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But I was blown away by the CD. Most book CDs are fairly predictable and less than interesting, much less valuable. Not so with this one though. Instead, George Anderson has included some very compelling documents, excellent (though sometimes too simple) spreadsheets, and 2 very nice project plans, among other excellent objects like pictures, powerpoint files, and more. My hat is off. Well done.
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Many of us have had highly coincidential experiences, even our own 11:11 wake-up calls and promptings. I found his sharing of his accounts with the Spirit Guardians an intriguing look at how loved, guided, and cherished we are by a huge celestial reality that staggers our imagination.
Highly recommended if you are on a serious quest for answers about the significance of the 11:11 phenomenon or if you've had personal experience of 11:11 but weren't sure what it was all about.
George has done a great job putting this first in the series of 3 books and I heartily recommend this book to all seekers.
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This one is definately one of the best, pointing out many of the nitpicks and netpicks we've philes have already discovered in addition to new ones that sent me back to look for them. The trivia is extremely difficult and interesting.
I recommend this book to all philes who think they know it all. Take a few months to memorize this book and then you will know it all.
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Professor John Hill - Criminal Justice (retired street cop)
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Evan Birch is a philosophy professor at Pearse College who had remained in tenure after the department downsized its faculty. One day a police officer pulled him over and handcuffed him for his alleged kidnapping 16-year-old high school junior Joyce Bonner. Birch's ten-year-old twin boys witness their father's humiliating arrest, making the strange episode more poignant.
All the evidence pointed against the professor who thrice coincided with Bonner, a cheerleader from a local high school who worked at the information booth of the park. An anonymous informant identified Birch's presence at the park on the day within an hour of Bonner's disappearance. The first two letters of the Jetta's license plate matched those recalled by the informant. A scrutiny of Birch's impounded Jetta produced a lipstick that belonged to the victim. In spite of Birch's firm denial of acquaintance with the missing girl, he recounted giving ride to a few teenagers after the summer camp at the college. So was it really a coincidence or Birch's punctilious lie?
Fear, tension, and suspense slowly welled up when Birch's wife Ellen began to suspect her husband. The Birch kept getting mysterious crank calls and Evan received electronic threats that howled him to admit the crime. The boys thought their father was acting weird and sneaked into the park to search for the missing victim. Everybody on campus and in town looked at him as though he was the culprit. Well was he?
The Spinning Man is a page-turner that grips you from beginning to the end when the truth manifests. Every page deposits into readers a bit more tension and fear. The philosophical aspect in the professor's diction only made the detective construe his words inaccurately. The book can be so gripping that even a single word being said, a gesture, a facial expression, a nuance, and even the use of verb tense can either redeem or doom the professor. The success of the book lies in the fact that one minute you will sympathize with the professor and take side with him but the next minute you are positive he is the murderer. Pages fly once you open this book! Great weekend or summer read. 4.2 stars.
Despite (or perhaps because of) Evan's many philosophical asides, THE SPINNING MAN is fast paced and easy to understand, while still being far deeper than your average mystery. There is tension on many levels -- between Evan and Ellen, Evan and his children, Evan and the detectives, Evan and his students, Evan and himself -- and every facet of each encounter is examined minutely, yet never tediously. Rather, the psychological and philosophical aspects in this novel become the mystery itself, a mystery entirely bloodless and yet so absorbing that I consumed this book in a single evening and never once got lost, never once had to reread a paragraph, never once suspended belief. Often psychological mysteries seem to peter out at the end, but this novel's last chapter is a perfect conclusion to a story that I'm still pondering several days later.
Although not a typical mystery in the sense that the crime is the central element, THE SPINNING MAN is a perfect psychological mystery that I could not recommend more highly.
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I also highly recommend reading "Pointework," also by Schorer, as well as watching the three "Balanchine Essays" videos, where Schorer herself instructs New York City Ballet dancer Merrill Ashley and three students in the areas of Arabesque, Passe and Attitude, and Port de Bras.
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I took up aikido six years ago in Asia because it was a martial art that fit my non-violent sensibilities. I continue to practice it because, like George Leonard, aikido represents a path to mastery that defies quick fixes. It's a modern day spiritual discipline that is challenging, fun and it trains my character. This book captures the essence of that discovery in George Leonard's own words and expresses it in language that most anyone can grasp. You won't find here a treatise on how to do aikido techniques (you learn that through practice on the mat), but you will find practical wisdom for everyday living.
George Leonard is a trained and seasoned writer, which brings ease and enjoyment to the reading of this book. He is also trained and seasoned in aikido, and his reverence for life and cultivation of the human spirit come through clearly in his stories. I recommend it to those interested in aikido, but also to the broader audience of those interested in a spiritual approach to life.
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