There are a lot of things to love about The Thin Book.

The first is that it is, literally, a thin book. It is 108 pages of double spaced type. Personally, I believe most books, and most certainly those in the mental health field, are much too long. The Thin Book sets a great example of what is possible.

Another reason to love The Thin Book is the simplicity of its organization. It is a terrific book, and that, it seems, was Brickman's intention. He has given us fourteen chapters, each of which is a well-developed trance script addressing the subconscious meaning of a specific weight loss challenge. Some of these scripts, such as "Compulsive Eating as a Defense Against Anxiety," "Craving Fruit and Vegetables," or "Late Evening Eating," I might expect to see in a book for weight management.

To my delight, Brickman goes beyond the expected by offering scripts on, "Being Overweight as an Expression of Passivity and Hostility," "Slowing Down the Act of Eating," "Exercising," "Feeling Deprived After a Successful Effort," and "Lacking Resolve when Eating Away From Home."
The book is also unique in that the only writing Brickman presents other than the well-constructed and structured scripts is a 3-page preface. Here he describes himself as a "specialist in weight management." He states, "The scripts use positive suggestions or positive hypnosis in the form of metaphors, analogies, empathy and confrontation that contradict the effects of the unconscious mind." This description offers an accurate portrayal of his work, but understates the sensitivity and richness of his work.

The Thin Book is accompanied by an audiotape, read by Brickman, containing three of his trance scripts: "The Resistant Part of Me," "Saying 'No' to Important Others," and, "Compulsive Eating as a Defense Against Feelings." Hearing Brickman's perfectly soothing voice is as satisfying as a double-layered chocolate cake, and is quite helpful as a teaching tool.

I highly recommend Brickman's The Thin Book to any professional that works with weight issues as well as to any one interested in reading and hearing well done hypnotic scripts.

If you're like me overweight, feeling frustrated stuck and fed up-THERE IS HOPE. It's called THE THIN BOOK. It is a true jewel. I found it to be so inspiring, while providing me with original suggestions to help me monitor and modulate the way I eat. Best of all, it has worked for me. It also worked for my husband, who was forty five pounds over-weight- even though it took two weeks to convince him to try reading the book. The THIN BOOK isn't about dieting. It's about helping you re-program that voice in your inner-mind that says 'yes" to foods it should be more often saying 'no' too, This book re-programs your unconscious mind so that you start craving salads, fruit, water etc. Unbelieveably but it actually works. I doubted it at first. You probably do too. But I'm glad I let myself move past my doubt into action. Every so often, I reread passages from the book to get a tune-up when I feel that rebellious perhaps teenager in me trying to talk me into my old binging eating habits. If you haven't guessed by now, I love this book. It's also written by a writer whose message is clear, creative and artfully persuasive.

After having read this ground-breaking book, I am developing healthy eating habits as a way of life. No structured program I've been on in the past twenty years (and I have been on more than many) has done for me what this book has.

THE THIN BOOK is also one of the most brilliantly written prose I have read in ages. It is colorful, powerful, highly informative and though extremely serious, a joy to read.

In addition, I know of no other book on hypnosis that is soley devoted to weight-management. It is a classic book, already, because it's one I will return to and reinforce and sustain the progress I've made.

The book is full of vivid imagery that irresistably lingers in my mind. It manages to offset my urge to overeat.

My eating choices have become wiser, more balanced. The book has taught me to slow down my eating (I used to eat on the run or sit down and inhale my food) which has led to a new founded respect and appreciation for the the eating experience.

Eating has now become something I look forward to, as I'm gaining confidence in my self-control. I'm also developing respect and appreciation for the foods I eat. I no longer take them for granted. I love to look at the contrasting colors, nuances of taste, variety of textures and aromas.

The book is comprised of the most effective trances this acclaimed clinician has used in his several decades of specializing in weight-management.

I'm so excited about the book that I have ordered many copies as gifts to friends and family. This book is the best present I can give to someone I care about.

Thank you, Hal Brickman, you have made my life more fulfilling.

