Gary Dale Cearley
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World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories Reviewed By Gary Dale Cearley Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published June 21, 2009
- Business
Author: David Meerman Scott ISBN-10: 0470395001:
I have been an avid reader of David Meerman Scott’s blog for some time. I even have an Outlook task set so that I can remember to have my once a week look. As such, you won’t be that surprised that I would be a fan of his latest book, World Wide Rave: Creating Triggers that Get Millions of People to Spread Your Ideas and Share Your Stories. For all of us who look to promote ourselves on the web better, and that should be everyone who isn’t driving an ice cream truck – and some of these guys could use an idea or two – this book is an excellent starting place. Get your education here!
Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative-Thinking Techniques Reviewed By Gary Dale Cearley Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published June 21, 2009
- Self Help
Author: Michael Michalko
ISBN-10: 1580087736: ISBN-13: 978-1580087735
The Bridge Reviewed by Gary Dale Cearley Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published June 21, 2009
- General Non-Fiction
Author: David Hillstrom
ISBN-10: 141969863X: ISBN-13: 978-1419698637
I felt that David Hillstrom’s The Bridge read like an inverted pyramid. It starts out easy to follow and agree with then once it hits his valley it becomes a much steeper uphill climb, or at least it did for me.
Health2O: Tap into the Healing Powers of Water to Fight Disease, Look Younger, and Feel Your Best Reviewed By Gary Dale Cearley Of Bookpleasures.com
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published June 21, 2009
- Health & Fitness
Authors: Alexa Fleckenstein and
Roanne Weisman
ISBN: 10: 0071474994: ISBN:13: 978-0071474993
I was at first fooled by the title of this book. I thought that Dr. Alexa Fleckenstein would be touting the drinking of water, its consumption, as a therapy, much the same as the well known Iranian doctor, Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj. But any mistake on this was purely my own! While Dr. Batmanghelidj recommends drinking lots of water, Dr. Fleckenstein recommends bathing in it!
Review: I See Your Name Everywhere: Leverage the Power of the Media to Grow Your Fame, Wealth and Success
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 4, 2009
- Business
Authors: Pam Lontos & Andrea Brunais
ISBN-10: 1600374808
ISBN-13: 978-1600374807
Getting in the news? That isn’t in and of itself a problem. I See Your Name Everywhere: Leverage the Power of the Media to Grow Your Fame, Wealth and Success by Pam Lontos and Andrea Brunais can go a long way to getting you there. These two authors prove that they are very well versed industry professionals who take us by the hands and show us how to get in print.
Review: Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-help Gurus
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 4, 2009
- GENERAL NON-FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Paul Damien
ISBN-10: 1934454141
ISBN-13: 978-1934454145
I found myself at a quandary when reading Paul Damien’s Help!: Debunking the Outrageous Claims of Self-help Gurus. First of all, I wanted to be totally open to what Paul Damien had to say. I have read numerous books on The Secret and the Law of Attraction in the past few years and let me say beforehand that I have read books from the “gurus” and from those who took looks into the industry, movement, or whatever other label might fit it. And I must say that although Paul Damien’s book might not have been the first to lambaste these gurus, it was the first book that I had the opportunity to read through and through.
Review: Desire and Deceit: The Real Cost of the New Sexual Tolerance
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 4, 2009
- General Non-Fiction
Author: R. Albert Mohler Jr.
ISBN-10: 1601420803
ISBN-13: 978-1601420800
Contrary to what one might think from reading the cover of the
book, it would be wrong to say that R. Albert Mohler Jr.’s
book, Desire and Deceit: The Real Cost of the New Sexual
Tolerance, is a “right jab” from the evangelical side of the
political spectrum. It would also be wrong to categorize Mohler as
preaching to the choir, which he actually is but that isn’t the
whole story either. Albert Mohler’s book is much more of an
exercise in educating the religious right so that they will have
their own ammunition to fight moral sexual degradation. It is an
educational lecture and a pep talk, if you will.
Review: Selling to Zebras: How to Close 90% of the Business You Pursue Faster, More Easily, and More Profitably
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 3, 2009
- Business
Authors: Jeff Koser & Chad Koser
ISBN-10: 1929774575
ISBN-13: 978-1929774579
Review: Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Begin
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 3, 2009
- Self Help & How To's
Authors: Ronald M. Shapiro with Gregory Jordan
ISBN-10: 0307451801
ISBN-13: 978-0307451804
In his book Dare to Prepare: How to Win Before You Begin Ronald Shapiro gives us the secret, the open secret, to success… You have to do some work for it!
