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A wonderful eye-opener for any blind patriot who believes everything on TV and movies, and takes it all at face value. This book points out the hidden agenda of mass, corporate-owned media...

Parenti's critical review of the Rambo movies really made an impression on me. I used to like the Rambo movies, but now watch them mainly for laughs. Each subsequent Rambo release is, as Parenti describes it, worse than its predecessor. There was talk of reviving the Rambo character now that the U.S. is at war against terrorism. Let's hope it doesn't happen.

I'm not sure if working people are portrayed as negatively as Parenti has described it. If we only take Archie Bunker as an example, then yes, but filmmakers love to advance the theme of the powerless versus the powerful, because the opposite doesn't go well with audiences. Perhaps Parenti knows something I don't on this issue.

Parenti's favorable ratings of two films - JFK and Salvador - made me want to see them - over ten years after they had been released. I managed to see JFK, and it was great. I am still looking to see Salvador.

What I would like to see is an updated version of this book, since there has been more Hollywood propaganda released since the original version came out.

To hear newscasters avoid talk about class in America, you'd think the concept is as obsolete as the Soviet Union.Yet Michael Parenti continues to insist that class bias not only spreads out from the heart of society, but shapes it. Here he looks at TV's entertainment role in preserving social privilege. From popular stereotypes such as the Lone Ranger and his third-world flunky Tonto, to the invisible world of labor, to the well-meaning but misunderstood plutocrat, Parenti exposes capitalism's self-serving myths as portrayed on the little screen. Sure it's fun to kick around TV and a lot of people do it, but Parenti does it in a highly informative way that confronts our last remaining taboo - the role of wealth and power in American life.

Maybe the best chapter concerns profits and censorship. It's no news to point out that the networks and advertisers are in it for the money. But it is news to point out those instances when producers actually forego profits for the sake of respectability. Parenti details instances when industry has eaten losses rather than jeopardise the system of wealth and power it serves. For example, Procter & Gamble, TV's biggest advertiser, makes this allegiance clear by banning all content critical of Wall Street and the Pentagon from scripts it sponsors. In fact, most scripts - as Parenti shows - go through not 1, but 4 levels of censorship. No wonder, the public walks around in an ideological haze wondering why the world hates us -- and so much for the dollar sign's being more important than the system of which it is a part.

Another telling chapter concerns one of entertainment's most popular myths: "We only give 'em (the audience) what they want." Sounds good. But, as Parenti documents, despite this appeal to democratic ideals, the entertainment marketplace is anything but democratic. He sketches out control points or nerve centers that reduce real choice to pseudo choice, sort of like a multiple choice question whose options are narrowed to a desired range of outcome. All this is made sorrier by indications that American audiences respond to forbidden topics on those rare occasions when they seep through.

No book that debunks the FBI's screen role in the civil rights movement, or points out the class conditioning behind TV's version of Treasure Island, can afford to be overlooked. Whatever the book lacks in depth is more than made up for in focus. Despite his unperson status, Parenti remains a key figure among dissident academics banished to the book-selling fringes. Recommended to all those who understand TV viewing as anything but a passive pastime.

Propaganda is basically found in every modern society, so it should come as no surprise to find it in a movie like "Red Dawn," which Parenti refers to. He brings up such interesting facts as that all the TV networks have a department devoted to censorship, such as CBS's euphemistically named "Standards and Practices Department"; that companies like Procter & Gamble often have inordinate veto power over broadcast content considered subversive; and that PBS, which is actually anything but a "public" organization, has been dubbed the "Petroleum Broadcast Service" due to the large influence of the oil companies that help fund it. He who pays the piper..., you might say. I highly recommend this book.

Parenti does an excellent job in exposing how lopsided the entertaiment industry is, and how Right it is centered. He looks at aspects as diverse as Oscar winning movies to WWF wrestling, and how politically oriented they are, more often then not the Right. The Cold War did a number on American movies and it tainted the industry to this day in producing mediocre films that did not threaten or offend anyone high in power. I feel that today the situation is improved just a little bit, with more accurate portrayels of minorities and women and so forth, but we still have a long way to go in the entertainment industry. An excellent book for anyone at all interested in the entertainment industry and an eye opener as well.

