Bully: The Pits

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This celebration of the pit bull explores the history of the breed and how Staffordshire bull terriers, Amstaffs, bulldogs, and American pit bull terriers have been tagged with a misleading reputation for being vicious animals owned by hooligans. Pit bull devotees are profiled, including top breeders from around the world, organizers of pit bull rescue operations, and the masterminds behind rapper DMX's pit bull clothing line Boomer 129. Interviews and the work of cutting-edge artists fill this collection designed to offer practical and personal insights into the world of pit bulls and the people they love.

Customer Reviews:

Bully; The Pits.......2007-09-21

Great book, I would recommend it to anybody. The pictures and short stories are great. Buy it and enjoy!

Unique.......2007-06-18

This is a good book for pitbull lovers and haters. The book is really put together well, pictures and art are great. I wasn't expecting to learn much about the breed with this book, but surprisingly it does teach you a bit. But all in all this is more of a visual book. Good stuff.

Use your head, punish the deed not the breed!!

Fantastic Book, intelligent author.......2006-06-07

Paul 107 presents the bulldog breeds fantastically. He does so with intelligence and facts without glossing over the breeds history. There are plenty of full color photographs and illustrations to accompany the entertaining commentary. I love the "coffe table book" style of this book.....I also love that it covers ALL of the bull breeds and focuses on them as pets in RESPONSIBLE homes. Yes, some of the images are "street" with logging chains around the dog's necks, but the context of the book is such that you learn to respect this noble breed and appreciate the interviews with various bulldog people. I highly reccommend this book for the bully collector. It's not your typical "table of contents", "housebreaking", "how to train your dog" book, rather it is a compilation of many different types and styles of writing, including poems, art, interviews, etc, as well as information on where to get quality bulldog items. A great read!

Cute Book.......2006-03-03

As a Pit Bull lover and owner I am always on the lookout for new Pit Bull related media. This is a good, objective book, and it looks at every side of the issue. I am FIRMLY against fighting dogs, and I believe that 90% of the dogs bred yearly should not be bred, so I cannot read unbiasedly what the breeder and fighter in the book have to say. I don't think any dogfighter should have a voice, and I am always quite disappointed when I hear of veterinarians breeding dogs.

Please remember to spay and neuter, millions of dogs are put down every year in the United States because there are not enough homes.

The Real Deal .......2005-11-22

With BSL (breed specific legislation) on the legislative table - both in the US and Canada - and PETA (people for the ethical treatement of animals) on a campaign to obliterate pitbulls, Paul 107s, Bully, is an exceptionally relevant body of literature and artwork. It is as delightful to read as it is tantilizing to the eye.

American Pit Bull (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)

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Not as good as it could have been
great beginning book for great dogs
Very Handy To Have...
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America Pit Bull Terriers/American Staffordshire Terriers

American Pit Bull (Complete Pet Owner's Manuals)
Joe Stahlkuppe
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0764110527

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These sturdy canines require rigorous training, but can become faithful companions or dauntless guard dogs. Books in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information for new or soon-to-be owners. Advice and instruction covers feeding, housing, health care, training, grooming, and much more. Texts emphasize pet care basics and are easy for all readers to understand. All books in this series are filled with high quality full-color photos and instructive line drawings. Paperback / 96 Pages / 6 1/2 x 7 7/8 / 2000

Customer Reviews:

Not as good as it could have been.......2002-12-23

While this book has a lot of information for people who have a puppy, it offers minimal information for someone like me who has just brought home an adult Staffy. The book has a lot of info on how to crate train a puppy, the importance of socialization and other topics that can pertain to adult dogs, but if there was just one paragraph on how to make an adult dog feel comfortable in it's new home, or what I should expect during the first week, I would have given this book 4 stars!

I was also looking for a book that would give me the basics on what type of collar/brush/leash to buy, but when I got to that section, the authors advice was to ask your vet.

While the pictures were great, I would quickly trade them for more information!

