A heart warming book that allows us to connect with our own humanity with examples from real life heroes. When we feel stress we can look to the people in Dr. Seaward's book who have lived life with courage, hope, and humor. The book is filled with powerful teachers from across the world that help us keep perspective and balance. Dr. Seaward's writing is direct yet inspiring. He leaves us with hope in every case !

It's very difficult to find the words to describe the books written by Brian Luke Seaward. If a book is over 150 pages, it must have something about it to hold my attention.. Stressed is Desserts spelled backwards is a book that you don't want to end. It's one of the rare books that I'm able to read in one sitting, and at the same time go back and read parts of it again and again. Different stories and antecdotes within this book resonate within a person at different phases in his or her life and it's so easy to relate to the truths the author speaks of with times in your life or the lives of loved ones. I love to travel and explore the world, and as I do so I also explore the inner depths from within..... With a copy of this book and the Alchemist I am ready to begin my journey, both inner and outer.

"Stressed is Desserts Spelled Backward" is a book of that's full of inspiration! I like this book because you can open it to almost any page, start reading and find a valuable bit of information wrapped in a wonderful story. It's like a reference book on stress written in short story form! It also includes practical suggestions for dealing with rough times and for calming the mind, body and spirit. Brian Luke Seaward, PH.D., has a knack for writing as though he were talking to you in person. His other books "Stand Like Mountain, Flow like Water" and "The Art of Calm", just to name a few are also wonderful spirit-filled works that encourage you to embrace life and all that comes with it from a centered, enlightened, inspired perspective.

This book is a must-read for teenagers and for their parents and teachers! Teens' voices are heard as they are - unedited, uninterpreted. And what they have to say is more profound and more interesting than you would think! I also love the art and the poetry - it can speak louder than words. The author's information is real and down-to-earth and truly helpful. And the book is not just anecdotes and theory, but it also contains exercises so that it can be used as a workbook (also great for adults dealing with stress and anger!). Easy to read and very worth-it!

This is a totaly awesome book it has so many cool insights of so many different teens. This is a good book to read if you need advise or just to realize that your not alone in the world when it becomes different and unknown. I hope that all teenagers read this book, because everyone will get something out of it!

This book gives insight to the real teenager and thoughts they may not normally share in a verbal manner. It is honest and expressive in a way that kids can relate to. What a wonderful reading for both adults and kids.

I keep a copy of The Art of Calm on a corner of my desk in clear view. I put it there for me but now find that my associates appreciate it too! During particularly hectic, stressful times someone will reach for the Art of Calm, flip open to any page and find something that is helpful for getting through that moment! It is usually shared.

Those words from my favorite Girl Scout song ran through my mind as the pages of this book flipped past. In words and actions that most would call "common sense", Dr. Seaward reminds us of countless ways to bring Peace and Calm back in our lives. A pretty little book on the outside ... And, on the inside it reveals to us simple magic ways to breathe "Calm" into our hectic lives. Give yourself a "gift" of "Calm"!

WOW! i happened to come across this book surfing the web, and what a pleasant surprise. Seaward has done an oustanding job of synthesizing a great wealth of information and packaging it in a very easy to read, easy to understand silver bullet of human spirituality. I loved the exercises at the end of each chapter, they really helped to pull the information together in an easy to use fashion.

If only we understood how very important that phase from days gone by is to our very wellbeing. My grandmother use to punctuate everything she said or heard with these words ("bless my soul"). Now, in reading "Health of the Human Spirit", one sees how that montra must have helped her reach an active, vital age of 86. The spiritual wellbeing of our soul comes hand in hand with the wellbeing of our physical being, as is shown over and over in this wonderful book. So, for what ever is ailing you, read this book. It will "bless your soul"!

This is the "bible" of stress management books, a complete wholistic approach (mind-body-spirit-emotions) which is long overdue in the health profession. Reading this book is like having a conversation with a wise old sage. The CD of four relaxation exercises is wonderful. What a calming voice.

