Greatest Mystery in the World - Hardcover

Mandino, Og

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0449912612 ISBN 13: 9780449912614

Publisher: Fawcett, 1997

Synopsis

During his phenomenal career as an inspirational lecturer and bestselling author, Og Mandino made many wonderful friends around the world. One of the most cherished, who always held a special place in Og's heart, is Simon Potter, "ragpicker" and salvager of human lives--whom readers first learned to loved in Og's inspiring book The Greatest Miracle in the World.
In The Greatest Mystery in the World, we once again meet this wise and humble man, now living in a cabin in New England, and become the heirs of his secret treasure. For Simon, when he departs from life, leaves Og a precious legacy: the distilled wisdom of his unique collection of the greatest books about self-motivation and success--books he called "hand of God" books because they seemed to have been written with God's hand guiding the author's.
In this tender and inspiring new book, Og shares with his millions of readers his old friend's bequest. It is nothing less than a blueprint for success, telling us in plain language exactly what we must do to mount the seven rungs of life's ladder--from material achievement and worldly success to the highest spiritual development. Whatever your most cherished dream may be, Og and his good angel, Simon, with some help from a great blue heron called Franklin, show you the way to bring it within reach.
Like all Og Mandino's books, The Greatest Mystery in the World is filled with love, deep feeling, and the joy of life. The author doesn't merely point the way to success, he inspires us to believe in ourselves and grow strong so that we can start today, this minute, to transform our dreams into wonderful reality.

About this title

About the Author:

Og Mandino was a man who not only practiced what he preached but also inspired millions to follow his example of successful, fruitful living. The most widely read inspirational and self-help author in the world today, his nineteen previous books--including most recently The Spellbinder's Gift, The Twelfth Angel, and Secrets for Success and Happiness--have sold more than thirty-two million copies in twenty languages. The Greatest Mystery in the World is Og Mandino's final book.
From the Paperback edition.

From Publishers Weekly:

For his final fable, Mandino (who died in September 1996 at the age of 72) brings back as his fount of inspirational wisdom the mysterious "rag picker" Simon Potter (The Greatest Miracle in the World, etc.). Mandino also brings back himself as the rag picker's eager audience of one. Simon, aware of his own approaching death, leaves a tattered notebook for Mandino to find. From the notebook, Mandino learns of "The Seven Rungs of Life's Ladder." These consist of condensed, paraphrased and directly quoted passages from hundred-year-old (and thus public domain) motivational writings. From James Allen to Oscar Wilde, Mandino uses the words and ideas of others to relate some universal and timeless wisdom: take advantage of opportunities, understand cause and effect, be focused, think positively, work hard, persevere, serve others. Too often, Mandino writes as if with a quill pen, in circuitous, stuffy prose that does nothing to sharpen the platitudes he proffers as wisdom. Most problematic, though, is Mandino's claim that simply "reading" and "rereading" Simon's words have changed him, and the corollary implication, that reading them will change the reader. The former is barely credible, the latter less than likely.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0449912612
• ISBN 13: 9780449912614
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164