Title: The Way I Heard It Pdf
Emmy Award-winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a ridiculously entertaining, seriously fascinating collection of his favorite episodes from America's number-one short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, and insights. It's a delightful collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. A charming, surprising must-have.
Mike Rowe's The Way I Heard It collects 35 fascinating stories "for the curious mind with a short attention span". Five-minute mysteries about people you know, filled with facts that you didn't. Movie stars, presidents, Nazis, rank traitors, and bloody do-gooders - they're all here, waiting to shake your hand, hoping you'll remember them. Delivered with Mike's signature blend of charm, wit, and ingenuity, their stories are part of a larger mosaic - a memoir crammed with recollections, insights, and intimate, behind-the-scenes moments drawn from Mike's remarkable life and career.
It was a pleasure from start to finish. The Way I Heard It by Mike Rowe is a very highly recommended collection of 35 of his favorite episodes followed by his personal stories.As Rowe explains,"Like The Rest of the Story, the mysteries in this book tell some true stories you probably don’t know, about some famous people you probably do. Your job is to figure out who or what I’m talking about before I get to the end. Inside, you’ll find thirty-five mysteries pulled from my podcast. Think of them as tiles in a mosaic. Each of these mysteries is followed by a personal recollection. Think of those as the grout that holds the tiles together. Like the flap copy says: Mystery and Memoir for the Curious Mind with a Short Attention Span."The Way I Heard It is a wildly entertaining collection of Rowe's favorite podcast episodes combined with a memoir. His personal anecdotes, stories, and memories, or the grout, is just as entertaining and delightful as the stories. Rowe has a personable, charming, down-to-earth manner which makes reading this a pleasure. Don't let the self-deprecating humor deceive you, the stories are all compelling and enticing, while the personal recollections are humorous, interesting, and diverting, as well as imparting some wisdom along the way.Once I started The Way I Heard It, I looked forward to reading more, saying "just-one-more-chapter" and thus it ended way-too-soon. It was a pleasure from start to finish. The writing is excellent. The Rest of the Story segments are interesting, and Rowe's stories are varied, interesting, and entertaining. This is one of the best nonfiction books of the year, especially if I base my choices on sheer pleasure while reading. All I can say is read this book. The Way I Heard It would be a great gift.Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Simon & Schuster.Really great read! I love this book!!! Mike’s stories are funny and poignant. Such a great read. Highly recommend!HOW COULD ANYONE NOT LOVE THIS BOOK?!? i LOVED this book!! How could anyone NOT love this book?! I've always been a fan of stories with a twist ending (yes, I enjoyed the Paul Harvey stories long ago) and this book is full of them. Even the ones where you think you know where it's going, the ending will sometimes go another direction.Mike Rowe's writing is so easy-going and comforting. Comforting is a strange word to use for a book like this; but somehow these stories and the way he told them made me feel all warm and fuzzy. ha.I enjoyed the way Mike wove stories of his own life in with the historical stories he told. He has a witty and self-deprecating style that made the book immensely readable.My only complaint? It ended too soon!!
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