The Magic of Believing

Book Description

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND ALMOST ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!

Mystical, motivating and inspiring, The Magic of Believing is an extraordinary self-improvement program which draws on the philosophy that the energy of the subconscious mind can help individuals achieve any goal. With a step-by-step system for tapping and unleashing the powers of the mind, listeners will learn:

* How to think more clearly and effectively to attain their highest goals
* How to activate these goals and put them to work
* The powers of self-suggestion and self-affirmation -- keys to creating new ways of thinking and believing
* How to combine mental pictures with the power of the subconscious so that any goal you imagine can be realized in the real world

Written in 1948, The Magic of Believing has helped thousands attain both personal and professional goals and the appeal of its philosophy remains a powerful tool for change. Now you can turn your thoughts into real achievements too!

WHY WAIT FOR BETTER TIMES WHEN YOU CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN NOW?

Leaders of government and industry...stars of stage and screen...giants of science and the business world agree...These clear, easy-to-follow principles changed their lives and they can change yours, too!

Formulated by a successful businessman and world traveler, this method has been used by millions for over three decades. The Magic of Believing offers the key to a world of unlimited opportunity. Now you can discover:

* How to become the person you believe yourself to be
* How to use your imagination to set your goals
* Three sure-fire steps to getting what you want
* The power of suggestion: How to use your thoughts to make things happen
* Mental picture: The art of turning thoughts into action, results and rewards
* Why and how believing makes it so

Make your job work for you. Start your own business. Increase your income. Lose weight. Add love to your life. Whatever your goal, you can make it happen through The Magic of Believing!

Customer Reviews:

serendipity strikes again!.......2007-08-24

Don't you just love it when you walk into a book store (or randomly look at books online) and a book just seems to jump right off of the shelf and into your arms? Well, with the Magic of Believing that is just what I needed at the time. It is short, concise and states simple things that one can do to enhance their life. I highly recommend this book.

THE MAGIC OF BELIEVING.......2007-07-04

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I EVER READ FOR MAKING YOU BELIEVE WHEN LIFE AND EVERYONE HAS TOLD YOU THIS OR THAT COULDN'T BE DONE.

Exceptional.......2007-06-11

This is a terrific book for everyone to read. In our busy world with all of the distractions and problems, this book brings you back to what is important: Believing in yourself and what you can accomplish by believing in yourself. It is an uplifting message

Worth buying.......2007-05-06

I have read this book twice and enjoy reading it. I do agree with a lot of the information offered in the book. However, I noticed that the book made reference on page 37 to Carlos Castaneda and on page 153 to Barbara Streisand. Seeing how the author passed away in 1951 he could not have known either one. It is obvious the book was edited, but why? Was it to keep up with the times? I wished they hadn't, I would liked to read the book in the original content.

It Works!.......2007-03-21

I bought this book over 20 years ago by mistake at a used book store. I thought it was about something else, but once I started reading it, I was fascinated. It's very easy to understand and simply written, but the message is unmistakenly powerful ... you can have anything you desire if you put your mind to it. This book is a very early fore-runner of the Law of Attraction books that are so popular now -- same message, but a lot less fluff around it. The book is thin, but the author wastes no words. So how do I know it works?

Shortly after reading this book, I got the idea to give it a test. I needed a car and one day, out of the blue, my husband saw a sweepstakes advertised in which the prize was a brand new sports car. I had told him nothing about the book or my desire to test it, so it was kind of surprising when out of the blue, he said, "Hey, why don't you send your name in to this contest?" I did. Then, from that day until the day the winner was to be chosen, I did absolutely everything this book suggested. I followed the instructions to the T ... every single day. On the day the winner was to be chosen, I just knew I was going to win. I knew my name was going to be drawn as the winner. It sounds crazy, but there was just no way it could NOT happen. So when they called me to tell me I'd won, I wasn't even surprised. The contest guy said, "Well, you don't sound surprised." LOL! How could I? After following all the instructions in this book, I was absolutely sure I would win!

