Testimonials

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  I am writing to provide a reference for Abraham Gutmann. In the 1980s we were business partners in a publishing enterprise called Mercy Oceans Books. All ten titles published were edited lectures of the Sufi Master Sheikh Nazim al-Haqqani. After transcribing the lectures, Abe would begin the editing

  process, consulting with me on occasion as he evaluated the copious oral material in order to decide which talks were best suited to our prospective readership and which topics had already been sufficiently covered in previous books, as well as on chapter order, titles, and questions of layout etc. Occasionally we would “organise” parts of various talks on the same topic into one chapter and exclude material that may not have been directed at a general audience. For both of us, this was a first experience in editing and publishing, but to this day we are often told that the books we produced then are still considered the best collections of the Sheikh’s talks to appear on the mar

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  Nadine Miller, Editor and Translator

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  I am happy to provide a reference for Abraham Gutmann. I have had the pleasure of knowing Abe for four years; for more than two of those years, I worked with him on the translation and production of From Suffering to Joy: The Path of the Heart, which is based on discourses of Sri Prem Baba delivered

  in Rishikesh India from 2008 to 2010. I acted in an oversight role throughout the project. I can attest to Abe’s abilities to craft language while keeping the big picture in mind with regard to message and wording. I found Abe to be an unusually skilled translator, critical editor, and articulate ghost-writer. He is especially adept at taking into account and anticipating the sensibilities of the reader, of finding that “way in”. Abe contributed to decisions as to which material to include in the book, the order of chapters, and especially the tone and preparation needed to approach topics. Abe also made some valuable contributions to the text itself. Abe

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  Bill Ury, author of "Getting to Yes" and 24 titles