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Really good teachings

Review from The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching →

Great teachings within the book, but it felt like there were a lot of terms that I didn’t understand. This feels like a book for advanced Buddhists who have prior knowledge and experience with Buddhism. Not taking away the quality within the teachings though, this book is amazing and highly recommend it.

An Interesting subject sabotaged by the author

Review from In Sickness and in Health →

This book has potential. The reader is introduced to several ‘interabled’ couples who share the story of their relationship and discuss both the ordinary and peculiar challenges and joys of their unusual partnerships. Before listening to this book, I found the idea of a romantic partnership between a caretaker and care recipient unappealing and incomprehensible..

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EXELLENT

Review from The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching →

This is another excellent book by Thich Nhat Hanh. It definitely requires repeat listening. I bought the book in print also. So much wisdom and peace in the Buddha’s teachings. The narrator mr. Rene Ruiz is just right. My thanks to all involved for making this wonderful book available to us, JK

If you need inspiration and clear view

Review from Getting There: A Book of Mentors →

When I used to read articles about great businesses, world-shaping inventions, tremendous achievements, and so forth, I would picture super-successful lucky people who were born with magnificent wealth, supportive families, myriads of connections, and a guarantee of admission to an Ivy League college. I always wondered about the early vision and mission of those lucky,..

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Glad it was free

Review from Forever for a Year →

This book is definitely NOT what I was thinking it was. It was a lot of nonsense with music playing in the background, which I didn’t really get. The love story — if that’s what you’d call it — is a whole lot of “I love you”s without any kind of substance. On the other..

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Not the Best

Review from Hawke’s War →

Reader is monotone and disappointing. The writing isn’t much better. It is one of the few books where I am rooting for the main character to die quickly and excruciatingly.

Interesting

Review from Mine! →

Interesting and educational. I was skeptical, but it is an interesting evaluation of social norms mixed with laws and other things you just don’t come across daily