Janie Daniels' book the Beanie Invasion is excellent! My whole family really enjoyed it! It is truely the BEST Beanie book on the market. Mrs. Daniels does not make random predictions or create information like many of the other Beanie authors. Mrs. Daniels adds a very personal touch to her book looking at the whole Beanie craze through the eyes of both children and adults. It is well written and very creatively laid out. I can tell Mrs. Daniels wrote this book from her heart. You can also tell right away that she genuinely loves children! My children all adored the beautifully creative photographs!!! They were so much fun they spent hours looking thorough the book admiring them! Thank-you Mrs. Daniels for sharing your book the Beanie Invasion with all of us! It is a well written, fun book for the whole family!

Hi and thank you! I just received my copy of The Beanie Invasion. I LOVED IT! Ms. Daniels experiences were well received. I could relate to each and everyone of them. I'd love to meet this woman in person, she sounds like a delight. Does she have any connections with Ty? They should hire her to be their spokesperson!! She really knows how to touch the soul. She has such humor and grace but still manages to get her point across .Ms. Daniels poem on the back cover of the book made me cry. I have three children and felt very moved by her words and thoughts. THE BEANIE INVASION was one of the best Beanie books I've read to date. I love all of the other books with tag information and pictures, but Janie's book offers so much more. It's a book all Beanie collectors can relate to. After I read it, I found myself cheering for her. The pictures in her book are outstanding! I can't believe how clear and colorful they are. Is this her first book? Will she write another Beanie book? I sure hope so! WE LOVE MS. JANIE AND LOVE HER STORIES! California gives Ms. Janie and The Beanie Invasion a big thumbs up and a even bigger (10) GOD BLESS MS. JANIE AND TY!

I LOVED THE BEANIE INVASION. Your online reviews made me decide to purchase it, and I've never regreted it! This book is fun, informative and an easy read! I did not put it down until I read the whole thing! Mrs. Daniels stories are unique, and cleverly written. The poem on the back cover was a great tribute to TY. I hope she writes another book soon. I strongly encourage everyone to purchase this title. It's NOT a pricing guide, it's not negative, it's not boring or hard to read, it's WONDERFUL! It's a book full of stories which all of us can relate too that includes humor, love and passion. I could only give this title 5 stars but it deserves 10. When I received my copy it came signed. I felt so special and then learned that she signs all of her copies, something else that proves she is a people person who cares about us the collectors. Mrs. Daniels - YOU GO GIRL!

The eye of the Beholder is a good novel. Tyler is not too good in school as you'll find outbut he is good at getting into tons of trouble. So when Lymie Tyler's best friend comes up with his great idea they are in some big trouble. They make some heads that look a lot like Badoglio's. They throw them in a river. They soon are found and thought to be the artist work. Then the fun really begins. Whilr reading the book I found it interesting. It was a good book. I think other people should read it because it's a very exciting fun-filled novel.

I just finished reading Eye of the Beholder.It is a very interesting novel. It keeps you very interested and you just don`t want to put it down. I liked the novel for the most part.The two main characters Tyler and Lymie get into a little trouble during the novel with their interests in art. I like the novel because of what happens during the novel. I would urge a friend to read this novel because it is a fun book to read,and if I liked it I`m positive that they would like it to.

In this book EYE OF THE BEHOLDER there are two main characters Tyler and Lymie. All throughout the book Tyler and Lymie have you on the edge of your seats wondering what their next move will be. The story take place in a small town called Wakefield. Wakefield isn't really all that exciting but in just a few days the twon is going to throw a big celebration for the twon's hero the famous sculpter Badoglio,Tyler and Lymie cook up a plan to give the town a big surprise but they just don't know how their surprise will go. I really liked this book alot becouse, it had to do with kids. I could relate and understand also. I would recommend this book becouse it's really good and funny.

I actually found this book years ago when I knew no Greek at all and was looking for grammars of the Attic dialect. I had no idea that I would one day commit myself to the understanding of the bible. It is actually through an advertisement in the back of this book that I found the whole Zondervan line, including William Mounce's fantastic introductory grammar. Now, years later, as I prepare for seminary, I find that I am already equipped with most of the Greek textsbooks that I will need there.

