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by Chris Lemmon (Foreword: Kevin Spacey)
ISBN: 1565124804
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 224 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Gently read copy in like new condition. Light reading wear.
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You can hear his father's voice
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-07-01
When writing about Jack Lemmon's failed aspirations on the celebrity golf classic Chris Lemmon declared that he could clearly imagine his "Pop" winning with his traditional hearty "Isn't that a bit of terrific!" Every time I read that I could hear Jack Lemmon's voice in my head. That's the juice of this story. Jack's voice singing through his son's words.
This is the view of the gifted, charming, incredibly likeable Jack Lemmon through the eyes of his gifted, talented, and seemingly honest son Chris. He is a bit heavy handed on the "beloved father" and "cherished sister" phrases which, although refreshing in a celebrity biography (very un-Mommy Dearest), such affectations were completely superfluous because his adoration of his Pop came through in every word.
It took a bit of getting used to hearing of squeaky clean Jack Lemmon swearing and drinking so much. But he swore in such a funny, enthusiastic, unique way that I ended up adoring that about him. And the drinking? He fixed it. The hero came through in the end.
Some of the players didn't come off as well. I was appalled at the pettiness of Lemmon's wife who had her knickers in a twist over some fight with Walter Matthau's wife and made Jack and Walter's friendship difficult. Chris said of the depth of his father's relationship with Walter "I think if Uncle Waltz had taken up golf, Pop would have married him." But that was not the only time Lemmon's widow got into fights with people. She fought with Jack and nearly killed him in a drunken rage when she threw a heavy glass ashtray at Lemmon's head. That particular drunken brawl was the end of drinking for Jack, but not for his wife. Chris alludes that he and his stepmother were never on good terms and it's admirable that he didn't stoop to airing any of their dirty laundry in this book. Though dirty it certainly would be.
The book takes us on fishing trips to Alaska, sound stages in Hollywood, and on the golf course. Chris' references to the "Lemmon curse" is amusing and so well told that it played in my imagination as clear as a movie. What a great sense of humour Jack had, and how delightfully it was passed down to Chris.
I had such a crush on Jack Lemmon, and still do even now he's gone. I wish he had enjoyed a happier marriage and had taken more time to be a father. But he was true to himself, and did remarkable things. I would imagine being his son to be the most wonderful thing in the world and one of the hardest. What an act to follow!
This was a fascinating tribute to the father, not the actor or the person. Chris Lemmon is a really gifted writer. I hope he continues to write. I will eagerly buy whatever he puts his name to after reading this charming book. I hope he reads these reviews because there is something I'd like to say to him. "Hello Ramhead, go F yourself!" (He said he missed hearing that.)
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A Twist of Lemmon and a Touch of Class
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-01-19
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
CL pays the ultimate tribute to his father in this classy portrayal of the supremely gifted father and the somewhat lonely but not lost son trying to sort out a complicated relationship made more complex amidst the mixed fortunes born of fame and celebrity and the tensions and heartaches that always come with divorce. This is a wonderful read that confirms much of the positive image that most people hold of the elder Lemmon while affirming the deep love that father and son were able to share in an environment that has split so many other families apart. Jack Lemmon was without doubt driven in terms of his career, but the measure of the man is that he reserved a part of himself for his son that was theirs and theirs alone.
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both tart and sweet, it's Lemmonade
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-12-18
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Recommended: A Twist of Lemmon: a Tribute to My Father, by Chris Lemmon
Chris Lemmon writes as though chatting with a friend, about the father he loved. I was drawn in by the humanity of the man and the honesty of his son, the author. According to Chris, Jack Lemmon was like an ornery little boy, a little like my own father. Both father and son were aware of Jack's strengths and shortcomings (drinking, a temper, over-dedication to his career). I think Jack Lemmon is probably recognizable in some person in everyone's life. STAR is not the picture drawn here.
There is some language that a few sensitive folks may find offensive; I did say he was ornery didn't I? However,I believe if those folks read on, they will be glad they did. There's nothing really vulgar, but some humor is pretty worldly. Chris says that one of his father's favorite lines to the nurses, even near the end, was "Wanna take a peek at Stiffy?" Alternating from hospital room to scenes from Jack's life Chris Lemmon creates a complete picture of the man without ever going Hollywood neon.
