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by Michael Moore
ISBN: 0446532231
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 249 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Michael Moore is wearing on me...
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-07-03
written with Moore's general attitude of "it's all the GOPs fault". What he never seems to comprehend is that the entire system is at fault.
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Informative but exaggerative.
Rating (3)
Date: 2010-04-21
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RCP15K579XJ4P
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LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND HUMOR
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-01-13
I LEANRED SO MUCH AND IT WAS HILAROUS ! I THINK HE REALLY WORKED TOO HARD FOR THIS BOOK. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T GIVE THIS POSITIVE RATINGS ARE THOSE THAT OPPOSE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE DASTARDS!
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Michael Moore is a jerk!
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-12-23
I used to love Michael Moore's movies after he came out with Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, but after reading this book, my opinion of the guy has pretty much gone down hill. He made some statements in his book about abortion and religion that had nothing to do with the subject matter of the book and just really made himself out to look like an arrogant ass!
I suggest the next time you write a book, Michael, that you stick to the subject at hand and leave your personal opinions out of the matter. I wont be buying anymore of your books.
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A Conservative Reaction
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-07-01
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Being a conservative, I naturally found Moore's political views repulsive. However, my review is not meant to be a conservative rant against liberalism or Michael Moore personally. Rather, I am writing this review to express my concern that by internalizing Moore's attitudes regarding conservatives, liberals may become increasingly hostile toward conservatives. This attitude of hostility toward conservatives could lead the fan of Michael Moore to become the liberal version of the bigot portrayed in this book.
As I read the "A Liberal Paradise" chapter, I found it disturbing that Michael Moore took views which are common among both conservatives and liberals and claimed that they are liberal territory. For example, as Moore sought to prove that America is mostly liberal, he cited examples such as the view among Americans that interracial marriages are perfectly acceptable and that criminals shouldn't legally have access to guns. When he wrote this, the implication seemed to be that conservatives are against interracial marriages and that conservatives think criminals should have guns. I found this image of conservatives to be misleading.
In his chapter about how to talk to your conservative brother-in-law, Moore made the implied image of conservatives from his "Liberal Paradise" chapter more obvious. The chapter was based off the idea that your annoying brother-in-law brings up politics inappropriately at a thanksgiving dinner around his liberal family. Moore portrayed this brother-in-law as impossible to reason with. Moore then went on to write that while people like this brother-in-law are impossible to reason with, it may be possible to reason with RINOs (republican in name only). He stated that these people are conservatives only in that they don't like taxes. Moore portrays these people as selfish by providing his liberal readers with arguments which basically stated that conservatives will save money by adopting his views. I found this to be an overly simplistic image of conservatism. Generally, conservatives are slow to warm up to the idea of new taxes because they fear that the money they pay to the government in taxes will be spent irresponsibly.
My message to those liberal fans of Michael Moore is this: When you finally meet a conservative and engage in a political debate with him or her, do your best to avoid the assumption that Michael Moore has an accurate conception of conservatism. By believing in Michael Moore's conception of the conservatives, you will become so filled with hatred that you will likely give up your ability to accept the potential merits of their reasoning on certain issues. Thus you may run the risk of becoming the liberal version of the same bigot which you have come to reject so vehemently.
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by David Bird, Marc Smith
ISBN: 1894154177
Binding/Media: Paperback - 64 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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by Judith Viorst
ISBN: 0684832372
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 64 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. This is a new, unread copy with a publisher mark.
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Very dated
Rating (3)
Date: 2010-02-12
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was not nearly as entertaining as her other books - it was disappointing. The others ("Suddenly Sixty etc.") were more up-to-date than this one, regardless of copyright date. This one shows it's age.
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Forever Fifty
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-04-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Judith Viorst has produced a poetry book every decade since she did thirty, and is now up to seventy! The poems are about relationships with family and friends. Many are humorous, many are touching, and all very readable. She really hits home with her lines, and the reader can relate with no trouble at all.
She also writes children's books and has written a mystery full of wonderful characters! All three genres are exceedingly good.
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witty wisdom
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-03-08
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was recommended to me by an almost 80 friend and I sent it sight unseen to a 50 something friend. Both absolutely love it. So I guess I have no choice but to get it.
