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James Bond Movie Posters 2007 Calendar
Published in Calendar by Te Neues Pub Group (Cal) (2006-08)
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One of the Best 007 Calendars
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-27
They finally put out a good edition of James Bond movie posters in a calendar that is both comprehensive and esthetically pleasing. Most of the interpretations of the cinematic James Bond are represented in this new calendar. There are some great iconic posters reprinted here. This is a good collection. This calendar is very colorful and dynamic. The YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE Teaser is one of the best. This is a exceptional calendar!

All Encompassing Posters Highlight 007 in 2007
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-22
The many facets of James Bond are represented here. There are some great iconic posters represented here. This is a good collection. This calendar is very colorful and dynamic. Good one!

An Improvement over 2006
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2006-09-22
The James Bond Movie Posters 2007 Calendar is an improvement over 2006. There is a better choice of posters selected for this calendar compared to the 2006 edition. The selection here is attractively assembled. They are more striking and evoke the essence of the James Bond films. The 2006 edition seemed to focus more on the obscure posters. The obscure are not always esthetically pleasing. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN British Quad, the ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE one sheet and the YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE teaser one sheet are beautifully vivid and colorful. Good calendar here.

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Knowing Hepburn and Other Curious Experiences
Published in Hardcover by Faber & Faber (1996-10)
Author: James Prideaux
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FASCINATING
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-02-06
I've read many books about Katharine Hepburn and this is one of the best. She is a very interesting woman. So, besides that, the thing that makes this book good is that the author actually new Katharine Hepburn and spent a fair amount of time with her.

The book covers their relationship between 1968 (when they met) and 1992. Mr. Prideaux wrote some screenplays especially for Great Kate. The book tells about their working relationship and their friendship of sorts.

Mr. Prideaux also writes about his meetings and work with other stars such as: Elizabeth Taylor, Dame Wendy Hiller, Judith Anderson, Patrick Duffy, Julie Harris, Jean Stapleton, Ryan O'Neal and Burt Reynolds.

Oh, how fascinating the 'STAR' quality is. It is amazing how some 'stars' feel superior enough to walk all over people and others are as nice as can be, no matter how famous they are. They are just people after all... no better and no worse than the rest of the world.

A most excellent and intrigueing book.

The Great Kate
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2000-03-01
If you'd like to see the human side of the great Katharine Hepburn, then you've come to the right place. This book is informative, entertaining, a breeze to read, and above all, where Kate is concerned, honest. This is definitive Hepburn.

A Don't-Miss Hepburn Reading Experience
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2000-01-01
Very few books on Hepburn have been written by people who even met her, let alone those who knew her personally. James Prideaux has been a close friend for many years. In his book you'll find a portrait of Hepburn that has not yet emerged: human, warm, eccentric AND egocentric certainly, but always, always, ALWAYS fascinating. You'll find here the star, but also the woman-complete with warts. If you want to find a Hepburn not available elsewhere, don't miss this one!

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Labyrinth: The Photo Album
Published in Paperback by Henry Holt & Co (P) (1986-06)
Author: Rebecca Grand
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Licence to Kill
Published in Hardcover by Armchair Detective Library (1990-09)
Author: John Gardner
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A very good book for Bond lovers. I have read it.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-07
When I started the book it was interesting. Felix Lieter and his wife got killed by Franz Sanchez and his henchmen. Bond met Pam for a meeting that Felix was supposed to be at but he was dead so he couldn't be there.There were a couple of Sanchez'z men looking at them.

Stirred, Shaken, and blown up; this one delivers
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-01-27
I know everyone hates the movie(I don't) that this book is based on. Well, if that's the case, read the book, as it is actually better than the movie(although the tanker chase just doesn't read as exciting as watching it). Most people dislike Gardner's book's when compared with Fleming's, but this one is top notch. The only problem is, Gardner goes to slightly...schizofrenic means to tie License to Kill in with the on-going Fleming series. Seeing as that Milton Krest appeared in an earlier(but almost completly unknown) Fleming Bond short story, and Felix Leiter got his leg and an arm bitten off in Fleming's Live and Let Die, Gardner has to resort to ignoring Milton Krest's death in "The Hildebrand Rarity" and the shark bites of Leiter's false limbs.

Pay Off
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2002-03-06
John Gardner's screenplay approach to writing novels pays off. This is his first novel based on the screenplay of a Bond film and he seems to have found his niche even though some of these events are a retelling from Ian Fleming's novel "Live and Let Die" with the same character being mangled again! However, this novel is based on Richard Maibaum and Michael G. Wilson's story for Timothy Dalton's James Bond in LICENCE TO KILL. It remarkably makes for an interesting read from an otherwise unsatisfactory film adding detail to scenes and venturing inside the head of the main character exploring his feelings and motivations. For John Gardner this is pretty inspiring stuff.

