{ "item_title" : "Dissatisfaction", "item_author" : [" Victor Carson "], "item_description" : "DISSATISFACTIONThis Is Not the World I Was PromisedVictor CarsonDissatisfaction: This Is Not the World I Was Promised is a powerful reflection on the gap between the world we were promised and the world we have inherited. It explores purpose, ambition, society, leadership, and the human search for meaning. Above all, it asks whether we can still build the better world our parents hoped to leave us.FROM THE BOOKThat fateful day, both my parents left the house.Dad travelled to his hometown to bury his father, while Mom went to the hospital to give birth to a child for my father....The Promised Land, as seen from the mountaintop by Moses and Martin Luther King Jr., was a place of unity, hope, and prosperity.Today, that vision seems increasingly out of reach.I fear there may be no sane world left for my generation-a world in which we can find purpose, build meaning, and fulfil the hopes every parent carries for their children.PRAISE FOR VICTOR CARSONA powerful book. A thoughtful and compelling piece of work. I really enjoyed it.- Barack Obama44th President of the United StatesA compelling examination of the dissatisfaction at the heart of modern life.- The ObserverA provocative and insightful exploration of our contemporary world.- The EconomistVictor Carson brings together ambition, expectation, success and human experience in a remarkably accessible examination of why having more does not always mean wanting less.- EditorVictor is a rockstar of non-fiction. A thoughtful examination of the gap between the world we were promised and the world we actually inhabit.- Cultural CommentatorVictor Carson examines an increasingly familiar paradox: why achievement can leave us wanting more rather than feeling complete.- PunditsLEADERSHIP STATEMENTShould we be willing to operate by brute will, and held together by pluck, fury and rebar, we will be too unstoppable. Even ISIS or North Korea cannot stop us.- Victor CarsonDissatisfaction: This Is Not the World I Was PromisedA reflection on the world we inherited.A challenge to the world we accept.A question about the world we can still build.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/830/412/9798304124256_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "25.99", "online_price" : "25.99", "our_price" : "25.99", "club_price" : "25.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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