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The Apaches have gone down in history as one of the most legendary of all the Native American peoples.
But who were they?
They lived and roamed in the mountains and canyons in the Southwest of the United States and Northern Mexico.
In 1847 John Cremony worked for the US government, translating for military personnel across treacherous parts of the country. It was then that he first came in contact with the Apache people, and went on to learn about their ways first hand for nine years.
As a result of their time in Mexico, the tribesmen could speak Spanish with Cremony and he became the first white man to master the Apache language. Though not all their encounters were peaceful, death and uncertainty surrounded his relationship with them.
Many Americans were terrified of the Apaches, especially following the massacre at the Copper Mines of Santa Rita. Though not unprovoked, Cremony tells the story of the Apaches clever and brutal reaction to settler’s violence.
Whilst Cremony learns from the Apaches, they are equally amazed by the things he shows them, from guns and medicine to photographs and the written language.
In this insightful memoir, John Cremony talks about his time dealing with these incredible tribes. He delves in to their secret lives, revealing their highly intelligent and traditional ways.
"Like most frontiersmen of the mid-nineteenth century, John C. Cremony looked on Indians as unredeemable savages. But he knew Apaches first hand and was a keen and highly literate observer. For all its ethnocentrism, his narrative remains unsurpassed for accuracy and vivid detail among contemporary views of the Apaches. In the literature of the American West Life among the Apaches endures as a classic." Robert M. Utley
John Cremony (1815 – 1879) was an American journalist who joined the Massachusetts Volunteers in 1846, serving as a Spanish interpreter for the U.S Boundary Commission. After leaving the Volunteers, he went on to become the first editor for the San Francisco Sunday Times newspaper.
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“These battles of brains and bravery, the narrow escapes from death, the exciting adventures, are remarkable for their test of grit.”
Gallant Gentlemen is a collection of diary entries and interviews with some of the bravest men who ever lived.
It tells tale after tale of heroism and courage by the Navy during the First World War.
Chatterton gets right to the heart of each story, adding historic context to the experience of the soldiers.
From China to Italy, daring missions in the dead of night, a whole fleet of fake ships, a submarine rescue and much more can be found in this exciting and informative book.
And each story is, remarkably, true.
The First World War was a tragic period of bloodshed and horror, some of the worst of humanity.
But in these tales we find the best of humanity as well: working under pressure, helping those in need — even enemies.
The lessons we learn from history are often tragic, but Gallant Gentlemen is proof that they can also be inspiring.
“Mr Chatterton’s Sea-Stories never fail to interest.” Saturday Review
“An attractive and necessary addition to War literature.” The Times
“Besides making capital reading for all, Mr. Chatterton’s book merits the attention of naval students who will find it of great value.” Daily Telegraph
Edward Keble Chatterton (1878-1944) was a sailor and prolific writer from Sheffield. His voyages across the English Channel, to the Netherlands, around the Mediterranean and through the French canals led to many articles and books. Joining the R.N.V.R. at the outbreak of the First World War he commanded a motor launch flotilla, leaving the service in 1919 as a Lieutenant Commander. Between the wars his output included works about model ships, juvenile novels, and narrative histories of naval events; from 1939, his writing focused upon the Second World War.
“Outside frequent explosions reminded us that Fritz was still cross over a nasty prod in the vitals that we had given him.”
Alarms and Excursions: Reminiscences of a Soldier is the moving and entertaining account of Sir Tom Bridges’ life in the military.
He recalls his early life in Kent, his very British family and his time at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, as well as what he describes as an ‘interlude’ for education and marriage, amongst a distinguished military career.
Bridges’ military service begins with India and Nyassaland, where he was initially stationed.
During the Boer War Bridges fought in South Africa where he assisted in the relief of Ladysmith and Mafeking.
When the World went to war in 1914, Bridges was plunged into a new kind of war, fighting at the Marne, Yser and the Somme.
In 1918 Bridges was dispatched to Novorossik to liaise with South Russia.
Critiquing the disordered politics and the waste of life at the Somme, Alarms and Excursions is a detailed memoir of commitment and perseverance in the face of sobering events.
First published in 1896, Small Wars attempts to provide a comprehensive manual for the conduct of campaigns of imperial conquest.
C. E. Callwell draws on his own extensive experience as a colonel in the British Army and his vast array of knowledge about contemporary imperial wars to provide a comprehensive account of the strategy and tactics in conducting asymmetric warfare in the age of imperialism.
