Things I overheard while talking to myself / Alan Alda ; [with a new afterword by the author]
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?"
Record details
- ISBN: 0812977521
- ISBN: 9780812977523
- Physical Description: 239 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: Random House trade pbk edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: 2007.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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- Autobiographies.
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