A few sentences from the introduction describe the subject and emphasis of this book: "I fell in love with the great mystics and ascetics of our church.....I experienced the capacity of prayer and silence to reshape the human heart...". "But, I also learned that our tradition contains some assumptions about the mode of living required to cultivate an authentic spiritual life that excludes Christians living the ordinary life".
And, the author sets out to explain the ways that God can be experienced by those in family life, who can't go join a monastery. In each chapter she discusses a different way: birth, peacemaking, the practice of Charity, the meal-table as sacred, caring for the elderly family members, etc...
She gives the readers a spiritual perspectives on many things families commonly do, but see as drudgery. Usually it works, occasionally the language is too abstract and perhaps a stretch...

I do think I will remember this book too, and see many things I do in my family life differently. Good footnote references for further reading. Overall, a very worthwhile book, that could have great value for someone wondering 'how can I see in the chaos that is my home?'.

Like the other reviewer of this book, I found this book stayed with me. An example of one of the 'lessons' I learned was Wright's answer to the question, What can we learn from the Domestic Church? (That is, the part of the church that is oour family, at home..) Part of her anser was that 'it is about welcoming and letting go..'. She has tremendous insight on bringing church home- the living of it in families. I highly reccommend it.

I read this book about four years ago and it has stayed with me ever since. I am now purchasing it because it is such an excellent book. I would highly recommend its deep spiritual message. Wendy Wright speaks right to your heart as a parent!

The cassette version has Louise Hay explaining about self-esteem and subliminal technology on the A-side, followed by the music and audible affirmations. On the B-side, all you can hear is the music. Yes, the phrases do sound a bit childish, but that is exactly what the subconscious mind responds to - simple positive statements delivered in a warm and friendly voice. Since self-esteem or the lack thereof lies at the root of many psychological problems, this is a great place to start in a programme of self-improvement. Hay is an expert in the field and is blessed with a very comforting voice. Listening to this cassette does work if you are consistent about it. What is even more effective, is when you memorise some of the affirmations and repeat them to yourself, silently in your mind, throughout the day. No cutting-edge brain entrainment methods (such as metronomes) are used here, but her reassuring voice makes up for that. Give it a try!

This is an outstanding CD. It is very relaxing and you can listen to it while you are in your car or while you are at home. I strongly recommend this CD. It is my hope that Ms. Hay will publish more CD's like this in the future.

This subliminal affirmation tape is an excellent method for promoting self-esteem and confidence. One side of the tape is the sound of soft music accompanied by a calm woman's voice stating positive affirmations, such as "I feel good about my life & It is easy for me to stand up for myself". On the other side of the tape, there are hidden subliminal affirmations and soft music plays to promote relaxation. Just play it while your sleeping, when you wake up in the morning, you will notice a more positive mental outlook.

I recieved my summer reading list for Honors English a few weeks ago, and under the section that held a list of three play titles to choose from, I came across Blithe Spirit. Having never heard of Noel Coward, or anything of the other two plays in this book (Hay Fever, and Private Lives) I decided to give the book a chance and I am pleased that I did. I am not a huge fan of reading plays, but after I read Blithe Spirit, I felt that I just had to keep going and read the other two. After reading this book, it is now very obvious to me that Noel Coward was a man with extreme talent, and an awful witty sense of humor. While reading these plays you come across some really interesting situations, and characters, and I guarentee that you will be smiling throughout the whole thing.

Noel Coward's talent for spinning gossamer plots into rapier-sharp comedy assures his reputation in theatre, and his comedies have such timeless appeal that they remain staples of both English and American theatre. This volume collects three of his most memorable scripts: the fantasy BLITHE SPIRIT, the farce HAY FEVER, and the razor-wicked PRIVATE LIVES.

Of the three, BLITHE SPIRIT and PRIVATE LIVES are best known to the general public through various film versions and frequent revivals. BLITHE SPIRIT concerns a novelist who invites a medium to give a seance that he might learn tricks of the trade for the book he is writing--but the medium is no fake, and she unintentionally summons up the ghost of his first wife, who promptly moves in and makes his second wife's life a living hell. PRIVATE LIVES offers the story of a divorced couple who unexpectedly meet while honeymooning with their new spouses--whom they quickly abandon in order to resume their torrid passion for each other. Trouble is, although they love each other desperately, their personalities are about as compatible as two scorpions in a bottle. HAY FEVER, one of Coward's earliest successes, presents the story of visitors to an eccentric family who are very nearly driven mad before they are able to escape.

