Introducing the Master
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The Doctor is horrified by two things: firstly, that a Nestene energy unit was loaned to the National Science Museum has been stolen, and that his new assistant lacks any scientific background.  He takes up both issues with the Brigadier.
As if the threat of the return of the Autons is not enough, the Doctor is warned by the Time Lords that they are in league with another renegade Time Lord, the Master...
Doctor Who's eighth season  introduced a new opponent: the Master, another Time Lord, who featured in every story of the season and has been a regular ever since.  The first story also introduced a new companion for the Doctor, Jo Grant, fleshed out the ranks of UNIT with the addition of Captain Mike Yates, and saw the return of the Autons from the previous season.
The story works better as a TV serial than a novel, but it is still a good adaptation by Terrance Dicks.  The illustrations aren't too good, with limited resemblance to the regulars and the other characters looking nothing like the actors who played them on TV.
(For those who want to know more about the Master: try to get a copy of 'The Dark Path', which was written to reveal what it was that made an old friend of the Doctor become so evil.)
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Loved this book.  Each chapter caught up with a different couple from the Masters.. series. Each story mentioned food so there were corresponding recipes at the start of each chapter. I definately plan to try some of the recipes.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the wisdom it imparts. Another classic from the master!
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What a treat!  This should have been collected years ago.  The master is at his peak, and these gentlemen have captured the essence of his talent.  Also, the cover is fantastic!  The picture here does not do it justice.
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So first off, let me start with a disclaimer.  I am a student of Sifu Hayward's, and a huge fan of Master Liang.  That being said, this book is an important step forward in the field of Martial Arts literature.  While some books have recounted the biographies of influential Masters, this book captures the very essence of Master Liang's teachings, as told from the perspective of several students.  This book also serves as a touching tribute to a master whose life spanned more than a century.  This book is a "must have" for any student of T'ai Chi, regardless of style.
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Absolutely Excellent.  The moniker of Master  has been granted too freely of late.  But this piece, not even the greatest of his works, surely shows the title is fitting and deserved.  Well Done!
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Classic stories from one of the masters. This is a small but well-chosen sample of Poe's work.
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I was Grandmaster Wong's student in the seventies, and am still studying.  He is undoubtedly the purest exponent of the Southern Shao-Lin art of Choi Li Fut.  I am glad to have made Kung Fu part of my life.  I know of no higher authority.  If one wishes to incorporate this practice into their lives, this is a perfect place to start.
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Great lessons from a great master. Dale Carnegie is a master of life changing advice. This book takes some of his best teachings and summaries them into a quick, easy to digest format. I am looking forward to reading more in this series.
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Joshu is a wiseass. He's fun to read.

Pick it up for fun and study. Maybe you'll find the key to the Gateless Gate within ;).
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Emanuel Pontoriero, or Manny as he is called by his students, is a great teacher. This is the first of 3 DVD sets that approach the teaching of composition,lighting and camera craft in a straight forward and overall comprehensive way. In this first set, "Jump Start Your Photography," Manny introduces the viewer to the basic the rules of Composition and lighting in his easy to understand manner that allows the beginner to start using these techniques immediately. Manny makes it clear that after each disc, the viewer should put the material to immediate use by going out and practicing with his/her camera to reinforce the teaching. In his later sets: The Skilled Photographer and the Ultimate Photographer, he layers on more complex material but always, as a master teacher should, circling back  to earlier, more basic rules from both photography and classical art.

The presentation is clear,logical and quite comprehensive -- it's almost like being in a studio and out in the field with a master photographer. Every time I view these 3 sets (and I am on my 3rd time now), I can't help thinking how lucky I was to decide to invest in them. I have begun to see things differently - photographically - and I am sure my photos have improved because of it. This has led me to buy his Portrait DVD as well as his 2 DVDs set on Landscape Photography. They are also as interesting, informative and enjoyable as the earlier ones.

