"Ears of the Angels" is not just about tuning violins energetically. It's a really well written book about energy healing. So many metaphysical books nowadays are the same as the last 10 books you bought - this one is different. Deena Spear has a wonderful writing style; it's like reading a letter from your funny, wry and loving friend who happens to tune violins over the telephone. This book is not another flakey, new-agey book used to hawk a product. She is imparting wisdom and knowledge. The methods and stories are very interesting. I am not a musician but was drawn to this book and really enjoyed it. Apply the information in your life and to anything, not just a violin. I've already got friends waiting to borrow it when I am done!
Now the only warning I would extend is that if you read it, your mind might expand. Otherwise, buy it - it's wonderful.

I just recieved my book yesterday, and read the entire book in about 6 hours, I could not put it down. While I do not play the violin or anyother instrument, the book provided much energy information that can be applied to those experienced, or seeking to become experienced with energy work. It allows you to understand that energy is not just for people, pets, plants, or anyother living being that we work at healing. It was totally fasinating to discover that this woman could not only tune up the owners of instruments all over the world distantly for distinguished orchestra members but their instruments at the same time. They really do have living energy just like everything else, and if this is of interest to you, I recommend you read the book, and take from it what you want, and explore the possiblities to expand your knowledge of just what is possible. I gave the book five stars!! Make it apart of your metaphysical library today, I feel you will find yourself referring to Deena's book often. Deena is clearly a very gifted and dedicated woman to her work not only with instruments themselves but in the healing arts. She also provides mulitple contacts that she herself uses personally in her own work that you may contact for any work you may need to have done in your own life, or the lives of another. Enjoy! Love and light, Sandy

Neurobiologist Deena Spear writes with candor and self-effacing humor in EARS OF THE ANGELS about how energy work can heal and transform violins, violas, cellos... and human beings. Spear's fascinating, detailed descriptions of violin enhancement began with physical techniques (such as tapping, blowing, and scraping), and moved into non-physical, hands-on and long-distance energetic techniques.

What sets EARS OF THE ANGELS apart from most other energetic healing books is the way it describes energetic acoustic principles that can heal both stringed instruments such as violins, and sentient beings such as humans. Spear includes delightful real-life stories from clients whose instruments have been tuned (and sometimes even glued) long-distance without any direct physical contact from Spear that clearly attest to the efficacy of her methods. She describes how her energy tuning work has helped pets become cancer-free, people become toxin-free, and significantly improved relationships.

Anyone interested in enhancing the sound of stringed instruments will find EARS OF THE ANGELS essential reading, as will everyone who wishes to discover more about the kinds of physical changes that are possible through conscious intention and energy field work. I give EARS OF THE ANGELS my highest recommendation!

Have you ever wondered what those women posing nude and semi-nude were thinking? Maybe not, but now you can actually find out. Jewel Shepard, trading on a gorgeous body and what can only be called over-the-top spunk, comes up the hard way through the sleaze and grime to actually accomplish just about everyone's wish, to be in the movies. "Gone With the Wind" they're not, but bare breasts and lots of action sell pretty well out there, thank you, and Jewel has what it takes and holds her nose long enough to get it done.

The fact that she can write about her early experiences as a stripper with the accuracy only someone who has done it can gives the book an authenticity rarely achieved elsewhere. And with a sense of humor worthy of Job, she manages to impress you and humble you at the same time. Right on, Jewel! Even though we're just a sea of faces to you, we're with you all the way.

i've read this book a few times, and each time it gets better. jewel's amazing one-track mind (hollywood) and sense of humor keeps her sanity through situations that would crumble most of us. it also reveals a lot of ugly truths about hollywood, making me wonder how anyone becomes a star. strangely, i really enjoyed her time spent hiding from the world in montana. this book will make you wish you'd been fortunate enough to know jewel. of course---now we do.

Then you really need to read Jewel Shepard's new book! Jewel Shepard is one of Hollywood's "B-Girls." For those of you who don't know what a B-Girl is, these are the women whose job it is to get partially or fully unclothed as soon after the start of the film as possible. These are also the women whose dream it is to rise to the "A" level in the film industry. This is the level where you'll find actresses such as Julia Roberts, Michele Pfeiffer, etc., etc.

Jewel's book details her ongoing fight to find a decent agent, to get a decent part, in a decent film working with a decent director...without having to get naked for someone to do it. Throughout it all, you don't know whether to laugh or cry at the trials she is forced to endure. Horrors such as movie producers, rainy night shoots, producers, pig excrement, producers, zombies, producers and more producers.

