Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder

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Good Fun Overview of Alexander and Modern Business

Light reading at best...

Gives you a good picture and some lessons

Like ancient history & business?

Good book if you like fiction

Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: The Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder
Partha Bose
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Release Date: 2004-04-20

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Alexander the Great endures as one of the most admired and emulated leaders in world history. In our time, his example of unprecedented and unparalleled success has inspired leaders of business and government, from media mogul Ted Turner (who keeps a bronze bust of Alexander in his office) to Desert Storm commander General Norman Schwarzkopf (who credits Alexander's tactical innovations for his dramatic flanking maneuver against the Iraqi army in the liberation of Kuwait).

In Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy, Partha Bose, one of the world's leading experts on business strategy, gives fresh insight into Alexander's leadership and legacy--and shows how you can use the secrets of his success to conquer today's challenges, as successful executives, politicians, and generals have.

Blending insights from his years of experience in the business world with his lifelong study of Alexander, Bose interweaves a gripping biography with compelling analyses of contemporary case studies of successful corporations that have applied Alexander's lessons to their business, including Dell, General Electric, Wal-Mart, and the Washington Post company. This is a provocative and invaluable audiobook for leaders everywhere.

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Good Fun Overview of Alexander and Modern Business.......2007-04-03

I agree with some reviewers that this book isn't a serious scholarly work and the connections between Alexander's strategies and military/political conquests and the strategies used in the modern corporate world tend to be disjointed here and there, but still, it's good reading and it forces the reader to think about the similarities or simply discard what the author sees as such. It takes imagination on the part of the reader to analyze what Alexander had achieved and apply it to our daily modern lives, but Alexander certainly does have many things to teach us in the areas of strategy and the application of tactics and execution.

Some of the examples that Bose bring up make sense and show some connection to what Alexander did while others make you roll your eyes somewhat and go, "Yeah, okay, if you say so." Nonetheless, the book is fun to read and much faster to go through than most Alexander biographies as Alexander's achievements and strategies implemented are applied to things that we can relate to more readily. We are not constantly bombarded with names and places that we can't remember or put our fingers on as so many Alexander biographies tend to do. I finished this book in little over a day and had good time reading it and I'm sure I'll refer back to it more for enjoyment than anything else.

There is certainly much to be learned through the study of Alexander's remarkable life and his near-mythical achievements in such a short period of time. This is a good primer in that area although I would certainly not recommend it to anyone as the definitive book about what Alexander was all about and this book doesn't purport to be as such. That's what makes it good fun reading. Alexander was certainly a strategist of the highest order although he seems to have been guided as much by keen natural instincts as by highly-developed intellect. Obviously, some of these things simply cannot be taught. Still, the conjectures are interesting and fun to ponder and I recommend this book to the Alexander buff who already has a good well-rounded collection and wants to add a "fun" book for easy reading.

Light reading at best..........2007-01-07

That's what it is.

Not to be taken too seriously for historical accuracy or as a serious Harvard Business School management session.

But nice book juggling two supposedly disparate topics.

Gives you a good picture and some lessons.......2006-04-19

The problem with this book is that it simplifies and doesnt crasp some of the true lessons we could learn from Alexander.
However, the book gives a excellent account about his life and battles. I think that you should buy this book if you are intrested in alexander from a learning standpoint. I learned a few things from this book! But if you want to learn alexanders leadership style, then try find another book.

Like ancient history & business?.......2006-02-21

Then this is for you. While working on the WEF competitive reports with Besife Tonwe, we got into a discussion about how despite all the technology advances human nature has changed little in 3000 years. I thought not. Besife's claim was that read Niall Ferguson's House of Rothschild and you pretty much have the narratives of the 1929 crash and the 2000 tech wreck - except they take place between 1798 and 1848. Bose's book was the test and confirms his theory. Rats.

Good book if you like fiction.......2005-02-25

The people rating this high must be paid to do so. It's just riddled with historical inaccuracy ... Fuller's book on this topic is SO much better that I'm still kicking myself for buying this.

Just because I made the mistake doesn't mean you have to.

Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy: Timeless Leadership Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder

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Why did the author write this biography?.......2006-01-17

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WOW.......2002-09-14

This is a wonderful book about an extraordinary man and if Steph liked this book I am sure you will as well.

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This book was very good. The fact that the pictures really showed his entire life was refreshing. You felt like you were there throughout his life and were experiencing the events of his life with him. After reading the book I wish I would have had the opportunity to meet Jimmy Stewart. This book was a tribute to his life.

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Dorothy Parker meets Holly Golightly in this sharp, delicious, bright-girl-comes-to-New-York memoir. Alison Rose, former actress and former model (sort of), takes us from her childhood to her years at The New Yorker, revealing how, often, she “didn’t care enough about existence to keep it going herself” and preferred to stay in her room with her animals and think.

She writes about her childhood in California, daughter of a movie-star-handsome psychiatrist who was charming to friends but a bully and a tyrant to his family (he hadn’t wanted children; he believed mental illness was hereditary). She writes about how she never liked any place better than her wisteria-covered veranda off her childhood bedroom . . . and about the times she lay by the pool with her sister’s boyfriend (she ten; he eighteen), listening to “Ten Cents a Dance” on the phonograph—and learned the victory of cahoots-style flirtation . . .

She writes about moving to Manhattan in her twenties, sleeping in Central Park, subsisting on Valium, Eskatrol, and Sara Lee orange cake . . . about the “alter” family she assembled: Francine from Atlanta, whose beauty was so unnerving she disoriented those around her; “Mother,” the short gay man who photographed Alison; “Baby Bob,” just out of Austen Riggs mental hospital . . .

She writes about moving to L.A., attending the Actors Studio, living with Burt Lancaster’s son “Billy the Fish” (he lived in his own element, coming up for other people’s air), sabotaging her acting efforts (no one knew better than Alison how to shut the window on her own fingers) . . . about encountering Helmut Dantine of Casablanca fame, who gave her shelter from the storm, and about meeting Gardner McKay, her childhood TV idol, and becoming friends—sacred, close, lifelong.

She writes about returning to New York, getting a job as a receptionist at The New Yorker, being taken up by the writers there—“a tribe of gods,” who turned her from a semi-recluse into a full-fledged writer (“You can't be the smartest person who doesn’t do anything forever”); about their kindredness, the impromptu club they formed: Insane Anonymous (a “whole other world that was better than sane”); and her emergence as a writer for the magazine. As Renata Adler said of Alison’s path, “It is the most nuanced, courageous, utterly crazy way to have wended.”

Better Than Sane is the debut of a supremely gifted and entertaining writer.

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I'm in the middle , clearly controversy means something!.......2005-07-25

I usually only review books that I absolutely love- but in this case I wanted to read this tome in one night and be done with it... Alison has a beautiful and sometimes seductive and brilliant way of stringing thoughts together- an idiosyncratic way of descriptive device. Five stars for individuality and fine form.
The issue that I think most detractors have is the content and viewpoint of this clearly unfeminist female who in current jargon "gave all of her power away" to captivating and famous intellectuals - and I agree it's unclear the extent of the physical affairs that she was having - although there was plenty of mind games and heady flirtation and this was the food of her life- approval from men .So, if it's not your bag then you probably won't like the book-The men seem pompous smug and peurile to me, but I wasn't there. Everyone has their own life to live and Alison Rose shouldn't be judged to harshly for her choices. Certainly the game was a two way street and these New yorker men loved having their err egos stroked.To readers I say "try it , you might like it, and if not then she's just not your cuppa. "

extremely frustrating, with glimpses of brilliance.......2005-04-07

I think, from reading the other customer reviews of this book, that this must be one that you either love, or hate. Put me in the latter category. There was great potential in this book - Alison Rose is clearly a good writer, she has brushed up against many other good writers and interesting people, and led an unconventional life. But. Arrgggh! She tells us only the faintest of details, skips around in time so it is difficult to piece together what happened when, and gives us no context for her actions or her memories. She has had a devastating effect on others - men and women - in her life (judging from what she tells us, anyway). But there's no real indication of WHY she was able to captivate so many interesting, intelligent and prominent people.