This book s spectacular. The photography is outstanding. The scene outline that was scetched out gave an interesting insight as to how the scene was going to be shot. Couldn't get enough of Madonna and Antonio. Madonna was the perfect person for the role of Ava Peron the could almost be twins. Liked the opening by Madonna was very poiniently done.

This book is spectacular the photography is outstanding. The book gives you more than just photo's it gives you a couple of interesting insights as to how some of the scenes were created. Right down to including sketches of the scene in wich the song 'You Must Love Me' takes place intrieging. Would definetley recomend this book to any one interested in the movie; or if you like Madonna or Antonio. This book gives you your moneys worth and then some.

This book s spectacular. The photography is outstanding. The scene outline that was scetched out gave an interesting insight as to how the scene was going to be shot. Couldn't get enough of Madonna and Antonio. Madonna was the perfect person for the role of Ava Peron the could almost be twins. Liked the opening by Madonna was very poiniently done.

This book was awesome. It had wonderful photography, and a very good and understandable explanation of the movie. I could no put it down. I think that he pictures, though, made the book. Both Antonio, and Madonna looked great!

I loved the movie Evita, starring Antonio Banderas and Madonna. I read this book and couldn't believe it. It told me all I ever wanted to know about the movie, and more.

Back in the day, in 1962 when I was a tender 11 year old, I was seriously starting to examine the comic book medium. I found a few comics drawn by Joe Kubert. These were the 3 1962 ssues of DC's The Brave and the Bold featuring Hawkman. While I was enjoying these titles, my other comic book reading experiences were contemporary with the various other comics of that time. I always had a great appreciation for these Kubert comics because they were so unique. His style was way different from much of the blander, run of the mill DC "product" of the time. Kubert was harsher. He was dar ker. He had more depth. He inspired my imagination in exciting, imaginative directions. Let's hear it for Joe Kubert, one of the finest cartoonists of our time!

I always wondered what the story was behind the artist behind these grim gritty comics. With the publication of Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert, the veil of mystery has been lifted.

The very excellent Bill Schelly has concocted here yet another of his fine historical documents. This time Bill's subject is the long, productive life and works of cartoonist, Joe Kubert. Bill examines Kubert's life from the beginning to the present. According to an article in Alter Ego magazine, Bill had access Joe's works and he had first hand access to Joe himself.

I love the book, Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert. Joe is still working and growing. Bill Schelly has recognized these qualities and imparted this importance for us all to appreciate. The text and illustrations used in this book fully inform us of what Joe is all about.

The publication of this book is gives us all a splendid opportunity to witness and appreciate an important keystone-figure underlying the American comic book medium. Thank you Joe, and thank you Bill!

Comic book and comic fandom historian Bill Schelly has pulled another rabbit out of his hat with this well-researched overview of the life of Joe Kubert, whose career in comics spans over 60 years and is still going strong. Kubert was there at the beginning of comics and still works regularly, so his personal history in many ways mirrors the history of the medium itself. Schelly has done his usual exceptional job of digging for interesting tidbits and scoops, as well as presenting a fascinating look at this talented comics creator and the ever-changing comics industry itself. The book is always a pleasure to read and the accompanying graphics are mouth-watering. This book needs to be on any comic fan's shelf!

Once upon a time there was a young man named Joseph Kubert who traveled across the ocean to arrive in New York. His father, Jakob, and mother, Etta, encouraged him as a young man in his pursuit of art. With the arrival of Action Comics #1, and the influence of the daily comic strips by Raymond and Foster, he found himself. Joe the young man had become Joe the artist.

He arrived at the Harry "A" Chesler shop, a precocious 12-year-old eager to learn. At $5 a week, he practised and watched the industry grow from the shops. Growing up as a professional artist while still in school, Joe's early work can be found in books from Fox, Quality, Fawcett, MLJ, and eventually DC comics. His stops at the Demby, Eisner, and finally the All-American shop under Shelly Mayer proved invaluable.

