History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Oh My, what a Nutcase!
When Fame Comes to a Person You Know
A SPIRITUAL SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
Courageous and honest memoir by a truly "nice lady"
UNDERAPPRECIATED ACTRESS GETS HER DUE.

Journey: A Personal Odyssey
Marsha Mason
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Lessons in Becoming Myself

ASIN: 0684815249

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As an actress, Marsha Mason has had a varied and very successful career. Winner of the Golden Globe award as best actress and a four-time Academy Award® nominee, she has worked in film (perhaps most notably in the movies Cinderella Liberty, Chapter Two, and The Goodbye Girl), television (most recently as Sherry on Frasier), and the theater (having performed in London's West End, on and off Broadway, and in regional theater around the U.S.).

While the path she followed to achieve her success was seldom an easy one, Marsha Mason never wavered in her determination. She wanted to be an actress -- that much she knew even as a young girl growing up in a modest neighborhood in St. Louis. For her, acting would be an escape, a chance to be someone other than the girl who seemed always to disappoint and anger her parents, the ticket that would take her out of their provincial, strict Catholic household and transport her to another world somewhere between reality and fantasy.

Now, in Journey, Marsha Mason retraces the path she followed out of her difficult childhood. She moved to New York City, where she worked as a waitress and go-go dancer before landing a role in the then popular daytime TV soap opera Love of Life. After that, her world started to change, as one success led to another.

The biggest change, however, came when she met Neil Simon, Broadway's most successful and powerful playwright, the creator of such long-running shows as Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple. Cast in his play The Good Doctor, Mason found herself drawn to the charismatic Simon, who was still struggling with the pain of losing his wife, Joan, to cancer. After a brief, whirlwind courtship, they married, and nothing was ever the same. The couple moved to Hollywood so Mason could pursue film work, and Simon began writing a string of films to star his new wife. Her journey had indeed taken her far, as she realized an undreamed-of level of success. There was, however, a price to pay.

The marriage to Simon ended so abruptly, and left such a major void, that for quite some time afterward Marsha Mason seemed to have neither direction nor focus in her life. Finally deciding to leave Hollywood and to undertake an entirely different career raising herbs on a ranch in New Mexico, she began a new stage of her journey -- the one that frames this very personal and involving memoir -- by packing up a lifetime of memories and setting off with friends on an odyssey that finds her today a successful farmer with a still active career as an actress.

Marsha Mason's Journey is revealing of the demands and sacrifices of the life of a successful actress, and at the same time inspiring, as she traces a lifetime spent in search of an elusive happiness. As an adult child of alcoholics, she has come to understand the forces that shaped her life and propelled her along a path that was as inevitable as it was debilitating. And now, from her present vantage point, she is able to look back with a new understanding, one that enables her to take comfort in the success she has found and find joy in learning to celebrate life.

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A revealing and entertaining memoir from one of America's most beloved and endearing actresses, star of movies such as The Goodbye Girl and a continuing character on NBC's Frasier, whose career has secured her four Academy Award nominations. Marsha Mason's memoir begins with a literal -- and metaphysical -- journey, the night she leaves Hollywood for a new life in Santa Fe. As she travels away from a place in which she has known great success, and even greater heartache, she reminisces about her life, from her difficult childhood to her hugely successful acting career. Always feeling out of step with her surroundings in St. Louis, Mason traveled to New York to pursue a career as an actress. She met playwright Neil Simon when she was cast in the Broadway debut of his play The Good Doctor, and three weeks after meeting, they were married, a union that lasted ten years, during which time Simon wrote plays and screenplays specifically for Mason. But the outside demands placed on the relationship caused it to crumble, as Marsha grasped at a chance for professional and personal freedom. Devastated by their eventual divorce, she embarked on a series of difficult and often destructive relationships, as well as side trips into realms as diverse as Eastern spiritualism and sports car racing. Finally, however, Mason has come to terms with her personal demons, and come to acknowledge the inner voices that guide her. Inspirational and insightful as well as vastly entertaining, Journey explores the many sacrifices one must make to achieve personal happiness and professional satisfaction.