This book is a real treasure. Long before I could read any Greek I combed over the excellent essays at the beginning about the nature of New Testament Greek and the issues of teaching and learning Greek in his "purpose of this book" essay. Also, the book is designed as a reference, giving you everything you ever wanted to know about cases in one swoop, then verbs in one swoop, etc., yet Wallace keeps the various components of the Greek language distinct from one another and is very meticulous in assuming greater knowledge from the student as one works through the book, indicating that it is designed to be methodically worked through from beginning to end in seminary courses. The result is a teaching aid that is a well-indexed reference, usable for one's entire lifetime. Also, Wallace includes a number of examples with each of his paragraphs, and each of the examples is translated from the Greek. This is a wonderful boon for someone like me who, though having started Greek 4 years ago before before learning any foreign language, has since learned to speak German and read Hebrew fluently, but never got the time to acquire great fluency in New Testament Greek. My daily biblical studies have prompted me to do many advanced word studies and pose a number of syntactical questions involving Greek, yet I have never really attained the vocabulary or fluency in the language as one who can just pick up a Greek New Testament and read it. In this respect, Wallace's clear language and numerous translated examples have helped me to no end.

I guess what I am trying to say is that this book is very user-friendly and makes a wonderful companion even to beginning students in the language, or for pastors whose Greek has gotten rusty.

This is the book that I used in my Greek Exegesis Class at Seminary, and it is the most helpful and up-to-date book on the market. Most helpful is both the Syntax Summaries section near the back, and the index of Scripture, which is very helpful if you'd like to reference his exegetical work on individual passages of Scripture. Dan Wallace is perhaps one of the most brilliant NT grammarians alive today. There are a few annoying aspects (if you have conservative evangelical presuppositions i.e.) such as his acceptance of 'plenary' meanings among a few other minor things. These aside however, it is still the best intermediate Grammar there is, and I would enthusiastically recommend it!

The knock on Wallace has been on the number of categories he uses, and some of the examples. I think that misses the point. Read the book, and begin to extrapolate from his examples an understanding of Greek syntax. His examples are just there for illustration, and I know he would admit they are not gospel.

It is telling that Wallace was asked to serve on the committe that will produce the next revision of the standard for advanced Koine Greek grammar, Blass-DeBrunner-Funk. Get this book, and then get BDF (or AT Robertson's grammar).

Wow. I can't even begin to describe this book. I'm 21 now, but when I was in middle school, I stumbled on this book for the first time. Browsing the racks for something interesting, I see this one titled "The Snarkout Boys and the Avacado of Death."
Naturally, I had to read it... what a strange title! Turns out, the title is just the beginning. The things that must have gone on inside D. Pinkwater's head in order to come up with this stuff... It's amazing. I loved every minute of this book as a kid. It helped shape my creative scope.. gave me a new perspective on things and really added to my personality. Strange to say perhaps, considering we're dealing with a very fictional, and frankly quite silly book, but it truly did. I would highly reccomend this book to ANYONE. I doubt anyone but me could have such a lasting impression from it, but anyone would find this book fun to read.

This was a very good book and I will recomend it to anyone. It is about two boys who become friends with a strange girl who has a strange family. They get stuck in a clamber between forces of good and evil and finally emerge victorios.

What does "snarkout" mean and what is an "avocado of death"? Walter Galt and his "weird" friend, Winston Bongo, love to sneak out of their peaceful homes at midnight to "snark". They creep downtown in dark hats to the Snark Theater to enjoy double feature, old movies. Winston invented Snarking, or so he claims. When the boys meet Bentley Saunders Harrison Matthews, a girl who looks and calls herself Rat, they discover that not only did Winston not invent Snarking, but that Rat's uncle, Flipping Hades Terwilliger, has been snarking for every for seventeen years! Walter and, especially, Winston are in awe. When Winston and Walter become friends with Rat, Uncle Flipping leads all of them into a mysterious chase across town to a special underground street to a secret warehouse where Walter and Winston come face-to-face with a criminal mastermind and get a chance to work with a world-famous detective! This is an excellent science fiction book. In every chapter, a wild character or strange event was waiting to happen. Rat and her crazy family lead Winston and Walter into experiences that they've never dreamed of an, sadly, Winston realizes that he's not an original snarker. I really liked the book. It seemed really odd at the beginning when Walter, the narrator, started talking about "snarking" but once it was explained, everything began to make sense. I especially liked it when Walter, Winston, and Rat were working on the mystery (You have to read the book to find out!) with the world-famous detective and they discover a giant... I would encourage everyone to read The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death!