His age presented no barrier to his development. He learned at the elbows of the early practitioners that included Irv Novick, Tex Blaisdell, Alex Kotzky, Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Nick Cardy, Reed Crandall, Jack Cole, and many other talented individuals. His first published work was for Holyoke, a back-up story that featured Volton that Kubert thought stunk. For a young artist of 13, it was the beginning of a long career that still continues today.

"Man of Rock" is an amazing, in-depth, passionate, detailed, living chronology of the story of Yosaif Kubert. Bill Schelly discusses Joe's beginnings in the Jewish ghetto, and his rise to prominence as an art school owner/director/teacher. The book is addictively fascinating, with each chapter unveiling the genesis of Kubert through his work and interests. It is very fitting that he and his late wife Muriel created the Kubert School to mentor future artists given his steep learning curve in the shops at the tables of the legends.

Within the pages, Schelly discusses Sgt. Rock, the Green Berets, Tarzan, his graphic novels, his school, his early work at DC with All-American, and St. John on the 3-D titles. In a prior discussion with Mr. Kubert, he told me that this book was coming out, and that he had no choice but to co-operate as Schelly would write it, whether or not Joe participated


I am glad that he did.

This book is truly amazing. If you can imagine that this man, in his early 80's now, is still creating published material for DC, and teaching, then you need to read this book. Kubert is about passing on his skills and storytelling as Will Eisner was passionate about sequential art.

Thank you, Mr. Schelly and Mr. Kubert.

Once upon a time there was a young man named Joseph Kubert who traveled across the ocean to arrive in New York. His father, Jakob, and mother, Etta, encouraged him as a young man in his pursuit of art. With the arrival of Action Comics #1, and the influence of the daily comic strips by Raymond and Foster, he found himself. Joe the young man, had become Joe, the artist.

He arrived at the Harry A Chesler shop, a precoucious 11 year old eager to learn. At $5 a week, he practised and watched the industry grow from the Shops. Growing up as a professional artist while still in school, Joe's early work can be found in books from Fox, Quality, Fawcett, MLJ, and eventually DC comics. His stops at the Demby, Eisner, and finally the DC shop under Shelly Mayer proved valuable.

His age presented no barrier to his development. He learned at the elbows of the early practishoners that included Irv Novick, Tex Blaisdell, Alex Kotzky, Lou Fine, Will Eisner, Nick Cardy, Reed Crandall, Jack Coke, and many other talented individuals. His first published work was for Hollyhoke, a back up story that featured Voltron that Kubert thought stunk. For a young artist of 13, it was the beginning of a long career that still continues today.

"Man of Rock" is an amazing, in depth, passionate, detailed, living chronology of the story of Yosaif Kubert. Schelly discusses his beginings in the Jewish ghetto, and his rise to prominence from janitor to art school owner/director/teacher. The book is addictively fascinating, with each chapter unveiling the genesis of Kubert through his work and interests. It is very fitting that he and his late wife Muriel, created the Kubert School to mentor future artists given his steep learning curve in the shops at the tables of the legends.

Within the pages, Schelly discusses the Sgt Rock, the Green Beret, Tarzan, his graphic novels, his school, his early work at DC with All American, and St John on the 3-D titles. In discussion with Mr Kubert once, he told me that this book was coming out, and that he had no choice but to co-operate as Schelly had talked to all of his friends already!
I am glad that he did.

This book is truly amazing. If you can imagine that this man, in his early 80's now, is still creating published material for DC, and teaching, then you need to read this book. As passionate as WIll Eisner was about sequential art, Kubert is about passing on his skills and storytelling.

Thank you Mr Schelly and Mr Kubert.

Tim Lasiuta

www.fantagraphics.com

Back in May 1962 I was a young teenager getting seriously interested in comic book collecting. That was a magic time which saw the revival of numerous super heroes from the 1940s. In some of the Julie Schwartz edited books I was finding intriguing ads for The Brave and the Bold starring a character called Hawkman. This I was later to learn was a revival of another hero from the Golden Age of Comics. When I visited the local drugstore that carried comics I purchased a copy of The Brave and the Bold #42. As the ad had proclaimed Hawkman was star feature in this issue. Hawkman was a flying policemen from another planet who with his wife and fellow law enforcement officer had come to Earth to learn our planet's police techniques. Hawkman's methods were to use ancient Earth weapons to subdue alien and supernatural foes.

