As a new student of golf, I've read over a dozen books to improve my swing and this book is by far the best! It helps the reader develop a real feel for the golf swing in the most natural, developmental way I can imagine. Starting with hands and arms and then moving through each part of the body, it describes how the swing should feel. Best of all, the authors have designed numerous drills and exercises for the reader to actually FEEL the swing in each part of the body. While this description sounds mechanical, it produces a swing that is anything but. Not only has my swing become more fluid, controlled and consistent, my golf scores have improved significantly as well. I highly recommend this book for both beginning golfers and teachers of the game.

The most difficult part of golf is the mental game. Though cliched, that statement is incontrovertible. For most golfers, the tendency to view the swing as a mechanized process dominates their swing thoughts. "Keep my left arm straight," "Swing through to the target," "Don't reverse pivot," "Cock/load my wrists," "Put the ball back/up in your stance," "Shorten your backswing. . ." All of these ideas, though fundamentally sound in their physical advice, tend to prevent the golfer from optimizing his/her performance because they force the golfer to consciously force a complex physical activity that should really be driven by the subconscious and feeling.

Bob Toski and Davis Love III have written a book that truly fosters golf as an athletic expression. Rather than burdening ourselves with overly precise mechanical thoughts, we must allow our natural athleticism to shine through and carry our game. The golf swing is a beautiful, fluid motion. To mechanize it detracts from its efficiency and power and renders it less graceful and effective. "How to Feel a Real Golf Swing" provides invaluable drills and advice that will allow you to understand and develop the feeling a good swing creates. It fosters the notion of allowing the arms and club to do the work of turning the body and shifting your weight.

As a serious golf addict and student of the game, this book, more than any other I've read, allowed me to understand my swing and improve my game. We all know the sweet feeling of hitting the ball on the sweet spot, this book devotes itself to the sweet feeling of the entire swing. I give it the highest rating I can.

This book really does what it says. I have books and tapes galore about golf, and I have never seen real results in my score. This book gave me the feel of a nice, easy, smooth swing that gave me better results than my usual grip it and rip it attempts. The drills here are some of the best I've ever tried. After the first two chapters alone, I went out and shot an 85! (I'm usually in the high 90's). Get this book, do the drills, and you'll stop thinking about every detail of your swing when your standing over the ball. (This will also save your money since you'll stop buying all those tapes and junk from t.v.)

A perfect book for reading just before tucking your toddler into bed. A great book for fathers and sons to read together and an absolutely heartwarming book that all kids and parents can relate. We give this book as a gift. It really encourages reading before bedtime. Our other favorite book is "Going to Sleep on the Farm" by Wendy Cheyette Lewison.

This book is GREAT! The kids love the Little Critter, and the story is just like my house at bed time. I love Mercer Mayer's books.

Little Critter relates to children everywere in this heart-warming book when Lttle critter keeps trying to put of bed time by playing space cadet, and bunny rabbit. A spectacular, charming book for everyone.

I've read the book and listened to the audio cassette, and it's hard for me to pick which one I like more. The book has more stories, it's true, but the cassette has Donald's lovely Southern drawl. He has an infectious manner of telling that makes car trips--no matter how long or short--out and out fun. I've never laughed or cried so hard as at Listening for the Crack of Dawn. The last story, "A Different Drummer," is by far my favorite, since it makes me do both. Donald Davis is truly one of America's best storytellers, for kids, teenagers, and adults. Buy this title, in whatever format, and you won't be sorry!

Listening to the story is better than reading it. His accent and voice make the vivid stories come alive. His stories, about growing up in western North Carolina are nostalgic, yet the issues will appeal to anyone of any age. My children 9 and 15 love his tapes along with my 70 year old parents. He is one of our favorite people to listen to in the car on trips.

Donald Davis is a wonderful writer and story teller. My children love to hear his stories as well as I. It makes a long trip in the car much more fun.