This book is well worth every penny and provides its reader with myriad inventive strategies on confronting and coping with stress. One such strategy is art therapy. I highly recommend that every person committed to a lifeway of health consider purchasing this book. Walk in Beauty, ANP

How many times have you heard over the past 5 years the value of Journaling? But, how many times have you thought, "But I don't know what to write". Well here is a "teaching Journal" as it were. Dr. Seaward leads the reader on a journey of self expression as a form of healing that helps even the most non-communicative person express on paper words from their soul. Give yourself a wonderful gift ... YOUR OWN WORDS!

After the September 11th tragedy, I found myself rereading from the wisdom of Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water to try to find some meaning in all the sadness. His synthesis of the "Ageless wisdom" was very comforting in this time of spiritual hunger. I also found many passages which took on a greater meaning than when I first read it many years ago. I have given the book as a gift to many friends. I HIGHY recommend this book to anyone looking for meaning in their lives at this time. This book is a classic!

Get cruelly betrayed by some you love, that you though loved you. Loose something precious to you. Be cruisified for speaking the truth. And think that nothing makes sence. Then, pick up "Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water". As I read about Andrew, the paralized student that wanted to be admitted in an already filled college class on "Humor", I remembered that there are still things to laugh about and how good it feels to laugh. I read about a woman locked up in a Chinese prison and someone in Chicago who's child was taken away to a foreign country. Then I remembered how thankful I was for my own daughters and all that their lives bring to me. I read about Larry's message to his mother Carolyn and remembered that "holy moments" like that still happen. I felt the grace and peace and strenght that come from using "muscles of the soul" and knew that love is what makes this "flow like water". We are all - for the most part - "wonderful people with horrific life experiences' like Dr. Seaward has come to know and share with us through this incredible book. And, with flexing our soul muscles, we too can come back to the awareness that we can "Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water". So, when your "muscles of the soul" feel a little flabby, and you think you need a personal trainer to get back in shape, I highly recommend that you put this book in one hand, a nice cup of tea in the other and go SHAPE UP! :-)

Brian Luke Seaward, PH.D has great insight when it comes to the human spirit. Just look at the title of this book and you'll get a glimpse of how this author understands what lies beyond the body and mind to make up the real person inside. This book has a wealth of wisdom that leads you down a path of finding your own source of inspiration, balance and inner peace.

I urge you to buy this book. I have read nearly all of the Redwall series, and this is by far one of the best. The Story starts with Martin, the son of luke, and his friends Dinny the mole and Gonff, prince of mousethieves. He picks up a few more party members, but i'll let you find those out for yourself. After Martins fight with an evil wildcat in the book Mossflower, Martin lost almost all of his memory. So martin ventures out in search of his past and what happened to his Father, Luke the Warrior. Half of the story is Martin and his friends trekking through Mossflower to the northern shore caves. The other half starts right when martins father leaves him in search of an evil searat, that killed his wife. The story is sad and almost made me cry and the end. Various plot twists make this book hard to let go of. So just go buy it already! CAUTION! Buying this book may make you go Redwall Crazy!

Jacques has woven a story that is the best novel in a long time hands down. Legend of Luke was a tale that combined emotion, values, a set of rules for everyone, from mice to men, to live by. Legend of Luke was one of the best Redwall books. I touches on the sensitive past of mysterious warrior, Martin, Redwall's hero and champion for many years to come. Martin learns things he didn't know about his father, and the brave deed he did to save his friends. We learn how Martin got his tender side, and that no matter what, he never gave up hope that his father would return to him. We read on, eager for more and learn about all the people Luke managed to touch by making the sacrifices he made. We learned what injustices were performed on Martin's grandmother and Father. It was a sad book, but I'd still recommend reading it. That's all 4 now fellow Redwall fans

In the beginning of The Legend of Luke, Martin the Warrior, Gonff Prince of Mousethieves, Dinny Foremole, and Trimp the Hedgehog travel to the Northland Cliffs in search of anything that would help Martin discover what happened to his father, Luke. Along the way they find many friends and foes, including an otter named Folgrim, the Guosim Shrews, a tribe of Dunehogs (Hedgehogs), a small squirrel named Chugger, and a funny group of vermin lead by a fox.

