This is one of the best golf books I've ever read, I strongly recomend it to all students of the game. Each of the three sections of the book (Golf Mind, Golf Body, Golf Swing) are superbly written, there are facts and information here which would help the average golfer immediately. Whilst for the more experienced golfer there is everything you need to know, his research and knowledge is outstanding, he leaves nothing out. Also for the real golfing enthusiast you shouldn't miss his notes on the "The Golfing Machine" the 1969 book by Homer Kelly. All I can say is that my students benefit from each golf lesson that I give, thanks to Mike Hebron.

I read it, I pull it out every season and I'm wearing out the pages. This is THE reference book for any golfer who wants to be able to fix it themselves when they are in trouble on the course.

"Looking back at a story like The Vengeance of the Fathers that portrays the Arabs of Palestine, one cannot escape the ironic conclusion that Shami may be one of the most significant Palestinian writers of this century."

Arnold J. Band.

"Shami brought into the scene of modern Hebrew literature, some seventy years ago, a local, Palestinian validity that hasn't been matched, or challenged, since. Vengeance of the Fathers is the only novel in modern Hebrew literature whose characters, landscapes and narrative voice are all Palestinian."

Anton Shammas

In this insightful survey of ethnicity in world politics the editors and contributors convincingly document the power of ethnicity in the post- cold war era. Ethnic groups as mobilizing forces between states, among states and societies, and within states across the globe highlight the book's theme of ethnic entanglements.Chapters by Stack, James, Copeland, and Croacher are especially well done.

The period of Reston's history from 1595 to the 20th century is often ignored entirely by the standard texts; In _Historic Reston_, Mr. Adams finally sheds some light on Reston's role in colonial times, the Revolution, and the War Between the States. The text is supplemented by numerous maps and extracts from primary sources. The index is superb, which is no small favor in a work such as this.

Reviewed by Samuel G. Freedman in Moment Magazine

The settlement of Israelis on the West Bank, with all of its idealism and bloodshed, all of its messianism and domination, is in many ways the story of Hebron. It was there that an Arab pogrom in 1929 ended centuries of Jewish presence. It was there, in the aftermath of the Six Day War, that the celebrants of a Passover seder declared their return. It was there, and in neighboring Kiryat Arba, that the most controversial figures made their homes'Rabbi Moshe Levinger, one of the founders of Gush Emunim; Meir Kahane, exponent of Arab expulsion; Baruch Goldstein, the beloved doctor turned mass murderer at the Machpelah.

Against such a backdrop, one reads June Leavitt's Storm of Terror not simply as a first-person account of death, fear, and resilience amid the Al-Aqsa Intifada, but more broadly as an intimate portrait of daily life among the believers. Although she is a professional journalist, Leavitt consciously identifies herself in the book's subtitle as a mother. Indeed, this book achieves its most intense and revealing moments because she resolutely stays with the daily details. At the same time, however, this slender volume comes with the shortcomings endemic to publishing a diary.

In much of Israel, to say nothing of an often-hateful outside world, the settlers of Hebron and Kiryat Arba stand as pariahs, fanatics who obstructed peace when it seemed imminent and who stretch the army dangerously thin to defend them in wartime. The greatest accomplishment of Storm of Terror, then, comes in Leavitt's ability to defy or at least muddy the harsh clarity of such stereotyping. She herself is as much a creation of '60s counterculture as of Greater Israel ideology, a woman who reads tarot cards, does yoga, met her future husband on a hiking trail in Vermont, and, yes, considers Judea and Samaria to be Jewish property by divine covenant.

Fascinating fault lines run through her household, as well. Two of Leavitt's sons help build an illegal settlement to mark the spot where a friend was ambushed and slain by Palestinians. One of her daughters, Miriam, is 'ultraorthodox and fanatically right wing,' while another, Estie, is a land-for-peace liberal with a pierced navel. At several searing moments in the book, the two daughters find themselves on opposite sides of violent confrontations'Estie with her army unit, Miriam with protesting settlers. Leavitt's husband has veered over the years from deep involvement with the Moledet Party, which favored ousting Arabs from the West Bank, to meeting with Palestinian Authority leaders to plan for Hebron and Kiryat Arba to remain Jewish communities within an independent Palestine. How unexpectedly poignant is that moment of long-lost possibility.