However it wasn't the character but the artwork that made Hawkman a standout among the super heroes of the early 1960s. Most of those super doers were drawn with a very slick line and the spotting of blacks were used sparingly. The artist on Hawkman, however, used a deceptively rough line and made liberal use of blacks which gave the artwork a rather foreboding atmosphere. I learned that this artist was Joe Kubert. As a young teenager just beginning to look at comic book art seriously I gravitated toward the more slick work of people like Murphy Anderson and Sid Greene. A year later I started to become aware of emerging comics fandom. One of the first rallying cries of this young movement was "Save Hawkman by Kubert" The Brave and Bold issues of Hawkman that I had purchased were the second tryout for the Winded Wonder and apparently the sales were not warrant giving the character his own book. Fans began besieging National Comics (now DC Comics) with a letter campaign to not only publish Hawkman but to keep Kubert as the artist. Part of Kubert's appeal as artist was that he had drawn the strip years earlier during the Golden Age. It was natural for the fans of the older comics to want to see one of their favorite artists work on a strip that he had cut his eye teeth on years earlier. However that was not to happen. Hawkman next appeared as a backup strip in Mystery in Space with the very slick Murphy Anderson doing the art. Eventually in 1964 Hawkman received his out bi-monthly title again with Anderson doing the art chores. I'll have to admit I preferred Anderson's Hawkman work at that time to Kubert's.

However over the years I became more and more to appreciate the virtues of Kubert's wonderful storytelling abilities. I even began to like his work on things like Enemy Ace. He was (is) simply a great comic book designer and even his use of blacks and that not so slick line worked very well. He is truly a master of the comic book medium.

In 1977 at the San Diego Comic Convention had the pleasure of sitting at his banquet table and told him that I'd grown to really appreciate his work.

Bill Schelly has written an excellent and thorough summary of Kubert's life. He starts his story with Kubert's grandparents in Poland setting the stage for Kubert's parents emigrating to America in 1925 shortly after Joe was born. Schelly skillfully weaves the tapestry of Kubert's life with anecdotes, comic book history, his family context and how Kubert approaches his craft. How do you critique a living legend's work. Schelly does a commendable job in describing and analyzing Kubert's growth as a artist. Kubert wasn't always the flawless visual storyteller. Kubert grew and improved in his craft from the very start in 1938 as a 11 1/2 year old boy visited Harry "A" Chesler's comic book production shop and began asking the artists a lot of questions and actually doing some work. Schelly follows Kubert's career trajectory through the 1940s with his work on Hawkman to the 1950s with his friendship/partnership with Three Stooges manager Norman Maurer and his part in launching 3D comics and his caveman strip Tor. The late 1950s saw him returning to National where he teamed up with writer Robert Kanigher to create one of comic's most enduring war heroes, Sgt. Rock. Then came the revival of Hawkman. Why didn't Kubert stay with Hawkman? Mostly Sgt. Rock was a much more popular character and Kubert was needed to chronicle his adventures. Then came the amazing Enemy Ace and in the late 1960s he got his chance with a syndicated newspaper strip called the Tales of the Green Berets. In the early 1970s DC Comics acquired the rights to publish Tarzan and Kubert produced some of his greatest work--a homage to one of his artistic heroes-Hal Foster. After that we discover the circumstances behind founding of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Arts in New Jersey. In more recent years Kubert has been involved in writing and drawing excellent and well-received autobiographical graphic novels such as Fax from Sarajevo and the alternative reality biography Yossel April 19, 1943.

Bill Schelly has matured as a writer and toward the end of the book renders a profound, sensible and articulate summary to a man who has given much to his family, his profession, his art and society. For anyone interested in comics history or Joe Kubert this book is highly recommended. While this reviewer believes in divine providence I appreciate Joe Kubert's positive estimate of his own life, "I really am the luckiest man on earth."

I've got copy 4066 of this sumptuous (and reassuringly?) expensive package and I thought this review should really detail what you'll get for your money.