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A character actor pays homage to his famous movie star father
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-09-13
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Actor Chris Lemmon,not as famous as his late movie star father Jack pays homage to the elder Lemmon in this book. The elder Lemmon has done quite a few films throughout his career with his late longtime friend Walter Matthau. Chris' mother divorced Jack when Chris was a toddler. Chris became a cast member of one of Fox's first sitcoms,Duet,which ran from April 1987 to August 1989. Duet was then spun off as Open House which ran for nearly a year. Chris' character Richard Phillips and his wife Linda,played by Alison LaPlaca, were respectively,a patio furniture salesman and an executive film producer. Richard quit the retail business and became a cocktail lounge pianist. On the spin-off Linda went into real estate. Post-Duet-OH,Chris has had a series of guest roles on various shows. Hundreds of people,including Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones,attended memorial services for Jack in 2001. Jack was 75 years old when he passed away. I dedicate this book to Jack's memory.
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well written but...
Rating  (2)
Date: 2006-09-01
2 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
depressing as each chapter starts with a final illness segment. Without that it would have been a MUCH better and more enjoyable book. It may have been cathartic and healing for Chris, but not so for me.
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by Nuala O'Faolain
ISBN: 0805056645
Binding/Media: Paperback - 215 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with minimal reading wear.
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No self-pity here...
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-06-28
What I loved about this book, despite it's ongoing fairly grim story, was that O'Faolain never descends into self-pity. Her prose is glorious, and I often stopped and reread passages just for the sheer beauty of them - and I must tell you her descriptions of Ireland make me want to move there and keep animals. The story of a disadvantaged upbringing and her subsequent success is warmed by the author's apparent gobsmackedness of having it all happen to her. She tells of meeting famous writers, of being part of world shattering events, while realizing her main focus was what her heart was doing and with whom. How many of us live our lives that way, letting the world wash over us without comment, seeing far less than we really should?
And yet, what she does see is shattering. I'll never forget this book, and I've run out to get all her other writings. She can write sadness and isolation without ever mentioning the words better than many a poet.
A good read, but you have to have lived a bit before you can appreciate it. And warning: you will want to get a pussycat or a dog.
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Boring Memoir
Rating (2)
Date: 2010-04-28
I found this book to be really boring. I initially really enjoyed the first few pages, but the author jumped around so much, I found the book confusing. She would start talking about something from her past, switch to some other point in time, and than jump back. It was only a little over 200 pages, but felt like it was 800 pages. By the end of this memoir I found the author downright irritating in her lack of self-esteem. I wanted to yell at her to get a hobby & stop whining. I realize she has been through some very very hard times in a dysfunctional family, and there are moments of clarity where I found the writing style quite fluid and beautiful. However, this book couldn't end soon enough for me.
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a never-ending train wreck
Rating  (3)
Date: 2009-06-23
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Nuala O'Faolain's book is elegantly written, but sometimes it got so depressing that I wondered if I wanted to keep reading.
Her emotional life seems to be a never-ending train wreck, as she hopelessly pursues one man after another.
I wondered if she was any better off than the mother she so pitied, neglected by her husband, looking after ten kids, and sitting at home all day reading and drinking.
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Very disappointing
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-06-02
After being completely charmed by 'Are you Somebody?" I was expecting at least a well-written decent read. Instead this book was disjointed, rambling, went into highly irrelevant personal details, and didn't seem to have much of a point.
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The New Irishwoman
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-05-14
Nuala O'Faulain writes of her life in an uncompromising, hard look at a time spent very differently from many of her countrywomen, and gives vast amounts of insight into the roles prevalent in Irish culture, and how they effect every day life. She has lived a full,wandering life and while she hasn't been endlessly happy, she has learned to value what she has and who she has become. There is much here of value for any woman to take away.
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by Daniel Stashower, Jon Lellenberg, Charles Foley
ISBN: 0143114336
Binding/Media: Paperback - 720 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Previously UNREAD copy which has been removed from our store shelves.
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Highly Reccomended
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-02
I have to confess that I've never read a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but after I watched Sherlock Holmes (2009)the movie I was so engrossed in the whit and adventurous nature of the characters, that as soon as I got home I went on Wikipedia to read about their creator. Although there is a lot of material out there about the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, this book is a first account of his life, because it's delivered mostly from his pen, as his journey comes to light through a series of letters that a chronicled in this book.
