Bruce Willis Books

Many people don't know that the Western Africans had many secret scripts that are still used today in secret organizations. This is only one form of the script that is around Western Africa that only a select few have knowleadge of. I recommend if you happnen to run across this book to read it and study it,and it will guide you to the real heart and soul of Western Africa. I have learned so much from my reserch about Africa and it;s true culture that europeans have tired to hide.

Contrary to the review of Oct. 16th, 2001, Adinkra is NOT a language of a secret society known by only a "select few." If it were, this dictionary should never have been published. I find this book to be a terrific resource (with a few minor errors that have been corrected by an addendum), full of meaning for everybody. I have owned a copy for a few years and highly recommend it.

This is an excellant resource book for graphic artists, designers, textile designers, illustrators, - anyone in the arts field. But the extra kick with this book is that it gives you
information on the background and history of the Adinkra symbology and even shows you how to make stamps so you can make and design your own fabric!

This review refers to the "Die Hard Trilogy" Letterbox Edition VHS Boxed Set by 20th Century Fox(1996)....

Although you may have found yourself in the book section of Amazon products, this beautifully packaged set of the "Die Hard Trilogy" are definately VHS and not books. The ISBN is 079390532x on the package as it is here on the product page.
Hard as I have tried to call Amazon's attention to this error (I've been a real "Die Hard" at it), I have had no response to the correction forms I have been submitting. Maybe someone there will read this review and make the correction, so that fans of this exciting trilogy will know this set is out there.

This set is not an oridinary looking boxed set with an outer box that will fall apart eventually. The tapes each in their own VHS slip case, are packaged in a beautiful slim, flatter, and sturdy black box, with the tapes laying side by side. The raised letter "Die Hard" trilogy logo and a picture of John McClane (Bruce Willis)are on a silver background. The films are letterboxed and in Hi-Fi stereo. Although these are films we watch several times a year(and we always include the first and second in our Christmas movies), they have held up remarkably well over the years and are some of the better quality(in all respects) VHS I still own. I'm sure they don't compare to DVD(especially in the sound department), but I'm holding on to my boxed set, and I think any die hard fan of "Die Hard" might want to grab this up as a collector's item.

Looks as though they are out of print, but if you are interested in this item, keep it on your wish list and keep checking on it, maybe an outside seller will list one. I have seen them before. Also, I would check with the seller to make sure this is the set they are sellling.

Do I need to describe the films themselves???...Nahhh..Everybody knows already we wouldn't even be here if John McClane hadn't saved the world for us(3 times!)

