This book is just excellent. To anyone that wants to get a grip on their finances, this is the book for you. This book will teach you how to pay yourself first and the benefits of doing so, it also teaches you how to get out of debt, how to organize your finances, and how to acquire wealth. This book has really blessed my finances. I feel like I have been given a second chance at life. This book will motivate you and teach you how accomplish your financial goals. It is almost a guaranteed method for financial success. Please buy this book. It will change your life and make you feel good about your finances, regardless of how small or limited they may be.

First, I have to admit something...the author - Rennie Gabriel - is my father. The principles he taught me growing up are found in his book, "Wealth on any Income." Thanks to his guidance, I have zero credit card debt, pay myself first and I teach financial professionals throughout the country how to help their clients do the same. If you want your kids or yourself to become savvy in the ways of personal finance, you can do no better than to purchase this book RIGHT NOW!

This book is different from other books on this subject because it combines every day, nuts and bolts situations and concepts with more abstract, general principles about money and shows you how to combine the two to get the results you want. There is no other book like it that makes these points in such a hard hitting, easy to understand way. Indispensable! -Peter Quinones...

I'm not sure where that silly/cranky "Publishers Weekly" review was actually stolen from (or why Amazon.com saw fit to paste it here), as my librarian can't find the reference, but I have to disagree in any case.

I think it is a good thing that Constans kept each of the chapters brief. I've read this book a couple of times, and each visit is like a tour through the circles of Hell. I mean, imagine watching your family die off, one by one, because of chemical waste that "doesn't exist." Imagine having your young son shot dead as you're driving along.

But... these people pulled through. They aren't hiding from anything. Instead of wallowing in their grief & loss, or packing it down & pretending they could just leave it in the past, they brought it out, they lived in it, and they used their energy and imagination to sieze control of their own lives, and then to begin to have a positive effect on the world around them.

As someone once said in a movie, "If my son could be the last young man who has to die like this, then all my work, all my dedication is nothing more than the very least I could do." I remember that here because it's something that anyone Constans interviewed could have said.

Read it. If you have the least vein of human empathy within you, it'll take you weeks, and it'll hurt. After you put it down, you'll feel like hell for a while. Then you'll find little questions popping into your head, like, "What could I do to make this a better world?"

This book is extremely important and appropriate for our current times. It is a piece of hope. I hope that the courageus people in this book will be seen as role models on how to overcome and teach goodness, rather then destroy and get even after a personal tragedy.
I read this book in awe of these heroes who so openly discuss their intimate experiences for the good of humanity.

An in depth and masterful compilation that demonstrates how people have transformed their sorrow and grief with forgiveness and positive actions. " Beyond One's Own : Healing Humanity in the Wake of Personal Tragedy" displays again and again the strength and creativity of humans in crisis. This timely book presents intimate stories we can use as models and inspiration in this time of crisis.

Rebeiz has done an excellent job in constructing a book that is valuable to both novices as well "experts" alike. You will not find a more comprehensive treatment of RF MEMS in one place anywhere else. This book covers both mechanical (static and dynamic)and electrical (EM) modeling of the all important MEMS switch. A survey of MEMS switch topologies and results will quickly get you up to speed as to who is doing what. The discussion on packaging and reliabilty are timely as these are arguably the two most intense areas of focus at this time facing the MEMS community. To round things off, phase shifters, varactors, filters, reconfigurable networks and antennas are also addressed as key RF MEMS technologies that have the potential for great engineering impact. Simply stated, if you have an interest in MEMS, you will benefit by reading this book.

Rebeiz's book is a fantastic work that is certain to become THE reference in the field of RF MEMS. Rebeiz and his colleagues have authored a text with remarkable breadth (covering from MEMS devices to RF system applications) and depth (including detailed device design/performance). This book offers a complete and up-to-date view of RF MEMS, and insightful perspectives on the field's future. I have no doubt I'll be referring to this book on a daily basis.

This is definately one of the best RF MEMS books out there. From switch design to circuit design to reliability, it's all in there. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in RF MEMS.