ONE: An oversize Kodak color film box, nineteen inches high by sixteen wide and three deep, this is a big facsimile of the box that De Dienes kept some of his Marilyn prints in. The package weighs twelve pounds and will hardly fit any bookcase. The inside has recesses for the two books and one booklet. Black silk tape allows for easy access of the contents.

TWO: A large, beautifully designed and printed, 240 page book of Marilyn photos printed on thick paper. Although the printing screen is not the highest (150 dpi) the photos leap off the page, especially the full-page color ones. Many of these photos seem to be very private shots of Marilyn that De Dienes took during her career (a few show her with other people, a hairdresser and bookseller). Several at the back of the book show Marilyn's face montaged into clouds or surrounded by celestial bodies. Between the photos, printed in silver ink and in a large typewriter font, there are excepts from De Dienes memoirs. Also printed in silver are smaller photos with his hand-written captions.

THREE: A booklet with twenty-four, one to a page, magazine covers featuring De Dienes photos of Marilyn. Seventeen of them are European titles. Predictably, great photos are weakened by logos, cover lines and generally poor cropping. I thought this booklet was rather disappointing in its production.

FOUR: The 608 page facsimile of De Dienes manuscript and composite book. I think this is the most fascinating item in the box because of the production problems. The original pages were typed on one side of a sheet of ordinary paper and this facsimile is on similar weight stock so that the back of each page has some text showing through, as the original (There is a production problem here though, the paper rightly has text show-through but the photos do as well, on the original paper only the white back of the photo would have been visible). Although the manuscript was in black and white it has been printed in four colors to create the aged paper look and the few handwritten numbers in green and red that De Dienes wrote on the photos. You can see all of his corrections and deletions to the manuscript and read the comments he wrote about the various contact prints of Marilyn and other printed ephemera he stuck on back of each page.

The original composite section has a hundred pages (it becomes two-hundred pages in this facsimile) of cut-out contact prints which De Dienes stuck on the typewriter paper, again they are reproduced in four-color black because of the occasional handwritten colored numbers, even the image of the punched file holes on each page is reproduced. Hundreds of these contacts show how he photographed Marilyn and you can see how dozens of shots were taken of which only one or two were probably published. Most of these images have never been seen before and certainly never in the form that they are presented here.

Overall I think the Marilyn Box is an amazing production package. A world famous visual icon is presented in a unique way.

*** FOR A LOOK INSIDE click customer images under the contents photo.

A truly wonderful pictorial memory of Marilyns early modelling years.The photos capture the emotion that exsisted between Marilyn and Andres and are uniquely presented in the large book.The box containing the books is truly one of a kind making the entire publication very special and authentic.

When I opened this box on Christmas morning, I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. A recent convert to Marilyn-ism, this was one of the first books about her I owned, and I'm so glad, because I think it's important to know Norma Jeane before you know Marilyn. These huge, glorious photographs taken by Andre de Dienes capture her innocence and natural beauty at a time when she was an unknown model. De Dienes' memoirs are touching and reveal Norma Jeane as she was to him, a man who fell in love with her, as so many would in the future. After paging through these books, you are left to feel as though Norma Jeane Dougherty would never look quite as beautiful again (and of course she would, but not in the same way). Revealing Marilyn Monroe at her earliest beginnings, this limited edition package is definitely worth the money.

For the Marilyn fan, this is a great book. The photographs reproduced in the large book are magnificent. The large book is difficult to read with silver ink on white paper, but it is cleaned up excerpts from the smaller facsimile typed recollections of De Dienes. It is heavy, thus a sturdy coffee table is required.

This book by Andre de Dienes is the most amazing title ever assembled on Marilyn Monore. ANY fan of Marilyn's will find this book worth every dollar. The design and reproductions are amazing! The diaries are a wonderful read! ...

I had bought this as a gift and he love, love, loved it. Great book, great price! Thanks~

I would spend a lot more for this book...it is worth every penny and you will squeal with delight when you first open it and find all the goodies inside. PAPER goodies.. LOL

Excellent book on the life and times of the great legend Bob Marley. Absolutely a must have for all Bob Marley fans. I couldn't put the book down until I had finished it. I highly recommend this book, it definitely deserves a five star rating.

