I once believed in the possibility that angels existed and would help a person when they asked for help. I read and followed the material in this book. . . and have spent the past 2 years dealing with the painful, awful results of following the guidance in "Angelspeake." Based on my direct experience, I STRONGLY recommend avoiding this book.

Mark and Griswold are wonderful and so are their books. But first and foremost, these books cannot create faith where there is none. If you do not believe that God exists and do not believe that angels exist, then these books will not be of benefit to you. However, for believers, it is like 'coming home'. For those of us who have been searching for that final link to Him, here it is. Wonderful doors have opened in my life. To the reader who has suffered pain, he is blaming the angels and these books/authors for not solving his/her problems.
Angels never tell you what to do. This reader is experiencing hardship because he is NOT listening to his angels advice. If someone is telling him what to do and it's bad advice, perhaps he has accessed a negative spirit. That's why these books work best when one truly believes in God. When one has made it their 'mission' to hear the words of God and see Him working in their live, they do things like attend church, Bible study, have discussion among peers, with ministers, etc. These books are not to replace religion. But to be used in conjunction with whatever FAITH you are!! Without faith, one will not hear God and upon meditation, they are half doubting they will hear him, will hear their own voice. That is why the reader has had 2 years of struggles. It was the voice of his own conscious mind, not the angels. Regardless of how one access the angels, if one is a deep believer in God Almighty, they will answer.

THIS IS A BOOK THAT HELPS YOU HEAL THOSE TRAGEDIES OR JUST EVERYDAY PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE. PICK UP THIS BOOK AS SOON AS CAN AND BE SURPRISED OF THE RESULTS. SOMETHING DEEP INSIDE THE BOOKS WILL HELP NO MATTER HOW YOU'RE HURTING. I'VE READ THIS BOOK A FEW TIMES AND GET MORE OUT OF IT EACH TIME. DON'T WAIT FOR THOSE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS OR THE TRAGEDIES IN LIFE TO GET YOU. GET THE BOOK NOW. YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT HOW YOU FEEL AFTER READING IT. YOU KNOW THE ANGELS ARE GODS MESSENGERS.

I did not feel totally relaxed after listening to the tape.It was like ok what is next?There was not enough mental imagery or physical relaxation steps to calm the inner mind.A hint in the instructions says "For best results, listen to each program at leat 30 times."I didn't want to spend that many hours to get resulta.

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!

He uses affirmations and relaxation to help you with your self-image. It really helped me in my journey of weight loss. I still listen to the tape once a day, and along wtih diet and exercise, the pounds are coming off!

This tape tackles weight loss as a body image issue. Side one is a relaxation session, using visualization techniques read by Robert Griswold. Side two has flute/new age music with subliminal messages only. The tape is fairly short, but effective.

Jay's book is far too derivative of James Wright, Neruda, Vallejo, etc.--drunk on its own cliched duende. But the guy is a friend of mine, and he's a soldier of imagery, out there driving a bus and pretending poetry makes everything happen.

It's a total disappointment! The background music is like the elevator music, I couldn't stand it! It is the common "stress your muscle then relax" technique which doesn't work. The instruction was terrible. I returned it!

The tape has two sides, a verbal one where you are guided through stretching a number of muscles and a subliminal one with some relaxing music. I couldn't get relaxed on the verbal side. After stretching a muscle, the speaker would tell you to feel the difference between stretching and relaxing. Just as I was saying 'Ahh', that's nice; he'd be off wanting you to stretch something else. By the time he was done, I was wide-awake. Instead of 'Deep Relaxation' as a title, I think it should be 'Lunch Break Limbering'. The other side did seem to help me to finally relax and get some sleep. Overall, it wasn't what I was looking for.

I love this tape. I bought it because I have panic disorder and I needed to find some way to help me to relax. Side one has two relaxation exercises, and side two is subliminal. I use the second exercise on side one whenever I need to relax. I've been doing this tape for about a year now, on and off, and at this point all I have to do is hear the narrator's soothing voice and my whole body relaxes! I listen to the tape in bed and fall straight to sleep after. I highly recommend this tape to anyone who thinks they need more relaxation in their life.

First, this is one tape about one hour long.
Second, this tape spends much time on relaxing music and incorporates a subliminal/hypnosis method. If you're looking for that approach, this tape is for you.

I have read books about public speaking to assist me in the task and find the tapes have the infomration that is most relevant to giving a speechor presentation a positve expereice. Listening to the tape is helping the information become memorable and credible to my mind and in my mind.The music is relaxing and does not have that new age gong/ cymbal vibe. Griswold voice is soothing and authoritative. I am very happy with my purchase. Listneing to the tape was easy to incorparate into my day.

