Upskirt
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008The Upskirt Exhibitionist by Ray Gordon
Turned out is a new term for me and one that is perfectly understandible especially after reading this wonderfull book. Its kind of every guy/girls fantasy rolled up into one story and you cannot put it down. I have had conversations with people about said book and truly believe girls who are sluts, but some one you can bring home to mom, would save numerous marriages. Not to be hypocritical, but if guys acted this way a bit it would probably make things better in a relationship.
I highly recommend this smart and erotic smut for any one who enjoys new and exciting stories.
Start Your Own Adult Web Site Business by Stephan Kent
Not a bad book. Maybe it was just me, but it seemed it just didnt have what I was looking for. It seemed to be outdated.
“… content. Ebony content and sponsors work nicely with ass content. Upskirt and panty sites work well with a butt site. 51 …”
How To Get Your Own Groupies: The Groupie Manual by Peter Bawls
So raw!! This book talks about how guys can go downtown and actually get groupies (girls that are sort of looking to go home with the best “partiers”). Some very useful info and tips on how to get the most out of your experience when you go out on the town. Not the longest book, but the few pictures in this book are so funny! I have never seen guys actually lift 2 girls at once and seemingly make a sport out of it. I am dying to go use some of the “how to get free drinks” tips!
“… steal from bars. 3) Take an up-skirt photo of a girl. If you do this it is usually a hot girl. …”
Turned Out! by Reggie Chesterfield
What can I say about this book? It’s filthy, it’s vile, it’s uncompromising, it’s disgusting, and it’s disturbing. It’s taboo in EVERY way, AND…it’s one pretty quick read, also.
In a word, it’s PERFECT!!!
Dave thought he had it ALL. But then, his buddy Charlie set his ass straight. And then together, they sent Dave’s love Julie down the road of complete sexual EXCESS. This book is phenomenal, IMHO.
It pulled together many things in my head that I have always wanted to see written about, and it put it all together in a way that is intelligent and honest. Mr. Chesterfield writes about Julie (near the end), ‘A lot of people would not like the way she was, but she didn’t care.’ He tempers this though, by adding, ‘Most people can’t handle honesty especially when it deals with human honesty and desire.” I know for a FACT that this is GOSPEL.
This book breaks MANY socially accepted norms, but does so with the undercurrent of THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH SEEKING OUT YOUR OWN PLEASURE AS LONG AS YOU’RE NOT HURTING ANYONE.
Charlie and Dave DON’T turn Julie out just to turn her into a slut…they do it to help her enjoy life more, which she (and many others) does because of this.
Julie: “I’m kind of mad at myself because of all I was missing out on.”
The Librarian: “People really limit themselves by not considering all of their options…” is the TRUE undertone of this novel. People DO limit themselves, and not just sexually, within the IMAGINARY confines of what is PERCIEVED to be ‘Normal’ (I know I have), and I’m SICK of it.
Who says a book about sex and ‘perversions’ (although happy ones) can’t change your life, and make you see things in a new (and MUCH more enjoyable) way.
To Mr. Chesterfeild, if you ever read this, I want you to know that I have TWO copies of this book. The digital version was just NOT enough for me; I just HAD to have it in my hands to be able to read it again and again and again (and I’ve read it FOUR TIMES already) it’s THAT good.
Be prepared to have what you BELIEVED to be ‘normal’ living challenged, because, THIS BOOK is NOT about to take ANY prisoners of your preconceived notions of life, in general.
A Certain Chemistry: A Novel by Mil Millington
This book captured the complex creature known as man. The author does a tremendous job of involving us in the life of Tom, his girlfriend Sara, and his mistress, George. Through his relationship with these two women, and also the wonderful supporting characters, we see Tom at his best (and his worst). Tom is a ghostwriter with a vivid imagination, and we’re treated to some of his musings through some hilarious scenes – the book is witty, at times laugh out loud funny, and yet the writing still maintains class and even a `message’ about human nature. In fact, some of the best portions of the book are the introductions to each chapter, which are written by “God.” I’m very pleased to have found this book and would highly recommend it to anyone looking for quality reading material with an edge.
Amanda Seyfried
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Vanity Fair August 2008 Kristen Stewart. Blake Lively, Emma Roberts, Amanda Seyfried Hollywood’s New Wave by Vanity Fair
WordTheatre Presents: Fatso by Leelila Strogov [MP3 Audio Download] by Leelila Strogov and Amanda Seyfried
This is an audio download. Written by Leelila Strogov. Performed by Amanda Seyfried. WordTheatre’s Love Hurts series focuses on souls dazed and confused by this thing we call ?love?. MTV Movie Award winner AMANDA SEYFRIED gleefully portrays a high school beauty who, quite unexpectedly, finds meaning and possibility with the fat boy in her class, in Leelila Strogov’s ?Fatso?.
Teen Dreams: Reading Teen Film and Television from ‘Heathers’ to ‘Veronica Mars’ by Roz Kaveney
This book contains an interesting analysis of teen movies and television. It mentions 86 films&shows, and of these the following get an in-depth treatment:
10 things I Hate About You
Adventures in Babysitting
American Pie
Bend It Like Beckham
The Breakfast Club
Bring It On
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Clueless
Cruel Intentions
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Girl Next Door
Heathers
Mean Girls
Popular
Pretty In Pink
Saved!
She’s All That
Sixteen Candles
Some Kind of Wonderful
Veronica Mars
Weird Science
There’s an index, which considerably increases the books usefulness. Reading the book once from cover to cover gives an overview of the genre and made me decide to check out some movies I hadn’t seen, while the index let’s you find the analysis for a specific movie.
