| 10 1/2 Things No Commencement Speaker Has Ever Said Contributor(s): Wheelan, Charles (Author), Steiner, Peter (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0393074315 ISBN-13: 9780393074314 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Personal Growth - Success - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 170.44 |
| LCCN: 2012005123 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 7" (0.48 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The antidote to those cotton-candy platitudes that are all too familiar to anyone who's ever worn a mortarboard, Wheelan's 101 head-turning aphorisms--backed up by a PhD in public policy and extensive social science research--set the record straight. Readers everywhere agreed, turning a Dartmouth Class Day speech that had gone viral into a best-selling book. Whether praising the time "wasted" in fraternity basements; mentioning that, frankly, the worst days of your life still lie ahead; or simply asking that graduates avoid wreaking the kind of havoc that others before them have, Wheelan softens his candid conclusions with good-natured charm and tales of unconventional success. With cartoons sprinkled throughout to keep things light, this volume makes a perfect gift for graduates of all ages. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wheelan, Charles: - Charles Wheelan is the author of the best-selling Naked Statistics and Naked Economics and is a former correspondent for The Economist. He teaches public policy and economics at Dartmouth College and lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with his family. |