<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book id="1441630">
  <title><![CDATA[Megatrends 2000]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0380704374]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780380704378]]></isbn13>
  <work>
  <best-book-id type="integer">40758</best-book-id>
  <books-count type="integer">15</books-count>
  <default-description nil="true"></default-description>
  <id type="integer">40343</id>
  <media-type nil="true"></media-type>
  <original-language-id type="integer" nil="true"></original-language-id>
  <original-publication-day type="integer" nil="true"></original-publication-day>
  <original-publication-month type="integer" nil="true"></original-publication-month>
  <original-publication-year type="integer">1982</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>Megatrends: Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives</original-title>
  <rating-dist>total:87|5:15|4:28|3:32|2:6|1:6|</rating-dist>
  <ratings-count type="integer">87</ratings-count>
  <ratings-sum type="integer">301</ratings-sum>
  <reviews-count type="integer">140</reviews-count>
  <text-reviews-count type="integer">10</text-reviews-count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.46]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[30]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[4]]></text_reviews_count>
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1441630.Megatrends_2000]]></url>
  <authors>
        <author id="22910">
      <name><![CDATA[John Naisbitt]]></name>
      <role><![CDATA[]]></role>
      <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22910.John_Naisbitt]]></url>
      <average_rating><![CDATA[3.54]]></average_rating>
      <ratings_count><![CDATA[238]]></ratings_count>
      <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[26]]></text_reviews_count>
    </author>
      </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="140">
    <review id="49025566">
    <user id="1200001">
    <name><![CDATA[Wally]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1200001-wally-waldron?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 12 08:05:51 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Mar 12 08:06:59 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read this book in 2003.  I wish that I had read it in 1982, when it was written, because it was dead-on about just about every prediction it made.<br/><br/>One concept that stuck with me was the concept of high tech / high touch.  It means that you need to serve people using technology by making...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49025566">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49025566?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="41543842">
    <user id="1851901">
    <name><![CDATA[Robin]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Middlebury, VT]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1851901-robin?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 01 18:14:59 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 01 18:16:29 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[107 weeks on the Best Sellers list!  Future book that predicts tomorrow based on analysis of today's information. Published in 1984. Would be nice to see how far off he was....or right on.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41543842?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="24053133">
    <user id="1020962">
    <name><![CDATA[Andy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1020962-andy?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="philosophicalish" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Richard Mandeville]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 09 07:37:17 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 09 07:44:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A friend gave me this book many years ago.  I had a look at it again last night and was astonished (again) how well he called it - in <strong>1982</strong>.  Then again, there's this thought - the late 90s were such a boom because the changes they brought were so incredibly obvious, expected, and perhaps even a litt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24053133">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24053133?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="23711293">
    <user id="1190907">
    <name><![CDATA[Al]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brandon, FL]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1190907-al-carlson?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="future-think" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jun 04 14:54:56 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jun 04 14:59:32 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is another book that predicted where we'd be before we got here.  The key concept that still keeps evolving was &quot;high tech, high touch&quot;.  Think: email, RSS, IM, Twitter, your video iPod, teleconferencing, the Wii, World of Warcraft and on and on.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23711293?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="7970332">
    <user id="178578">
    <name><![CDATA[Diana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Jakarta, Indonesia]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/178578-diana?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read-it-keep-it" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Oct 20 03:02:07 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Oct 20 03:05:12 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! In fact, I think it's highly informative, and it reminds me of the joy in studying Global Marketing heheheheh. It's <em>my kind</em> of book.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7970332?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="32198788">
    <user id="1483994">
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Douglasville, GA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1483994-mike?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="non-fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 06 14:47:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 06 14:48:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Was forced to read this in college because it was the in book to assign. Somebody still owes me those hours I wasted reading that.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32198788?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="29020720">
    <user id="1372119">
    <name><![CDATA[Rick]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Johnson City, TN]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1372119-rick?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Aug 01 18:34:49 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 01 18:35:44 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I still quote stuff from this book. Recommended. [but I think there is a newer edition...]]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29020720?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="14855384">
    <user id="846391">
    <name><![CDATA[Laura]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/846391-laura?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>4</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 07 15:40:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 15:42:44 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[disturbing, but true global economics... I know I am a nerd, but, I love these economic books!]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14855384?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="8205542">
    <user id="575936">
    <name><![CDATA[Jess]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/575936-jess?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[14 year olds with smart mouths]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1991</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 24 18:55:43 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 24 18:58:16 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[my dad made me read this book as a punishment in 8th grade.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8205542?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="10289972">
    <user id="649724">
    <name><![CDATA[John]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Dallas, TX]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/649724-john?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 1983</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Dec 11 16:22:59 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 11 20:36:43 -0800 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Rated: A-]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10289972?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="77203737">
    <user id="993425">
    <name><![CDATA[Melissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Middletown, RI]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/993425-melissa?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Nov 09 08:39:33 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 09 08:39:42 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77203737?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76809334">
    <user id="58936">
    <name><![CDATA[Mik]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berkeley, CA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/58936-mik-hamilton-d-c?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 05 08:48:07 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 05 08:48:07 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76809334?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="76116350">
    <user id="1072582">
    <name><![CDATA[Kaethe]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Hillsborough, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1072582-kaethe?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 29 09:39:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 29 09:39:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76116350?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="75035505">
    <user id="2847525">
    <name><![CDATA[L]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wayne, PA]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2847525-l?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 11:58:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 11:58:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75035505?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74997074">
    <user id="712873">
    <name><![CDATA[Gail]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/712873-gail?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="back-in-the-day" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Oct 19 02:38:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 19 02:38:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74997074?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="74575629">
    <user id="2839789">
    <name><![CDATA[Mike]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Conover, NC]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2839789-mike-hall?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Oct 14 19:38:58 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Oct 14 19:38:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74575629?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="73209581">
    <user id="1253107">
    <name><![CDATA[Hikerdee]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Lewisburg, OH]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1253107-hikerdee?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="1983" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Oct 02 10:16:09 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 02 10:16:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73209581?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="70998312">
    <user id="2650921">
    <name><![CDATA[Kathy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Belen, NM]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2650921-kathy-lonquist?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="futurist" />
        <shelf name="nonfiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 12 16:59:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 12 16:59:21 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70998312?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="69466843">
    <user id="1457838">
    <name><![CDATA[Mythreyi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[India]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1457838-mythreyi?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 30 13:36:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 30 13:36:32 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69466843?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="66925883">
    <user id="1321682">
    <name><![CDATA[Afsane]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of]]></location>        
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1321682-afsane?utm_medium=api]]></url>
  </user>
      <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <sell_flag>false</sell_flag>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 10 23:44:20 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 10 23:44:20 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66925883?utm_medium=api]]></url>
</review>
    </reviews>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>