“… Gretchen are a comic turn, but so well performed by Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert as to come across as figures of …”
MAMA MIA
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Play the Songs That Inspired Mamma MIA! by Abba
Wonderful sheet music-just a joy to play. I’ve been playing piano for about 8 years (about 2 very seriously) and this book was still a good challenge. The arrangement isn’t annoyingly jumpy or easy-it is simply hard to play the songs at a fast tempo with the left hand. In comparison with other sheet music, it is a little higher than “RENT” and “Footlose”. All the main songs are here, and great value
Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You?: The Inside Story of Mamma Mia! and the Songs of ABBA by Judy Craymer, Benny Andersson, and Bjorn Ulvaeus
After reading the 1994 book “ABBA-The Complete Recording Sessions” by Carl Magnus Palm, I thought I read all I ever would about how ABBA recorded some of their best known songs. However, this coffee table size book delves into greater detail on the origins of the 22 ABBA songs in the worldwide smash musical “Mamma Mia!” as well as great detail on the origins of the musical itself. It also goes into great detail on the foreign language versions of the musical. Any dismissive critics of ABBA (and you know who you are) would have to admit that Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus (the two “B”s of ABBA) really knew what they were doing when they recorded all of those songs, based on all of the comments the 2 former ABBA members made regarding the ABBA recordings in this book. Hopefully it will be updated to include more info on the Russian language version that opened in Moscow in the fall of 2006.
And yes, the book contains plenty of photos of ABBA and the Mamma Mia! musical!!!
I also hope they update the book for the summer 2008 release of the film version. Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnin will star!!!
The Very Best of Abba by Dannhauser, A. L., and A. l. Dannhauser
This folio has a few things going for it: great photos of ABBA and a great transcription of ABBA’s music. The songs sound wonderful. But…
The lyrics are totally wrong for some of the songs. One major song with multiple lyric errors is “I Am The City.” This is a song which I’ve never seen in any other folio so I had to have this folio for the music. But the lyrics are laughable. Who came up with some of these?
I recommend it if you’d like to be able to play great-sounding songs of ABBA, but ignore the lyrics.
Bright Lights Dark Shadows: The Real Story of ABBA by Carl Magnus Palm
BRIGHT LIGHTS DARK SHADOWS is absolutely compelling; although the chapters are largely self-contained, the hooks leading into the next chapter (and the opening paragraphs of each chapter) are irresistible. I often found myself beginning to read a new chapter when I swore I would stop at the end of the preceding one.
Part I is gripping from the start of Chapter 1. I was impressed for several reasons. First, the personal and industry backgrounds on the four members and Stig are usually glossed over in other books. Here, the sketchy details are fully filled in, and it’s
fascinating reading.
Second, Carl Magnus Palm puts everything in its cultural and historical context with information about the regions where each member grew up, the origin of the various Swedish charts etc. He expresses an authentic feel for the times and for his country
and its people.
Third, the narrative flows beautifully. Although it’s largely chronological, it feels fresh – the first four chapters don’t just go through each member one by one, the book has been better planned. It seems perfectly natural that we don’t arrive at the childhood of the youngest member, Agnetha, until we’ve learnt about Stig’s background and followed the others into their teenage years.
There isn’t as much public information available about each member’s childhood, which must have made it difficult to piece a lot of these facts together. The book really begins to hit its stride with the early chapters of Part II. In Chapter 12, Palm
begins to weave the various stories together. There’s such a lot that isn’t known about ABBA’s formative years, there’s a real joy of discovery in these chapters. Palm’s tone is also more assured at this point – he slips in some reasoned criticism of each member’s early recordings – and he injects some satirical, but affectionate, humour into the reportage. I loved the style on pages 177 and 178, for example, when Agnetha recounts her “baking accidents” and the bemused tone when Frida decides to throw it all in and “become a clothes designer”.
An impressive feature of the book is its succinctness. That may sound funny, since BRIGHT LIGHTS DARK SHADOWS is over 500 pages, but it’s a fair assessment. The Habari Safari movie takes up about a page; the progg movement is concisely charted and explained in a few pages. He sums up the sound and limitations of Gemini in one pithy phrase – “studio product, shoulder-pad music sorely lacking in soul” – and is equally spot-on with Agnetha and Frida’s 80s solo efforts. Although I didn’t accept his criticism of Djupa Andetag, it is a rational critique, and I admittedly suffer the disadvantage of not being able to understand the album’s lyrics in their natural language.
Part III – The Time is Right – covers Waterloo through to 1982. The material is generally more familiar here; for instance, I could usually be sure of what incidents would be included in each chapter (other fans, as opposed to the general public for whom this book is also written, may be as acquainted with this part of the ABBA story to feel the same).
Fortunately, although a large part of this slab of the book is taken up with recounting events, Palm is not writing a mere overview of the ABBA years. He’s writing a biography, and the significance of events on ABBA as people is analysed; he keeps
sight of the biographer’s purpose in representing the big picture. Occasionally, this is of necessity a little strained – the psychoanalysis of Frida (p. 508) didn’t entirely convince me, for example.
After reading BRIGHT LIGHTS DARK SHADOWS, I’ve learnt as much as I think I’ll ever know about the people that make up ABBA. Ultimately, it’s eye-opening and – towards the end – dispiriting reading. But you get a real sense of the demands and pressures that they were going through – the chapter on 1978, supposedly a quiet year for ABBA, makes this plain. As the business side of Polar consumed Stig, and the marriages collapsed, I think it’s clear that the ABBA “magic” was a relatively short-lived
alchemy of personality, managerial drive, talent and determination in a specific historical and cultural setting. But it wasn’t a fluke – it wouldn’t have lasted as long, over as many unambiguously great albums, if it was.
You’ll understand a lot more about ABBA, and I think you may even better appreciate the music, after reading BRIGHT LIGHTS DARK SHADOWS. It’s the first real biography of ABBA but, more than that, it’s the definitive biography. And it’s the standard against which all future attempts at retelling the ABBA story will be judged.
ABBA: The Book by Jean-Marie Potiez
If you are an ABBA fan, then you will love this book. The book takes you into the lives for 4 very special musicans.
How King Richard Met Robin Hood
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Robin has been saved from the Sheriff of Nottingham’s trap by a good knight , who gave him protection in his castle. The sheriff rode away to London to seek the help of King Richard.
How King Richard Met Robin Hood
With the Sheriff gone, it was safe to leave the castle and Robin returned to Greenwood with his men, many of whom had been wounded. A day or two later, the knight went out hunting along the river with his hawks.
But the sheriff was waiting for him. His archers caught the knight at a bend in the river, and there was no escape. The sheriff took him back to Nottingham as a prisoner, bound hand and foot. When the knight’s wife heard the dreadful news, she rode out to Greenwood to find Robin Hood and to beg him for help.
‘Dear Robin Hood,’ she said, ‘For our Lady’s sake grant me this boon. Never let my wedded Lord be shamefully put to death like a common criminal.’