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Oh My, what a Nutcase! .......2005-11-27

Poor Marsha. She won't let the director direct, she won't let the other actors act, and she doesn't understand how she came to be labeled as "difficult"?
I love actor biographies like "Shelley" or "My Side-Ruth Gordon", and this one was no exception, it was a fun, quick read and very interesting. But it is also a bit exasperating to read about someone going through life in constant "therapy". There seems to be a lot of "blame" in her psyche, she's just looking EVERYWHERE for help, but doesn't seem to offer much help to anyone in return. How can she not even remember the name of a cutie like Kirk Calloway, her co-star in "Cinderella Liberty"? Too busy whining to even do a little research for the book? Geesh, talk about misguided emotion!

Poor Marsha. She barely speaks of her sister, too busy working on herself I guess. She spends a lot of time telling us what was wrong with her parents, while she herself just seems to be longing for that "something" that her parents shared together that she hasn't been able to find in her own lifetime. Marsha has had such a blessed life in so many ways, it's too bad that she can't enjoy it all more. She's spending too much time looking for something else.

When Fame Comes to a Person You Know.......2005-03-18

I knew Marsha when we were teenagers and have followed her career as best I could. I can honestly say that, while we suspected she would go far as an actress, we did not know how far or, particularly, why. We never knew, but defintely suspected, that she was playing a character in her life, not a person who was dealt a bad hand. That's where her talent comes from, trying to be someone other than she really was. None of us knew in those years that she could write so well, so poetically. I now live in the same town, far from our modest neighborhood in St. Louis County. I have tried to contact her but have failed. I wanted to praise her for her courage and talent, particulary the former. We both knew Mary Frann of "Newhart," who died tragically in her sleep, before her time, in 1998. I especially was inspired by Mary, and I suspect Marsha was also. Jack Crane, Santa Fe

A SPIRITUAL SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY.......2000-10-20

A sweetness and a sadness cling to Marsha Mason like the ghosts of Christmases Past and Yet To Come. Unlike Scrooge, she seems generous to others. Yet her book shows she has uncovered a Scroogelike harshness towards herself. She speaks about learning to be more compassionate regarding her self-growth, any naivete.

Regarding format, early on, Marsha alerts us that her book is uniquely structured. Good warning. Her past-, future-, as well as her present moment-thoughts whirl about, bombard us. It's as if the reader becomes a passenger in Marsha's racing car. Just when you're enjoying a stretch of intriguing scenery -- a descriptive passage about her childhood or one of her marriages -- she shifts gears, swerves, and swiftly tears along a different pathway of thought. I grew to like this choppy, unpredictable quality. It's different, refreshing; just ride with it, and you'll probably enjoy the kaleidoscopic text-patterns, and her multi-voice, inner characters.

Marsha's anecdotes are heart-felt and discreet. Sometimes it seems that her racing stream-of-consciousness technique was created as protective buffer, screening the author from readers, sustaining privacy -- never dwelling too long on detailing the causes or effects. Still, Martha wonderfully reveals an abundance of material per her spiritual awakenings.

A book, The Play Goes On, by her ex-husband, playwright Neil Simon, exploring his version of their marriage, complements Marsha's work. I'd hoped Marsha would someday publicize her experiences, including per Siddha Yoga (my ex-path). Marsha entitles one chapter, "Be Careful What You Ask For." I'd say, "be grateful for what you wish." I'm glad I've been given her insights into life, her owning of her perception and experiences of spirituality, linked to creative-expression, marriage, etc.

Yet it was odd that she writes of the oppressive nature, the authoritarian, punitive aspects, in her eyes, of her Catholic upbringing, and of her father -- and yet sees no possible parallels to her ongoing guru connection. I also wondered about the gaps: Marsha states she was away from her guru lineage for nine years. Why? And what brought her back?

