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    The Secret
    The Secret
    The Secret
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Secret

    Written by Beverly Lewis

    Narrated by Rachel Botchan

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    About this audiobook

    The Secret by New York Times best-selling author Beverly Lewis is a compelling portrait of an Amish family's struggle to overcome the effects of a baffling secret. Soon-to- be-engaged Grace Byler is perplexed by her mom's nocturnal weeping and wandering-and her dad's refusal to discuss what's wrong. But when her mom runs off, Grace puts her own life on hold to pick up the pieces her mother left behind. "No one does Amish-based inspirationals better than Lewis."-Booklist
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateAug 28, 2009
    ISBN9781440760181
    The Secret
    Author

    Beverly Lewis

    Beverly Lewis (beverlylewis.com), born in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, has more than 19 million books in print. Her stories have been published in 12 languages and have regularly appeared on numerous bestseller lists, including the New York Times and USA Today. Beverly and her husband, David, live in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, making music, and spending time with their family.

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    • 1/5
      Painfully repetitive, extremely shallow book with distracting useless pictures... basically the whole premise is “think happy, be happy” but sorry, life is not that simple.. great book for those who have a wobbly table, use it to hold up one of the legs to level it out..
    • 1/5
      Possibly the worst book I have read, completely pointless.
      The whole thing could be resumed in 1 sentence: believe in yourself.
      There, you know all this book tells you, now go do something better with your time...
    • 1/5
      This book is both insipid and unnecessary. Got about 8 pages into it(which, by the way, is way more than you'll need to concede this point.). The hype has been simply that, and I'm disheartened by my foolishly wasted curiosity. About the only thing stimulating here is the packaging. Very nice..now only if the book was a tenth as creative...
    • 5/5
      Such a great book! Very timely, informative, and thought provoking. I can already see it shift my life around just in the time it took to read this!
    • 4/5
      The Secret really is where you get the saying "be careful what you wish for". But maybe there is something to the Law of Attraction. I've had some really cool things come to me that could be a result of using The Secret - contest winnings - a bike, a trip etc. and some cool business endeavours. One thing the book does say is not to concentrate on what you don't want (the Law of Attraction does not recognize negatives) and to not wish too hard as then you are not truly believing it so it won't work. If nothing else (and for the skeptics out there), The Secret is a great book about living life better through positive thinking and there is no harm done to put it into practice, just realize that you have to put some work into life to make it better. (Whatever that may be!)
    • 3/5
      A family member lent this book to me when I was going through a rough time.

      It actually helped me. It is common sense, but seeing the words in writing made things clearer. You have the power to turn your life into what you want it to be as long as you believe you can do it.

      If you feel down definitely read this book.
    • 5/5
      I had to put this one in as one of my favorites. I read it a while back, but continue to listen to parts of it every day. I filter the content through my own faith and beliefs, but I think this "power of attraction", call it whatever you will, is a real thing.

      I also wanted to add, though, that I believe the gospel contains the more complete and unadulterated version of this, and it comes down to faith, hope, charity, and gratitude. And the fact that God really does want our lives to be abundant, even though we will have real trials.
    • 2/5
      The law of attraction - when you want something the whole universe conspires to help you have it. As in you can REALLY control what you get.
    • 1/5
      This is the biggest case of "don't judge a book by its cover" you will ever come across. From the cover, it looks like a pretty damn good fantasy novel, or perhaps a nice bit of historical fiction. But no. It's some self-help bollocks that is some of the most pretentious self-loving twaddle I've ever encountered. There are self-help books for everything, and only 1 in 10000 are worth anything. This is not one of them. The Secret is to not read this.
    • 3/5
      I remember reading this book, back when I was in sales. It was a fascinating read. It made a lot of sense, at the time. Did a good job at lighting a fire under my ass, to get myself motivated.

      But, just like going to some stupid Tony Robbins seminar, this book too fades away after a short time. All this motivational stuff falls flat. After a couple weeks, you realise that it's all just bullshit. What the ideas in this book are trying to teach you, is yes, it is all bullshit. It's all in your head. Whether you believe yourself a failure, or believe yourself a success, you're right.

