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To those fashionistas who remember the early 70s and to those who don't, this book is wonderfully interesting and perfectly detailed in its comparisons and reflections on the works of St. Laurent and Lagerfeld. Although in the early 70s the US was just starting to swing, it seems that Paris was sizzling. This book made me envious of everyone there. I would recommend this book to everyone interested in fashion, pop culture and Paris.

I love this book. It's my Christmas discovery.
If you like fashion, you will have so much fun discovering that everything we have now started in the seventies.
Lot of details, you feel like an insider.
Beetween Karl and Yves, which one will you choose ?

Despite the press, I don't think Kaiser Karl emerges as the more noble and human character. I actually like him more now.

This is very simple. If you collect baseball cards, you need ths book. It's just that easy!!!

THIS BOOK HELPED ME AND MY COLLECTOR FRIENDS SO MUCH , THAT I HAD TO GIVE IT TO ONE OF THEM WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THE USA, AND THAT IS WHY I AM NOW BUYING MY SECI=OND COPY. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This book is an absolute necessity for baseball card collectors who are in search of specific players. The book alphabetically lists every player who has appeared on a baseball card. Not only does it list the major companies (like Topps), it does an excellent job of listing locally issued cards. It includes minor league cards as well. If you are looking for a specific player's cards, this is the best place to find every card produced of that player.
The only downside to this book is that it is fairly quickly outdated due to the glut of cards on the market. Back in the day, a great player like Hank Aaron might have 1 regular card and maybe 5-10 special or regional cards each year. Now, a player like Albert Pujols might have over 100 total each year.
That downside cannot be avoided, though. With that in mind, this book cannot do much more.

The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times packs in a great deal of research. Culled from some of the best articles in the fanzines history, many pieces focus on the various Harvey characters in many different media; television, films, and comics. Indeed, you could spend many hours here, but sections of the material can be slightly repetitious since some show up again in various articles.

While a great deal of scholarly research has been done on Carl Bark's Uncle Scrooge character, this is one of the first editions done on the Casper and Richie Rich characters. In fact Mr. Christopher Barat makes some interesting comparisons to the comic book adventures of Casper and Richie with Disney's richest duck. He also does a great job summarazing and analysing many of the Richie Rich and Casper stories while looking for originality and other creative highlights in these hundreds of stories, which can get very maudlin after a while.

Something that caught my attention is when Richie Rich, who has always been faithful to his girlfriend, Gloria, has a unique encounter with the antagonist Mayda Munny in a dream sequence. Hmm. . . Maybe Richie is a bit more complicated than we thought. Anyway,it took Mr. Baret to draw this to my attention.

I also have to give Mr. Baret credit for using the word, "discombulate." Hey! Anybody who can use a word like that is all right in my book.

The text amply has interviews with the surviving Harvey company personal,episode guides to various Richie Rich tv programs, histories on Sad Sack (a favorite of mine), and volunteered art from a variety of people.

If there is a second edition, it would be nice to include an episode guide to the ninties Casper series, (which is up on the website) and a few other odds and ends. Another possible article could be on the best Richie and Casper stories that might have had a "bittersweet" feel to them. I also thought there was something poignant with Casper and Wendy's relationship due to the fact that Casper was ultimately a ghost while longing to be human. Wendy, however, was still a human girl, though a sorceress, which must have made things difficult for the two of them at times.

And on a totally trivial note, I'd also love to hear a bit more the short-lived, "Fruitman" comic from the sixites?

While this book might not be for everyone. It's essential to comic book historians who need to know there was more to to the industry that just superheroes and Disney. Invaluable alone for the Sad Sack material.

Sincerely,

James Smith III
carolyn@dia.net

Is it too self-serving to review my own book? I think not. I just wanted to let you know that I am really excited about this as my goal for a number of years was to publish a book. I know that everyone is not necessarily a comic book fan and especially not a Harvey Comics fan, but if you are, please give this a read. I have worked on this book over a 16 year period, and am very proud of the results. Also, please let me know what you think by posting your own review here.

