Beshert : True Stories of Connections

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Summary: Unusual encounters with destiny
Review: Anyone who has ever crossed paths with a stranger and through subsequent conversation discovered a past connection with that person will enjoy reading this collection of true stories that leaves the reader wondering if there is some grand design that determines each person's destiny. The author is a well-traveled individual who, while including encounters relayed to him by others, has himself experienced several of these connections, one example of which explains how a number hastily written on a matchbook years earlier saved the lives of an entire family. The writing is sharp and focused, leaving the reader eager to arrive at the punchline.

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Summary: bizarre coincidence
Review: Harry Samuels has produced a tour de force on bizarre coincidence. The reader must conclude the implications on his own, which might just be an exciting journey.

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Summary: This one's a winner
Review: I read this book in one sitting....couldn't put it down. I loved the short story format. It reads so easily and holds your attention completely. Each of these stories causes you to think about similar life "coincidences".....many of them give you chills. I hope people are sending in their stories. I'm anxious to read the next edition!

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Summary: Neat Connections
Review: My wife and I recently read this book and enjoyed it very much. It is a good read, but goes far beyond that in content. At times the various stories are wierd, unusual, eerie, fantastic, and send you looking inward to times in your life you have had somewhat similar experiences. The feelings I had after reading the book were uplifting and positive. I would recommend it without qualification to anyone looking for an interest book and a change of pace in their reading. I look forward to the writer's next book. Sydney Pollack

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Summary: You found "Beshert" on Amazon.com...NOT a random coincidence
Review: The compelling author's choosing to share his and others' experiences in "Beshert", and the fact that we as readers now have this timeless collection of stories available to us, is no random coincidence...it's synchronicity.

Each page serves to weave a web for the reader of emotions like happiness, sadness, hope, and exhilaration, and of physical manifestations like bone chills, goose bumps, and heart thumps.

The stories involve events that really happened, but why did they happen? How does a candle that is lit at the same time as others repeatedly extinguish itself long before the others? What makes one person arbitrarily ask another if she knows someone who lives across the country, to find that the parents of one are long lost friends of the other person? Why does a dog sustain an injury at the same time his owner is to leave town, thus causing the owner to cancel his reservation on TWA Flight # 800 which crashed and left no survivors? You must read to begin your journey of finding out.

Meaningful, thought-provoking commentary from this obviously thoughtful, well travelled, and wise author enhances the stories and leads to an overall appreciation for the theme of the book.

Reader---you must have a thirst for more at this point! I did after each page. Treat yourself to a book we can all relate to that will provoke your thoughts, restore your faith, and leave you wanting more.