"Come Out To the Coast...We'll Get Together...Have A Few Laughs...".....Laurie

This book is a 185-page, glossy masterpiece, and an object for the hand as well as the eye. The book-as-object is something book designers, publishers, bookbinders and craftspeople know well, but most of the rest of the world experience it only fleetingly upon the purchase or receipt of a particularly prized edition. The book as an object, a work of art itself, has seldom been so conspicuously made manifest as with this volume, and it is appropriate that Gary Spinosa: Philosopher's Stone is the Bruce Gallery Press's inaugural publication. Having as its subject the work of a tactile artist, the volume is in itself a kind of interactive, kinetic, meta-Spinosa sculpture that allows the reader to touch and linger over Spinosa's multifaceted shapes, intricate details, complex textures and colorations. And, clearly, the creators understood this would be the case from the beginning. Entire pages are given to textured close-ups so tight it becomes nearly impossible to tell which artwork they are details of. Sculptures are photographed repeatedly from different angles, approximating one's turning the object in the hand. Page after page of luminous images by photographers Jeff Willis and Dan Fox open to reveal the kind of deep meditation you'd give only if you had these works in your home and contemplated them over time, as the mood caught you, revealing new insights. Gary Spinosa: Philosopher's Stone is far too overwhelming to be appreciated in any one sitting, and the book fulfills the real definition of a book one needs to own: It will be repeatedly referred to over a lifetime, and give increasing joy.
The volume is divided into two sections. The first, printed on a heavy, matte, ivory stock, presents a lucid insightful introduction by John Bavaro and an astute, learned essay by professor of art history Charlotte H. Wellman. These pages are illustrated with a combination of images from Spinosa's sculpture, paintings and drawings, photographs from previous exhibits, sketches from his notebooks, and assorted photographs from his home and studio, along with various images that parallel, in a casual manner, the creative impulses of Spinosa's art: Cambodian temples, painted Indian elephants, ancient ruins, and aboriginal carvings. These images are not attributed nor annotated, and readers are left to make what connections we will. It's a daring move in a bold book.
The main section follows. Printed on heavy gloss stock, photographs of work from the exhibit are laid out in a perceptive aesthetic approach that allows Spinosa's work to radiate from the page so naturally that it is a work of hard imagination to realize that in lesser hands a different organizational strategy could easily have diminished the power of the artwork the book presents. Moving from full views to details to intense close-ups, often with an eye to nothing other than the sheer visual power of color and form, each page reinforces what comes before and sets us up for what comes next, and this can be proven by randomly skimming through in the pages. The eye can glide and land anywhere in the book and strike gold. None of this is cluttered with notation. All the attributions are left to concise endnotes. It's a brilliant performance.
Again, the power of Gary Spinosa: Philosopher's Stone is that it is more than a record of an exhibit. It is a work of art in its own right. It is Spinosa's artwork in fact, brought forth through the multiple lenses of Bavaro, Willis, Fox, Art Director Shelle Barron, and Designers Sara Bressler, Karthryn Budner, Jamie Schricker, and Jessica Shoemaker, each consciousness comprehending the vibrant energy of Spinosa's work, and finding a way to amplify it through their independent artistic vision. And as the book rests weightily in the hand, this may be as close as many of us will get to owning the un-ownable. To possess, and scrutinize, and meditate upon, and bask in a unique art form at our leisure, and as long as we please, and whenever we want.

This book is stunningly simple and beautiful. Davidson's photographs capture the essence of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Each photograph tells a story and is worth pondering. The publisher did a great job reproducing the images. If the topic interests you, this is a "must have" collection of photographs by one of the great photographers of our time.

A reasonable collection of fantasy, with a 3.55 average. The best stories being Garth Nix's very funny and clever giant monster short, and Laird Barron's horror piece.

There is a quite brief piece by the editors about the state and source of stories in general, and each individual tale is prefaced with further info.

A solid 4, this book

Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Eating Hearts - Yoon Ha Lee
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : The Denial - Bruce Sterling
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : The Fraud - Esther Friesner
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Sunbird - Neil Gaiman
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Shard of Glass - Alaya Dawn Johnson
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : The Farmer's Cat - Jeff Vandermeer
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Crab Apple - Patrick Samphire
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : The Comber - Gene Wolfe
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Walpurgis Afternoon - Deliah Sherman
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Monster - Kelly Link
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Robots and Falling Hearts - Tim Pratt and Greg van Eekhout
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Still Life with B00bs - Ann Harris
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Heads Up Thumbs Down - Gavin J. Grant
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Newbie Wrangler - Timothy J. Anderson
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Being Here - Claude Lalumière
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Mom and Mother Theresa - Candas Jane Dorsey
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Magic in a Certain Slant of Light - Deborah Coates
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Single White Farmhouse - Heather Shaw
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Read It in the Headlines! - Garth Nix
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Niels Bohr and the Sleeping Dane - Jonathon Sullivan
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Mortegarde - Liz Williams
Year's Best Fantasy 6 : Inside Job - Connie Willis


Perfect magician, belt up and bonk.

3 out of 5


We're dead, stupid.

3.5 out of 5


Pregnant unicorn variation end.

4 out of 5


"I have a presentiment of doom upon me," ..."And I fear it shall come to us with barbecue sauce."

4 out of 5


Racist memory power runaway.

4 out of 5


Moggie ursa major makes troll mob minor.

3.5 out of 5


Dryad heart dump.