If you get this book, read it and then set a little test for yourself. Follow the instructions to the letter and don't let any doubts in your mind. See what happens. I bet you won't be surprised either!

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Learning to manage the power within you
The power of autosuggestion within
TNT the power within you
Great Book
Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!

TNT: The Power Within You
Claude M. Bristol , and Harold Sherman
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0671765469

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Learning to manage the power within you.......2007-10-01

I am ever grateful for being introduced to this book and the lessons I learned. Time tested and true - it's what the movie 'The Secret' is based on. My life is ever changed because of TNT!

Janet Legere, Calgary, Canada

The power of autosuggestion within.......2007-08-25

Another good book about autosuggestion / power of thoughts / self-hypnosis. Time has come for you to stop and analyze the condition you are in right now. For you are the sum of your own ways of thinking. Positive attitude will result in good things happening to you, and negative attracts just the opposite. -One has to be careful in handling the power of thoughts, the TNT within...

There was something interesting in this book about those spontaneous hunches or drives, which can sometimes help one to live a better life - is it called following intuition? And also something about facing one's fears. Though I would have left out the chapter "I Will, I Will, I Will, I Will!", since from what I have understood so far - the best suggestions are made effortlessly, without any real "will".

TNT the power within you.......2007-08-11

Great book, I read this book years ago and liked it then, and I like it even better now!

Great Book.......2007-01-11

I purchased this book and the "Genie Within: Your Subconscious, How it works and How to Use It" I love both of them. It reinforces everything I've learned about the mind and provides plenty of instructions on how to use your mind to change your life. I highly recommend it.

Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!.......2006-08-29

I don't know where I've been looking all this time but just happened across this book a couple of weeks ago! Strangely, I was shopping for a book to give my son for his birthday and also shopping for a different book for myself. I've been reading all kinds of books lately on self improvement, and especially about the Law of Attraction etc. and just accidentally came across "TNT The Power Within You"! I briefly read an excerpt from the book and decided to get it for my son since I had other books that I wanted to read myself. Anyway, the book arrived and even though I was in the middle of another book, I decided to glance through this book just out of curiosity. Before I knew it, I was devouring the book and just kept hoping I could keep from bending or creasing the pages before giving it to my son.
Well needless to say, I was blown away with this book! I've read all the popular ones, "Ask and it is Given", "The Attractor Factor", as well as umpteen others, but have to say I was blown away with TNT!!!! The authors style and talent for getting important points across is absolutely amazing....it couldn't be any more clear.
What I liked about this book too is that it includes not only the knowledge, but the information and methods for putting it all to practical use without pulling any punches! The spiritual aspect is also brought out in such a way as to reach deep inside the reader's mind to make these things known and leaving a sense of renewed confidence and determination to follow through. All I can say is that I was deeply inspired with this book and feel it is the one book that will keep drawing me back time and again. You definitely should not simply read this book, but study it and really absorb what is written in its pages!
My final comment is that I like the book so much that I intend to go buy more copies to give to family members, and also of course to buy a copy for myself!

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Exceptional
I'm a believer
Simple ideas for simple minds
Excellent book, well worth the money!
Thoughts are things.

The Magic Of Believing
Claude M. Bristol
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 0743539486

Book Description

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND ALMOST ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!

WHY WAIT FOR BETTER TIMES WHEN YOU CAN MAKE THEM HAPPEN NOW?

Make your job work for you. Start your own business. Increase your income. Lose weight. Add love to your life. Whatever your goal, you can make it happen through The Magic of Believing!

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Exceptional.......2007-06-11

I'm a believer.......2007-02-26

This is an excerpt of the salient points from the book, about an hour long. It's a good introduction to the book -- buy the CD and then you'll either want the book so you can learn more, or you'll decide you're not interested. The book from which it's excerpted is excellent, and highly recommended. The gentleman who wrote it died back in 1951, but the subject matter is just as pertinent today as it was in 1948 when he wrote it. I give the CD 4 stars and the book 5 -- you'll want to read it more than once and listen to the CD more than once to really get everything from it. It's a little vague in some ways, and sometimes you may think "come on, just spit it out already!" but if you pay attention, it's worth a whole lot more than you'll pay for it. It really *can* help you change your life.

