Don't Die Until You Read This: The 7 Step Program to Creating and Preserving Your Financial Legacy

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National insurance and stock brokerage companies are buying large bulk orders of Dan Nigito's book, Don't Die Until You Read This: The Seven-Step Program for Creating and Preserving Your Financial Legacy.

Jefferson Pilot leads the charge by using this book to create a customized CD-ROM and brochure to assist their agents in presenting a powerful estate tax savings plan for their clients.

Individuals can now obtain this very important information directly without engaging expensive financial advisors or agents!

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ESTATE PLANNING ADVICE AT ITS BEST.......2001-06-30

Dan shares with his readers the same 7 step program that he has used to position many of our clients to potentially save millions of dollars that might have been lost to Federal estate, income and capital gains taxes. His uncanny ability to put estate planning into understandable terms makes this book, and his plan, clear, concise and extremely compelling.

TAKE HIS ADVICE: DON'T DIE UNTIL YOU READ THIS!.......2001-06-30

Dan Nigito showed me how I could protect my life's work from tax devastation for my children, multiply it without tax for my grandchildren, while avoiding capital gains taxes and picking up a tax deduction for Betty and myself! The Family Foundation we created will keep our philanthropic legacy alive long after we're gone. And we did it all with money we would have lost to taxes anyway! Take his advice and Don't Die Until You Read This!

UNDERSTANDABLE APPROACH TO ESTATE PLANNING.......2001-06-30

"Dan Nigito has a very entertaining style, which combines dry wit with real life examples. In the years I've known him, I've come to respect how clearly he can explain a complex subject. His sense of humor and step-by-step action plan make this book a joy to read." John J. Shaw, President of the NFL World Champion St. Louis Rams

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First-Rate Recollections of the Civil War.......2006-01-09

John J. Pullen, in his seminal work "The Twentieth Maine" describes Ellis Spear as a determined man with a dry sense of humor, the kind to "take the convervative view of men and events." Ellis Spear, a schoolteacher prior to the war, joined the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a lieutenant in 1862. He would over the course of the Civil War rise to the commissioned rank of Colonel and the brevet rank of Brigadier General, a remarkable performance for a man with no prior military training. His duties with the 20th Maine would take him everywhere the Union Army of the Potomac traveled from late 1862 through Appomattox in 1865. As a Major, Spear was often the day-to-day commander of the 20th after August 1863.

The 20th Maine is rather more famous than most volunteer regiments, thanks to its heroic fight on Little Round Top on the second day of the Battle of Gettyburg, a stand dramatized by Jeff Shaara in the novel "Killer Angels" and in the movie "Gettysburg." Spear's recollection of that day varies in the details from the traditional account presented by Pullen but this probably says more about how confusing a battle can be, especially when recollected thirty or forty years later, than about any real contradition in facts.

"Recollections" actually has three parts: Spear's notes jotted down during the war itself; a first attempt at writing them up in narrative form around 1896, and a more finished attempt undertaken sometime after 1900. The post-1900 attempt is the most readable, and is presented first. It should be read in close conjunction with the end notes to understand the context in which Spear was writing. A comparison with the other versions provides an interesting lesson in historiography.

Spear's recollections document the life of the regiment in camp and on campaign. He details the challenges posed by the weather, the terrain, the poor food, the often indifferent leadership, and the Confederates themselves. Spear writes in a matter-of-fact manner, interspersed with the kind of understated dry humor well-known to those who have lived in Down East Maine. His story is a remarkable tribute to the toughness of Civil War volunteers, who soldiered under sometimes appallingly bad conditions with grumpy good humor and perseverence. Spear comes across in this narrative as a dedicated, common sense officer who conscientiously carries out his duties. Spear's gift for observation captures, among other events, some excellent vignettes of the temporary truces established by opposing picket lines, the sometimes strange persistence of good manners in the midst of war, and the inherent brutality of combat.

This book is highly recommended to students of the Civil War and to casual readers looking for a sense of the times.

An excellent account of daily life during the civil war!.......2000-07-30

Publishing this book was a life long dream of my father-in-law, Abbott Spear. He spent much of his life working to make it a reality and unfortunately, he passed away shortly before it was released. The book should be read by those interested in a first hand view of the civil war as seen through the eyes of an ordinary man (2nd in command under Chamberlain). It provides great insight into what daily life was like during the war. I found this book to be extremely moving...it made me proud of as well as grateful to those that lived through conditions most of us could never even imagine.

