A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity

A Memoir

By: Bill O'Reilly

Narrated by: Bill O'Reilly

Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid's parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O'Reilly and said, "William, you are a bold, fresh piece of humanity."

Little did she know that she was, early in his career as a troublemaker, defining the essence of Bill O'Reilly and providing him with the title of his brash and entertaining issues-based memoir.

And this time it's personal. In his most intimate book yet, O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and best-selling author.

Listeners will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views on America's proper role in the world emerged from covering four wars on five continents over three-plus decades as a news correspondent.

What will delight his numerous fans and surprise many others is the humor and self-deprecation with which he handles one of his core subjects: himself, and just how O'Reilly became O'Reilly.

©2008 Bill O'Reilly (P)2008 Random House Audio

WITTY, FUNNY, & ENTERAINING, O'REILLY "GROWING UP"

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I listened to two of his book going back & forth to work! I loved the fact that he narrated these. My husband enjoyed the Hard Backs, but I personally liked the audio! I had many a laugh!

Have you listened to any of Bill O'Reilly’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I listened to Pinheads & Patriots! A totally different subject, but informative & entertaining, none the less!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I laughed at so many chapters & couldn't wait to re-tell them to my husband who previously read the books!

Any additional comments?

I plan on getting all his books on audio!

E. Kaggwa

The bold fresh guy beats them all. The best audio book so far. A comprehensive toolkit for life. I intend to introduce the bold fresh guy to my catholic friends and staunch liberals.

Very entertaining!

I really enjoyed bill O'Reilly's performance in a bold fresh piece of humanity. The story is interesting and is easy to listen to. I love that I got to hear his story in his own voice.

I beleive in his honesty

I am what Bill O'Reilly would call a liberal. Thre is many things I don't agree with him, specially his recent treatment of the slain dr. Tiller. But I gave him a try knowing the intent behind this book was to explain how he forge his believe systems from experiences from his youth. I believe he was the most honest he could be, and even if I will continue to disagree with him on a lots of ways he approach things, I must say this book reinforce the respect I have for him. He stands for what he believes. I would never expect that between the lines you can understand he was such a womanizer. He his an experience narrator and his way of reading his really greats. In fact he doesn't read, he tells the story. That is much nicer. If you have a monthly credit to spent, I would not hesitate to recommend it. maybe you will not like his attitude all the way all the time, but you will surly have a new respect for the honesty of the man.

AWESOME

This book is one of his best and very interesting!

PATRIOTS ARE BORN

The Holy Bible contains a book of Proverbs written by Solomon. Bold Fresh contains another book of Proverbs written by O'Reilly. Patriots are born through the reading of both books. Bold Fresh should be REQUIRED for all students in American Schools.

Totally True

I was aware of Bill's opinions but was very impressed with how true his writing turned out. I think that everybody has had a kind of similar experience in their lives, but not as extensive of a Bill's or as clearly described. Certainly, some of us have had more difficulty in discovering the meaning behind all of our experiences but it is true that experience is the best teacher for some things. I found the book to be very entertaining and informative and hope to implement some of the lessons into my own live, even though mine is a long way into it and even closer to the end than I would like to admit.

Entertaining

Entertaining and enjoyable. It was nice to get a glipse of Fox News host character developement and background. His hard work ethic is really paying off.

An American Boy

I enjoyed listening to this book. Easy to listen to, great voice. I especially liked the parts about the old neighborhood, but it's all good. If only more people would read or listen to this.

Very engaging

I loved this book. I listened to it while commuting and during my walking breaks-always hated to have to wait until the next time. Mr O'Reilly narrates his book himself which makes it even better. I also grew up Catholic so could relate to Mr. O's early years.He has some really funny stories as well about his growing up years.Also there is a lot of good advise for the young and aspiring individual in whatever endeavor they are pursuing.
A truly delightful book-you won't regret purchasing this and it wasn't so long that it took an extended time to get through it. Loved it!!