Review:I have read Ebert since '91. He was always insightful on his reviews, and is in this book. I appreciated his honesty of his own mistakes in life. I liked him from afar but am glad I didn't know him up close. Quite a man, and a great writer. Worth the read. Read more

Review:Cross Creek is a wonderful vignette look into early 20th Century life in "Old Florida". The book is different in style from Rawlings well known work, The Yearling. The Yearling tells a tender story of a boy coming of age during the depression era in Florida; Cross Creek is a sketch of the characters that live in this little wetland community of Florida. Read more

Review:This book was very interesting, held my attention well but the simple writing style distracted me so that is why I gave the book 3 instead of 4 stars. The writing style reminded me of reading an intelligent 5th or 6th grader could write. I get the impression the author wrote the book, his coauthor was only allowed to tinker with it somewhat. If this is so, it would have been nice if the professional writer was allowed to write and Mr. Mitnick then "tinkered". Yes, this style does distract me to ... Read more

Review:I enjoyed the stories about Walt and the history of the parks, and with good editing could have been a great book. But it felt like a stream of consciousness mix of stories and lists. And it's surprisingly and annoyingly heavy on self-indulgent examples of how people have complimented the author. Read more

Review:Douglas edwards is one lucky guy! Hence the name of the book. While reading this book I kept on asking....why are you at this company? After reading the book I kept asking...why was he at the company? The last chapter solidifies my opinion. Listen the book is a good read, albeit a tad droll after awhile of the growth of one of the greatest company acendecies of all time.

They must of really liked Doug because he really did not do much for the company. What he did do was take risk....he ri... Read more