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Developing an Ethics Program: A Case Study for Nonprofit Organizations
Charles E. M. Kolb
Manufacturer: Natl Center for Nonprofit Boards
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0925299839

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You either hate him or love him: Don Imus, with his equal-opportunity-insult style. Either way, you'll find this definitive, in-depth account of the ex-Marine and rhythm-and-blues singer who now rivals Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern as king of the air waves a revelation. You'll follow the quick rise of Imus from small-time stations in California to his first triumphs in New York as the morning host on WNBC. In a year, drugs, alcohol, and ego ended the glory, and, for the next eight, Imus battled the demons that had nearly cost him all hopes of a career. But in 1979, he was back at WNBC, introducing his Right Reverend Dr. Billy Sol Hargus to New York. With a battery of exclusive personal interviews with Imus's friends and associates as well as with classic selections from the Imus radio archives, this biography offers a detailed, balanced portrait of a public personality and a private man: The one, the only, the disputatious and inimitable Don Imus.

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IMUS. AMERICA'S COWBOY.......2002-06-12

This is a very poorly written book. The author comes across as being too smart by half. For instance she writes of a radio station XELO out of Del Rio, Texas that had an early influence on Imus. She goes on to explain that the station got around FCC transmitter power limitations by locating the transmitter in Juarez. If she had checked her geography she would have noted that Juarez is about 400 miles from Del Rio and the transmitter was actually located across the Rio Grande from Del Rio in what was then called Villa Cuna.

She goes on to tell of Imus and his friends doing parodies on a con man named Billy Sol Estes, whom she writes was involved in a salad oil scam, when in fact it was chattle mortages on fertilizer tanks.

This may seem like nit picking but given these inaccuracies how does one accept the rest of this book, or any of her other books as being factual?

She does give some insights into Imus's character and background that are interesting.....if true.

From Publisher's Weekly - Publishers Weekly.......1999-11-12

In this comprehensive biography of radio host Don Imus, Tracy (Home Brewed: The Drew Carey Biography; Seinfeld: The Entire Domain) patches together the reminiscences of friends and enemies into a rollicking narrative of the sleazy but successful career of the "I-Man." Tracy posits that Imus, who grew up on an Arizona ranch, brought a cowboy ethos with him to Manhattan. By her lights, Imus is "a rugged individualist living by his own code" with a "from-the-hip style." Despite much-publicized alcohol and drug problems, and incidents like his 1969 firing for repeatedly making comments about "spooks," after having held a mean-spirited "Eldridge Cleaver look-alike contest," Imus has always bounced back. His incendiary--and oft-protested--rhetoric and his jousting with public figures who criticize him have garnered the talk-radio pioneer an audience of 15 million who listen to him on WFAN in New York, or in syndication on almost 100 stations. Whereas Jim Reed''s recent biography, Everything Imus, is based almost exclusively on second-hand stories, Tracy has conducted extensive interviews, producing hilarious reflections and a balanced account. Leonard Shapiro of the Washington Post asks, following a presidential appearance on Imus in the Morning, "Why would somebody like Bill Clinton, a decent human being, go on a show where there are constant references to genitals and Jews and derogatory comments about blacks?" Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes takes up the defense, calling Imus rival Howard Stern "a vulgar, vulgar man," and finding Imus "infinitely more intelligent [and] infinitely more sensitive." The shock jock who calls himself "Howard Stern with a vocabulary" will find little here to raise his famous ire. (Aug.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Awful.......1999-09-09

This book just isn't worth it. Whether one is or is not an Imus fan, he is a fascinating subject for a biography. But this book is basically a rehash of things that have been said or written elsewhere. It has a number of out-of-date references, has nothing but dated pictures from more than ten years ago, and has factually inaccuracies and misspellings. Sorry, but don't waste your time or money.

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A truly wonderful LDS YA novel!

Not the typical Mormon Lit

My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life
Julie Wright
Manufacturer: Deseret Book Company
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1590384768

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Looking away, I asked as nonchalantly as my rapidly beating heart would allow, "So you're the kind of guy that believes in fairy-tales." "I am. And you're the kind of girl that believes in the reality of here and now." "When you're pregnant and living with your brother and his wife, reality seems like a safer place to stay." Suzanne Quincy was raised by an abusive mother and an apathetic father. In an effort to escape her upbringing, Suzie chooses the numbing effects of drugs and alcohol--and the accompanying lifestyle. She reaches a crossroad when she discovers she is pregnant. Will she listen to the world and abort the baby, or will she listen to the conscience she has ignored her entire life? The choice she makes sends her down a path of self-discovery. This story is about choices and consequences, laughter and tears, and finding the truth in the midst of it all.

