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The Big Picture
by Bernard Salt | Mystery & Thrillers
Registered by wingcatsalivewing of Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Friday, October 12, 2007
Average 6 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by catsalive): travelling


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Journal Entry 1 by wingcatsalivewing from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Friday, October 12, 2007

8 out of 10

"Life, work and relationships in the 21st century.

Where are all the handsome single young men? Why is Melbourne our 'most liveable' city and Sydney our 'most glamorous'? And what exactly are 'seachangers', 'treechangers' and helicopter kids'?

In this groundbreaking book, bestselling author and social commentator Bernard Salt tackles these and hundreds of other questions currently facing Australia. From our changing values to the rise of generation Y, from baby boomer foodie fads to the 'fella filter' and the 'man drought', The Big Picture monitors and explains the factors that are shaping who we are, where we live and how we work. Witty, wide-ranging and down-to-earth, this is a landmark vision for a nation and its people in the early decades of the 21st century."


I didn't agree with everything Salt wrote but it was an interesting insight into both the past and the future, and occasionally amusing. I wish I'd read The Big Shift in 2001 for comparison. 

Journal Entry 2 by wingcatsalivewing from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Friday, October 12, 2007

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catsalive, NSW.
Posted to DrCris 16/11/7. 

Journal Entry 3 by DrCris from Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Sunday, November 18, 2007

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Arrived safely today. I have a houseful of rings and rays at the moment (not as bad as all that - 3 unstarted). I will get to this and probably in the time frame, although a month from now is Christmas, if you would believe.... 

Journal Entry 4 by DrCris from Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 10, 2007

6 out of 10

I finished this over the weekend. i found it interesting, but very patchy. There were places where I was telling everyone about it and discussing the theories, but other bits (mainly in the workforce and relationships section) where he seemed to be making stuff up. I don't mean that what he was saying was unsupported, but he did a lot of manipulation of data from the 2001 Census, and he really seemed to be mining the data. I do some stats with my work, and I am very suspicious of people who present subgroup analysis of data to prove a point (even if it is such a big sample). It seemed like he would have gone through the numbers to find anything he could talk about, so it lost its impact. OK. Tirade over.

I much preferred the sections where he made broader comment on society rather than breaking things down by town. I will PM for an address to send this one on. 

Journal Entry 5 by DrCris from Templestowe, Victoria Australia on Monday, December 10, 2007

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This book is on its way! 

Journal Entry 6 by claudinec from North Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Tuesday, December 11, 2007

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Picked up today, thank you.
 

Journal Entry 7 by claudinec from North Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Thursday, January 10, 2008

4 out of 10

I'm applying the 70-page rule to this one. What I've read so far reads like a poorly organised collection of newspaper columns, careless, repetitive and over-generalising. Maybe I was expecting something more rigorous; it's just not going to hold my attention right now. I'll PM BellaMack for her address.
 

Journal Entry 8 by claudinec from North Melbourne, Victoria Australia on Sunday, January 13, 2008

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Posted to luckaye today.

 

Journal Entry 9 by wingluckayewing from Logan City, Queensland Australia on Thursday, January 17, 2008

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Arrived today and I have started reading. Very interesting so far :) 

Journal Entry 10 by wingluckayewing at by post in Logan City, QLD, By Post -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, July 10, 2008

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Released 3 yrs ago (7/10/2008 UTC) at by post in Logan City, QLD, By Post -- Controlled Releases

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Journal Entry 11 by wingcatsalivewing from Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Monday, July 14, 2008

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Home again, home again, jiggity jig! Thanks luckaye. 

Journal Entry 12 by wingcatsalivewing at UWS Hawkesbury Campus in Richmond, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, February 25, 2009

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Released 2 yrs ago (2/26/2009 UTC) at UWS Hawkesbury Campus in Richmond, New South Wales Australia

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I'll probably leave this somewhere near G1.G.51. 



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