If You Could Only See ... A Gnome's Story: A Groundbreaking First Person Account of the Nature Kingdom As Told by the Gnomes, Leprechauns, Elves, and Faeries Themselves
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  • Does not read as if it were told by real gnomes
  • I can!!! I can!!!
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  • A Gnome's Story
If You Could Only See ... A Gnome's Story: A Groundbreaking First Person Account of the Nature Kingdom As Told by the Gnomes, Leprechauns, Elves, and Faeries Themselves
Christopher Valentine , and Christian Von Lahr
Manufacturer: Myst Of The Oracle Corp.
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The First book ever written by Gnomes, Elves, Leprechauns, and Faeries! Learn how to improve your home and garden in special ways that are sure to attract and delight the little people and begin a bond of love and joy. Realize how to lead a more positive, meaningful and magical life of wonder and manifestation as the Nature People awaken your inner child and show you how to live in the now and be happy.

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3 out of 5 stars Does not read as if it were told by real gnomes.......2007-07-14

I was disappointed. Is the picture supposed to be of a real gnome? It just sounds too modern to be told by the gnomes. The comments that are made just don`t come across as being told real gnomes to me. I`m not convinced. I do believe they are real I have over 70 books on faeries .I was really hoping for a book that had undeniable proof to show they are real to none believers.

5 out of 5 stars I can!!! I can!!!.......2007-06-13

Christopher Valentine and Dr. Christian von Lahr have done something no one else in the New Age world has done. They have proven fairies, elves, gnomes and leprechauns are real. Yes, I said REAL! Now we can stand up tall and be counted. This is truly empowering stuff.

This is their first book, followed by "Seeing and Sensing Gnomes .. Hey Looky Hea'h" I recommend both, I strongly recommend both. They are "must-haves."

It took two committed authors who were true psychic mediums of this caliber to channel and give us current, meaningful and insightful information that WE could use.

I've read all of the historical mythology, got many here from Amazon; me, the husband and the relatives. We have all wanted to know, "is it real?" I am one of the New-New Agers. I want the practical experience. I want to feel them, hear them, see them, and talk back to them. I wanted it all. I can't settle for the fun notions of the old style; we live in a world where we want proof.

Well, ask and you shall receive. "If You Could Only See ... A Gnome's Story" is current, it is absolutely right now. This is a book you keep for a lifetime because it tells you exactly who Nature People are, where they are, why they are here, why they want to communicate with us, how we can communicate with them. Yes, this is the answer we have all been crying for, and why not, Gnome's are Real! You will be saying this over and over again after you fly through this book; when that chord of truth is stuck, there is no such thing as time.

This is the kind of stuff we have all wanted. We just didn't know how to ask. The authors got the jest of that issue right away and showed their true professional acumen by going to the gnomes themselves. Who would of thought? Now it all makes sense. I can do it. My friends can now do it. We can do it. Everyone can do it. Hear them. See them. Talk with them. We have all been trying to do it like we were talking to other people, right? Yes, I know. Been there, done that. The authors are pros of explaining how we need to go about this in a slightly different way, a way that both makes sense, and is easy. If there ever was magic, it will be forever in your mind as that first time you saw a gnome sitting right there in front of you. And waving, I got to laugh. That was what mine was doing. The authors even tell us how the gnomes sit there patiently waiting for us to finally see them.

Get the book. The New Age has caught its stride; and leading the way is a new type of author. Christopher Valentine and Dr. Christian von Lahr say we can all do it, and we can do it right now. You are in for some of the most meaningful, delightful, insightful and inspirational conversations you have ever had in your life. With Nature! With Nature People. If You Cold Only See, you would have written this book first. So, get it and let's all raise the bar on what we can expect from our authors, and ourselves.

