Customer Reviews
for anyone who enjoys reading really - By: E. LIEW, 15 Oct 2008 
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 & those who wants an easy read on NLP.
77 Stories for all . - By: P. N. Coleman, 07 Jan 2005 Why should Teachers, Trainers & Thinkers have all the fun?
I purchased this book having attended & been stimulated by one of the author's "Communicating with Influence" courses.
The course very quickly swept away my preconceptions & 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 & 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 - By: Miss Kathleen Ginn, 16 Apr 2003 
This book had a lovely twistin that it is a storyin itself, & that the metaphorical stories are woven into the story. All of us seek a teacher who will inspire us & encourage us to fulfil our potential, so using the teacher/pupil to do the speaking throughout the book & leading into the metaphorical stories is very clever.
I found the stories very easy to follow, & 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 & 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 usefulin 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 soldin audio format alongside the book, so that the reader is listening to the audio & reading at the same time. This would make a big impactin 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 & 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 & as a result many people believe that the information being shared has only just been discovered, wherein fact it has existed for millennia, & the magic is when each of us is able to bring that higher truth interpretation to the ears & hearts of others that inspires, touches & motivates them to take up a call to action.
a great book for teachers and thinkers - By: , 08 Dec 2001 I am an English teacherin Vienna & this book is one of the best I've ever read because all those stories are great fun to read & also perfect for teaching studentsin English (older ones of course!) - they really like these stories & start thinking without being told to do so - which is quite amazing & certainly one of the aims of the author. Highly recommendable!
Magic of Metaphor is a useful book for teachers of English - By: , 15 Sep 2001 1. Book review by Jim Wingate - The Magic of Metaphor: 77 stories for Teachers, Trainers & 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 & challenges of the storiesin 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 & their responsesin groups.