Original, Beautiful, Droll, Elegiac and Perfect.......2004-08-31

I read Better Than Sane: Tales from a Dangling Girl all the way through, in one sitting. I couldn't put it down. The book is original, beautiful, droll (as Rose would say), elegiac and perfect. It is also sexy. Better Than Sane is a piece of literature, something people aren't accustomed to anymore. Anyone who doesn't agree with me doesn't know what literature is. Rose has created an entire set of characters here. Their interactions made me a little bored with my own life. Through the dialogue (there isn't dialogue like this in any book I can think of)and the prose itself, the reader understands how Alison Rose has survived. She was "rescued by her own actions and didn't get killed," as George Trow, her mentor at The New Yorker and writer of "Within the Context of No Context" said to
her. An editor at the magazine, where Rose became a staff writer,
said to her, "You see beyond." She does.

I'm so disappointed..........2004-08-15

I love The New Yorker. Each week, it's like a precious gift, and I relish every page, particularly 'Talk of the Town'. So one can imagine my delight at the prospect of a book by Alison Rose. Sadly, I feel that with her book she really drove home the fact that the ability to type does not mean one should write a book.

This is the long, minutely detailed story of an apparently very beautiful woman who finds herself incredibly fascinating. Maybe she is truly fascinating, and just can't convey it through writing. Maybe this is why someone at Knopf deemed it acceptable to publish this excruciating memoir and send it out into the world. Or maybe Alison was just sleeping with the right person at the right time. Again.

In closing, I would like to cite the sentence that pushed me over the edge, that transformed me from irritated non-fan into sarcastic review-writer: "The day before he made the birthday card for Puppy-I'd brought her into the office and introduced her to some writers and editors-I was carrying her under her front legs, her dog ankles were crossed, and Harold said, 'She should be wearing a skirt'." This is the type of statement people make in passing four hundred times a day. I have probably said this very thing to someone ahead of me in line at the post office. It doesn't make for interesting reading, and that's a shame because this book is comprised of similar sentences. God, the boredom.

A REAL WRITER.......2004-07-31

Alison Rose is a real writer. Better Than Sane:Tales from a Dangling Girl is literature, which is hard to come by these days.
Rose knows what friendship is. I have memorized a sentence she wrote about the writer Harold Brodkey: "If I have, say, twenty fragments of my mind all to myself, and I give ten to Harold, then half of them are taken care of for a few hours. Then I have only half the trouble, half the isolation. A real luxury." In the chapter "Dangling Girl," Rose's loyal friend Francine flies in from Atlanta to help Alison pack up her office at The New Yorker. The description is sad and charming and so beautiful that I could feel the decades of friendship, as if I had been in the office with them. On the last moving day, the brilliant writer, Renata Adler,(there is a sublime Adler quote in the epigraph)takes the photographs of George Trow and Harold Brodkey off the wall, a final goodbye. Parts of Better Than Sane are elegiac, but all of it is written in prose that, elegiac or not, brings happiness to a serious reader. We need Better Than Sane in our uncertain world.

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Davy Crockett has been America's best-known folk hero for at least 160 years. This informed biography by James Atkins Shackford first appeared in 1956, at the height of the television-inspired Crockett craze. As Michael Lofaro notes in his introduction, "Shackford faced the monumental task of rescuing a nearly unknown David Crockett from the obscurity caused by the popularity of the earlier legendary Davys and deepened by Disney." He succeeded memorably, restoring David Crockett of Tennessee, a true pioneer and colorful figure even without romantic trappings.

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David Crockett, the man v. Davy Crockett, the legend.......2006-01-10

This remains the definitive biography of David Crockett. Shackford is a firm believer that the real David Crockett is a much more interesting man than the legendary Davy Crockett, and although he recounts both the real and the legendary about the man here, it's the real he concentrates on - sometimes in great detail, but never to the point of totally overwhelming the reader.

Crockett was born in 1786 in Tennessee. His grandparents were killed by Indians near today's Rogersville, TN. From an early age Crockett was a drover between Tennessee and Virginia. A poor farmer but excellent hunter, he was able to put food on the family table with his gun. It is also here that some of the legendary accounts of his life begin, although some seemingly exaggerated exploits are true (killing over 100 bears in one season, for example, though the number would rise with the telling).