Coward was reknowned for his sophistocated and often acid turn of phrase, and all three of these plays contain enough outrageous situations and sharp-tongued lines to make even the worst sourpuss laugh loud enough to annoy the neighbors. Although those unused to reading playscripts may find HAY FEVER a bit hard to grasp, both BLITHE SPIRIT and PRIVATE LIVES read extremely, extremely well--so much so that you're likely to find yourself acting them out as you read! Wonderful fun, and strongly, strongly recommended.

Noel Coward's _Hay Fever_, Evelyn Waugh's _Handful of Dust_, and Kingsley Amis's _Lucky Jim_ are, for my money, the three funniest things written in English in the 20th century. I was a drama critic for nearly 12 years, saw hundreds of productions of all kinds from coast to coast in the US and a few in London, and never laughed harder or enjoyed myself more than at a regional US production of "Hay Fever" in the late 1970's. Do it again! Do it again!

El libro me gustó por su enfoque en la vida, cómo mejorarla. Nos ofrece herramientas que todos deberíamos saber usar para mejorar nuestras relaciones con todo lo que nos rodea, así como nuestra salud. Creo que vale la pena leer y compartir con todos nuestros seres queridos.

Yo e leido muchos libros en mi vida,y ninguno como este es la primera ves que un libro me quita el sueño solo para pensar en lo mucho que me debo querer aunque suene extraño pase la primera noche sin pegar un ojo diciendome a mi misma cuanto me amo lo recomiendo para todos aquellos que tengan deseo de cambiar su vida para una vida mas complaciente y agradable,creo firmemente en un cambio mundial y apolo la idea de esta maravillosa persona que entro a mi vida atraves del libro.

Fifteen years ago I was struggling to rebuild my life after a second divorce, cancer, and bankruptcy. Someone handed me You Can Heal Your Life and I went home and read it. After reading a few pages I recognized how I had created my life by the choices I had made. I saw myself for the first time: my anger, my guilt, resentment. I knew then those negative emotions had poisoned my life. I then decided to change. I started working on myself using Luise's book. I recreated myself into the person I had always wanted to be. Today I am positive, happy, independent and most of all, healthy. I thank Luoise. Everyone on this planet needs to read her book. Emelina

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This book was originally published under another name in England in 1920, then in American in the twenties. Now, reprinted again.

Almost put it down at the beginning first forty pages or so. Just wasn't going anywhere, setting up this arrogant, pompish, stuffy British guy who excels at everything, and thinks he can do the same with golf.

Stay in there as I did, until the golf begins, and it becomes a good read. Then, I kept waiting for some twist or such, and none came.

Almost quit again before the last chapter, but am glad I continued and encourage you to do the same. The outcome was unexpected, and I resonated to it, as a golfer.

You know, golf is about life. What other games calls penalties on themselves?

Golfers, you'll enjoy this Scottish tale!

originally published (and still available as) The Haunted Major, this is a minor comic masterpiece. The narrator is Major Jacky Gore, the self-proclaimed 'greatest sportsman living'. He excels at all sports but despises golf on the grounds that it is not dangerous enough. However, in order to win the hand of a rich American widow he finds he has to defeat the US Open golf champion... With the aid of a ghostly and vengeful 16th century Scottish Cardinal Jacky goes head to head... Despite Jacky being pompous, vain, disdainful, arrogant, he is an attractive character. This is the kind of paradox that masterpieces are made of, and this is certainly one.

This Book is great for people who are interested in gymnastics, but don't know much about it. This book is not for experienced gymnasts. I myself being an experienced gymnast knew just about everything in it. It give information on what Vault is and how compettions are run,ect. It's more about doing gymnastics then gymnastics itself. I already know what doing gymnastics is like so I didn't really enjoy this book.

"The Gymnastics Almanac" is a well-written and imformative guide to the sport of gymnastics. The book includes a lot of information that all gymnastics fans will find entertaining. The book includes a history of gymnastics, safety tips, famous gymnasts, all the gymnastics events, iformation about scoring, and much, much more. The book has many pictures and sidebars to explain each picture. This is a wonderful book about gymnastics, and I think all gymnasts will find it very interesting.

This book is a must for gymnasts and gymnastics fans!!! An excellent resource. I learned a lot--like that all the Magnificent 7 team members have a gymnastic move named after them! And it's up to date and accurate! Well written.

The saddle club is at it again. This time they seek to help Max find a suitable girl. With a show coming up at Pine Hollow the girls invite any and all the available women they know in efforts that Max might like one of them. Little do they know Max has already found someone. Carole, Stevie, and Lisa realize this a little too late and must stop her from leaving.