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A truly wonderful LDS YA novel!.......2007-04-27

I had the privilege of reading Julie's novel before it was published -- it's now one of my top favorite LDS YA novels. Julie has a wonderful, easy-to-read style of writing with great, realistic dialogue and intriguing, three-dimensional characters. I couldn't put this book down! Truly a wonderfully-crafted novel on the subject of adoption. I'm really looking forward to reading more of Julie's novels in the future!

Not the typical Mormon Lit.......2007-02-25

I tend not to enjoy books written solely for an LDS audience. The innate optimism and idealism in such books feels shallow to me. My Not So Fairy Tale Life by Julie Wright has that optimism and idealism, but fleshes it out with solid characters who have real emotional conflicts. I truly enjoyed reading this book.

The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography

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A wonderful book by one of the best story tellers ever.
A "must" for the legions of Hans Christian Andersen fans
A must for the legions of Hans Christian Andersen fans

The Fairy Tale of My Life: An Autobiography
Hans Christian Andersen
Manufacturer: Cooper Square Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0815411057

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Danish poet and novelist Hans Christian Andersen is best known for the dozens of fairy tales he wrote.

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A wonderful book by one of the best story tellers ever........2001-08-25

I really liked reading Han's Christian Anderson's biography. You learn a lot about him, and his stories from this book. He is one of the greatest writers ever. He tells the story of his life beautifully. It was full of adventures and travels, of which he tells a lot about in his book. He truly liked all people. I highly recommend this book, and would give it more stars if I could.

A "must" for the legions of Hans Christian Andersen fans.......2001-03-06

The Fairy Tale Of My Life is Hans Christian Andersen's autobiography. Andersen (1805-1875) had an undeniable gift for storytelling that led to the creating of a series of classic fairytales that included "The Little Mermaid", "The Ugly Duckling", and "The Snow Queen. His sense of fantasy, descriptive abilities, and sensitivity to human emotions are also evident in the candor and engaging self-told story of his life from the extreme poverty of a provincial childhood to the international celebrity of his final years. Careful readers will also find valued insights into the sources for many of his most famous and enduringly popular stories. The Fairy Tale Of My Life is a "must" for the legions of Hans Christian Andersen fans!

A must for the legions of Hans Christian Andersen fans.......2001-02-04

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THE FAIRY TALE OF MY LIFE
Hans Christian Andersen
Manufacturer: NYT Nordisk Forlag
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000I9WO0C

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Fairy Tale of My Life
Hans Chris Andersen
Manufacturer: BRITISH BOOK CENTRE
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UCXB8Q

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How Green Was My Ireland?
Eilish (Connolly) Hiebert
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1552129675
Release Date: 2006-07-06

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Through ancient Celtic designs and myths, a woman looks back from Canada at the simplicity and complexity of a little girl\'s life in a charming Irish village.

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My Life in Fear
An excellent book
A Must Read!
A must Read!

My Life in Fear
Gertrude Kaufmann
Manufacturer: PublishAmerica
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 159286192X

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My Life in Fear is a true story of my life, starting in Post-World War II in Germany and going forward through my eighteenth birthday. My eighteenth birthday was the start of my new life. Through the pages in my book, I hope you will gain a good understanding of the condition Germany was in during the depression. Times were extremely tough back then and I'm sure some could relate. I feel my story needs to be shared because I am a fortunate survivor of a terrible childhood filled with abuse, fear, and most of all neglect. There's that old saying: “You Learn What You Live.” I learned never to be like my parents. If it weren't for the love of my paternal grandmother, I would not have survived it all. She was the most kind-hearted person I knew and she too had to live her life in fear.

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Book Review.......2005-08-03

This book is a view into the life of a young girl forced into adult hood and is forced to cope with the trials and troubles of an adult in post WWII. It shows a very brave woman with a strong sense to survive. This book is a must read for anyone who would like to understand what people had to go through during post WWII or anyone who wants to read a captivating book. Very, very good book.

My Life in Fear.......2004-12-23

This book is a poignant account of Gertrude's childhood in Germany during and after World War II. She intertwines the historical perspective well with her childhood memories. The book is written from a young girl's perspective with amazing details. The feelings and fears of a child in an abusive situation are compelling. As a social worker, I find this to be a very realistic account of a child's life in an abusive environment.