He volunteered in Andrew Jackson's army against the Creeks in Alabama, though he was glad when his service was through. After his wife died, he remarried and soon was involved in politics, getting elected to the Tennessee state legislature in 1821. He made many friends and was finally elected to Congress in 1827, after an unsuccessful bid two year earlier. It was in Washington that his legend rocketed. An ally of Jackson's, he became a symbol of "the common man." A play and biography about him fanned the legendary fire (they were more tall-tale than factual, as Shackford demonstrates), and his autobiography appeared in 1834. (Shackford dissects the autobiography carefully, noting that it was written with a great deal of help from Crockett's friend Thomas Chilton, and that it was Crockett who insisted that many of the exaggerations about him not be included; he also shows how most of what remained was true and accurate, which corrects past interpretations.)

Crockett didn't last long in Congress, mainly because of his strong support for "the little guy" (squatters' rights) and his opposition to Jackson's Indian removal policy, which he abhorred (interesting in light of his family's history). He went home, licked his wounds, and joined the Whig party. Re-elected to Congress as a Whig in 1833, he toured the eastern states, had more sensational biographies about him published, and began issuing (or rather had issued "for" him or "about" him) the famous Almanacs in which his exploits took on Olympian proportions. He was defeated in Congress again in 1835 and in November of that year, headed for Texas. He made his way to San Antonio in time to be among the slaughtered "immortals" killed at the Alamo by Santa Anna in February 1836.

Crockett's death, as related by editor Michael A. Lofaro in the Introduction, is interesting and quite different from many other accounts, including Shackford's own (based on "new information"). Apparently seven men, Crockett being one of them, were captured by Mexican soldiers and spared, in defiance of Santa Anna's orders that no prisoners were to be taken. Brought before Santa Anna, the soldiers pleaded for their lives and were outraged when Santa Anna ordered them killed immediately. It seems the men refused, but others more willing to obey orders committed the deed. Interestingly, this account had been known and recorded all along, but never thought to have been true; the standard "true" account had Crockett being killed, unarmed, at the very beginning of the battle.

Shackford's book has a magisterial quality about it in that he refuses to leave any stone unturned in getting the facts separated from the legends. There are appendices and an epilogue in which he discusses many of the legendary sources of Crockett's legacy. Some might find this very careful and painstaking examination slow going, but I found it fascinating. And he does write with style and authority. And, as I said, and as he rightly proves, the real David Crockett is a far more interesting personage than the mythical one - as it should be. An excellent historical biography; highly recommended.

Objective? yes. Well written? Absolutely not........2003-07-02

This book, written in the height of the Crockett hysteria in the 1950's, attempts to present an objective view of the real David Crockett. Most of the book deals with Crockett the senator, not Crockett the backwoodsman or Crockett of the Alamo. In this, at least, the book is valuable, because it portrays a David Crockett far different from the Davy Crockett of Walt Disney or John Wayne.

The book is valuable in this respect, but it is poorly written. The author skips from one subject to another, making obscure references to events which are never explained and about which the reader is apparently supposed to be familiar. The argument is not well organized, and bounces around so much it is very difficult to follow, and the narrative is just as fragmentary. Inappropriate euphemisms and ill-fitting metaphors further clot this work and inhibit the flow of the narrative. Shackford, who was a professor of English and should have been a more capable writer, makes this account of Crockett's life very, very difficult to read.

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Exploring the Lives of Gifted People - The Arts
Kathy Balsamo
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Guide to buying a home in Greece, including information on financing, mortgages, real estate agents and utilities.

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Not very useful.......2002-12-27

the book is a below average tour book. This book has very little value, if any in purchasing a home in Greece. There is a half page in the book about purchase contracts. no mention of costs, taxes, closing fees etc. It would have been nice if they had an example of a closing statement. Throughout the book they bold stuff that they think is very important. Almost all of this is common sense that you could find in any real estate book in any country. example: If you can't make any appointment call and cancel. another, If you don't know where you want to live, rent first. Even the references in the back are poor. You would do much better by calling the tourist office and telling them, you wanted to buy a home in Greece and wanted information. Overall, this book is extremely general, given little or no details about real estate in Greece and has no value. Don't waste your time.

