A New Birth of Freedom - The Visitor - Author - Robert G. Pielke

To have met Abraham Lincoln would have been, no doubt, a memorable experience for anyone. But if someone was to say to you, “I’ll be meeting Lincoln in 14 years from now,” it would be absurd, right? What if that person convinces you of the meeting, scheduled in the future yet involving a person of the past, is a reality and every word true? You would come to the conclusion the person must possess some form of time traveling capability. Hence “time traveling” becomes your conclusion, your belief, and of your own free will in choosing this only possible logical explanation. (That person never said he is a time traveler, did he?) This is the skillful bases of an unforgettable story, “A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor,” by the exquisitely talented author Robert G. Pielke.

Dr. Pielke loves history as revealed by his credentials studying the past. Furthermore, residing in the heart of Civil War battlegrounds, he accumulated a wealth of minutia about the history of the Union and Confederacy. His “Systematic” studies in Christianity can be superimposed onto other systems, such as war, plus his Ph.D. in Social Ethics states volumes of his understanding of people’s values and behavior. Add his love of science fiction, and you have a brilliant, out-of-the-box thinker, an author of immense capability to write penetrating thoughts, original and novel by all accounts.

The story begins with a train ride, when a passenger engages a conversation with a back-woods country lawyer, a politician a bit in debt, a humble man with a mind sharp and discerning. The man is Abe Lincoln. I have found this “lead” as one of the finest works of literary foreshadowing into a storyline of a creative journey of epic proportions. His writing is a flavorful mix of Rod Serling with Frank Herbert, a bit of H. G. Wells and a touch of Gene Roddenberry, plus some Carl Sagan, yet all uniquely Robert G. Pielke. The Visitor creates a showcase in which Pielke ostentatiously demonstrates his knowledge of the events and history circa 1863 and creates a “period piece of many eras” all at once. Meaning the past, the present and the future; combining the “three time frames’” into what can be described as a “Present situation of past events that occur in the future.”

All of this food for thought is topped with “Save the Earth” desperation – and I don’t mean anything Al Gore might preach to audiences, but wish to avoid telling in this review as not to distract from the surprise foundation of the multi-dimensional sub-plot. A book for historians, sci-fi enthusiasts, adventure story fans and people of all ages, “A New Birth of Freedom: The Visitor” will resonate in your thoughts long after the book is finished and you think to yourself, “Wow.”

A New Birth of Freedom - The Visitor - Author - Robert G. Pielke

Bluest Eye - An Awesome Story With Embedded Reality

This is an excellent novel to read by Toni Morrison. I had the opportunity to use this novel for a class in African-American Literature. The characters are easily traced and understood. The symbols used in the book to portray actually realities of life were just striking. The development of the plot intriguing, flow of the storyline very captivating and intoxicating. Having read this novel several times, I have found it to be a dynamic story of reality based on fictional characters.

The story in this novel of the Breedlove family in just simply amazing! Ironically, it is one without love, even though by virtue of the family’s name one would assume love is involved. The only thing one finds there is no love.

The moral of this novel brings several themes to light: First, that life is a struggle especially when one tries to maintain a quality of life in an environment that is hostile to his or her welfare. Secondly, it shows what happens to a female who lives in a family without love, while she is thirsty for love, and would love to be loved by others. Next, it shows how racial prejudice and self hatred affects a family and a person’s self image.

This excellent novel brings one to realize how the lack of opportunity, lack of intrinsic motivation, and feeling of inferiority affects a person’s life, thus stunning the growth of the person. Toni Morrison brings these concepts of reality to life in a very interesting way in this novel.

One must read this book to appreciate the story, images, conflicts, plot, and resolution. This is truly a classic example of life’s situation one must avoid; however, others are unfortunately experiencing these conditions across the world as we speak.

More about Toni Morrison at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-bio.html

Submitted by “Epulaeryu Master.”