The book came very fast and was in brand new conditions. I would recommend purchasing from this seller and would buy from them again.

When this was opened at X-mas, brought the recipient to tears. All the goodies packed into the book are amazing & worth every penny!

I bought this book for my son for his birthday he is a big meerkat fan,he loved it!!!!!!!! Lots of great pictures inside.

A feast for Flower lovers or anyone who can't get enough of Meerkat Manor! Substantial weight "slick" paper (used for entire book) gave each picture a "hi-def" look, and there are plenty of them.
Aside from more detailed insider information (written by Cambridge
Professor Tim Clutton-Brock) there are maps of the Manor divided into
the territories held by the major meerkat clans, a chronology of Flower's life, geneological notes on Flower's children, and full-color pictures on nearly every page. Prof. Clutton-Brock has been
studying the meerkats of this area since 1993 and has done a marvelous
job of organizing and delivering a thorough and enjoyable discussion
of all things meerkat, and of Flower in particular.
I highly recommend this book for all meerkat lovers. It is worth every
penny. I know you won't be disappointed.

The book is full of beautiful photography and offers insight and additional detail to events that were softly touched on by the Animal Planet series of the same name - I find that the chart of all of Flower's pups in the back of the book to be particularly helpful.

Overall, it is well-written and easy to read - anyone who is interested in animals, Meerkat Manor, or Meerkats in general will enjoy this book.

Gives details of the Meerkat project that are sometimes only touched briefly in the Animal Planet TV series. There is heavy emphasis on reproductive strategies such as male roving and the frequent practice of infanticide of sibling's pups by pregnant females. Definitely for the reader who wants a deeper understanding of the sociobiology of another mammalian species not for someone who expects a gushing anthropomorphic indulgence. For that, view the movie!

Being a fan of Meerkat Manor, I really appreciate the information and great photos in this book. For anyone who enjoys the TV show or likes the study of animal societies, this book is for you.

this is cute. Its all color photos featuring adorable Michelle from the beginning to the end of Full House.

I love this scrapbook. It has more than 70 full color photos from the show Full House. Who ever is a Full House fan I would recomend this scrapbook for them.

I love this scrapbook. It has more than 70 full color photos from the show Full House. Who ever is a Full House fan I would recomend this scrapbook for them.

The book Michelle's Full House Scrapbook is excalty how they describe it. It is also funny at times and very cute!

This Scrapbook is the best. I love Full House and watch it always whenever it is on tv. With more than 70 full color photos it shows the whole family in action. All dressed up or in memorable moments etc. It also shows and talks a little about each character on each page. This scrapbook is for any big Full House fan or a character you like a lot in the show.

If scientists ever dissect the brains of Tom Leopold and Bob Sand, they may just discover that these hilarious comedy writers put the fun in funny. As Tom and Bob romp through side-splitting escapades with Milt and Marty, they cleverly incorporate "a funny" in every sentence. Don't skip your meds when you sit down to read this, as you will need the extra oomph to power you through the hysterical page-long sentences that have no punctuation in sight.

This book is about an inch wide and an inch deep, but it's funny. Almost as if they pulled together every bad comedy line and strung it together into a book. You'll feel guilty reading it, but you'll love it. (Just get a dust cover off War and Peace to cover it up.) It also contains the most offensive funny line I've ever seen in print. Silly fun.

I couldn't stop laughing. You can't go wrong with this book (especially if you're a comedian or comedy writer).

Bob Sand and Tom Leopold, two veteran television writers with decades-long careers, have written a caustic, hilarious, bile-filled, real-life "mockumentary" on the TV comedy business.

From the book's wild and disgusting cover, to the endless side-splitting venting they lay out for readers, this book is not one to read in a public place. You may end up trying to suppress waves of laughter and cause yourself to be ejected from a cafe, restaurant or bookstore. This book is dangerous to pregnant women, children, other TV writers, many famous comedians and half the rest of the world. Beware.

Ken

"Milt & Marty" will take you on the most hilarious journey of your life. Irreverent and at times, appalling, it's a MUST READ for anyone who dreams of breaking into showbiz, and for those who have had the misfortune to do so. I laughed so hard I almost "voided" in my designer jeans.