I am off to read the Sherlock Holmes stories next, now that I feel like I know their author so closely.
Loved this book. It's optimistic and inspirational - highly recommended.
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A really good book
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-10-30
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
If you love Sherlock Holmes (I really do) you will love finding out about the creator behind the worlds greatest creation. Having read only a few pages, I am all too interested in it. This is as close as I will get to knowing, in Sir Doyles own words, about the life he had lived, since his autobiography is out of print and available through third sellers at astronomical prices.
For those interested you will be enthralled and wowed at the highly active, adventurous life this man experienced. It's no wonder he was able to keep the minds of several nations shrouded in mystery and their own personal adventures while reading his works. A wonderful literary success about the man, practically by the man.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's family letters are a revealing insight into the life of the creator of Sherlock Holmes
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-01-29
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Mention the name of Sherlock Holmes and the name of his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is instantly recalled. Doyle (1859-1930) was a fascinating man whose life story cries out for a biopic! Doyle was born in Edinburgh Scotland to an artist and his intellectually gifted wife Mary. Doyle's father died in an asylum suffering from alcohol and depression in 1893. His mother lived a ripe old age until 1920. It is to Mary Doyle, the mother he adored and confided in throughout his life, that over 90% of these fascinating letters are sent.Several of her own letters to favorite son Arthur are also included.
Doyle became a doctor graduating from the Edinburgh Medical School, traveled to the North Pole as a ship's physician and set up his shingle in the city of Portsmouth in the 1880s. It was during this period he began "A Study in Scarlet" which introduced Holmes and Watson to the British and American public. He also wrote several adventure stories and historical fiction works in homage to his literary idol Sir Walter Scott. His"White Company" about medieval Europe is still in print. While in Portsmouth he wed Louisa Hawkins who bore him two children Mary and Kingsley. Kingsley died from disease in World War I.
With his literary star rising, Dr. Holmes and his famiy moved to London. He there associated himself with the literary world of the day knowing such luminaries as George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Welles, Thomas Hardy, George Meredith. He also socialized with the aristocracy and once sat beside King Edward VII at a dinner.
Dr. Doyle was no stay at home writer. He served in the medical service during both the Boer War and World War I. Doyle enjoyed such varied sports as golf, tennis, cricket and skiing. He loved bicycling and owned a new fanagled motor car particpating in auto races. He and his famiily traveled widely across Europe. He often visited the United States. Doyle liked America and dreamed of a union between Great Britain and the United States. He caught the political bug twice running without success for a seat in Parliament representing an Edinburgh district. He was opposed to Irish Home Rule and along with his friend Winston Churchill was a strong advocate of the British Empire. He and his friend Rudyard Kipling glorified the British soldier.
The brilliant Doyle stuck his neck out by defending persons he thought had been wrongly convicted. He was an advocate for changing England's Divorce Law. He had an often rocky relationship with his five children but by all accounts was a good father. His first wife Louise died iin 1906 and after a brief time he married the lovely Jean Leckie. Jean and he had a happy marriage. They had three children: Denis, Adrian and Jean. It is uncertain whether his affair with Jean was platonic or not prior to the death of Louise.
Doyle was a very busy man who wanted to do away with Sherlock Holmes but continued writing stories of the great detective due to the public insistence for more Holmes adventures. During World War I he wrote a long history of the war which is little read. Science fiction works featuring Dr. Challenger were popular. Doyle was a friend of Baden Powell involving him in Boy Scout work. He was an Edwardian gentleman who was rich, famous and in love with his wife and family. He even delved in playwrigthing and his hero Sherlock Holmes was played on stage by William Gillette. The Holmes character was also seen on the slient movie screen.
World War I saw the death of his son, brother, brother-in law and other
relatives and friends. He increasingly became drawn to spiritualism. He broke with his friend magician Harry Houdini over the spiritualist movement. Doyle lectured widely in Britain, USA, Canada and Australia about spiritualism. He and his wife Jean both believed in seances. He was involved in several public debates concerning spiritualism writing books and articles to defend his position. Doyle was knighted in 1902 despite his objections. He died in 1930 being best remembered for those Sherlock Holmes Stories he thought were minor chapters in his literary oeuvre.