Simple ideas for simple minds.......2007-01-12

This book can be summed up efficiently without one's having to read it. The "case" here is that if you set your mind to something you can almost always achieve it. Umm...and...?

This book is in fact just another in a long line of books that tell you what you already know, but usually don't want to hear, for a small fee. It's much easier to buy a book than do the things that cause one to be successful, like working hard, being persistent and patient; and in the end, this book basically says that's what you have to do anyway. The author's only "new" caveat is that it helps to imagine your success and believe it's possible first. Again...yeah...and...?

I ran across this book through one of the unusual connections Bristol points out in one of his many case histories--I was looking for something and I found this. I approached it with about as open a mind as is possible for someone with a decent education and a modicum of life experience. At first I was intrigued...was the author really going to try to make a case that there's some new unheard of science to the art of belief and self-confidence that I'd not yet heard of? The opening chapter was certainly enthusiastic enough to convince me to purchase the thing with a minmum of scanning through it. You can certainly get the book cheap enough too, at least there's that.

Upon reading further it became apparent that Bristol has little to say beyond his original premise. To his credit, he's right: it IS effective to approach something you want with the confidence that you can attain it. And maybe he was the first (or one of the first) to point this out to the public. However, immediately I began to find cracks in the veneer. First off, Bristol asserts that you can have "anything" you set your mind to...later he'll add, quietly, that of course you have to have some other things, like job skills or experience, contact with people, etc. Even later he'll conclude that really there is no substitute for hard work, and that to gain something any other way isn't going to work (example, that "most" gamblers end up poor in the end--and Bristol repeatedly uses this word, "most," without verifying which figures led him to this nebulous number, revealing more about his own morals than anything).

My second curiosity about the book...the author writes with the assumption that what "most" of his readers are looking for is material gain, that they don't have enough money and want more. Aside from the greedy picture it paints of his readers, it seems pretty rude politics for Bristol to hint that he has the secret to financial success but must be paid before he'll reveal it...but then, isn't that what get-rich-quick seminars are usually about anyway?

But worst of all, because the author has very little to offer other than common sense and some "pyschic phemonena" hooey that might have interested Stephen King when he was researching "Carrie," the majority of this book is filled with "case histories." Much of them are Bristol's own accounts; there's something a little creepy about a guy who obviously has such good friends they'll loan him a tool just when he needs it most, and he attributes it more to his focused thoughts than their simple generosity, to say nothing of any mention anywhere of returning such favors to his friends, or being appreciative to the ether, or "whatever" (Bristol fortunately skirts religious issues for the most part). I know people like this--people who get lucky in work or every day life and suddenly decide they were born with a caul on their face and have "special powers." The other cases the author lists are tantamount to him asking friends for stories of their unusual phenomena, like a man who imagines a protective circle around himself. Well...where are the stories of people who tried it and it DIDN'T work out? I don't even have to do a poll, I can think of dozens off the top of my head; people who believed honestly and completely and worked as hard as humanly possible and it didn't work out anyway. It's called "Life," and no one has ever been completely able to explain it.

So should Bristol not have written? It seems to be a popular book and I don't begrudge him his success, any more than I do Barnum. That's "Life" too. I DO, however, begrudge Bristol's rather insulting chapter on feminism where where he basically tries to point out, "Ya know, women are more powerful than we men give them credit for!" There's another non-PC bit Bristol uses that's a little odd, a summation that includes a warning concerning an example of Englishmen working on plantations in jungle outposts. As Bristol writes, "We all know what happens to a man living among uncivilized people--occasionally he goes native."

Oops! I know this is an old book, but...