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The little colonel
Published in Unknown Binding by L.C. Page and Co (1895)
Author: Annie Fellows Johnston
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In praise of the series...,
Helpful Votes: 17 out of 17 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-29
I have found nearly every book in the "Little Colonel" series, some being first editions. I prefer the older editions, despite the numerous "racial slurs," because they are the product that the author intended to present. I have heard from various sources that the later editions have been revised, removing the colloquiallisms and unifying Lloyd's speech patterns and mannerisms with those of the other characters. I call this a shame. Obviously, no harm was meant by the author when she portrayed the African-American servants as she did, and reading Lloyd say, "...honah," rather than "honor" paints a lot more colorful picture of her character. In rating this series, I must declare it a "must read" for both boys and girls. The morals and lessons are invaluable, and would be a refreshing balm for the wounds today's youth are suffering from, even at the youngest age. I do believe if I had read the tale of "The Three Weavers," as told in "The Little Colonel At Boarding School," MY life would have been touched, sparing me much grief in later years. So, parents, grandparents, caring adults, find these literary jewels and READ them with a child. Their lives and yours will be the richer for it.

sweet stories teaching worthwhile values.
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-07-13
My mother was born in 1896, She read all the Little Colonel books and read them to me. I read them to my children and grandchildren and now have a greatgranddaughter who will get my old old and dearly loved copies.These books teach a love of classics as well as good moral values, plus,providing interesting stories.

A classic series for young readers
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-04
I have a complete set of the Little Colonel books that my mother accumulated for me over a period of years in the 1940's, when they were already long out of print. A classic Shirley Temple movie of the late 1930's (I think) was based on the first book, but I enjoyed the later ones even more. I am delighted to see them reissued after all these years. Lloyd Sherman and the other characters introduced in the later books (The Little Colonel's House Party and succeeding titles) were almost as real to me, when I was 8 to 12 years old, as my own friends. My favorite character was not Lloyd herself, who seemed overprivileged and a little too perfect, but Elizabeth Lloyd Lewis (Betty), the daughter of one of Lloyd's mother's girlhood friends. The stories also provide fascinating insights into post-Civil War Southern society.

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A Little Princess
Published in Paperback by Scholastic Trade (1995-06)
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
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great classic
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Review Date: 2005-08-22
this classic isnt the original but it is still wonderfull. It is about how a girl lives in india and has to move to new york because her father cant take care of her since her mother died. She is sent to an all girl school and Miss. MInchin the teacher is really mean will she be able to get used to it and live like a princess again?

A Little Princess
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Review Date: 2004-04-20
Sara Crewe is a girl that lives in India but had to move to New York because her father had to go to war. In New York, she stays in a place called Miss.Minchan's Seminary for girls. One day when it is Sara's birthday, she is having a fun time with her friends. They have a big cake and they are very happy until Miss Minchon comes in. She takes Sara away and tells her that her father died in war. Sara has to go in the attic to live with the servant Becky because she has no money to live on. It is very cold in the attic. The end is for you to find out when you read it.
I liked this book because it has a very good ending and a supprising middle. It's not one of those books where you can tell what is going to happen. I think that you should read this book whoever you are.

A Little Princess
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2004-04-20
I think that the book A Little Princess was a very good book . The reason that I thought that it was so good was because they made it sound really real by making some people mean,some poeple nice, and some people anoying. I thought that Mrs. Michin was too mean.

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Love at First Beep (Step into Reading)
Published in Library Binding by RH/Disney (2008-05-13)
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Great book!
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-05
My 2.5 year old daughter loves this book. It is a very sweet story, and keeps her attention. We read it more than once a day. Wall-E and Eve are her favorites, now.

Great book for little ones
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2008-07-14
We just saw the Wall-E movie and my 3 year old was just in love with it. He's asked for a Wall-E book, so we purchased this one. It's really sweet and written well (both for the story and for learning to read.) It was one of the best of the Wall-E books out there.

We Love EVE
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2008-05-15
Another great Wall-E story. My 4 year old loves this book too. Wall-E and EVE's love story is very sweet and cute. Can't wait to see it on the big screen. This level of story is great for 3-5 year olds.

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Love Letters: Hearts Of Gold\Masquerade\To Love Again (Arabesque)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Kimani Press (2000-02-01)
Authors: Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, and Janice Sims
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I fell in love with Shumba the way he went after Kenyon.
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 1998-03-09
Love Letters was a really good book and I really enjoyed Kenyon and Shumba story my heart with out for Shumba. I just wanted him to have her so bad. There was so much love there between them two the second time around,it is a must read book but Hearts of Gold is a must read short story in book.