This seven hundred page compendium of the letters between Holmes, mother Mary and others has been edited by three experts on Doyle. Those experts are Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower and Charles Foley. These editors put the letters in chronological order from the days when the Roman Catholic born Doyle was a student until 1920. The letters are connected by biographical narrative aiding the reader's understanding of what was happening in the life of Doyle and his interesting family.
The book is lavishly illustrated. If you want to learn about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this book and the recently published "The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes" by Andrew Lycett are the two tomes you need! Elementary My Dear Watson! This book is a winner!
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Good Company
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-12-08
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
It took me about a week to read this volume, and it became a very comfortable companion. I felt the three editors, men with uniquely close relationships with the life of Arthur Conan Doyle, were intelligent commentators on the material that hovered outside the actual letters, and made good decisions on what the reader needs to understand the text. I have read several biographies over a lifetime of study of Dr. Doyle's most famous creation, but I never before felt a real sense of kinship with the author. All knowledge had been perceived through the filter of each biographer's particular prejudices, not to mention the inavailability of much family material including these letters. Reading this book, I felt the full strength of his personality and the familial forces that had shaped his principles and politics. What's more, his sometimes puckish, sometimes ponderous sense of humor was demonstrated clearly to me for the first time.
Everything about the book -- the photographs and drawings, the clear and handsome style of each page, the careful index -- gave further examples of the intelligent, thoughtful decisions by its editors and publishers. Let me recommend this book.
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According to Doyle
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-11-20
9 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
Three well informed editors have done outstanding work in presenting Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's personal letters in a clean and understandable format.
While by its nature not a biography, this book certainly helps reveal the very robust, varied, and patriotic life led by the creator of Sherlock Holmes. It is also a touching study in letters of the lifelong love of a son for a devoted mother.
All Baker Street Irregulars, as well as students of English literature of the period, are encouraged to buy this book for their libraries.
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by Bill Graham, Robert Greenfield
ISBN: 0306813491
Binding/Media: Paperback - 608 pages
Condition: New
Comments: Sold with pride. New, unread copy. Publisher's overstock.
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The man who made the business (when the business was good)
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-06-10
As a theatre venue manager and talent promoter for the past twenty years, I've always known Bill Graham as the most recognizable face in our business, but it was only when I read this book that I came to understand what a trailblazer and true impresario he was. A truly complicated, conflicted, and not always role-model quality man, Graham was a genius at making the concert experience something more than just people listening to music, which is something we sorely miss in the concert business now. The early story of his flight from Nazi Germany is just icing on the cake.
I actually bought eight copies of this book and distributed them to my staff. That's how valuable I thought this book was for anyone associated with making theatre-goers happy. It's also a great general read, because the story is gripping no matter what.
Not everyone loved Bill Graham, and for good reason, but the legacy he left (even though we've managed to bury it in the past ten years) is a rich one that we can all continue to be inspired by.
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What a life
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-08-12
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Screaming and hollering through life must have been painful . A control freak with perfectionist attitudes and How can i be Wrong ? A perfect formula for Madness and eventual destruction . Too bad he died when he was starting to enjoy life . This book is History of Rock and Roll Music scene early 60's - early 90's . 30 years of a cruel and mind blowing business . Worth reading for Rock and Roll History buffs like me .
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Great book about a man who made rock and roll history...
