It's an age-old question that has stumped the great minds of history: What is the meaning of life? In his hilarious and uplifting style, best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive finally provides the answer: Figure out what you love and do it.

Illustrated with playful photographs of animals, BTG's insightful prose again hits his target straight on. He muses about why we're here and our greater purpose in the grand scheme of things. His informal style provides a refreshing counterpoint to what has always been one of life's big debates. For example, when it comes to discovering your passion, BTG writes, "First, no one else will tell you about it--it's just like walking around all day with a sign on your back that says KICK ME".

The Meaning of Life is a witty, thought-provoking book that makes an ideal gift for anyone who's seeking their true purpose-and wants to laugh along the way.

"The Meaning Of Life" is a brilliant book because of it's to-the-point simplicity. Don't let the cute pictures distract you or flip through the pages so quickly; give some thought to the text. I was amazed at what this book did for me!

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I LOVED IT!!!  Nov 03, 2003
I thought(and think) that Bradly Trevor Greive is the best author. I've read all of the other reviews and most of them were either good or horrible. I think that the people who say its the most meaningless thing they've ever read and could've been written by a ten year old are missing the point. Yes, it could have been written by a 10 year old but that's what makes it so fantastic! It's simple and funny.

When I saw the reviews that said the pictures were degrading animals I laughed out loud. I guess they want everyone to think that if somthing is funny then it is degrading. I thought they were extremely uplifting. After I read this book I spent my break asking the questions it asks.

All in all I would recomend this book to everyone who loves to have a good laugh and enjoys some of the most siple things in life

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Can I rate more than 5 stars?  Apr 28, 2002
This book is for anyone and everyone. The author sets the readers expectations in the intro, that this book does NOT provide answers - it is a book about questions. When I picked this book up at [local store], I found myself so overjoyed I read the entire book in the store. With useful wisdom applying to all areas of life, the book does not stress an answer or religeon or method, though it agrees with the loving happiness you will find stressed in any society or religion. Nothing metaphysical - this book is simple and may have a different meaning for each reader.
The most brilliant author since Aesop.

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Finding the meaning in life  Aug 13, 2003 By Robert Chesnavich
I bought this book some time ago as an impulse purchase. After showing it to friends the author wound up with another half dozen sales. This book simply resonates for anyone willing to find messages in the natural occurences around us.

While the pictures themselves could stand on their own, Greive's arrangement and text additions provide the perfect flow. In a few cases they add a touch of fun humor that would have otherwise been absent: one, for example, showing an arangutang with a distraught blank look with a caption about what it feels to go all the way to the mall just to forget what you went there for is priceless.

Points should also be given to Grieve for finding the pictures in the first place. With libraries worth of pictures to choose from, Grieve managed to find ones that show exactly the expressions from animals that we can recognize in ourselves: joy, sadness, confusions, excitement, activity, relaxation, meditation and satisfaction are all represented.

If you're the kind of person who looks at the stars and says, "Feh. I've seen them before," then this book isn't for you. But if you can appreciate a picture of a parent and child cheetah, with the parent looking board, and the child looking at the white dots flying arond his head, with a caption asking why children believe in fairies but "grown-ups" don't, then I cannot recommend this book enough. Highest rating.

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So much better than a card!  Apr 05, 2003 By marti mcginnis
I have a somewhat challenging family to buy for when it comes to presents - what with the differing religious viewpoints and all - but the sweetness of this book cuts through potential differences and gently brings some typically touchy areas together.It's a lighthearted, frothy thing that actually carries a little weight. I don't think it's meant to replace any Big Books on the subject, but is a nice encapsulation. Buy it and give it - but first read it yourself. That's what I did.

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