3 out of 5


Swiftly tilting city.

4 out of 5


Witchiness good for gardens.

3.5 out of 5


Hey, Bungalow Jim
I Might Eat Him

3.5 out of 5


Reality altering with replicating rodent robots. With a bit of mechanical criticism of the critical literary abilities of people.

3.5 out of 5


Mendicant mammaries.

4 out of 5


Sound of music is Matchless.

3 out of 5


Gud is bloody lazy, Zep Boy.

3.5 out of 5


Can't see this one, maybe that's us.

2.5 out of 5


No Aunt, just gimme shelter.

3 out of 5


Awful art lust trephination escape cave meld.

4 out of 5


Predicting dirigible desperation.

4 out of 5


Architectural pr0n, same?

3.5 out of 5


Very large Daikaiju font.

4.5 out of 5


Statue sword-slinger saves scientist.

4 out of 5


World Tree gatespeaking wyvern blood lecture dissection decision.

3.5 out of 5


Making monkeys of mediums.

4 out of 5



4 out of 5

YEAR'S BEST FANTASY 6, edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, is an engaging anthology of the absurd, the fantastic, the beautiful, and the horrifying, comprising twenty-three stories written by some of the best in the industry. The tales range from light and whimsical, as in "Still Life with Boobs" by Anne Harris, to dark and chilling, as in Laird Barron's much-acclaimed novella, "The Imago Sequence," which has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award in the long fiction category for 2005.

The book comes in with a tiger in Yoon Ha Lee's elegant parable "Eating Hearts," and goes out with a tiger, in Connie Willis's smartly crafted homage to H. L. Mencken entitled "Inside Job." Kelly Link's outstanding "Monster" is a tongue-in-cheek modern-day version of Beowulf in a boys' summer camp; and Bruce Sterling's satirical "The Denial" brings to mind the genius of Isaac B. Singer. Authors include Esther M. Friesner, Neil Gaiman, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Jeff VanderMeer, Patrick Samphire, Gene Wolfe, Delia Sherman, Tim Pratt and Greg van Eekhout, Gavin J. Grant (husband to Kelly Link), Candas Jane Dorsey, Timothy J. Anderson, Claude Lalumière, Deborah Coates, Heather Shaw, Garth Nix, Jonathon Sullivan, and Liz Williams.

Award recipient David G. Hartwell is the senior editor at Tor/Forge Books, the publisher of THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION, and the author of AGE OF WONDERS.

World Fantasy Award winner Kathryn Cramer is an editor at THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION. She has also co-edited the outstanding anthologies, THE ASCENT OF WONDER, THE HARD SF RENAISSANCE, and the YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION series.

YEAR'S BEST FANTASY 6 is highly recommended reading for anyone who enjoys variety in the fantastic.

I wanted to read this book mainly to see what Cybill would say about Bruce Willis and Moonlighting, one of my all-time favorite shows, and although I was left wanting more, she does give a few interesting tidbits about them. But even if she hadn't this would still be a page turner.

Most references to Cybill Shepherd by the media over the years have been negative. I just wanted to hear her side of her story for a change and I have no problem with this so-called 'B-list' actor making a few bucks in the process.

While I don't approve of or agree with everything Cybill says she's done or believes in, this little book is a small interesting slice of history and a record of how things work behind the scenes of the modeling and acting professions. The message I got is 'proceed with extreme caution - or better yet choose another career.'

Also, my belief that Hollywood culture is depraved in general remains unshaken after reading this. And you certainly can't blame it all on Cybill Shepherd.

Even so, I appreciate what I believe is Cybill's candor about herself, the people she's met and her experiences which is written with a witty humor and a verbal style I appreciate.