Originally a scrappbook compiled by a boy that hung around the Doors office, Jim recommended it become a book. Good idea. A solid, complete book filled with the best photographs with articles, interviews, and Morrison's best quotes scattered throughout, it is a bargain at the retail price.

I absolutely love this book. The introduction and the photographs are worth the price alone. This book has the lyrics to all your favorite Doors songs plus poetry (lyrics) from Jim Morrisons' spoken word album "An American Prayer." It has also got interviews and a behind the scenes look at what went on during some of the recording sessions as well as definitions as to just what Jim meant in some of their songs. The discussion about the meaning of The End is great. This book is a must for Doors fans from the most ardent to the just curious. The book is not one that will be looked at once or twice and put on a shelf. It is a facinating read no matter how many times you read it. The Doors: The Complete Lyrics increased my respect and admiration for the band, and Jim in particular, 1000 fold.

I'm somewhat of a new Doors fan, particularly of Jim Morrison. The hair and the pout drew me in first, then the music followed. When I found this book, I knew I had to own it. I was not at all disappointed. Sugerman has done a fantastic job of compiling the hundereds of pictures and newspaper/magazine articles from over the years into this informative collection. The progression over the years of Morrison's rise to fame and eventual downfall into drugs and self-desctruction is adeptly demonstrated. A must-have for any Doors fan.

Daniel Asa Rose has succeeded in writing a memoir that touches the reader in so many ways.He opens by inviting us to his childhood home of Rowyaton ,Connecticut ,and by sharing his memories, opens the flood gates of our own memory. But, Daniel's comforting small town life disguised the history of terror which his glamorous art dealer mother survived. This life is contrasted by that of his mother's family, the New York Orthodox Jewish diamond dealers,foreign and covered with diamond dust, who both embarrased and haunted the young Daniel.They were made more mysterious by the fact that that their Jewish traditions were in no way reflected in the home that Daniel's parents created.

Years later, after a wrenching divorce Daniel takes his two charming and intelligent sons ages seven and twelve, to Belguim,France and Spain to track the steps that led to his family's survival. The results are both delightful and harrowing, but conclude in an triumphant reconciliation with identity. The European chapters are interspersed with the author's boyhood adventures and conflicts. The device, though initially slightly disconcerting, help us understand the arc of Daniel Rose's life. The book deals with the issues of identity with which we all struggle.The reader will not want the story of the Rose family to conclude, but when it does you will have been greatly enriched by the journey.

Hiding Places by Daniel Asa Rose is many stories in one. It's the story of a young boy growing up and how he perceives his differences and ways he tries to blend in or hide. It's the story of a father and two sons trying to forge a relationship with each other after divorce, and it's about one family's experience of hiding to survive the horrors of the Holocaust.

The book is honest and forthright. Daniel Asa Rose has opened up a window into his feelings about growing up Jewish in a predominantly WASP Connecticut town. This reader was able to relate, not so much to the hiding borne out of cultural and religious differences, but to the hiding that kids do because they feel that no one else has the same thoughts. Daniel Asa Rose gives a voice to those childhood thoughts that most of us have kept silent.

The author reveals himself to be a caring father, one who misses his sons greatly after his divorce and seeks to find a way to create a whole family out of the three of them. He doesn't spend much time talking about how painful the divorce itself was to him, but this shows through in the writing. This is not something seen from a male perspective too often. There are sure to be other fathers out there who will resonate with this aspect of the book.

Lastly, Daniel Asa Rose creates a portrait of his relative, J.P. Morgan (not THE J.P. Morgan) and his particular experience of survival during the Holocaust. At times, it is painful to read, but because it is the story of a singular person, it takes on greater significance than observing the Holocaust as a whole. J.P.'s survival and the tracking of his hiding places by Rose and his sons is nothing short of miraculous. But wouldn't most of those who survived the Holocaust describe their experience as such?

It's tempting to condemn this father for exposing his sons to the horrors of the Holocaust at the tender ages of seven and twelve. Without debating the issue too much, the final verdict is really up to his sons, Alex and Marshall--after all, it's a family thing.

Daniel Rose grew up in Connecticut, in a lobster fishing town. He always felt different because of his Jewishness even though his family was assimilated. Later, after a fractured marriage, he wanted his young sons, aged 7 and 12 to really understand their heritage, especially in terms of the Holocaust, and so he took them to Europe to discover their roots. They looked up relatives who had survived the horror and still lived in Belgium, and from there they set out on a journey to retrace the actual events of the life one of their relatives, an ancient eccentric old man who gave them his diary as a roadmap.

