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How to Be Like Walt
- Capturing the Disney Magic Every Day of Your Life
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- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
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An inspiring biography of one of the most influential and beloved figures of the 21st century, based on more than 1,000 interviews.
How to Be Like is a "character biography" series: biographies that also draw out important lessons from the life of their subjects. In this new book - by far the most exhaustive in the series - Pat Williams tackles one of the most influential people in recent history.
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Fabulous book about Rodgers & Hammerstein!!!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book and Great Story
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The definitive memoir by legendary actress and performer Debbie Reynolds - an entertaining and moving story of enduring friendships and unbreakable family bonds, of hitting bottom and rising to the top again - that offers a unique and deeply personal perspective on Hollywood and its elite, from the glory days of MGM to the present.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The long-awaited memoir from one of daytime television's most celebrated and beloved actresses.
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"This book offers the absolutely incomparable experience of knowing what it would be like to have Carl Reiner as a friend and without the exorbitant costs of trying to book him on a regular basis" (Jerry Seinfeld). "You can't define genius, but it stands up and shouts from the pages of Carl Reiner's My Anecdotal Life" (Mary Tyler Moore). "Mr. Reiner's stories allow us to have his whole life flash before our eyes. Happily, he is a delightful storyteller and a very gifted flasher" (Larry Gelbart).
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The remarkable life, career, and faith journey of the star of The Love Boat and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. For 16 years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night. This veteran of stage and screen transformed himself from a seasoned character actor into the leading, lovable father-figure of The Love Boat at the height of TV's boom years. For more than 30 years, Gavin MacLeod has served as the global ambassador for Princess Cruises.
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Everyone knows Michael Jackson - the myth. This is the revealing true story of Michael Jackson - the man. To Frank Cascio, Michael Jackson was many things - second father, big brother, boss, mentor, and teacher, but most of all he was a friend. Though Cascio was just a few years old when he first met Jackson in 1984, at the peak of the pop star’s career, Jackson was at the center of his life for the next twenty-five years.
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In the summer of 1970, legendary but self-destructive director Orson Welles returned to Hollywood from years of self-imposed exile in Europe and decided it was time to make a comeback movie. It was about a legendary self-destructive director who returns to Hollywood from years of self-imposed exile in Europe. Welles swore it wasn't autobiographical.
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Engaging and human portrait of Welles
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- Rommel Baylon
- 04-10-17
Walt Disney....A True Gift from God.
May the lessons of Walt's life inspire us all to do our share to make this world a better place; may all the dreams God has planted in your heart come to pass. God bless.
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- Jeff Rude
- 03-02-15
Magical
Great combination of Disney biography and how-to. Got many great ideas from both bio and the distillation of the meaning behind the history. Great for someone who wants to start thinking bigger and taking more risks.
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- Ledezma Family
- 04-27-20
GREAT Book with a religious undertone
I thought it was a great book but I was surprised with the religious undertone
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- Bob
- 10-28-16
WOW!
It is long but if you like Disney and you like self improvement books you'll love this one. What an amazing man and amazing story. Go and dream.
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- Brandon Reyna
- 07-23-18
Loved it!
I love to study the life of Walt Disney. From his boyhood home in Marceline, Missouri to the majestic dream of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. This audiobook was read very well and does contradict a few other things I have read about Uncle Walt. But overall, it’s in keeping with about 99% of what I believe to know about him from studying his life. I was brought to tears many times during this presentation.
Growing up in the 80s and 90s with The Wonderful World of Disney and always having a Disney movie in the VCR, Walt was always in our home even though he never physically stepped foot in it. He was taken from this earth too early.
I recommend this audiobook for anyone wanting to get a better understanding of who he was as a man, while simultaneously looking into themselves, figuring out how to be a better human being.
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- Lynn Thomas
- 02-21-18
Loved it!
One of my favorites to inspire me in business and as a person! I now consistently think “what would Walt do” to strengthen me in decisions. Narrator is wonderful. Highly recommend!
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- Jacob
- 11-25-15
excellent
A great look into Walt's life, outlook, and his life philosophy. There is much we can learn about how to live life gom Walt Disney and this book definitely helps guide you; however, I could have done without the biblical messages. Walt was a spiritual man and the author uses this to occasionally go off on his own mini sermon. Regardless, I still loved it and even got misty eyed when the author wrote about Walt' s death
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- Erin Nielson
- 04-17-15
How to be like Walt
I loved Walt Disney before this book, but now I feel like I know him and he is one of my dear friends. I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially DISNEY fans!
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- Shane Alexander Hunt
- 01-18-18
A bit too self-help, but really good
The self-help asides weren’t overly annoying, but I did find myself wishing the author would stop telling me how to be like Walt and go back to showing me.
Otherwise an excellent biography of a worthy man.
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- Whitney P
- 11-23-15
Now I Know What to Do
If you could sum up How to Be Like Walt in three words, what would they be?
Enlightening, entertaining, empowering
What other book might you compare How to Be Like Walt to and why?
I've never read anything like it.
Which character – as performed by Paul Christy – was your favorite?
Walt
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No tears, yes laughter. Mostly musing laughter. Surprised scoffs.
Any additional comments?
I really want to be like Walt. I'm so disappointed we've let his Epcot dream die, especially as a professional innovation strategist - a city of experimentation and rapid prototyping would have been incredible. Expensive, yes. But worth every cent. And I will never smoke cigarettes.
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