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Lovely Book
The photographs alone would make this book worthwhile for an artist. The text alone would make this book "good" for the rest of us. Together, the words and pictures make a lovely lovely book. I bought the smaller version for my son.
Published 2 months ago by P. J. Moran
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Failure to Communicate
Unless wisdom brings incoherence with it, Andrew Zuckerman -- or, more specifically, his copy editor -- has done a disservice to the people interviewed in this cute little book. Far too many profiles have either a typo or a mis-transcription that makes the interviewee's thoughts difficult to grasp or strangely unwise. It also seems, from the lineup of just this book, that...
Published 22 months ago by watchit
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6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Failure to Communicate,
By watchit (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wisdom: Ideas: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another (Paperback)
Unless wisdom brings incoherence with it, Andrew Zuckerman -- or, more specifically, his copy editor -- has done a disservice to the people interviewed in this cute little book. Far too many profiles have either a typo or a mis-transcription that makes the interviewee's thoughts difficult to grasp or strangely unwise. It also seems, from the lineup of just this book, that Zuckerman's idea of wisdom seems to be confined to English-speaking white people who have lost their eyelashes. Nice concept, great packaging, poor follow-through. Smug, actually.
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This review is from: Wisdom: Ideas: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another (Paperback)
The photographs alone would make this book worthwhile for an artist. The text alone
would make this book "good" for the rest of us. Together, the words and pictures make a lovely lovely book. I bought the smaller version for my son.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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wisdom book,
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This review is from: Wisdom: Ideas: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another (Paperback)
I think its a very neat book- i saw a review on it- so ordered it as a
book for my brothers 70's birthday end of January-- I am sure he will like it since i put alot of $$ inside it |
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Wisdom: Ideas: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give to Another by Andrew Zuckerman (Paperback - September 1, 2009)
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