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Title: How to Ruin Your Life by Ben Stein ISBN: 1-56170-974-3 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.56 (18 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: So-so. 3 word summary: Avoid being egoistic
Comment: Avoid being egoistic -- these three words sum up the entire book, so if you already know this, don't bother with the book. Based on other rave reviews here, and from hearing Ben Stein on the radio, I decided to give this book a try. This book serves two purposes: as a humor book and as an inverted self-help book. Regarding humor, I was disappointed to find the book as a whole, not funny. I smiled a couple of times, but that was it. In terms of the self-help aspect of the book, there is really nothing new here and Mr. Stein is very redundant - so much so that it suppresses any humor he was trying to convey. Overall the book could quickly be summed up by reading the table of contents and afterward section in the back of the book -- which is only a couple of pages. Another weakness in the book is that Mr. Stein tries to address too wide of an audience and on the same page he will address you as wife, husband, and student -- this makes parts of the book awkward to read, and I'm surprised editors didn't catch this. Thankfully I picked this book up at my library today and didn't buy it, because frankly, I don't think it is worth the money and wasn't what I expected from a man of Mr. Stein's noteriety.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll Think of People You Know When Reading the Book
Comment: With thousands of books on how to improve one's life, it is refreshing to see one that tells you how to ruin it. One is bound to see countless examples of ideas on how to ruin's one life that people consistantly engange in (i.e., not saving money, or using drugs.) While the book has a humorous spin to it, it is important to realize that it is not easy to be a complete failure. It actually requires work. When you look at the bums on the street, you can quickly see that they have taken Ben Stein's ideas seriously--not saving money, engang in illegal behavior, not making friends, harming their family, and failing to work. If you see any of your current behaviors described in this book, it should cause a serious change in one's personality! After all, we all know how to be a success (we see self-help books all the time), but do we really know the ingredients of failure? If so, let's at least learn how to avoid them! Thanks Ben! I'll do my best not to take your advice. Ha.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fabulous! Highly recommended.
Comment: Drives home the points with humor. One of the best "self help" CDs I've read or in this case listened to.
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Title: Yes, You Can Time the Market! by Ben Stein, Phil DeMuth ISBN: 0471430161 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 04 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: How to Ruin Your Love Life by Benjamin Stein, Ben Stein ISBN: 1401902405 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Cracked: Putting Broken Lives Together Again by Drew Pinsky ISBN: 0060096543 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 14 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market by John Allen Paulos ISBN: 0465054803 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Bunkhouse Logic: How Successful People Win: Attitudes and Strategies for Winning What You Want in Life by Ben Stein, Benjamin Stein ISBN: 1561709751 Publisher: Hay House Pub. Date: October, 2005 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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