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-08-07
0 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
It's always a good sign when you read something that is so compelling that you not only have a hard time putting it aside, but also you feel somewhat sad when you reach the its conclusion. Such is the case with BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS: MY LIFE INSIDE ROCK AND OUT...an excellent semi-autobiographical take on the life of legendary rock and roll concert promoter Bill Graham...written by Bill Graham and Robert Greenfield. I've had an interest in Bill Graham for a long time...having first heard about him in a book about Led Zeppelin that I read when I was a teenager. The Zeppelin book portrayed Graham as a villain, in relation to an unfortunate violent incident in 1977 that happened between Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant, drummer John Bonham and Bill Grant and his staff. Charges were filed, arrests were made, and Graham vowed never to book Led Zeppelin again. At the time, I thus did not have much love for Bill Graham...that is until I learned a little more about him...and slowly discovered that Bill Graham was the greatest concert promoter in the world. As a teenager in New York, I was fortunate enough to attend a few of his concerts...The A.R.M.S. 1983 concert at Madison Square Garden with Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page...LIVE AID in Philadelphia in 1985, the CRACK DOWN concert at Madison Square Garden in 1986 with the Allman Brothers, Crosby Stills & Nash and Run DMC, the Amnesty International Conspiracy of Hope concert in 1986 in New Jersey with The Police, U2, Peter Gabriel, Miles Davis and Bryan Adams as well as the 1988 Amnesty International concert in Philadelphia with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Sting, Peter Gabriel & Tracy Chapman. On May 14, 1988 I attended an amazing Bill Graham concert at Madison Square Garden for Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary. The show featured a large amount of acts including Yes, Genesis, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Foreigner, and ironically enough...an exciting set from the surviving members of Led Zeppelin. It was at this concert where I actually saw Bill Graham near my seats...walking down the aisle, checking out the scene. I should have said hello when I had the chance. In terms of the book, at first glance I was disappointed in the way the book was structured...As opposed to telling Bill Graham's story in a typical way...with occasional quotes mixed in with an author's prose...BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS: MY LIFE INSIDE ROCK AND OUT is nothing BUT quotes...telling Graham's tale through a series of interviews with the people who were in and out of Graham's life...as well as with Graham himself. Yet it didn't take me too long to became truly enthralled with the story. Born in 1931 in Nazi Germany to Russian Jews, Graham was smuggled out of the country as a child in order to save his life. He spent the majority of his youth without a real family...being sent to various orphanages throughout Europe for two years, then sent to the United States when he was 10 years old. Graham's father died in a factory only days after his birth, and his mother was gassed on the way to Auschwitz...his sisters either went into hiding, or died in concentration camp. In the U.S., Graham was raised by a foster family in the Bronx, NY, learned English fast, dropped his German accent, and grew up to become a very independent, hard working young man with an excellent sense of business. He was drafted during the Korean War, yet still managed to start an underground business in the Navy. He worked for years in the great Catskills resorts (i.e. Grossingers, the Concord, etc...) as a waiter...where he saw great acts perform, and really learned how to hustle...and of course had a side business on his own selling food at crap games...He tried being an actor in New York, and loved movies and the theater. After re-connecting with some of his sisters...Graham eventually made his way to San Francisco...worked a variety of jobs...and ended up working for a Mime troupe on the business end. After deliberately getting themselves arrested as a publicity stunt, Bill Graham and the Mime troup organized a benefit to raise funds for their legal defense. The venue for the benefit was the Fillmore Auditorium...and the night of the benefit changed Bill Graham's life forever. That night he saw the power of the live event..."living theater" as I believed he called it...bringing together large groups of people to experience something special...a one of a kind event. Graham found his calling...and soon would take over the Fillmore, and later other venues like the Winterland Arena, the Fillmore West, and the Fillmore East in New York and present historic concerts by such acts as the Jefferson Airplane, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Band, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Doors, The Allman Brothers, and The Grateful Dead plus many many more...Northern California became Bill Graham country...and no band would dare play there without going through Bill Graham at least at some point. The book gives excellent detail in the way Graham stood up to talent managers who tried to strong arm him in one or another...Bill clashed with The Rolling Stones in 1969 when they were notoriously late for their concerts in the Bay area...yet soon developed a strong relationship with the band...and would book their shows throughout 1972, 1975, and 1978...and was given the job of tour manager for their massive 1981/1982 world tour. Graham grew and expanded his enterprise further and further...yet deplored the emerging greed in the music industry...and the expansion of concerts into larger and larger venues. He fought with people constantly, and was disgusted at how other people mishandled and abused events such as Woodstock and the infamous Altamont concert in 1969 where a young man was murdered by Hells Angels. In candid interviews with all of the players involved...BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS: MY LIFE INSIDE ROCK AND OUT truly gives you a sense of Bill Graham, the businessman, yet also the idealist...who truly fought hard so that both the band AND the crowd of any given concert came out ahead. He would often do anything....ANYTHING...to get a band to perform encores if the crowd wanted more...In the 1970's, Graham produced huge concert tours for Bob Dylan & The Band, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and George Harrison. He produced the legendary LAST WALTZ concert for the Band in 1976...fighting with everyone along the way (and was appalled by Martin Scorsese's now classic 1978 film THE LAST WALTZ). The infamous Led Zeppelin incident in 1977 is gone over in detail...and the story is at once brutal, and heartbreaking. Bill Graham's life was his work...and would too often sacrifice his personal life in favor of business...Relationships were many, and he bore two sons...yet few lasted more than a few years. He publicly vilified Ronald Reagan in the 80's for visiting graves of Nazi soldiers in Germany...a move which would cost him dearly. He fought hard with managers on the Amnesty International tours to keep the shows focused on spreading the message at hand...and not cater to a performer's (or manager's) ego, or career. Bill was tough as nails, and pissed off artists and mangers alike. He could be a bully, yet he was passionate about putting on the best show possible. In 1989, Graham was absolutely crushed when he was passed over for the job of handling the Rolling Stones huge Steel Wheels world tour...It took him a long time to regain his confidence...yet he did. By 1991, Graham was 60 years old and full of life...yet unfortunately in October of that year, he and his girlfriend (as well his longtime pilot) were killed in an horrific helicopter crash in Northern California...ended an incredible life and career...bringing all walks of life together, to make history. Bill Graham was/is history...and thank goodness we have BILL GRAHAM PRESENTS: MY LIFE INSIDE ROCK AND OUT to tell his story
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Most Excellent!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-13
Since I named my son Graham after Bill, I thought perhaps I should know a little bit more about his life. I now now know alot more!
