An elaborately structured and consistently intriguing set of codes to make the most out of life.
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
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
All Things Considered host Siegel selected the nearly 100 interviews here, all broadcast on NPR in 1993, with an eye to material ``that read well on the page.'' Capturing the breadth of subjects covered by NPR's shows, the book groups the interviews under ten section headings, including ``Arts and Letters,'' ``Science,'' ``The Story of the Year: Bosnia,'' ``Washington,'' and ``Animal Life.'' Robert McNamara reveals his intention to write an autobiography that will contain previously unpublished information about US intervention in Vietnam; Karen Armstrong talks about her book, A History of God; and the General Aviation liaison for the Anchorage International Airport unwittingly tells a story of worker exploitation in the tale of three pigs—Larry, Moe, and Curly—who, after successfully fulfilling their mission of gorging on gulls' eggs (to reduce the population of birds posing a hazard to aircraft), were respectfully turned into bacon. The interviews are remarkable for their brevity. Among broadcast media, NPR is notable for the comparatively evolved attention span it expects of its listeners; but laid out on the page, these interviews are so short that the book is an occasion more for pleasurable grazing than for the ``in-depth'' coverage on which NPR prides itself. (Author tour)
Pub Date: Nov. 15, 1994
ISBN: 0-395-70741-2
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1994
Recipes that will give cooks many solid and simple options for creating family-dining traditions.
Spiced with memories of an Italian-American childhood in Brooklyn, this cookbook serves up a generous number of tried-and-true recipes for the family table.
The third cookbook from Celenza (Lunch is in the Bag, 2008, etc.), this culinary trove details more than 500 favorite recipes from the author, her friends and family. Divided into seasonal sections, which are supplemented by an extensive segments on pasta-centered meals and a final chapter devoted to sauces and dressings, the recipes are arranged mostly as complete menus. Typically, each of these includes a salad, an entrée and a dessert–and frequently a soup or vegetable. The emphasis is on Italian-American classics like fettuccine Alfredo, baked eggplant Parmagiano, and potato gnocchi, but there are nods to the melting pot with dishes like egg foo young, pastitsio, German potato salad, Irish soda bread and even an elaborate Thanksgiving feast with only a few nontraditional touches, like Italian sausage in the stuffing. The portions are invariably generous, but the author acknowledges contemporary concerns about health by including low-salt and low-fat alternative ingredients. The recipes shouldn’t exceed the capabilities of even casual cooks, as Celenza’s directions are clear and helpful without being overwhelming. She’s also specific, if forgiving, on measurements. If the author errs, it’s in being too explicit. Fresh strawberries, for example, don’t require a recipe, though the author’s desire to recreate the banquets of yesteryear may explain the impulse. Interspersed among the recipes are anecdotes and photos from Celenza’s past, snippets of culinary history and reflections on how food warms, sustains and nurtures us, physically, emotionally and spiritually. She evokes a sense not merely of the dishes but of the time, place and camaraderie that Celenza associates with them, giving a warm, human context to these family feasts. While this book has a homegrown scrapbook-like quality, its appeal is likely to extend well beyond even Celenza’s large extended family.
Recipes that will give cooks many solid and simple options for creating family-dining traditions.Pub Date: Sept. 30, 2009
ISBN: 978-0-9791-9532-7
Page Count: -
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: May 23, 2010
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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