PRAISE FOR PHILLIP BERMAN AS A WRITER
AND AS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Phillip Berman is the Studs Terkel of American Beliefs.
-- The Chicago Tribune

Berman is ruggedly handsome in a Bruce Springsteen sort of way and has the muscular build of a world champion catamaran sailboat racer, which he was. When he speaks, he conveys evergy, confidence, and intelligence.
-- Orange County Register

Phillip Berman is unquestionably one of America's foremost authorities on contemporary beliefs and values.
-- Detroit Free Press

He soars along on clear passages of profundity.
-- Jack Smith, The Los Angeles Times

Berman, who combines the unlikely mix of looking like a taller Mel Gibson, holds a world championship sailing title and a master's degree from Harvard. He is obviously not a man intimidated by the quest for meaning.
-- San Jose Mercury News

SELECTED REVIEWS FOR
Reason for Hope

Boston Globe
Being with Jane Goodall is like a walk with Gandhi.

Los Angeles Times
The Einstein of behavioral sciences.

Wendy Wasserstein, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
One of the ten most influential women ever.

Stephen Jay Gould
Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees represents one of the Western world's greatest scientific achievements.

Encyclopedia Britannica
Without question one of the most significant contributors to our knowledge of the world around us.

Rocky Mountain News
The scarcity of Jane Goodalls...may be more ominous than the scarcity of chimpanzees.

Christian Science Monitor
A heroine, in a hero-less time.

SELECTED REVIEWS FOR
The Journey Home

Ranks with the best of contemporary wisdom literature.
-- Kirkus Reviews

This is not a book about death and dying, but rather, about living. It is a celebration of life, and the power of love, as Berman shares with us how he has come to wake each morning with a sense of wonder and joy. I am glad I read it, and I hope you will read it, too.
-- Dr. Jane Goodall

This superb exploration of near-death experiences and mysticism fascinates and stretches the intellect, while at the same time resonating deeply with our heart's wisdom.
-- Ram Dass

Phillip Berman's study of near-death experiences is both serious and popular, both critical and open-minded, both a work of faith and a work of questing. It is a must-read for those of us who believe that hints from God about the meaning and purpose of life lurk everywhere.
-- Dr. Andrew Greeley, Professor of Social Science The University of Chicago

For some readers, Phillip Berman's The Journey Home will banish fears of death; for almost all, it will enhance their ability to enjoy and appreciate life.
-- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner

SELECTED REVIEWS FOR
The Courage to Grow Old

A brilliant and unvarnished version of what it means to grow old in a society that dotes on young images...THE COURAGE TO GROW OLD is a book that most of us not only should read, but need to read to understand ourselves.
-- Claude Lewis, from the editorial page, The Philadelphia Inquirer

SELECTED REVIEWS FOR
The Search for Meaning

A gripping, large-souled book that pulls the reader along as if it were fiction. Monumental in scope, rich in anecdote, and challenging in the variety of the many beliefs it chronicles, THE SEARCH FOR MEANING paints a vivid portrait of the moral landscape of twentieth-century America.
-- Malcolm Muggeridge

The Search for Meaning is an inner history of the contemporaryAmerican psyche - probing and valuable.
-- Norman Cousins

Fascinating characters..colorful interviews...The Search for Meaning is one of the most inspiring of its genre.
-- The San Francisco Chronicle

SELECTED REVIEWS FOR
The Courage of Conviction

The essays are thoughtful, wise, often witty, and consistently well-written. They can be dipped into at random with the assurance that the reward will be a meaty idea, a lyrical passage, or an insightful anecdote...a winner.
-- Kirkus Reviews

EXTRAORDINARY.
-- The Los Angeles Time