In addition, in alternating chapters, we learn of Mr. Rose's Connecticut boyhood. Not only does he describe the events, but he's able to recapture every nuance of feeling that must have been difficult to dredge up from memory. He makes fun of his orthodox relatives, he battles the school bully, but most of all, he keeps coming back to the recurrent theme of the book --his hiding places.

Foremost though, is his relationship with his own sons, and the unique loving relationship between the three of them. Some of the things that they were exposed to on the trip were not pleasant, but they all came through it enriched by the experience. This was a difficult subject to write about, but somehow Mr. Rose managed to do it with humor. While I didn't laugh out loud, I found myself smiling throughout.

There's a lot of detail in the book, each one adding further insight into each of the characters. It's more than just description; the reader really feels the emotion. There's mystery here too as well as unsolved questions. And there sure is a lot to think about. Afterwards, I couldn't get the book out of my mind and I don't know if I ever will. I must thank Mr. Rose for writing it. Highly recommended.

If you read one book this year, read "Rats in the Grain." Behind the facade of "ADM Supermarket to the World" a criminal element operated that would have made Al Capone envious. The author reveals how a criminal empire was built on political donations to elected and appointed officials of county, state and federal governments dating back fifty years. It was these connections that kept the chairman out of prison. ADM had the power to thwart FBI investigations, decide who should be indicted, and send the government witness to jail for ten years. They concocted a coverup with the help of devious lawyers from Washington DC. The government witness Mark Whitacre is a hero and also a casualty of a corrupt Justice Department. If it can happen to him it can happen to you. This is required reading!

A terrific book. Rats is the Grain reads like a novel, a mystery thriller, and a lawyer's expose of the crimes of a dominant American corporation, all at once.

The amazing tale that unfolds -- double crosses by the US Department of Justice, well aware of ADM's political power, the questionable ethics of powerful Washington lawyers, deals within deals, crimes the FBI never really explored -- all this is told in a way that keeps the pages turning rapidly.

Archer-Daniels-Midland, or ADM, calls itself "Supermarket to the World." This book reveals it as much more. The heart of the story is a gigantic price-fixing conspiracy for which Mike Andreas, the son of the fabled Duane Andreas and himself the president of ADM, now sits in prison.

Mark Whitacre, a fascinating and twisted man, was a rising star at ADM and the president of a big division when his newest plant wouldn't produce. As the pressure from his bosses intensified, he crafted a lie to blame a mysterious Japanese competitor. ADM has connections with the CIA and asked for help. The CIA asked the FBI and that's when the real crime began to unravel.

Whitacre needed a cover for his lie, so he told the FBI of a real and gigantic conspiracy -- in which ADM and other giant corporations were fixing the price of additives that go into all our food. He taped and videotaped the on-going crime for the FBI. Without Whitacre's lie the crime would still be going on, yet he got the most prison time, for what was a trivial offense in comparison to the stealing by ADM and its conspiracy.

This is a fascinating and well-written book that tells a tale of corruption that runs deep in American politics and business. Read it.

AGRIBUSINESS ANTITRUST CASE LEAVES WHISTLEBLOWER IN PRISON The book, "Rats in the Grain; The Dirty Tricks and Trials of Archer Daniels Midland" by James B. Lieber describes what Nicholas Hollis, president of the Agribusiness Council called "one of the most important antitrust cases of the century. It certainly was the most important to agriculture." The case developed because one of ADM's highest officials, Mark Whitacre became "one of the most productive...and...courageous" whistleblowers in history," Hollis added. He noted that Whitacre "stood up to two eight-hundred-pound gorillas, ADM with the Andreases and the federal government." He's talking about ADM's primary grandfather, Dwayne Andreas and his relatives. Ironically, the federal judicial system treated the whistleblower more harshly than it treated ADM and its leaders. Whitacre was given up to 10 years of prison (probably until 2007) while only two of his supervisors were tried and given a couple years. One of them, however, was Andreas' only son, Michael (Mick). Helpful in Lieber's 400-page account are various appendices that list people and places linked with white-collar crime close to the case. Despite its lawyer-like detail, this is not a tedious book. It suspensefully chronicles case events. Lieber also includes useful data on U.S. trust busting history. Lieber describes an epic struggle for justice and his part IV, "The Cover-Up" shows how the government avoided giving ADM the usual punishments for such major crimes. It seems justice has yet to be served. This book ought to be require reading not only for every journalism, law and business student who wants to know what goes on in the 'real' world but for every high school class studying the U.S. government. Lieber documents every truth about the ADM scandal. Read "Rats In The Grain!" - end -