As she mentions, Marsha was one of many well-known people who flowed to Baba, the "guru to the stars." I remember how, as an impressionable young girl, star-struck, being new to the monastery in India, I spent my early months leaping up like Lucy Ricardo inside the Brown Derby. Marsha seemed non-elitist, warm, down-to-earth, while doing "seva" (working). In India or America, she appeared unattached to the jockeying for position. While she sometimes attracted perks (close seat to the throne; private guru discourse, the staff later publicized; some glamorous, high-profile, rainproof work-assignments, etc) she radiated humility unshown by various meditators with ambitious plans -- The participants in CBS' first "Survivor" series (Marsha = Jenna plus Sonja) would have fit right in! (I'd love to produce a t.v. reality-based series called "Ashram!"). This journal seems truly to reflect Marsha's camaraderie and genuineness.

The bulk of the book explores her acceptance of the concept of "surrender." I appreciated her poignant mention of a mutual friend, the late writer Paul Zweig. Yet here, Marsha seems to have missed what Paul was beginning to contemplate. She praises him as a "devotee" in an effort to highlight Siddha Yoga. Yet per my memory, Paul Zweig had reappraised Siddhahood. Before his illness prevented him from doing so, Paul would travel to the countryside, and give lectures to a small group of us creative artists, who gathered regularly. In his quiet kitchen-chats with a few of us after each session, I remember how intensely blunt he'd become, his illness emboldening him to question Siddha Yoga's desire-denying code, usefulness, where meditation worked, where it didn't, and however it failed to comfort, heal. I don't know if or how he ultimately resolved these doubts. I only know his self-inquiry was instrumental in my growing up, and away, from the guru-disciple framework, to which Marsha evidently still adheres. His insights led to my desire to rationalize no longer the unsavory behind-the-scenes organizational atmosphere, the silencing of backtalk-questions per rumours of impropriety; the concentric alliances of power-play, per the guru; then between the twin-appointed guru successors (siblings: sister vanquished brother); and among member-levels. It was time to re-evaluate repressive aspects to Eastern philosophy in general. Thus, to leave, forego the top prize of enlightenment. So it's natural to wonder why Marsha omitted these aspects, and if she might not be in denial, and how this particular "unowned" yogi-voice will ultimately affect her.

So the book-ending evokes a theme, the mystery about Marsha: Is she truly happy now? Healed? Is she setting herself up for further spiritual claustrophobia? I wish her well. What wonderful blessings she has received now -- to work with plants, being immersed in the beauty of nature, befriending animals. For most readers, spiritually inclined or not, this book would be a worthwhile read. The author seems determined to find her way, somehow, to what a philosopher I like, Paul Ricoeur, terms, "second naivete:" innocence within matured wisdom.

Courageous and honest memoir by a truly "nice lady".......2000-10-13

Typical readers of theatrical autobiographies will not find what they are looking for in Marsha Mason's JOURNEY. They will not find the exposes, the invasions of privacy, the "lurid" details that spice most works of this genre. Marsha's most outstanding atribute continues to be "kindness" and here she treats everyone she writes about with that virtue, plus the love and understanding that have inwardly grown with her on her odyssey through life. The dark sides of her childhood and adolescence and of her marriage to Neil Simon and subsequent divorce are not avoided but she chooses not to address the cruelty, selfishness and just plain meanness with which she was treated after that marriage ended. The false glitter of the inner world of Hollywood and what happens when it turn against one of its own is a story she has wisely chosen not to write - one that Gary Dale says needs to be told, "but by someone else." Marsha knows about bad karma.

Framed within the physical journey of her move from Hollywood to her new digs in New Mexico, these series of flashbacks are just that - brief glimpses of parts of a life that have touched many people. Almost thirty years after her star first began to rise and twenty years after it set, she is still not only remembered but deeply loved by everyone who saw in her performances a beauty, an emotional honesty and a courage that few actresses have revealed. She was and is equally adept in comedy and drama, in period and in contemporary pieces. She is an artist first and foremost. She also has never stopped working. We continue to see her in television roles and in theatrical offerings, which she interweaves with her work on the medicinal herb farm she runs with Gary Dale.