I don't know what compelled me to check this out from the library since I didn't really know who Cybill Shepherd was, but she kept me reading with her honesty and `dang-it-it's-true' breed of self-flattery. In this autobiography, the star of the '80's TV hit Moonlighting (when she mentioned Moonlighting, I was finally like, "Oh, I know who she is...") candidly talks about the cut-throat world of Hollywood, tells about how Hef, of Playboy fame, stole images from her nude scene and improperly published them, talks about an affair with Elvis (who "charmed" her by telling her in one of his pill-popping hazes about the time a doctor gave him an injection directly into the pupil of his eye!!!!!) and throws caution to the wind and dodges claims of skankhood by talking about a seemingly unending series of affairs with scores of married and unmarried men, from her beauty queen teen years in Memphis, well into her fifties. Shepherd name-drops and that's the making of this book since it's most interesting when the focus is not on her. She tells about having Orson Welles as a long-term house guest, about how she introduced Elvis to certain amorous technique, tells of clashes with Bruce Willis, whose ego was a match for her own, and provides tell-all revelations about some of the biggest stars in the movie business during the 1970's. Shepherd is also doggedly committed to certain feminist causes and gives ink to her views on them. This book is definitely a celebrity stroking her ego, but it's not dull or preachy and since it can be read in about two hours, it's not a bad way to spend a free afternoon.

Cybill Disobedience : How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think
by Cybill Shepherd

This was an interesting read and useful as a resource since it is a first person description of the kind of life one can lead as a liberated (using the pill) female. Not only was Cybill successful, but as she says, she was "a very, very, bad girl." Cybill did what she wanted to do.

Regardless of whether or not this sort of life should be recommended, it is certainly a resource that can be referred to as an example.

Some interesting comments about show business, and about some of the people she worked with, and went to bed with. The last part, about her TV show, "Cybill," would only interest a BIG fan of the show. (Who did what and who said what about the show's individual episodes isn't exactly gripping reading.) (I'm glad it's a short book.)

Truly the title sums up the whole of this autobiography. I wonder if Ms. Shepherd hadn't believed so deeply in her ephemeral outer beauty, maybe others wouldn't have assumed that that's all she had going for her.

Conspicuously absent from her story were her relationships with her siblings, which were touched on ever-so-briefly toward the end, tellingly admitting that they had a tenuous connection at best, their sibling bonds having been sacrificed at the alter of Shepherd's career.

Cybill Shepherd spent her life being promiscuous, including involvment with married men, and lays it all out for the record, no matter how it makes her look. It's amazing to me that she never came away from fling after short-term fling not feeling used or taken advantage of.

The comment that rings the loudest to me, out of everything she crammed furiously into this book, was the fact that she tried to make '5 minutes feel like 5 hours' with her kids, as if that were possible. Although she does go on to admit that it is simply not possible to do it all.

Contradictory to me is the fact that Ms. Shepherd found lurid tabloid stories to be embarassing and insulting to herself and her children, but she voluntarily lays bare all her personal laundry.

I picked up this book because I fondly remember Moonlighting as must-see TV of my teenage years, Maddie Hayes and David Addison being the best on-screen couple of my generation. Although that was just one small part of Cybill's story, I did find the Hollywood insider stuff a fun guilty pleasure.

One last criticism - the subtitle is far too long and completely unnecessary, bordering on downright silly.

This is a great movie, but do not buy this version put out by Alpha Studios. The picture is ok but the sound is terrible. Buy the Goodtimes version instead. The picture and sound on the Goodtimes version are great. The DVD cover has Mr. Wayne by himself with a gun. Check the other reviews for the movie description but don't buy this version!

It is one of John Wayne's Best "chick Flicks" and my personal favorites. To me it is worth a 5 star.

This modest, low-budget, early Wayne western by Republic Studios is winsome, and proof that you don't need big money and bells & whistles to produce a worthwhile film.

Those picayune critics whose chief joy is to scoff at the first scent of 'corn' are advised to stay away from this one. Leave it to those who feel that a warmed heart is more important than dramatic imperfections.