Review: Stories of a Recovering Fundamentalist: Understanding and Responding to Christian Absolutism
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published March 3, 2009
- Religion and Spirituality
Author: James C. Alexander
ISBN-10: 1434381323
ISBN-13: 978-1434381323
Review: The 9/11 Verses: Terrorist Teachings in the Koran
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 26, 2009
- Religion and Spirituality
Author: Karl Trautwein
ISBN-10: 0982027303
ISBN-13: 978-0982027301
There will be readers who see that the author has juxtaposed contrary verses from the Christian New Testament and this will take a bit away from Trautwein’s argument. But actually I don’t believe that the Christian verses are meant to do anything but to underline the starkness of the Quranic verses. The Islamic writings are clear enough on the subject. Do we accept the truth or do we hide our heads in the sand like an ostrich? This is the question Karl Trautwein forces you to confront.
Review: Twitter means Business: How Microblogging can Help or Hurt your Company
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 26, 2009
- Business
Author: Julio Ojeda-Zapata
ISBN-10: 1600051189
ISBN-13: 978-1600051180
For anyone who twitters, Julio Ojeda-Zapata’s book, Twitter means Business: How Microblogging can Help or Hurt your Company, is for you. For anyone who doesn’t yet twitter, this book would be damned good for you.
Review: Steeler Nation: A Pittsburgh Team, an American Phenomenon
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 26, 2009
- General Non-Fiction
Author: Jim Wexell
ISBN-10: 0982022506
ISBN-13: 978-0982022504
What do you get when a die hard Steeler fan, who also happens to
be a well known sports writer, takes off around the United States
looking for anything and everything Steeler? I bet you can guess –
it is a book about the Pittsburgh Steers!
Review: The Making of The Lords of Flatbush
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 16, 2009
- General Non-Fiction
Author: Stephen Verona
ISBN-10: 0977913155: ISBN-13: 978-0977913152
Now here is a book that is for anyone who wants to
know what happens with great dreams.
Review: I'm on LinkedIn, Now What??? A Guide to Getting the Most Out of LinkedIn
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 16, 2009
- Business
Author: Jason Alba
ISBN: 10: 1600050697 ISBN: 13: 978-1600050695
This book is a little treasure for anyone who is interested in using LinkedIn but it is also a bonus for those of us already familiar with LinkedIn but could always go a bit further.
Review: Picking Yourself Up and Starting All Over Again
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 15, 2009
- Self Help
Author: Paul B. Beckwith
ISBN: 10: 1844016269 ISBN:13: 978-1844016266
Do you operate on a budget? And if so do you keep within the budget? Do you find yourself scrambling to figure out where your salary has gone after only a short week or two into the month? Maybe this book is for you…
Review: Walking on Ice: An American Businessman in Russia
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 15, 2009
- Business
Author: Frederick R. Andresen
ISBN: 10: 1432713523: ISBN: 13: 978-1432713522
After I finished this book I went out to the video store and bought Dr. Zhivago… I watched it that very night.
Review: Who's Afraid of Red: A Story Cycle in Three Parts
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published January 14, 2009
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Alessandra Gelmi
ISBN-10: 1424148669
ISBN-13: 978-1424148660
Alessandra Gelmi’s Who’s Afraid of Red is a good read but it is definitely a difficult book to pigeonhole. The main reason is because its three sections are almost different genres.
Review: Talk Like a Winner: 21 Simple Rules for Achieving Everyday Communication Success
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 28, 2008
- Self Help & How To's
Author: Steve Nakamoto
ISBN-10: 0967089352
ISBN-13: 978-0967089355
Too shy to strike up a conversation? Can get one started but cannot keep it going? Or is it that you are often putting your foot in your mouth?
Review: Positive Directions: Shifting Polarities to Escape Stress and Increase Happiness
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 28, 2008
- Self Help
Author: John Ryder
ISBN-10: 160037364X
ISBN-13: 978-1600373640
I came to this book with the question in mind “Can anyone be happy all of the time?” Of course not, but Dr. John Ryder’s book Positive Directions: Shifting Polarities to Escape Stress and Increase Happiness aims to show us how we can have more control over how we see the world, related to other people and manage our stress in our daily lives.
Review: The Third Basic Instinct: How Religion Doesn't Get You
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 26, 2008
- Religion and Spirituality
Author: Alex S. Key
ISBN-10: 1419654748
ISBN-13: 978-1419654749
I had an affinity with this book. Alex Key has done his homework. His book, The Third Basic Instinct: How Religion Doesn’t Get You has a very powerful message delivered in a very straightforward way, citing examples from history, philosophy, popular culture and direct sources from the Bible, Quran, etc. I found the book fascinating in that the author tackled religious farce on so many different levels but always starting from a basic point: Our third basic instinct.