The key words in this work are courage and honesty. In the first chapter she matter of factly reveals her multiple personalities, introduces us as it were to the cast of characters that populate her inner life. This is courageous. This is saying, "Here I am. Take me or leave me." She is also brutally honest in taking responsibility for what she considers her mistakes. The little girl is ever present in the mature woman - the vulnerable, innocent, young hopeful - entering a tiger's den known as Hollywood.

When Marsha, the Garys and I all lived in a block long W.72 St NYC apartment building in the early 70s, you could expect to see Marsha, about to leave for the coast, newly married and newly nominated for an Oscar, picking out a variety of cat food in the supermarket so that her critters would be well cared for in her absence. With about a dozen dogs surrounding her early morning walks on the N.M. estate, she still surrounds herself with the animals she has always loved and nurtured and will break dinner dates with the rich and famous if one of her brood is ailing. She knows who her friends really are.

This is a marvelous memoir, written with insight, self-awareness, and humor. Her style is breezy and conversational. It was fun for me to learn about the "missing pieces" - they help round out her character and they explain a great deal about her personality.

BUY THIS BOOK - there, I've said it.

Now, a few words about Gary Dale. Gary Dale Campbell is not only Marsha's "prince" but a good and loyal friend. He is the sun her planet revolves around. Before "angels" became trivialized by modern writers, I considered him to be a true one. Those whose lives he's touched feel the same, I'm sure. Balancing a kindness equal to her own with a common sense and practicality that anchor both Marsha and his life partner, Gary Dontzig, Gary Dale emanates warmth, love, compassion and understanding. His kindness and gentleness provide a rock of healing, a touchstone whose personal loyalty assures his constant presence. He deserves a book of his own.

Enough said. Marsha Mason is in the final analysis, like Blume's farewell line in her second feature, BLUME IN LOVE, "a nice lady." We maybe don't deserve her, but I'm glad she's here.

UNDERAPPRECIATED ACTRESS GETS HER DUE........2000-10-09

Marsha Mason has long been one of Hollywood's most underappreciated talents. When people begin listing the best/most influential American actresses of the last quarter-century, the usual suspects arrive: Streep, Field, Keaton, Fonda. But, criminally, few mention Mason. Despite four Oscar nominations, 2 Golden Globe wins, and as fine a body of work as any of the others, Mason's recent scanty film appearances do serve as adequate reminder that she is still a force to be reckoned with.

Her book does lose a bit from the use of the alter-ego personalities that are part of her emotional make-up; though the initial use of them is charming, after a while they just seem to get in the way of the narrative. But then one wouldn't expect Ms Mason to produce a typical, trashy, self-serving bio. In fact, she is as hard on herself as any of us can be, but as with her greatest film creations (Maggie in "Cinderella Liberty" and Georgia in "Only When I Laugh"), her self-deprecation makes her even more endearing. The sections on Neil Simon and her beloved stepdaughters are honest and touching, adding even more resonance to her stunning performance in "Chapter Two"; and her relationships with the 'Garys' is frank and poignant.

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Journey Through The Fields Of Beyond.

A True Fiction Novel For The 21st Century

With introduction by John Harricharan – best selling author

Journey Through The Fields Of Beyond is a story of an ordinary Englishman with uncertainty and confusion, who dared to go beyond. To accept the unlimited abundance freely available to us all, requires an enormous mind shift. Many obstacles have to be faced, and preconceived ideas overturned before he finally understands a simple truth.

Find out how you too could triumph over your fears and go beyond!

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5 Steps to Abundant Living

How to Attract What You Want

How Your Beliefs Determine Your Reality

Why Belief is a Matter of Choice

Answers to Many of Life's Puzzling Questions. & much, much more.

Are you brave enough to realize your own true potential?

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Fantastic...absolutely fantastic.......2003-04-20

This is a wonderful story of our journey through the trials and tribulations of life. Malcolm Harvey shares with us, not only his challenges, but how he overcame them. This is a truly inspirational account of each person's journey. At the end, you see that life is actually a glorious adventure. Thank you, Malcolm, thank you for sharing a great chunk of your heart with us. Highly recommended.

