is it good?
2006-08-08 12:32:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I hoped you would get good answers to this question -- about the book, that is.
So far, as I am drafting this response, you haven't. So I googled it.
Maybe someone who has actually read the book will want to set the record straight, but from what I read here and there, it sounds like a disappointing book, not worth one's time (or $$$).
For example,
From AudioFile
Howard Schultz continuously reminds the listener of his didactic purpose in writing this history of his management of Starbucks: to teach industry how to succeed humanely. But early on it becomes clear that his real purpose is to crow about how he rose from poverty and, without help, became not just a coffee mogul, but a major cultural influence. Not that there aren't lessons here, but they're between the lines of his endless bragging. . . . Schultz's conceit would soon grow insufferable.
From Kirkus Reviews [usually not negative]
A chatty history of Starbucks by its CEO . . . . Though this is unsatisfying as a skim-milk latte in places, Schultz is less a braggart and more a true believer than many CEOs . . . . Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Apparently, his book is not as good as his coffee--except maybe the "skim milk lattes."
2006-08-08 15:30:23 · answer #1 · answered by bfrank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow I love this place..java chip frappachino!!!! They are just a good company. That's my opinion anyway. I am spoiled for the starbucks taste. When we were hit by the hurricanes last year Starbucks was shut down for a while and I refused to get a mocha anywhere else.
2006-08-08 19:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by e_deckwa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't knwo but i love starbucks i use to go to the original one, at pike place market, with my dad, before he died, and get hot chocolate every morning. i miss that and my dad. darn it i sayed i wasn't going to cry today... oh well i'm hormonal... like you care... ok i need to shut up... bye
2006-08-08 19:37:04 · answer #3 · answered by ~Saratini~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mmmmm...Starbucks...
I'm going out for a capuccino.
2006-08-08 19:37:26 · answer #4 · answered by r b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How did they get rich? They sold a chemically addictive product. They might as well have sold chronic. lol.
2006-08-08 19:36:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow! yeah!
that's awesome!
is it a headline?
because that is awesome!
i'll read it!
have a nice night and
a great rest of the week! : )
2006-08-08 19:34:09 · answer #6 · answered by lil_bit_a_evrythang 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a nice buzz reading it. Ha ha....bad joke!
2006-08-08 19:35:15 · answer #7 · answered by The 3rd Nipple 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kidda. you would come out with more stuff like this is you keep trying
2006-08-08 19:34:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who knows? but can you tell them that now they can stop raising their prices, don't they have enough money already!
2006-08-08 19:35:22 · answer #9 · answered by X's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
2006-08-08 19:34:18 · answer #10 · answered by Cap'n Donna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