About this title: Actor and bestselling author Alda faces tough questions as he looks back on paths his life has taken--from the turbulence of the sixties through the ache of September 11th and beyond.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 10/2007
ISBN-13:9781400066179ISBN:1400066174
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 209 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781400066179ISBN:1400066174
Description: Good. 97-X Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781400066179ISBN:1400066174
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Very Good. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"I gave Alda's first autobiography four stars, and feel sad that I don't want to give this one more. In this one, he has gathered speeches and talks that he gave at various times and places and to various groups (lots of college graduating classes and auditoriums full of scientists), and then told the stories of what went into those talks and what was going on for him that he said what he did.
I think it really didn't do as much for me because I just really prefer novels (i.e. longer stories) to essays, and this is a fairly random set of essays. Mostly just not my thing.
But I still enjoyed his first book (Never Have Your Dog Stuffed) quite a bit."
"The biographical material was interesting, but most of book is a collection of his various lectures--many of which are inspiring. Uplifting book. One bit in particular changed me: he explains that his motive for leading protests against arms proliferation wasn't done because he thought he would effectuate real change (he knew his efforts were too small), but because he wanted to do *something* to work towards changing the world--to be able to say that he tried. And if everyone did that, real change would be effectuated.
That view has inspired me to work towards changing the world myself, even when I fear my efforts won't have the big impact I'd like."
"I should have a shelf called "I knew better". This audiobook would go right in the center, if I had.
Alda's passionate, articulate, engaging but somehow I still found this book both fatuous and smarmy. I don't think it's intentional, of course. I found it desperately annoying. Maybe it's my own bias showing- if I'm deeply touched, I generally respond with humor or sarcasm (preferably both at once), and I think I am embarrassed in the presence of ingenuous emotions like Alda's. And a little voice in my head adds gratuitously, "especially at his age". It's a sincerely sentimental book full of earnestly sweet and genuinely good advice. Nevertheless, I couldn't wait for it to be over. That's more about me than Alda, isn't it?"
"I listened to the audio version of this, which Alda reads, but I'm pretty sure that even if I'd read it, I would've heard his voice reading this in my head. This was funny and thoughtfully political without being preachy. This was a quick and enjoyable listen, and it made me wish that Alan Alda had spoken at my college commencement ceremony, because I think there are things from this book that I will actually remember for a while (and I can't recall a single word that Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm said on that drizzly morning six years ago)."
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