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Amusing
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-02-19
A quick fun read. A few very entertaining pieces, but many others were just silly.
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Very light verse
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-05-24
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
This small book of verses contains Judith Viorst's reflections on herself and her world as she turns fifty. The book is advertised as 'poetry' but if poetry we mean "the deepest expression of feeling in words" this is not poetry at all.
These are mild thoughts grouped into little stanzas centering usually on a single theme. One most interesting one centers on ' what happened to the children' and simply states the very varied and idiosyncratic career and love choices made by what I suspect are not only her children but those of her friends and neighbors. Another , the opening poem focuses on the whole business of being asked how old one is, and the hidden intentions behind the question. Another poem is about the ' second marriage' and the calculations and considerations involved in it of a friend. The final poem which truly epitomizes the spirit of the whole book is called " The Pleasures of Ordinary Life" and focuses on the consolations of good health , and small pleasures when one reaches an age when the big violent passionate dramas of life are no longer there.
These verses are often light and can be mildly amusing. They are not profound, deep and moving as the best poetry ordinarily is.
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by (Introduction: Julie Taymor) (Introduction: Salma Hayek) (Foreword: Hayden Herrera)
ISBN: 1557045402
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 160 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No writing, no highlighting. Gently read copy with light reading wear.
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Frida
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-05-16
Because of this amazing book, I started a journey through Mexico that has changed my life. The life of Frida Kahlo inspired me to learn Spanish, change my teaching postion, and start a non-profit organization. Rarely does a novel infuse itself into one's consciousness, motivating social change. Thank you Ms. Herrera for this priceless treasure.
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Beautiful Book with Invaluable Content
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-06-18
6 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
Of all of Newmarket's wonderful series of Pictorial Moviebooks, this one is my favorite. The sidebars identifying many of the "real people" who appear in the film are helpful, but the best part is the side-by-side comparison of the paintings & the moments in Frida's life which inspired them. The wedding sequence is especially illuminating: the scene from the shooting script, the stills of Frida [Salma Hayek] examining herself in the mirror in her lace wedding gown, & the picture of the actual wedding painting all combine to reveal Frida's essential self-invention. If you loved this film, you will definitely want THIS book which supplements BOTH the film & the Herrera biography.
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A must for anyone who loved the moive
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-02-01
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is a visual feast! Great photos and stories
behind the making of the moive...
A must for anyone who loved the moive .But no mention or photo of Lila Downs???
Did I miss it?? Her fabulous singing is a vitual part of the film!!
I still gave the books five stars....but what gives??
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Fun to simply page through
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-01-06
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
Enhanced with an informative Foreword by Kayden Herrera and with introductions by Julie Taymor and Salma Hayek, Frida: Bringing Frida Kahlo's Life And Art To Film is a superb companion title to Julie Taymor's electrifying and artistic movie "Frida", showcasing the true story of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, the Mexican painters whose acclaimed work and passionate love affair distinguished them during the twentieth century. Featuring full-color photographs on virtually every page which illustrate the screenplay text, as well as interviews with cast and crew members and production notes, Frida is fun to simply page through, a highly recommended addition to academic film libraries, and is a "must-have" acquisition for admirers of the movie celebrating one of the twentieth-century's most remarkable female artists.
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by Larry the Cable Guy (Introduction: Lewis Black)
ISBN: 0307237427
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 288 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Stereotype
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-06-21
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book is so boring. He tries too hard to pile up the stereotypes. Also, I don't dig all the racism, anti-immigration, jesus freak all-American whatever masked as patriotism and free-speech. People who actually think this way belong in jail.
I guess rednecks have their own culture and should be respected (hicks are people too); but this is exactly why THEY should be the first ones getting up in arms about Larry the Cable Guy. He's taking their culture, commercializing it, and selling it back to them.
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Larry's book is good.
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-05-14
I'm not the leading authority on comedy, but i did enjoy Larry's book. The one problem i do have is that i hate the word "retard" and this book has that word on almost every page.
But enough of the negative. The book is damn hilarious, and Larry does deserve the fame he's got and is getting. He has worked hard for it, and even his book shows his talent worth.