An excellent book.......2004-11-29

Gertrude's story is by far one of the most intriguing true life post W.W. II experiences written. In her book, she expresses some of her most traumatic life experiences, and how she survived with the help and love from her grandmother. A well written novel, and must read.

A Must Read!.......2004-04-21

An outstanding novel this is from the beggining to the end. A true epic bringing up emotions while forcing one to the edge of there seat. For all who have not read this fascinating book, please read it, you will definatley enjoy it.

A must Read!.......2004-03-01

An astonshing peice of work that Gertrude has written. One of the greatest books of this era. Very few books have been written about post German war. Many must read this novel to fufill there voidness of the time, a wonderful novel.

My life is a fairy tale: The story of Hans Christian Andersen

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My life is a fairy tale: The story of Hans Christian Andersen
Kaare Westergaard
Manufacturer: The Salvation Army
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0854124993
Release Date: 1986-01-01

The Primrose Ring - "My Life too is a fairy tale written by God's finger", Illustrated

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The Primrose Ring - "My Life too is a fairy tale written by God's finger", Illustrated
Ruth Sawyer
Manufacturer: Harper and Brothers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000X5XD3S

To the Castle and Back: Reflections on My Strange Life as a Fairy-Tale Hero

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A mortal Sisyphus
Fascinating, but not for Havel beginners
Disappointment
Havel in his own words-- and his own style

To the Castle and Back: Reflections on My Strange Life as a Fairy-Tale Hero
Vaclav Havel
Manufacturer: Knopf Canada
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ASIN: 0676979475
Release Date: 2007-05-15

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An astonishingly candid memoir from the acclaimed, dissident playwright elected President after the dramatic Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution — one of the most respected political figures of our time.

As writer and statesman, Václav Havel played an essential part in the profound changes that occurred in Central Europe in the last decades of the twentieth century. In this most intimate memoir, he writes about his transition from outspoken dissident and political prisoner to a player on the international stage in 1989 as newly elected president of Czechoslovakia after the ousting of the Soviet Union, and, in l993, as president of the newly formed Czech Republic.

Havel gives full rein to his impassioned stance against the devastation wrought by communism, but the scope of his concern in this engrossing memoir extends far beyond the circumstances he faced in his own country. The book is full of anecdotes of his interactions with world figures: offering a peace pipe to Mikhail Gorbachev, meditating with the Dali Lama, confessing to Pope John Paul II and partying with Bill and Hilary Clinton. Havel shares his thoughts on the future of the European Union and the role of national identity in today’s world. He explains why he has come to change his mind about the war in Iraq, and he discusses the political and personal reverberations he faces because of his initial support of the invasion. He writes with equal intelligence and candour about subjects as diverse as the arrogance of western power politics, the death of his first wife and his own battle with lung cancer.

Woven through are internal memos he wrote during his presidency that take us behind the scenes of the Prague Castle – the government’s seat of power – showing the internal workings of the office and revealing Havel’s mission to act as his country’s conscience, and even, at times, its chief social convenor.

Written with characteristic eloquence, wit and well-honed irony combined with an unfailing sense of wonder at the course his life has taken, To the Castle and Back is a revelation of one of the most important political figures of our time.

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A mortal Sisyphus.......2007-08-07

I just finished Vaclav Havel's memoir, To the Castle and Back, and the harsh feelings I had towards the book as I began it dissipated a bit by the end. It has an odd structure, equal parts an interview done concerning events before he was president, memos he wrote while he was president, and recollections he wrote some years after he left office, all interspersed randomly among each other, with occasional repetitions of texts. As a biography, it's a failure. By the end of the book, I still know little of the history of the Czech Republic, or what Havel did while in office. Readers looking for that should go to Havel's book, Disturbing the Peace. That book remains one of the most influential books I've ever read, and I still count myself as lucky for stumbling on it in a friend's bookshelf.

As a piece of literature, though, To the Castle is a success. Fundamentally, it casts Havel (and all writers and activists) as a sort of postmodern Sisyphus. He writes in depth and at length about his difficulty getting motivated and starting to write. He write, to the point of being whiney, about his intense doubt that his writing and political projects will ever achieve their high objectives. Indeed, he seems to argue that writing is fundamentally futile: "man will carry the complete truth about himself to the grave." And yet Havel write, driven on by the "somewhat ridiculous" idea that "the world desperately needs the work in question, and will fall apart if it doesn't appear." I too like writing and thinking yet have intense self-doubt, and so I get great joy seeing that someone way more gifted than I like Havel suffers the same. I agree with Havel's quote: "I sometimes ask myself whether I did not originally begin to write... only to overcome my essential experience of inappropriateness... in order to be able to live with those feelings."