Un gran libro de cuentos, lleno de sorpresas. Lo maravilloso es darse cuenta de cómo lo más simple y absurdo puede convertirse en algo mágico o trascendental, como si descubriéramos el envés de la realidad a través de la mirada de García Márquez.

la forma de escribir de garcia marquez hace que cada cuento se convierta en una historia llena de magia su escritura llega a cualquier persona dejando entrevisto que que por algo fue premio nobel exelente y facinante

Nobel prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez continues spinning his own brand of magical realism into captivating tales with his Doce cuentos peregrinos. The stories border on reality and the unconcious, giving them a "sonambulo" feel. They are also very cinemographic and five have been made into movies and a TV series. Anyone who has ever seen "Milagro en Roma" must read "La santa"--the story on which the movie is based. This collection is a must-have!

When I commenced reading The Mask of Time I was tempted to put it down. That would have been my loss, it was a book that has remained firmly entrenched in my mind, since it was published. I recommended the book to everyone I knew who was a reader. It surpassed the expectations of everyone I knew. It has a wonderful plot. This book kept me up for 3days and nights,I took it to lunch, the beach, everywhere I went until I finished it. I was sorry when I had finished it. The end of the tale was a little weak, but despite that, this is one book that should have been a blockbuster.An absolutely wonderful tale. His more recent books have been enjoyable, but he will find it difficult to write a book that will surpass The Mask of Time. When I become a very old person I will always remember this book and I've read a lot of books!!

What more can you ask for, the interwoven stories of WWII, Nazi's, and past and present love affairs. I found it difficult to put this book down and was unprepared for the ending. This is definitely a book to read again at some time in the future. After I finished it, I spent an hour rereading parts that had suddenly become crystal clear. Mr. Gabriel certainly knows his craft well. Before I started this one, I had read "The Seventh Moon" and was worried I would be disappointed that Mask couldn't possibly be as good, I was wrong. Looking forward to his future work.

I was recommended THE SEVENTH MOON by this author and enjoyed it so much I came back for another book. MASK OF TIME is just as good. I could not believe my luck. This is another wonderfully engrossing story, with a huge sweep of history and an evolving mystery that goes back two generations. It is a rivetting story, and I cannot recommend it too highly. I am now going to work my way right through Gabriel's books!

Vibrational Medicine: New Choices For Healing Ourselves is an updated edition of the book first published by Dr. Richard Gerber in 1988. Gerber is a practicing doctor who sought less invasive means than drugs and surgery for helping his patients, especially those with chronic illnesses. His book is the result of more than twenty years of research into alternative medical treatments.

Dr. Gerber describes his book as "an introduction to a new system of thinking about health and illness in general." He believes people are complex energy systems. Vibrational medicine includes all forms of medical treatment, such as homeopathy, that can affect human energy fields.

His book does not list various diseases or suggest remedies to heal those diseases. Instead, he discusses how energy functions, and how the vibrational remedies work to restore imbalances in human energy systems. He includes study after study showing the healing affects of homeopathy, flower essences, gem elixirs, and therapeutic touch.

The vibrational remedies don't contain a substance that promotes healing--they contain the "signature" or vibration of a particular substance. That vibration resonates with the vibration of human cells to stimulate healing. Dr. Gerber points out that "while the chemical agents of modern medicine may treat the symptoms of disease, vibrational remedies create energy changes at multiple levels in order to produce a more lasting healing."

Many people have tried vibrational remedies and know they work. Dr. Gerber provides the scientific data needed to validate that knowledge. Readers new to vibrational medicine will find his book a treasure trove of information; and those who have experienced it first hand will appreciate the thoroughness of his research and documentation. Vibrational Medicine belongs in the library of everyone interested in gentle, natural healing.

This book is "the Bomb" for anyone using "hands-on" healing energies or working with mind-body medicine. Dr. Gerber provides a working conceptual model for how we do what we do when we "lay on" hands or guide a client through a transformational shift in conciousness. As a Reiki III, trained in Healing Touch and some Tibetan modalities, I am grateful for an explanation that the left side of my brain can deal with!! As a Naturopathic physician, it is great to have homeopathy and mindbody interactions explained on a more scientific level, with a review of the available supportive research. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants a better understanding of themselves and the universe.

