About this title: "Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad" is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappe - author of fifteen books, including three-million copy bestseller "Diet for a Small Planet" - distills her world-spanning experience and wisdom in a conversational yet hard-hitting style. She affirms readers' basic sanity - their intuitive knowledge that it is possible to stop grasping at straws and grasp the real roots of today's crises, from hunger and poverty to climate change and terrorism. Because we are creatures of the mind, says Lappe, it is the power of 'frame ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Small Planet Media
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub Co
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780979414244ISBN:0979414245
Description: New. "Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity & Courage in a World Gone Mad" is a little book with a big message. Frances Moore Lappe--author of fifteen books, including three-million-copy bestseller "Diet for a Small Planet"--distills her world-spanning expe... read more
"I expected more from Frances Moore Lappe. My major issue with Getting a Grip is not that it lacks in good ideas but that it fails to develop them. Add to this its highly manipulative writing style and the result is something dangerously like one of those dime-a-dozen motivational speeches or self-help books. That's unfortunate, because I would not for a second doubt the author's integrity, yet I fear she undercuts the efficacy of her own message by peddling far too many facile slogans and sanctimonious platitudes. Is it inspiring? Yes, it is, and maybe that's enough if we take time to individually reflect on her propositions. Her call to positivity, for one, is hard to turn down. However, civic-minded readers are going to have to seriously supplement this book with other, more substantial texts or when it comes right down to it they will find themselves equipped with a bunch of softballs."
"Focusing on food and environment, a fresh look at what democracy means (or could mean). Presents the idea that the beliefs we (society) have shape what we see in the world."
"For those who remember "Diary for a Small Planet," which made a number of my friends vegetarians, this is the same author. I gave it only two stars because it's not remarkably well written, but it's an interesting book. The subtitle is "clarity creativity and courage in a world gone mad." I read it for my book group and was pleasantly surprised that it is not just a light look at a way to run the world differently--it has some actionable steps. It is, of course, somewhat optimistic, but has made me think I need to look at situations differently to try and come up with better outcomes. Worth the read."
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