Get the first set and I guarantee that you will buy them all. Do yourself a favor.
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An interesting introduction to Copernicus and his work, including a play that covers the time when Rheticus was staying with him and helping him prepare "On the Revolutions" for publication.
  This is not a long book, but I found it enjoyable.  I've read about Copernicus many times and in many books, the first, (and still a very good one) being Koestler's 1959 "The Sleepwalkers", which is still in print.  This work is much shorter, but Ms, Sobel goes after her subject in a different way with her use of fiction.  As usually happens, I quickly got caught up in the Copernicus story here.
  And, as is usually true with this episode in scientific history, she doesn't stop with Copernicus but goes on to include chapters on Tycho Brahe and Galileo, and that's how it should be.  What Copernicus did, after all, was only the first act of a play that didn't see its end until the time and work of Isaac Newton.
  For those to whom all of this is new, if it whets your appetite for more, there are many more books available -- the author includes a generous bibliography at the back.  There has been a lot of research done on all of the major players in the history of Copernicanism; the story beginning with the ancient Greeks and continuing long after Copernicus.
  Some of the books cover the entire story -- "The Sleepwalkers" being a good example of that.  This one is a nice introduction to Copernicus' role in that long and complex story.
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THE  INSTRUMENT IS PLAYED BY THE MASTER! IT IS SO SOOTHING BUT A VERY COMPLEX SOUND.
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The author chooses to fifty-seven composers of called classical music and revies their most representative works. It gives us a short history of these works. Later teaches us to listen, the things we must consider and that we should appreciate. It's like a master at home. Very good. That's it.
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Looking forward to studying my copy of Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Masters. What a fabulous collection of talented artists in one book. My art book collection will be greatly enhanced with this addition.
This book offers a look inside the works and minds of leading artists in a way that you feel like you have known them at some time.
Inspirational, inventive and exciting. And art.
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It has a useful introduction to the history and philosophy of Tai Chi, chapters dedicated to the explanation and understanding of the concepts of Qi and Jing, 3 famous treatises on Tai Chi translated very well into legible and understandable English, and a very thorough explanation of the 37-Form Meditative Movement set, with illustrations.
As a beginner in the world of Wushu and Tai Chi, I've found this to be a great companion to my regular classes, providing me with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the practice. I'm sure I will be reading and re-reading the treatises and the Qi and Jing chapters often. They seem outlandish and hard to believe at first, but take it with an open mind and a metaphorical/philosophical outlook and you will find wisdom. Since I am just beginning to learn the Yang-style 24-Form in class, the longer 37-Form set in this book, which is derived from both Yang and Chen styles, is something I have to look forward to, and to work towards. If you're interested in more than just exercise from your Tai Chi practice, definitely consider this book.
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Memoirs of a Master is a collection of 20 short stories, written by Geoffrey and Linda Hoppe, companions and channelers of Adamus Saint-Germain who now comes to us from angelic realms. This book, filled with warm humour, compassion and wisdom, is written from the viewpoint of Master Adamus who gently guides his students through many roadblocks and obstacles to Realization or Enlightenment.

Memoirs of a Master is dedicated to the Master and student within each of us. The Master is our wise inner voice, always present and compassionate, already within although often unheard. The student is the eager learner, the doubtful human, and ultimately, the Master and the student are the same, in this book as in life.

The outer context of the stories is often the ancient mystery school where the Master is teacher and student apprentice. This appeals for sure to many of those who feel drawn to mystery schools. Master and student meet and discuss many issues humans tend to have on their journey to mastery: abundance and lack of it; physical illness, mental chaos, confusion, hopelessness; stuck energies and limited vision; threatening life situations; temptations to take fast-track shortcuts; victim games; multidimensional realities; lies that people tell themselves, and much more.

These stories guide us to integrate our divinity with our humanness. Many metaphors help us form a new perspective on our life and problems. By presenting advice in story form there is no pressure to accept it but the reader is free to decide whether to change her consciousness based on this new perspective. Should she feel that the story is not relevant, nothing is lost, and she might find out the new meaning at a later date.

I truly loved metaphors in this book. One of them is The Mothership, representing the soul being, inspired by our intergalactic origins. Imagine a big Mothership, hovering above your reality, and it sent down all the little pod spaceships... suddenly, the Mothership realizes its time to landIts time to come home. And the funny thing is that YOU, in this lifetime  this little space pod that is energetically the closest, the most bonded with the Mothership  is the first to return. And then its you who take the lead. Another example of the many beautiful metaphors is the fire breathing dragon that once tormented you day and night but now sleeps peacefully beside the fireplace.

The park bench, pictured on the cover and at the end of every chapter, felt like a very appropriate place for the Masters and students meeting. For the Master, it had become the timeless place where aspects of his past and future lifetimes would come for counsel. Sitting there with the Master, the reader easily learns the core content of aspects. On the bench the Master shares his wisdom, the student shares her issues, and both share their human experiences. It was on the park bench where the Master had his profound Realization, awareness of his awareness that came to him like a breath, easy and graceful, when he was simply present and allowing.

In this book many of Adamus Saint-Germains teachings are presented in summarised form. For anyone who is already familiar with them, the book serves as a valuable reminder of his core teachings, and for anyone who does not know them yet, the book might serve as a doorway to totally new worlds. If you open up and allow! But how to get out of all human limitations? Youd better read the book.