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Things I overheard while talking to myself

Author: Alan Alda
Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2007.
Edition/Format:  Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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The popular actor looks back to reassess the meaning of his own life and the paths he has taken, from the turbulent 1960s to the tragedy of September 11, and to answer such questions as "What do I value?" and "What, exactly, is the good life?"
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Genre/Form: Autobiographie
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biography
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Alda, Alan, 1936-
Things I overheard while talking to myself.
New York : Random House, ©2007
(OCoLC)608339483
Named Person: Alan Alda; Alan Alda; Alan Alda; Alan Alda
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alan Alda
ISBN: 9781400066179 1400066174 9780812977523 0812977521
OCLC Number: 122309367
Description: 209 pages ; 25 cm
Contents: Things I overheard while talking to myself --
Lingering at the door --
Playing in the street --
Bandages and badinage --
The talking and the doing of it --
A passion for reason --
Where is the place of understanding? --
"Love your art, poor as it may be" --
The meaning of life in a glass of water --
When the breeze was scarce, I named the boat Patience --
Winning the war on winning --
As friends go ... --
Taking the wider way --
Celebrity and its discontents --
Bosco's belly.
Responsibility: Alan Alda.
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The popular actor looks back to reassess the meaning of his own life and the paths he has taken, from the turbulent 1960s to the tragedy of September 11, and to answer such questions as "What do I value?" and "What, exactly, is the good life?"

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Things I overheard while talking to myself

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This book pulls out all the stops and sets your emotions rolling. I cried during the chapter about 9/11 when a lady in Kansas not knowing what else to do baked a cake or the gentleman who said what they really missed at ground zero was something as simple as a candy bar. You could feel the immense...
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