I read this book in one delicious gulp! I, literally, could not put it down. I was fascinated by these boys, pushed to the fringes of society, accountable to everyone and embraced by no one. Robb does an excellent job of explaining the frustration of working with these "problem children." All the sacrifices, rewards and disappointments of being an unasked-for mentor are here in vivid color. The often times sad tales of these boys are skillfully woven through with narratives from the author's own life, his struggles to come to terms with his own childhood, and his own fumbling attempts at "parenting." Robb asks the difficult question: How can a young person follow the path to responsible, nurturing adulthood if they have no footsteps in which to follow? It's a hard question...and the answer harder still.

In this wonderful book, Dan Robb has managed to write about his experience teaching troubled boys with soul and without sentimentality. The rawness of his experience teaching on an isolated island off of Cape Cod, and the soul searching it prompted, makes for compelling reading no matter how much time you spend thinking about or working with kids. As the mother of a small boy, I also felt that reading this book was a way of learning about how to be a good parent to my child. I recommend this book with all my heart, and hope that it touches you as deeply as it did me.

As he writes about his 18 months on a tiny island in Buzzards's Bay, MA, working with troubled youth, Daniel Robb tells a story that is full of suspense, pathos, and humor. His characters come to life in such a way that the reader finds herself rooting for them, wanting them to succeed against tough odds. The author also draws insightful parallels between his own life as the child of a broken home and that of his students. Despite the specificity of time and place, the themes are universal--love, forgiveness, anger, despair, hope, and dealing with relationships. I'm the richer for having read this book, and I highly recommend it.

I found that this book utilized a little too much set theory for beginning students. If the author could have given more concrete examples, perhaps from group theory or simpler ones from analysis or number theory, it would have been much better. For students wanting a more lucid exposition of proof techniques, I highly recommend, "100% Mathematical Proof" by Rowan Garnier and someone else,whos name escapes me at the moment. "100% Mathematical Proof" is far superior to this book, and it has answers to the exercises which is crucial to the beginning student learning on his/her own. Velleman needs to bring the abstract nearer to the concrete for the beginning student.

A mathematically inclined student can expect to reap a bountiful harvest from D.J. Velleman's 'How to Prove It.' You needn't be a computer type to benefit. In fact, the book avoids computer gobbledygook and, in a highly disciplined manner, hones in on the essentials of proof techniques. Though Dr. Velleman's overt aim is to familiarize the student -- no advanced math necessary -- with the reading and writing of mathematical proofs, he also succeeds admirably in teaching basic logic and set theory as a useful mathematical tool, rather than as a mere corpus of interesting ideas. Velleman writes in a spare, lucid style and his exercises are well chosen to illustrate his lessons, though for some reason the book omits the customary answers to alternate exercises, which is useful for someone, such as myself, engaged in self study. Even so, other writers could take pointers from Velleman. I had very little trouble using the book for self-instruction, which is more than I can say for the Schaum's guides and numerous other math textbooks. I found no significant errors in the text or exercises, though Velleman and I did have a bit of an email dustup over 'vacuous truth' .... A quibble: Velleman omits mention of the foundational problems of set theory, other than to stick Russell's paradox in as an exercise. The final (and very good) chapter gives us Cantor's theorem without mentioning Cantor's paradox. Though beginners may shrink from foundational subtleties, a few more words would have been useful. Yet, all in all, this is an elegant, succint and enormously useful text.

Everyone knows that proving mathematical theorems formally is tough. Although some proofs may seem obvious, they are hard to put down onto paper. Well, this book takes you back and builds the fundamental skills that you will need to make solid proofs. It covers the same thing that other proof-teaching books do, but in my opinion, it does it in a clear concise way. It gives you examples of how you are going to use the info that you are learning. This book will definitely help you on your way to doing great proofs.