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Faith Odyssey: A Journey Through Life
Richard A. Burridge
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To boldly go where no Christian book has gone before . . . "Faith Odyssey" is a Bible study unlike any other ever written. Richard Burridge invites readers to explore the journey of faith through fifty short devotional readings that combine Scripture with stories from science fiction and popular culture.

For each day, passages from the Bible are placed alongside stories drawn from literature, television, and film — from Homer's "Odyssey" to Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," from "Star Trek" to "Star Wars," from "Dune" to "The Matrix," from the charms of Narnia to the spells of Harry Potter.

Whereas Burridge's "Faith Odyssey" in an earlier edition was tied to one season of the church year ("a journey through Lent"), it now applies more broadly to anytime throughout the year ("a journey through life"). Imaginative yet deep, Burridge's reflections trace with flair and relevance the Christian pilgrimage against the background of today's world.

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A Practical Money Guide That Every Family Should Read!

Trying to set up long term financial goals? This book is for you.

Well written, concise guide to investing.

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Larry R. Frank Sr.
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A Practical Money Guide That Every Family Should Read!.......2006-10-29

Author Larry R. Frank Sr., in his book "Wealth Odyssey: The Essential Road Map For Your Financial Journey - Where Is It You Are Really Trying To Go With Money?" really delivers what the title suggests! This is really a great financial road map for all of us to follow. And after reading his book you will realize why you need this book to navigate your future. You will find out how much you really did not know or fully understand about your finances. We have all become so busy making money we do not know how truly to "manage" it. This book gives you a plan and a pathway to follow.

In the very opening of his book Frank sub-heads Chapter 1, with a provocative statement "Learn how to set the sail since you cannot control the wind." Wow, such a simple statement but it really runs deep. The author takes you by the hand as you take a journey through the pages of his book. It is an education, a wake up call, and very sobering to say the least. My only question was why wasn't this book's message about finances and retirement, out there for me decades ago before I retired. The good news is that for younger workers there is a treasure chest of wisdom and knowledge crammed in-between these humble pages and they would be foolish not to explore them and follow the advice.

Larry Frank might be one of the truly great financial gurus but his advice does not take an enlightened spirit to read and comprehend it. He writes for the "every man;" it is practical and chuck full of information. Every home needs certain books in their family library such as the Bible or other holy books for their soul; a first-aid book and medical advisory or health books for the body; and "Wealth Odyssey" for financial survival and security. This book is that important!

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Trying to set up long term financial goals? This book is for you........2006-05-26

Larry Frank Sr, gives you a guidebook or "road map" for your financial goals or journey. If you are lost and need some help setting up a long term plan, this is the book for you.
It is clear that Larry writes from experience, he gives you clear information on how you can create your own plan, based on your financial situation to develop a personal effective strategy for long term financial success. If you have been wanting to create a financial plan and having trouble getting started, you will beenfit from reading this book.

Well written, concise guide to investing........2006-02-01

Genre: Business
Title: Wealth Odyssey-The Essential Road Map for your Financial Journey
AUTHOR: Larry R. Frank Sr.
New York Transit workers strike over pension concerns. Huge corporations reduce or completely eliminate workers' pensions. In this modern world pensions are no longer guaranteed to take care of us in our `Golden' years.

Wealth Odyssey author, Larry Frank Sr. provides a road map for a smooth journey into retirement. How much, when and how to make the financial decisions that will guarantee your future. The author encourages investors to research investment opportunities as well as services available to assist them in making a conscientious decision. Written in easy to read layman's terms, the book offers readers a retirement plan for retirees and for the younger reader, a long-term means of financing education, vacations or large purchases.

This book would be a benefit to anyone trying to ensure their financial future whether purchased for one's self or a family member, acquiring this guide seems entirely apposite in reaching one's goals.

Well written, clear and concise, this guide to investing within your means with no preconceived charts or notions.

