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the greatest salesman in the world
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LOOK UNDER RELIGION - AWESOME MANDINO
This book has really made a difference
Greatest Salesman

The Greatest Salesman in the World
Og Mandino
Manufacturer: Frederick Fell Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0883910330

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The Greatest Salesman in the World is a tiny book, and it is a treasure. First published in 1968, Og Mandino's classic remains an invaluable guide to a philosophy of salesmanship. Mandino's clear, simple writing style supports his purpose: to make the principles of sales known to a wide audience. A parable set in the time just prior to Christianity, The Greatest Salesman in the World weaves mythology with spirituality into a much needed message of inspiration in this culture of self-promotion. Mandino believes that to be a good salesperson, you must believe in yourself and the work you are doing. It is a simple but profound spiritual philosophy about how to succeed in the world's marketplace, easily understood and easy to take to heart. --Jodie Buller

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This tale, set in biblical times, follows the journey of Hafid, who rises from his position as a lowly camel boy to become the greatest salesman in the world by heeding the wisdom set forth in the Ten Ancient Scrolls of Success. But don't let the title fool you! You can apply the vision of the scrolls to any area of your life, and you will see a positive and remarkable difference.

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the greatest salesman in the world.......2007-05-18

This was truely and excellent book. Most sales people know thebasics, but this book outlines the underlining principles behind the "real profession", this isn't a book for many, only the few who understand it learn from it

Great book.......2007-05-14

This book is a great tale of hope and self esteem. The purchase and quickness of receiving the book was an added benefit.

LOOK UNDER RELIGION - AWESOME MANDINO.......2007-05-13

There are only so superlatives to describe the writings of Og Mandino. I have included 2 quotes below from his books. The first is similar to something I read by W. Clement Stone 35 years ago. Paraphrasing Stone, in every adversity, seek out the positive and focus your mind on that positive rather than the adversity.

I went around for months repeating in my mind, "find the best in every negative". 35 years later, I can say it still works.

Og Mandino quotes:

"Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be seen from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it and prosper."

"Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance."

Incidentally, if you go to Barnes & Noble looking for any of his books, you will find them in the "Religion" section.

This book has really made a difference.......2007-05-07

Everyone should read this book at least once. It will address your most hidden fears and give you a confidence and will power that will change your life. If you believe, that is.

Greatest Salesman.......2007-05-06

This book is unusual. It teaches you about sales in a easy parable format. I recommend it.

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My favorite book as a child.
Nancy Nurse
Nancy Gives Out "Candy" Pills
memories
A CLASSIC - i love it.

Nurse Nancy (Little Golden Book)
Kathryn Jackson
Manufacturer: Golden Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0375832629
Release Date: 2005-05-10

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Many people fondly remember this book. Nancy loves to play Nurse, but her older brothers are always too busy with their big boy games to play with her. One day, when brother Billy falls and hurts himself, Nurse Nancy is at the ready to help him with real plastic bandages! This lively, charming book from the 1950s is still fresh today.

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My favorite book as a child........2007-05-07

I was thrilled when this book came back into print. My sister and I read it everyday. The new book even comes with band-aids, like in the fifties. I sent it to my sister as a get-well gift after a surgery. To this day in my family - when someone is sick or hurt we still say, "Better get Nurse Nancy." A classic.

Nancy Nurse.......2007-01-10

Loved Dr. Dan as a child and purchased it and this one for my granddaughters.

Nancy Gives Out "Candy" Pills.......2006-12-03

This was a gift to my daughter, and she really liked the book. She absorbed the details a little too well. The next time she saw me open the medicine cabinet, she pointed at the top shelf of medicine and said, "Candy! Like Nurse Nancy!" She never thought medicine was candy until this book.

memories.......2005-09-11

I had this book as a child and when I was told by a friend that is was available again, I just had to get it. I remembered every word of the book and was so thrilled to see it still had the little red band aids. It was nice to see something from the past that hadnt changed. I even bought a copy for my friend.