great beginning book for great dogs.......2002-12-14

as a serious protection dog lover, i bought this book to buffer my growing library of "doggy trivia", and i refer to it every time someone in my neighborhood brings one home. it has been loaned out and returned a few times, and it seems to help those who take the time to read it.
it is light on the eyes (love the pictures, and my dog looks like the white dog on page 16-american bully), and light on the mind, very easy to read! i will credit this book for one very special reason, and that is that it lists legal problems one can expect when having a pit lookalike or the real thing. this book actually lead me to research further into what laws pertain in my area of the world, and it made me realize the benefit of preparing for our move next year. this aspect alone is important for any pit owner. because most insurance companies will not allow groomer or vet stats into their computers (the results would kill their ability to dole out insurance because the pomeranian, chow chow, cocker spaniel, and scottie owners would be ahead of pits for bites), this book is important. it shows that these dogs are sited for media and statistical exploitation.
i recommend it for the beginning pit lover. it shows the dogs i see in my friend's homes, the ones that love the kids and are not allowed to be a problem. please buy it if you have a pit, and if you don't buy it anyway. you may learn to discern where the propaganda came from.
as the owner of an american bully who resembles a pit, i can attest to the problems we, the good dog owners, face because of owners of dogs who will never own books!
i also recommend this book for any boston terrier owner. i have found that these dogs came from the truncated nosed pits of the 1800's. it is a great history of where your companion animal came from. see carl semencic books. go pits!

Very Handy To Have..........2002-11-11

If your thinking about getting a American Pit Bull Terrier, this book is perfect to have. It tells you the history of the breeds , how to train them , and what to exspect when you adopt one into your home. I'm a owner of 2 lovable american pitbull terrier puppies.....

Pet Lighthouse Staff Review.......2001-06-21

We found this book informative and well written. Most of the information seems directed towards people new to the breed. Helpful description explaining the basic personality of the breed, and some helpful health tips round this book out to be good reading material for people interested in purchasing an American Pit Bull Terrier.

America Pit Bull Terriers/American Staffordshire Terriers.......2000-12-08

This book is a "must have" for anyone with a pit or amstaff. It covers all the basic information about the care of the breed. It's written in an easy to read format and contains great pictures. I'll keep this book as a reference.

Pet Bully - Lessons Learned from a Pit Bull

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Don't waste your time or money on this awful book
Don't waste your money and for heaven's sake don't support this publisher/author!
Pet Bully: Lessons Learned from a Pit Bull
lovely tale

Pet Bully - Lessons Learned from a Pit Bull
Dory Davis
Manufacturer: Faithful Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Bully: The Pits

ASIN: 0977988910

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When a stray pit bull puppy shows up one summer morning, Dory and Bryan Davis could not have known, at the time, how their lives would be changed-their faith, their perspective, their heightened level of spiritual understand-as the pup develops and grows under their love and discipline. When Pit Bull dies accidentally, Davis writes down the story so that she can have not only a written recorded memory of the pet who taught his masters so much, even as he was learning, but also to share those fundamental lessons with others.

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Don't waste your time or money on this awful book.......2007-06-30

If I could rate this book using negative stars then I would. This book is disgusting and appalling. The things she writes about doing to this dog are things that people can get arrested for. She should be getting punished for mistreating her dog, not making money off of it. Please don't support this author or publisher.

Don't waste your money and for heaven's sake don't support this publisher/author!.......2006-12-31

I wish I could give the book 0 stars, but 1 is the lowest possible. I don't doubt the author's sincerity, but this book was a horrifying experience for me! I am not religious in the least, but I question someone whose religion teaches that beating a dog is the way to train it! This may be a great book for a fundamentalist example, but for a pet lover/owner, the author does almost everything wrong. Based on the evidence in this book, I can't even agree that the author "rescued" her dog. Sure, she gave him a better existence than living on his own on the street, but that is all the credit I am willing to give her. After spending money they couldn't spare to fix the dog's broken leg, she allows him to ride LOOSE in the back of the truck, so, suprise surprise, he jumps out to chase another dog and rebreaks the leg! The dog is beaten with a belt several times in the book. The pit bull is allowed to kill cats, which he has access to because the author allows him to run loose at job sites. The pit bull is finally killed when he is run over in his own yard by a gravel truck. The only tragedy in the dog's death is that it was completely preventable.

I think there is a lesson to be learned from this book: that this dog had such a wonderfully stable personality that he survived his experience being owned by the author. In spite of her abuse, irresponsibility, and neglect, he was from all appearances a happy, healthy dog. I am appalled that by the end of the book the author now has a female stray pit bull. I can only hope that somehow the author is responsible enough to spay the new dog, but I fear that is highly unlikely based on her treatment of her first pit bull. Don't waste your money on this book; there are much better rescue stories or pit bull breed books out there!

Pet Bully: Lessons Learned from a Pit Bull.......2006-09-30

Appalling I give it 5 negative stars

Two quotes from this book, "As you do unto the least of these, so you do unto me," said Jesus - Matt. 25:40

..... "hiding cannot save one from the consequences of a disobedient act. It only added to their pain as they were pulled by leg or by tail from their hiding spot into open ground where the leather belt would fly freely."

Again and again she describes the beating of her dogs.

Don't they arrest people for this?

An idiot that understand zero about animal behavior and hides behind religion to justify abuse.

