Crenshaw's Books & Decks

This is a perfect audio-book for any person starting zen practice. It lasts about one hour. It gives the listener the basics of zazen regarding basic approach, posture, breathing, bowing and mental attitude and philosophical understanding. The book is very practical but it has many pearls of wisdom that make you understand what zazen is, and how you can apply it to your daily life.

Peter Coyote does a great job a reading the book. I love his voice, intonation, speed, conviction, and the feeling he gives to what he reads.

The short length of the book, about one hour, makes it a perfect tool for spare time listening.

A Classic.

The book is abridged, and it is pity. The hard copy is barely 181 pages, and a longer book would have not bothered anybody. Quite the contrary.

22 Books, 660 Illustrations, Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny and Many More!

What is not to like about this collection? Having Beatrix Potter's 22 books all in one, in electronic format, with the original illustrations is just a treat for any reader, child or adult might be. One of those authors that you want to read to yourself to remember your childhood, or to read to your own children, or anybody else's.

The stories are charming and adorable, but without the illustrations the book would lose a bit of its soul. You will enjoy them if you have a Tablet, Kindle Fire or you read your books in your computer, therefore the illustrations display in its original wonderful colours.

Each story starts with the cover of the original book in it.

To the delight of the reader, the book offers the possibility of downloading a narration of the stories in mp3 audio-book format (thanks to Timeless Reads). What at treat!

Mind

+ If you have a normal Kindle, the images display in black and white, not as neat as the colour ones, but acceptable in neatness and quality image.

+ The downloadable audio-book is compressed in zip format. Therefore, you will need to have a Zip app in your mobile device to extract the files and listen to them.

Price of the book (plus audio-book) not even 4 bucks. Go and grab your copy!

I have the audible version of the book narrated by Chopra himself. It is over 1 hour and really easy to listen anywhere any time, while commuting, doing house chores or just lying on the park. So you will be listening to it quite often, and the "laws" eventually sink in

The book is simply organized and well narrated, right pace, and details these spiritual laws (more principles than anything else):

1/ Law of pure potentiality. 2/ Law of giving and receiving. 3/ Law of Karma 4/ Law of least effort. 5/ Law of intention and desire 6/ Law of Detachment. 7/ Law of Dharma or Life Purpose

I especially liked his definition of the Law of Detachment, which I have found explained too confusedly elsewhere, while Chopra goes right to the point and does so effortlessly. I also loved his definition of Success, and, especially, the conclusion of the book, which is really inspiring and the more spiritual part of it.

I agree with other reviewers on the fact that some of the talking is a bit flashy but too vague, as if Chopra intended this book just for lazy new-agers. Still, the book has many pearls of wisdom and items of advice that are easy to implement in your daily life and to infuse your mind with.

This review is about the audio-book version of First Things First, which is a little over 1 hour long, narrated by the author himself. This is a perfect book to listen while commuting, travelling or just doing your daily chores. Covey's reading is energetic, engaging, well paced and really clear to understand and absorb. This is a perfect companion to the book, but it is an abridged version, so be aware of that.

Despite its age, First Things First Book reminds the reader of important things that will make your work and personal life better and more successful. This success is not based on flashy things but on getting balance in your life. The pillars of Covey's philosophy are the 4 Ls: Living (taking care of your basic needs), Loving (taking care of your human relationships), learning (learning and improving yourself) and legacy (your contribution to Society and our fellow humans). Other Covey's nuggets of wisdom to improve your productivity and performance are:

= Leadership over management

= compass over timing

= Importancy over urgency

= Weekly tasking and planning over daily

= Goal Setting

Virtues that are embedded in this system are:

+ Flexibility

+ Discipline

+ Integrity

+ Meaning seeking

+ Synergy

+ Having a Vision of Future

+ Constant learning, evaluation and readjustments if necessary

What I love about the book is that this is a system to improve your life as a whole, not just your business or work performance. The audio-book goes right to the point. There are some examples taken from real life used to illustrate Covey's points, but these are relevant and not too many or bulky in any way.

I've listened to Dream Gates in Audible format as the book is not available in Kindle format and I rarely buy hard copy books or CD books.

This review is for the audible version of the book.