When I wrote this review, Mark Arnold, editor of this book, had the only other review of it. But I'm glad he reviewed his own book, which he may have been somewhat hesitant to do, because he certainly made me want to read it (along with the blurb from Scott Shaw! an astounding artist whose work I have followed for a long time). Arnold has, as they say, some chops for writing this book, as he for some sixteen years has edited a Harvey Comics fanzine, The Harveyville Fun Times. This book is called The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times because that's what it is: a whopping 11 X 8 color cover paperback weighing in at nearly 400 pages of reprints of the THFT.

At first I felt a bit ripped off since, had one been a long time subscriber, one would already have all these issues. But then I thought, "Why go to the trouble to rewrite the whole book from the fanzines rather than just reprinting them? Obviously Mark had the same idea. Great minds think alike, and so do we.

This is the best sort of browsing book, jammed with about a zillion pictures as well as Harvey trivia approached from every angle. Who knew Jerry Lewis did Sad Sack movies? Where did my favorite Harvey comic star, Hot Stuff, come from? What's the relation of the Famous/ Paramount cartoons to the comics?

I myself eagerly await each issue of a Little Lulu fanzine called The Hollywood EcLLectern, and I can't think of anything better than if all those issues were bound together in a book. What a happy thought that Mark Arnold has been there and done that with the big H comics, and even better that I can kick back with this enthralling volume and another H (Hefeweisen) and delve into the Harvey Fun Times.

this book teaches you the foundational truths with regards to finances. It's doesn't water the Bible down, nor does it make financial provision an impossible thing, but the authors chart your through and in the end you're left with principles that are rooted in the Word of God and relevant to our lives. I was thoroughly encouraged by the book. This book is not a happy-go-lucky, nauseating, comb-over of how to deal with finances, but there is meat in this book. This meat will cause you to read and re-read this book. This is a book that I'll keep for years to come

Will the word "fantastic" suffice as a review? Probably not, but it certainly describes this huge resource produced by pastor and leadership guru Frank Damazio. In this day and age of rampant materialism and self-serving doctrines that present God the Father as some divine sugar-daddy, Releasing Financial Provision is a welcomed relief.

The book is divided into seven "keys" for opening the heavens and obtaining the favor of God in your personal and business life. Each key is expounded upon by 20 or so biblical principles concerning finances. Really, it reads like a daily devotional: Each principle includes specific verses of scripture and a short teaching on the subject that is always practical and often pleasantly insightful. In addition to the 98 or so principles expounded upon throughout the book, there are at least 100 pages of scripture references on anything and everything financial and an excellent bibliography of printed and electronic financial resources.

This book is a must-have for anyone who's serious about understanding and applying a Biblical approach to finances.

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR RELEASING FINANCIAL PROVISION! is awesome. The first book I have ever seen that gives a balanced and accurate message on GOD's plan for financial peace, wholeness and soundness in the lives of believers. What I found refreshing is that it makes no promises of quick fixes or get rich quick schemes and methods but instead page by page offers an outstanding, inspiring and life changing method on how to receive GOD's favor in both your personal and professional finances. You will glean insight, wisdom, truth and inspiration for whatever you may be facing financially. Infused with illustrations, Scripture and commentary, you will find yourself studying this book every chance you get.

Grab a copy for yourself, family and friends (or) even start a program with it at your church or place of business. Money is central to our existence and BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES FOR RELEASING FINANCIAL PROVISION is just the book you need to receive financial freedom and financial peace the right way-God's way!

God bless you and happy reading!
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When Mary Lloyd asked me to review her book, Bold Retirement: Mining Your Own Silver for a Rich Life I agreed but with some trepidation. There are two words in the title that are turnoffs for me: "retirement" and "silver."

I loathe and detest the word "retirement" and the word "silver" conjures up visions of well off couples playing golf and going on cruises as a lifestyle. Even though the word "bold" is used to modify the word "retirement" in a positive way I thought, "Well, here's one more book that tells old people how to live life as a pastime."

I said I'd review it so I jumped into my usual "let's get this over with" speed-reading mode but quickly slowed down to savor what the author was saying. If you've ever started to read a book and after reading just one paragraph you know you don't want to put it down, this is one of those books. It is immediately clear that Mary Lloyd is a brilliant woman with a definite flair for writing engaging prose. Yes, she talks about retirement, but not in the way I had expected.