If you are an animal lover DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. I feel so sorry for her dogs.

lovely tale .......2006-09-08

A true story, I found this to be a touching memorial to a beloved pet, and even more, to the powerful unspoken love between a dog and his owner. The inevitable moment every companion to a dog hopes will be a distant event, came sooner than Dory could have anticipated. This beautiful study of love and obedience even as Pet Bully faced death in the arms of his owner will deeply move you. Have the kleenex close by; the tenderness with which the story is told will melt the stoniest heart.

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Confessions of a Window Dresser Tales From A Life In Fashion
Doonan Simon
Manufacturer: Penguin Studio Callaway Edit
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UEV0Y6

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For the first time ever, The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, The Simpsons Forever!, and the newest installment The Simpsons Beyond Forever! are collected together in an all-new, deluxe boxed set, celebrating twelve years of simply sensational Simpsons success. Each boxed set also comes with a set of exclusive Simpsons postcards!

From the very first cartoon short to the 12th season, "The Simpsons" has gone from overnight success to cultural phenomenon to television's longest-running prime-time, animated show. Featuring highlights from more than 250 episodes, plot synopses, quotes, character profiles, couch gags, guest stars, and much more, The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box supplies twelve years of giggles and gurgles, chuckles and chortles, snickers and snorts, and hoots and howls that will delight everyone in one, BIG boxed set.

The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Family (Seasons 1-8) This meticulously researched, colorfully rendered, exhaustively indexed, and lovingly fashioned episode guide provides memorable moments and little known facts that will make you an authority on the first eight seasons of "The Simpsons."

The Simpsons Forever! (Seasons 9 & 10) Continuing on from The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, The Simpsons Forever! provides more of everything you came to expect from the first volume. Focusing on Seasons 9 & 10, The Simpsons Forever! features musical moments from "The Simpsons," including the Bart Simpson music videos along with a special tribute to the career of Troy McClure.

The Simpsons Beyond Forever! (Seasons 11 & 12) Picking up where The Simpsons Forever! left off, this new guide tells you everything thing you want to know and more than you think you already know about "The Simpsons." In this volume each episode gets a full two-page, full-color treatment that provides more art and more moments from your favorite episodes from the 11th & 12th Seasons.

Customer Reviews:

Simpsons Big Ol' Box.......2007-01-13

The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box is a nice way to condense the complete guides to seasons 1-12. It contains three guides you can buy seperatly; seasons 1-8, 9-10 and 11-12. The box just makes for easy storage, and is cool to look at.

Great books, bad condition.......2004-09-22

I ordered my books from here and the hardcover came torn. I must warn you to be careful ordering books online, you never know what you're going to get. I orderd my books for $30. If I had orderd later I would of have to buy for $45. It seems amazon rose the prices. The price is the same as in the stores so I advise you to get it in stores because you never know what your going to get in the mail. Or you can wait till it's $30 again or buy from a seller. Now on to the books. This hardcover includes 3 books. The first one features seasons 1-8. The second one features seasons 9-10, the third one contains seasons 11-12. Each one contains things you might of missed facts and other stuff like production photos songs and more. I reccommend this for all simpsons fans.

The Ultimate Guide for the Ultimate Simpsons Fan.......2004-06-16

This Episode Guide has EVERYTHING that you can ever imagine in an episode guide. From Seasons 1-12, it has details on every single episode. Its got quotes, what Bart writes on the chalkboard in the intro, couch gags, special guest voices, writers, screenshots, episode number (i.e. 8F05), air date, scene selections, runtime, and a whole lot more. All of this for only about $30, what a bargain.

Now I have seen every single Simpsons episode up-to-date but sometimes I forget about an episode or about a quote from a certain episode that I forget but now all I do is look over at my episode guide, track the season down and from there I find out what I needed. This book isn't just for looking for episodes and finding quotes or stuff like that, it can also be entertaining and a time killer (I mean that in a good way). So if you're stuck in the car going on a vacation, you can open this Episode Guide up and have yourself a laugh and maybe even find out some useful stuff that you didn't know about. This is a strong recommendation for any Simpsons fan.

The Simpsons Forever!.......2004-06-15

I have the first book that covers seasons 1-8 and it is an absolute must-have for Simpson fans not in front of the internet who want to remember specific shows and lines from the shows at their fingertips. It has brought hours and hours of joy to my friends and I. I think the guy from Belgium is just bitter and might want to consume some Duff.