I JUST ORDERED A COPY OF LAURYN HILLS BOOK 'THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL' AND, I ALSO HAVE THE ALBUM, BUT I FELT THAT I NEEDED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LAURYN HERSELF AND THE ZION,HOPEFULLY SHE MENTIONS IT IN THIS BOOK,I LOVE YOU LAURYN,YOUR MY ONLY INSPIRATION,I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE BOOKS WRITTEN BY YOU, I'LL BUY EVERY COPY YOU PUT OUT, I LOVE YOU LAURYN FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART---love,Lashawn Nicole

This album is really creative, Lauryn Hill had TONS of talent!

I love this book! It is da BOMB! You have to read it. Lauryn hill is suck a talented artist and this book give you all the details of lauryn's life! It ROCKS! Hi mom!

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill isan excellant book! Lauryn has beenthrough some trying times and I adore her for staying so strong. Aside all rumors that were made, Lauryn was still able to stay focused. She is truely genuine.

"Queen of the Hill"- What else could you say about a young woman of such grace? Many have loved and admired Lauryn for years and years and I can honestly understand why. Her style is so versatile, and her personality is so calm, that you can't help but join the " Lauryn Hill bandwagon" (ya know?) I say " Queen of the Hill" and I don't use those words lightly, because most people have read articles, many people have listened to her music, but when you meet her in person, the connection is so overwhelming, you do literally pinch yourself to see if it's a dream.

This book is a must for both men and women. (It might be for gay people too if you are into that sort of thing because they want to be "married" these days.)Darrell examines both sides of the realtionship from experiences and observations. I read this book cover to cover and will read it again because its funnnier than hell, just like his stage act! I can't wait for the second book!

Steve H. Ohio

MisInformation hits home in many ways. In reading the chapters (which are cleverly titled), I found myself wincing at some of the remarks, not because they are hard hitting and direct, but rather they are true in some regards. I think the key point made in this book is that it is not directed to all...let me stress all women, but those times I found the dialog assaulting were when I seen myself doing or saying those exact things mentioned. I think it is a good tool for men in respect to finding out why women think there are no "good" men left, but it turned out to be an eye opener for me as a woman. I can't wait to read volume 2.

This book is for men and women Darrell did not leave anyone that is dating ,married , or thinking about having any kind of relationship out. Ladys you may have to read a little bit at a time but when you calm down you will want to read more. Darrell is hard on us woman but if nothing else read the parts that relate to you or someone you know and i promise that you will read the whole book.

Darrell tackles the issues I wish others would be brave enough to address. As one of those "hard to find" males, I appreciated his honesty, directness and thoughts. We create our own reality and then blame others for the way things turn out, particularly in our relationships and how we are viewed by others in society. I laughed as much as I cried when reading this book. Darrell is a real truth-teller. After I finished reading it I gave my copy to my wife's single friends to read. Cheer up ladies and have faith. . . there are still a lot of great men out there. You just need to know how to find them with the right bait. Darrell's book is your tackle box for finding one of us! Can't wait for Volume II!

I thoroughly enjoyed Misinformation. I've had the pleasure of seeing Joyce perform live many times, and his skill as a comedian promised this to be an entertaining read. What struck me, however, was the level of insight and information underneath the issues he exposed. This is not some guy running his mouth off -- this is a study. This is a work that has come from years of astute observations, intense research, and personal experience.

That being said, Joyce's style is blunt and aggressive. This book is real. He doesn't sugarcoat things, and he doesn't shy away from his points for fear of offending. He tells it like he sees it, and for that I respect his honesty and courage. This book is a breath of fresh air in an age that is so hyper-sensitive to political correctness. If you put this book down because a word or phrase offends you, in the long run you're really denying yourself-- he just has too many excellent points.

Although Misinformation looks a bit intimidating, the effort is well worth it. You will see it's underlying themes every day of your life. Instead of chuckling at the overweight woman wearing the T-shirt that says, "Too pretty to work," you will shake your head at the much larger societal problem she represents.

Thanks, Darrell-- can't wait to read volume two!