It is written in a narative style which makes it very easy to read. The stories are told by the people who were there, some happy, some sad ,some very funny.
If you are interested in the life of this man or even the history of modern day Rock and Roll Concert Production, how it started and evolved, I highly recomend this book.
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Great, interesting book
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-04-03
This book is a little weird (to me) in concept but it works out really well in the end. The book goes from Bill's early days in Nazi Germany all the way to his death with no major stone left unturned. Lots of great stories with very little in the way of punches being pulled. I mean Bill really tells you what he is thinking. Very uncensored. Covers the drugs and the behind scenes stuff with no BS involved. Shows the guy for who he was, warts and all and lets him and the people he is talking about retort one another which I thought was weird in a good way. This book is of great interest to anyone who has probably gotten to this point in reading reviews. If you are interested in this type of subject then this book is a must.
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by Allison DuBois
ISBN: 074328190X
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 224 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with normal reading wear.
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enjoyed the book.
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-23
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anybody with a keen interest in living life without a veil (that still appears to shield too many off from their beloveds once they pass). Having access to those who walked on or are missing (especially under unusual circumstances) is, like Allison's, my day-to-day life. The recognition factor was 100% and had me nod my head numerous times, pleasantly surprised by her frankness.
P.S. Due to 12 hr night shifts the past 10 years I was unaware of the "Medium" shows (I have not had a tv in years) and forgot to check out her books until a friend recently said "you must". I'm glad I did.
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Enlightning
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-04-22
This book further confirmed my beliefs that there is an other side. I could not put it down! (It also made me really want to make a trip to schedule a sitting and become a client....I would LOVE to receive a message from my best friend, my grandma, whom I desperately miss and have many unanswered questions.) WONDERFUL job Mrs. DuBois!!
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Amusing read, but not a quide for real life
Rating (2)
Date: 2010-03-15
I disagree with the author's advice about letting a child go to the police with a "psychic premonition".
I've read a lot of true crime stories.
Most "psychic premonitions" are either wrong or too general to be of any use (e.g., "The victim will be found near a source of water."--people can't live without water, and the source of water could be a bottle of water, etc.).
Sometimes, the killer will pretend to be "psychic", and tell police where to find his/her victim!
If a "psychic" injects him/herself into a police investigation, the police have been known to treat the "psychic" as a "person of interest"--interrogating and detaining the person.
I wouldn't want anyone, espically a child, to have a bad experience or get a bad reputation by going to the police with a "psychic premonition".
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It was okay
Rating (3)
Date: 2010-02-04
Ms. Dubois book was okay. I honestly felt she should have delved more into her gift and used more past stories to illustrate her unique gift instead of giving us an autobiography of her life.
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Book
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-05-09
The seller sent the book in a wonderful condition and very prompt. I bought this book because the author is the basis of the TV show "Medium." And, I found it mediocre, in my opinion. Although I believe the author is a sincere person, the book itself was rather dull. But, you would need to determine the merits of this book on your own.
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by Al Roker
ISBN: 0684868938
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 256 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Stick With Your Day Job
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-11-30
Al Roker is a funny, humble, insightful, multi-perspective weatherman. The audio CD falls short in all ways compared with expectations. The "getting pregnant" section may have been personally important to Al's family, but the story was told without humor, insight or depth. The audio delivery was weak, almost flattened like a pancake.