The Simpsons - The Final Rip Off.......2004-04-06

Yes, I was a great fan of The Simpsons. The show originally appeared to be a critical cynical approach to American and western society. It showed a family who's main entertainment is television, a father who's an alcoholic with a boring job, a son which main interest is to pull jokes out of sheer boredom, a daughter who is terrified by it all escaping in intellectualism and a mother who stays married whatever happens. Let's say a nice portrait of an ordinary family.
However, the show became a parody of itself, it can be watched on many levels one being a cynical approach to consumer society and the kind of people it breeds.
Now The Simpsons has become itself a money maker, throwing gadgets all over the place, exploiting fans who probably already bought the first two volumes, now offering a boxed offering (what about the fans who bought the first two volumes: they can forget about the added greeting cards; it should be the other way around). And anyway, let's face it, The Simpsons are out of ideas, now only making the show for the big bucks, distancing themselves ever further about what the original ideas were all about.

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The third collection of Michael Thomas Ford's syndicated humor pieces from his column "My Queer Life" more than lives up to its sparkling predecessors, Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and That's Mr. Faggot to You. Revel in Ford's tart summary of the suppressed all-gay season of MTV's Real World, with its outbreak of crabs and a heart-rending incident involving the impossible-to-find Julie Andrews recording Live in Japan. Ponder in pity or solidarity Ford's brave revelation that he has no style sense whatsoever and is taken for a hopelessly muddled straight man whenever he wanders into a J. Crew or a Gap. The best essays here are often not the topical ones, in which Ford responds to recent antigay news, but the most whimsical. In "Ah-Choo," he proposes a useful new hanky code, based not on sexual proclivities but on personality traits, such as Orange Hanky for "Tanning booth aficionado and gym bunny" or Green Hanky for "Eats only organic produce." Don't miss his mordant reflections on the outing of Tinky Winky in "Et Tu, Po?" or his "Condensed History of Queer Sex," beginning with God's anger at Adam and Steve for eating forbidden fruit: "As punishment, Steve's name and penis are both severely shortened, forever altering history." --Regina Marler

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With two best-sellers and a Lambda Literary Award under his belt, Michael Thomas Ford is still cranky. Lucky for us. The author of Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and That's Mr. Faggot to You returns with more skewed observations on the strange state of the queer union. As fans of his previous collections have happily discovered, little escapes his attention, and no topic is too controversial or sacred to be tackled. "The Condensed History of Gay Pride" is enough to send any politically correct gay leader shrieking into the streets. But Ford's favorite target remains himself. The fact that Cher's butt is more famous than he is really irks him, and he is willing to pretend to be straight in order to get help while shopping for clothes. He murdered his rival's "egg baby" in high school to secure a good grade, and he sacrificed his own to a chocolate cake. Whether he is equating becoming a man with buying a barbecue in the very moving "Rite of Passage" or considering the state of parenthood in the unforgettable "Cheaper by the Dozen," Ford continues to observe life in ways that help us more closely observe ourselves-while never, never forgetting to make us laugh.

"In Ford's hands, pretty much anything can yield a laugh. He is an idea humorist-genially misanthropic, suspicious of ideology and convention, cynical or passionate depending on the occasion. And he is something else: a good read.-Lambda Book Report

Michael Thomas Ford's previous essay collections, Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me

and That's Mr. Faggot to You

remained on best-seller lists for months, earning him unanimous critical praise and a Lambda Literary Award for humor. His syndicated column, My Queer Life, runs in dozens of papers nationwide, and his weekly radio program of the same name can be heard on Stellar Networks at www.gaybc.com. He lives in Boston, where he is finishing his first novel.

Customer Reviews:

Best Of The Lot.......2003-01-29

Michael Thomas Ford has a knack for seeing everday 'gay' matters in a completely different and skewed light. He is a strong match for anything David Sedaris has completed to date. This collection of short stories covers a wide range of subjects and territories and always manages to bring a chuckle. Remarkably, this is the kind of book that does not necessarily appeal only to gays, and in that, makes it unique. This is the best of his collections, so far, but I wouldn't discount anything he has written. He is just too much fun!

Michael Thomas Ford is hysterical..........2003-01-25

Many people don't like his sharp, cynical humor. However, living in NYC, I can totally appreciate it. His short stories are things a gay-sitcom could be made out of, but only he's even funnier.

An easy, quick read of short stories (perfect for mass-transit), and A GREAT GIFT idea for your "queer" friends.

The "Truth" Has Never Been So Funny.......2002-09-11

Author Michael Thomas Ford is so dead-on with his stories about gay life that I always find myself laughing out loud. If you are A-list pretty boy, you may not get his humor. For the rest of us, the truth is not out there but right (write) here before our eyes. I took this book with me recently to Florida and as I was sitting in a gay club with everybody swirling around me, everyone (that is) in his ( and her) own little world, I just threw my head back and laughed thinking of Ford's pearls of funny wisdom. There was a time when sitting in club alone would would have left me depressed. After reading a couple of Ford's books, not anymore! Thank You, Mr. Ford, for at last getting me to "wake up" and not take gay life so seriously. While some critics call you "cranky" and "unhappy" I see you are "funny" and "truthful." HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!!!!!!