Seriously, I really enjoyed the book, not only because I know the author somewhat, nor for the pictures her publishers "asked" her to include, but for the "stick-to-it" never gonna give up attitude she has. When other people would have sold their stuff and moved back to Milwaukee, Jewel shrugs off the blows and keeps on swinging.

Jewel has a wonderful flow-of-consciousness style of writing, giving the impression she just sat down and started typing. The book lets you in behind the curtains for a "No BS" look at one actress's ongoing quest in Hollywood. It is very entertaining and I found myself unable to put it down. Of course, the fact that she's a gorgeous brunette with a great sense of humor doesn't hurt!

If you are a fan of Donald Goines or Iceberg Slim you will enjoy this book.

I read this book years ago. My son was employed at a library and
he would bring books home. at the time he was 18 years of age.
the book reminded me of the area we had resided in at one time. I had my children read the book, and believe it or not, his book
helped keep them into falling into the pitfalls of the wicked
streets, as a matter of fact I have read almost all of the books
written by black authors, chester himes, ralph ellison, to name
a few, at one time i had all the books, but i have passed them
on to my grandchildren they are collector of items, because they
treasure those books.

The poetry in this book is beautiful... very simple and down-to-earth and warm and honest. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through it. Nearly every poem touched some honest truth inside me.

This book is filled with small poems that everyone can relate to, but is written so beautifully. I fell in love with this book mostly because it felt like I could have written it myself. Theta Burke is a wonderful writer and my favorite poet. Her poems have found their way into my heart forever.

The photography in this book is beautiful. However, if you are looking for pictures of outdoor Nantucket scenery, then you may want to choose another book. This book shows a lot of the inside of homes & their backyard gardens. It is a great background reference. It is clear the author did a lot of research of historical Nantucket when writing this book. Overall, there are a handful of really nice pictures of Nantucket, but mostly of the inside of older or newly renovated homes on the island. Great for decorating ideas!

A beautiful collection of 300 full-color photographs of Nantucket's gardens and houses. The author and photography is able to capture the unique vegetation and landscape that adorns the historical houses. I was impressed with the photography of the interiors of some of the most famous homes on the island. A quality collection of homes, gardens, history and culture. I would recommend for anyone who enjoys traveling to Nantucket. A perfect gift to bring home for the cofee table.

This book is a good source of sample job interview questions for PhD quant positions. Other good and recommended resources for finance careers are the Vault Guide to the Top Finance Firms, the Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking, and the Vault Guide to Finance Interviews. Also try the harvard guide to finance careers.

This book is good for PhD level candidates, but in my opinion there is more and better objective information for MBA and associate level candidates on Finance and investment banking careers in the Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking and in the Vault Guide to Finance Interviews, which have the added benefit of being able to be purchased on vault.com and downloaded immediately. Good luck.

I'm a financial engineering student at an Ivy League institution. Just got the book from Amazon. Awesome book, so far the best help in preparing for technical aspect of the ib (quantitative positions) interviews that I have encountered. I thought it would be sort of a black and white xerox copy - instead it turned out to be really well published. The book is rather weighty (>300p), contains a plethora of questions with detailed explanations, 0 filler. The guy is very good about cultivating the attitude of, "It's the thinking process and not the number in the answer." Overall, I would definitely recommed this. Given the amount of general info you can garner off free advice sites - vault/wetfeet, this may as well be the number one book on your preparation list.

This book has incredible illustrations. They are what make the book worth noting. The animals are drawn from unusual perspectives. The horse looms over you (hard to do in a book, I'll admit!), the sparrow perches rather in your face. Small children--even tiny children--will be able to enjoy this book because of the pictures. The story is about a new baby that has arrived on a farmstead--that is what the bird heard. The rhyming text is sweet but predictable. This would be a great book for a toddler with a sibling on the way. (I know my toddler was hoping for one after we read this.) Note, however, that it is a simple book, probably best enjoyed by the under-four crowd.

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The illustrations in this book are powerful but very beautiful.

All the farmyard creatures are wide - eyed, with warm, welcoming friendly faces.

They all know something is going on. They all have simple questions to ask. There is something mysterious happening.

Their suspense and curiosity grows.

The arrival of a new baby in the farmhouse is a source of wonderment and delight.

My 15-month-old son loves this book's barnyard animals and rhyming text about a mysterious newcomer to the farm. Is the "NEW ONE" a duckling or a piglet? Nope! Take a tour of the farm and find out for yourself with this delightful book.