In ways Leavitt probably never intended, though, her book displays the settler psyche. By her telling, for instance, the Oslo accords ruined the companionable relations between the Hebron area's Arabs and Jews, as if Palestinian nationalism had not been a roiling force for decades by then. She approvingly quotes an Arab telling a Jewish settler, 'We would have been your serfs ' but what did you do? You said this land was ours ' Why couldn't you understand the Arab mentality? We admire fierceness and strength! We see goodwill as weakness.'

By its very nature, a diary freezes each such encounter in its moment. This immediacy brings Storm of Terror the documentary impact of a snapshot; the book recounts events as recent as the suicide bombing in Netanya last Passover. But a published diary'anyone's'by definition deprives the author and the reader of a more considered, more self-consciously crafted, version of reality. And, precisely because Storm of Terror affords such an unanticipated window into the settler experience by such an idiosyncratic narrator, one hopes that next time June Leavitt will use her diary as the raw material, not the finished product.

Samuel G. Freedman, associate dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, is the author most recently of Jew vs. Jew'The Struggle for the Soul of American Jewry.

Rough writing style but great contents makes it worth while. Mike's postion at the top of the instuctor's list is warranted. His book golf mind, body, swing is also a classic reference book.

A good joke, a bad stroke or a variety of swing thoughts could distract me before reading this book. Now I can focus on every stroke! What a difference that has made in my score!

Staying focused is a challenge in every aspect of life. Art & Zen gives plenty of help both on and off the golf course.

I have read several of M. Hebron's books and have watched his videos. This is by far his best book. Don't waste your time with his other books. They all just repeat what he says over and over. And he offers really irrelevant facts about golf, the golf swing, and the life of Egyptians 2500 years ago (really). Talk about analysis paralysis! This is a top 50 golf instructor as ranked by Golf Magazine. He is considered just one level below Leadbetter, Flick, Harmon etc. But some fo the other 2nd-tier Top-50 instructors have big-name students, Hebron has nobody. I believe it's because top students know that they can get the same or better instruction elsewhere. Stick with the main instructors. Other than that, there are some great general golf and golf swing instructional books out there. If you want to get technical, the way Hebron attempts to, then you may want to read Searching for the Perfect Swing or Systematic Golf, instead.

A must read for every serious golfer who wants a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of the golf swing. It's one of the best books I've read on the golf swing and truly focuses on the motions and actions present in all sound golf swings. Explanations and illustrations are easy to understand. He quotes Hogan and Jones throughout. My index was 6 before reading the book and I anticipate it dropping with the suggestions from Hebron. I'm very excited with the consistency I'm seeing with my ball trajectory...straight to a soft draw with all clubs as well as an increase in distance. I'm reading it a second time!

This is an older book, but it is up there with Harvey Penick. I have never read a book that changed my golf swing so much in such a short time. This book is a must have for anyone looking to up their game from hack to breaking 80.

If this is your first Hebron book, then if may be okay to read it. However, if you've read or watched his videos before, then this book is a waste of time. There is nothing significantly new. It's just a repeat of the things you have heard him say before.

Mike Hebron has crossed over to the other side of the golf game with this book - it will take 3-5 strokes off your game without ever picking up a club.............highly recommended for the serious golfer.

This is the most comprehensive book I have ever read about golf. He incorporates others in his teaching especially Homer Kelley who wrote the Golfing Machine which is just a super book in itself. If you are going to get one golf book all year, get this one.

This book was heading for a simple denoument copying "Let's hear it for the Deaf Man" and then it just crashed and burned. If Jackie had found the Israeli safe house in a week, how come the FBI who were "monitoring" Mr Tiron never found it? Jeez, surely they should have been following Mr Tiron 24/7?? In a stupid stupid stupid rushed ending Agent Straus and her "honor" end up condoning assasination. This will really not do. I was on the side of Jackie all the way. But let's face it, for the sake of a completely bogus "happy ending", she was always gonna have to die.

Good Book to read to pass time if you are in an airport or airplane.

While the stile and interest to the reader are great, the book premise itself is completely unbelievable. The Israeli leaders, described in the book, act like complete idiots. All through history, the Jews have been accused of many things, but nobody ever accused them of being stupid. It seems that the author has been influenced by the "Protocols of Zion Elders", one of the best sellers of post-Soviet Russia. The mysterious senator culprit is easily recognizable. One does not have to wait for the final denouement. As a mystery, the book is quite average. The identity of the Russian spy in Israel is an impossibility. The author just does not know enough about Israel. All through the book there are quite a few language errors in Russian, French and Arabic. I e-mailed the details to the author. I certainly enjoyed reading the sex parts in the book. This is where the author excells.