Robin, who himself was no common criminal, would not leave his friend to such a fate. He chose twenty of his best archers and they rode straight into the City of Nottingham, not even bothering to wear disguises.
They found the Sheriff and his bodyguards on the steps of the law courts.
‘Good sir, what news of the King?’ called out Robin. But he did not wait for a reply. He fired his arrow directly at his enemy, the sheriff, and struck him dead. Then his men attacked the guards with their swords and put them to flight. They rushed into the courts and down to the cells, where they found their friend.
‘Good Sir knight,’ called out Robin, ‘Come with me to Greenwood through the moss, the mire, and the fen.’ And the Knight was only too happy to ride with Robin to the forrest and to freedom.
News of this lawlessness soon reached the King in London, and he decided to waste no more time in coming to Nottingham to restore order.
When the King Richard reached the city, he called all the elders and local dignitaries to a council.
‘This is my decree,’ said the King. ‘Who so ever shall bring me the head of the errant knight will receive his castle and all his lands.’
Many around the table murmured their approval, and only one wise old knight dared to speak an opposing view:
‘My liege. There is no living soul in this country who may enjoy the lands of my fellow knight while Robin Hood rides free with a bow in his hands.’
And all had to agree that the wise old knight spoke nothing but the truth.
‘So does anyone have a better plan?’ asked King Richard. But no one around the table could think of one.
That evening, a forester asked permission to speak to the king. He was brought before his majesty and spoke as follows:
‘Sire. If you wish to meet with Robin Hood, you should take five of your best knights and ride with them to the Abbey. There, put on monks’ habits and then make your way to Greenwood. You will meet with Robin Hood soon enough.’
The king saw the cunning of this plan, for surely even the lawless Robin Hood would not fire their arrows into a group of traveling monks.
Later that night, The king and his five best knights rode over to the abbey to borrow some clothes. The king chose a broad hat, which he wore over his crown, so that he looked like the abbot. His knights pulled monks ‘habits over their armoured breastplates.
The King did not have to travel for very long through Sherwood Forrest before he met with Robin’s men. Naturally, the outlaws believed him to be the abbot – who was famous for his high living and his greed. They brought him, together with the five knights dressed as monks, to their leader under the Greenwood tree.
Robin declared that the abbot must stay a while in Greenwood, and hand over some of his gold for charity.
The King in disguise replied that he was carrying but forty pounds, adding:
‘For I have been in Nottingham this past week, and I have spent much gold entertaining the king.’
Robin divided the forty pounds, half for the families of his men who had recently been killed or wounded, and the other half he returned to the man dressed as an abbot saying:
‘Keep this for your spending. We shall meet another day.’
The King replied with an invitation to Robin to come and dine with him in Nottingham. Robin admired hisspirit and replied:
‘Indeed I will. But for now, Sir Abbot, stay a while and dine with me under the yew tree.’
Robin blew his horn and seven men came and kneeled before him. He commanded them to stand up and draw their bows. The King thought that they meant to kill him but happily he was mistaken. Robin declared that there would be shooting match, and who so ever would miss the target should receive a blow. Will Scarlet, Little John and Gilbert all hit true but Robin missed his target by three fingers width. And Gilbert said:
‘Master. You must pay.’
‘Indeed I must,’ said Robin, and turning to the abbot said:
‘My honoured guest. Do me the service of a blow.’
The King protested that he would do no harm to a good yeoman of the forrest, but Robin said: ‘Dear Abbot, you hit me with my full permission. In fact, I insist.’
Then King Richard the Lionheart rolled up his sleeve and gave Robin such a blow that he laid him out on the ground. It was almost a minute before Robin opened his eyes and was able to sit up. He was about to congratulate his guest on the strength of his arm when the king through off his hat and revealed his crown. Robin and the Knight recognised their king right away and kneeled before him. And shortly after, so did all of his men.
‘Good sire,’ said Robin at length, ‘If I have shown you hospitality, grant me this boon. Pardon me and all my men for our crimes’
And the king gladly granted his Royal Pardon to Robin Hood.
And that’s the story of how King Richard met Robin Hood. Bertie says that most of our stories about Robin Hood come from an ancient ballad called ‘A Gest of Robin Hood’ that was written around the year 1450. And although Robin Hood was a real outlaw who committed crimes, he was supported by the people because the Sheriff was unjust.
Horror Addicts by Emerian Rich
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008h o r r o r . a d d i c t s: people who are physiologically or psychologically dependent on items depicting macabre events.
Horror Fiction Stories:
http://m.podshow.com/media/18914/episodes/119929/horroraddicts-119929-07-25-2008.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/18914/episodes/124855/horroraddicts-124855-09-04-2008.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/18914/episodes/125521/horroraddicts-125521-09-11-2008.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/18914/episodes/126154/horroraddicts-126154-09-18-2008.mp3
http://m.podshow.com/media/18914/episodes/126825/horroraddicts-126825-09-25-2008.mp3
Brooke Shields audiobooks
Monday, September 29th, 2008Down Came the Rain : My Journey Through Postpartum Depression by Brooke Shields
WARNING! Depression hurts and those who do suffer depression may not enjoy this because the main content is her struggle downward. The majority of this book is on the downward trending patterns. This is not happy reading. Do not read this if you just had a baby; do not gift this book to a person who you think has post partum depression and you just want them to “see” that depression is treatable. This is definitely NON-pregnancy reading.
If you have never been able to explain the magnitude and self loathing of depression, Brooke has done it for you. She spends a lot of time describing the slippery slope of feeling out of sorts and not very excited into feeling your absolute and unexplainable worst. In the audio version she reads the story herself and it really does get across the stymied feelings of those around her who could not understand what was going on. She should be on top of the world. Instead she felt it was on top of her.
She documents her way through the maze of depression and page after page you keep saying to yourself “And the Doctor was not on to this???”. I think that is part of the point of her writing this, normal healthy people can get very serious depression and the people around them do not know how to react and they do not put depression into the mix. They just work around the equation hoping that this will pass. In her case it was never going to pass on its own.
She covers the awful trip back to herself and how as a person she was as perplexed at how to “feel better” as those around her were to have her be better. This is at times a story you want to speed up and skip over more and more of the exhaustive recounting. Again that is the point of the story- depression is an exhaustive journey.
