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Seth Godin – The Big Moo | Review

Title: The Big Moo

Author: Seth Godin

Type: Non-Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 184

Rating: 8/10

 

Seth Godin - The Big Moo

Seth Godin – The Big Moo

 

The Big Moo is interesting for a Godin book because it builds on the lessons and the success of one of his previous titles, Purple Cow. In that book, Seth explained how your product needed to stand out from the crowd, to be a purple cow in a field of brown cows – here, he teams up with 33 of the world’s most iconic business thinkers to show you how to get that purple cow to do a big moo, to be remarkable and to stand out from your crowded field (pun intended).

While this isn’t necessarily a joined up narrative, a route plan to success that you can follow like so many of Godin’s other books, it’s still a valuable collection of writing from figures as diverse and influential as Amit Gupta, Marc Benioff, Guy Kawasaki, Robin Williams, Mark Cuban and Malcolm Gladwell. I suggest you go out, buy a copy and read it if you have any urge to improve your company’s performance.

 

Seth Godin

Seth Godin

 

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Agatha Christie – Death Comes As the End | Review

Title: Death Comes As the End

Author: Agatha Christie

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 160

Rating: 6/10

 

Agatha Christie - Death Comes As the End

Agatha Christie – Death Comes As the End

 

This novel is a little bit different, in that it’s a murder novel set in Ancient Egypt, in a period in history that Christie was passionately interested in because of her archaeologist husband and her own forays in the field. And, similarly to such classics as And Then There Were None, there’s a lot of death to keep you turning the pages, once you get past the initial, tedious introduction.

Unfortunately, it’s just not on the same level as some of her other work. Sure, it’s well-written and well-researched, and the climax at the end is the highlight of what’s otherwise a fairly standard effort, but I just felt that it paled in to comparison to all of the other Agatha Christie work that I’ve read, including her pseudonymous romance novels. It’s a shame really.

 

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

 

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