It is this sort of prose that had me, by about Chapter 3, really annoyed with the author, his unfounded case histories and his ideas in general. Again, I don't deny his original assertion has merit and if this book has helped people and not harmed anyone it is ultimately a good thing. I for one am doing my part to get the word out that if you're really ready to work at feeling better about yourself, check out (no, don't just check it out, WORK it) "Feeling Good" by David D. Burns. If you measure your success by material gain the only book you need is "Power" by Robert Greene. They are big books and the ideas enclosed are complex, well-thought out and researched and without question life-changing; everything Bristol's book tries to be and is not, in my opinion. I gave it 2 stars because it could've been worse.

Excellent book, well worth the money!.......2006-07-02

The Magic of Believing has always been one of my most favorite books and it was so great to find out that it was also available on audio CD. Wow. The concepts are so simple and yet it really works.

Thoughts are things........2006-03-13

This book proves that what you think comes into being. When people say "the placebo effect" worked, what they are really saying is that if you think it, you make it happen.This book shows you how to do it. It is an exellent book for proving your mind can make things work out for you.

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I found a new author
charming and HILARIOUS!
angle
Loved this quirky, laugh out loud read

Playing James
Sarah Mason
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0345469550
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Book Description

Rules? What rules?

Plucky beat reporter Holly Colshannon has a flair for the dramatic, a nose for trouble, and the remarkable ability to smile through any indignity—though her latest assignment is about to test her mettle. Newly “promoted” to crime reporter for the Bristol Gazette, she must shadow the unsmiling (though undeniably delicious) Detective James Sabine through his action-packed days, and then capture all the danger and thrills of a cop’s life in a daily column for the rag.

Well, on the bright side, she gets her own byline. On the down side, delectable James is hardly overjoyed to have her around. But soon her columns are a hit with readers who can’t get enough of her personal adventures riding shotgun with the sexy crime stopper.

Who ever expected law and order to be so romantic? Certainly Holly’s rugby-playing boyfriend and James’s super-gorgeous fiancée are enough to keep any sparks of electricity in check? In the end, though, love always evens the score. . . .

Customer Reviews:

Average.......2007-09-24

After reading all of the great reviews of this book, I must admit I was rather disappointed. I am a very fast reader, and when interested in a book, I tend to finish it rather fast. Not so with this book - I had no motivation to finish, to the point where I had ten pages to read and absolutely no rush. It was very predictable - if you can make it through the first 50 pages and NOT figure out how the book is going to end, you must be very dense. The characters were likable enough, but it was far too predictable and fairy tale-ish. I have read much more engaging and interesting chick lit novels - this one falls on my average list...

I found a new author.......2007-04-11

I really enjoy these light hearted romance books. I have been searching for someone and something new for a while. This book was an easy and enjoyable read. I loved it. I went to the library the next day and borrowed Party Girl which was even better. Give Sarah Mason a try it will be time well spent.

charming and HILARIOUS!.......2006-09-13

This is a great book...it is in my top 3 favorites. the characters are interesting and is written very well.

angle.......2006-08-23

a nice light book to read when you need a laugh other wise not very challenging

Loved this quirky, laugh out loud read.......2006-08-23

Holly Colshannon is no stranger in the Casualty department at her local hospital. A good bit of the story revolves around her frequent visits to Casualty. A pet funeral reporter, Holly suddenly finds herself in a new position at the paper after one of her least favorite people gives his leave. Sent to the Police Department to try to dig up stories, Holly comes face to face with a detective who gave her attitude at the hospital when she was doing "research." After a fateful meeting with the head of PR, Holly finds herself following James around for her new diary feautre.

The story that follows is laugh-out-loud funny, with twists and turns that will leave you with a smile on your face long after the book is done.

Master Class at Johnson & Wales: Recipes from the Public Television Series (PBS Cooking) (PBS Cooking) (PBS Cooking)

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Master Class at Johnson & Wales: Recipes from the Public Television Series (PBS Cooking) (PBS Cooking) (PBS Cooking)
Bristol Publishing Enterprises
Manufacturer: Bristol Publishing Enterprises
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0970597320
Release Date: 2002-10-01

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Johnson & Wales University attracts students from all over the globe who come for a chance to train in their world-renowned culinary program. Now, here's a collection of recipes from their Master Class series running on public television. You'll find dishes representing a variety of international cusinies.

