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Well-written, eloquent and a compelling read. I read it cover to cover in one day. What drives people to value worthless "stuff" to the extent they lose their jobs, their friends, their families? Is there a "cure?" Find out in this fascinating study. Great writing by two eminent pyschologists.
Hilarious. Herman Wouk is a great writer and this is a very funny story. His hero buys a run-down hotel on an island paradise, and Murphy's Law kicks in. I laughed from beginning to end.
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Eloquent and inspirational. Tracy Kidder is perhaps the best writer of nonfiction narrative writing today. Paul Farmer is a Harvard-educated physician and epidemiologist who has focused his energy, talent and intellect on solving big problems, in some of the world's poorest regions. He reminds us all that there are higher callings than making a buck and settling in our overstuffed lounge chairs every night.
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A compelling primer on how our Congress, the White House and movers and shakers in Washington make things happen, or not. A really good read. Well-written by two top-notch reporters.
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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy Frost and Gail Steketee
bruce erickson, April 5, 2011
Well-written, eloquent and a compelling read. I read it cover to cover in one day. What drives people to value worthless "stuff" to the extent they lose their jobs, their friends, their families? Is there a "cure?" Find out in this fascinating study. Great writing by two eminent pyschologists.Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
bruce erickson, January 3, 2010
First, it's a wonderful story, eloquently told. It's a "good read," as booklovers say.Above all, great characters, living life to its fullest, in a nursing home and beyond.
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Heinrich Muller Und Seine Zeit (1866)
bruce erickson, January 16, 2009
Hilarious. Herman Wouk is a great writer and this is a very funny story. His hero buys a run-down hotel on an island paradise, and Murphy's Law kicks in. I laughed from beginning to end.(4 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder
bruce erickson, August 19, 2008
Eloquent and inspirational. Tracy Kidder is perhaps the best writer of nonfiction narrative writing today. Paul Farmer is a Harvard-educated physician and epidemiologist who has focused his energy, talent and intellect on solving big problems, in some of the world's poorest regions. He reminds us all that there are higher callings than making a buck and settling in our overstuffed lounge chairs every night.(13 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)
Pennsylvania Avenue: Profiles in Backroom Power by John Harwood
bruce erickson, June 18, 2008
A compelling primer on how our Congress, the White House and movers and shakers in Washington make things happen, or not. A really good read. Well-written by two top-notch reporters.(9 of 15 readers found this comment helpful)
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