Longitudes & Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 (Abridged) Audiobook

" A collection of columns written just before and after 9/11. Though I didn't always share the author's political conclusions, I enjoyed this immensely. "

" Jon recommended this book to offer some insight into his 9/11 and global war on terror perspective. I found it to be helpful snapshots of our new global era. "

" what i learned? change is possible, but will be a long time coming. the wrong people are in power everywhere you go.. enlightening, but depressing. "

" Not a bad read but it sort of lost a lot of credibility with his position on the war. "

" I like friedman. I like his insights. read this. get a good take on whats happenin "

" articulate, witty, metaphorical viewpoint of the world now. this guy is a great writer. and he ishes bush. "

" I'm one of many who think so highly of this reporter/author's reflective, well-articulated intellect. This book, made up of the columns he published about 9/11, is sharp and, I believe, essential reading. "

" Better than The World is Flat, but Friedman has a tendency to annoy me, and I can't quite pinpoint why. "

" I've recently started Friedman's works. He's an intelligent man with a very important and interesting take on the world post-9/11. Agree with him or not, he's still a useful voice. I wish our government paid closer attention to his ideas. "

" I listened to this on audio, abridged "

" Tremendously insightful and occasionally nearly prophetic. Friedman has the rare virtue of thinking very hard and seriously about politics without a political agenda, other than simply that of diagnosing and offering treatment options for serious foreign policy problems. "

" I really enjoyed this collection of Friedman's columns. He provides interesting perspectives of what was going on in the world before and after 9/11. "

" it's cool to read his articles back in 2002 and see all the ways and opportunities bush squandered that would have made this war not turn into total disaster. "

" If you like international politics this is informative. While I don't agree with all of his poltical views, I learned a lot. "

" What could be better than a collection of his New York Times articles? "

" Really does give sum up the new world we are living in. Can be a bit dry at times, but very important. At least you'll sound smart at a dinner party if you quote from this book. "

" Probably worth just a few page. Dull and uninspiring. While focus on the Middle East, I doubt he spend much time considering and talking to ordinary people there in order to explore all the viewpoints. Blatantly biased as with most mainstream media. "

" Mostly his columns from right before 9/11 until 2002. "

" so far fascinating as always "

" Good read. This book is a collection of the authors columns in the New York Times. He has some very interesting ideas. Too bad those in power didn't listen to him. "

" Written by a Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist, the author explores how globalization is changing the world. "

" Mr. Friedman's writings are carefully balanced "

" Read this shortly after it was published and was impressed with his understanding of the mid-East, the people and the politics. "

" Bought my wife this book for Christmas and watched it get drowned by melting oyster-ice-water. We dried it out. It survived. I read it: not so sure if I am a globalist. "

" I had a hard time making it through this one. "

" Longitudes and Attitudes Exploring the World After September 11 by Thomas L. Friedman (2002) "

" Very good information and well-written. It took me awhile to get through just because it is kind of heavey stuff and the very nature of it being columns made it easy to put it down. I like the author though and feel better informed about the Arab world. "

" so far fascinating as always "

" I love reading Friedman's ideas. While I don't agree with all of them, they always give me something interesting to think about, and more often than not, he's spot on. I worried that this book might be out-dated, focusing as it does on the time right before and right after 9/11, but it wasn't. "

" Good read. This book is a collection of the authors columns in the New York Times. He has some very interesting ideas. Too bad those in power didn't listen to him. "

" I've recently started Friedman's works. He's an intelligent man with a very important and interesting take on the world post-9/11. Agree with him or not, he's still a useful voice. I wish our government paid closer attention to his ideas. "

" Just a collection of his columns, which is helpful when putting the full context together, but not as fun as his new/unpublished works. "

" What could be better than a collection of his New York Times articles? "