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Surprising!
A Picture Rarely if Ever Seen
And this is how tender Maleness can be
Wonderfully moving collection.
A Moving Tribute to Masculine Beauty

At Ease: Navy Men of World War II
Evan Bachner , Wayne Miller (Photographer) , Horace Bristol (Photographer) , Victor Jorgensen (Photographer) , and Barrett Gallagher (Photographer)
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0810948052

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In the years following World War II, images of comradeship, particularly of men being physically close, largely disappeared from the public record. But, as these stunning photographs attest, ordinary American men in the extraordinary circumstances of World War II were affectionate, winsome, and playful-disarmingly innocent in a time of cataclysmic peril.

Led by photography giant Captain Edward J. Steichen, the U.S. Naval Aviation Photographic Unit was organized during the war to record the daily experiences of Navy men all over the world and provide newspapers and magazines with images to promote the American cause. The unit's photographers, which included Wayne Miller, Horace Bristol, Victor Jorgensen, and Barrett Gallagher, took thousands of pictures of soldiers as they relaxed, trained, prepared for the next battle, and waited.

This book brings together more than 150 of those photographs, culled from the National Archives, including many that have never before been published. Whereas World War II imagery tends to be dominated by combat photography and monumental depictions of weaponry, these photographs offer a rare, intimate look at the Navy men themselves.

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Surprising!.......2007-04-28

I picked up this book because my dad and my grandfather served in the US Navy in WW II. I didn't see them or their ships in this book but wow! There are some beautiful photos here! Crisp black and white prints, impressive use of light, some clever composition... and so many strong young men, muscled and slender.

There is a sensuousness to many of the pictures that reminded me of Mapplethorpe's work, although none of them show full frontal nudity. As a collection the photos appear a bit homoerotic, although individually many of the images are fine art. The book is more about excellent photography and gorgeous young men than it is about wartime.

A Picture Rarely if Ever Seen.......2006-07-02

As an historical reenactor, and daughter of a WWII Navy veteran, I am constantly on the outlook for books and information on the lesser known ideas and culture surrounding WWII. This book was a real eye opener! While the author is open about his sexuality and the pictures were no doubt hand picked with a certain agenda, they show a world of innocence that was unconcerned with homophobic ideas of how a man should or should not act. Being together for long periods of time in uncertain circumstances, deep friendships definitely form. Your buddy could be the one to save your life during an attack, or you might loose him in a split second from a torpedo. As a woman, I can imagine the close friendships that would form today under similar circumstances among women, and I imagine men during that time were not held back by all the macho ideas of today. A beautiful book with striking photography, this stands as an important contribution to understanding our father's and grandfather's lives during WWII.

And this is how tender Maleness can be.......2005-01-01

Without a doubt this book will touch the memories and hearts of everyone who pauses to slowly peruse these casual photographs of men at sea in World War II. Without the overtones of trying to make a statement about the camaraderie that accompanies men off at war, these photographs simply follow a healthy group of sailors resting on board ship, working at their tasks, bonding in the bunk rooms and in play on the decks and the foc'sle. There is an obvious physical relationship that is transmitted in the gentlest ways, further proof that men together find the emotional and physical support so needed in the time of isolation from the world.

It is to Evan Bachner's credit that he shares this truly sensitive body of work with the public at a time when we all need to understand not only the plight of the men away at war today, but of the common threads of pansexuality that have never been a threat but only a solace in a world infected with prejudice. Grady Harp, December 2004

Wonderfully moving collection........2004-10-08

Too often, when modern schoolchildren consider WW2, they see the parades of elderly veterans, stooped, wrinkled, bemedaled, but essentally OLD.

What the compiler of this book has managed to do is to collect a wide range of photo material, much of it of very high quality, which shows the young men who fought WW2 as they were then. That is, as young men. Slim, upright, happy, fit. Often little more than schoolboys themselves. In that regard, this book is reminiscent of Herbert List's book "Junge Manner".

