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Summary: Weird but true
Review: Gretchen writes with a wonderful "in your face style" that I found refreshing. The title of the book is not only an author's "Keyword Dream" but the book answers the how to questions implied in each of those words. This is not fluff reading. If you are easily offended by the way the world really is out there, read another book. If you want to see life in the fast lane, here it is. This book is a winner. Kevin Hogan, ...
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Summary: HUMOROUS BOOK - tons of fun to read
Review: I bought this book after stumbling across it in the sociology section at Borders. I flipped through it and found some humorous and insightful comments and decided to buy it to lighten up my reading, as I primarily read Peter Drucker, other management books and some philosophy. I thought the book would be some light-hearted humor and I wasn't disappointed!The author, Gretchen Craft Rubin, is an extremely witty woman. While her background is law the book has tons of comments from famous historical figures such as Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Plutarch, Shakespeare, and Edith Wharton. The book is segmented, as expected, into the 4 sections described in the title (POWER MONEY FAME SEX). Each section provides some unique insight into human behavior, some examples in recent history and tons of witty comments from historical figures Here are just some of the examples but, just so you know, the book is not in quotation form. "People believe, and research proves, that high-status men attract more women easily than low-status men." "The sex that accompanies your success is a nice perk for all your hard work - a pleasant, convenient way to demonstrate the status you've achieved." "They envy the pleasures they imagine you've won. Perception drives reality, and your status swells accordingly. " Playboy Donald Trump "When we walk into a restaurant, I watch grown men weep." He was watching other men's reaction to his date, not his date herself. Jack Kennedy reported "once I get a woman, I'm not interested in carrying on, for the most part." He was pursuing conquests, not relationships. LBJ "Goddamn it, I had more women by accident than he ever had by design." - he maintained a nookie room" in the capital for his illicit liaisons "The more money, fame and power you have the more easily you can have casual sex." Anyways, I can go on and on about the book but I will not. BUY THE BOOK, enjoy it as it is fairly easy reading and, at 270 pages well worth the price of the insights and humor delivered.
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Summary: HUMOROUS BOOK - tons of fun to read
Review: I bought this book after stumbling across it in the sociology section at Borders. I flipped through it and found some humorous and insightful comments and decided to buy it to lighten up my reading, as I primarily read Peter Drucker, other management books and some philosophy. I thought the book would be some light-hearted humor and I wasn't disappointed! The author, Gretchen Craft Rubin, is an extremely witty woman. While her background is law the book has tons of comments from famous historical figures such as Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Plutarch, Shakespeare, and Edith Wharton. The book is segmented, as expected, into the 4 sections described in the title (POWER MONEY FAME SEX). Each section provides some unique insight into human behavior, some examples in recent history and tons of witty comments from historical figures Here are just some of the examples but, just so you know, the book is not in quotation form. "People believe, and research proves, that high-status men attract more women easily than low-status men." "The sex that accompanies your success is a nice perk for all your hard work - a pleasant, convenient way to demonstrate the status you've achieved." "They envy the pleasures they imagine you've won. Perception drives reality, and your status swells accordingly. " Playboy Donald Trump "When we walk into a restaurant, I watch grown men weep." He was watching other men's reaction to his date, not his date herself. Jack Kennedy reported "once I get a woman, I'm not interested in carrying on, for the most part." He was pursuing conquests, not relationships. LBJ "Goddamn it, I had more women by accident than he ever had by design." - he maintained a nookie room" in the capital for his illicit liaisons "The more money, fame and power you have the more easily you can have casual sex." Anyways, I can go on and on about the book but I will not. BUY THE BOOK, enjoy it as it is fairly easy reading and, at 270 pages well worth the price of the insights and humor delivered.
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Summary: sad, cold, without a soul
Review: I found this book very cold: maybe that was exactly the desired effect, very much a la Machiavelli.
The seemingly infinite list of tricks and tactics to acquire fame, power, money and sex left me with a bitter aftertaste: I was probably expecting something different from this book, something a little deeper.
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Summary: Weird but true
Review: Parody or self-help book? Well, B&N believes the latter: they really do have it shelved in the "self-improvement" section. Maybe the library scientists working there know more than I do. Regardless, the author is an extremely polished writer.
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