Mary sees retirement as the beginning of a new and exciting phase of life - if you approach it properly. You've seen or read books with the same focus, but Bold Retirement is in a class of its own. I promise, this book is different, in more ways than I can count. It takes a lot for me to be this impressed.

Bold Retirement not only tells you how to prepare for a fulfilling retirement (if you want to want to use the word "retirement".) The author gives you real tools to help you discover who you are now and how to decide what you really want to do with the rest of your life that will be fulfilling. There are pages and pages of exercises that will help you get to know yourself as you never have before. It's a bit scary but also intensely liberating.

Bold Retirement will help you in the following ways:

* Challenge the false limits assumed to be part of "aging"
* Discover what's uniquely important for YOU
* Access the energy to live retirement exuberantly
* Define your best lifestyle and direction
* Develop skills for achieving a satisfying vibrant retirement

And it's all done in the most engaging manner you can possibly imagine. Here are some chapter headings that indicate you are in for some entertaining and challenging reading:

* Mental Monkey Bars
* Nuts and Bolts and Other Physical Stuff
* Marshmallows, Icicles & Prickly Things in the Dark
* Managing Zucchini
* Cut the List for the Whole Enchilada

If you are close to "retirement" Bold Retirement is a must read. It could be life changing and even life saving because you probably have not thought about the future in the mind-opening way Mary Lloyd does. If you are into "retirement" and have gotten stuck in a rut, this book will help you lift yourself out of your rut and up into the life you want and deserve.

I needed this book. I'm nearing retirement and a bit frighten and yes, in denial. The author does a great job of helping you look at how your retirement maybe very different from what you imagined. This isn't your typical "blah, blah, retirement, blah, blah" book. Great content.

I am a person retiring soon after 30 years working at a job I love. I did not give the next phase of my life much thought beyond lying on a sunny beach somewhere. Once I realized I wouldn't really want to do that all the time, I consulted this book. The book is both a tool for exploring possibilities I had not thought about before, and recognizing the realities of my own personality. It shows how to balance productivity and new directions with the things that have worked for you up till now.

`Powers of Ten' by Philip and Phylis Morrison and `The Office of Charles and Ray Eames' is one of those non-fiction classics which everyone gets around to buying or at least browsing in the library before they reach the age of forty. In fact, I'm quite surprised to see that the book was copyrighted in 1982, since it seems as if it has been around for decades, easily going back as far as the 1950's.

Part of this impression may be due to the fact that the concept is so simple. The heart of the book is a series of forty-two (42) photographs, or simulated photographs, each showing a view exactly 1/10th the size of the previous view. One thing that confirms the vintage of the book is that the views near the middle of the series, those from near outer space, are genuine photographs from some NASA platform or other.

One similar book that comes to mind is `Flatland', the `fictional' description of a three-dimensional person visiting a two-dimensional world. A similar work, far more whimsical than these two, is `The Point and the Line'. One advantage the geometrically premised works have on `Powers of Ten' is that their underlying mathematical bases are virtually secure for the ages. Not so with our `Powers of Ten'. Even my layman's knowledge of modern physics can spot at least two out of date aspects in the book. The first I spotted was the statement that the largest share of mass in the universe is in stars. Modern theory posits a mysterious moiety called `dark matter', which now explains a lot of facts about astrophysics which were a mystery under the `all mass in stars' point of view. The second out of date perspective is the absence of any fine detail at the sub-atomic particle level. In the early 1980's, the most advanced physics relied entirely on a particle-based paradigm for sub-atomic structures (The last quantum physics advance cited is the hypothesis of quarks). Since the mid-1980s, the theory of choice is based on strings or even `superstrings'. The conjectural pictures at this level know nothing of vibrating strings. The `big' perspectives also don't really do justice to hypotheses about deep space entities such as black holes and quasars.

Still, this is a great classic. If, for no other reason than it is a great tutorial on getting someone acquainted with the metric system of measuring distances, as all steps are in tenths or tens of a meter. On a more general level, this is a great little lesson in the history of physical science, as the book contains a chronology of the discoveries that pushed our perceptions of the world in one direction (big) or the other (small).

Any family with at least one scientifically curious child should own a copy of this little gem!

