The book explored time distortion phenomenon and provides lot of examples - some are interesting purely from investigative perspective as in being able to count in few minutes of hypnosis the number of cotton balls it would take to count in several hours of real time; others are very practical and useful as in accelerating learning or developing a skill - imagine in few hours of hypnosis you can develop an expertise it would take you years to develop in real time.
Even many new techniques from the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming such as Time-Lines provide very effective method for further exploring and enhancing effects of time distortion, this book is not only a classic, but also provides a great background in terms of research.

I was interested in the book when I was able to look inside and read some of the pages. The book was alright but I did not realize that half the book was a dictionary for signs and I think it could of been a little more interesting.

Yes, it is true that have the book is a "signs dictionary", but that is the part that I read and enjoy! I have found that these signs are relevant to every day life. I particularly have found the signs, Smoke, Hawk, Money, Rain, Death, and Owl to be right on the money. There are so many more! The signs, to me, point out some message from God in my everyday life. I just have to open my eyes. I have given this book as a gift, many times and will continue to do so! I strongly reccomend this book as "food for thought".

The bulk of this book is a "Sign Dictionary". Over 200 pages that come in handy if you have a dream you can't make sense of, or see something that looks/feels like an omen, and is one of the best I've seen of its kind.
The initial 4 chapters are excellent and quite illuminating. Ms. Linn has a clear, easy to read, concise writing style, with a nice dose of wisdom.

Chapter # 1: "How Signs Work". Why signs reflect your beliefs and the focus in your life, where they come from (the collective unconscious/culture, society and religion), signs from the past and the future, and more.

Chapter 2: "How Signs Appear in Your Life": Through other people/conversations/random thoughts/emotions/printed words, and much more. She gives little "true stories" to illustrate each point.

Chapter # 3: "Calling for a Sign". From "traditional sign systems" (the I Ching, etc.) to "vision quests", the many ways to seek guidance...though I like the way she ends the chapter: "There are never any wrong choices; for every choice in life allows you to grow and expand as a human being".

Chapter # 4: "How to Interpret Signs". From using your intuition, to using a dictionary, 10 methods to decipher what you believe to be a "sign".
This is an excellent book with many uses...as an artist, I use it as a reference guide to imagery, and it's also given me ideas for future projects...for which I'm grateful to Ms. Linn.

I literally could not put this book down from start to finish. Whether you like baseball, dislike the Yankees, or just enjoy rooting for the one guy who could have saved baseball from the financial and legal disasters of the past 50 years, this book will be one of the best you have ever read.

The two things you need to know before you buy "Veeck -- As In Wreck" -- and you will buy this book, you must, if you've ever bought any professional sports bio before -- are the names Veeck and Linn.

Bill Veeck you know from reputation -- the wacky promoter who invented everything from Ladies' Day to Disco Demolition Night. The man owned several baseball franchises (including the Chicago White Sox twice, for some reason), and was known as a both a promotional genius and a shrewd financier.

As for Ed Linn... well, Linn was also the ghostwriter for another fantastic, edgy, opinionated baseball book, Leo Durocher's "Nice Guys Finish Last". Not surprisingly, "Veeck" reads a lot like the Durocher tome (and it came first, too!). On every page here you'll find a funny anecdote, a scary bit of prescience, and a unique look at an otherwise-beloved icon. With Veeck's memory and Linn's acid pen, this book is quite hard to put down. Or to pick up, for that matter.

Sports bios tend to hold back these days, let's face it. They're not as long and not as insightful as the Linn books. And the gift of time has helped ripen these pages. When Veeck talks about baseball's financial need to institute interleague play -- writing from 1961 -- you know this man saw around a few decades' worth of corners. When he takes the Yankees to task for failing to capitalize on Roger Maris's pursuit of the Babe Ruth home run record, and notes that it was a once-in-a-lifetime event, he's right -- so baseball got it right in '98, when McGwire came to town, and when the record fell yet again in '01, hardly anyone noticed.

