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Wisdom: The Greatest Gift One Generation Can Give To Another Hardcover – October 1, 2008

by Andrew Zuckerman (Author)

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Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, multi-award-winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman has recorded the thoughts and ideas of fifty of the world's most prominent writers, artists, designers, actors, politicians, musicians, and religious and business leaders, all over sixty-five years old. To create profound, honest, and truly revealing portraits of these luminaries, Zuckerman has captured their voices, their physical presence, and the written word. The resulting book and film, included here on a DVD, provide an extraordinary legacy for the generations that follow, and a timeless portrait of the common experiences that unite us all.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Abrams; Har/DVD edition (October 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810983591
ISBN-13: 978-0810983595
Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 1 x 12.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,641 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #339 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Portraits
- #346 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Photojournalism & Essays > Photo Essays
- #466 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography & Video > Individual Photographers

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Everything great!

By Edgar on September 25, 2014

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Everything great!

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Five Stars

By Bethany on July 21, 2014

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Great coffee table book

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Great coffee table book

By Blaire B. on April 3, 2014

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This looks great - it's definitely a conversation starter. My parents have even asked for one for their house - they liked it so much.

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Good history

By Sierra Guy on January 17, 2013

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This is a good history book. With the hardcover it is a keeper and tells a good story of each of the people it covers.

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Great book, however, USED it was "graded" totally wrong

By LB on December 22, 2013

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While I can't remember the exact details, the description I received before ordering this used book made it sound like there would be a few "dings" to the corners and/or the dust jacket might not be pristine. Well, that was true. However, what was also true is that this book was MANGLED. EVERY edge was visibly rough and the one corner of the book was completely smashed/crushed. The dust jacket was rumpled AND had gross dirty finger prints on it. I will say that in all of the used items I've purchased on Amazon, this is the first one that I could even tell was used at all....and boy was it a doozy. Otherwise, the book is fabulous itself.

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful

ABSOLUTELY STUNNING

By Stacy Miller on October 30, 2008

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I bought Zuckerman's Wisdom based on excerpts I read in Reader's Digest. Now that I've received the book and had a chance to read it, I am blown away. It is stunningly beautiful, both the pictures and the words. I'm only 39 so I don't have the "perspective" someone 65 or older would but I can appreciate every line, every word, every image in this book. I teach high school English, history, and humanities and I can't find a single interview in this book that I couldn't share with my students somehow. We read Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart and his interview in the Zuckerman book only adds to what he wrote in his novel. I was so moved by what Nick Nolte had to say about finding peace in ourselves and then finding that same, sacred peaceful space in others. (There's more to him than that crazy DUI mug shot.) I had to order two more copies of the book--one to keep in my classroom and one to give to friends. I will ship more at Christmas. Really, the book is filled with so many different points of view, so many perspectives, so many ways to look at life and how to live it. Each interview is thought-provoking in its own way. The 56 minute Wisdom DVD that comes with the book is icing on the cake. It's one thing to look at the (beautiful) photographs and to read the interviews that go with them, and another to watch the subjects and hear their voices. I just can't say enough about this book and how moved I am by it. I saw that a previous reviewer commented on the font/text size and layout of the book, and while I agree it would make reading a challenge, I think the layout works. One, you can't put too many words on a page. I like to think of the white space as thinking space. The words are placed for effect.Read more ›

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

WISDOM ("make someone happy!")

By Mark Blackburn on November 6, 2008

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Andrew Zuckerman's "WISDOM" is a big and beautiful book, offering up huge color portraits (razor-sharp for this HI-DEF age!) . . . combined with `words of wisdom' from the minds of 51 public figures, mostly from the world of arts & entertainment, but with a few `political' icons included as well.

The `cover photo' honor went to Clint Eastwood who counsels: "Take your profession seriously; don't take yourself seriously."

Jazz giant Dave Brubeck (in one of my favorite insights in the entire book) recalls the time when his late, great alto sax player Paul Desmond "covered (other musicians') mistakes."

"When we recorded with the NY Philharmonic, with Bernstein conducting, a trombonist hit a B-natural instead of a B-flat, by mistake; Paul was improvising and brought that (wrong note) right into the improvisation immediately, and it's so beautiful!

"I always say `There is no mistake . . . if you can resolve it!' Whether it's in your music or your life. Sometimes the mistake actually motivates you - elevates you, into a better circumstance."

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When I opened this book for the first time today, I went straight for the thoughts of one of my heroes, Desmond Tutu - the former Anglican primate of South Africa and 1984 Nobel Peace prize winner.

Perhaps better than anyone else in this book, the saintly 'Archbishop Emeritus' offers us the clearest connection between true wisdom and true happiness:

"Happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing. When you bring a gift to someone on their birthday and you see their face light up with joy . . . it's quite incredible what that does for you -- the giver.

"Jesus did say, actually, `It is more blessed to give than to receive.Read more ›

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Great images. Good wisdom.

By Tech & Nature on April 29, 2010

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Makes for a great gift. Just be sure the person who is receiving as a gift is okay with their age. I can imagine that some people might take offense to receiving a gift like this. I think it's great.

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great book

will be the perfect coffee table book for me and my soon to be family to read for year to come

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