false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1190177711m/82535.jpg 82535 11 On the heels of his acclaimed memoir,<i> Never Have Your Dog Stuffed</i>, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written <i>Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself,</i> an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he's asked himself over the years: What do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even mean?)<br>Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off--having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile--Alda finds himself not only glad to be alive but searching for a way to squeeze the most juice out of his new life. Looking for a sense of meaning that would make this extra time count, he listens in on things he's heard himself saying in private and in public at critical points in his life--from the turbulence of the sixties, to his first Broadway show, to the birth of his children, to the ache of September 11, and beyond. Reflecting on the transitions in his life and in all our lives, he notices that "doorways are where the truth is told," and wonders if there's one thing--art, activism, family, money, fame--that could lead to a "life of meaning."<br>In a book that is candid, wise, and as questioning as it is incisive, Alda amuses and moves us with his unique and hilarious meditations on questions great and small. <i>Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself </i>is another superb Alan Alda performance, as inspiring and entertaining as the man himself. 2047013 4 9 2007 Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself total:443|5:91|4:141|3:143|2:58|1:10| 443 1574 741 139 5 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 06:34:23 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 10:51:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 13:55:36 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 07:26:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 11:55:26 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 11:11:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 15:30:16 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 17 20:02:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 08:10:56 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 16 08:14:47 -0800 2008
On the back of the book it says it's a great celebrity memoir, and that's true.

He's a great guy who could be a total snot and totally reclusive now that he's showing his age, BUT he doe...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 06:17:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:33:21 -0700 2009 Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned, which I really enjoyed.

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Alda's passionate, articulate, engaging but somehow I still found this book both fatuous and smarmy. I don't think it's intentional, of course. I found it desperately annoying. M...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 12:16:39 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 17:18:53 -0700 2009
Alda's intellectual curiosity is matched only by his wit and eloquence. He wa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 18:49:09 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 18:53:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon May 18 10:32:46 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:36:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 15:56:50 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 16:11:26 -0800 2009
I was surprised, though, how much I like his book. Mr. Alda recounts a lot of his speeches from commencement addresses to talks with doctors and...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:14:12 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 14:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 06:53:47 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 16:31:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 14:40:26 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 14:49:05 -0700 2008
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The book is mostly made up of his many college speakings. I found hi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 21:15:13 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 22:35:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=82535