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First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life & Living
Richard Bode
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Description for First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life & Living
Paperback. The national bestseller is repackaged and resissued with a stunning foreword by no.1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Zaslow. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 132 x 14. Weight in Grams: 200.
FIRST YOU HAVE TO ROW A LITTLE BOAT first hit shelves in the mid 1990s and has been inspiring readers ever since. Written by a grown man looking back on his childhood, it reflects on what learning to sail taught him about life: making choices, adapting to change, and becoming his own person. The book is filled with the spiritual wisdom and thought-provoking discoveries that marked such books as Walden, The Prophet, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. For nearly twenty years, it has enchanted and endeared sailors and non-sailors alike, but foremost, anyone who seeks large truths ... Read more
FIRST YOU HAVE TO ROW A LITTLE BOAT first hit shelves in the mid 1990s and has been inspiring readers ever since. Written by a grown man looking back on his childhood, it reflects on what learning to sail taught him about life: making choices, adapting to change, and becoming his own person. The book is filled with the spiritual wisdom and thought-provoking discoveries that marked such books as Walden, The Prophet, and Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. For nearly twenty years, it has enchanted and endeared sailors and non-sailors alike, but foremost, anyone who seeks large truths ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780446670036
SKU
V9780446670036
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 8 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Richard Bode
Richard Bode worked at McGraw Hill and was editorial director and chief speechwriter at Burston-Marsteller. As a freelance writer, he contributed to Reader's Digest, Good Housekeeping, Sail, Sports Illustrated. He is also the author of Blue Sloop at Dawn (1979), which was excerpted in Sports Illustrated, Newsday Sunday Magazine, and Sail, and wrote the award-winning essay "To Climb the Wind." ... Read more
Reviews for First You Have to Row a Little Boat: Reflections on Life & Living
Bode uses his great love of sailing as a metaphor for the tides of life... Determinedly inspirational, this book will appeal to admirers of Robert Fulghum. Publisher's Weekly Bode is adept at pulling messages out of ordinary experiences. The images he creates are simple and clear, and so are the lessons he derives from them. Kirkus Reviews If you feel ... Read more