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It's Comedy. Deal With It
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-02-19
3 out of 7 customers found this reveiw helpful
The reviewer that wrote that the book is disingenuous must be an uptight New England Liberal or something.
It's COMEDY! It ain't rocket science.
We all know that Larry the Cable Guy's real name ain't Larry. So what? John Wayne's real name was MARION!
The book is hilarious. It's hard to read all at once, though. I had to give my abs some rest from laughing so hard.
[Note to parents: the material in the book is NOT for kids.]
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Fun for small minds
Rating (1)
Date: 2007-02-18
3 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
To sum it up quite clearly, I don't like this kind of humor. It's dishonest and "Larry the cable Guy" is closer to the comedy of Andrew Dice Clay than anyone else, and he also claims that the person on stage is not the same as the man doing the show.
Right.
I didn't think it was possible to distill mental retardation and place it into a book, but here it is.
I tried to find out why people thought this guy was funny. I know now. They're stupid. The typical fan of Larry the Cable Guy lacks sophistication and wit, and observations beyond "Okay, I was lying" make thier minds hurt because it requires some thought.
A real waste, unless of course, you like this kind of tripe.
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Disingenuous pandering, but hey, private jets need fuel.
Rating (1)
Date: 2006-11-17
10 out of 20 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was not actually written by "Larry the Cable Guy," but a gentleman named Dan Whitney. Whitney is the human being who plays the character "Larry the Cable Guy" in concerts, movies, TV shows, CDs, and now this book. What Dan Whitney really thinks about anything is up for conjecture, but he certainly knows what he wants people to think his character "Larry the Cable Guy" thinks. In that way, this book succeeds marvelously, it makes fun of all the things Whitney has observed as making LTCG fans mad, and like president they all voted for, he tells them what something is and whether it is good, bad, or funny (i.e., jesus = good, fart = funny, being retarded = funny, not supporting the Bush administration = bad) and requires only confirmation by repetition of the catch phrase title of the book, and purchase of sundry items bearing the same inscription. It is brilliantly targeted and presented for maximum cash-in value, with very little discussion and no thought involved at all. It is the easiest thing in the world to be a Larry fan because you don't even have to know what is funny, good, or bad, just wait for Larry to sum it up in the simplest little joke imaginable. That is because he has calculated that if he talks in a thick southern accent (the origin of which is never revealed because it is an amalgam) people will think "wow, he really must be a down to earth fellow to unabashadly parade his hick background instead of trying to "unhickify" himself to reach a wider audience. The unhickified Dan Whitney was boring and not funny, so he devised the Larry character to play on people who thought a brash, "honest" guy from the south was more funny. It's a beautiful formula, and Larry is a gazillionaire as a result. He may have paid a few visits to a Waffle House to take notes, but you can be assured that establishment does not cater the spread on Dan Whitney's Gulfstream V.
So if you're wondering whether Larry sounds like he's from east Texas, western Louisiana, central Alabama, northeast Arkansas, Northen Florida, southern South Carolina, or smack dab in the middle of Georgia, don't labor too hard, he comes from Nebraska and the accent is fake. Just like all the heartfelt nonsense in this book he is simply describing what he thinks the big fans of LTCG want to hear. So if you want to be told what you want to hear by what is basically a cartoon character, instead of engaging in thought about a real human being, then welcome to the world of Larry The Cable Guy. Just like Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, and Jesus, he's not real. Is that un-PC enough for you, Dan?
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by Barbara Holland
ISBN: 1579620817
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 272 pages
Condition: Used: Acceptable
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. EX LIBRARY copy in a very good condition. Hard covers preserved with plastic cover. Library markings present. The first page, which had library stamps, was removed by the library.
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Great Book - Very entertaining!
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-19
Even for people that aren't history or political buffs, this book is great!!! Barbara Holland's writing is always entertaining and this is one of her best.
