Maya Phillips writes with authority, humour and a reassuring style on a number of interpersonal issues. Her Emotional Mapping technique is well illustrated and accompanied by excellent and thorough text. Multi Level Reading was a bit disturbing at first as I could feel and sense changes happening in my body that I had no control over. I have to say that this book delivers much more than it promises. I would have paid ten times the price had I known how remarkable it would turn out to be.

Phillips, has revealed an embarrassing truth about the self-development publishing industry - however good the ideas in any new book, most people simply don't do the exercises.

But, rather than bullying or admonishing the reader, she has taken up the challenge and developed an approach which is truly unique: Multi-Level Reading (MLR) - quite simply, text that brings about the desired change as it's being read.

Robert Masters, creator of Neurospeak, is probably the best known exponent of the relatively recent discovery that the process of reading and understanding certain kinds of text triggers micro-movement of the muscles - the same principle exploited by athletes who use +mental rehearsal+ to improve their fitness or game.

Whereas Neurospeak +speaks+ to the physical body, Phillips has ever greater ambitions - to lead the reader from the present moment into previously unexplored and profound states, creating new neural pathways in the process. Thus, elegantly and effectively, she sidesteps the problem of motivating the reader and accomplishes, unconsciously, the desired result. (A word of caution to the bookstore browser, however: don't read the bold print if you don't plan on speanding the next few hours in a seriously altered state!)

Phillips herself describes Emotional Excellence as a book about "the use and abuse of emotion", and emphasises her mission to guide readers into emotional strength and flexibility. this she does with common sense,humour and flair.

Also outlined is her equally innovative process called Emotional Mapping. I worked with this process and found a powerful therapeutic system for exploring and resolving life issues by identifying, interacting with and testing my "unique and personal inner metaphors and archetypes."

Both processes open entirely new directions in the potential for human self-evolution. Phillips is a breath - no, a tornado! - of fresh air in a field where most new writings are simply regurgitations of what has gone before. And, seldom good regurgitations, at that.

This book is a must, not only for poetry lovers, but for all intelligent students of Life. Bravo, Linda Dyer, and thank you for a job well done.

The most signficant memory I have is that we have been given everything we need to be successful here on earth. It is how we chose to use each gift that we have which determines our "afterlife". God gave us our "will" and by doing so we have "choices". We need to be conscience everyday of the choices we make. ...because it may bring up a foul smelling flower or discolored bush or tree. Reading this book allowed me to reflect on my "limitations" and see why I must do all I can to do His "will".

I decided to purchase his book and as a family we started to put into use some of the principles outlined in the book. We did not experienced the trauma of losing a house, relatives or friends. But, we were ready for anything.

His ideas on water storage came very handy and we were able to help out other neighbors.

I recommend this book and tape to anyone interested on the safety of family and friends.

These principles helped me understand that 'Things' aren't going to save any of us if Y2K materializes, but he's also not in the camp of just wishn' and hopen'. He believes you need a very specific plan, and that anyone can survive wonderfully for 30-90 days minimum without grocery stores, utilities, communications, or shelter if you'll put these principles into practice.

It changed my entire outlook on Y2K, or any emergency, or job loss, or anything that could unexpectedly happen. I highly recommend this book.

I found the book and the enclosed tapes to be filled with practical knowledge.

I have read many books on the subject and I often find that the 'solutions' given by the authors are not even options for most individuals.

This wonderful book offers real solutions and empowers you to understand your surroundings and yourself.

If you are concern about the posibilities of Y2k, I strongly recomend this little guide.

I would greatly appreciate it.

Dr. Charles Phillips
Author
"How to Develop A Success Mentality"

Rarely does a book's title reflect accurately on its contents, as does Phillip Porter's "Jaguar E-type, The definitive history". One's initial impression is of physical presence, for this is a massive work in all respects. Leafing through the book for the first time, one is immediately struck by a sense of awe that this could possibly represent the work of one man. There can be no doubt this is Porter's legacy, for which he laboured long and hard and gave much of himself.

The foreword is written by sportsman Briggs Cunningham, hinting that the car's racing heritage will figure prominently within. This is indeed the case, for fully a third of the content is dedicated to competition. The greater volume of the book, however, deals with the production car, against an historical timeline that begins with its evolution and conception and extends, rather than ends, with the E-type as it continues to exist today.

It is clear that Porter is unabashedly passionate about this greatest of all sportscars, but he masterfully avoids what could have been a eulogy and creates both a powerful reference work and an entertaining read. "The definitive history" brings together a multitude of colourful personalities and anecdotes and weaves these into a framework of facts, insights and specifications. There are literally hundreds of photographs and illustrations, some of which will be familiar to those who have read other books on the subject but the vast majority of which have never been published before.

History and objectivity are often mutually exclusive and if there can be fault found in this work it would be historian's soft disdain for cars which diverged from the pure lines of the Series 1 two-seaters. This, however, does nothing to detract from what is an otherwise magnificient accomplishment. There will be no other comprehensive histories written about the legendary Jaguar E-type, for none could possibly better this one.

Nick Saltarelli 1968 E-type OTS