I love this book! It gave me so much insight on PPD and all the different ways I could help myself and get the professional help I needed. It also helped regain my relationship with my husband! I would reccommend this book to every woman who is pregnant. It's good to know what to look for as far as symptoms go, that way you can get help sooner. I was in denial for several months thinking I would "snap out of it". This IS an illness, and can be treated!! I still have bad days, but they are fewer and farther between. On the bad days I just pick up this book and go to one of the earmarked pages on self help therapy and within a few minutes (instead of hours of crying) I'm feeling better. If you even THINK you might have PPD this is the book to read! It's also great to give to someone who is in denial...they might not appreciate it at the time, but will love you for it later! Good luck to all those women out there going through PPD right now!!!!

This book literally saved me. Everyone kept telling me that it was just hormones (and they do play a big part in ppd) and that it would pass in time. But, after finally coming to the realization that is wasn't just the blues this book helped me begin to work through my depression. I can't say enough about how good this book is at describing ways to work through the problems you experience during ppd. Get this book - it will help and turn to someone you trust to help you get through this difficult period of mommyhood. It does pass - I can promise you that. It has a wonderful chapter for the husbands also. Short, but very helpful.

This book is a great help for anyone suffering from or anyone who thinks they may be suffering from postpartum depression. Get it right away!!

I received an earlier version of Widow to Widow from a friend when my husband died in an auto accident five years ago. I found it comforting to read that I was not "crazy" or alone in the thoughts and feelings I had following his death. I related to the author so well when there were not many other 24 year old widows nearby to talk to. With a toddler and a ten-day old baby, the book was also the only one (of MANY) I found that I could pick up, read very briefly on the topic I needed at the moment and come back to later. I now keep several copies on hand to send to newly widowed friends and acquaintances.

I was given this book by my sister-in-law I had never met, on the death of my husband, who had committed suicide at age 46. It was the most thoughtful thing that anyone did! It gave me such insight into what I was going through (the "crazies"), and what to expect and hope for, as well as telling me that all I was going through was normal. Every widow should be handed this book at the funeral home to take straight home! Lots of resources listed to get help, from financial to support groups. A definite book to have on hand!

I purchased this book as a gift for friend when she lost her husband. She contacted me right away saying how much she enjoyed the book - how it was helping her - the best she'd read - it's exactly how I feel - these were her comments. I've purchased several for other friends since - they all say the same.

I first found this book at our local public library, and checked it out because of the fun, colorful illustrations. Although it was somewhat hard to read the first few times, due to the irregular rhyme scheme, it because progressively easier after listening to the CD several times. My daughter absolutely loves the book, and after only having it a week, could sing the entire story (she's three). It is a fun book that really sticks with kids, and I love that my daughter is learning, "Be happy with who you are" at such a young age. This book would be great for kids of all ages, especially those who have had a rough day or experience and are wishing for a moment they were somewhere or someone else.

This is a great book for Kids and Parents. It is a great story and the CD is the best! This is a very fun book to read or to listen to! John Lithgow will do great as a writer!

My 2 year old daughter, my 5 year old son, and I -- laughed, danced, and sang with John Lithgow as loud as we could! What a fun book, what great music, and what a super way to spend time with your kids!! We had a ball... thank you John Lithgow!!

As a mystery author with my first novel in initial release, I genuinely admire the works of Lindsey Davis. In ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY, there is one corpse to few. Falco, the first-century Roman sleuth in this fine series, returns from his African adventure with the resources to move his family into a more comfortable living environment. When his brother-in-law stumbles across a body that disappears before it can be identified, it is up to Falco to solve the murder. With his ironic view of the world and his snappy patter, the emperor's spy proves he is up to the task. He discovers how the dead man is connected to a six-year-old who is in line to be a vestal virgin. His dealings with a former vestal virgin nearly costs him his life. ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY has everything we have grown to expect from the work of Ms. Davis. Her imperial Roman setting is believable. Her characters are intriguing. Her plot is well-paced. ONE VIRGIN TOO MANY is one of best in the Falco series. I recommend it heartily.