This has been a great book for introducing my son to the idea that there's a "NEW ONE" coming to our homestead soon. It'll also make a great gift for another little boy I know who's going to be a big brother soon.

I'll never quite understand why Sarris is held in such regard as a critic. I know he "introduced" auteur theory to the states and he certainly seems intelligent enough. His writing, though, is frequently almost incomprehensible. I don't mind a meandering style, but these essays seem barely planned. The utterly pointless academespeak (Buster Keaton saving his father in "Steamboat Bill Jr." is termed "reverse Oedipal" for no clear reason) would lead one to expect a little more structure. I'm still giving this 3 stars though, because there do appear to be some interesting ideas here; they're just hopelessly buried. Case in point is his article about Harold Lloyd. I do understand BASICALLY what Sarris is trying to get at, but it could have been said in a paragraph or so. Towards the beginning of that essay, the reader runs across this unadorned doozy of a line - "It is hard to believe but Getting the Girl [his caps] was once interpreted as a convention that implied acceptance of the capitalist system". Oh really? And we're trying to CONTRAST Lloyd with Keaton and Chaplin? Sarris does manage to make the point that Lloyd was a more conventional figure than the other great silent comedians throughout the essay, but only just barely and only if you keep a close eye on exactly how many times he contradicts himself. I much prefer his "The American Cinema, Directors and Directions 1929-1968". The much shorter essays in that previous book are models of clarity in comparison.

This is indeed a book for film buffs. It is chock full of opinions, many of which you may disagree with. So what? Sarris examines a wide range of subjects (covering the 1927-1949 timeframe) which are organized within five chapters:

The Hollywood Studios ["The Golden Age" at MGM, Paramount, Warner Brothers, 20th-Century-Fox, RKO, Universal, and Columbia]

Genres [e.g. the musical, gangster film, the horror film, the screwball comedy, the western, the film noir, the war film]

Directors [e.g. Chaplin, Ford, Hitchcock, Hawks, Welles, Sturges, Wilder, Capra, and Stevens]

Actors and Actresses [e.g. Garbo, Cagney, Bogart, Davis, Grant, Bergman, Harlow, Fields, the Marx Brothers, Tracy and Hepburn, and Gable and Lombard]

Guilty Pleasures [e.g. the "B" picture]

Sarris then provides four appendices: Academy Award nominations and winners (1927-1949), New York Critics Circle Awards (1935-1949), Best Directors (1927-1949), and Best Performances (1929-1949). The various lists are interesting but the book's greatest appeal derives from the comprehensive coverage of 22 years of the American talking film's history in combination with Sarris' own opinions about most of those who created that history.

I highly recommend this book to film buffs, not as a definitive history of the period (there is none) nor as the single best source of film criticism (there is none); rather, as a collection of thoughtful, generally well-written essays which inform as well as entertain.

If you are a film buff and if, after reading this book you are motivated to see films you have not as yet seen or to see once again films you last saw years ago, Sarris will have achieved what seems to be his primary objective.

This is a comprehensive survey of the early years of the American sound film. You may not always agree with the author (I don't always) but he is always worth reading and is never dull. Sarris is excellent on all manner of film genres, stars, directors, etc. He is a key writer on John Ford and on Alfred Hitchcock, for example. You cannot often predict which way he will go and he does seem to have slightly modified his previous auteur (director is the author of the film) theories, derived from French critics- he acknowledges the influence of actors in some instances more than before. I love this book!

This book is a product of the Internet boom / bubble and not all of these seb businesses have survived. However, a surprising number have. Some were sold while others evolved one way or the other. It is quite an interesting to read about how these businesses viewed their markets at the height of the boom and then look at how things are today.

I think the book has a couple of good points to make. These sites were not funded by huge amounts of venture capital. They are all small sites that have done well for people who had a specific expertise, who thought small in a tightly focused way, and who used the web to broaden their reach to a proven client base.

There are thousands of successful sites just like these and this type of thing can be done thousands of more times by intelligent business people. My advice, however, is that unless you really KNOW what your plan and goals are, don't spend your hard earned cash until you are certain you have minimized your uncertainties. Of course, to be an entrepreneur is to have more risk than regular folks are willing to take on. But spend more time getting ready and learning your business rather than recklessly diving in head first to see how deep the pond is. If you don't you could end up spending a lot of money on a website that will be nothing but a drain on your precious cash and time.