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Quick, Insightful Wit
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-04-08
If you know your U.S. presidents as I do, having made a deep, extensive, and lifelong study of them, you'll likely enjoy this little book as a funny and lightweight diversion. This author is *hilarious*. I particularly love her wise-cracking footnotes. She gives unfortunately short-shrift to some weighty events and people, and sometimes has no sympathy in places where she should. But she can pack so many facts, figures, and personality types into a few pungent paragraphs that it makes the historian in me smile, knowing just how much data she has successfully summarized, with such panache. For a good example, try her chapter on William McKinley and the causes and effects of the Spanish-American war (with Teddy Roosevelt "jumping out of his skin with excitement"). After the war, "We paid Spain twenty million for the Philippines, and they threw in Guam for good measure..." ("Guam??" says the footnote -- hilarious).
Her ending chapter on GW Bush might have seemed overly caustic in 2006, but reads as sadly prescient now. Her sarcasm is at its bitter best here.
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Maybe for someone else's sense of humor
Rating (3)
Date: 2009-05-04
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The author, Barbara Holland, was recommended to me by a friend whose discerning judgment has directed me to several books that I love. She believed that I would enjoy about anything the author had written, so I made my own choice of this particular title. Perhaps I might enjoy other books by this author more, or perhaps I am just not in tune with her style. I know that my friend admires Ms Holland's writing, but unfortunately I was disappointed.
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Enjoyable read, if not the most accurate
Rating (4)
Date: 2007-08-03
I picked up a paperback bargain-book copy of "Hail to the Chiefs" and admit that I did not expect to get much out of it. I ended up spending several evenings being kept very entertained by the book, and feeling rather sad when it was finished.
I will not bother to repeat too much what others have said -- Holland is a witty writer, shares a glimpse of each president's personality, gives little tidbits about the political climate of each administration and who the main figures were, and in general makes the presidents seem more human than you're led to believe in high school. It's not a very deep read, but it's enjoyable nonetheless.
Her "footnotes," which can take up to a quarter of each page, are amusing but occasionally tiresome. Much of the time, the comments should simply have been included right in the paragraph, and other times, they are simply unnecessary, even as footnotes. She recycles a lot of the same jokes, but her writing style is enjoyable enough that you can overlook this for the most part.
The main issue with "Hail to the Chiefs" is that, while Holland may go overboard with including every random thought she has had as a footnote, she also -- like many other pop culture generalists who don't specialize in any particular area -- includes absolutely no endnotes or sources. You are left at once delighted with all the new things you're learning, and also wondering if any of it's really accurate. Serious students of history, prepare to be frustrated. As a reader, you don't doubt she's making it up, but at the same time, you have no reason to believe she's right, either.
Holland reminds the reader of that eccentric uncle who loves to tell wild stories that are probably mostly true, but who never says how they know any of it. As a result, she makes claims that can't easily be verified by the reader. This is particularly troublesome when she makes controversially definitive statements, seriously going so far as to say everyone else is wrong, about subjects like James Buchanan's sexuality and the Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemmings debate. She doesn't have the qualifications to back these assertions up -- actually, no one's really sure what her qualifications are -- and if she is so certain to be correct about things, why not prove that? She also gets some secondary names wrong, which is minor...but not really.
"Hail to the Chiefs" is best with the pre-20th century presidencies. By the time she reaches Wilson, she starts losing her control; by the time she's at LBJ, you're skimming. Her commentary on these presidents seems to turn into the tabloid-style writing she manages to avoid prior to that. Holland seems to be writing her own observations on the most recent presidents rather than those of a historian. Her descriptions of Ford, Reagan, and Clinton are basically "Saturday Night Live" sketch caricatures in print.
Then again, this isn't a serious history book, so what more can one expect. Holland has written for everyone from "Entertainment" to "Playboy" to "Cat Fancy," so a generalist's take is as much as you can anticipate. "Hail to the Chiefs" isn't intended to go in-depth with any of the figures it discusses. It's intended to get you to smile.
There's certainly more substance to the book than its main counterpart, Cormac O'Brien's "Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents." If you're looking for an actual read with some length to it, this is the one of the pair to select. Then again, if you want a serious examination of the American presidency and those who shaped it, "Hail to the Chiefs" is not for you at all. This book is for amusement and little more -- and that's fine if you anticipate it.