Review: Dynamite Fiend: The Chilling Tale of a Confederate Spy, Con Artist, and Mass Murderer
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 26, 2008
- History
Author: Ann Larabee
ISBN-10: 1403967946
ISBN-13: 978-1403967947
Before getting into the review of this book I would like to say that is was one of the best historical non-fiction books that I have read in years. The story is about a Canadian civil war blockade runner and con man, Alexander “Sandy” Keith, and the evil that his sociopathic, self serving ways brought to this world. In one of those events that “rocked the world” then settled into the annals of history, the
Review: Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 26, 2008
- Self Help & How To's
Author: Jan Yager
ISBN-10: 140274837X
ISBN-13: 978-1402748370
I learned a new word! Distractionistis…
(Or is it a new disease?)
In Work Less, Do More: The 14-Day Productivity Makeover, Dr. Jan Yager has put together a program that, if strictly followed, will allow the reader to get into the groove of getting out of having a cluttered life. When I first got hold of Jan Yager’s book the thought that was on my mind was “Now this is something that I will be able to use for my work – it is something that I badly need…” After reading the book though it is clear to see that stretching your time and not getting things done is holistic. You cannot simply work on this at the office and expect to have more time. Habits have to be developed, goals have to be set, plans have to be made and prioritization (sometimes radical prioritization) has to take place.
Review: Starting a Collection Agency, How to Make Money Collecting Money
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 21, 2008
- Business
Author: Michelle Dunn
ISBN-10: 0970664567
ISBN-13: 978-0970664563
Michelle Dunn is a real pro when it comes to collections. How do I know? Because I could see her bio on the book? No. Because Michelle has put together a very solid work on how to start and run your own money collection agency.
Review: Big Ticket eCommerce: How to Sell High-Priced Products and Services Using the Internet
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 20, 2008
- Business
Author: Bob Regnerus
ISBN-10: 0976462494
ISBN-13: 978-0976462491
As a relative beginner in e-commerce I was pleasantly surprised at how easy of a read Bob Regnerus’s book Big Ticket eCommerce: How to Sell High-Priced Products and Services Using the Internet was. The author’s overall take on things was pretty well scientific through processes that he and his team uncovered and discovered through years of trial and error. Bob shows us that there is much more to the game than search engine optimization and “getting hits”. You have to get leads and keep on them.
Review: Great Peacemakers: True Stories From Around the World
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 19, 2008
- General Non-Fiction
Authors: Ken Beller and Heather Chase
ISBN-10: 142432355X
ISBN-13: 978-1424323555
This book was well written by a husband and wife team, Ken Beller and Heather Chase, and it briefly covers the lives of many well known and some not so well known peace makers who hail from many different backgrounds and have blessed the world with many different contributions. Great Peacemakers undertook to give an overview of the life histories of these heroes and explain what made these people take up their humanitarian crosses. It also shared with the reader the contributions that these people have made to the world, how we are in their debt and why we should hold these people in high esteem.
Review: Don't Tell Me It Can't Be Done
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 19, 2008
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Ray Hickey
ISBN-10: 0615194834
ISBN-13: 978-0615194837
I was very impressed with the candor and honesty with which Ray Hickey told the story of his life in this book. I have seen men like him on almost every job that I have held in my life: Good men who are honest and have a strong work ethic. But you don’t see so many who have gone to the heights that this man has.
Review: Constitution Translated for Kids
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 19, 2008
- Politics
Author: Cathy Travis
ISBN-10: 0981453422
ISBN-13: 978-0981453422
Actually, I think this book isn’t for only kids. Every American citizen should have a copy of it. We have forgotten what this document says and what it means to each and every one of us. My hat is off to Cathy Travis for undertaking this work so that the young ones in the United States would have a guide to the most important document in our government, the basic law of our land.
Review: A Courtroom Massacre
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 19, 2008
- Crime & Mystery
Author: Mark Porto
ISBN-10: 1411662318
ISBN-13: 978-1411662315
Johnny Bellow, the protagonist, is a take it or leave it type person who is an unlikely hero. A Naval reservist who, defending his parents and their property, kills four “teenaged punks” who had formed a gang and were terrorizing Bellow’s hometown of Black Water, New York. Johnny killed the gang members while they were in the process of robbing his parents’ store and unlucky customers who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.Review: Unemployed? No Problem!
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 13, 2008
- Self Help
Author: Allen L. Giertz
ISBN-10: 1589398351
ISBN-13: 978-1589398351
Review: Abramo’s Gift
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 13, 2008
- GENERAL FICTION REVIEWS
Author: Donald Greco
ISBN-10: 193445429X
ISBN-13: 978-19344542
Review: The Next Falling Empire
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 13, 2008
- Politics
Author: Marc Boyajian
ISBN-10: 1432728016
ISBN-13: 978-1432728014
Review: 1,000 Dollars and an Idea: Entrepreneur to Billionaire
- By Gary Dale Cearley
- Published December 13, 2008
- Biographies & Memoirs
Author: Sam Wyly
ISBN-10: 1557048037
ISBN-13: 978-1557048035