The Wish List

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Overview

The Wish List is a quirky little gift book that sounds an irresistible call to get out there and start living. In the same chunky format as the author's bestselling 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, The Wish List presents a compulsively readable list of unexpected goals. There are wishes large—retrace Odysseus' route around the Mediterranean—and wishes small—find a genuine arrowhead. There are artistic wishes—write a sonnet. Athletic wishes—learn to box. Practical wishes—master the rudiments of plumbing. Whimsical wishes—become a taster at Ben & Jerry's. And fantasy wishes—live in a Venetian palazzo. The Wish List is meant to plant seeds, jog us out of complacency, and articulate unspoken desires.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761107569
Publisher:	Workman Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/10/1997
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	4.00(w) x 6.05(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of numerous Workman books including 14,000 Things to be Happy About. She is a lexicographer and author whose many works include thesauri and other reference books, spiritually themed books, and list books. She lives in New England. Her website is thingstobehappyabout.com.

Read an Excerpt

Invent a new Haagen-Dazs flavor

Bungee jump off a bridge

Teach a child to read

Sleep on the Acropolis

Fill my garden with perfumed geraniums

Live in a house with an unobstructed view of mountains

Drive a Mercedes on the German Autobahn

Ask for a miracle—and get it