In the meantime you'll laugh at the sad fates of Bobo Holloman and Frank Saucier, the latter being the only ballplayer ever to be removed from a game for a midget. You'll be intrigued by Veeck's take on Larry Doby, and by his bitter retorts at Del Webb, then-owner of the hated behemoth Yankees. And you'll marvel at just how little has really changed in baseball since Veeck was retired. Owners plotting franchise shifts in shady back-room deals (Montreal, Florida. Florida, Boston). Owners doing everything to baseball except what really benefits the sport (It's a tie in Milwaukee!). Veeck lamenting not the high price of talent but rather the high price of mediocrity (how much is Colorado paying for Denny Neagle and Mike Hampton?)...

Just about the only highlight not covered is the sight of White Sox outfielder Chet Lemon wearing shorts. One of the few Bill Veeck innovations that did not catch on, and aren't we all better off...

I read this book when I was thirteen, and read it again twenty years later. I enjoyed it both times. Spend a few hours with a man who loved baseball and is honest about being a little less than honest.

The book covers the different types of benchwork, and is very helpful. Lots of pictures and illustrations, as well as charts listing how much overhang and length certain lumber can handle. The only thing it doesn't cover, other than a very brief mention on the last page, is the new foam-board based benchwork. Otherwise, the book covers everything from benchwork to roadbed to handling special situations.

I thought that this book was really good, as far as building permanent benchwork. But it did not go into the makings of modular benchwork. That was a disappointment. But overall I gave it 5 stars as it had alot of helpful information

This book gave me some great ideas on building benchwork, with clear illustrations. It also covers topics such as selecting roadbed, building materials, etc. A must have!

After reading dozens of books on reincarnation that merely describe the workings of karma or the successful regressions of other people, I found "Past Lives, Present Dreams" empowering. This book encourages everyone to be a Reincarnation Detective who actively searches the present for clues about the past--not just a passive patient dependent on a therapist or regressionist.

Denise Linn's Past Life Clues in Chapter IV alone can spark the beginning of the detective hunt. These include obvious ones such as food preferences, and surprising ones like pets and favorite animals. Chapter V is an entire section on interpreting dreams.

Of course, this book has its shortcomings. For one thing, it says very, very little about relationship and group karma. Also, Linn appears to be ministering mostly to an individual's subconscious. This could leave some readers with the impression that all it takes to balance karma is a few therapy sessions and a new (feel-good) philosophy. This may increase self-esteem, but it won't change anything unless the patient/detective does some extra, unglamorous work out in the real world.

In her book "Star Signs", astrologer Linda Goodman told of a friend of hers who had contracted a rare, crippling disease. This friend, who accepted the disease as his karma, did not do anything as plastic as attempting to heal his psyche with an unblocking exercise. Instead, he quit his well-paying job, took a new post at a hospital for crippled children, and performed some nasty janitorial tasks--balancing his karma not by ministering to himself, but by unselfishly serving others.

"Past Lives, Present Dreams" is a book I would recommend to both "neophytes" looking for answers and "veterans" looking for someone with a new point of view. Linn's writing is a unique blend of ancient wisdom and "Age of Aquarius" spirituality--but it may not be everyone's cup of tea. As this is far from being the _ultimate_ guide, I suggest balancing it with others (such as "Many Mansions" by Gina Cerminara), for a more comprehensive understanding of karma and reincarnation.

I have always had great respect for Native Americans with their high level of spirituality and closeless to the Earth. Denise Linn is an excellent example of this.

Her book was and is exactly what I needed to open doors in my life. Her exercises are excellent ways of not only finding out information about past lives but also, as the title suggests, finding out who you are in the present.

The best chapter in the book is "How To Recall A Past Life." You'll be surprised at what you find out.

Only a Native American could write a kick (butt) book like this. It is most definitely worth the read!!!