A must Read Anthology!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2000-10-16
Alers never disappoints me. Loved Kenyon and Shumba's story. Who says change destroys a relationship, love conquers all!

Sims once again displays her talent for writing in this bueatifully written novella. Alana and Nico's story was very touching. It is great to have a friend around when a love one dies, but it is lovely to have someone to love always!

Hill's Masquerade was my favorite novella in "Love Letters." Hill shows her writing skills in this one. "Masquerade" was a fun and enjoyable read! Much love to all authors!!

I liked the whole book, Janice sims is my favorite though.
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-20
I read the whole book, but the one story I wanted to read over again was the one by Janice Sims. she just knows how to make vivid stories. Her romantic novels, to me, reign supreme. I am a blackman and if she can get a blackman to read such books then she most certainly has the knack for this type of writing. Even though she says she hasn't written her definitive work yet, I just can't wait to read what ever that work is that she sees as the definition of her talent. Indeed if not all of her books end up being made into a movie at least one of them should. Plus she is a poet too, you can't get better than that. Get this book and all over he other books. Janice Sims will soon be one of the writers we will always be talking about, don't take my word for it. Read the book for yourself.

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The Low Budget Video Bible: The Essential Do-It-Yourself Guide to Making Top Notch Video on a Shoestring Budget
Published in Paperback by Desktop Video Systems (1995-12)
Author: Cliff Roth
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You will probably also like Video Activist Hanbook
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-29
This is a great book! For a fantastic guide on to how to make videos to bring about change in your community check out Video Activist Handbook, also available on Amazon. Here are a couple of reviews:'This book is about media that doesn't just cover activism, it is activism, a crucial part of the process of reclaiming public space and communities.' -Naomi Klein, author "No Logo", 'The Video Activist Handbook' does exactly what it says on the label. Buy it. Read it. Act on it. Your world will never be the same again." - Charles Secrett, Director, Friends of the Earth. For a full copy of this review click here "Cover-to-cover with the kind of advice that budding video vigilantes should heed: everything from basic kit to broadcast....Thomas Harding has laid out his information in such an accessible, linear way that his book could almost function as a blueprint for any form of activism." -Extract from foreword by Anita Roddick (Body Shop). For a full copy of extract click here "You must read this book if you are in any way involved in campaigning" Robby Kellman Greenpeace "A masterpiece of empowerment. Accessible, friendly, and well-informed. No environmental or social justice campaign group should be without this book... Buy this book. It's inspiring" - Peace News.

Great Book for me......
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-22
This book listed all the budget plans and how to spend your precious money. It contains stradegys on how to get grants, loans and even studio space. I wrote this review in 2001 so the book is alittle outdated but trust me It helped me alot. It goes through the basics of what you need in a camcorder, the production and all the equitment you need! I thought this book was great!!!BUY IT!!!

the best how-to book on any topic I have ever read
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-25
Roth's complete expertise in video is matched by his outstanding writing. If you want to shoot a video like Stephen Spielberg, but spend money like you were using a Kodak Brownie, this is the book for you. I recently saw a short movie directed by Roth, and I know that sometimes those who can do it also teach. Thank God he is willing to share his expertise.

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Luis Bunuel: Chimera 1900-1983 (Directors)
Published in Paperback by Taschen (2005-11-01)
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The Master
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-08-04
This book is far from complete---but who cares? Any book that does Luis Bunuel justice is welcome in my library.

Where are the films? Criterion did a fine job, but there are sooo many more that need to be released!

GORGEOUS!
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 2006-04-27
I've got a lot of books dedicated to Don Luis...but none is as beautiful as this one! Anyone familiar with Bu?uel's career will not find anything new written in this book. What you will find is page after page of gorgeous stills from his films as well as many delightful behind-the-scenes shots.

Absolutely indispensible!

Another fine addition to the Taschen Director Series.
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2007-06-29
This is a stunning picture book filled with stills, behind-the-scenes shots, and other rarities, lovingly collected and put together by the good folks at Taschen. The book is up to the typical Taschen level with thick, glossy pages and stunning photographs. Interestingly enough, I found lots of pictures from films I couldn't identify. There were actually relatively few pictures from the major pictures such as Diary of a Chambermaid, Belle du Jour, That Obscure Object of Desire, or even Un Chien Andalou. There's lots of coverage of his Mexican films as well as some of his lesser-known works. In that respect, the book is incredibly valuable. While I wait for US distributors to get around to releasing Buneul's entire filmography, I can at least experience these other films through the stills.

As usual with these Taschen books, the text is secondary and fairly light. If you want to read about Bunuel buy "My Last Sigh" or "An Unspeakable Betrayal". Get this title for its images alone. It's well worth the price for any Bunuel fan.


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