Hi! We're the Stirrup Stars. We're a horse-lovers club and we love these books! They're full of interesting events having to do with horses. We thought it was awesome when Stevie chased the bus by horseback! A horse-lover's must! (stirrup_stars@hotmail.com)

I think this book was great, #1 Horses #2 It was really good, you'd never want to put it down since it's exciting #3 humorous #4 Well, it's the Saddle Club! I really think people should read this book!! It says it's for ages 9-12, but it's for all ages, I think. 8 years old, or 13 years old!

In that this seems to be the only available book on scythes you could say it is the best book on scythes. The author drifts into New Age gibberish twice but then only for a moment. The rest of the info seems to be good; and this is certainly a great beginer's book. My complaint is that it does not go beyond a beginer's book. The book will help you get started, but if you buy a scythe you really should find some old hand at scythes to further your education.

The second edition of The Scythe Book was released this June and I am posting this before Amazon lists it as available, but I hope that will soon change.

The original text by Dave Tresemer has not been re-edited. It is still a good introduction to this wonderful tool. The core of the new edition is the addendum by Peter Vido. Peter is extraordinarily dedicated to the scythe as both a practical tool and as a model of wisely applied human engineering. Peter shows us how complex and subtle this simple tool can be. The depth of his knowledge may overwhelm the uninitiated on first reading, but as your experience grows with this tool, Peter's commentary becomes increasingly valuable. There is a lot of important information packed into this addendum and any scythe enthusiast will learn much from this master.

The European scythe accomplishes more than the mundane job of cutting grass. It offers us an opportunity to step away from the craziness of American lawn culture. It gives us the space in which to breathe, listen and explore our own rhythms without burning gasoline. This book is the place to begin.

This book covers the history, the care and the operation of an ancient farming tool--the scythe. It offers a fascinating history such as answering the question of how an acre came to be a unit of area. You will want to use a scythe after reading this book!

What a useless bunch these young and handsome Brits were! Ensconced in a valley in Kenya they named Happy Days during the '30s, they transformed what had been a laudable pioneering community less than 30 years before into a cesspool worthy of a Somerset Maugham play. Parties lasted for days, wife swapping was endemic, alcoholism and drugs were the norm and the motto was "Party On!"

The main surprise of Lord Erroll's murder, shot in the head while sitting in his car was that anyone cared enough, was passionate enough to carry out the dastardly deed. Lord Erroll was involved with the former Diana Caldwell, Lady Broughton. They had not been discreet, and it was an activity he had been perfecting for years. You could safely say adultery was the rule, rather than an aberration. Lord Broughton was arrested, tried and found not guilty. The evidence was flimsy, Lord Broughton was a calm and credible witness, and there it ended. The question was if Broughton wasn't the murderer, who was? The first half of the book acquaints us with the players and the crime. The second half is the sleuthing that the author and the late Cyril Connelly did to solve the crime thirty years after the fact.

The book is interesting and moves at a good pace. I had to smile at the author's obvious enchantment with Lady Diana. He finally met her when she was in her late sixties, and her charm was as potent as ever. The story has "movie" written all over it, and a highly successful film was made in the early '80s. My problem with the book is I never could mind much about either the suspects or the victim. They were all equally unlikable, so solving the crime was not compelling. Mr. Fox has done a good job of marshalling the facts and digging out the clues. He has me convinced his conclusion is the right one. If I only cared, I would be more enthused.
-sweetmolly-Amazon Reviewer

Fox does an outstanding job in researching the murder of Lord Erroll in compiling this book, which reads like an Agatha Christie mystery. The first half of the book looks at the actual murder of Lord Erroll in Kenya in 1941. This has all the elements of a good mystery -- money, luxury, pride, sex, jealousy, etc. The second half of the book is an intricate examination of the evidence and Fox's own investigation into the murder mystery. Although one might wonder while reading this how Fox will "solve" his mystery, he presents his material in such a way that will keep the reader turning pages.

James Fox takes the reader into the world of 1941's Happy Valley crowd of Nairobi, Kenya to explore the murder of of Jossyln Hay, Earl of Erroll. The Earl, better known as Joss, was a member of the upper-class enclave of English colonials living in Kenya at the time of WWII. A lady's man, Joss Hay, like many of the Happy Valley set, ignored the "rules" of society, and indulged himself with who ever caught his eye, married or not. He was found, on the morning of January 24, shot through the head, in a car near Happy Valley. This account of a true story, resurfaces all the decadence and indulgence that is a major force of history of Nairobi's colonial society. A suspect was brought to trial, but the case was never resolved. Mr. Fox, years later, examines the evidence of the trial, interviews survivors, and escorts the reader through the process of investigation to discover who really pulled the trigger and why. A riveting look at a pageantry of trash, this book reads like a superb mystery story.