A CLASSIC - i love it........2005-08-31

Its a classic from the 50s. It was my mom favorite, it was my favorite, now my daughters favorite. for the 2 bucks - you cant go wrong.

Classic Teenplots: A Booktalk Guide to Use with Readers Ages 12-18 (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)

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Classic Teenplots: A Booktalk Guide to Use with Readers Ages 12-18 (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)
John T. Gillespie , and Corinne Naden
Manufacturer: Libraries Unlimited
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1591583128

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Everything you need to create compelling booktalks featuring outstanding young adult novels. The authors have chosen 100 classic YA titles published over the past 30 years based on literary merit, continued popularity, and availability (all titles are in print); and have categorized them into broad genres (Teen Life, Adventure, Sports, etc.). For each title, they provide an introduction that gives background information on the book and the author; a list of principal characters; a detailed plot summary; critical comment and notes on suitability; material on key themes and subjects, passages for booktalking; and references to sources of more information on the book and the author. Entries also feature selected titles that link these classics to contemporary titles. Building on previous volumes in the Juniorplots and Seniorplots series, this is an information-packed and lasting guide; it is a must-have for librarians who serve teens. Grades 6-12.

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Don't Let the Title Fool You!

The J. Alfred Prufrock Murders
Corinne Holt Sawyer
Manufacturer: Fawcett
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0449217434
Release Date: 1989-09-30

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Don't Let the Title Fool You!.......2003-06-06

This title was on my list of books to read for a long time before I ever got around to reading it. However, now that I have read it, I am sorry that I waited so long! Don't let the title keep you from reading this book.

The residents of a retirement community (not a nursing home!) have a murderer in their midst. No one really liked "Sweetie" but everyone agrees that there was no reason to kill her! Friends Caledonia and Angela mastermind the search to find the killer, and get themselves into a few precarious situations as a result. This book shows that retirement does not mean "out to pasture" and shows how valuable the elderly are (to those that, unfortunately, need a reminder!).

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Dog chases Duck into the swamp, setting off a very muddy chain of events. Chuck tries to pull Dog out of the muck and also gets stuck. One by one, each character gets stuck while trying to help another. At last, a helicopter rescues them, and Duck flies back to build a nest on the still-stuck truck!

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Great Fun.......2006-05-12

This book has clever rhymes and a cute plot. Sure to appeal to even the most reluctant readers.

Great American Short Stories: From Hawthorne to Hemingway (Barnes & Noble Classics)

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Great American Short Stories: From Hawthorne to Hemingway (Barnes & Noble Classics)
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A beautifully illustrated book for making predictions.

Electra and the Charlotte Russe
Corinne Demas Bliss
Manufacturer: Boyds Mills Press
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 1563974363

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A beautifully illustrated book for making predictions........1999-01-21

i used this story in my 2nd grade classroom for a lesson on predictions. My class was glued for 40 minutes waiting to see if their predictions came true, and to see what would happen to Electra when her mother found out she had eaten all the cream off the pastries meant for her mother's tea party. It's a great story about snowball effect, honesty, and unconditional love.

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Extremely dull.
more than i expected!
An excellent book which captures the hearts of readers.
history comes to life
A 19th century girl embarks on a voyage of discovery.

If Ever I Return Again
Corinne Demas
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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ASIN: 0060287179
Release Date: 2000-05-30

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I could not write for many days. Write! I could not walk or eat or even talk except to moan and wish that I were home or dead or anywhere but here aboard this ship.

Twelve-year-old Celia Snow regrets the day she convinced her parents to allow her to accompany them on her father's whaling expedition in 1856. She thought it would be exciting, exotic, and thoroughly grown-up. Instead, she is terribly seasick and, even worse, homesick. But what's done is done, and Celia knows she cannot expect to see her home on land again for several years.