For my next road trip, I'll try a novel, a history of the English language or a sports biography - anything but humor or parenting tips from the weatherman.
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Sometimes laugh out loud funny, sometimes tedious and maudlin
Rating (3)
Date: 2005-11-15
This book on tape, read by Al Roker himself is a mixed bag. There are laugh out loud moments and sweet moments, but generally speaking the book has too many filler moments, WAY too much information about his second wife's attempts to get pregnant and sometimes is sickeningly sentimental. The last half of the book saves the first half from being a total disaster.
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a favorite
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-02-29
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
By now, I've probably read this book three or four times. Although the beginning was a bit boring, a couple of chapters in I got really into it. All of it was told with a bit of a funny tint. You can tell he loves his kids through it!
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Al Roker is a sweet man
Rating (3)
Date: 2003-08-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I expected something really funny and light. Instead, I learned WAY too much about the birth of one of Al Roker's children. I walked away thinking that I had learned a lot more about what a wonderful person Al Roker is......but the title led me to believe that I would have something funny to listen to over and over again.
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YUCK!
Rating  (1)
Date: 2003-03-14
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Frankly, I am disappointed. I thought this book would be humor filled. I guess I was hoping for another like "Bill Cosby: Himself". This was not to be.All the other reviews are excellent, but I cannot recommend this one. Where he tried to be funny about his wife and things they went through, I thought instead he was being utterly RUDE toward and about his wife. He even criticizes his wife when he asked her to look over and critique his manuscript and she left her opinion for him. Why ask her opinion if he is just going to throw her suggestions back into her face? I do not recommend this book to anyone and that is a rare thing for me to do.
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by Al Roker
ISBN: 0684868938
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 256 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Stick With Your Day Job
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-11-30
Al Roker is a funny, humble, insightful, multi-perspective weatherman. The audio CD falls short in all ways compared with expectations. The "getting pregnant" section may have been personally important to Al's family, but the story was told without humor, insight or depth. The audio delivery was weak, almost flattened like a pancake.
For my next road trip, I'll try a novel, a history of the English language or a sports biography - anything but humor or parenting tips from the weatherman.
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Sometimes laugh out loud funny, sometimes tedious and maudlin
Rating (3)
Date: 2005-11-15
This book on tape, read by Al Roker himself is a mixed bag. There are laugh out loud moments and sweet moments, but generally speaking the book has too many filler moments, WAY too much information about his second wife's attempts to get pregnant and sometimes is sickeningly sentimental. The last half of the book saves the first half from being a total disaster.
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a favorite
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-02-29
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
By now, I've probably read this book three or four times. Although the beginning was a bit boring, a couple of chapters in I got really into it. All of it was told with a bit of a funny tint. You can tell he loves his kids through it!
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Al Roker is a sweet man
Rating (3)
Date: 2003-08-18
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I expected something really funny and light. Instead, I learned WAY too much about the birth of one of Al Roker's children. I walked away thinking that I had learned a lot more about what a wonderful person Al Roker is......but the title led me to believe that I would have something funny to listen to over and over again.
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YUCK!
Rating (1)
Date: 2003-03-14
2 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Frankly, I am disappointed. I thought this book would be humor filled. I guess I was hoping for another like "Bill Cosby: Himself". This was not to be.All the other reviews are excellent, but I cannot recommend this one. Where he tried to be funny about his wife and things they went through, I thought instead he was being utterly RUDE toward and about his wife. He even criticizes his wife when he asked her to look over and critique his manuscript and she left her opinion for him. Why ask her opinion if he is just going to throw her suggestions back into her face? I do not recommend this book to anyone and that is a rare thing for me to do.
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by Diane Rehm
ISBN: 1892123908
Binding/Media: Paperback - 248 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. EX LIBRARY copy in an acceptable condition with reading wear. Library markings present, but no additional markings.
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Finding My Voice
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-02-05
Already a fan of The Diane Rhem show, I found her book to be interesting and I was amazed to learn that
this talented interviewer began with a part-time job
taken after her kids no longer needed close care. Her natural sense of fairness in conducting interviews is apparent. Listening to her show on NPR is part of my daily routine, and I find I enjoy it even more after reading her book.
