Posts Tagged ‘Mitch Albom’

Albom tries to Kindle interest in commencement speech

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Kindle is testing the market for interest in Mitch Albom’s “Commencement Speech To His Nephew’s Graduating Class: May 30, 2008, Nice, France.” First question: Was it in English, and could the class understand it? (True, Europeans tend to be bilingual, unlike most Americans.)
Priced at bargain-basement 99 cents, the Kindle file clocks in at fewer than 4,000 words.

Amazon pitches it: “Albom created a memorable testament to what we know and what we need to learn. In his passionate, touching and frequently funny address, he warned the class of 2008 of the many things they should watch out for in life, from sushi at airports to religions that advertise in the back of magazines.”
At 99 cents, there’s not much risk in that investment — except for the $400 machine it comes in.
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Tuesdays With Morrie

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.
For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.
Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder.
Mitch Albom rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live.

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