As the months go by, the excitement of the expedition turns the miserable voyage into a true adventure. On the day Celia sights her first whale and watches the boats row out to the hunt, she realizes that she will see and experience more aboard the Jupiter than most girls will in a lifetime. She will learn to navigate, and she will see the incredible beauty of the Sandwich Islands and feel the biting cold of the Arctic. Best of all, she will fall in love.

While life aboard ship is not easy, Celia learns everything she can about being a captain's daughter. In her heart, though, she still dreams about the day she will return home again. But when disaster strikes, Celia must gather all her courage, strength, and newfound knowledge in one desperate attempt to salvage the expedition and the lives of those she loves.

When we left New Bedford it was cold but clear, a fair wind, Papa said. Mother was in her cabin arranging things, but I wanted to be out on deck. I kept my eye on the sweet shoreline till it disappeared from me, bit by bit, till it was just a line. I held it there in my memory long after it was gone. Papa passed me his spyglass and through it I could see what had been lost before. Sometime in the world maybe there will be a spyglass so strong I could see not just New Bedford, but all the way back home, to you in Eastham, or even as far as our cousins in Salem, and beyond.

Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL)

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Extremely dull........2002-07-17

"If Ever I Return Again" felt like a very incomplete book. All the action was clumped at the end, at the end of a two-year voyage. To make it interesting, Celia should have drawn things on the letters she was sending to her cousin, Abigail - since she said she enjoyed drawing. The crewmembers were underdeveloped - we only heard about Mr. Grimes, Isaac, and Nate in great detail. Surely there must have been other men Celia conversed with on the ship, of interest? The relationship between Celia and her mother was very predictable and the mystery of Celia's father's first wife was not really a mystery. I wish there had been more colorful explanations of the ocean, whales, dolphins, the ship, and hurricane. I do not recommend.

more than i expected!.......2001-03-28

I really liked this book. It was a book you keep yourself hanging on. The only fault that I found with it was that Celia was a little too young to be so romance struck. I expected much less when I began reading. I guess it's one of those books that you are happy read!

An excellent book which captures the hearts of readers........2000-07-18

The letters from Celia to Abigail brought out a clear view ofwhat was going on in Celia's life on the ship. The heart-warmingletters but intense plot kept me reading until the end. At some points, I would imagine myself as Celia, writing letters to my dear cousin Abigail while eagerly waiting to get home. And at other times, I would imagine myself as Abigail, reading them. This is a great book by a great author.

history comes to life.......2000-06-30

Demas does a wonderful job of bringing twelve year old Celia back to life from the 1850's though her letters to her cousin about her trials and adventures on her father's whaling ship. Celia is a lively character, warm and loving but wilful. It is enjoyable to see the details of the whalers' struggles with the elements and their luck in the dangerous pursuit of their livelihood. The surprising conclusion to the book is satisfying.

A 19th century girl embarks on a voyage of discovery........2000-06-26

In 1856, twelve-year-old Celia Snow leaves her little brother and a comfortable life in a small New England seaport village to join her father, a sea captain, and her mother on a whaling voyage that could last up to four or five years. Desperatley lonely on the monotanous journey, with whales few and far between, Celia writes long, detailed letters to her cousin Abigail, back home. She describes the daily routine of life on board a whaling ship, a stay on the beautiful Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii), where her mother's difficult pregnancy leads to the birth of a frail baby girl that does not live long, a whaling venture into the Arctic, a first love, and more, as she matures over two long, difficult years filled with hardship, illness, and even death. This book would most likely appeal to girls ages eleven and up who enjoy other historical stories such as the Dear America books. In addition, for another story about a young girl's experiances on a whaling voyage, take a look at Hurricane: Open Seas, 1844, written by Kathleen Duey and Karen A. Bale.

Daffodils, Or, the Death of Love: Stories (Breakthrough Book, No. 39)

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Daffodils, Or, the Death of Love: Stories (Breakthrough Book, No. 39)
Corinne Demas
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What We Save for Last: Stories
Corinne Demas Bliss
Manufacturer: Milkweed Editions
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