Robert Griswold and all the Love tapes from Effective Learning Systems (I have over 10) are great. I have used a few different tapes by others and none of them even come close to comparing!

Nature Art with Chiura Obata describes not only the life of a contemporary Japanese artist, but also depicts a man who maintained his spirit and dignity when he was interned with fellow Japanese Americans during World War II.

Chiura Obata was born in Japan in 1885. His older brother and wife were unable to bear children of their own, so they adopted Obata when he was five years old. Obata showed a talent for art at any early age, and his rigorous training began immediately in his new home.

Most interesting to Obata was the nature around him. He studied plants, birds and animals. He learned to make his mind calm and to use all his senses, not just his eyesight, when he was observing his subject.

In 1903, at the age of 17, Obata set sail for California, where he fell in love with the Pacific Ocean, the mountains, the redwood trees and Yosemite National Park. He also encountered prejudice and survived the earthquake of 1906. Through it all, Obata ultimately became a teacher at the University of California in Berkeley.

This book is filled with fascinating old photographs, reproductions of Obata's beautiful sketches and paintings, along with art exercises for budding artists who want to try out some of Obata's techniques. The exercises encourage readers to follow their feelings and draw nature as they see it. I found this book perfect for a presentation on Japanese Art to a second grade class.

When Obata and his family became internees in 1942, he recorded the story of their imprisonment through art. Even though their accommodations were dirty and depressing, Obata encouraged his people to see the beauty of nature in order to survive. He organized an art school and students would carve sculpture from tree stumps and build lamps from old car parts.

Obata became an American citizen in 1952 and lived to a ripe old age.

This audio cassette has helped me so much spiritually - it is actually quite unbelievable! It is so powerful that whenever I felt down and listened to it, it uplifted me. The tape says that you have to listen to this daily for the next 30 days for it to be effective but after listening to it once, I knew right away how powerful and effective it was!!!

Excellent book on tape. I played it in my car on my way to work and people would just look at me in amazement. I kept repeating the things they told me to say and unbelievably, I started to believe them. I am not the same scared little girl I used to be. People love me.

This is a great tape. It is several short sections of affirmations that help you think in a more positive way and reduces stress. I listen to it on my walk to the metro every morning for a few minutes and it really makes my day better. I have a more positive attitude for the entire day.

This is an excellent historical novel of the pre and post Civil War era. The book spans approximately 70 years. It is not a strictly southern depiction of the war as the main character, Emily, comes south from Boston during the war. All of the characters are well-developed. The plot is coherent. The descriptions of South Carolina, and Beaufort in particular, are truly excellent. Having travelled to Beaufort and Charlston, I can testify that Mr. Griswold researched his setting well. The book combines elements of comedy, history and tragedy. It is far superior to Gone With The Wind and reaffirms the value and gratitude of life itself.

This book is oriented to an old version of SQLWindows (5) but it is still an useful book. Sqlwindows doesn't have many books and this one seems to answer more than one question. I have found myself many time stucked in a problem and then realized that in this book there is a solution to my problem. (No ActiveX issues nor Web).

Robert Griswold and all the Love tapes from Effective Learning Systems (I have over 10) are great. I have used a few different tapes by others and none of them even come close to comparing!

After trying many methodologies of changing the things I believed about myself, I was frustrated that I kept bringing into my life the same negative engeries time and time again.

Through the use of this audio tape, I literally reprogrammed my thoughts, and for the first time in my life, I am bringing in positive engergy and rejecting negativity at all levels. This reprogramming literally changed my life. It is a simple concept, but works very powerfully.

Robert Griswold and all the Love tapes from Effective Learning Systems (I have over 10) are great. I have used a few different tapes by others and none of them even come close to comparing!