His examples are drawn from a wide assortment of historical conflicts, ranging from Hoche’s suppression of the Vendée revolt in the French Revolution, to mid-19th century Spanish wars in Morocco, to the Boer War of 1899-1902.
Throughout, Caldwell advocates the importance of morale over technology and he highlights the many ways in which traditional military theory was unsuitable to the type of guerrilla warfare often fought in the colonies.
Only by constant attack and relentless pursuit would victory be achieved.
Many of Caldwell’s insights remain valuable today and his teachings could easily be applied to recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iran.
Despite its wide-ranging application, Caldwell was quick to emphasise the sheer diversity of colonial warfare, and inside this volume he provides advice for every eventuality.
This classic of military literature is an essential read for anyone seeking to learn more about the nature of war in the years before the First World War. This version is the third revision of the book, original published in 1906.
Charles Edward Callwell (1858-1928) was an Anglo-Irish officer who ended his career as a major-general and received a knighthood for his services. He personally fought in the 1880 Afghan War, the 1880-1 First Boer War, the 1897 Greco-Turkish War and the 1899-1902 Second Boer War before retiring in 1909.
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Today the word “commando” conjures a picture of daring special forces raids, but originally it was the Boer word for a mobile column of fighting men.
This is the account of one such fighting man.
Aged just seventeen Deneys Reitz, son of the ex-President of the Orange Free State and then State Secretary of the South African Republic, took up his rifle and joined the Boer Army.
It was 1899, and tensions between Great Britain and the Transvaal Republic and Orange Free State had reached boiling point.
From their initial strikes into Natal to the surge of British troops and the transition to bloody guerrilla warfare, through luck and family ties Reitz was present at most of the major events.
Not published until 1929, ‘Commando’ remains one of the most unique and important pieces of literature about the conflict.
J. C. Smuts summed it up best in his preface: “Wars pass, but the human soul endures; the interest is not so much in the war as in the human experience behind it. This book tells the simple straightforward story of what the Boer War meant to one participant in it.”
Deneys Reitz (1882-1944) was a Boer solider, lawyer, author and politician. In the aftermath of the Second Boer War, he went into exile alongside his father and brothers, spending time in Madagascar before returning to South Africa and studying law. When WWI swept across the globe he fought alongside the British against the Germans, first in Africa and then on the Western Front, rising to command a battalion.
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Serving with the battle cruisers, Filson Young was placed at the tip of the spear as the war in the North Sea unfolded over the course of 1914-15.
In the years before the First World War, Filson Young had become friends with several notable Royal Navy leaders, including Lord Fisher and Admiral Beatty.
Following the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, Young began to miss his friends and resolved to join them and share in their experiences.
Even though volunteer officers were ridiculed, Young wrote to his friends and managed to engineer a Lieutenant’s gazette in the R.N.V.R.
Buoyed by the success of the Scarborough raid, Admiral Hipper of the Imperial German Navy sought a repeat of the exercise, this time against the fishing fleet on the Dogger Bank.
Young was there to witness it.
First published in 1921, With the Battle Cruisers is a very personal, focused study of naval life during wartime as it unfolded for Young.
Filson Young (1876-1938) was an Irish writer, journalist, war correspondent and essayist. He was noted for publishing a book about the sinking of the Titanic little over a month after the tragedy in 1912. Between November 1914 and May 1915 he served as a Lieutenant R.N.V.R.; With the Battle Cruisers was one of two books he wrote about his naval service.
The American Revolution was one of the great political upheavals of the 18th Century, during which the people of the Thirteen American Colonies overthrew the authority of Great Britain and founded the United States of America.
In this book Claude H. Van Tyne describes the revolution as a ‘civil war’ and situates the quest for independence within the contemporary political milieu, defining both the agitator and the loyalist on both sides of the Atlantic by their political, social and ideological characteristics.
In his first chapter, Van Tyne stresses the need for a revision of the ‘traditional’ view of the revolution, as a just rebellion against a brutally tyrannical king. But the author does not side with either cause, instead providing a wide range of documentation from both the colonies and the motherland, painting a detailed picture of the contemporary mood.
In the proceeding ‘lectures’ Van Tyne explores the affect on the war of various camps, first looking at the merchant classes, then the influence of religion in the Puritan and Anglican churches, the work of lawyers, then the armies, before examining the courting of the European states by American and English diplomats.
England and America: Rivals in American Revolution is an engaging study which, to this day, proves a refreshing take on the human aspects of the revolution and its causes.