Bluest Eye - An Awesome Story With Embedded Reality

Bluest Eye - An Awesome Story With Embedded Reality

This is an excellent novel to read by Toni Morrison. I had the opportunity to use this novel for a class in African-American Literature. The characters are easily traced and understood. The symbols used in the book to portray actually realities of life were just striking. The development of the plot intriguing, flow of the storyline very captivating and intoxicating. Having read this novel several times, I have found it to be a dynamic story of reality based on fictional characters.

The story in this novel of the Breedlove family in just simply amazing! Ironically, it is one without love, even though by virtue of the family’s name one would assume love is involved. The only thing one finds there is no love.

The moral of this novel brings several themes to light: First, that life is a struggle especially when one tries to maintain a quality of life in an environment that is hostile to his or her welfare. Secondly, it shows what happens to a female who lives in a family without love, while she is thirsty for love, and would love to be loved by others. Next, it shows how racial prejudice and self hatred affects a family and a person’s self image.

This excellent novel brings one to realize how the lack of opportunity, lack of intrinsic motivation, and feeling of inferiority affects a person’s life, thus stunning the growth of the person. Toni Morrison brings these concepts of reality to life in a very interesting way in this novel.

One must read this book to appreciate the story, images, conflicts, plot, and resolution. This is truly a classic example of life’s situation one must avoid; however, others are unfortunately experiencing these conditions across the world as we speak.

More about Toni Morrison at: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-bio.html

Submitted by “Epulaeryu Master.”

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This is an excellent novel to read by Toni Morrison. I had the opportunity to use this novel for a class in African-American Literature. The characters are easily traced and understood. The symbols used in the book to portray actually realities of life were just striking. The development of the plot intriguing, flow of the storyline very captivating and intoxicating. Having read this novel several times, I have found it to be a dynamic story of reality based on fictional characters.

The story in this novel of the Breedlove family in just simply amazing! Ironically, it is one without love, even though by virtue of the family’s name one would assume love is involved. The only thing one finds there is no love.

The moral of this novel brings several themes to light: First, that life is a struggle especially when one tries to maintain a quality of life in an environment that is hostile to his or her welfare. Secondly, it shows what happens to a female who lives in a family without love, while she is thirsty for love, and would love to be loved by others. Next, it shows how racial prejudice and self hatred affects a family and a person’s self image.

This excellent novel brings one to realize how the lack of opportunity, lack of intrinsic motivation, and feeling of inferiority affects a person’s life, thus stunning the growth of the person. Toni Morrison brings these concepts of reality to life in a very interesting way in this novel.

One must read this book to appreciate the story, images, conflicts, plot, and resolution. This is truly a classic example of life’s situation one must avoid; however, others are unfortunately experiencing these conditions across the world as we speak.

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Bluest Eye - An Awesome Story With Embedded Reality

Bluest Eye - An Awesome Story With Embedded Reality

This is an excellent novel to read by Toni Morrison. I had the opportunity to use this novel for a class in African-American Literature. The characters are easily traced and understood. The symbols used in the book to portray actually realities of life were just striking. The development of the plot intriguing, flow of the storyline very captivating and intoxicating. Having read this novel several times, I have found it to be a dynamic story of reality based on fictional characters.

The story in this novel of the Breedlove family in just simply amazing! Ironically, it is one without love, even though by virtue of the family’s name one would assume love is involved. The only thing one finds there is no love.

The moral of this novel brings several themes to light: First, that life is a struggle especially when one tries to maintain a quality of life in an environment that is hostile to his or her welfare. Secondly, it shows what happens to a female who lives in a family without love, while she is thirsty for love, and would love to be loved by others. Next, it shows how racial prejudice and self hatred affects a family and a person’s self image.

This excellent novel brings one to realize how the lack of opportunity, lack of intrinsic motivation, and feeling of inferiority affects a person’s life, thus stunning the growth of the person. Toni Morrison brings these concepts of reality to life in a very interesting way in this novel.

