The Secret of The Secret
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Runaway Bestseller

Name: The Secret of The Secret
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Karen Kelly
ISBN: 9781427202598

Author: Karen Kelly

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Unabridged: 6 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 07/24/2007

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Personal Growth, Literary Criticism, Social Science, Popular Culture Studies

Synopsis

The Secret has taken the book world by storm, giving people the power to live happier, more prosperous lives through the law of attraction.

In the same vein as Breaking the Da Vinci Code, The Secret of "The Secret" takes an independent look at the people and the ideas behind the bestseller and examines what made The Secret so successful.

Some of the revelations include:

· The Birth of the Secret: the story behind the creation of the book and the film
· Culture of Hope: what draws our culture to seek answers and change our destiny using the power of the mind and the universe
· The Ideas Behind the Secret: how do history, science, and religion play major roles as underpinnings of The Secret?
· The People Behind the Secret: From Beethoven and Shakespeare to Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie, their quotes pepper The Secret—who are these people and did they really use The Secret?

Finally, the answers to the burning questions behind one of the biggest success stories of our time have arrived.

About Karen Kelly

KAREN KELLY is a prolific author and journalist. She has collaborated on a number of non-fiction books, and has written articles for The New York Times, Natural Health Magazine, Yoga Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. Kelly also worked as a senior editor at Warner Books and was Editorial Director of Daybreak Books, Rodale's personal growth imprint.

About Kathleen McInerney

Kathleen McInerney has narrated numerous audiobooks by bestselling authors such as Emily Giffin, Danielle Steel, Jeffrey Stepakoff, Mary Kay Andrews, and Linda Castillo. Her narration of Just One Day by Gayle Forman won an AudioFile Earphones Award. In reviewing Mary Kay Andrew’s Ladies’ Night, AudioFile magazine said, “McInerney makes each of the characters distinct and recognizable and gives each the perfect voice, accent, and vocal mannerisms. Most enjoyable and well performed.” She has appeared onstage in New York and around the United States in both classical and contemporary theater. Her credits also include television commercials, daytime drama, radio plays, and animation voice-overs.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fraser

It was neat to hear a different POV on one of my favourites. Not good or bad...just another POV.......more

Goodreads review by Patricia

Scathingly critical appraisal of Rhonda Byrne’s bestselling book and DVD, The Secret. Kelly oversimplifies Byrne’s thesis by claiming that you only have to think things into being without taking any action. Not so! She does, however, provide a helpful summary of Think and Grow Rich literature, inclu......more

Goodreads review by Keybo

Was better than the secret. It was an interesting look into religion.. easy money making strategies and social movement etc. Was still very relevant and I read it quickly......more

Goodreads review by Katrina

Some of you may have heard of 'The Secret' by Rhonda Byrne. In case you haven't, it is a New Age style self-help book. The main message can be paraphrased into something resembling a popular colloqialism, "If you think it, it will come". I spend time with a wonderful group of people, who are smart, s......more

Quotes

"Kelly's book will appeal to those who have a healthy dose of skepticism about each new guru's plan to obtain fame and fortune..." - Library Journal