We recommend the audio more that the written word because it has Brook telling her own story and you can feel her emotions as she tells her story. We also recommend that you buy this discounted because it is not a body work that you keep in your collection unless this topic is related to your field. For the average reader: this is a read and pass it along to another book or an ah-ha! reading to explain something that you may have already have gone through. RICH CHICKS specializes in independent reviews to help you invest in the right product for your dollar. We have left many reviews all over this site.
Redbook September 2007 – Brook Shields (Vol 209 No 3) by Stacy Morrison
TV Guide Back Issue 1984 Brook Shields Cover (October 27-November 2, 32) by Staff of TV Guide
Words from the Stars: Quips and Quotes from Mae West to the Backstreer Boys by Trevor Hunt
From poignant to silly, brilliant to ridiculous, here are hundreds of quips and quotes from movie stars, musicians, singers,stage actors, comedians then and now arranged by subject matter including Fame, Success, Family, Sex, Aging, and more.
“… us could have made it -Buddy Holly The Russians love Brook Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. …”
Biography Magazine (Biography Magazine Brooke Shields, Spring 2005) by various
Playboy December 1986 Brooke Shields Gala Christmas Issue
Rolling Stone Issue #744/ Brooke Shields Cover (Rolling Stone Magazine, 744) by Jann S Wenner
Brooke Shields – Rolling Stone #262 April 1978 by ROLLING STONE
PLAYBOY Magazine March 1978 BOB DYLAN interview, Brooke Shields by Hugh Hefner
Shape Magazine October 2008 Issue Features Brooke Shields Cover by Editors of SHAPE Magazine
Fitness Magazine – October 2007 – Brooke Shields Cover! by Denise Brodey
Reading Brooke Shields: the garden of failure (Native Agents) by Eldon Garnet
Reading the back of this book alone, I would have never purchased it- But in the bookstore I read the first page and the writing style was the thing that sucked me in- A self depricating first person narrative of a very neurotic man– very intriguing- almost page turning– ending a bit disappointing but besides that, i recommend it wholeheartedly– Its an honest narrative with a narrator who makes no apologies for his many shortcomings…
On Your Own by Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields and I are the same age. I read this book when it came out, when Brooke and I were both twenty, but unlike Brooke, I was not studying at Princeton. I was graduating from a secretarial school and getting my first job. Therefore, a lot of the advice about the horrors of dorm life went right over my working-class head.
She does have some good things to say and some good advice to give. It’s just that the idea of a twenty-year-old gracing us with the wisdom of her accumulated years is a bit of a scream.
Vogue Magazine April 2003 – Pregnant Brooke Shields Cover by Anna Wintour
Seventeen Magazine – October 1978: 13 Year-Old Brooke Shields Cover and Photo-Feature! (Single Issue Magazine) by Editors of Seventeen Magazine
Vanity Fair Magazine – November 1984: Brooke Shields Cover, Prince, Nancy Reagan, Diane Sawyer & More! by Tina Brown
The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
This book starts out with a really interesting example of a woman who is accosted by a “kindly” stranger in her apartment complex, who talks his way into her apartment and then rapes her. After he’s done raping her, he leaves her in the bedroom and tells her to stay put, that he won’t hurt her. She realizes that he’s going to kill her (he closes the window and assures her he’s going to get a drink – but why would he close the window if he doesn’t intend to kill her? he has a gun, but he probably doesn’t want to make noise, so he’s going to the kitchen to get a knife). She sneaks out behind him instead of staying put, so even though she’s been raped, she doesn’t get killed. It turns out that they catch the guy and find out that he has raped and killed other women.
The “Gift of Fear” in the title refers to the intuitive ability of human beings that allows them to detect danger quickly, without conscious, logical thought. There’s some good stuff in the book about how to recognize intuition, and also (in the very last chapter) how to distinguish real fear of real dangers from worry about hypothetical dangers.
The rest of the book, the swollen middle, would probably be useful if you are a wealthy, famous person or a large corporation that is in a position to enlist Mr. de Becker’s security firm’s services. There’s a lot of stuff about how a business can detect problem employees, and some other stuff about how movie stars can recognize dangerous fans.
There are a few good tips on how to get a stalker to leave you alone, and how restraining orders might cause more trouble than they solve. But there’s precious little else in the realm of practical measures. In other words, let’s say my intuitive Gift of Fear has told me that the guy following me on the trail I’m hiking is bad news. Now what? What do I do next? This book doesn’t answer that.
“… ACKNOWLEDGMENTS m 331 Brad Cole, Brooke Shields, Dr. Harry Glassman, Jennifer Grey, Michael Fox and Tracy Pollan, …”
How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better by Charla Krupp
I am very happy with this book. There are so many useful, smart and once you consider it, obvious ways to improve and most importantly, update your look. I’m a 39-year old brunette and as much as I am determined to age gracefully and above all with dignity, I would also like to continue to possess some style and a certain current hipness. I have read the reviews for this book and was a little surprised by some of the comments. Krupps’s recommendation to lighten-up your hair shade after a certain ago is actually good advice. I have seen the results on my sister and it was quite dramatic. I believe the choice to lighten your entire hair base shade should be made based on the condition of your skin. My sister has fair skin, blue eyes and far more wrinkles than I so the lighter hair very definitely softened her look. Her dark hair shade looked too harsh next to her aging skin. She didn’t go blond mind you, only lightened her base shade 2 shades to a copper brown and had a few highlights added around her face. For me, as a dark brunette with a pale olive complexion and brown eyes, I can wait a few more years. Once I’m ready, I’ll try some highlighting around the face for softening. Krupp does not advocate everyone going blond as one reviewer remarked.
