The book that finally connects the dots.
The most common theme is that this book “really helped connect the dots in an easy-to-understand way and illustrate clearly how we got to where we are today,” as one reader states. Another reader writes, “This is the book I have been waiting for, the book that fills in the blanks left behind by the writers of global theories, the book that tells us how it really happens.”
“Your book seemed to tie together all the circumstances and events of the last fifty years into a seamless tapestry of clear vision and awareness,” writes another.
The book that makes sense of the readers’ own experiences and observations.
Another main theme is how readers connect Perkins’ revelations to their own experiences and now see their experiences in a new light that reveals them as part of a bigger pattern. As one reader writes, “I have always suspected many of the things you write about, although I must admit I never thought (or probably didn’t want to accept) how deep they actually went.”
Readers feel compelled to change their lives.
This book does not just change readers’ views of the world, it also changes their own lives, as many of the messages attest: “This book has truly changed the way I think and ultimately how I will live my life.” “I know my skills can be put to good use in the area of aiding a cause that means something, and I am ready to make that change in my life.”
Readers are stirred to action in telling other people.
What is striking is how much people express a need to tell others about this book. “I am recommending your book to all my friends and sending copies out as gifts as well,” is a typical comment. And particularly striking is the diversity of the audience that feels this compulsion to share this book: it’s fathers giving the book to daughters, sons giving the book to their parents, university students passing the book to professors, business people giving it to their associates, and many other links.
Not just a book—an event.
One cannot read through these messages without realizing that this book has become bigger than life. As one reader wrote to his network of change agents, “I decided to share my excitement about this with you because I feel that this is not just a book—it is an event, with powerful cultural and political ramifications. This book turns our understanding of history upside down, and I implore you to read it as soon as you possibly can. The more people who are aware, the more easily change can be brought about.” |