After Martin finds members of his fathers old crew, the story really begins. Vilu Daskar has just smashed Luke's tribe on the Cliffs, and has killed Luke's wife, Sayna. Luke vows to get revenge, and to settle the score with his arch enemie, Vilu. Luke evenually gets his paws on a ship, and with a small crew, takes off after Vilu and his slaveship, the Goreleech. To make a long and great story short, Vilu Daskar and his vermin die, unfortunatly, as does Luke. But knowing that his father was ever the warrior, and that he stood true to his promise and got revenge, Martin travels home to Redwall with a great weight lifted from his shoulders.

The Legend of Luke really deserves more than 5 stars, and is the best Redwall book (in my humble oppinion). Brian Jacques really is a great writer, and deserving of every bit of praise that he gets.

This is enjoyable because it makes one think, but can be picked up and put down whenever one has time. I keep it on the table next to the couch, and guests enjoy reading it, too.

Who among us doesn't have that secret desire to meet a hero, some famous persona, or a loved one who has passed on? How many of us have done it? This book is your passport to this extradordinary experience of touching some very special people. And, like the best of gothic mysteries, it may well have a surprise ending when you recieve the real wisdom they have to offer us. As a bonus, there's a "coupon" for that very lunch you may have wanted to have and couldn't figure out how to bring it about! Enjoy! Bon Appetite!

This looks into how Han Solo operates and provides some explanation as to why he is how he is in the films. Set between the other two Daley HS books.

I remember reading the library's hardback copy of this when I was ten, then saving up for the paperback, so I was a little reluctant to read it again as an adult. I was pleasantly surprised to find out how well the book had aged. Some ideas seemed fresh the first time, though they were already old cliches in 1980 - but Daley made them fun again. Daley's portrayal of Han Solo is faithful to the films, and he gives Chewbacca something to do besides hoot and grow hair. The book is a bit less than the whole of its parts - every chapter is entertaining but when the Big Solution to the various mysteries arrives it doesn't really account for what's happened.

Then again, who would read a book like this for the mystery story? Daredevil piloting, terrible death narrowly avoided, the perils of smugglers with hearts of gold, corrupt slavers, and considerable wit. Any Han Solo fan would enjoy this book.

Picking up not too long after Han Solo at Stars' End, maybe a couple of months later, Han Solo's Revenge continues Brian Daley's chronicles of some of Han Solo's more daring early exploits. In this next volume of the Han Solo Adventures, the author continues to uphold the high standards set in the first book and gives us another rousing, fast-paced yarn set in the Star Wars Universe. Han, Chewie, and the Falcon are all completely in character throughout the book, and in fact this is one of the few Star Wars novels ever to actually use Chewie for something other than a set piece.

Han and Chewie start this novel pretty much bankrupt, and so they take a shady job promising them 10,000 credits. Unfortunately, things turn sour when the job turns out to be slave running, which carries with it an automatic and summary execution if caught. Han manages to outwit the slavers and escape, but he figures he's still owed 10,000, and so he decides to head to his rendezvous and collect. But when the Corporate Sector Authority gets involved, things start getting more dangerous.

While this book isn't quite as memorable as its immediate predecessor, it is in many ways a superior book. First of all, it has more of a plot rather than just a mission that the characters are undertaking. In addition, while there is not quite as much action in this installment as the previous one, there's a lot more dialogue and character development. There's a character in this book who is amusingly and completely unintimidated by Chewbacca, and my favorite droid duo, Bollux & Blue Max, returns as well. Moreover, we get to see Chewie sing, we get the first ever swoop race, almost twenty years before Shadows of the Empire came along with that novel idea. Chewie gets to go flying without benefit of a ship, Han gets to do a lot more seat-of-the-pants flying, and there are more, and more interesting, ancillary characters in this book than in Stars' End. In addition, in this book Gallandro, a gunman with possibly an even quicker draw than Solo, is introduced. There are pirate boardings, run-ins with various high-ranking individuals, great and innovative escape, you name it...

Overall, this is another more than worthy, if somewhat short, addition to the Star Wars mythos. Highly Recommended.