I was so impressed with my book that I've ordered a second copy to be put into the library of the secondary school at which I'm a governor. WW2 seems to be popular in history lessons. Let the children of today see the youths of yesteday as they were at their prime.

A Moving Tribute to Masculine Beauty.......2004-10-08

Looking through the photographs in this book was like viewing a beautiful dream. The photography is excellent as it was done by the military's professional staff of photographers. The sailors are fascinating to look at. They are in peak physical condition and their faces are expressive and feeling. A part of history with enormous importance has been catalogued and preserved for the future by this wonderful author. Thank you.

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There's no better capture of Iowa and Iowans
Extraordinary photos of variety of landscape in Iowa

Iowa: Simply Beautiful
Curt Maas
Manufacturer: Farcountry Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1560371609

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Come home to Iowa in this beautiful color tribute to the Hawkeye State by two native sons who also are professional photographers. Although they travel the United States and the world on assignment, Larsh K. Bristol lives in Waukon, and Curt Maas in Johnston.

Around Iowa, they train their cameras on daily life, the beauties of landscapes, changes in weather and seasons, and more. As artists with the lens, both discover artistic images all around—trees coated with sparkling ice, dew-beaded spider webs, rolling hills turned mystical by morning mist, historical sites recalling ancestors and ancients, farming's geometric patterns, or the flaming sunset that closes a frigid winter day.

Looking at their Iowa will enrich appreciation of our Iowa, taking us back home to America's heartland.

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There's no better capture of Iowa and Iowans.......2005-09-17

This book captures the essence of Iowa. The photography is incredible and the subject matter is fascinating. I'm wating for the next one !!!!

Extraordinary photos of variety of landscape in Iowa.......2000-12-05

The photographs in this book are extraordinary - pictures that represent the real beauty of the state of Iowa. The landscape varies from the 500 foot bluffs over the Mississippi River, tall hills and deep valleys, beautiful autumn colors; to the expected rolling hills of Grant Wood and the big sky over the prairies of tall grass. There is so much variety in Iowa, which this book captures in color-saturated photographs. My only consideration is I wish that there was more description of the places which are pictured. Photographs are either identified briefly by their titles, or not at all.

George Mueller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

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wow
Bristol's Missionary
I Could Not Put It Down

George Mueller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
Janet Benge , and Geoff Benge
Manufacturer: YWAM Publishing
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ASIN: 1576581454

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George Muller stared at the beggar girl. She was no older than five and was piggybacking her little brother. Her mother had died in the cholera epidemic sweeping England. Her father had never returned from the mines. Standing in the muddy street, this little girl gave a face to Bristol's countless orphans.

With scarcely enough food or money for his own family, George Muller opened his heart and home. Sustained by God's provision, the Muller house "Breakfast Club" of thirty orphans grew to five large houses that Ultimately over ten thousand children would call home.

George Muller trusted God with a depth rarely seen. His faith and generosity set a standard for Christians of all generations.

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wow.......2007-06-16

my mother passed this book along to me after she read it to my younger siblings. it is written at a "young adult" level, which was great, because the story was so gripping, I was glad to be able to read it through in a few hours. sometimes God writes the best story possible in the events of history through the lives of His people, and no amount of "literary prowess" is necessary which would get in the way of those pure and unadulterated facts.

This story has inspired me to: pray specifically and trust completely; give away every extra dollar that I have; get rid of at least half my books; stop reading books about the Bible, and read no other book than the Bible until I've read it completely through, or until another book seems as appealing, embracing the possibility that I may never read another book in my life; live a life of complete devotion to Jesus Christ.