Off the top of my head, immediately useful tips: getting rid of frumpy shaped tops and blouses, anything not tailored. Some I merely tossed while others I tailored myself or had tailored like one of my suits (I took up the skirt hem to just above the knee and had the suit jacket fitted. I tossed all my long ankle skirts which, although easy to wear, do look frumpy even though I’m barely 15 pounds overweight. I tossed out all apparel with any shoulder pads. I tossed all my dark and medium lipsticks (best choice ever). Once I was able to look at them (on me) objectively, it was obvious they were unflattering and worse, very dated. Changing to the moisture laden pinks she recommended instantly made my lips look plump and ripe and young. It seems so obvious once you do it. It seems as though I had gotten stuck in a rut of clothing, make-up, hair that was no longer current, fashionable and worst yet, flattering. I knew my style wasn’t working but I didn’t know how to fix it and since I tend to be pretty conservative, was a bit tentative about making any changes. After a while, when you put on all the old make-up, hair, clothing, et cetera, you look in the mirror and think you look ok but what’s really going on is that you’ve done it the same way so many times, you just look familiar and you are unable to really discern what looks good and and what does not. Krupp really pushed me to make specific changes that had quite a WOW effect. And then I felt silly because I hadn’t thought of it myself. Switching from a powder to a creme blush and stopping the overuse of my powder compact made an immediate impact, making my skin look dewey and fresh versus matte.
Another immediate improvement for me was a sideswept bang which not only looked better but made my hair more versatile to style. I also made use of some of her many, many “Brilliant Buys” at the end of every chapter which in and of itself makes this book worth the money at twice the price. One reviewer complained that the book was geared toward rich women in large Metapolitan areas. I would disagree. There are many prices ranges among the products to choose from. Alot of the products can be found at mass retailers and mail order is accessible to all of us presumably. I just recently picked-up two of her “Brilliant Buys” at Long’s Drugs: Revlon ColorStay 12-Hour Eye Shadow Quad in Coffee Bean (the perfect neutral browns) and Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner. There were many more, more expensive recommendations as well which I may try in the future but the point is there are choices.
Realizations that struck home while reading this book: flesh toned stockings (pantyhose) are definitely old lady as are outfits that are very matchy-matchy (which I am guilty of often), hair that is too done, too perfect versus movement and flip. The concept is that make-up is softer and hair is looser.
The most amazing chapters are on jeans, make-up and shapewear. Fabulous and immediately useful. I can’t afford to make ‘all’ the changes she advocates in her book but what little I’ve done so far has made a huge positive impact in my appearance. It has also educated me for all future shopping forays so I don’t slip back into purchasing all the same things all over again and getting back into an outdated rut…
“… Brad has lightened up the locks of Natasha Richardson, Brooke Shields, and Christy Turlington, as well as women who don’t face …”
Young Brooke Shields:
Brooke Shields Nude:
How I found Livingstone by Henry Morton Stanley
Monday, September 29th, 2008“How I Found Livingstone” is the first person account of journalist Henry Stanley who was assigned to go find Livingstone, who had been missing for two years in Central Africa and was presumed by some to be dead. It’s an interesting read, not just for the story that Stanley thinks he is telling about Central Africa, but for the implicit story of Stanley himself, including his own attitudes. It’s enough to make you want to build a time machine so you can go back in time and smack him. And of course Stanley is telling tell tales for his audience too. Should be read in conjunction with a good work of history to put this self-absorbed cad in context.
The five stars are for the edition, which is hard cover with color illustrations and maps as well as more current photographs of the places that are discussed in Stanley’s book. You need a good reason to buy a book edition, because you can download Stanley’s entire book for free through Google Books. I started to do this but decided that I wanted a book form rather than 800 printer pages, and I think I got my money’s worth.
Get it from Librivox
Here is the first chapter.
Les contes de la becasse by Guy de Maupassant
Monday, September 29th, 2008Contrary to all silly 19th Century notions of linguistics and Saxon ethnicity, English and French are remarkably similar languages, with over 70% of their vocabularies cognate, and with essentially the same grammar except for the fading conjugations of French. YOU, whoever you are, can learn to read French in a matter of weeks. Note that I didn’t say SPEAK French, just read it. If you have Spanish or Italian under your collar, you can read French already but you just don’t know it.
These seven stories by Guy de Maupassant represent the author’s scope and skill. Maupassant is out of fashion, both in the USA and in France, but his Gallic non-judgemental humanism is still worth encountering. You won’t be able to follow the French without a few hours of basic grammar, which you can learn at the computer with the appropriate “Transparent Language” software. But once you can struggle through a single paragraph, you’ll be staring at a new world of pleasure in reading. Trust me, French literature is even better than you thought it was from translation.
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At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
Monday, September 29th, 2008This story is an absorbing sequel to the recently published TRUE BELIEVER; if published together as one story and with some editing of the repeated and/or overly detailed descriptions which at times slow the pace of both books, they would have become what might well have been a five star novel and perhaps Sparks’ best book. However, this does not rise to that level as a standalone story due to the factors detailed in my criticisms later in this review. Despite the fact that I afforded this book a higher rating, I strongly suggest that you read them both in the order in which they were published. If you only plan to read one, they are so different in tone and content (as described in this review) that even though they together form a unified whole, your choice should depend on your reading tastes rather than the ratings which they received.
The easiest way to provide the appropriate context and background for my review of AT FIRST SIGHT is to provide the following excerpts from my review of TRUE BELIEVER(6/9/2005):
“It is indeed unfortunate that after Nicholas Sparks spent so much time constructing a really interesting and nuanced storyline, he utilized it simply as the setup for the conclusion of a true “feel good” romance, with the final chapter best characterized as five-star schmaltz. Thus, while I realize that some of Sparks’ readers will be delighted with a simple love story that eschews the bittersweet nature of much of his work, and I certainly enjoy a well written story examining the mystery of romance, my rating of only three stars reflects my reaction to a plot that had so much unrealized potential. If the author had put a little more effort into providing a conclusion consistent with the earlier complexity of the story and had also provided more closure regarding all the wonderful secondary characters who he made the effort to infuse with life for the reader, he would have made me into a TRUE BELIEVER that his story deserved a full five stars.” (Aside – as this review will make clear, in effect that is what this sequel accomplishes.)