I went into Zenith Supply looking for a relaxation tape but was drawn to the book area instead--this book caught my eye. It introduced me to alternative means of healing and led me to purchase a Computerized Electro Dermal Screening device (CEDS) from StarTech in Orem, Utah. It is too bad more science isn't taught in our schools, then books like this would more readily accepted. It is a great primer on energy medicine.

If we learned anything from battling those soul destroying commies over the years it's that they have a fantastic sense of humor and a love of primary colors. Well at least one.

Now a new book you can actually read, rather than just carry around to display your leftie credentials. Stricker squeezes the great man's wisdom through the press of business advice, yielding advice that has practical value in the running-dog corporate world.

Illustrative examples of desirable behavior and the right kind of thinking are up-to-date and applicable across many business situations.

I don't know what else this Stricker fellow has done, but I say "Bravo" for this effort.

I was incredibly surprised to find that the this wonderful book had nothing to do with large hairy apes, but rather the successes of such other GIANTS as Skyy Vodka, Ben & Jerry, AT&T, and the Amazon books(neither "guerillas" OR "gorillas").

You can not turn a page without leafing / laughing through it and having fun AND great information fall through your brain and onto your fellow traveler. This could be the World's Earliest Xmas Present.

Great book to pick up and read. Very engaging and provides a great perspective on the business world. Highly recommended.

Not entirely a romance, not wholly a thriller or a mystery, THE SEVENTH MOON is a gripping mixture of all three that takes us from Singapore on the eve of the Japanese invasion to New York, Hong Kong and Laos in the early 70s in a tale about a woman's attempts to deal with the fate of her only child.

Early in World War II, as the Japanese overrun Malaysia, Francine Lawrence flees Singapore with her lover and her young daughter, Ruth. But Ruth is too sick to finish the dangerous journey, and Francine is forced to leave her with strangers for her own sake. After the war, Francine returns to find the child, but Ruth has vanished and the tribe she was with has been slaughtered by the Japanese. Thirty years later, the appearance of a young woman who may or may not be Ruth reopens all the old wounds. Sakura Ueda has secrets so dark and horrifying Francine can barely imagine them, and every reason to lie about who she is. Yet in the wasteland that has become Francine's heart, something is touched by the presence of Sakura, and Francine finds herself compelled to make one last, fearful journey in the hope of finding the truth and reclaiming her family.

THE SEVENTH MOON is a wonderfully well-crafted book, the sort that makes the actual physical act of reading a pleasure. It caught me almost from the first, and carried me straight through 300-odd pages without a hitch or a slow-down anywhere. The theme is universal: the love of a mother for her child, played out not once but twice, and framed by a pair of love affairs born out of need, and a hunger for some human warmth in a cold world. Gabriel, skillfully balancing these parallel histories, keeps his narrative tight, tense and involving straight through to the end. I never quite knew where he was going to go with this story, a quality which always makes me want to shout "halleluiah!" since so many genres have become numbingly predictable. If occasionally I found certain characters a little over-done, or perhaps a bit redundant in some situations, the problems were minor by comparison to the richness these characters brought to the narrative as a whole. Compelling in their weakness as well as their strength, they are entirely human and it's easy to identify with them. Their histories inform their characters, and exotic as they are, those histories feel genuine. There are few false steps here, and the ones I found seem unimportant by comparison to the vividness of the narrative.

Gabriel has the gift of telling a story of love and loss without resorting to pathos, the ability to describe terror without resorting to gore, and the knack for eroticism without vulgarity. THE SEVENTH MOON is a hard-to-put-down novel I would recommend to almost anyone who is looking for something more than just a little mind-candy.

This is the first novel I have read by this author, believe me, I will be purchasing his other books. I could NOT put this book down and that is no exaggeration. This book grabbed me from the very first page and did not let go. He made me see the wars in a much more personal way. I felt as if I was there with Francine through the whole book. So many other books I read are good, so I give them 4 stars, but this book so outclasses other "good" books it's ridiculous. Highly, highly recommended. Enjoy!