First delivered as a series of lectures given to British academics in 1927, this book takes a fascinating look at the various ways in which both the American and English people opposed, or furthered the cause of American independence.
Claude H. Van Tyne (1869-1930) was an American historian, he finished his B.A. degree at the age of twenty-seven before studying in Leipzig, Heidelberg, and Paris. He finished his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania and taught at the University of Michigan for almost thirty years. He specialised in the study of the American Revolution and wrote several books on the subject, winning the Pulitzer Prize for The War of Independence in 1930. He died the same year at the age of sixty-one.
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“It took me a year to discover why Nixon wanted to be President and what he would actually do with the office if he gained it. By that time he had won the nomination and seemed assured of winning. Nevertheless, I resigned.” – Richard J Whalen
America during the 1960s was a country in turmoil: it was rife with racial hatred, assassinations and urban mob violence, along with questions about the ongoing war in Vietnam.
It became apparent that change was needed, and in 1967 Richard J. Whalen found himself being asked by a Republican hopeful if he would join his team.
As one of his “bright young men” Whalen played a part in the attempt to transform Nixon from a “loser,” yet the ability to merge politics with personality is still an issue to this day.
Nixon’s insecurity gradually led to the environment around him being controlled by men willing to do whatever he wished: this would contribute, in part, to Whalen’s resignation.
For all Nixon’s talk of “sweeping change,” the planning was not there and doubts crept in: was the administration doing anything about the issues that saw him elected president?
With a new introduction for this edition, ‘Catch the Falling Flag’ is a fascinating insight into the struggle for the presidency, critically examining how Nixon made his comeback, his ensuing administration … and why he fell.
Richard J. Whalen is a best-selling author, a path-breaking investigative journalist, and the founder of an international news service and public affairs company.
An inconvenient wife, a suspicious husband, a lover who refuses to leave — the flip-side of love can all too easily turn out to be murderous hatred.
In trunks, under floorboards, in remote ravines — even in their own beds — the bodies of those for whom their lovers’ passion proved fatal have been found, and often through the stench of decay.
One ingenious killer boiled down his wife’s remains in a vat at his sausage factory.
Another throttled and incinerated a perfect stranger in order to stage his own death and thus escape the charge of bigamy.
Then there were the lesbian schoolgirls who bludgeoned to death the mother of one of them with a brick in a stocking. Her crime: she had tried to keep them apart.
Whilst one woman kept her lover in a secret attic for years until he shot her husband dead.
A dark narrative, Adrian Vincent expertly brings together some of the world’s most notorious killer.
In sixteen fascinating case histories, Fatal Passions tells the true stories of those who have literally loved someone to death.
Adrian Vincent worked in Fleet Street for twenty-seven years, becoming managing editor of IPC’s educational magazines. He is the author of many books on art and antiques, novels and true crime.
Captain Thomas Jackson, a level headed adventurer with a dry sense of humor, commands the Science Ship Linus Pauling as his science crew searches for special DNA that could cure children on Earth who are the victims of genetic engineering gone horribly wrong. It's 2160, and they've been in space for nearly two years, twenty four light years from home when their ship breaks apart in orbit. Surviving with escape pods, they soon discover the backwards fourth planet of Beta Hydri might kill them with inedible food and vicious predators. Although the planet offers up the molecules they need, survival is far from certain.
Captain Thomas Jackson has to hold his shipwrecked crew together as they struggle with survival. He finally reaches out to a thriving humanoid population that gives them tools to survive, but also a whole new set of problems to contend with. Jackson falls hard for Rianya, the alien woman who helped them the most. Except for the ship's doctor, the crew find his affection for her nothing but positive, even when their love unexpectedly results in a baby. Her people, however, are far from enamored by their union and xenophobia erupts when a series of natural phenomenon begin to wreck their primitive village. A flood, an earthquake, and a triple lunar eclipse force the humans to retreat and abandon their friendships with the natives.
Geological and biological forces beyond Jackson's control threaten the crew of fifteen while they wait for a rescue that may never come. Captain Jackson, stricken with increasingly debilitating headaches, is diagnosed with brain tumor that threatens his life, and his doctor's jealousy of Rianya only gets worse with time. Most notably, their unusual, precocious daughter holds a secret in her genome that could cure millions of children on Earth, will challenge their core beliefs, and put lives in danger, including her very own.
Stop Being A People Pleaser! Learn How To Set Boundaries And Say NO - Without Feeling Guilty!
Are you fed up with people taking advantage of you? Are you tired of coworkers, friends, and family members demanding your time and expecting you to give it to them?
If so, THE ART OF SAYING NO is for you.
Imagine being able to turn down requests and decline invitations with confidence and poise. Imagine saying no to people asking you for favors, and inspiring their respect in the process.
Amazon bestselling author, Damon Zahariades, provides a step-by-step, strategic guide for setting boundaries and developing the assertiveness you need to maintain them. You'll learn how to say no in every situation, at home and in the workplace, according to your convictions. And best of all, you'll discover how to get your friends, family members, bosses, coworkers, and neighbors to respect your boundaries and recognize your personal authority.
In THE ART OF SAYING NO, you'll discover:
PLUS, BONUS MATERIAL: dedicated sections on saying no to your spouse, kids, friends, neighbors, coworkers, clients, bosses, and even strangers!
If you're sick and tired of being taken for granted, grab your copy of THE ART OF SAYING NO today! Start taking control of your life by learning how to say that simple, beautiful word: "No."
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How Many Bad Dates Will You Go On This Year?
If you’re one of the 49 Million people who date online, the average answer is 41 dates per year. Ugh! What a horrible waste of time! And it doesn’t even include the 12 hours per week (on average) you’ll spend just looking at dating profiles.
You don’t want more dates. You want better dates.
You want to choose exactly what you desire in a partner and create the relationship of your dreams. To have the confidence to approach the man you saw at the coffee shop and see if there’s a spark.
Finding "The One" Is Simple...Once You Know How.
While there is no magic “easy button” to help you find Mr. Right, this book includes a proven 7-Core System to give you the courage to look in the right places and stay on track the entire time.
"If you're the kind of person who can usually find any excuse to talk yourself out of a great idea, this book is the inspiration you need to get out of your comfort zone and make things happen."
Helen Osler, author of Cameras of Kilimanjaro, Australia
It is January 16, 2009, and 60 year-old BARRY FINLAY and his son CHRIS are propped against a rock, struggling to draw a breath on their treacherous climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. Their destination is tantalizingly close, yet the weather and -- more importantly -- their health will determine the end result. Barry's backpack holds a Canadian flag with the names of over 200 donors mobilized by the climbers back home. The donors have contributed to providing classrooms and clean water for desperately deserving school children in Tanzania. For Barry, this is a life-changing physical, mental and spiritual adventure. Follow along as he and his son strive to climb one of the World's Seven Summits, meet the children who will benefit from their fundraising, and come to an understanding that one or two people really can make a difference. It is a journey that leaves the two with the lasting impression that nothing is more satisfying than reaching a goal and giving others the opportunity to achieve theirs.
The Shadows of Life are emotions; the thoughts, desires, and aspirations trailing in our wake. Shadow-like in manner but shrouded by our physical form, we often seek to reveal them only in the darkness—sometimes of the day but other times, of our lives.
Segregated into three sections, this book is a compilation of poems and prose, dealing with quotidian feelings such as love, longing, lamentation, and moreover, the spaces between them. The words in it will resonate with the reader’s own voice, rendering life to the untold stories carried within.
For in the matters of the heart, we are all one and the same.
The Impact of the Human Stress Response: The biological origins and solutions to human stress is a humanitarian work intended to educate the public world-wide about the true costs of preventable human stress.
It is priced so that people in most communities can access this information affordably. Millions of lives are lost and trillions of dollars are wasted every year because of our preventable exposure to modern stressors.
Mary Wingo examines one of science's burning issues - the epidemic of stress related diseases, disability, and early death currently ravaging the Western world. Preventable stress is devastating our health and destabilizing our communities.
But what exactly is "stress"? And what gives it the potential to cause so much damage? In a groundbreaking account twenty years in the making, researcher and biologist, Dr. Wingo explains the root causes of modern stress, and how it harms our bodies, as well as our communities.
Sharing astonishing insights into the way we cope with everything from excessive multitasking to social unrest, she tells a fascinating story of how humans alter their physical states and how our bodies literally open or close their biological borders with the environment to help us adapt in life. Using simple, everyday language, she vividly illustrates our current understanding of how the stress response works, and presents a how-to manual of science-based effective stress management. If you've ever wondered how you adapt to your environment and why constant exposure to stress is dangerous - this is a book you must read.
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***Questions and Answers
** Q: What makes The Impact of the Human Stress Response different than the other self-help books on the market?
** A: The book is more than self help---it is also a scientific overview of the phenomenon of human adaptation. When we abuse these biological mechanisms, the problems we associate with stress appear.
** Q: Why did you decide to write a book on stress?
** A: The human and economic costs of stress caused by modern life is staggering and unsustainable. Millions of people every year die or are disabled needlessly by stress-related disease, while the economic losses in the trillions of dollars per year are crippling governments world wide. We need to reexamine how we do things, or else the costs of stress will be highly destabilizing to society.
** Q: What are the top stressors in the lives of the average reader?
** A: The top stressor for humans is relational stress----stress resulting from breakdowns in interactions with other people.
**Q: What is the goal of writing and publishing your book?
**A: I wanted to bring decades of fascinating and groundbreaking research in human stress into clarity for the average person. This is perhaps one of the most complicated fields in science, as it crosses so many disciplines. As a result, even many life scientists do not understand the adaptive stress response.
It took many years to find the words to describe the depth of this to the intelligent non-scientist. I then wanted to present science-based solutions that do not require money or advanced medical knowledge so that every community in every culture can benefit from these steps in this "how-to" guide. I wanted to empower intelligent non-scientists all over the planet.
**Q: What is the one thing that makes you unique in being an author in the self-help and science genres?
**A: I go into very mind-bending descriptions of how we understand the human stress responses---I then attempt to extract some wisdom from this giant scientific slush pile that people can use.
What do you hate spending money on? Hopefully not books with over 1000 questions designed to bring your team, tribe, or group closer together. Through years of asking questions to his own teams, author Jeffrey T. Cook discovered that questions—asked in a group setting—create an opportunity for the group to experience the answer of a teammate. Those shared stories, over time, lead to teams that bond like GLUE. Continued “question experiences” result in improved team cohesiveness, deeper understanding of their teammates, and a bonding shared over similar experiences.
Using GLUE as a metaphor, these questions are categorized in levels from very basic (What was your favorite childhood toy?) to very deep (Are there any relatives or siblings you no longer talk to?).
Ask the question and experience the answer!
** NEW EDITION - UPDATED FOR 2017 **
Who is this book for? - People needing useful tips, plenty of practical advice, and honest reviews by a local Londoner, who has personally visited every attraction himself
200 travelogue-style reviews by a local Londoner, who has personally visited all of them
How to use London transport - detailed information about buses, boats, taxis and trains
From the author: "The best thing about this book is that I'm a local, and I've been to all of these attractions myself. And I don't just regurgitate the same old spiel that you find in 95% of guidebooks. It's not the kind of guide where I just tell you the basics, and leave it at that. I'll take you inside each location and share my experiences with you. Maybe I enjoyed them, and maybe I didn't... I'll give you an honest opinion, alongside exact information about opening times and prices. If you're new to London then I'll explain how to ride the buses, taxis and trains, and if you enjoy walking then I've created some self-guided walks (bonus chapter in ebook only), plus two weeks-worth of example itineraries. I've also included some Top 10 lists, a chapter full of popular day trips, and a review of every hotel I've ever stayed at, from the Premier Inn to The Ritz. It's a good little travel companion to keep in your pocket."
London - A Visitor's Guide from http://www.londondrum.com is the perfect travel companion
Masterfully blending thought provoking analysis with engrossing storytelling, The Art of Smart Football examines football’s most innovative and enduring strategies and ideas, through the lens of the sport’s best coaches and players. The Art of Smart Football is an eye-opening, fascinating and accessible contribution to our understanding of America’s favorite sport.
The Art of Smart Football features analysis of football's top strategists and schemes, including:
The book also includes explorations of the newest trends in football, including "packaged plays" that combine runs and passes into one play, "pattern match" defenses that blend man-to-man and zone pass coverages, how defenses are responding to the spread offense, and much more.
"The Art of Smart Football made me a smarter football writer . . . Football, as presented by these coaches and by Brown, is such an imaginative game. It’s a great read: Go buy it."
-- Peter King, The MMQB/Sports Illustrated
"A must read if you are a football junkie."
-- Trent Dilfer, ESPN/13-year NFL Veteran Quarterback
"The best analysis in the game today."
-- Rolling Stone
"Awesome stuff. I recommend The Art of Smart Football to any coach or fan."
-- Matt Bowen, ESPN Columnist/NFL Veteran
"When Chris B. Brown releases a book, you should buy it."
-- Bill Barnwell, Grantland/ESPN
"A deep dive into football. Highly recommended."
-- Field Yates, ESPN
"The Art of Smart Football is a perfect read for anyone looking to take their knowledge of the game up a notch."
-- ElevenWarriors.com
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Offering hope and healing, the author retraces her beautiful transformation from suicidal despair to habitual happiness, sprinkling each step with soul-stirring original poetry and journal excerpts.
For decades, she hid her chronic depression from everyone, including herself, until hitting a crisis point. She seemed successful and happy to all, except her closest confidantes; they knew the anguish she wished to end by killing herself. Through self-exploration, she found a pathway to conquer the pain.
In From the Shadows, she shares the questions she confronted, unearths her root causes, and presents a map out of the mire. Finally, she unlocks inner wealth by facing phantoms holding long forgotten keys to her past.
Joining in her journey, you may uncover a few treasures of your own.
Whirlpool of pain, despair I share
For your own gain, I bring you there.
Sucked me down, but will lift you up -
The gifts uncovered, when unstuck.
Maelstrom drew me time and again;
Me, myself, and I weren't as friend.
A shadow plagued my destiny,
Before sunlit divinity.
Hear my story,treasure I found,
As it unfolds, soul almost drowned.
Reveal my grief, the guilt, and shame,
Unwinding as I blend my name.
Listen as I share of rebirth -
Meaning and passion's soulful mirth.
Lure you in, then lighten your load;
A wealth inside worth more than gold.
Precious self-love and purpose too,
Join in this journey to renew.
The book interleaves understandings about happiness, brain, mind and how to live a better and happier life with a personal story of a diversified career, interrupted by an advanced stage cancer, the battle, deep meditations, and discovering the answers.
It contains many short stories and original illustrations exemplifying the understandings and making the reading more fun. It is also a very practical book.
If you want a happier, healthier & more successful life, better relationships, understanding the relevant processes in the brain, using intuition in management and also in daily life and better decision making, this is the book for you!
Being happy is a choice!
Many people who read this book found it enjoyable, motivational and the practical tips very useful. A few citations from the reviews, will describe the best the uniqueness and value of this book:
I am so glad that I was able to read this one. The mind is such a powerful thing. The short stories keep you wanting to read more. Reading the author's own personal story put a lot in perspective for me.
It has given me different ways of thinking and I am sure I will be using this information for a long time to come.
I was inspired by his words. He has a unique way of writing and you feel like being in the middle of a conversation and not reading a book. That is a good thing. This is an excellent self-help book, very uplifting and reminds you to take a little of everyday to enjoy life.
This is a great book! Points you to the important things in life and gives you an easy step by step guide to easily make significant changes to your life and to increase your happiness. I read it from beginning to end over half of the night and just couldn't stop reading until I finished it. Warm heartedly recommended.
This book is just wonderful. Not only that it is both interesting and fun to read, it also makes you think: Can you live a happier life? The book is well written, easy to read, and so fluent, that I couldn't stop reading. I highly recommend reading this book. You will enjoy the reading, it will make you think, but above all, it will make you feel better. Highly recommended!
A must read book ! We all deserve to live happier life and Dr. Gilkis is providing excellent tips based on his life experience and great observations on how practically achieve this essential goal. The book is fluent , fun to read and his great tips are easy to adopt .highly recommended !
I really enjoyed this book. It was not a lengthy read, and it went relatively quickly once I started. It is not the easiest read at times, since it presents some very in depth information on the brain and how it works. I am fascinated with brain studies and the process of how things work, including the mechanics of the mind and its effect on our long term thinking and feelings. It is truly amazing to me how much of our behavior, beliefs, and more are influenced by our mind. And the author did a great job of explaining it to the reader.
I found the author’s personal story to be touching and I am impressed that he was able to overcome as much as he did. But on top of all of that, it was very inspiring to me to see how he took everything he learned and let it influence his entire life. He made a comment early in the book when telling his story about how he was always pushing himself to do more, achieve more, and succeed in everything and he neglected his personal health. It wasn’t until he was diagnosed with an advance stage of cancer that he rethought his entire life and his actions and thoughts changed. Talk about a testimony! And it is one of great power, truly amazing and inspiring to read.
This is a great self-help book for anyone needing to slow down and take some time to reflect on life and what is going on around them. So many of us live a life that is fast paced, hectic, and go go go, and we forget to stop and enjoy life and just be in the moment. We live in a fast-food mentality