One must read this book to appreciate the story, images, conflicts, plot, and resolution. This is truly a classic example of life’s situation one must avoid; however, others are unfortunately experiencing these conditions across the world as we speak.

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Submitted by “Epulaeryu Master.”

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Review of BE - DO - HAVE From Robert Kiyosaki and the Cashflow Quadrant

Today as I was selecting a book to read or reference in my personal development time I was drawn to a chapter from The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki dealing with the question of, how do I get rich? As with so many teachings in goal setting, success or achievement the mindset or way of thinking seems to be the Achilles heel for the majority of people. Nearly everyone wants to create a ‘to do list’ that will allow them to get to their goal or their have and that’s where the disconnect happens.

Let’s look at an example of the golfer mentioned in the book. A lousy golfer chooses what he thinks he has to ‘do’…buying a new set of clubs vs. who he needs to ‘be’…learning the mindset and beliefs of a professional golfer in order to fix his game. You know the results on this one…a lousy golfer with fancy clubs, right? In a financial/business perspective this is the same thinking that keeps the poor and middle class stuck. They think by having the luxuries that make them look rich will make them rich hence the term ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’…obviously a broken model looking at the world today.

A while back I realized that I was of similar mindset to the majority and not the rich minority. I followed what my environment portrayed not realizing the limited and less fruitful outlook I had coming in the future. The great thing is each person can choose to change their situation and ways of operation to a BE – DO – HAVE formula. I reached my saturation point and began to seek personal development and a position in the “B” quadrant not long ago through an online home business. I can’t tell you the difference it made.

So, I wanted to give others a wakeup call, if the economy hasn’t already done that for you, to get on the correct path to living a wealthy life. The formula is a simple one, yet it takes discipline. I found that becoming a part of a community of entrepreneurs that share and follow the BE – DO – HAVE formula makes a huge difference in the level of success you can achieve. If you’re ready to start becoming one of the wealthy using the internet for a current or new business contact me and I’ll fill you in on who you need to BE – DO – HAVE.

Review of BE - DO - HAVE From Robert Kiyosaki and the Cashflow Quadrant

Review of BE - DO - HAVE From Robert Kiyosaki and the Cashflow Quadrant

Today as I was selecting a book to read or reference in my personal development time I was drawn to a chapter from The Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki dealing with the question of, how do I get rich? As with so many teachings in goal setting, success or achievement the mindset or way of thinking seems to be the Achilles heel for the majority of people. Nearly everyone wants to create a ‘to do list’ that will allow them to get to their goal or their have and that’s where the disconnect happens.

Let’s look at an example of the golfer mentioned in the book. A lousy golfer chooses what he thinks he has to ‘do’…buying a new set of clubs vs. who he needs to ‘be’…learning the mindset and beliefs of a professional golfer in order to fix his game. You know the results on this one…a lousy golfer with fancy clubs, right? In a financial/business perspective this is the same thinking that keeps the poor and middle class stuck. They think by having the luxuries that make them look rich will make them rich hence the term ‘Keeping up with the Joneses’…obviously a broken model looking at the world today.

A while back I realized that I was of similar mindset to the majority and not the rich minority. I followed what my environment portrayed not realizing the limited and less fruitful outlook I had coming in the future. The great thing is each person can choose to change their situation and ways of operation to a BE – DO – HAVE formula. I reached my saturation point and began to seek personal development and a position in the “B” quadrant not long ago through an online home business. I can’t tell you the difference it made.

So, I wanted to give others a wakeup call, if the economy hasn’t already done that for you, to get on the correct path to living a wealthy life. The formula is a simple one, yet it takes discipline. I found that becoming a part of a community of entrepreneurs that share and follow the BE – DO – HAVE formula makes a huge difference in the level of success you can achieve. If you’re ready to start becoming one of the wealthy using the internet for a current or new business contact me and I’ll fill you in on who you need to BE – DO – HAVE.

Review of BE - DO - HAVE From Robert Kiyosaki and the Cashflow Quadrant