5 out of 5 stars An insightful and accessible glimpse into the spirit world.......2007-01-06

Psychic medium Christopher Valentine and claircognizant/clairvoyant medium Christian von Lahr present If You Could Only See... A Gnome's Story, a metaphysical introduction to the world of Gnomes, Faeries, Elves, and Leprechauns. If You Could Only See... is not a fictional fantasy novel, but rather the genuine spiritual story of the Nature People who live in an Aetheric Plane, as told in their own words through von Lahr's mediumship and telepathy. Questions and answers concerning these altruistic beings, as well as means by which the reader can share their love of Nature with these creatures and enhance the richness of personal life, fill the pages of this psychic testimony. An insightful and accessible glimpse into the spirit world, accessible to all readers willing to explore the possibility of realms and creatures who exist beyond the five senses.

5 out of 5 stars I am convinced. .......2006-11-13

WOW!!! I was blown away. I have been waiting to be convinced, and I surely am now. These guys go way beyond the introduction to concept we are used to receiving about esoteric subjects. They prove that Gnomes, Fairies, Leprechauns and Elves are real. You leave not only convinced, but empowered to SEE FOR YOURSELF. You learn just why these people of nature must exist. Then you are given an understanding of how you know they are there, and why. They take us further to show us what we can do to attract whichever nature people we like to are yards, gardens and even or homes. But so very importantly, they demonstrate what we can do to lead empowered lives which include the Gnomes and others, to improve our lives, meet wonderful people, enjoy life and be uplifted, and to coexist with many forms of life.

This is a must read for any New Age student. Only this book have I found to be in a modern context. This is not a collection of historical myths, but the directly channeled results of the Gnomes by Dr. Christian von Lahr who poses hundreds of questions to the nature people. It all makes perfect sense when they do the answering themselves.

You will enjoy the youthful and playful nature of the Gnomes in this book. We need a better word than delightful to describe this most unique of experiences. This is no lightweight pamphlet but a serious and extensive exploration of TODAY's world of Gnomes, Leprechauns, Elves and Fairies (or faeries). Most everyone will have to obtain some meaningful result if they follow the "how to" advice in this exciting book. They could just suggest like everyone else, but not them. They want you to be fully convinced and have your own personal experiences. This is the one book you must have if you want to sense, feel, hear or see Gnomes, Leprechauns, Elves or Fairies. GET IT!

I donated my copy to the local library so many others can also read of the real world of gnomes. Consider donating your book when you have fully absorbed its lovely messages and amazing instruction, most from the nature people directly.


Windy

5 out of 5 stars A Gnome's Story.......2006-08-28

A Gnome's Story is incredible. There is an amazing amount of NEW information that I have never seen on the market to date.

I feel lucky to read this amazing insight into the nature realm. The knowledge of the authors on Gnomes, Leprechauns, Elves, and Faeries will far supersede any other material you will find on this subject.
Lord of the Trees, the Mad Goblin
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    History: Fiction or Science? Dating methods as offered by mathematical statistics. Eclipses and zodiacs. Chronology Vol.I
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    History: Fiction or Science? Dating methods as offered by mathematical statistics. Eclipses and zodiacs. Chronology Vol.I
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    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

    Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

    5 out of 5 stars Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

    Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

    5 out of 5 stars Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

    There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

    For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

    5 out of 5 stars Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

    It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

    4 out of 5 stars History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

    Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

    I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

    Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

    Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
    Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

    I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

    This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
    Romance Treasury: Rising River (Linden Grierson); Tree of Promise (Juliet Shore); The River Lord (Kay Thorpe) (Romance Treasury Collection)
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      Romance Treasury: Rising River (Linden Grierson); Tree of Promise (Juliet Shore); The River Lord (Kay Thorpe) (Romance Treasury Collection)

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      Lord of the Dawn: Quetzalcoatl and the Tree of Life
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      • Native American Calendar and Hippies meet with good results!
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      5 out of 5 stars Native American Calendar and Hippies meet with good results!.......1998-12-09