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Fascinating woman
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-30
Diane Rehm has had a fascinating life and has a great writing style. Very enjoyable.
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a must read for fans of NPR/The Diane Rehm Show!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-10-12
I had no idea about how much she went through in her younger years and her unexpected (untrained, etc) career in radio. I found every detail interesting, but I am a fan of her radio show.
She talks about her Arab roots, rough family life, voice problems (which everyone wonders about), journey from SAHM to radio star and much more.
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Don't Buy This Book
Rating (1)
Date: 2009-09-27
1 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Diane Rehm is full of herself. During her long career at WAMU, she managed to amass so much power that she raised the money to make her own show national then she was able to hire her own boss, the former president of WAMU who turned out to be a disaster for the station and was forced to resign in disgrace. Now that we are celebrating her 30 year anniversary on the air, it would be a good time for her to resign. The station refers to her medical condition and wretched voice as a "disability". A radio host with Spasmodic Dysphonia is like a blind taxi driver.
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interesting memoir
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-02-12
interesting to put a background to a radio host that I have listened to for years.
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by Cokie Roberts, Steven V. Roberts
ISBN: 0060959541
Binding/Media: Paperback - 384 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride. No writing, no highlighting. Copy in very good condition with minimal reading wear.
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marriage
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-05-29
i am very pleased with all of cokie roberts writings, she is insightful and down to earth in all her books ,she makes history come alive. this book is about marriage and she has a lot of fascinating things to say about it, from the standpoint of her own as well as some historical marriages.
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Gecko
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-05-07
I work with Habitat for Humanity and we use a ot of Hardie Bd. siding. The Gecko set makes installation much easier and accurate. Buying it through Amazon was also fast and easy. Thanks
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It takes a narcissist
Rating (1)
Date: 2004-05-04
13 out of 25 customers found this reveiw helpful
It takes a narcissist of tremendous proportions to foist this scrapbook off on an unsuspecting public. On the plus side, Cokie Roberts does more than her usual cut and paste from the work of others in From This Day Forward. When not pulling from the work of others, Cokie (and the compliant Steve) offer up tidbits that are supposed to inform the reader how s/he too can have a great marriage.
Apparently the basic rule for a successful marriage is to live in your own little world the way kooky Cokie does. I doubt she realizes how racist she comes off in parts of the book. (Yes, Cokie, condescension is a form of racism.) Or how laughable most will find her book. Reading of the great "trauma" of her life, you realize this is someone who hasn't experienced many character building moments in her life. The great "trauma"? Learning that her new employer wouldn't provide a limo and that Cokie would have to take taxis around NYC. Oh, the horror! Oh, the shame! How did Cokie ever survive?
(Had she been told to take the subway, one gets the impression Roberts would have called it quits right then.)
A vapid celebration of what appears to be a vapid marriage isn't necessarily shocking -- what's shocking is that Cokie (and husband Steve) put their names to it. Had a child offered this slight volume as a souvenir to a wedding anniversary, we all would have "oooh"ed and "aaaawe"d over it. But for grownups to write such a book about themselves is the height of narcissism.
The book works best as anthropological study of When Gigantic Egos Mate.
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A Wonderful Read
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-10-31
5 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
I always loved Cokie Roberts on TV and when I saw this book, I figured it would be fun to read about her marriage to Steve Roberts. I recommend this book highly to everyone thinking of marriage especially. From the beginning I was drawn into this couple's world and liked the way they each expressed themselves in separate chapters. I found the entire book exciting, informative, inspiring, and so thankful that they took time to write about their unique marriage and how they make it work. This is a refreshing book. A rare book about how a marriage can work. I've been married for fifty years and I know this couple will celebrate gold as well. Lots of love and best wishes to Cokie and Steve and thanks for sharing your busy happy loving life with us. You'll be glad you read this book too.
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Fun, light, cheery...
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-09-26
9 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
I picked up this book for $5 at Borders, mainly because I enjoy listening to Cokie Roberts on NPR. I was curious to get to know her a little better.I thoroughly enjoyed the book. She and Steve take turns writing, as if they're dialoguing back and forth. I appreciated their commitment to their marriage in a day when it's not all that popular to stay married to the same person. I also enjoyed the glimpses into slave marriages and Old West marriages. I'm glad I picked up this book. It was a pleasant read for sure.
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