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The Wish: The 99 Things We Think We Want Most

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Uniquely the book will be published with 99 different covers, a selection of which can be seen here. Your cover will therefore be a surprise and we really hope that you like the one that you receive.

Just over 1,000 days ago, Bill Griffin launched Crowdwish, a website and app with a single proposition - it simply asked people what three things they thought they wanted most.

Wishes poured in from all over the world, with the site promising to take some form of meaningful action for the most up-voted wish every twenty-four hours.

Wishes that have gained national press attention range from the assisting of a woman who wanted to find a half-decent boyfriend ('just not a dick basically'), duping Katie Hopkins into signing a gagging order and attaching a faux marble plinth to the offices of the Daily Mail .

The Wish reviews 99 of the site's most popular wishes, and what are the things we really want, how can we get closer to them and how much happier would we be if they were to come true? The result is a snapshot of the hopes, dreams and desires that unite us all, part reflection on a fascinating social experiment, part humorous rumination on the nature of happiness and part instruction manual for life.

The Wish is funny, upbeat and genuinely helpful - each reader is invited to pick one wish from the book that resonates most with them, and email the author for help in making it happen.

224 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2017

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35 reviews
September 29, 2023
Przeczytałam byleby przeczytać. Żadnych konkretnych wskazówek, raczej delikatna motywacja do działania oraz zwrócenia się do nich jakby potrafili pomóc
Profile Image for g3j9z2.
78 reviews
August 24, 2023
Czytanie tej książki bardzo mi się dłużyło. Są to rozwiązania na 99 problemów/marzeń, tyle, że większość relnie jest nie do spełnienia a przynajmniej nie w Europie. Po początku spodziewałam sie, ze to będzie coś wow, fajnego i przydatnego, ani troche tak nie było. Były ciekawe momenty ale jak na 99 rozdziałów te momenty to za mało.
Profile Image for Rach (pagesofpiper).
650 reviews46 followers
April 10, 2018
Very inspiring and humorous. Unfortunately I think the app is only for iPhone as I can't find it on Google Play. To grant a wish or do an act of kindness can really make a difference to someone.

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July 21, 2024
Easy read. 99 wishes, and each with a page-long description/narration. Just something to see how much others can be wishing for the same thing as yourself.
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August 10, 2018
To, co zdecydowanie wyróżnia książkę na tle innych, to dość cięty język autora i spore poczucie humoru przy opisywaniu poszczególnych etapów spełniania danego marzenia. Jednakże jeśli spodziewacie się „recepty na szczęście”, konkretnych porad, jak osiągnąć dany cel, to w "The Wish" tego nie znajdziecie. Owszem, możecie do nich napisać z prośbą o pomoc i poradę, a wasz problem zostanie rozpatrzony indywidualnie. Jest jednak jeden haczyk: do Crowdwish można zgłosić się tylko raz, więc dobrze przemyślcie swoje marzenie.

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