If you have not read any of the Falco series, I strongly recommend that you do so, but start at the beginning. Lindsey Davis gets better with each outing. Her characterization is wonderful, and she peoples her books with lots of eccentric and wonderful people. If you read the series in order, you will get to know them all, plus be able to understand the undercurrants that run between Falco and the many people that are close to him. In this book we see Falco on the search for a missing child. His search exposes him to a very disfunctional family. No wonder the little girl was missing! Her grandfather and all her relations are the worst lot you'll ever meet. The search for the child becomes a race against time, and the last few chapters are "edge-of-your seat". All the while the quips and jokes just seem to flow from the pages. Falco finds himself in a very dangerous and embarrassing position where the lack of wearing a loin cloth under his tunic becomes of paramount importance. This is a wonderful, fast-moving book. Through all the turmoil and danger, Falco finds out that he has a number of people that are very loyal to him and this comes as a pleasant surprise to him, since two of his partners were people he didn't like or didn't trust, and the other - his friend Petronious - had been distant of late. Wonderful Book!

Now that he has a child to support, you knew that sooner or later Falco was going to need a day job. Trust Falco's luck that it would be one he's not going to consider the honor outweighing the drawbacks. Trust Ms. Davis to make sure that Falco will still have to investigate. In the hands of a less competent author, the reader might complain that it's too coincidental that Falco's sacred geese gig gets him closer to the religious community in which the murder takes place, not to mention the connections his brother-in-law and neice have with the case. With Lindsey Davis, it just seems inevitable. What little I know about the Vestal Virgins comes mostly from "I Claudius", so the details provided here were very welcome. (Virgin Constantia was fun to meet.) I must say that the restrictions the Flamen Dialis, the top man among priests, must live under seem incredible (that anyone would take the job, let alone want it). If they really worked to keep the fellow out of trouble, it might be worthwhile trying that trick on some modern politicians. Actually, the priestly family of little Gaia Laelia, the child who thinks one of her relatives is trying to kill her, is an excellent example of the effect an unnatural way of life can have on the generations that follow. If you've ever envied royalty, the example of Queen Berenice of Judea should give you pause. In spite of my disapproval of her past and the way she turned to a grown son after failing with his father, I felt sorry for her. Unlike one of the other reviewers, I think Falco has plenty of reason to feel as he does about Anacrites. I would be horrified if either of my sisters might marry any of the men against whom I filed my on-public-record EEO complaints, and none of them tried to have me killed. (Of course, I would expect my sisters to have better sense.) I have a different favorite suspect for Maia's next husband, but I could be wrong. Ms. Davis is avoiding one of the sins of mystery series by having the characters change and grow, with one exception: Falco's family. Well, I wouldn't expect his parents to change; they're pretty set in their ways. But I was ticked off about the way his sister blamed him for her worthless husband's death. I lent my copy to one of my brothers, and he was angrier about it than I was. He was particularly irritated that Helena didn't stick up for Falco and complained vehemently that some of the women in his family seemed to think that teaching Falco a lesson was more important than that a little girl might die. When Falco's nephew was starting to act like the man of his family, my brother wanted Falco to point out to the lad that he did the same thing when his brother ran out on the family to join the army and his father just ran out on the family -- and look at the way the family treats him. He wanted Falco to advise his nephew to look at his grandmother and realize that was what his mother would be like in ten years. (Now there's a hideous thought.) However, my brother did stay up until 3 a.m. to finish this book, so he obviously found it otherwise good. If you've never read any of the Falco books before, you may certainly start with this one. The handy cast list and references to earlier mysteries should keep you from getting lost. However, I also recommend starting with SILVER PIGS and reading the books in order. That way you'll get to fully savor the character progression and continuity, not to mention getting more enjoyment out of the books' humor.

"Caring In Remembered Ways" is subtitled "The Fruit of Seeing Deeply" and oh what a blossoming orchard of wisdom Maggie Davis passes on to us throughout her charming book. This is what we refer to as a night stand staple. A book to pick up at any moment, slowly page through, and derive comfort from re-learning how to give comfort.

There is poetry, glimpses of heart rendering stories of the dying, of family, and fresh, ripe *bites* of fruit to pick , especially regarding enriching childrens lives. One of our favorite lessons of nature was quoting George Washington Carver--"the man best known for discovering the many uses of peanuts [he] was described as a saintly man who believed that a flower will give up it's secrets to you if you love it enough--that anyone will do that."

A beautiful inspirational book in content and appearance.