Author Larry R. Frank Sr. has 27 years of financial planning experience. He has a B.S. cum laude in Physics, a Master's degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Financial Planner. As a Wealth Mentor he founded Better Financial Education in Roseville, California. His expertise shines through in Wealth Odyssey. Highly Recommended by Reviewer: Shirley Roe, Allbooks Reviews

Wealth Odyssey .......2005-12-03

Like most people, you probably already know that you should be concerned about your financial future. You likely realize that your company pension isn't going to allow you to live a comfortable life. Possibly, you've tucked away a little money in RRSPs, mutuals, or bonds. Maybe, most of your current paycheck is being spent long before it gets to the savings account.

Wealth Odyssey is meant to guide the reader towards reasonable, realistic financial goals based upon his or her current income. I like that the author does not give a blanket amount for retirement based upon some sort of perceived norm. Instead, this book guides the reader in examining and calculating his or her own needs so that he or she can create a financial plan. Moreover, the author does so in a way that is easy to understand and more importantly in a way that is practical and easy to put into daily practice.

Good and practical book!.......2005-11-15

First let me tell you Larry Franks knows his stuff. He has a procedure that many will find worth taking the time to implement. It is obvious that the methods and ideas put forth in Wealth Odyssey are the culmination of many years of standing in front of disinterested students and trying to get them to get interested in his philosophies.

Franks, takes basic tenants of financial planning and gives the reader an usable road map. He also provides way stations along the journey where the neophyte can stop, refresh and take stock of where they are going.

Wealth Odyssey provides the reader with a variety of diagrams and appendixes to enable the maximum understanding of his ideas. These are not breakthrough maxims here. What Franks does is to simplify his theories down to the lowest common denominator. It is an easy reader, as intended, that will educate.

I found the delivery to be a tad dry. I got the feeling from the first chapter that Franks was telling me how to take the journey, in "You need to do this, or that" in past works on this type of topic.

Armchair Interviews says: It's more engaging to have the author taking the journey with you, using "we" to describe the process, but the book is full of good advice.

The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief

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For the armchair devotee in all of us...
Great Book about an outer/inner journey
A Fascinating Tour
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The Spiritual Tourist: A Personal Odyssey Through the Outer Reaches of Belief
Mick Brown
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Nick Brown's entertaining journey into contemporary expressions of spirituality starts with bemused reports of alleged miracles in dreary North London suburbs and the appearance of Christ in the East End. The author's respect for the intensity of belief in such stories leads him to a journey along the Indian spiritual trail, where he stays among the passionate followers of the self-proclaimed deity, Sai Babi. There is a brief trip to Tennessee to witness more alleged miraculous signs, but the tone is markedly more skeptical here. The book is at its most interesting when it provides the history of the Western "prophets" of Eastern spirituality, tracing the claims of Mr. Creme in North London in the 1990s back to the story of the founding of the Theosophical Society in the 1880s by Madame Blavatsky. This hashish-smoking, circus-performing Russian occultist was condemned as an outrageous fraud in 1884, yet Theosophy has spawned an influential set of beliefs that clearly inform current New Age thinking. Mick Brown retains a healthy skepticism about some claims, but he also professes that he has "come to believe that the world is more of spirit than of matter", and so he respects rather than vilifies those he meets. The result lies somewhere between Fortean weirdness and genuine spiritual searching. --Roger Luckhurst

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On a pilgrimage to see the Dalai Lama in the foothills of the Himalayas; blissed out in Germany with a beautiful Indian girl, believed to be "the Divine Mother"; witnessing miracles in the ashram of Sai Baba; and searching for the Messiah in the back streets of London- the spiritual tourist is the Candide of the age, on a voyage of inner search and illumination. The spiritual quest- a yearning for a sense of the sacred - has become a leitmotif of 20th- century life as we head for the Millennium. In his vivid, interrogative and highly entertaining book, Mick Brown joins the holy, the lost, the wise and the foolish on the highways and backroads of spiritual tourism.

In India he encounters the miracle-working Sai Baba, and discusses reincarnation with the world's most revered spiritual figure, the Dalai Lama. In a tiny backwoods church in Tennessee he examines the "crosses of light" which are held as evidence of Christ's imminent return to earth. Mick brown, a writer of passionate engagement, reports with candor, wit and clarity.

