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THE ABUNDANCE CODES

An elaborately structured and consistently intriguing set of codes to make the most out of life.

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A debut guide offers a system of prompts and processes designed to discover readers’ potentials.

“It’s easy to become locked into the drudgery of everyday existence,” Hillyer and Barahona write in their highly detailed manual, “but the abundance codes will help you to become unlocked, and then you can achieve success in a way you’ve always wanted.” In the service of this goal, the authors have devised a system of 52 codes that unlock nine keys to that personal transformation, and in laying out the schemata, the authors stress that their advice is grounded in reality. “There’s no need to put on a white robe,” they assure their readers, “light a candle, burn some incense, and start chanting Bible verses or whispering your prayers by your bedside at night.” Instead, their “nine keys to life” are energetic areas that must be opened to experience abundance: health, mindset, emotion, relationships, passion, wealth, purpose, spirituality, and contribution. The authors’ beautifully designed book breaks these keys down in a modular fashion that rewards both a straight-through reading and a random picking and choosing of chapters. The keys also have “accelerators” that facilitate their implementation. Balancing this modular approach is a series of far more conventional insights the authors offer at regular intervals. They periodically remind readers of healthy personality basics like attitude: “You could be working extremely hard and accomplishing many things, but if your mindset isn't properly aligned, you will still face significant challenges, and it will be difficult to sustain abundance.” Even the book’s point-by-point method is deftly tempered by the authors, who stress that their program is a lifestyle rather than a quick fix: “Remember, you cannot just read about the codes and activate them once to realize the full benefits of them. That’s why a daily ritual is so important.” The guide’s sectioned and segmented layout has a curiously clarifying effect; readers will find a good deal of bracing food for thought in these pages.

An elaborately structured and consistently intriguing set of codes to make the most out of life.

Pub Date: N/A

ISBN: 978-1-5445-1332-4

Page Count: 328

Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing

Review Posted Online: May 3, 2019

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THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE

50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...

Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.

Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").

Pub Date: May 15, 1972

ISBN: 0205632645

Page Count: 105

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972

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NUTCRACKER

This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)

Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996

ISBN: 0-15-100227-4

Page Count: 136

Publisher: Harcourt

Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996

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