The Measure Of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography | 
 agrandir | Créateur: Sidney Poitier
Éditeur: HarperOne
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Classement parmi les ventes: 256224
Média: CD audio
Édition: Unabridged
Poids (kg): 0.4
Dimension (cm): 5.8 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0061355437
Code Décimal Dewey: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780061355431
ASIN: 0061355437
Date de publication: Janvier 2007
Disponibilité: Expedition sous 1 a 2 jours ouvres
Condition: Like new title, may have small marking on bottom edge (remainder mark) - Ships from Canada by Air Mail - Delivery within 3 weeks - Customer Service only in English.
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Sidney Poitier wrote The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography because he "felt called to write about certain values, such as integrity and commitment, faith and forgiveness, about the virtues of simplicity, about the difference between 'amusing ourselves to death' and finding meaningful pleasures--even joy." Yet Poitier's book does not speak from on high; its tone is conversational and endearingly self-critical. He begins the first chapter by recounting an evening spent channel-surfing and wondering, as most of us do at one time or another, "What am I doing with my time?" The spiritual reflections in The Measure of a Man are nonsectarian; Poitier's faith is clearly influenced by his experience in Christian churches, but he is not, strictly, Christian. Though idiosyncratic, his faith is disciplined and rigorous, informed by leaders as diverse as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Poitier's love--for himself, his family, and the world--infuses his recollections of his early life on Cat Island in the Bahamas and his memories of his stage and film career (including his Oscar-winning role in Lilies of the Field). Poitier has been rich and poor; he has been popular and despised; and his extremely varied experiences have made him a wise man, as he demonstrates with statements like this one: "[W]hat we do is stay within the context of what's practical, what's real, what dreams can be fashioned into reality, what values can send us to bed comfortably and make us courageous enough to face our end with character."
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