With a start at 10e+25 meters, from the far end of the universe (~1 billion light years), the book takes 1 power of ten steps downward to the subatomic level, about 10e-16 meters - or smaller than a hydrogen atom. A very good book to get lost in the comparison from one power to the next - be it higher (bigger) or lower (smaller).

Charles and Ray Eames give us a photographic tour of the universe we can hold in our hands. Starting with a picture of the dark emptiness of at the edge of the universe, each page brings us closer to our galaxy, solar system, planet, and down to the one power of ten on which we humans live. But then we continue to dive deeper -- skin deep -- shrinking smaller and smaller through the cells, molecules, and finally sub-atomic space of which we are composed... finding the empty space within the atom to be eerily reminiscent of outer space itself. It's an exciting, thought-provoking five-minute journey you'll want to take again and again.

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Jon Chattman and Rich Tarantino have written an homage to one of man's best accessories - the moustache -
Brett Underhill has illustrated this very funny little book to perfection.
These folks write about men of varied degrees of moustaches - from Charlie Chaplin to Weird Al Yankovic - they rank people in like industries as far as who has the best moustaches, and I must say, I didn't realize there were so many prominent guys (and one female artist) with distinctive moustaches -
I have always been partial to a man with a moustache, and when my all time favorites - Sam Elliott and Tom Selleck were featured, ok - I knew these guys knew their stuff -
It is a really clever look at moustaches and lists famous folks who sport them - worth a look!

This book is amazing! The information is of course wonderful, but the illustrations.... Oh, MY. What a talented son, I mean artist, that Brett Underhill is. His mother must be so proud.

I found this book a great read. The information on memory is very interesting, and the exercises are easy, stimulating and effective. Following the program Gediman outlines really works.

It is rare that vitally important information is presented in such a fun,easy, and friendly style. Corinne Gediman's book, Brainfit, is a personal trainer for your brain. Not only will I enjoy making it part of my weekly fitness routine; I'll recommend it to my customers at the bookstore.

I like a challenge and this book is just that. I feel ready to go after my exercise.

I highly recommend this book to anyone raised in the church and have a warped view of God and are not experiencing His love and freedom. I struggled my whole christian life because I believed I needed to obtain a level of standard in order to be in relationship with God but this book helped me find my freedom in Christ!

As one who has struggled with legalism for years, this book was a refreshing reminder that we cannot earn our salvation. Mr. Anderson and his coauthors highlight some of the symptoms of legalism and discuss the implications of falling into a legalistic lifestyle. This book helps strugglers to understand that it is by grace alone we are saved, not by any of our efforts, without negating the importance of holiness or belitting the problem of sin.

This is one of the best books ever written about the dangers of legalism in the church and the individual believer. This book explains how legalism truly beats down and burdens believers with performance-based favor with God, Non-biblical rules and regulations (traditions made up by men). Legalism complicates the Gospel because it hands you a list of "do's" and "do Not's" that are not in the bible but their own brand of "holiness". This book also shows you how to be free from legalism if you are bound up in it. I'm glad this issue has been addressed in this book and I highly recommend it.

Thats how I would sum up this book. The OJ robbery is really inconsequential to the true story of this book. It's only a backdrop to a life that was lived to the fullest (sometimes foolishly) straight from the man who lived it. Truly an amazing tale of love, luck, money, and greed. Its a terrific book from someone that lived a life that Hollywood probably wouldn't be able to create in any movie. Good Luck with the rest of it Tom!

Yes OJ's an interesting character, and you learn plenty about the Las Vegas robbery here. But the back story is just as interesting, especially for card collectors or memorabilia people. The busting out of jail parts are crazy (you gotta read it to believe it) and so is Tom's lotto/gambling tales. Luck is a funny thing and Tom Ricico has had plenty of it on his side. A controversial guy who's lived a wild life--it's all in the book.

If a bland life story "Catch Me If You Can" can be made into a movie, this book should be too. Riccio's life story would be unbelieveable if it wasn't true: escaping from jail, winning the lottery, beating Vegas, successful entrepenuer and a life filled with being in the middle of breaking news events from OJ Simpson to Anna Nicole Smith. Truly a one-of-a-kind story. This book is a page turner and an easy read and better entertainment then the 10 bucks you would pay to see any of the lousy movies that are out now.