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A great read.......2006-12-14

There are two perspectives from which spiritual questing might be approached, from the side of the seeker and from the side of the provider. In other words, there are two stories to be told, and Mick Brown's book does a good job at both. He is very forthright about his own relentless seeking after spiritual truth, meaning, and faith, and he is equally so when it comes to describing the myriad individuals and enterprises that are out to fulfill that demand. A lot of interesting adventures occur where those two things intersect, to say the very least.

I did not know that Ram Das began as Richard Alpert, a psych prof and LSD compatriot of Timothy Leary at Harvard. I didn't know that books by Rajneesh, the disgraced Bhagwan, are still being sold with the author's name changed to Osho. I didn't know that Krishnamurti began by being picked off a beach as a lice-infested kid, by a prominent Theosophist with a penchant for young boys. And lots more. Brown's travels through this world are a source of enlightenment, if not always of the sort one is hoping to find.

But this is not a hatchet job -- if anything, Brown is overly generous in giving many of these rather questionable spiritual practitioners and their operations the benefit of the doubt. He is serious in his quest, remains almost always hopeful regardless of disappointment and disillusionment, and his thoughts about what he is looking for, and why, are sophisticated and moving. The position he finally arrives at seems to be something like this: It is possible that none of these religions and systems are true in any scientific, empirical sense, but they do all seem to end up with a pretty similar understanding of what human happiness requires. If you can find one that you are able to commmit to and practice, you will live a better and more fulfilling life, and no justification beyond that is necessary.

This could be a valuable book for anyone embarking on such a search, because it contains a lot of information about the dead ends to avoid. At the end of the book, the author seems finally to have found his spiritual home in a Tibetan Buddhist enclave in Scotland. That was about ten years ago; it would be most interesting to know where he is today.

For the armchair devotee in all of us..........2005-05-12

I really enjoyed this book and most probably will enjoy reading sections of this book again. Many of the famous gurus in this book are people I have heard of and have even taken darshan from one, so it was nice to hear the perspective of this observer whose spritual development aims to be in alignment with his own sense of rational inquiry. He is open enough to recognize the beauty that many of these teachers have to offer, yet grounded enough to point out many of the inconsistencies that some devotees do not care to notice.
This book is in no way condemning of the gurus and churches it investigates, it is merely a first person account of how our culture receives the many miracles, mantras, and magick tricks it is inundated with. Whether you are a believer, a non-believer or simply wondering what there is to believe in, this book is sure to have some stories that will interest you.
I was particularly grateful for the author's summary of Krishnamurti's life and am now more open to this anti-guru's wise teachings. Mick Brown is a very polished and thorough writer who sometimes does include so much detail the reader is left gasping for breath. But, his sometimes dense paragraphs are a welcome accompaniment to the lofty topics he dares to put to paper ; East meets west, blind faith dances with healthy skepticism and the answer may, or may not be 42.

Great Book about an outer/inner journey.......2005-01-04

I happened upon The Spiritual Tourist at a used bookstore. I was impressed by the writing and the content. I have never met Mick Brown but I like him and I appreciate his objectivity and at the same time his receptivity to the possibility that there is more to life than what we may see or think. I was especially pleased with the chapter on Krishnamurti and the theosophical society. Having read several of Krishnamurti's works, I still find him the "wisest" for lack of a better word spiritual teacher I have ever encountered.

A Fascinating Tour.......2002-03-29

In this book, Mick Brown leads the reader on a series of journeys from London to India to Germany and the US in examination of different spiritual teachers and paths. Brown presents all of this in a way that is both entertaining, amusing, and at times touching. He also crams in a huge amount of information which makes some sections a little dense, and some parts of the book tend to jump around in rather unsatisfying transitions back and forth. I have to say that I learned a great deal from this book about a lot of different and interesting beliefs. This left me wanting more and I plan to use the bibliography (alas rather small) to follow up on parts of interest.
What distinguished Brown's book from many other spiritual journey books is his blend of a journalist's skepticism with a real desire for an experience of faith. This mix is one that I personally have experienced often. Is this *the* path? Is this *the* guru or teacher? It is this feeling, coupled with the occasional glimpse of peace and understanding which makes me feel a kinship with Mick Brown when I read this book. I give it five stars for content but minus one star for the awkward style in some places