I am really glad that I discovered Denise Linn! I have been reading alot about reincarnation/past life regression lately - it's something that makes so much sense to me! I have read all of Brian Weiss after seeing him on the Howie Mandell show! I really like his books and I got a tape of his also. He's a very good read as well. But I've read them all and I still need help!

Ms. Linn has a wonderfully different way to discribe her experiences and to suggest ways to relax and regress! I am a very hard nut to relax - I'm too "busy" and I need to get all the suggestions that I can! Ms. Linn has given me the "blue light" method which I think will help and she reaffirmed many others - in different words and emphases! I am not done yet with this book - but it's a fast read and I will be done soon so that I can try what she suggests and pass it on to my sister!

What do you do when you want to go on a personal quest? Where do you start? What are the options? In quite a few religions, there is some sort of pilgrimage or quest required or encouraged, but what if you don't practice an organized faith or you just want to go somewhere quiet and figure yourself out? I was inspired to go questing not long ago, but had no money and no way of traveling to an appropriate location. This book was very helpful! It was full of spiritual ideas and accounts of some responses of people on their own vision quests. It kept inspiring me to take myself away.. now all I have to do is make some time and go!

Denise Linn's book is THE BEST I have ever read on Vision Quest's. I have read the review stating about Vision Quest's on a strictly Native perspective and this book gives you flexibility. Native teachings tell you on a vision quest you must fast for 3-4 days, sweat lodge for 3-4 days and without water for 3-4 days.. some people cannot fast for medical reasons and may not even be able to leave their homes.. this book gives you ways around this.

If traditions can not be modernized than we shall all die out. This book is only a few $$ and WELL WORTH IT!! The book gives you a cut and dry plan and ANYONE can follow. I too am learning from an elder.. their information does come at a price.. a willing ear and a loving heart. This book is written for EVERYONE.. and ANYONE can do it..

I thought this book was excellent! It was a great introduction to Vision Quests. Anyone interested in knowing what a Vision Quest is, what steps are taken to do one, how to prepare for one, and what reactions you might have leading up to it, should read this book. It is easy to understand and written well.

I think this book is good for kids that can handle very scary stories. If you do not like to read scary stories, do not read this book at all. I think that the grownups would like the story called, "The Handkerchief." I think grownups would like it because it is very scary, and I think that's what you grownups like. I think this book is appropriate for 7 to 13 year olds. I think that because I have just begun to read it this year, and I'm sure I would have liked it last year. I'm eight right now. Even though you may be older than 13, you may still like this book. The book is pretty scary. A lot of kids fight over this book at school because they think it is the greatest.

If you're heading to camp this summer, this might be the perfect book to read before you go. It's not a handbook or manual on survival, rather it's a compilation of 22 scary folktales to tell around the fire or during a late-night gabfest in the cabin.

Between these pages you'll encounter ghosts, witches, demons, evil eyes, giants, monsters, talking heads and other beasties from near and far, Japan to Iceland, Eastern Europe to Mexico. The sources for the tales are listed at the back of the book. Many of them come from respected regional and national archives.

Even so, the stories vary in their effectiveness and "scare factor." Some don't rise much above the level of urban legends passed around on the Internet. Others, like the title story, are true folk tales, with obvious staying power.

The stories are short, just five-six pages each. Several of them are illustrated with pencil drawings, which are moody, if not exactly scary.

Older elementary and middle school students will get a kick out of scaring themselves silly with these horror stories.

