The Hidden Meaning of Birthdays

by Ariel Books

Book Overview

On each birthday, everyone ages another year. But what does it mean to get older' This Quote-a-Page Book has a unique perspective on that annual rite. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740714759
• ISBN13: 9780740714757
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.5" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Good Book but not as discribed

The book itself is great however it was described as in good condition however I would have said it was in ok condition. The cover was dog eared, spine was cracked so would have to say not as described.

Birthdays

Okay I just glanced at the book right and it say cancer then there birthstone is a pearl i know that is wrong because I'm a Cancer (July 21'st) and the Cancers are a ruby last time i checked. somebody please tell me its diffrent in the book when you buy it

Great coffee table book & gift

Over the years, this book has proven to be a great conversation starter and gift. It's been on our coffee table wherever we've lived and we always encourage guests to write their name on the page containing their birthday. They'll often first read the page to themselves, and then, depending on what they've read, they may read it out loud to the rest of us or not. We've passed on the tradition by giving it as a gift to others on their own birthdays.

Novelty Coffee-Table Book that will pass the time

"April 17th: Weighty, Secretive, and Purposeful". This uncanny assessment of the April 17th birthday struck a chord with me; this is my birthday, and it is-albeit a generalization-very true. (It provides 3 positive and 3 negative attributes per day, as well as a history lesson of signifigant events on your date-of-birth.) The more comprehensive assessments within the paragraphs relative to each birthday are more intriguing, and are more detailed, and provide advice relative to the sketch of the person it provides; you will be turning the pages and will not be able to put this down, whether to find a description of a co-worker or relative. It will touch on something about somebody-I guarantee it. It will remind you of their birthdays and suggest how to act vis a vis them-even if it's not always on the nose. Besides, it will make an excellent and thoughtul, inexpensive trinket. I have given it to several acquaintances who cannot seem to put it down! Even if you do nost subscribe to the astrological points-of-view, this book transcends the genre with a light-weight approach and packaging; it is not for the more serious star-gazer, but even the most skeptical will find something in this for them.