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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2012
Category: Book
Author: Nick Owen
Publisher: Crown House Publishing
Studio: Crown House Publishing
Manufacturer: Crown House Publishing
Label: Crown House Publishing
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1899836705
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9781899836703
ASIN: 1899836705
Publication Date: January 8, 2001
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for anyone who enjoys reading really October 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An awesome book to read. Depending on the mood you are in, it can b an easy read or you could roam into serious thinking. It's a joy to read this book. Some stories are more interesting but that's just my view. The stories can be applied into various situations too- to entertain, to present a point, to grab attention or something to talk about during lunchtime. Highly recommended book for everyone who enjoys reading and those who wants an easy read on NLP.
77 Stories for all . January 7, 2005
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
Why should Teachers, Trainers and Thinkers have all the fun?
I purchased this book having attended and been stimulated by one of the author's "Communicating with Influence" courses.
The course very quickly swept away my preconceptions and the book did likewise. Instead of studiously wiling away the daily commute for a couple of days I actually found myself spending a significant majority of the time reflecting on the stories, their meanings for me and their subsequent uses.
Those lucky enough to have experienced (a carefully chosen word) Nick's storytelling first hand will find the collection particularly evocative whilst for new readers a rich multisensory experience awaits.
 The Magic of Metaphor : 77 Stories for Teachers, Trainers April 16, 2003
54 out of 59 found this review helpful
This book had a lovely twist in that it is a story in itself, and that the metaphorical stories are woven into the story. All of us seek a teacher who will inspire us and encourage us to fulfil our potential, so using the teacher/pupil to do the speaking throughout the book and leading into the metaphorical stories is very clever.I found the stories very easy to follow, and some exceptionally humorous, which immediately raised my own spirits. I have already begun to share some of the stories found within this book on my seminars and seen others ?get the insight? or have their spirits raised too. One of the strengths of this book is that it contains short anecdotal stories as well as the more long winded versions. Thereby catering for different lengths of presentations. The sub-sections are useful in that cover different aspects of leadership which is paramount to the world of self-actualisation. Again, my personal recommendation would be that this is a book sold in audio format alongside the book, so that the reader is listening to the audio and reading at the same time. This would make a big impact in the learning of the principles that is integral to each story. The author has also done well to recommend different ways of using the stories within different situations, which enables trainers, teachers and therapists to understand how they can adapt the stories to suit their clients needs. I also like the fact that the author understands that importance of acknowledging sources where possible. Very often people forget to acknowledge their sources and as a result many people believe that the information being shared has only just been discovered, where in fact it has existed for millennia, and the magic is when each of us is able to bring that higher truth interpretation to the ears and hearts of others that inspires, touches and motivates them to take up a call to action.
a great book for teachers and thinkers December 8, 2001
20 out of 27 found this review helpful
I am an English teacher in Vienna and this book is one of the best I've ever read because all those stories are great fun to read and also perfect for teaching students in English (older ones of course!) - they really like these stories and start thinking without being told to do so - which is quite amazing and certainly one of the aims of the author. Highly recommendable!
Magic of Metaphor is a useful book for teachers of English September 15, 2001
15 out of 19 found this review helpful
1.Book review by Jim Wingate - The Magic of Metaphor: 77 stories for Teachers, Trainers and Thinkers by Nick Owen.This is a very useful book for teachers of English. You can use it privately as an entertaining read for your own self-development. You can publicly apply the wisdom and challenges of the stories in your teaching. You can publicly tell the stories as they are (or read them aloud or adapt or translate them) as rich, deep, stimulus material for your learners. And you can give the stories as text for your learners' self-development and their responses in groups.
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