I have this film on another DVD, so I won't comment on that. Enough reviewers have said this a good copy. The story and filming technique definitely put this film in the "B" western categoty. Seems Quirt Evans(Wayne)is a bad hombre, decending from a one time role as Wyatt Earp's deputy. Everybody is instantly wary when they hear his name, except for his adoptive Quaker family. Clearly, Quirt has had a colorful past, but we are never let in on the details. The story begins with Quirt on foot shooting at we don't know who in our direction, then being chased on horse by a large gang. We never get an explanation. Later, Laredo Stevens
and hands come calling on Quirt with guns drawn, then hand over a bag of gold in exchange for his signature on a deed for some land. We are never given an explanation of what this was all about. Some weeks later, Quirt bolts form a Quaker meeting and his apparent girlfriend, joins two friends and waits for Laredo's gang to take over a cattle herd being driven. They then club or shoot this gang and take over the herd themselves! Next thing we know, they are celebrating in a saloon with some familiar women. Quirt starts a fight that turns into a general melee that wrecks most of the break-away saloon furnishings and banisters, before retiring to a brothel with his friends. He suddenly bolts out the door and on to his Quaker girlfriend's house! This is the man that Gail Russell's character has been making goo-goo eyes at ever since she picked him off the ground, unconscious. In the climactic scene, we have an apparent "high noon" stand off developing, Quirt believing Gail is dying as a result of injuries after the pair were chased by Laredo's hands. But, Gail miraculously appears just before the anticipated shootout. See the movie to find out how it ends.
There are much better developed, more complicated, stories among Wayne's '40s westerns, but few of them were made by Republic, as was this one. The main attractions here are Wayne's conflicitng reactions to his adoptive Quaker family, Gail Russell's endearing shy but persistent pursuit of what she instantly decides is her man, right or wrong, and her frequent long Loretta Young-like gazes designed to win him. Harey Carey has a most unusual role as the sheriff who keeps popping up threatening to find a valid reason to hang Quirt, yet really hoping that he will settle down with his new Quaker friends. He also has an important role in the finale.

I have always liked this film and this GoodTimes version tranfer is the best I have seen so far. When an older film is being put together for DVD tranfer a minty original negative must be used from the beginning and then the sound and film quality can be improved further using current digital technology.

Everyone knows the story of this film but what I look for is quality reproduction of these older films for viewing enjoyment.

This is a great movie, but do not buy this version put out by Alpha Studios. The picture is ok but the sound is terrible. Buy the Goodtimes version instead. The picture and sound on the Goodtimes version are great. The DVD cover has Mr. Wayne by himself with a gun. Check the other reviews for the movie description but don't buy this version!

It is one of John Wayne's Best "chick Flicks" and my personal favorites. To me it is worth a 5 star.

This modest, low-budget, early Wayne western by Republic Studios is winsome, and proof that you don't need big money and bells & whistles to produce a worthwhile film.

Those picayune critics whose chief joy is to scoff at the first scent of 'corn' are advised to stay away from this one. Leave it to those who feel that a warmed heart is more important than dramatic imperfections.

I have this film on another DVD, so I won't comment on that. Enough reviewers have said this a good copy. The story and filming technique definitely put this film in the "B" western categoty. Seems Quirt Evans(Wayne)is a bad hombre, decending from a one time role as Wyatt Earp's deputy. Everybody is instantly wary when they hear his name, except for his adoptive Quaker family. Clearly, Quirt has had a colorful past, but we are never let in on the details. The story begins with Quirt on foot shooting at we don't know who in our direction, then being chased on horse by a large gang. We never get an explanation. Later, Laredo Stevens
and hands come calling on Quirt with guns drawn, then hand over a bag of gold in exchange for his signature on a deed for some land. We are never given an explanation of what this was all about. Some weeks later, Quirt bolts form a Quaker meeting and his apparent girlfriend, joins two friends and waits for Laredo's gang to take over a cattle herd being driven. They then club or shoot this gang and take over the herd themselves! Next thing we know, they are celebrating in a saloon with some familiar women. Quirt starts a fight that turns into a general melee that wrecks most of the break-away saloon furnishings and banisters, before retiring to a brothel with his friends. He suddenly bolts out the door and on to his Quaker girlfriend's house! This is the man that Gail Russell's character has been making goo-goo eyes at ever since she picked him off the ground, unconscious. In the climactic scene, we have an apparent "high noon" stand off developing, Quirt believing Gail is dying as a result of injuries after the pair were chased by Laredo's hands. But, Gail miraculously appears just before the anticipated shootout. See the movie to find out how it ends.
There are much better developed, more complicated, stories among Wayne's '40s westerns, but few of them were made by Republic, as was this one. The main attractions here are Wayne's conflicitng reactions to his adoptive Quaker family, Gail Russell's endearing shy but persistent pursuit of what she instantly decides is her man, right or wrong, and her frequent long Loretta Young-like gazes designed to win him. Harey Carey has a most unusual role as the sheriff who keeps popping up threatening to find a valid reason to hang Quirt, yet really hoping that he will settle down with his new Quaker friends. He also has an important role in the finale.