      Glad to see "Lord of the Dawn" back on the shelf. This is a Seminole work...heck, I 'll just tell a good story. When the book first came out I had the rare occasion to visit with Vinson Brown and his family as Tony Shearer was supposed to drop by to celebrate the book and greet the public-but the evening was a little slower than expected. Vinson showed me an unusual "Medicine Bag" which had been given his grandfather; a doctor, who had saved the life of Sitting Bull. One day years later I am reading another book on a shelf-look up from one on Custer and there's the "CONVERGENCE" book! Whoa it takes a while sometimes, but when the dog and the butterfly dance-something is going to happen! We all of us need to appreciate the gifts we have. A calendar is one way to celebrate Thanksgivings. And "the math and the myth" involved is fantastic!
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              Great book with great content I recommend it to anyone who want to take there film making a step forward and is to busy or lazy to download the information from the internet becaue it is all there. Spread around of course but you will find every piece of information even most of the pictures used in this book so. If you have time and dedication you can save yourself the money by looking it up on the internet.

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              This book covers many aspects of video. Labeling tapes, making excel spreadsheets for saving information, time code on tapes, how to achieve certain effects, lighting, and green screen effects just name a few. The book is general to most all video software and is a very usefull tool I'm glad I purchased. Don't let the term "HACKS' fool you it 's only refering to tips or tricks.

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              I found the book to be very practical and have the
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              wondering). Kuddos to the author.

              5 out of 5 stars Must have for amateur/semi-professionals.......2006-02-23

              I learned so much from this book. In fact, I've already implemented several of the ideas and have had great results. If you're semi-professional (video has been added to your responsibilities but you have no experience with this medium) BUY THIS BOOK.

              Who would have thought of parchment paper and clothes pins to diffuse light and create a softer, more natural light over the subject? That's just one of the great tips I've already started using.

              I've bought several digital video books while trying to learn this medium, and this has been by far the most useful.

              5 out of 5 stars great tips: No HD stuff, great color photos .......2005-12-07

              Does anyone know when Oreilly stopped putting animals on its book covers? And started adding (gasp!) illustrations to their technology books? Camels and monkeys and birds still adorn the programming books, but a lot of recent Oreilly books have targeted user applications (i.e., The Missing Manual series) and a more graphically-oriented approach (some might say a comic book approach) to highly technical subjects (see the Headfirst Series or their recent Make magazine). The newly released Digital Video Hacks offers a more user-friendly approach, providing lots of tips and ideas to how to produce a video project.

              This book (like other Hacks books) lists 100 hacks and how to do them. It includes contributions from about a dozen writers, most notably filmmaker Michael Dean (who directed the film DIY or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist ) and Derrick Story who wrote the terrific Digital Video Pocket Guide (which I'll speak more about later).

              Unlike Digital Video Pocket Guide (which focuses more on the shooting part of the production process), Digital Video Hacks walks you through production, post-production and even a little bit of distribution. First, here's a list of things you won't find covered in this book(not in enough depth to be useful). You won't find much discussion about HD production (a good source is the HD For Indies weblog); you won't find much advice about buying equipment or how to comparison shop (camcorder.info might provide better information about that). You won't find a handbook of non-linear editors (NLE) or even a comparison of those currently on the market. Interestingly, the NLE screenshots come from various applications, and in fact they even mention Linux and open-source options on occasion (it doesn't mention Kino, though it goes over a neat open source encoding tool called ffmpeg ). Acknowledging that people will be using different NLEs, the book talks about NLE tricks in a generic way. Aside from postproduction, this book doesn't cover managing a video project (getting clearance, making budgets, etc), or the aesthetics of videography. You'll have to check other books for that (see below).