“The universal question explored by this novel has been asked innumerable times before in story, play and verse – can a young man and woman of very different backgrounds and who have made very different lifestyle choices find enough common ground to experience more than a temporary attraction to each other? In this case specifically -what happens when Jeremy Marsh (a sophisticated and successful young scientific investigative reporter who enjoys life on the Upper West Side of New York City) travels to rural Boone Creek, North Carolina to debunk the supernatural explanation of ghostly lights that recurrently appear in a local cemetery and meets the charming and aloof Lexie Darnell? The setup is leisurely, interesting and complex, and Jeremy is soon drawn into the complex history of the town and finds himself increasingly as intrigued by Lexie as by the mystery which he professionally wants to explain. The inhabitants and their relationships are drawn well enough to make the town come alive, especially Doris McClellan, the aunt who had raised Lexie and whose letter had piqued Jeremy’s interest and drawn him to Boone Creek. And while most of the humor is low key, there are a few real laugh-out-loud moments, mostly with regard to Jed, the local taxidermist and proprietor of Greenleaf Cottages, “the Museum of Natural history transformed into a horror movie and squeezed into a closet”. As the novel proceeds, while the threads of the mystery are gradually being unraveled, the background details of Lexie’s and Jeremy’s previous romantic entanglements and their emotional baggage which remains add depth to the story.
“So, what’s not to like? There are interesting characters, some humor and a little mystery, to add color to a romantic backdrop. Unfortunately, it is the promise of all these elements which made the abrupt conclusion such a letdown for me. The table was set, a delicious meal served, and then the final course was an overly sweet confection with no substance. In addition, a further minor complaint involved was one major flaw in the rush to conclusion which should have been spotted and corrected by the editors, who were apparently in as much of a hurry to keep to the publishing schedule as was the author. I can’t provide details without including a spoiler, but it was disappointing given the attention to detail throughout the rest of the book.
“I also acknowledge that TRUE BELIEVER would make a wonderful movie with the right director and actors. My criticism would be less valid given the visual storytelling nature of that medium; such a goal may well explain Spark’s rather summary conclusion. However, I in fact am disappointed by the increasing tendency of authors to shortchange their readers with books which are actually screenplays in disguise and hope that my suspicion is wrong in this case.”
AT FIRST SIGHT begins with a very brief prologue which occurs five years in the future and immediately foreshadows that the syrupy sweet romantic conclusion of TRUE BELIEVER has surprisingly set the stage for a much more emotionally nuanced sequel. We then return to where we left Lexie and Jeremy and follow their lives forward from that point. Lexie meets Jeremy’s friend and best man Alvin and his large family; Jeremy does indeed move to Boone Creek and the local cast of characters (including Doris, Jed, Lexie’s lifelong friend Rachel, Rodney, and the wonderful Mayor Gherkin) all play their part; and finally, the normal travails of all new couples and prospective parents are presented in both wonderful perspective and maddening detail. Several incidents gradually coalesce into a climatic emotional crisis between Jeremy and Lexie; while Sparks does a great job of capturing individual moments which undoubtedly will be familiar to all his readers, the pace is even slower than the small town world of the South in which the action occurs. Furthermore, Jeremy’s insecurities eventually cause his actions to become so potentially self-destructive they also caused me to become very frustrated as a reader and also combined with the slow pace to make it difficult to continue reading the story at certain points in contrast with my usual complete immersion in and non-stop completion of most novels which I read.
Then suddenly with eighty pages remaining, everything comes together, the tone and focus changes, the petty and usual concerns of Jeremy’s and Lexie’s daily routine are replaced by events which put both them and the reader on an emotional roller coater of wonderful highs and depressing lows. Then even more abruptly, the startling and unforgettable climax! This is followed by a perfect and moving epilogue which returns us to the present following the narration those events of five years ago.
In summary, while some of the material is repetitive, I strongly suggest that you read both of these books as one story. (Despite my irritation at having to purchase two books to get one complete story.) Just remember that the early courses of this meal are much sweeter than the dessert (and also much less satisfying). So, if you like romances which end happily, read only TRUE BELIEVER. If you like stories which leave you emotionally drained and don’t want to spend the time to read both books in light of their overlapping nature, then you should read only AT FIRST SIGHT. Their combined storylines form a compelling tale; together they would form the basis for a film at least as moving as THE NOTEBOOK.
One final cautionary note, I agree with some other reviewers that this is a book that will probably cause undue distress to many pregnant women and most prospective parents.
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
Monday, September 29th, 2008I have read about 6 other Nicholas Sparks books. I liked this book and sort of did not like this book. I thought that the characters took awhile to get together. I wish that they had a better way of meeting each other. I did not like the female character in this book. She drove me crazy! She liked him, then did not like him. I should should tell you about the book. Jeremy is a journalist for the magazine Scientiic advocate. He has an assignment to do a story of a haunted cememtery. When he gets to this city, he falls in love with the librian Lexie.
Funny thing about this the author’s book, even though, you might not crazt about the story, you still can not put this book down and that is what happened to me.
The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
Monday, September 29th, 2008In his 14th book, bestselling author Nicholas Sparks tells the unforgettable story of a man whose brushes with death lead him to the love of his life.
Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks’s new novel believes he’s found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he’s never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories only a master such as Sparks can write.
A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift
Monday, September 29th, 2008Swifts “A Modest Proposal” was a well written glimpse of what the future would be like. It was written in the 1700s and presents disturbing views of what to do about homeless individuals and people in general. It is surprising that a lot of what the book predicted, as a means to prevent those horrific circumstances came true. In the “Modest Proposal” It presented a terrible vision of what may happen in the future if humans in general would not refrain from treating each other like animals. A lot of it’s predicitons came true.
It presents disturbing views because it’s sole purpose is to disturb us, so we do not repeat these terrible acts of torture in real life. It is hard to acknowlege the fact that a lot of these acts of human torture are practiced in the world today. I recommend this book be read in order to understand and prevent future torture in society today.
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Length: 27 min
Reader: John Gonzales
The reader: This piece could be read aloud in two very different ways. One would be to play it straight, earnestly arguing that babies should be roasted and allow the listener to figure out that the reader is not, in fact, serious. The other would be to adopt Swift’s tone of sarcasm, letting the listeners know that the reader is in on the joke. Gonzales chooses the second, but doesn’t allow his sarcasm to become so thick that it ruins impact of what is being proposed. He has a snooty British accent that gives a overtone of reality, while at certain points his voice overemphasizes the deliciousness of baby flesh to play up the humor. The balance of straight man and joker is hard to achieve, but Gonzales hits it just right.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron
Monday, September 29th, 2008Remember Marley: A Dog Like No Other, a canine greatly loved by his master? Well, here is Dewey, an abandoned orange kitten not only beloved by his mistress but by the entire town of Spencer, Iowa.
