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| I love how this book got underneath some of the assumptions I hold that are culturally bound that I have not given much thought to. In what I think is a brilliant design, Ethan Watters takes four examples and takes a good look at each. I'm glad he di...more | |
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Any book that I stay up past midnight to finish has to get at least four stars. I didn't *love* it, but I cared about the characters and I found the storyline compelling.
I can imagine re-reading it in a couple years because I will have forgotten w...more |
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| "We need the books that that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply..." this book did grieve me deeply. The writer did an extraordinary job of taking a large and overwhelming story and keeping it moving along so that we could see as much of...more | |
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A fast and fascinating read. Their concept of how to facilitate changes when change is hard makes a lot of sense -- although we need information, we also need an appeal to emotion and an environment that supports change.
They use great examples and...more |
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"I think we can say that Reed has come a long way since the days that disaffected-genius guy describes to Gladwell.
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| Well, in spite of this book's devotion to sullen snarkiness, I have to say that I laughed out loud quite a few times, and when it was all over, I found myself missing the characters and wishing them well. A bunch of grown siblings who are together af...more | |
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Everyone who drives should have to read this book. Newer drivers should have to read it twice. The writer got my buy-in early on by being able to describe way too many of my bad driving habits and irrational beliefs about driving. It gave him a strang...more |
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| Just as profound as when I first read it the summer of 1999. When I grow up, I want to be like Verdi. | |