I have always liked this film and this GoodTimes version tranfer is the best I have seen so far. When an older film is being put together for DVD tranfer a minty original negative must be used from the beginning and then the sound and film quality can be improved further using current digital technology.

Everyone knows the story of this film but what I look for is quality reproduction of these older films for viewing enjoyment.

You know it is funny but i think this book is just a front to pump bruce to his man but is it working for real???

It was an excellent book. I love it. (My Mom tells me i read it too much.) He is the best actor. I have been dieing to meet him though I doubt I ever will. I think it you have ever meet Bruce Willis you are a very lucky person. I would die to meet him. He is a great actor. Everytime someone asks me what a good movie is, I just tell them get a movie with Bruce Willis in it and your set. I g2g byebye.
LONG LIVE WILLIS!

Oh God, I just love Bruce Willis, he is the best actor I have ever seen.Since I`m from Brazil and I have no way to meet him sometimes I fell very sad, but I try to watch one of his movies every week. kisses karen

Hello ,Bruce Willis. My name is Evelina . I'm 18 years old.I won't to be your penfrind.If you sgry whit that it well be perfect for me and I thing the it well be perfect for you to because you well have a penfriend .I'm from Slovenia if you now wher is it.I wone to be an actor yust like you. lf you deside the you wonen't to be my penfriend please write me your addres.I promest the I WODEN'T TELL NOW BADY. Like you hird I'm not from U.S.A. and Idon't spik englis wery well. I wrily hope the we well hird again . BYE BYE

i am forever fan "the bruce willis" iwant his book the bruce willis story i`m really needed this book thank you please call for me i`m ready money for exgample my e-mail bruno-kim@hanmail.net

Just when I thought that Asimov's was the major US magazine that was sense of humor impaired, along comes this issue, with the generally entertaining Connie Willis delivering, and the actually laugh out loud funny Tim McDaniel gag story. About time, and well done.

The issue itself is a rock solid 3.50 average, 3 x 2, 2 good, 2 above average, 2 average.

A bunch of book reviews at the end, including Slan Hunter, and a series by L. Timmel Duchamp that sounds pretty interesting, and is the second time I have seen that mentioned recently. An editorial about the a magazine story and some letters, and Silverberg takes on an early Heinlein work and talks about how it was revolutionary.

ASIMOVS383 : ALL SEATED ON THE GROUND - Connie Willis
ASIMOVS383 : THE LONESOME PLANET TRAVELERS' ADVISORY - Tim McDaniel
ASIMOVS383 : STRANGERS ON A BUS - Jack Skillingstead
ASIMOVS383 : THE RULES - Nancy Kress
ASIMOVS383 : do[this] - Stephen Graham Jones
ASIMOVS383 : GALAXY BLUES 2 - Allen M. Steele


Space song carol communication goodwill breakthrough.

4 out of 5


Alien abduction and assorted antics instruction.

4 out of 5


Made-up man.

3 out of 5


Going in for end of life reflection, in a big way.

(call this one 3.75)

3. 5 out of 5


Dictionary machine solitude.

3.5 out of 5


Prime dope delivery.

3 out of 5