellingĀ®. Whatever the given methodology, its ultimate outcome is an increase in revenue which, Stinnett duly acknowledges, can be accomplished in three ways: maximizing sales velocity, increasing average "deal size" or the "wallet" share, and increasing customer loyalty and satisfaction.
Throughout Stinnett's narrative, his emphasis is on presenting and then explaining "a winning strategy" (actually an aggregate of several strategies) to increase his reader's understanding of how and why customers buy. The chapter titles for Part 1, "Why Customers Buy," correctly indicate how practical his approach is: What Customers Think About, What Customers Really Want, How Customers Perceive Value and Risk, The Cause and Effect of Business Value, and The Value of Customer Relationships. It should be noted that, along the way, Stinnett also offers excellent advice with regard to all manner of "how not to's" and "why nots" when formulating and then implementing what should be a cohesive, comprehensive, and cost-effective game plan to increase revenue.
To me, some of the most valuable material in the book is presented in Chapter 8 as Stinnett explains how to reverse-engineer the buying process. That is, in Stephen Covey's words, "begin with the end in mind." This is a process by which to identify what must happen before a given customer is ready to buy. Previously in Chapter 2, Stinnett introduced what he calls his "Customer Results Model" which involves a process that begins with fully understanding the prospective buyer's current situation. I agree with Stinnett that there is no inherent value (as perceived by customers) in the solution offered by a given product or service unless it will achieve the prospective buyer's desired outcomes or results. As the former CEO of Home Depot once observed, people don't buy a quarter-inch drill; they buy quarter-inch holes. In this context, the quarter-inch drill fills a gap between a current, often an urgent need and filling it.
One of this book's several reader-friendly devices is the isolation of key points presented in bold face. This facilitates and accelerates frequent review of those points later. For example:
"It's a lot easier to sell somebody something if it's positioned as a way to help them achieve a goal or an objective that they already want to achieve." (Page 15)
" Far more critical than what is valuable and important to your customer is why it is valuable and important to them." (Page 65)
"A deep, meaningful, high-trust relationship with a client who has no business disparity [i.e. compelling need], no motive to take action, or no means to take action even if they did have a motive, equals no sale. It's just a relationship." (Page 105)
"It's not what we do in our sales process, but what the customer does in their buying process, that really matters." (Page 135)
"We should spend 80 percent of our time and effort on the 20 percent of our opportunities that carry a strong urgency, motive, and consequence, because these are the deals that can close." (Page 179)
None of Stinnett's key points is a head-snappy revelation, nor does he make that claim. However, all of them - preferably reviewed in the sequence in which they are presented - offer valuable reminders of where the proper focus and emphasis should be during a high-probability customer's purchase process.
There are dozens of excellent books on the art and science of sales, and this is one of the best.
Well-done!


Awesome read and full of great adviceReview Date: 2009-07-04
Great, as usual!Review Date: 2009-07-04
Very Good and Funny readReview Date: 2009-07-04
as usual they hit the mark!Review Date: 2009-07-04
S. Worley
Boaz, AL
Get a clue!Review Date: 2009-07-04
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For some good ole Southern humor and pure bellylaughs;you can't go wrong with Rick and Bubba.
Most people go through life and take everything serious and wonder why the others are having so much fun. It's all a matter of attitude,and no matter how bad things seem to be,it's people who look at life around them and see outrageous humor at every turn of events,that have the fun.
The book is a great read,but the CD that accompanys it is a real blast.These two guys just feed on one another ,and through highly developed senses of observation turn what most people just take for granted,into side-splitting humor.
We all go through the routines of Sunday morning,Fireworks,Arguments and happenings at Sports Events,Uptightness over Religion ,Hi-Jinks,and all the other events that make up our daily lives;but this pair ,seemingly without any effort,find humorin it all.
Many people think that the great comedy of the past is lost and gone forever.We may no longer have Abbott& Costello,Red Skelton,Gleason&Carney,and many others who gave us great comedy,and without foul and obscene language ,with us; but Rick& Bubba show that it can still be done and in a way that is enjoyable and totally acceptable to everyone.