I've listened to several hypnosis and affirmation tapes. This one was disappointing and often annoying. Disappointing because it was primarily a series of repetitious affirmations without focus on the causes of anxiety and fear or how to release those feelings. Annoying because of some of the background music. I'm sure the affirmations will work as presented but there are so many tapes out there that are better. Try a Barrie Konicov tape and hear the difference!

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!

Richard Griswold Del Castillo's work is beneficial for a probing and well rounded study into the Mexican War and the Treaty that followed. This book has great content. Castillo knows the Treaty and the debates surrounding the Treaty inside and out. Also, he is able to inform the reader of unresolved issues still relevant today for a treaty that was signed over 150 years ago. Nevertheless, he is looking for a specific outcome for his analysis. Castillo condemns the United States for it's unfair treatment of Mexico and former Mexicans. However, much of his argument is based on Article X of the Treaty and the Protocol of Queretaro. Neither document was endorsed, nor supported, by the United States. He aknowledges that, yet still attacks the United States for not abiding by both of them. It's an angry look at the United States which portrays Mexico as an innocent victim in the conflict in 1846, and the United States as a selfish, evil empire forever after.

This useful book offers more than its title implies. Instead of being a dry legal analysis of a treaty, it offers a different way of looking at the history of Mexican-American relations. The author provides a compact review of events before, during, and after the Mexican-American war. In addition, the book provides a capsule review of attempts by Chicanos to seek the reversal of past injustices through the courts and by means of political action. The clearly written text is supplemented with five maps and four figures. Michael Michaud, Vienna, Austria

This book plagarizes most of Col. Beckwith's book. It is written at a high school level. The pictures are only about 20 years out of date. The inventory of weapons is woefully dated. You would be better off watching the movie "Blackhawk Down" in order to get some insight into Delta Ops. Avoid this book.

This is a good, solid, history of DELTA. Note that I say "history." In it the reader will find a discussion of the unit's creation, its weapons and equipment, the selection process and training of troopers, and the rotary and fixed-wing assets available to DELTA. The book ends with two chapters examining DELTA's role in Desert Shield and Desert Storm (especially hunting Iraqi Scud missile launchers deep behind enemy lines). The text is clearly informed by authors who know their subject.

Again, note the word "history." Some knock the book for not including up-to-the-minute current capabilities, weapons, photos, etc. Think about it, is this what you expect should be in a book on DELTA -- current capabilities and methods? Let's not make it too easy for the bad guys. Besides the book came out in the first-half of the 1990s, so photos run from the unit's beginnings through Desert Storm and the funerals afterwards.

As regards the photographs -- they are good, and there are plenty of them -- maybe over 150 or so color and black & white shots. A few previous reviewers don't like many of them -- they aren't pretty, they appear "out of date." But this is what separates the amateurs from the pros. Amateurs and buffs like the pretty shots, everyone nicely arranged for the camera. But that's not the reality of training in special forces. You don't dress up in pretty attire and pose for the photographer -- you use stealth, you charge hard, but you don't preen for the camera (and live to tell about it!). Besides, full-up battle gear is actually worn in less than 5% of the unit training, and depending on the mission, often not during active operations either.

This issue of photographs also begs the questions -- how are contemporary pictures in a work of history, "out of date?" Are Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner's Civil War photographs "out of date?"

As for the scurrilous charge of plagiarism (tough to charge it when you can't spell it!). I have read Beckwith's book and can say that none, zero, zip, nada is plagiarized in this book. I would challenge the alleged "reviewer" to provide one instance of plagiarism. What makes such a charge absurd is the fact that Beckwith told a colleague (an SF LTC) that he liked this book. Would he like a book that plagiarizes him?? Hardly! I do recommend that one read Beckwith's book along with Black Hawk Down, but these don't replace reading Giangreco and Griswold's DELTA.

Of all the American special operations assets, DELTA is the one most shrouded in secrecy -- it's great to have a book by these coauthors that gives us historical insight into the unit.

After reading D.M. Giangreco's article "Special Forces" in the new edition of American Heritage (November-December 2002), I pulled out my copy of Delta from the shelf. It has stood the test of time well. It is a well-researched history of Delta Force from its founding in 1979 through various operations including DESERT ONE, URGENT FURY, and JUST CAUSE. It ends with DESERT STORM. Over time, Delta Force changed what was needed and didn't tinker with what worked. Recruiting and training obviously worked and have stayed fairly static. Technology has changed with time. The book is great history with great photos of real professionals-not the standard, glitzy public affairs shots. It is an excellent account of a highly secret -- and, consequently, highly misunderstood -- counterterrorist organization. I hope the authors put out a follow-on edition adding Somalia, and Afghanistan. Les Grau, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas