Coyote Sky

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Leaving behind the Dallas heat - and her girlfriend Robin - Kate retreats to the high mountain desert and soon finds herself surrounded by Brenda's eccentric friends and artists. But it's the local sheriff, Lee Foxx, who soon grabs her attention. It doesn't take long for Kate to discover that Lee has a penchant for dating the young tourists that flock to the river canyon each summer - and that Lee has no intention of ever settling down.

Then an unexpected visit by Kate's girlfriend sends everyone scrambling. Torn between safety and desire, Kate has no idea which way to turn. And as for Lee -- she can't quite believe that she's actually fallen in love... for the very first time in her life.

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Enchanting setting.......2007-09-20

I generally like books that help me experience an unfamiliar setting, and introduce me to characters like I may never meet or interact with in my life, but that I can believe exist. In this book the author deftly accomplishes both things. Her descriptions of the New Mexican countryside are enchanting, the colors, the smells, the grandeur, the mystery. She takes the time to contrast the slower and quieter pace of life in Coyote with the more fast-paced, noisy urban world many of us live in.

But in addition to the setting, which is almost a character in itself, the author is able to seamlessly weave many disparate lives together. Brenda and the other secondary characters provide a good chorus to the main players in this romance, nudging our heroes along, helping them look at things from other perspectives, trying to save them from themselves.

In addition to a good use of an interesting supporting cast, the main characters are believable and sympathetic as well, though I thought things were a bit too drawn out by the end, and I began to get a touch frustrated with Kate's inability to make a decision. Fortunately, there were many clues as to her motivations, to I never lost hope as a reader, and her novel (the one she went to New Mexico to write) provided a fun parallel that also helped you understand where she was coming from and where she was going.

This book provided solid entertainment. Not the best, it wasn't quite plotted tightly enough for that, but certainly a cut above average, and worth the read. Who ever thought I'd want to vacation in the high desert?

Fun and fast paced romance.......2007-08-08

Perfect beach read with lot's of laughs.

The cast of characters are laugh out loud funny.

City girl Kate is completely lost at home and in her writing career. Meeting Sheriff Foxx (the town player) is the best thing that ever happened to her.

The Wild ride they take to love is all good! Interesting Foxx - Kate - Robin triangle.

The best parts for me were the humor and the locale. Excellent writing.

If you liked this book you will love the author's other romances -

Sierra City
Dawn of Change
Gulf Breeze

Great Characters in a Great Setting.......2007-06-13

Gerri Hill does an excellent job of developing characters and relationships. As always the scenery is beautifully described. A great romance!

Doesn't Get Any Better Than This.......2006-12-23

Let me say up front that I would be the first to admit that this is a formulaic romance. I don't care. All of Gerri's books have the same formula: two women meet, feel an attraction to one another, and struggle to overcome it. The book chronicles the struggle. In the end they surrender to love and passion. Fade to black. Fine with me. She is still one of my favorite authors.

A friend of mine insists that in this one both main characters are also stereotypical. Lee Foxx: a player who beds so many different women that she doesn't always remember their names. Kate Winters: a serious type who eschews wild women like Lee. Logically these two completely different stereotypes shouldn't be attracted to each other. In reality they are. Launch the conflict.

Granted, the plot is thin and recycled. For example, the role of Lee Foxx was played most recently by Trystan Lightfoot in "The Flip Side of Desire." The most recent occurrence of the selected nuance of the infidelity issue is found in "Just This Once." And so what? It's still a great read.

Gerri Hill is one terrific writer and I will continue to buy all of her forthcoming books.

Top Notch.......2006-12-20

As usual, Gerri Hill skillfully gives us an in-depth understanding of her characters. Both Kate Winters, an author suffering from writer's block, and Lee Foxx, the local sheriff, are partially damaged human beings, and therefore all the more lovable. The reader gets to observe Kate and Lee grapple with their own hangups and their feelings for each other against a backdrop of the gorgeous high desert of New Mexico.

The author's descriptions of the area are superb. I felt like I was right there with them. The secondary characters, a unique bunch to say the least, are vividly portrayed. The only thing missing is the action/adventure of the type shown in "Hunter's Way" and "The Killing Room." I would love to see a lot more of that. I stayed up way past my bedtime and read this book in one sitting. Gerri Hill's writing always has that effect on me.

Sky Coyote (A Novel of the Company, Book 2)

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Coyote in the sky
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A bit of a sophomore slump, but still worth a read
Better than Garden

Sky Coyote (A Novel of the Company, Book 2)
Kage Baker
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ASIN: 0380731800

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Kage Baker's first novel, In the Garden of Iden, was a smart, funny, top-drawer read. Fans will be happy to find out that Baker avoids a sophomore slump with Sky Coyote, the second novel of the Company, and another superbly witty and intelligent book. Baker switches focus in this sequel to Joseph, the immortal cyborg who rescued Iden's heroine, Mendoza, from the dungeons of the Spanish Inquisition. Joseph and Mendoza work for Dr. Zeus, otherwise known as the Company, a 24th-century operation devoted to getting rich off the past. To accomplish this, the Company turns orphans and refugees from the past into super-smart, nigh invincible cyborgs and sends them on missions to save or hide precious paintings, cultural treasures, and genetic information useful to the future world.

Sky Coyote begins in pre-Columbian Mexico, where Joseph and Mendoza are reunited at New World One, an extravagant Company retreat. When European explorers are scheduled to arrive in the New World, the Company dismantles operations, and Joseph is sent to California in 1699 to save a Chumash village lock, stock, and barrel, before Europeans arrive with smallpox and slavery. To prep the Native Americans for their voyage to a Company enclave in Australia, Joseph poses as Uncle Sky Coyote, a trickster-god of the Chumash, and tells them he's there to save them from certain doom at the hands of white men. But can Joseph convince the wary, savvy Chumash labor unions, lodges, and entrepreneurs that he has their best interests at heart, all without screwing up history? And will he patch things up with Mendoza, who still hasn't forgiven him for everything that happened in 1500s England? Kage Baker delivers a terrific story and a worthy sequel with Sky Coyote. --Therese Littleton

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Facilitator Joseph is quite a guy. He's sailed with the Phoenicians, and he's been an Egyptian priest, an Athenian politician, and secretary to a Roman senator. After all, his employer, the twenty-fourth-century Company, sends immortal cyborgs like Joseph all over the world and all over time. But now Joseph finds himself in 1699, in the Mayan jungle's Lost City (actually a spa for the Company's operatives) with his protegee, the Botanist Mendoza, who still hasn't forgiven him for that unfortunate incident in Elizabethan England. And he has to save an ancient people from encroachment by the coming white men -- even if it means convincing the entire pre-Columbian village to step into the future.Facilitator Joseph is quite a guy. He's sailed with the Phoenicians, and he's been an Egyptian priest, an Athenian politician, and secretary to a Roman senator. After all, his employer, the twenty-fourth-century Company, sends immortal cyborgs like Joseph all over the world and all over time. But now Joseph finds himself in 1699, in the Mayan jungle's Lost City (actually a spa for the Company's operatives) with his protegee, the Botanist Mendoza, who still hasn't forgiven him for that unfortunate incident in Elizabethan England. And he has to save an ancient people from encroachment by the coming white men -- even if it means convincing the entire pre-Columbian village to step into the future.Facilitator Joseph is quite a guy. He's sailed with the Phoenicians, and he's been an Egyptian priest, an Athenian politician, and secretary to a Roman senator. After all, his employer, the twenty-fourth-century Company, sends immortal cyborgs like Joseph all over the world and all over time. But now Joseph finds himself in 1699, in the Mayan jungle's Lost City (actually a spa for the Company's operatives) with his protegee, the Botanist Mendoza, who still hasn't forgiven him for that unfortunate incident in Elizabethan England. And he has to save an ancient people from encroachment by the coming white men---even if it means convincing the entire pre-Columbian village to step into the future.

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Judging a book by its cover.......2007-06-19

Looking at the cover art, you would get a much different idea of what the book might be about than if you read the short summary on the back. Luckily I read the summary and realized it was a story I would be interested in.

The plot idea is appealing to me, and I think I would have been much more satisfied with it had I read more of this series than just this one book; in this book, you get a snippet of the overall plot - what is happening in basically one mission in the past, rather than a more in depth understanding of the Company as a whole. Perhaps this is done in another book in the series, or perhaps the macro plot is just a construct to allow infinite possibilities of sequels, each looking at a mission in the past.

Regardless, the author's humor is often witty, and the book was enjoyable on it's own, though I don't plan to read any of the other books.

Coyote in the sky.......2007-02-20

This book is more satyrical that it's apparent, and some have misunderstood it. All hepisodes are viewed through Joseph's/Coyote disenchanted eyes, the SPA of the immortals, the all-too modern-thinking Humashup ( with their quarrelling pompous priests), the fundamentalists Chinigchinix (whose monotheism is a bit exaggerated in the novel), the prissiy, squeamish health-freaks of the future. A satire of humanity's flawed ways of coming to terms with themseklves and rthe world, and a clever reflection on religion and the unfortunate effects of enforcing one's revelation to others. And bebneath Joseph/Coyote's cynicism you can feel an heart of compassion and empathy, for humanity and for grief-striken Mendoza, which we shall encounter again in Hollywood. We feel this book prophetic, as another Goat-Cult menaces today's humanity.

Mixed Bag.......2006-12-04

Once again Baker draws us into the world of the Company. But this time, Sky Coyote is not told from the point of view of newbie immortal Mendoza, but from the eyes of Facilitator Joseph, whose tenure with the Company spans a lot more than a couple hundred years, but goes back more than 20,000.

It is Joseph's task (along with help from other fellow immortals, including Mendoza) to bring an entire 18th century Native American Chumash village into the Company's fold. Disguised as the Chumash deity Sky Coyote, Joseph attempts to convince the entire village of Humashup that danger is on its way in the form of white men and that he and his "sky spirits" are going to take them off somewhere to safety.

Sky Coyote was a mixed bag as stories go. Joseph's interaction with the Chumash was somewhat interesting (especially the Chumash concept of theatre), but somehow it just wasn't enough, by itself, for me to need to turn the pages. What did pull me through the story was the background on Joseph. Sky Coyote really delved into Joseph's past. Revealing how he became an immortal and giving us a fairly good, if somewhat cursory, introduction into the Company's sordid dealings with "the past".

Overall, Sky Coyote had enough there to make me want to continue with the sequels, but as a stand-alone tale, it left a bit to be desired.

A bit of a sophomore slump, but still worth a read.......2005-03-06

Kage Baker's novels and stories of the Company are usually a joy to read, and while Sky Coyote is less fun and more slog than any other entry I've read, it still has its strong points. The novel's signal flaw is that it is actually telling two different stories, one interesting, the other more of a history lesson. The first is the story of the interactions between the Company's immortal cyborgs and their mortal 24th century bosses. This is fascinating stuff- Baker paints a portrait of a future where virtually all the pleasures of life have been legislated away and the people are bland, whiny, fearful children. The operatives are shocked that these are the masters for whose benefit they've spent millennia storing up rarities and treasures. This part of the book also offers dark hints as to what the Company's loyal workers may find waiting for them in 2355, the cutoff year for their knowledge of history.

The other story deals with the efforts of Joseph, a 20,000-year-old operative, to uproot an Indian village and move them for observation by the Company. It has its moments but too often feels like a tutorial on the lives of the Chumash rather than a full-fledged story about. It's not that they aren't an interesting people; it's just not what I was expecting from this novel, and there's too much of it. Still, the other half of the story is interesting, and Baker's writing is as polished as ever. 3 stars, or 6/10.

Better than Garden.......2004-05-27

See, I don't get it. Everyone says that Sky Coyote is their least favourite of Baker's books. Why? Is it because Joseph is the narrator? Is it because it doesn't deal with European-based history? Is it because somehow Baker wrote less beautifully than she usually does? I don't know. I thought it much better than Garden of Iden.

In Sky Coyote, Joseph and Mendoza are sent to California to retrieve an entire tribe of people before white men can get at them with land grabs and smallpox. Baker knows California well: she lives there, so everything in the book has that touch of authenticity. Although she can't give the Chumash language that same kind of twist she gave Elizabethan English, she doesn't fall into the trap that most authors do with American Indians: namely, overly-simplify the language they speak. Of the three factions in the book (future mortals, immortals, and the Chumash), the Chumash come out most human, and that is a feat in itself when the book is narrated by an immortal. And speaking of immortals, I like Joseph so much better than Mendoza! She's stubborn, straightforward, and believes in one thing and one thing only. Fairly one-dimensional, even after having read Garden. Joseph ponders things, has faults and fears, and is much older and remembers far back to the Stone Age of Europe, whence he came. Yet he's able to work despite his fears. Admittedly, he largely ignores them. But isn't that what we do most of the time?

I suppose what I liked best about the book, though, is the fact that it deals with the fallibility of Dr. Zeus and pokes fun at modern society in a way Garden did not. Introduced is the fact that Dr. Zeus has only provided the immortals with historical information up until a certain year in the future, where supposedly paradise on earth will have been achieved and the immortals can rest from their labours. Also added are the concept of the Enforcers, immortals who were recruited to kill raging hoardes during the Stone Age, but then lost their necessity and slowly vanished somehow. The idea is that Dr. Zeus can make mistakes. I loved it. Here is a company that saves you from certain death in the past and makes you immortal. You're trained to believe it's a wise and benevolent power. What happens when you begin to doubt? It's great stuff. Better than that are the future mortals who come to the past to oversee the Chumash tribe's excavation. They are like stretched-thin overly-exaggerated people of today. They play video games all of the time. Their vocabulary is extremely limited. They frown on controlled substances, are afraid of the Chumash "savages", and don't want to harm anything, even grass. They are each super-specialists, a genius in his own field but a doddering idiot about anything else. They have no sense of the history they are trying to preserve. It's just vindicating for a historian to see, as it feels that way today. Few now care about what happened before-- they are willfully ignorant, perpetuating the same mistakes and thinking they are original. Oh, I liked that.

There is, of course, Baker's perpetual theme of single crazy zealots perpetuating murders for a jealous God. She has the Chumash encounter a new monotheistic cult which is, of course, villainous, persuasive, and stops at nothing to gain converts. Much like in Garden's Spain. Or in any of her books. No redeeming qualities, oh no. To be honest, the only way I can get through these parts is that she isn't altogether blatant about them. The story still functions in the characters' minds, and they are believable. So I can still think that God is trying to say something to Joseph, that there is more than the Company.

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From the author of Appaloosa Rising: The Legend of the Cowboy Buddha, Coyote Silk portrays the whimsical winning of the West, in wry and righteous language from the much-loved author, Gino Sky. This book is a continuation of the legend of the Cowboy Buddha.

Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began

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Coyote and the Sky: How the Sun, Moon, and Stars Began
Emmett Garcia
Manufacturer: University of New Mexico Press
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The Little Cow in Valle Grande: El Becerrito en Valle Grande

ASIN: 0826337309

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According to Santa Ana Pueblo legend, the animals' spirit Leader created the sun, moon, and stars by using woven yucca mats and hot coals. He selected certain animals to climb from their homes in the Third World up to the Fourth World. The Squirrel, the Rabbit, and the Badger were all allowed to go. The Coyote, however, was forbidden to accompany them because he was always causing trouble and stealing food from the others.

Regardless of what he was told, Coyote refused to stay in the Third World. He found a hiding place and waited for a chance to follow the animals to the Fourth World. When the other animals discovered Coyote, they summoned the Leader to the Fourth World to deal with him. Coyote's punishment is a lesson in what happens to animals, or people, when they refuse to obey instructions.

Writing for the younger reader, Emmett "Shkeme" Garcia, a member of the Santa Ana tribe, shares his Pueblo's story of the beginnings of the stars and constellations. Victoria Pringle's illustrations provide visual elements that enhance the action of the story.

All ages.

The Santa Ana Pueblo creation legend including how Coyote tricked the other animals to join them in our world and how he was punished.

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Coyote Silk
Gino Sky
Manufacturer: North Atlantic Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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Coyote Sky
Gerri Hill
Manufacturer: Bella Books, Inc.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0739472526

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Kate Winters, author of the popular mystery series The Masters, finds herself in a bit of a predicament - she doesn't seem to be able to write any longer. So when her old friend and wealthy widow Brenda invites Kate to spend the summer in Coyote, New Mexico, Kate decides that a summer in Coyote might be just what she needs to clear her writer's block. Leaving behind the Dallas heat - and her girlfriend Robin - Kate retreats to the high mountain desert and soon finds herself surrounded by Brenda's eccentric friends and artists. But it's the local sheriff, Lee Foxx, who soon grabs her attention. It doesn't take long for Kate to discover that Lee has a penchant for dating the young tourists that flock to the river canyon each summer - and that Lee has no intention of ever settling down. Then an unexpected visit by Kate's girlfriend sends everyone scrambling. Torn between safety and desire, Kate has no idea which way to turn. And as for Lee -- she can't quite believe that she's actually fallen in love... for the very first time in her life.

Peace Walker: The legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita.(Orphans in the Sky)(Coyote's New Suit)(Children's Review)(Book Review) : An article from: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal

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Peace Walker: The legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita.(Orphans in the Sky)(Coyote's New Suit)(Children's Review)(Book Review) : An article from: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal
Corey Coates
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1197 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Peace Walker: The legend of Hiawatha and Tekanawita.(Orphans in the Sky)(Coyote's New Suit)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Author: Corey Coates
Publication: Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Page: 135(2)

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Sky Coyote
Kage BAKER
Manufacturer: SOLD
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Binding: Hardcover
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Sky Coyote
Kage BAKER
Manufacturer: Harcourt Brace
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Sky Coyote

Manufacturer: Eos
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In a self-improvement class by itself

a collection of oblique and unexplained parables

Five Stars for a Classic!

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Think and grow rich

Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised
Napoleon Hill
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Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!

ASIN: 1593302002
Release Date: 2004-10-30

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Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised. Napoleon Hill's classic book -- the all-time bestseller in the personal success field -- offers a life-altering experience. It teaches thousands of people the practical steps to high achievement and financial independence every year. This new edition is the first to contain extensive footnotes, endnotes, appendices, and an index. Now more than a motivational work, it is also a reference book and a mini-history book providing valuable information about Hill, his times, and his success philosophy. TGR's greatest value is not only that it can make you financially successful. It can help YOU -- or ANYONE -- get whatever it is that you desire from life.

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In a self-improvement class by itself.......2007-10-10

Without doubt this is one of the strangest books I've ever read - a combination of dime store psychology and million dollar insights, scientific mumbo jumbo and indisputable facts of life. Of course, you have to make allowances because Hill first published the book in 1937 (!). Amazingly, it's just as relevant and potentially life transforming now as it no doubt was then. (This edition restores lots of original text that was edited out when Hill re-released "Think" in 1960. Ample footnotes provide context for historical references unfamiliar to modern readers.)

The essence of "Think" can be summed up in Hill's signature phrase, "Whatever, friend, you can conceive and believe, you can achieve!"

Hill puts forth 13 steps for internalizing this conceive-believe-achieve mindset necessary for success. Although upon first reading "Think" seems to equate success with piling up obscene amounts of money, Hill goes much deeper. Several times he implores us to decide for ourselves what success means - remembering his principles apply equally well to any goals we set out to accomplish. Hill himself admits his emphasis on money stems from the social conditions of his time, when America was languishing in poverty during the Great Depression.

What I thought made Hill's techniques so persuasive is the twenty-five years of research he put into developing them, based on close-hand observation of super-achievers including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Andrew Carnegie. If these gentlemen were living examples of Hill's ideas, what more can you ask for?

Even without the research, Hill's advice ring true. But don't expect soothing comfort pills from this self-help book. First, Hill gets in your face. He forces you to face the brutal truth of who you are through a series of self-diagnostic questions designed to take you way out of your comfort zone. Then, Hill puts you to work. His methods force you to think, act, and drill yourself into a whole new way of thinking about life. I'm sure it takes a few readings just to take the first baby steps on Hill's path (I'm on my second reading now).

Anybody who wants more from life, who feels confused, indecisive, frustrated, or oppressed, to any degree whatsoever, in any aspect of his or her life, will benefit from reading this book. It's already making a difference for me.

a collection of oblique and unexplained parables.......2007-10-07

I picked this book up after a rave review by a friend more than 15 years ago.

I started reading it and it made no sense to me. Unlike the parables of Christ, where He at least is credited with stopping for a moment to explain what each story was intended to mean, this book just rambles on.

The parts of it that I finished represented an excruciating exercise in gnostic behavior. It's actually in your face about it suggesting that if you don't understand the stories, you're just stupid. I would not recommend this book to anyone. Only the author knows what it was intended to mean.

If you would like to start learning about how to take care of your clients and employees, I would recommend beginning with "Zapp!" by William Byham. If you need to discover relevant things about yourself and how to begin shaping your future, I would suggest "What Color is Your Parachute" by Richard Bolles, both current and past editions, as he has provided a collection of valuable study tools over the years.

Five Stars for a Classic!.......2007-09-19

If I had known how simple it would be to change my life I would have done it long ago. I was lucky enough to be given this book by a dear friend. With proper thinking my dreams have come true. I sold my book Never Trust A Man In Alligator Loafers in just three weeks! Life has become a series of "creative solutions" and I'm happy for it. My goal is to open my mind to allow the *really big thoughts* to come through and actualize my potential. I know that when I think it's possible it is. And life magically gets a lot more fun!

Read With A Group.......2007-09-04

First of all, of the various versions of "Think and Grow Rich" that are out there, this one is my favorite. The Editor has really done his homework to bring Napoleon Hill's Original work into historical context without bringing in modern day examples like other versions do.

Secondly, I highly recommend reading this book at the rate of a chapter a week with a group study. I had read this book by myself before, but have really accelerated my Awareness by reading it every 3-4 months with a different group of people. You don't have to do it that often, but each time you read this book, you get more and more out of it!

Finally, don't just read the book, but follow the specific instructions laid out in the book. This is the book that every success book out there is based on...it's the original. Do this, and you'll find greatness.

Cheers from the Windy City,
Ryan McIntyre

Think and grow rich.......2007-08-28

This book will be around forever. I have read it at least 10 times now and find some great enlightenment every thin.

Think and Grow Rich: The Original Version

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Think and grow rich
Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is fabulous
A terrible edition of a wonderful classic book

Think and Grow Rich: The Original Version
Napoleon Hill
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Recommend by Clement Stone.......2007-06-27

I would like to tell you what

Clement Stone (a self-made billionaire) have to say about this great Book:

When I read Think and Grow Rich, its philosophy coincided with my own in so many respects that I, too, started the habit of helping others by giving them inspirational self-help books.

The one principle that particularly helped me was Napoleon Hill's mastermind principle - two or more persons working together in harmony toward a common goal.

It made me realize that I could employ others to do much of the work that I was doing, and thus I would have more time for additional activities.

For I did think - and grow rich.

And my sales representatives who were willing to relate, assimilate, and use the principles, they, too, thought and grew rich. Each of them received the book from me.

Things began to happen - big things.

Remember, we were coming out of the Depression.

The very title of the book had appeal.

Its contents were electrifying and motivating to readers who were searching for financial wealth and business success.

Whenever I made a speech, I would try to share this new working tool with my audience by giving a few copies of Think and Grow Rich as door prizes.

The giving of self-help books became a habit.

Now I make it a practice to send three or four inspirational books each year to all sales representatives, office personnel, and shareholders of the companies I manage. I also send inspirational record albums and the magazines Guideposts and SUCCESS unlimited.

In The Success System That Never Fails you read stories indicating how this literature has changed the lives of many persons for the better.

But to me it is truly amazing that, although America has been fortunate enough to develop a group of authors who have the power to motivate the reader through self-help books, so few take advantage of them.

Beginning with the distribution of Think and Grow Rich, my sales managers began to be builders of miracle salesmen, and our salesmen began to make such phenomenal sales records that the results achieved seemed unbelievable to those who haven't learned the art of motivation.

Within two years after I received Think and Grow Rich, I again had over a thousand licensed representatives.

My bills were paid.

I had a savings account and other equities, including a winter home - a modern duplex at Surfside, Florida.

I bought the duplex because the rent from one apartment paid for the entire property.

Although there is no real way to prove it, I believe that Think and Grow Rich has inspired more persons to business and financial success than any book written by a living author.

Here's the story of one such person.

Think and grow rich.......2007-06-27

Think and Grow Rich teaches "The Thirteen Steps to Riches".

It offers many questionnaires and practical exercises in addition to all the text.

It gives you clear guidelines on how to set goals and reach them and how to make clear plans to follow. You are shown how you can realize your highest potential, and succeed in anything you set your mind to.

It also teaches you not to give up and to see all mistakes as learning opportunities.

Napoleon Hill teaches that successful people never consider temporary failure as a permanent defeat.

"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure." ~ Napoleon Hill

Over 25 years went into the study of more than 500 of America's most successful businessmen at the start of the 20th century.

Hill took on the assignment from Andrew Carnegie, who recognized Hill's unique abilities.

Carnegie was, at the time, the richest man in the world. He started life as a Scottish immigrant with no money and worked his way to become a steel manufacturing magnate.

Carnegie believed that anyone could achieve the same success as him and wanted his success formula passed on to the world.

This became Napoleon Hill's life task.

"I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line." ~ Andrew Carnegie

The success formula that Napoleon Hill developed from his research is as relevant and usable now as it was 100 years ago.

Maybe it is even more relevant, since now people like you and me start to understand that it is not magic and lucky stars that make people rich, it starts with the way they think.

Think and Grow Rich teaches you to think differently, and if you are looking for financial freedom, this book is a must!

Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is fabulous.......2007-06-01

Somehow I had missed this book and author too -- but that was a mistake. It is a wonderful book full of sage advice we all need.

I am buying copies for each of my 5 grandchildren, and will send them on occassions such as birthdays, graduations, Christmas and other gift times.

There are typo errors obviously in the original, dating from before there were such things as spell checkers. They do distract, and I wish the restorers had fixed them in the process of reissuring this 1937 classic.

A terrible edition of a wonderful classic book.......2007-04-22

This book has a very modern looking cover (although the $20, $50 and $100 bills circling it make you think that "rich" refers only to "money," when in fact it means richness in every aspect of life that means anything). However, when you open the book, you find one of the worst designed books I have ever seen.

This is nothing but a verbatim, almost facsimile copy of the book published by Napoleon Hill back in 1937 -- inside it looks old, it reads old, it has the same typos, antiquated terms, and other mistakes that Dr. Hill and others have corrected in subsequent editions through the years. The side margins on the pages are so tiny it is virtually impossible to make notes anywhere. It is clear the publisher was not interested in reader convenience or production values, but only in keeping the pages as few as possible to maximize profits.

Almost any other recent version of "Think and Grow Rich" that I have seen is far superior to this unimaginative one published by BN Publishing Co. The book contains wording that today is considered sexist, racist, or obsolete. The book lacks an index, unlike at least two other recent editions published by Aventine Press and by Tarcher. It also does not have an appendix.

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Really good.......2007-05-07

This is such a classic. Definately something people should read over and over again. Getting it on mp3 is the best because you can listen to it in the car etc instead of all the normal radio garb that doesn't help you.

Mp3 CD----The Entire Book On ONE CD!.......2006-09-25

This "book on tape" is in Mp3 format. You need a CD Player or CD Boombox that will play Mp3 CD's. The best one is made by Sony. As for the book itself, it's worth "reading" or "listening to" in any formt. If you want to know about my favorite Mp3 players either email me or look at the rest of my reviews. Email:boland7214@aol.

as a man thiketh!!!!!!!!!!.......2006-09-14

Think and Grow Rich!

is a classic motivational book.

Written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by Andrew Carnegie.

In 1960, Hill published an abridged version of the book, which for years was the only one generally available.

The text of Think and Grow Rich! is founded on Hill's earlier work, The Law of Success, the result of more than twenty years of research based on Hill's close association with a large number of individuals who managed to achieve great wealth during the course of their lifetimes.

At Carnegie's bidding, Hill studied the characteristics of these great achievers and developed fifteen "laws" intended to be applied by anybody to achieve success. Think and Grow Rich! itself condenses these laws further and provides the reader with 13 principles in the form of a philosophy of personal achievement.

Reflected in these principles is the importance of cultivating a burning desire, faith, autosuggestion and persistence in the attainment of one's goals. Hill also discusses the importance of overcoming many of the most common fears that can adversely affect one's thinking and potential.

Hill in his introduction to the book refers to the "Carnegie Secret", a conception which he reports is the foundation of all success and appears to be the premise of the book.

Hill promises to indirectly describe this "secret" in every chapter, but never state it plainly, believing the use of the secret is only available to those who possess a "readiness" for it, a disposition Hill describes as essential to the concept itself.

Think and Grow Rich has sold consistently since its first publishing.

According to one publisher, the book has now sold more than 60 million copies worldwide.

On August 7th, 2006, Think and Grow Rich was ranked # 7 on "The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List" of the current top 15 best-selling paperback business books.

Quotes:

"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits."

"Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis"

The 13 Principles of Success

Desire

Faith

Auto-suggestion

Specialized Knowledge

Imagination

Organized Planning

Decision

Persistence

The Master Mind

The Mystery of Sex Transmutation

The Subconscious Mind

The Brain

The Sixth Sense

... and outwit your Fears

Best-selling author Napoleon Hill teaches you the 17 success principles used by the great success stories of the early 20th century.

Napoleon Hill interviewed with William Wrigley, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie and 500 others. He shares with you the secrets that helped all of these great leaders rise to the top in their respected industries.

Many of today's top achievers credit Napoleon Hill's work as being the blueprint for their success.

GREAT AUDIO-CD.......2005-07-28

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