While most people who reviewed this book gave it 5-stars there are couple who rate it less. I can tell you as someone who has read "StrikingItRich.com" 3 times and bought 7 more copies for business associates that these "bad reviewers" could not have read this book.

Citing some of these sites as not successful? Nuts! Easton gives us all the revenue numbers. These are not "home spun efforts" as one of these commentors below wrote, but bona fide business with anywhere from 1-100 employees.

If you're not serious about making money online don't read this book. If you are, "StrikingItRich.com" will become your bible. Better yet it will insure your success and inspire you as you read these stories of folks just like you and I making it big.

There are a lot of good e-commerce books all of which are well intentioned, but few of which really inspire. Then there's "StrikingItRich.com".

Because it only has real world examples, prepare yourself to be completely motivated, inspired and downright dizzy with excitement. Jaclyn Easton doesn't tell you how to be successful, she proves it by introducing you to people just like yourself, who, with as little as $30 started websites now worth millions.

The book focuses on all types of sites, including B2B and subscription sites (those which charge a monthly entrance fee) in addition to consumer retailing and content ventures.

What I found most rewarding is how different each story is. This could have been the same tale told 23 different ways. These profiles are as different as can be, each with a fresh perspective that practically insures that your web business can be one of the ones striking it rich too.

In high risk information based businesses people use names and reputations to make decisions. Fashion and Movies are two examples where the name "Aramani" or "Julia Roberts" will make a product or company a success.

In the "New New Thing" Lewis shows that this process has happened in the buying and selling of High Tech companies (if not their products) and he shows how Jim Clark got rich based upon his reputation.

The book gives a good and fairly candid view of Clark. I felt that Lewis kept his distance from the subject and avoided being swept up in the hype of Clark driven companys. Lewis's writing is fresh and enjoyable. The stories about how High Tech companies get started and how VC's and engineers work together to create companies were interesting and informative.

Lewis focuses entirely on Clark, so it is difficult to tell if Clark's ability to make money based on his name is limited to him, or if there are others who are achieving the Rock Star status he has.

Overall well worth reading.

Michael Lewis is a fine writer and this is a superb book. In a style that I find reminiscent of Tom Wolfe, Lewis brings the contemporary Silicone Valley ethos alive much the way he did 80's Wall Street in Liar's Poker. Wolfe did the same for the 1960's counterculture in Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and the take-it-to-the-edge world of military test-pilots and the pioneer astronauts in The Right Stuff. Both writers utilize exuberant portraits of their protagonists as literary mechanisms for telling bigger stories. In the New New Thing, the phenomenon that Lewis leads us into is the explosive convergence between radical technology and Wall Street that has in recent years brought about the fastest creation of paper wealth that history has ever seen. The individual that he zeroes in on to reveal the magic of this story is Jim Clark, who is probably best-known as the creator of Netscape. As a poor-boy engineer who rocketed overnight onto the Forbes 400 list of the world's wealthiest people, Clark is, to start with, a good representative of the class of new age techno-entrepreneurs. But as Lewis's vehicle to the bigger story, Clark is magnified into the very embodiment of the spirit animating today's "new economy". This entertaining, often hilarious, 268 pages makes it much clearer what's happening there than volumes of ponderous analysis by conventional commentators. If you can somehow imagine Abbie Hoffman as a brilliant and over-achieving engineer, you'll have some sense of the picture of Clark that emerges from this book. A born revolutionary with a prankster's attitude towards the established order, Clark is nonetheless deadly serious about technology and it's practical applications. Add to this a ruthless self-confidence and a pied-piper-like hold over investors and a coterie of talented, workaholic programmers, and it's possible to see how - just as one small example of new-economy magic - Clark was able to enrich his loyal followers and add half billion or so to his own net worth in a few days via a public offering of one of his companies that had neither earnings, a product, nor even much of business plan to speak off. Cashing in on vision, charisma, and hope, Clark has given the world a lesson in modern techno-economics, the wild and weird essence of which Mr. Lewis lays bare for us in this excellent study.

Over 10 years ago I read Liars Poker, also by the author Michael Lewis, and was captivated by the investment world. As Lewis illustrates, the power has shifted from Wall Street to Silicon Valley in the 90s and Michael provides access to one of the Valley's founding fathers, Jim Clark.

Lewis walks us through the stories behind the three companies Clark helps create, and provides insight into Clark's current project, myCFO.com. One ironic aspect of the book is the fact that one of Clark's companies rushed it's public offering so Clark could pay for his $70 million sail boat.

I found this book to be one of the special reads that I couldn't put down.