Yet somehow the Sisyphean task of the writer gives him meaning: "He simply tried to capture the world and himself more and more exactly through words, images, or actors, and the more he succeeds, the more aware he is that he can never completely capture either the world or himself... but that drives him to keep trying." Imagine Sisyphus as conscious of the absurdity of his task, yet still drawing meaning from it. Camus would be proud.

This book is also a lament, for it is perhaps his last, and is certainly written as such. Havel is sending a message: he did his best to write himself into the world, but ultimately failed to communicate his internal self. Like a mortal Sisyphus in old age realizing he will never reach the top of this hill, nor could have.

Fascinating, but not for Havel beginners.......2007-06-24

To those of us deeply involved in Czech history or culture, this is an essential book. It's a fascinating insider's look at the choices a dissident was forced to make when he became President of a postcommunist country. But for people not deeply familiar with Havel's work, this is not the place to start. First read "Open Letters" and "Disturbing the Peace," then John Keane's (similarly unconventional) biography.

Disappointment.......2007-06-14

What a disappointment this book turned out to be. It is nothing but an apparently random collection of snippets from the author's diary and memory, unconnected by any clear themes or points. You'd have to be thorougly familiar with his life and work to have these snippets mean anything. If you are looking for any sort of autobiography of the author, forget it. I have a hard time seeing how anyone could experience life so randomly.

Havel in his own words-- and his own style .......2007-06-05

Maybe we can be forgiven for wishing that Vaclav Havel, one of the truly amazing figures of our time, had written a more traditional, linear, and straightforward memoir of the Velvet Revolution that brought him to power, and his experiences as president, first of Czechoslovakia, then the Czech Republic. Those were years that pulsed with excitement; and if our hopes that this philosopher-president could remake the world (or his own country, even) in his own image were wildly over-optimistic, then at least his example continues to shine as evidence that history is always unpredictable, and amazing things are truly possible.
But instead of a chronological incident-by-incident description of what happened in those years from 1989 onward, Havel has given us this unorothodox book which is divided in three parts: his answers to an interviewer's question (the same interviewer with whom he collaborated on the fascinating "Distrubing the Peace" just before the revolution); excerpts from his official directions to his staff while president; and more recent reflections of his life in the post-presidency (largely written while on sabbatical in the United States).
There is plenty here to keep interested people enthralled: insights into contemporary world leaders; descriptions of those heady days which saw one-time "dissidents" elevated to power; explanations of why Havel acted as he did in various issues facing the Czech Republic (much of this material might be pretty much incomprehensible to many non-European readers). We also get stunningly honest glimpses into Havel's personality-- sometimes witty, often persnickety, always overly conflicted. These are, perhaps, the most fascinating aspects of the book (though, from a scholarly viewpoint, perhaps the least important). We learn that Havel loves Americans (so polite [!], he says; such good drivers [!!]; with such beautiful teeth-- though they eat these gigantic sandwiches and wash them down the Coca-cola. Interesting? Maybe. Important? Hardly.
Perhaps, from the viewpoint of the student of history and politics, it would have been more useful for Havel to concetrate for a longer time on, say, his relations with Klaus; the problems of privatization; the Czech Republic's relationship to NATO or the EU. But one senses that, had he done so, we would have a much less humane (and human) book here-- and letting personality and humanity shine through beyond the expected constructs of society is what much of Havel's lifework has been about. Certainly, this book irritates at times. Sometimes, one senses that by jumping about from subject to subject, from 2005 to 1994 to 1999 to 2004 again, much is left unsaid and much escapes sufficient analysis. Certainly, there is some kind of absurdist pattern to Havel's repeating certain brief extracts from his journal (about how he wants his pike prepared; the bat in the closet; needing a linger hose for his garden) over and over again. But what that pattern is precisely escapes most of those approching this book hoping for insights into Havel's perspective on our world and its recent history.
"To The Castle and Back" is well worth reading for its insights into this marvelous man and his story. It was good of him to share as much of himself with us as he has. But certainly, we shouldn't be surprised that as one of the great iconoclasts of our age, he chose to do so in a manner that was completely and unmistakably his own.

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Fairy Tale of My Life
Hans Chris Andersen
Manufacturer: BRITISH BOOK CENTRE
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PVW49Y

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