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| Author: Paul Loeb
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 12112
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0465041663
Dewey Decimal Number: 361.2
EAN: 9780465041664
Publication Date: August 17, 2004
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 Essays of Hope in a Time of Despair August 28, 2004
23 out of 24 found this review helpful
Thank you, Paul Loeb, for this powerful book of essays and poems. Each contribution explores what inspires and sustains hope in seemingly ordinary people, but in many cases, people who have changed the world. In a time when cynicism and despair run rampant, The Impossible Will Take a Little While offers voices we desperately need to hear, voices we must remember. The beautifully written essays and poems not only reaffirm the power of one, but also show what can happen when people unite and act out of their collective sense of hope. The actions of others will inspire all who read this book to act with courage, confidence, and conscience in their own lives. This is a book you will want to share with others.
Love, Empathy & Hope January 23, 2006
13 out of 17 found this review helpful
This is an inspirational compendium from contributers such as Maya Angelou, Jim Hightower, Jonathan Kozol, Nelson Mandela, Arundhati Roy, Desmond Tutu, and Howard Zinn (to name a few). Since the resurgence of the warfare state when Marvin Bush planted bombs in the Twin Towers, which were blown-up after they were hit by planes and the incident blamed on alleged Arabs (see "The New Pearl Harbor" by David Ray Griffin), we have been living an Orwellian nightmare. Just like before when FDR provoked the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor to make us Yanks war crazy so we would fight the Nazis in Europe and stop Russia from taking it over, we are demoralized and mired in social crisis. Hence, this compilation by editor Paul Loeb is salve to the wounded soul.
Nelson Mandela's contribution is "The Dark Years" when the South African white-led apartheid government incarcerated him and other political prisoners on Robben Island. The inmates organized and maintained their own inmate-led micro-society behind bars, which empowered them and sustained their souls.
Desmond Tutu wrote that people of faith are prisoners of hope. He said that the South African experience was God's beacon of hope, not just to the third world, but Northern Ireland as well.
Howard Zinn's contribution is "The Optimism of Uncertainty". He said "There will always be something to fear in life, but this should not prevent you from living your life, thinking independently, and speaking your mind".
Maya Angelou shared a poem titled "Still I Rise": "Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of the tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I rise."
This book is an inspiration to all in peace work.
Reach for Inspiration August 21, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love this book. Open to any page for inspiration, hope, courage. No sanctimony, no preaching, but plenty of stories of how one small event, one short moment can bring the light, optimism and energy for change. It's a perfect present, too.
Hope at its best July 10, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
In this book, there are great short stories. None of them will fail to touch and inspire you. The book will remind you why we all need to help one another and where we all are going. I love this book and I have cried numerous times while reading this one. Be careful, your emotions are at risk.
If you can't find inspiration here . . . November 25, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If you have five minutes, you can read something in this book that will inspire you. If you have hours in which to peruse it, it will likely change your life.
I've given copies of this book to around three dozen friends in Australia and Europe and across the United States. The feedback has been unanimously positive. Most of the recipients have asked me to thank Paul Loeb for putting together such an amazing, diverse collection of writings that give us hope in seemingly dark times.
Loeb is a selfless individual who inspires many through his ongoing efforts to make this a better world and to help those of us who inhabit that world to become better citizens. He cuts through much of the media hype that overwhelms us and gets right to the essence of what is needed to improve our present situation. Both in person and through the writings collected here (as well as in his other books and articles), Loeb lets us know that we can indeed make a difference -- wherever we are, whatever our ages, backgrounds, and skills. There are no excuses for inaction.
To my mind, if everyone in the United States read this book, we would be well on our way to healing, to once again being worthy of consideration as a truly great nation. The seeds sown here have the potential of sprouting enough gardens to last for generations.
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