      You don't need this book, or anything else, to succeed. You just need yourself to want to succeed, and have the drive to fulfill that dream. Holy shit! I should write one of these stupid motivational books. But, why... I mean, Baywatch is on. And, I'm hungry. Fuck that noise. People can motivate their own damn selves.
    • 1/5
      This is a guide for being a nicer sociopath. Rarely I have I seen such utter greed and desperation masked as 'spirituality'. This is a disgusting book that panders to the weak minded.
    • 5/5
      Amazing, Interesting, Engaging, and definitely Thought Provoking. I can see why so many have read this book. The principle behind the secret makes sense. One of our favorites at home.
    • 5/5
      Let there be abundance.
      Oh it's already there.
    • 3/5
      I wish I could give this book a higher rating as it did have a good message, but the ideas here are a collection of those found elsewhere throughout history. The author isn't presenting something new and bold. I have read lots of religious, spiritual and new age books and already had heard of the 'secret' presented here. I know the book was extremely popular, but the fact that the secret really wasn't a secret makes me less inclined to give it a high mark.
    • 1/5
      A pig in a fur coat. Smarmy, to boot. A collection of quotations "explained" and summarized by the author. Honestly, any good book of quotations without commentary would give you better brain food.
    • 3/5
      Good book as far as it goes. You do attract what you're thinking about, but you need action to get there.
    • 1/5
      This book is ridiculous.
    • 1/5
      Utter inanity. Nonetheless, it is hardly surprising the book appealed to such a vast amount of people when one considers the fatuousness that masquerades as spirituality and philosophy in today's society.
    • 5/5
      I hope what I read stays!
    • 1/5
      3/24/12 This is a distressingly awful book.

      2/15/12 I expect to be disgusted with this book.
    • 3/5
      Clever title that entices curiosity and reading. Smart presentation that facilitates easy reading. Commercially expedient & excellent Old-age mental skills & powers, nothing new.
    • 4/5
      Seriously works, many people have known about it. It's just brought together into words rather than thoughts now.
    • 5/5
      I listened to this book on CD. The "Secret" is the law of attraction. My thoughts become what I am. Through my own positive thoughts, I have the capability to become far more than what I am. A very motivational book that gives me energy and empowers me to be more than I am.
    • 5/5
      It certainly offers a new perspective on things. Reading through this book, I found myself relating to it and by the end, I loved it. I say give it a chance. It is definitely a different outlook, but with an open mind, you might discover some new qualities within yourself.
    • 5/5
      It is An awesome must read book <3
    • 5/5
      I loved the book! The author demonstrates the believe that what you say and do affects what happens to you-I have put this theory to the test and it works! Negitivity affects situations all around us and we must control what we say and do. This is a 5 star read-the author has done research to prove her beliefs, her ideas are easily explained. It is a well written easy to read book and makes a perfect addition to any spiritualist book collection!
    • 4/5
      Good Book, fast read!
    • 1/5
      Egads. One star is one star too many for this book. Positively awful. Dreadful. Terrible. There are not enough negative words in the English language to describe this book.

      Another book I read for book club. I was not enthused from the get-go. I made certain to order a used copy of the book (as opposed to the Kindle edition) because I did not want the author to make any money off of my purchase. I do believe in the power of positive thinking, and really like the girl who picked this book, so I truly gave it the ol' college try.

      Most of it was merely eye roll worthy. Silly, new-agey crap, but nothing to get me too worked up. That is, until I got to the part wherein she all but blames the Jews for the halocaust. Of course, she doesn't come out and say that. Instead, she couches it carefully and instead talks about "events in which masses of people have died". (That's a rough paraphrase. I'd quote directly from the book, but I've already sent the book on to someone else and have no desire to lay eyes on it again.) She says that, difficult though it may be to accept, people who die in these tragedies certainly brought on their own death by thinking negative thoughts. Had they only thought more positively, they certainly would have survived.

      Essentially, all the tradgedies and problems in the world are brought on by a lack of positive thinking. You have cancer? It's your fault. You could cure yourself if you'd just try hard enough. You're fat? It's not beeecause you eat too much! No! That's nonsense! You need merely say to yourself, "I eat anything I want and stay thin!" and it WILL BE SO!!! You can will the universe to behave as you desire!

      Of course, you must also be careful in how you word your positive thoughts. You musn't say, "I am not fat," because, apparently, the universe does not "hear" negative words such as "not" and "no". Were you to say, "I am not fat," the universe would merely hear, "fat," and, well, you're right back where you started. Instead, you must think, "I am THIN!" and LO! it will be so.

      I'm not gonna lie: after the halocaust implication, she lost me. I was so pissed off, I couldn't do it, not even for book club. Each chapter ends with bullet points, and I did read those. Not that you need to. The book was more succinctly summed up by Peter Pan: "Just think lovely thoughts."

      I really do believe in positive thinking. I do not believe in this book. It was an absolute waste of time and $4.
    • 3/5
      This book was really interesting. I feel like a bit of a weirdo for reading it, but it came highly recommended and I can understand why. I'm on the fence with the concept of the law of attraction, but the book does contain many good tips for positively changing your life. I have just picked up the sequel (released yesterday in Australia) called the Power, so we'll see how it compares.
    • 5/5
      I love the concept. Perspective is a big deal and I believe in much of what Covey says and you get what you first create in the mind. If you ignore the pyramid-scheme-esque, purple-haired, old lady, televangelist feel of the whole thing it will have a beneficial effect on your thinking.