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1776 and all that
Rating (3)
Date: 2004-06-29
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read this book alongside "The Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents" by Cormac O'Brien (2004). The two books obviously have a lot in common, aiming as they do to reveal the "secrets" about our Chief Executives and demonstrate that they all have, or had, their flaws, their quirks, and probably more than their fair share of general weirdness. The two books tell many of the same stories, quote many of the same excerpts from the Nixon tapes, and even make the same obvious "joke" that James Monroe should have shown more originality than to die on July 4, since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson had already done that act. And they share the same People Magazine-style focus on personality and scandal ahead of questions of political or historical significance.However, two things make "Hail to the Chief" a better book than "Secret Lives...". One is Barbara Holland's ability as a writer. Her narrative style -- as opposed to O'Brien's short-attention-span-theater reliance on short sections, text boxes, and lots of subheads and pull quotes -- makes this a much easier book to really settle into and enjoy. Her reliance on clever comments in her footnotes suggests too much time spent reading Sellar and Yeatman, or perhaps Richard Armour, but this is something the reader can get used to. The other thing that makes this a much stronger book is illustrated by the discussion of allegations that Thomas Jefferson fathered children by his slave Sally Hemmings. This is one of those stories that "everyone knows" is true now, and O'Brien repeats it as a flat fact. Holland, however, devotes three whole pages to laying out the whole story, culminating in the truth that DNA testing in fact showed that while *some of* Hemmings' children were sired by *a* Jefferson male, they also explicitly proved that Thomas Jefferson himself *was not* the father. Holland, in short, seems to have a commitment not only to telling a good story, but also to getting the story straight. (Oddly, however, she seems to suggest that FDR used his wheelchair and his polio as campaign assets, though my understanding always was that those facts were largely kept from the American people, and certainly not emphasized for political purposes.) Unfortunately, Barbara Holland shares one final trait with Cormac O'Brien, and that's her inability to retain her breezy objectivity and sense of comic remove when it comes to modern presidents. Nixon sends her right off the rails, her discussion of Ford can be summed up with the words "he's dumb," and, after starting by saying how much everyone loves Reagan, her summary of his term is over-the-top with mocking praise, filtered through the standard, predictable, "he was an actor playing a president" lens. The discussion of Bill Clinton is mostly about how much other people hated him, and how irrational they all were. You can imagine what she says about George W. Bush, and you'd probably be right. The final paragraph of my O'Brien review applies here too: Maybe this book is good for a laugh or two, and it's always nice to pare down the monarchical pretensions of the modern presidency (regardless of the occupant of the office or his party) a bit. But if you're looking for a real understanding of the men who have served as president and their impact, or lack of one, on history, I'd probably suggest about three dozen other titles ahead of this one.
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by Nora Ephron
ISBN: 0307264556
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 160 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Ephron on CD
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-25
I haven't read this book, but I've listened to it twice on CD read by the author. In my imaginary conversations with Nora, I tell her I faced exactly the same dilemma with Jacques Pepin. If I invited him to dinner would I serve my recipes or his? Jacques never came over, but I did once serve him his recipe for apple galette which he said was better than his. So I told him I'd used flour from the freezer. Did he change his recipe? Sadly, no.
I've listen to "Me and Bill: The End of Love" several times. One day I might even give it as a reading if I could do it as dead pan as the author. Both conservatives and liberals in the audience might laugh--and just how many times do we see that happening these days?
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Could have been great; instead, falls short
Rating (2)
Date: 2010-06-26
Ephron has some good and funny stuff in there, but I felt like I was always waiting for the climax. It's a collection of stories about her life (which are supposed to ultimately show her thoughts on getting older), but there's no cohesion amongst them and I finished most of the stories thinking "Um, okay, that was random... Why do I care?" She never seemed to take the stories as far as she should have. They could have been really great, hilarious anecdotes, but because of the way they were told, I was left less than amused.
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Attention grabber
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-04-06
Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad about My Neck will capture and hold your attention. I
could hardly put it down. It is funny, witty, and women of a certain age will identify with much of the book. Her NY experiences also were most interesting.
It was a pleasure to read !
Judy S. Walter
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This book is very enjoyable when you listen to Nora read it
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-03-17
Wow, there is such a dichotomy in the 300+ reviews of "I Feel Bad About My Neck". May I suggest that you listen to the Audio CD version? Nora does the reading, and it makes a huge difference; the intonations of her slight New York Jewish accent give a deeper sense of her humor and also make her essays more intimate. I was well entertained, but with her plain writing style, I could tell that readers would lose patience with her written words. You really need to listen to her read it.