              That aside, the book is great. For basic videography, the book talks about things you can improvise: using roller skates or baby carriages for dolly shots, windshield shades for bounceboards, parchment paper or pantyhose for light diffusion. I also learned a lot of great tricks: how to mount your camera on your car (PDF), log your footage and fix timecode/digital transfer problems (PDF) . The book covers lots of gotchas: Why you should edit with both a TV monitor and computer monitor, cleaning audio (with high-pass or low-pass filters or applications like Soundsoap ). All great stuff. The portion on lighting was ok; unlike many video production books (which go into excruciating detail about lighting equipment way above an individual's budget), the book describes an on-the-go lightkit assembled by a director for shooting in Thailand. This was cool and interesting, but I definitely could have used more buying information about something above no-budget lighting. I would have liked a discussion of common lighting scenarios. (I guess this is just something you have to learn on your own). Aside from a discussion of monopods, I'm surprised that the book didn't weigh in on do-it-yourself steadicams. I really wanted an extended discussion of that (luckily, there seems to be a a slashdot discussion on the topic).

              I had the same complaint about the audio section. While it contained some interesting sound tricks (regarding the soundproof car interior as a mobile studio for example) I missed information about the different types of microphones and how to place them correctly. Such basic stuff isn't properly considered a hack and thus not included here. That is unfortunate. To be fair though, the audio hacks given here were excellent. To wit, hack #57 (Fool Your Audience's Perception (PDF)) describes in detail how to use the McGurk effect to cover mistakes and yes, even to edit out profanity without your audience catching on.

              For readers looking for more information about the shooting process itself, the cheaper and more succinct 2003 Digital Video Pocket Guide by Derrick Story covers that information superbly. Story's book goes into more detail about equipment to buy as well as how to resolve lighting and sound problems. There's only so much you can say in 112 pages, but 30 of those pages are devoted to solving practical shooting problems (i.e., the walking interview, dealing with wind (PDF), etc.) Another 30 pages consists of reference material and tables about basic camera concepts (i.e., how aperture relates to depth of field). Also, this book in particular has a high percentage of color photographs, which (like those in Digital Video Hacks) make it easier to understand what the writer is getting at. Some of the information from Digital Video Pocket Guide is duplicated in Digital Video Hacks, but lately I've found myself referring more often to the Pocket Guide than the Video Hacks book.

              In contrast, Digital Video Hacks spends a lot more time on post-production, resolving sound problems and image discrepencies. It also contains lots of tricks (special techniques for appropriate certain contexts). Some examples: time-lapse video of a sunset, constructing a DIY blue screen shot (really cool and not as complicated as I thought), controlling your camera remotely, making your own "weather report," creating a "freeze-time" sequence (a la Matrix), creating a video for 3-D viewing, making DVD menus, defeating the Macromedia protections on commercial DVDs to import clips into your project, shooting a computer monitor (the discrepencies in refresh rates causes flickering) and rotating your video from vertical to horizontal. The book also contains some postproduction tricks (such as changing a scene from day to night) as well as other advanced techniques: Removing an unwanted object (like a microphone) from your video image using your NLE or using XML config files to create custom effects and transitions in MS Movie Maker.

              The book did a fairly good job talking about distribution, encoding and rendering. There was a good discussion about setting up bit torrent, videoblogging, live feeds, video catalogs, creating DVD menus and encoding for media players on portable devices (using 3GPP file formats). This is important and amazing stuff, especially as video aggregators like FireAnt become more popular. In addition, some hacks were less about video production than using remote cameras for everyday uses (security, remote tech support). Interesting for some, not terribly important to future Richard Linklaters.

              The best part about both books are the great color images. Both are easy to read and browse through. I like the way that Digital Video Hacks offered suggestions for Linux, Windows and Apple and didn't limit themselves to talking about only one application like Final Cut Pro. Sometimes a a technology book, if its approach to the subject is too generic, will turn out not to offer a practical series of steps for accomplishing tasks. Digital Video Hacks did not fall into this trap.

              In summary: Digital Video Hacks is an excellent all-in-one book for video producers at all levels. Great practical suggestions and tricks, although I wish it provided more help for evaluating your equipment needs (and making it fit within your budget).

              Robert Nagle , aka idiotprogrammer writes web fiction under various pseudonyms. He is soon embarking on first feature documentary project.

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