Everyones esential spirtual companion.......2001-11-30

Ever wonderd who or what was at the centre of the universe? heard of gurus living gods and sweet mothers but never found anything compact enough or enjoyable enough to read ? Well then this is for you. A mystical, enlightening and down to earth account of one mans journey through the spiritual extasy and quagmire ,that is the east. you can almost smell the incence filled ashrams he descibes, giggle at the more excentric manifestations of the gods of the east and read in awe as the description of darhsan, with the lamas and sias he has met!

African Odyssey: The adventurous journeys of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa

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African Odyssey: The adventurous journeys of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa
Floyd R Sandford
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How does a little-traveled idealistic New Yorker adjust to the life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa, teaching biology in a culture infused with superstition? In this memoir, a former Peace Corps volunteer recounts the challenges and frustrations of teaching secondary school science in Nigeria from 1964-66, just prior to the tragic Biafran War. Author Sandford describes memorable, often humorous, experiences living and working in Nigeria and traveling throughout the country, including unusual dining experiences, an embarrassing church visit, his first haircut by an African barber, and an encounter with a traditional Yoruba healer or juju man. He also relates traveling to National Parks and interesting locales in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, in East Africa, and his adventures there, including meeting Jomo Kenyatta in Mombasa, the Hyena Man in Harar, and surviving an elephant stampede in Murchison Falls NP.

African Odyssey is a readable and entertaining account of one American's immersion in a different culture, and of the rewards that come when a person confronts new challenges and uniquely different situations, assuming the risks of journeying to places much different from those to which one is accustomed.

Consultant's Journey: A Professional and Personal Odyssey (Mcgraw-Hill Developing Organizations Series)

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Boring
A must for all aspiring consultants.

Consultant's Journey: A Professional and Personal Odyssey (Mcgraw-Hill Developing Organizations Series)
Roger Harrison
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Boring.......2002-08-03

I found this book extremely hard to read. The author keeps returning to the same evnts over and over again. No real flow of thoughts nor words. Very boring.

A must for all aspiring consultants........1998-11-27

This was Roger Harrison's first book. For anyone interested in becoming an organizational or change consultant, this is probably the most inspiring and at the same time humbling book you can read. He charts his journey of learning as an OD consultant, sharing his experiences, good and bad. It should be required pre-course reading for all change-agent and consultant development courses.

An Ethiopian Odyssey: A 25,000 Mile Journey to Make My Dreams Come True

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An Ethiopian Odyssey: A 25,000 Mile Journey to Make My Dreams Come True
Annette Allen
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A journey of faith, connections and synchronicity to find classmates from 1964 at Nazareth School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It all began with a dream in April 2000...

From Ash to Fire: An Odyssey in Prayer : A Contemporary Journey Through the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila

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a good take along book for business trips

From Ash to Fire: An Odyssey in Prayer : A Contemporary Journey Through the Interior Castle of Teresa of Avila
Carolyn Humphreys
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ASIN: 1565480120

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an all-time classic describing the soul's journey toward transforming union with God. Humphreys devotes one chapter to each of Teresa's mansions i.e. steps along the path to union with God in prayer. Using examples and anecdotes of today's life situations Humphreys makes the text accessible and easily understood by laypersons and non-professionals. the book is therefore an excellent introduction to Teresa's classic work.

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a good take along book for business trips.......2002-12-30

I enjoyed reading E. Allison Peers's version of Interior Castle at the same time as this modern intrepretation, but I am sure this book can stand on its own. It is a spellbinding tale of the self's journey that Humphreys demonstrates how to use personally. It is particularily useful for those who are just beginning to question why they need so much stuff to keep them happy. When I travel, I find it comforting to reread. (Personal disclaimer: I am not Catholic).

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