The audio CD set is only 3 disks, so yes, it is about half the length of a normal book. Like "When Harry met Sally," Nora doesn't give you deep insights on life, but you develop a context for much of her writing and movies, e.g., she loves to talk about food. And for the reason alone of understanding Nora Ephron, I enjoyed her book very much.
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I feel bad about this book.
Rating (1)
Date: 2010-03-06
I finally listened to this book after laughing about the title for a year. I had hoped to find equally amusing insights on womanhood beyond the superficial. Oops. Instead I finished knowing more about her purses and food and an outrageously expensive apartment than I ever cared to know. This is the state of publishing I suppose. You need to be famous already to be able to write about your purse and your hair and your apartment and believe that others will care. Maybe I feel this way because I listened to it during the recession, but it let me down. I found it out of touch and self-indulgent. Give me the joys of age, the real meaning of womanhood that goes beyond what a man thinks of you. What happened to true feminism in this country, at any age? No matter the strides, it comes down to what's on the outside. Inner beauty? We all know what that is code for. I liked "Sleepless in Seattle" though.
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by Nora Ephron
ISBN: 0307264556
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 160 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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Ephron on CD
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-25
I haven't read this book, but I've listened to it twice on CD read by the author. In my imaginary conversations with Nora, I tell her I faced exactly the same dilemma with Jacques Pepin. If I invited him to dinner would I serve my recipes or his? Jacques never came over, but I did once serve him his recipe for apple galette which he said was better than his. So I told him I'd used flour from the freezer. Did he change his recipe? Sadly, no.
I've listen to "Me and Bill: The End of Love" several times. One day I might even give it as a reading if I could do it as dead pan as the author. Both conservatives and liberals in the audience might laugh--and just how many times do we see that happening these days?
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Could have been great; instead, falls short
Rating (2)
Date: 2010-06-26
Ephron has some good and funny stuff in there, but I felt like I was always waiting for the climax. It's a collection of stories about her life (which are supposed to ultimately show her thoughts on getting older), but there's no cohesion amongst them and I finished most of the stories thinking "Um, okay, that was random... Why do I care?" She never seemed to take the stories as far as she should have. They could have been really great, hilarious anecdotes, but because of the way they were told, I was left less than amused.
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Attention grabber
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-04-06
Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad about My Neck will capture and hold your attention. I
could hardly put it down. It is funny, witty, and women of a certain age will identify with much of the book. Her NY experiences also were most interesting.
It was a pleasure to read !
Judy S. Walter
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This book is very enjoyable when you listen to Nora read it
Rating (4)
Date: 2010-03-17
Wow, there is such a dichotomy in the 300+ reviews of "I Feel Bad About My Neck". May I suggest that you listen to the Audio CD version? Nora does the reading, and it makes a huge difference; the intonations of her slight New York Jewish accent give a deeper sense of her humor and also make her essays more intimate. I was well entertained, but with her plain writing style, I could tell that readers would lose patience with her written words. You really need to listen to her read it.
The audio CD set is only 3 disks, so yes, it is about half the length of a normal book. Like "When Harry met Sally," Nora doesn't give you deep insights on life, but you develop a context for much of her writing and movies, e.g., she loves to talk about food. And for the reason alone of understanding Nora Ephron, I enjoyed her book very much.
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I feel bad about this book.
Rating (1)
Date: 2010-03-06
I finally listened to this book after laughing about the title for a year. I had hoped to find equally amusing insights on womanhood beyond the superficial. Oops. Instead I finished knowing more about her purses and food and an outrageously expensive apartment than I ever cared to know. This is the state of publishing I suppose. You need to be famous already to be able to write about your purse and your hair and your apartment and believe that others will care. Maybe I feel this way because I listened to it during the recession, but it let me down. I found it out of touch and self-indulgent. Give me the joys of age, the real meaning of womanhood that goes beyond what a man thinks of you. What happened to true feminism in this country, at any age? No matter the strides, it comes down to what's on the outside. Inner beauty? We all know what that is code for. I liked "Sleepless in Seattle" though.
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