Maggie Davis' Caring In Remembered Ways is a practical, tender, heartwarming, poignant, powerful little book honoring those deep-seeing ways known to the human heart. Here is a reminder that true caring neither begins or ends at the beside of someone charged to our care, but extends to all life. Caring In Remembered Ways is highly recommended, rewarding, comforting and inspiring reading for anyone charged with a professional or voluntary relationship to someone in need, no matter the circumstances of their lives or ours.

CARING IN REMEMBERED WAYS is the kind of book I reach for when I crave nourishing insights during trying times in my life. Maggie Steincrohn Davis' book about loving and caring for ourselves and others is true food for the soul, written like poetry. Thirty-one graceful entries gently serve up tasty morsels of ancient wisdom (such as how to see from the heart, or face times when loved ones are dying) alongside a garnish of amusing and heart-warming personal anecdotes.

I love the way Maggie understands all the subtle nuances of care-giving, and the ways love can reach through any situation, when we imagine it can. She writes, "Only by reaching 'beyond-the-beyond' of people -- behind their eyes, back of their pain, beneath their blaming and irritation and fussing -- do we make a path to the best in them. Treating someone with compassion who does not treat us well in return might be our fullest offering of love, as well as our own greatest relief during the daily rounds of vigilance and giving."

In this book, every sentence feels like a prayer and a meditation on love and compassion. As I read each comforting entry, I find myself feeling like I'm back in the warm, sunny days of my childhood -- snugly wrapped by my mother in a fluffy towel after a warm bath. CARING IN REMEMBERED WAYS can help brighten and warm even the darkest, coldest days in one's life. It's the ideal pick-me-up for anyone who grows weary of caring for and nurturing others, and even oneself.

This book is for the novice / beginner with basic computer skills and no real programming experience. The visual approach to teaching used by the author (particularly the extensive illustrations, graphics, and code examples) provide an easy, structured approach to learning. The book assumes that you have a connection to the Web to download code - no CD is included. If you are just trying to "get your feet wet" and find out about what can be done with Visual Basic, this is the book for you.

For me, the main limitation of this book is that it is intended for the beginner and treats most topics superficially. It is not a particularly good reference text. I was trying to author a simple medical calculator, and ended up purchasing a more extensive book (Visual Basic 6.0 by Halvorson) because the information was not extensive enough in this book. If you 1) want to create a full-fledged program that could be used at work or home, 2) have experience programming macros, or 3) otherwise are beyond the "beginner" category, I would buy something else.

I have started to explore how to create my own pc/mac video games. The first thing I needed, and it was tough becuase I'm 12, was a good programming language that I could understand and that some of my friends could understand. I chose Visual Basic (VB). Then I needed a good book that to teach me the language. My only problem with learning programming languages is the vocabulary the books use. As I said, I'm only 12. And I chose Visual Basic 6: Visual QuickStart Guide. This book not only teaches the basics, but it goes through the exact steps so I could clearly understand it. It comes with lots of screen shots of Visual Basic 6 (the program/compiler). And now I can see how easy it is to work with VB 6. I soon hope to make an interesting game with loads of cool sprites (graphics)!

A good book for the beginner. I can read in less than 5 days. It covers perfectly most of the basic visual controls: button, dialog, menu, combo list, text box, timer, data control, status bar, MDI, SDI, set up control, environment ... The codes in the examples are short and simple, but they are good enough for your learning. If you have experience with other programming languages in a less friendly environment like unix, then this book is a quick way to catch the main idea of this language by learning the GUI quick.
It mentions no OOP, ADO and has no cdrom, you should look in other books. In fact, this book covers all the main concepts that you will learn in the introduction course of vb at the college, except it will take you 15 weeks and you can do a little more coding. If you have some programming experience and need a quick learn the controls of vb, this is the book for you. You will not regret for < [money]. Other books will be the next. This book will not make you sick by the size and lengthy words. I wish I can find some similar for visual c++. Thank for any hint!

This book is one of my favorites. It has you on the edge of your seat the whole time you read it. You should, if you haven't already, read this book. The content is unpresidented, I've never read a better story.

This was a great book. I loved it! It was very interesting and exciting. I read this book last summer and I thought it was great and I recommend it to all young readers out there! Happy Reading!

~CB7~

I Loved This Book!! Buy it today!!