Buying a Home in Greece & Cyprus, 2nd Edition: A Survival Handbook (Survival Handbooks)

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Fully revised and updated 2nd edition and the best-selling book about buying property in Greece & Cyprus since it was first published in 2000. Essential reading for anyone planning to buy a home in Greece or Cyprus and the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information available. Buying a Home in Greece & Cyprus is designed to guide you through the property jungle and make buying a home a pleasant and enjoyable experience. Most importantly, it contains vital information to help you avoid disasters that can turn your dream home into a nightmare - and will also save you time, trouble and money!

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n the 1990s, Jameson Parker was shot and almost killed. Fleeing the psychological aftereffects, he and his wife Darlene moved out of Los Angeles to a Southern California cattle ranch and into an unexpected life of horses, cowboys, unruly cattle, and vast, healing spaces. An Accidental Cowboy is a story of trauma, depression, and the beginnings of hope, set against the backdrop of the American Southwest.

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Worth the money!.......2007-01-18

You never would have known an actor from the 80's would turn out to be a modern day cowboy. Well, it seems that Jameson Parker has. You always wonder what happens to a person after a successful tv stint and now we know. The parts in this book that explain the shooting incident were intense. True, the wounds turned out not to be life threatening. Be that as it may, how would any of us react to looking down the face of a gun and watching as the bullet comes straight for us. I can understand where the PTSS would come in later in life. This book is recommended for anyone who wants a good read about cowboy life, life's ups and downs, stress, loss, ect. It is extremely well written and will hold your attention. Bravo, Mr. Parker. I already own Absent Friends and anxiously await further works from Jameson Parker.

A great read!.......2005-10-07

I loved this book. I have been a fan of Mr. Parker since he starred in "Simon and Simon" in the 80s, and always wondered what had become of him. In "An Accidental Cowboy" I found out.

I commend him for writing about things that he probably would have rather forgotten -- his depression, his suicidal thoughts, etc. It is very hard to explain things you do not know yourself. And to open yourself up to total strangers, even when you don't have to look those people in the face, is especially difficult. Thank you for being so honest.

The stories about ranch life were very entertaining. Even people who have never been on a ranch before should find them fascinating. I grew up on a farm in Oklahoma, where we had cattle and horses, and I was caught up in the day-to-day life of the California cowboys. I will never forget this book, and I hope anyone else who reads it enjoys it as much as (most of) the reviewers here did.

Well-written and THOROUGHLY enjoyable!.......2004-10-28

I've read a lot of books, and while many of them may be fun to read, they are not always well-written. This book is both. I grew up on a farm and thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Parker's account of ranch life. His account is witty and fun to read, as well as being right on target with how cowboy life really is. At the same time, Mr. Parker has a wonderful grasp of the English language. His descriptions are easy to visualize and some of his comparisons are poetic as well as funny/heart-rending depending on what he is depicting. All in all, this was a thoroughly enjoyable read and one that is worth reading a second time.

A very enjoyable read........2004-04-01

I loved all the cowboy stories! Being a "city-slicker" it was all new to me and yet I found the stories interesting, and very, very funny at times. The parts about the shooting and the aftermath were hard to read and I was very surprised that the writer exposed himself as much as he did. I thought that was very brave and I hope it helped him to get it down on paper. I never felt the writer to be overdramatic, whiney or self indulgent. ANY shooting, whether the wounds be superficial or not, is very tramatic. I question one reviewers motives when they say that they purchased the book out of "sheer boredom". They go on to say that they had no interest in reading about life on a ranch. Wouldn't reading about something you had no interest in cause you to become more bored? Could this review be a personal vendetta? Sounded like it to me.

Serious and Funny all in one!.......2004-02-09

I'm not much of a book reader, but a friend said to read this book. I have been around horses most of my life and a few years back started into the 'Real Cowboy' cattle ranch scene too! Mr. Parker has done a great job at describing in wonderful and funny detail what it is really like. Add in the history he has put in there and his very personal struggles makes for some great reading and a book I could not put down until done! Great Job!