I didn't think Mr. Gabriel's MASK OF TIME could ever be topped, not even by him. SEVENTH MOON grabs hold of you from the very first page and is nearly impossible to put down. After reading the last page I immediately turned back to the first page and read it AGAIN, honest truth! Marius Gabriel is a master storyteller and brilliant writer. If you are looking over these reviews, trying to make a decision on whether to buy it... Just do it, this book is unforgettable!

Sin lugar a dudas, "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba" del aclamado Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ha ganado su puesto merecidamente, no solo en el corazon de los miles de seguidores de este escritor, sino en la lista de libros del programa de estudios literarios de la prestigiosa organizacion del Bachillerato Internacional. Cuando comece a leer esta obra con mis alumnos de grado 12, surgieron varias inquietudes y posiciones ambiguas en torno al personaje del coronel... por que es tan pasivo?.... vale la pena su orgullo en medio de tanta miseria?... por que se aferra de manera tan ardiente a su pasado?...que es lo que verdaderamente espera del correo, su cheque de pension de guerra o la escusa para levantarse cada manana con el fin de prolongar su existencia a traves de la esperanza?... que es lo que significa ese gallo al que tanto cuida con esmero, como no lo pudo hacer con su hijo asesinado?... Estas y otras preguntas mas giran en torno a un simple personaje que dio su cuota al gobierno, peleando en una de las tantas guerras que pudieron haber tenido lugar en cualquier pais de America Latina. El paisaje descrito, tipica invencion del maestro "Gabo", tiene como constante el calor; ese calor costero y pesado que hace que las situaciones se desenvuelvan y evolucionen criticamente mediante el paso de los meses. Los dialogos entre los personajes, cortos, tajantes y directos, nos muestran la autenticidad de los personajes, que malos o buenos segun las circunstancias, dejan entreveer con mas profundidad una faceta del protagonista principal. Es el coronel un heroe de guerra?, un antiheroe en la vida real?.... o una persona comun y corriente a la que le toco vivir la traicion del gobierno en carne propia, el hambre y la soledad?. "El coronel no tiene quien le escriba", una de las obras mas cortas de la literatura latinoamericana, esta llena de amargura, ironia, desencanto, realismo y pesimismo, sentimientos que cualquier ser humano experiementa en algun momento de la vida. Definitivamente, es una de las novelas mas dicientes y a la vez mas sencillas, o acaso la que mas complejidad encierra, que se haya escrito en todos los tiempos. Entre todas las novelas que he leido, esta esuna de mis favoritas en cuanto a contenido y estilo. No hay que esperar interpretaciones o explicaciones de la misma, porque quizas no se encuentren; de hecho, hay que disfrutarla tal y como es: una historia con detalladas descripciones, sin rayar en el exceso. Un conflicto lento y conmovedor sin un final preciso, pero que deja una de las mas grandes y dificiles lecciones para cualquiera, la paciencia y la perseverancia.

Me deje llevar por este libro y me arrastro hacia un mar de deprecion que me tomo como tres semanas para volver a leer de nuevo, pero no culpo a Marquez por este libro tan desgraciado el cual su ficcion no esta nada lejos de la realidad si no a las miserias que muchos paises latinos han tenido que soportar a traves de los años por culpa de gobiernos miserables y mediocres. El coronel no tiene quien le escriba es un verdadero clasico de la literatura hispana.

Gabriel García Márquez es, sin duda, uno de los mejores escritores del siglo XX. Su creatividad impresiona a todos los lectores. Y la capacidad de poner verosimilitud en sus historias absurdamente irreales es su gran virtud. Los mejores ejemplos de este realismo fantastico son los libros Cien Años de Soledad y, además, El amor en los tiempos del cólera. Son historias largas, con tantos personajes que confundem a los lectores (incluso los más atentos), sobre todo Cien Años, en el que los nombres de familia se repiten en muchas generaciones.
En El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, el premiado escritor muestra que no son necesarias muchas palabras para hacer una buena historia. Este libro es lindo y, al mismo tiempo, muy simple y sabroso. Casi tan corto como un reportaje periodístico y tan atemporal como otras historias suyas (aunque siempre se vinculen a alguna situación política), El coronel no tiene quien le escriba emociona al lector, y es una prueba más del gran talento de este maravilloso escritor, que sabe manejar las palabras como pocos.