Dewey’s origins were questionable as was his introduction to library director Vicki Myron. January 18, 1988 was a frigid Monday in Spencer. “It was a killing freeze, the kind that made it almost painful to breathe.” When Vicki arrived at the library that morning her assistant told her she had heard a noise coming from a metal slot, the library’s after-hours drop box behind the building. Soon, they both heard the noise and thought it was an animal. The opening of the box was only a few inches wide, so whatever it was had to be very small. Being metal the box was even colder than it was outside, and there in a corner of the box was a tiny kitten.
It was the most pitiful thing she had ever seen, so thin she could see every rib, and she could feel its heart beating, its lungs pumping. “The poor kitten was so weak it could barely hold up its head, and it was shaking uncontrollably. It opened its mouth, but the sound which came two seconds later, was weak and ragged.” But one look into his big eyes and she was Dewey’s and he was hers.
Dewey was not the only one who had endured hardship – Vicki was a single mom who had lost the family farm and survived an abusive husband. The people of Spencer were going through tough times during the farm crisis of that time. Depression, ennui seemed to be everywhere.
Nonetheless, Vicki was determined to capture the interest of those who came to the small library and hopefully make them a little happier. With the help of Dewey she did that and more. For 19 years he returned the affection of the townspeople twofold, amusing them, enchanting them, rubbing against many hands in gratitude for their caresses.
What difference can one small animal make? Dewey’s story spread across state lines and even around the world. In 2003 Japanese Public Television filmed Dewey, and his obituary ran in well over 200 newspapers. His story will warm your hearts, make you laugh and cry. Don’t miss it.
Highly recommended.
What Prohibition Has Done to America by Fabian Franklin
Monday, September 29th, 2008“When the lazy or dull-witted students fail in the examination,” said a wise schoolmaster, “I try to find out what is wrong with the boys; when the best in the class fail to pass, I try to find out what is wrong with myself.”
The Eighteenth Amendment is treated with contempt, the Volstead act for its enforcement is violated without compunction, by countless thousands of our best citizens. It is idle to try to find out what is the matter with these people; they are as good as we have, or can ever hope to have. The thing to do is to find out what is the matter not with the law-breakers but with the law.
How the Eighteenth Amendment is a crime against the Constitution of the United States; how it violates the principle which lies at the bottom of respect for law; how it makes for despotism, whether by a majority or a minority; these and other aspects of National Prohibition are briefly discussed in this book.
Of such discussion of the fundamental issues of Prohibition there has been a lamentable dearth. It is the author’s hope that this book will contribute in some degree toward the rescue of the country from the evils to which he directs attention – toward its return to a sound view of the relation of government to life. Unless it does so return, the injury already done to American institutions and to the temper of American life will prove but a foretaste of others perhaps even more destructive of the spirit of liberty and individuality.
The Love Dare by Stephen and ALex Kendrick
Monday, September 29th, 2008I just started this book and have only done the first two dares so far, but I can tell you that it has already left a very positive impact on me and my marriage. 
It has changed the way I think about my husband and made me want to put him as a priority again. I would definitely recommend this book to every married couple no matter how long they have been married. I am looking forward to continuing on the journey and completing the rest of the Love Dares.
You won’t be disappointed.
Reminiscences Of Forts Sumter And Moultrie In 1860 To 1861 by Abner Doubleday
Monday, September 29th, 2008Abner Doubleday presents a unique account from the Union side of the events leading up to and including the bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, which ignited the American Civil War. His first-person details from inside the garrison are hard to find elsewhere. He was such a staunch Unionist that he recalls being the only officer of the garrison in favor of the election of Lincoln. He continually protests against what he saw as the inaction of his own commanders and higher echelons. He felt that the Rebellion could have been nipped in the bud, had proper action been taken. From the foregoing, it should be apparent that sympathizers of the Confederacy will disagree with Doubleday on many points. I should point out that there is only limited evidence that Abner Doubleday had anything to do with the invention of baseball. He did, however, earn a Congressional Medal of Honor at Gettysburg.
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Kyla Pratt
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Spike Lee: Interviews (Conversations With Filmmakers Series) by Cynthia Fuchs
This book gave me more insight into the man behind some of my favorite films of all-time. There are a lot of his films I have not seen yet, but after reading the many interviews and getting more out of Lee than ever, I’m motivated to own all of his films. It was cool to see how he comes up with his scripts, some of the challenges he faced in bringing them to life, and some of the criticizing he gets constantly about him, and not his work. He seems to be very aware of who he is and is also aware of the fact he cannot do this alone. He gives props to people throughout the interviews, from the woman who plays Nola in “She’s Gotta Have It” to Ernest Dickerson, to Jada Pinkett Smith, to John Singleton, and so on. The one thing I gained more than anything though is he really makes people think when you watch his movies and when you hear or read what he has to say. Love him or hate him, you have to respect him. I recommend this to anyone who is a fan of his work and to people who may not know much about him other than what is seen in the media.
Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema by George Alexander
Flashback to 1974. That was the year movie critic Donald Bogle wrote his seminal book, “Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies & Bucks”, and suggested that these five African-American stereotypes were used everyday in the mass media and in particular in the cinema. Bogle’s five main stereotypes were based on his research of the images that white Hollywood directors and movie audiences advanced about African-Americans. Now fast forward to 2003. Today many of these same images are still reinforced, reshaped and even rewind by black filmmakers, many of whom were interviewed in George Alexander’s fine book, “Why We Make Movies: Black Filmmakers Talk About the Magic of Cinema.” Still I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in understanding the philosophies and perseverance strategies of this creative colony of artists, activists and scholars. Lots of war stories. And for the most part, they did not shy away from discussing racism in Hollywood. The book is easy to read, and although not billed as a scholarly treatise, wears very well its key words of film and African American/African studies. In fact media and communication scholars will have little problem finding examples of agenda setting theory, propaganda, social responsibility theory and spiral of silence. But even more important, laypersons, movie goers and aspiring filmmakers will enjoy Alexander’s ability to present these filmmakers and artists as approachable and genuinely a part of the larger African world community. I am an “index person” and “summary person,” therefore, I think these two elements would have added greatly to this book. But I appreciated the fact that whenever a movie was mentioned, the date was included. Journalist George Alexander likes movies and his book provides us with a nice snapshot of many of the industry’s black participants as scholars, mainstream filmmakers, documentarians and just plain old entertainers – flaws and all.
