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Bill Moyer's World of Ideas Hardcover – April 26, 1989

by Bill Moyers (Author)
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 513 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (April 26, 1989)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385262787
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385262781
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,220,227 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Superb Collection Of Interesting Interviews By Moyers!
By Barron Laycock HALL OF FAME on November 22, 2003
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This wonderful large print coffee table-sized effort by the inimitable Bill Moyers is a spin-of from the wonderful PBS TV series, and showcases the intellectual thoughts and perspectives of more than forty intriguing and perceptive individuals, all intimately involved in the mainstream of American life in fashion or another. One fo the most fascinating aspects of the book is the wild variety of people he has chosen, from preeminent black sociologist William Julius Wilson to novelist Joseph Heller, from film-maker David Putnamm to linguist Noam Chomsky, from geneticist Maxine Singer to historian Barabara Tuchman. What they have to say, and the pointedly intriguing questions Moyers has the unique insight to ask makes the interviews fairly sing with purpose and the verve of provocative thinkers.
Moreover, one certainly has to give Bill Moyers due credit for having many intriguing and innovative ideas. Given the various television series and books he has produced over the last several decades, he is by far one of the most prolific contributors and critics of the American social and cultural scene. This particular book, as well as the sequel that followed it, represents another fascinating look at an eclectic collection of seminal thinkers, some three dozen or so dozen or so academics, statesmen, and luminaries whose thoughts, ideas, and perspectives help the rest of us to better understand and appreciate the power of the world of ideas.Read more ›
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0 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not as described - 'Like New' should have been 'acceptable/damaged'
By JGF on July 29, 2013
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This used book was listed as "Used-like new" and comments on order form with book states book is in 'mint condition.' Book is actually stained with some kind of blue ink/dye, cover is torn and faded, book is dirty with crushed corners also stained with something blue, and it was shipped in a thin paper wrap that arrived dirty and torn - totally inappropriate wrapping, though not the cause of the damage to the book which was obviously in poor shape before being sent. I can't believe someone would so misrepresent an item and expect to stay in business :-(
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Conversations with the sharpest, thoughtful minds
By dirkmartin on May 1, 2014
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It is a very fascinating and mind-opening experience to watch so many thoughtful, brilliant people give their take on issues that are important to them and therefore to us. One might worry about it being heavy, pedantic and in a realm above the world where most of us live, but that is not at all so. It is fast paced, thought provoking, on-point and does a great deal to broaden your horizons an outlooks. I am thoroughly enjoying it, some, of course, more than others but none that are not truly worthwhile. Sort of amazing the relevancy to today's world and society when in fact the interviews were all done in 1988-89. An awful lot of them have a real timelessness about them and could have been recorded yesterday.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
An Insightful Book on New and Useful Ideas
By IagoBloom on June 30, 2000
Format: Paperback
The book is roughly 512 pages long. It is formatted as an intervirew that Bill Moyers, the host has, with some of the most intellectually enlightening people of our generation. The book is divided into two sections: Our changing American Values and American Values in the New Global Society. The topics discussed usually correspond to thetheme of the section. The book is culiminated from the TV of the same name that ran on PBS for a time. Among the people profiled are Noam Chomsky, arguable one of the most important intellectuals alive, Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)an extremely prolific writer of science and science fiction, E.L Doctorow and Joseph Heller, who sadly died in December of last year.
The book is essantially Bill Moyers talking with men and women on the topics on which they usually major or like to discuss in. For example, Bill had a candid interview with Chomsky on the idea of democracy and how propoganda is used in it. He discussed with Steven Weinberg, an influential scientist, some of the ideas behind behind science and how truly beutiful science really is. And others from Isaac Asimov talking about the future to a couple of different black writers and acadamians talking about the role of racism in society and how it can be overcome.
This book is great for many reasons. One of them is the fact that it does, in my opinion of course, portray not just one side of the argument but in some senses it brings differnt people of different views and let them in a sense talk about things and look at things in a different way from what the other person said. There is a wealth of information. Plus, this book isn't "liberal" or "conservative." Its a book that presents a lot of different views.Read more ›
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Very thought provoking
By Christopher M. Fulton on March 22, 2009
Format: Hardcover
I've read this off and on over the past 18 years. I had received it as a graduation present from my uncle when I graduated High School. I've read most of the interviews in here at one point or another, quite a few of them repeatedly. There are many good ideas here. None ask you to agree with them, only that you listen to their point of view and make up your mind about the subject.
This is a great book for conversation, especially if several of you have it and have read it. It is very worth the read.
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