The book Ask The Bones retold by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwart, is a great book. This book has many stories from around the world but my favorite one is called " Next- To- Kin." This story is about this boy's aunt that is very jealous if someone goes near her husband and she has a forked tongue. She can also turn into a snake but the boy does not know this. Once the aunt grabbed the boy in jealousy and stuck her fingernails in his skin. The boy went to the old man so he could heal the wound. The old man was very wise and told the boy that his aunt is really a snake women! The old man said "If you really want to see if she really is a snake women, then, when she turns into a snake cut off the tip of the tail. If she is wounded tomorrow that means she is a snake women." The old man continued " And if you see the snake skin around then burn it so the snake women could die!" That night the boy was awake for the whole night to see if the old man was right. The snake came under the door and SLASH, the boy cut of the tip of the snake's tail. The snake went back to the other room. In the morning the boy's aunt's toe was wounded and she said she needed to rest and so she did. When the boy's aunt was better, the boy went to the room she was in and found snake skin! He quickly took it and burned it in his room. ...If you want to know what happened to the boy and his uncle then read, Ask The Bones and the story "Next- To- Kin."

This is the second book by Denise Linn that I have read. I chose this book over other Feng Shui books because of the comforting and practical way inwhich it was written. All i want to do is create a comfortable, harmonius, and beautiful haome for myself and my family. Lets face it; if I wanted to do something complicated, I'd pick up an algebra book.
Linn's overlying theme seems to be one of creating a home for your soul with your intuition. Feng Shui happens to be one way to accomplish this; but not the only way.
Occasionally the book gets a little heady; it will take me years to meditate as much as she recommends. However this shouldn't be a deterrent, because it is not forced upon the reader. I do recommend reading "Sacred Space" before, or along with this book. There are some references about it in "Feng Shui", plus it's a good warm-up to her methods, and philosophies.
I do recommend this book, and "Sacred Spaces" to any one who is looking for a less contrived, and certainly a less pretetious approach to decorating their home. I look forward to reading some of her other books.

This is one of the most encouraging and entertaining books about Feng Shui I have ever read. It is very well written and has a good approach to our western way of life. This book will motivate interior decoration amateurs and Feng Shui enthusiasts. I strongly recommend it.

I looked for a long time to find a book strictly on rigid hettle weaving, looking even at the weaving shop where I learned to weave. I was starting to believe that no one had written a book on this piece of equipment I had bought. I found her book very good for beginning weavers such as myself. It goes through putting the warp on the hettle to having small projects to take you through creating woven pieces.When you don't have a teacher available, or need a refresher, this is a very good book.

Being mostly a self taught weaver, when I put out the money for a really nice rigid heddle loom, I bought this book. It took me through all the basics with ease. I've made several of the projects with wonderful results (the shawl is especially nice). This book will continue to be a valuable resource for me.

Lisa Linn Kanae presents not just a book but stylistically pleasing work of graphic art to frame the story of Pidgin (Hawaiian Creole English) speakers in Hawaii. It's as if the differences between a conventional book and Sista Tongue are a parallel to the differences between standard English and Pidgin. Although there is no overt unifying theme, and only one narrative arc (about the author's brother Harold), Sista Tongue eloquently and uniquely encapsulates the effort of a group of marginalized people to maintain their identity, despite being stigmatized for their unconventional speech, even being labeled as mentally ill-equipped.

The vignette style of this book complete with a narrative story, photographs, medical excerpts, and language in both Pidgin and Standard English is both visually and in reading stunning. In dealing with a language that is largely marginalized, Kanae chooses a new median by which to establish a voice. This voice illustrates the history behind Pidgin, questions the "melting pot" ideals of America, and encourages others to speak up too. The book poignantly delves into how language is formed and how language can shape a person. My only complaint is a wanting of more with the story of Harold and others like him. I would have like more personal accounts.

Sista Tongue is a fascinating work of art that everyone should get their hands on. Not only is it a fantastic historical portrayal of the underrepresented in Hawaii, but it shows the strengths of everyone who speaks Pidgen as well. While presenting a personal narrative, among factual words and documents, Kanae's novel turns into not only a work of literature, but a work of art. The novel is thought provoking and aims to de-familiarize the reader with what they may expect from the "good ol' United States". Seeing the struggle and survival of those who spoke Pidgen in Hawaii (as their language went from a means of communication to a means of segregation) makes the novel intriguing and empowering. Everyone should read this novel and enjoy a true work of art.