Hilary Duff: All Access by Matthew Rettenmund and Keith Munyan
My father works for Barnes and Noble and pulled strings for an advance copy on July 1st for this item considering the Hil addict I am. Matthew Rettermund and Keith Munyan have certainly done it with the book! This is certainly the most pleasing, informative,best picture-covered book on Hilary. The rarest pictures, the best information and everything. If you are tweens and teens that are Hilary fans, this will rock your world and if you are parents that want a good biography on your daughter or son’s favorite celeb, Hilary Duff this is the best way to please their faces Three words, America: Buy this book!
“… with Hilary was a Disney’s California Adventure two-day trip with Kyla Pratt and Shia LaBeouf. …”
Sports Cinema – 100 Movies: The Best of Hollywood’s Athletic Heroes, Losers, Myths, & Misfits of the Silver Screen by Randy Williams
Ok, so I know that references ‘On the Waterfront,’ but I think this book could really be huge. Any time someone publishes a top 100 list, critics are sure to disagree. But whether you agree with him or not, Randy Williams did an excellent job of highlighting some of the best sports movies ever. Everything from ‘College’ to ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ to ‘Million Dollar Baby’…movies like ‘Breaking Away’ and ‘Brian’s Song’ that my parents had me watch when I was little (I still love the music from Brian’s Song) bring back the memories. Tons of pictures, a throrough yet brief synopsis for each flick, and some cool stuff at the back (actor’s comments on their favorite sports movies, trivia, and an Academy award list) make this a great ‘anytime’ book. Wondering what to get the sports fanatic in your house for Christmas? Problem solved!!!
“… Zeke McCall; Debbi Morgan Nona McCall; Harry Lennix Nathan Wright; Kyla Pratt Young Monica; Glenndon Chatman Young Quincy; Christine Dunford Coach Davis; …”
The Blueprint for My Girls in Love: 99 Rules for Dating, Relationships, and Intimacy by Yasmin Shiraz
” -Kyla Pratt, actress “This book is a beautiful tool for the continuation …”
The Teacher’s Calendar, School Year 2003-2004 : The Day-by-Day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays and Special Days, Weeks and Months by Editors of Chase’s
“… Harlem: A Poem), born Mar- tinsburg, WV, Aug 12, 1937. Kyla Pratt, 15, actress (Dr. Dolittle, “The Baby-Sitters Club”), born North Kansas …”
I am the principal of a small Catholic school, and I use the information in this book to write the morning announcements. The kids love to hear a little piece of history, or a snippet of trivia, or important holidays in foreign countries. It has inspired some off the wall celebrations, such as Hoodie Hoo Day which I celebrated with my 8th graders when I taught.
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Jules Verne
Friday, September 26th, 2008Jules Verne is known as the father of science fiction, however this is one of the few novels that falls outside of that genre. Other non-science fiction works by Verne are sometimes lack-luster (specifically “Measuring the Meridian”) , but that is not the case for “800 Leagues on the Amazon”. While “800 Leagues” is a departure from Verne comfort zone he still delivers a novel that is full of intrigue and suspense.
The first 100 pages of “800 Leagues” reads very slow and is somewhat tedious, but the story does build suspense to and finishes strong. Verne is in his full glory has he paints the wildlife, fauna, and landscape of the Amazon region. Ulimately the story is one of family, honor, and loyalty despite the circumstances of life. Verne has always made “honor” a strong theme in his works and “800 Leagues” may be his finest exmple.
My final verdict – while this is not Verne’s best work (my favorite will always be “The Mysterious Island”) it is still in the top half of what I read of Verne. I would compare to “5 Weeks in a Balloon” with “800 Leagues” being slightly inferior. However, “800 Leagues” is still a must read for Verne fans.
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Kitchener’s Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army by James Norman Hall
Friday, September 26th, 2008Hall is the perfect adventurer. He could sense opportunity and then blend almost seamlessly into an exciting new situation. As a well-educated American, he had a detached but perceptive view of British society and the rush in the summer of 1914 to create a massive new army.
Most important, he had a rare eloquencer as a writer.
When World War I broke out, Britain had an army of about 160,000. Millions were quickly recruited and trained. Hall became part of this “mob” which became the stubborn army that stopped Germany’s domination of Europe. “Mob” was the soldiers’ term; Hall explains, “They fastened the name upon themselves, lest the world at large should think they regarded themselves too highly.”
In a telling passage, he describes how the French go to war “for Glorious France, France the Unconquerable.” It’s much the same as the attitude of Americans who fight to bring democracy to lesser peoples. The Brits are quite different; Hall typifies their attitude as “Tommy shoulders his rifle and departs for the four corners of the world on a bloomin’ fine ‘oliday! A railway journey and a sea voyage in one! Blimey! Not ‘arf bad, wot?”
Yet, such men walked into one of the bloodiest wars in history. In 1964 – 1973, the U.S. had 58,193 deaths in the Vietnam War. In one morning on the Somme, the Brits lost 60,000 dead. Who today would think of being sent to Iraq, where 4,000 Americans have lost their lives in five years, as “a bloomin’ fine ‘oliday”?
Hall describes daily life in the trenches, where he manned a machine gun and was told never to fire it unless countering a German attack. Otherwise, it would be quickly spotted and ferociously shelled. He explains, “W’en you goes out at night to ‘ave a go at Fritzie, you always tykes yer gun sommers else. If you don’t, you’ll ‘ave Minnie an’ Busy Bertha an’ all the rest o’ the Krupp children comin’ over to see w’ere you live.”
It’s Hall’s first book. He later gained well-deserved fame with Charles Nordhoff in writing ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’ and other books about Tahiti and the South Pacific. This book, written at the age of 33 and before he became famous, may be his most relaxed, informal, authentic and best work. It’s a worthy tribute to ‘Kitchener’s Mob’ and all those who call themselves Brits.
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Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg
Friday, September 26th, 2008A masterpiece of scholarship with the most surprising revelations on some of the best known sections of the Bible. This book makes it clear that for every text that makes it into print there are hundreds that circulate in oral culture and are maintained from mouth to ear. The richness and variety of the texts presented is staggering
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