Cowboy Cootchie - Coo (Accidental Dads) (Harlequin American Romance , No 748)

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Very slow read....boring.......2003-09-08

This is my 2nd book by Tina Leonard. The first one I really enjoyed but this book was very boring. It took all I had to finish it! Not one I would recommend.

Knew what was coming.......1999-05-30

At the first it was GREAT. Things you did not expect to happen happened, but IT was bound to take place. From about half way through the book i knew that IT was going to happen. I like to be kept at the edge of my seat. I would like to read more of Tina's books!!!!

IT is something that happens in the book i do not want to reveal to the ones that have not read it!!

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A hero you can't help but love.......1998-12-31

Tina Leonard certainly can write from both the hero and heroine's point of view, giving the reader a most enjoyable love story. Her characters are always fresh and new, and she works wonders with the romance surrounding the approaching birth of the baby in this one. A fun romance!

A hero you will fall in love with.......1998-12-24

I usually steer clear of romance novels with a baby in them. But after reading Romantic Times review of this book, I had to add it to my collection. And I wasn't disappointed. If fact, I liked it so much I nominated it for Romance Writers of America's Book of the Year for 1998. The hero and heroine are both likeable and believable characters.

A hero you can't resist.......1998-12-17

To be honest with you, I usually steer clear of romances with babies in them. But I couldn't resist reading Tina Leonard's book after seeing the book previewed in Romantic Times. And I was not disappointed--the hero is "such a guy" that he will steal your heart away. Why can't every town have a Brant Durning? I loved this story so much, I nominated it for Romance Writers of America's "Book of the Year".

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An Accidental Cowboy
Jameson Parker
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Cowboy Cootchie-Coo : (Accidental Dads) (Harlequin American Romance Ser., Vol. 748)

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Cowboy Cootchie-Coo : (Accidental Dads) (Harlequin American Romance Ser., Vol. 748)
Tina Leonard
Manufacturer: Harlequin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OWO2KI

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Neither just scandinavian nor rage.......2003-07-07

Aksel Sandemose is surely a Norwegian writer, as he always wrote in Norwegian, but as he himself states in one of the later editions of "A refugee crosses his tracks" he based the book on his own upbringing in the small town Nykobing in Denmark.

Ultimately there is nothing Danish, Norwegian or Scandinavian about it - it is just what can happen to everyone growing up in a small town surrounded by a lot of small minds. And the feeling of wanting to pay back those who made your childhood a nightmare doesn't need a lot of analysis.

But Aksel Sandemose's "A refugee crosses his tracks" definately makes you think about it twice before you judge other people just from their appearance... I can recommend that book to everyone interested in expanding her or his mind.

Correcting the correction.......2000-05-21

The "Correction" review is completely wrong. The laws of Jante were based on Askels life in the town of Nykobing in the isle of Mors in Denmark. They have a book burning of his there every year. The citizens of Nykobing still hate the man. I know, I have been there. I have done a lot of research in Askel Sandemose, he is a relative of mine.

The Laws of Jante were published in his book entitled A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks. In it he lists people by their real names and addresses of where they lived in Nykobing. The Laws of Jante relate to his feelings of being stiffled in this community. Please, read the book, then make a review.

Correction.......2000-03-09

I have not read this book by R. Birn, but I'm a norwegian and what the guy who wrote his rewiev is a little bit wrong, first of all. Aksel Sandemose was only born and raised in Denmark, he moved til Norway quite young and lived there for about five years before he wrote the law of Jante. And it is based not on his own expirence, but what he saw in Norway. He must therefore be concidered a Norwegian author.

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A Scandinavian Classic!.......1998-12-03

This is one of two books that has influenced me the most in my upgrowing. The other one is Hermann Hesse's "Narcissus and Goldmund". The book is a psychological analysis of the authors own upringing, in a small town in Denmark called Jante, and how such a background drives the main character of the book (Espen Arnakke) to manslaughter. If you like psychoanalytic litterature and come from a small town, this is a book you must read. Beeing very well known in Scandinavia for having introduced the term "the law of Jante", it is suprisingly unknown in the US.

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