Bristol's Missionary.......2005-12-14

George Muller is a biography of a missionary to Bristol's orphans. The book starts with George at age 16 getting caught by the police for leaving numerous hotel rooms across the country without paying. It follows on with George as a divinity student at Halle University. There George acts like no other divinity student; he gambles, steals and drinks. He ends up in a Bible Study and after a few days becomes a Christian. George continues on with college all on his own without any help from his father. He watches as God supplies all his need at just the right time. God begins to call George to the mission field. George then becomes a pastor in Teignmoth, there he met and married Mary Groves. George and Mary lead a simple life with very few accessories. God then lead them to do missions work in Bristol. Once George and Mary moved, they started a Breakfast Club in Bristol. For the Breakfast Club they invited everyone in the neighborhood to come to their house for breakfast where Mary feed them and George would lead the devotions. They had the house stuffed in the morning with people even sitting on the floor. Through a five-year-old orphan girl George felt the call to work among the orphans in Bristol, which were of great number. The book follows on with all George and Mary's preparations for finding a spot and opening the orphanage. The orphanage grows into five houses in town, with a waiting list growing every day. But this orphanage was different then any other orphanage in Europe, the orphans that came, came free of charge. Never were the orphans required to pay anything. George would not ask for money from anyone but God. God never failed to provide meals for the children, and at just the right time. The orphanage grew so much that to have so many children in town just didn't work. So the orphanage moved out of town were there was plenty of room for the orphans. The book continues on for the rest of George's life where he continues to do work among the orphans until the day he dies.

I Could Not Put It Down.......2005-08-02

If you are wondering where all the miracles of today are, where is God in all of this thing called life? This book quickly answers the question? The answer is --Where are the people of faith? The story of George Muller is such a compelling story. I could not put it down and I keep coming back to it for inspiration.
In a world of all the Christian book fads, this reminds us of an earlier time of a simplicity of faith, faith that will change the world. This book is written well and reads very fast. Children over 12 should not have any trouble reading it and it could be read to children 5 and up. If you are looking for inspiration look no further. I highly recommend this book.

Cicero: A Portrait (Bristol Classical Paperbacks)

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Elizabeth Rawson's portrait of Cicero
The one indispensable modern portrait that we have

Cicero: A Portrait (Bristol Classical Paperbacks)
Elizabeth Rawson
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Elizabeth Rawson's portrait of Cicero.......2007-02-21

The author gives a very detailed descirption of the politics that surround Cicero's time. It fills in the political how to Ciceros rise to fame and the important people that surround him, both enemy and friend. I would recommend this book to anyone who knows about the fall of the Roman senate and what Cicero did to help and hurt it.

The one indispensable modern portrait that we have.......2002-09-20

Rawson's biography of Cicero is probably the ONE indispensable modern portrait that we have. Readers are advised to start here and avoid Anthonmy Everitt's better publicised and more lavishly produced volume, "Cicero, A Turbulent Life". Cicero has, of course, been the subject of innumerable books. His importance to any understanding of his age (or indeed our own) simply can not be underestimated. So prolific was he that during the middle ages he was actually thought to be two people. Tullius and Cicero.

With each succeeding generation, new biographers shoulder forward to offer their own interpretations. Cicero's reputation has suffered somewhat of late. A fantastic example of this is the crudely distorted and utterly unhistorical (though admittedly novelistic) treatment he receives in one of Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series (which series seems to steadily deteriorate in quality and coherence from volume to volume). Here Cicero (a tub in the mind of McCollough to Caesar's whale) squeaks and grovels his way through some of the most momentous moments in Roman history. McCollough (who comically purports in one of her "After Words" to have her "nose glued to the historical record") is not alone -- but her purportedly "historical" portrait surely remains the most distempered and dyspeptic view of Cicero in recent memory.

To my view Rawson offers a readable, erudite, accessible biography that canvasses all of the important aspects of his life and thought. She is sympathetic and an admirer, but she is not blind to his many foibles.

As a young man I had a perhaps unreasoning admiration for Cicero. I held him in a somewhat old-fashioned esteem. Rather like the English aristocracy of the 1500s - they loved their Tully so much that it became a fashion to name their daughters Tully. I confess I named a succession of dogs after him!

