false 3498364 1 <DIV>Drawing on exclusive interviews with the legend himself, <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author <b>David Wild</b> delivers an intimate portrait of Neil Diamond, the singer-songwriter behind such enduring anthems as &ldquo;Cherry, Cherry,&rdquo; &ldquo;Sweet Caroline,&rdquo; and &ldquo;America.&rdquo; Wild examines Diamond&rsquo;s singular place in the pantheon of popular music and describes how an introspective kid from Brooklyn went from being a struggling Brill Building songwriter to become a multi-platinum global superstar, the voice of a generation that was never quite &ldquo;hip,&rdquo; and the author&rsquo;s personal, Jewish Elvis.</DIV> 3539978 13 10 2008 He Is . . . I Say: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Neil Diamond total:19|5:0|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 19 64 30 7 3 1 false false Thu Dec 11 06:53:34 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 09 08:27:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 23:12:44 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 02 08:13:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 02:56:29 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 16:52:13 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 02:56:29 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:29:33 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 13:29:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jan 31 20:18:07 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 20:19:52 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 16:32:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 17:52:23 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 16:14:01 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 13 04:57:13 -0700 2009 meh. I'm not a big enough Neil Diamond fan to have LOVED this book, really! I certainly know more about him than I did before (which was, admittedly, not much) but the writing style -- which was far too cutesy -- annoyed me from the get-go. I persevered because the book ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 13:31:17 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 13:31:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 11:08:18 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 11:08:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 11:44:41 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 13:04:35 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 13:04:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 18 13:00:10 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 13:00:10 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 21 05:49:16 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 05:49:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 24 11:00:48 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 11:00:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 10 17:09:22 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 17:09:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 08 14:40:01 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 14:40:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 06:23:26 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 06:23:26 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 09:29:35 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 11:50:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 10:46:35 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 10:46:35 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Feb 18 12:27:51 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 12:27:51 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Feb 18 10:47:32 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 17:12:10 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3498364