But it was Rawson who provided me with the necessary perspective on him. You really need no other. I think that what is important about this volume is the careful attention devoted to Cicero's political and philosophical works. As you can see from my review of Everitt's book, Mary Beard has best described what we are waiting for: "a biographical account that tried to explore the way his life-story has been constructed and reconstructed over the last two thousand years; how we have learned to read Cicero through Jonson, Voltaire, Ibsen and the rest; what kind of investment we still have, and why, in a thundering conservative of the first century BC and his catchy oratorical slogans. Why, in short, is Cicero still around in the 21st century? And on whose terms? Quo usque tandem?"

Cicero's reputation gets a much needed shot in the arm IN Rawson's volume. She writes, "whatever the shortcomings of Cicero's political works, there is no evidence that any of his contemporaries understood the problems of the time as clearly or indeed produced nearly so positive a contribution towards solving them as he did."

Her penultimate chapter on his final year in Rome also offers a closely argued reassessment of his place in the "final conflict". In Rawson's view it was in 43 that he became the "true ruler of Rome" -- for however brief a period.

The book is filled with little gems. It is often remarked that one of Cicero's principal contributions to Rome was his elevation of the language itself. But it was unknown to me that words such as "quality", "essence" and "moral" were first found in Cicero (though derived from Greek roots).

Also reproduced here are some of the marvelous witticisms for which he was so justly famous. Upon hearing that Brutus deemed Caesar to have "joined the boni", Cicero remarked that he did not know "where Caesar would find them, unless he first hanged himself." Cicero is also famous for the oft quoted expression "o tempore, o mores" which comes from his famous attack on Cataline that began, " How far, then Cataline, will you go on abusing our patience. How long, you madman, will you mock at our vengeance? Will there be no end to your unbridled audacity".

Perhaps the most poignant assessment of Cicero was Plutarch's, though he puts the words in, of all people, Augustus' mouth. The story is extremely famous. August discovers a young grandson reading a volume of Cicero. The terrified boy trembles while his grandfather leafs through the book at length. At last he hands it back with the famous words: "an eloquent man, my boy, an eloquent man....and a patriot."

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The 417th Night Fighter Squadron USAAF was only the forth such unit to be formed. In the early days of WWII, the US sent observers to England to study how the latest form of air warfare would take shape and it very soon became apparent to them that a night fighting capability was of increasing importance. When they joined the battle against the Reich they found themselves without a suitable American aircraft and were forced to utilize RAF Beaufighters. Having 're-learned to fly' this British design the 417th were sent to North Africa. Most of the ex-RAF aircraft they had inherited were battle weary and no supplies of spares were available through the US supply chain. The squadron found an elderly B-25 bomber, nicknamed the "Strawberry Roan," and they ranged throughout the Mediterranean in search of Beaufighter parts. 417 soon built a healthy score of downed German and Italian aircraft and as the war progressed they were moved to Corsica to support the Italian invasion, After D-Day they were moved to Le Vallon from where they attacked the night-time movements of the German Army. Perhaps their most famous operation was to attack the low flying German Condor that ran the route from the Reich to Spain carrying Nazi gold and treasures.

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A Father's Legacy.......2007-09-18

My review would be quite biased since this was my father's unit. I have learned a lot of the extraordinary circumstances my father and others went through. I didn't know much about the Beaufighter and that my father was actually one of two people in the plane. I feel the book was well written and well researched. An easy, enjoyable read.

a worthy subject but lacks effort.......2007-08-15

The author has done well to focus on a little known aspect of World War Two. However, the writing seems padded, as if the manuscript required a minimum number of pages to be published. Too often, facts and figures appear on one page only to be reiterated one or two pages later, as if they had not been mentioned before, to flesh out the chapter.
It doesn't help that minor errors that should have been caught prior to publication weren't. One example is the statement, "Vice-Admiral Sir James Somerville, who had been brought out of retirement and taken a considerable demotion from his original career rank of Admiral of the Fleet: in other words, Somerville had gone from five star rank to three stars to serve his country." Sir James Somerville retired from the Royal Navy in 1939 as a Vice-Admiral and returned to that rank when recalled to duty. He did not achieve the rank of Admiral of the Fleet until VE Day in 1945.
As a slimmer volume, this book would have done better at keeping the reader's interest.

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