Laugh Out Loud Funny - Ford does it again!.......2002-08-30

Michael Thomas Ford gives us a window into his world and his mind in this collection of short essays on a variety of topics. Ford's take on the world, and especially the gay world, is simply hilarious - this is a great book to read while commuting with it's short chapters and humor that might just help you face the day with a smile. So funny because it's true is the refrain while reading - we can all see someone we know in his writing. Or we are like the people he's writing about, so we know we are not alone. He succinctly skewers gay pride history, gay cinema history and size queens with rapier wit pointed commentary. A scream of a book.

Humor with substance.......2002-07-08

Michael Thomas Ford is a gay treasure! I bought this book after reading the terrific "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me" and thought it was even better. "It's Not Mean If It's True" is hilariously funny, but underneath the humor there is wisdom and insight that make this book more than just a fun, light read. The fact that Mr. Ford has an agenda is what makes this book special, but he delivers his message in an entertaining and engaging way, without being preachy or self-righteous. I have read some reviews that are less than complimentary of Mr. Ford's style, but personally I thoroughly enjoy his amazing facility for the language and his wit. Finally, a gay author to whom we can all relate--Mr. Ford is not a drama queen, is not apologetic and does not pretend to be something he is not. He finds the humor in everyday situations and lets us all know that we should lighten up a little. This book will definitely appeal to a gay audience, but his message and wit are universal and should be read by anybody. Bravo, Mr. Ford...we want more!!

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It's Not Mean if It's True
Michael Thomas Ford
Manufacturer: Alyson Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP8EB8

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A brilliant cultural history detailing the fascinating relationship between movies and American society in the 1960s.

In what the New York Times's A.O. Scott called a "suave, scholarly tour de force," J. Hoberman delivers a brilliant and witty look at the decade when politics and pop culture became one. This was the era of the Missile Gap and the Space Race, the Black and Sexual Revolutions, the Vietnam War and Watergate—as well as the tele-saturation of the American market and the advent of Pop art. In "elegant, epigrammatic prose," as Scott put it, Hoberman moves from the political histories of movies to the theater of wars, national political campaigns, and pop culture events.

With entertaining reinterpretations of key Hollywood movies (such as Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch, and Shampoo), and meditations on personages from Che Guevara, John Wayne, and Patty Hearst to Jane Fonda, Ronald Reagan, and Dirty Harry, Hoberman reconstructs the hidden political history of 1960s cinema and the formation of America's mass-mediated politics.

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The Movies and America in "The REAL Greatest Generation".......2006-11-04

I saw this book at the university library and I like it. I'll use it as one of my sources because I plan on writing the defining book of the movies in the 1960's someday. The cover of Clint Eastwood for "Dirty Harry" is a classic. One weakness to this book is that there are no photos to keep it entertaining and Hoberman left out some other important movies from the decade. But it was ironic that choose "Blow-Up" as the movie that defied the decade considering it started three things: It was the first movie to ever delt with life after JFK's murder, it was the movie that started the porn film (in the few short years after this movie, there were sexually charged films like "Belle De Jour" and "I Am Curious (Yellow)," right up to "Deep Throat") and it started the feminist movement. We all know that Tom Brokaw wrote a book in which he believes the World War II era was the greatest generation. But I think the Baby Boomers (which includes my divorced parents) made it that title and I think the years 1963 to 1974 (from Kennedy butchered in Dallas to Nixon embarrassed over Watergate) was the REAL greatest generation and look at some of the movies that came out in that time like "Tom Jones" up to "The Godfather Part II." This does make for a good reference book.

A fine history evolves which uses the film world as a reflection of cultural change.......2005-10-05

Here's a new cultural history of the Sixties - through the eye of the camera as it considers the social and political impact of movies and theater of the times. Using key Hollywood productions from Shampoo to Bonnie and Clyde, senior film critic at the Village Voice Hoberman provides a lively reconstruction of the politics behind the films, examining with actors and subjects with a critic's eye for detail. A fine history evolves which uses the film world as a reflection of cultural change.

Excellent book about 50s-70s movies and culture.......2004-01-26

This is a great book. It touches on an almost dizzying number of milestones, from the fifties TV show ''The Next Voice You Hear'' to Brian De Palma's movie ''Blow Out.''

The point of the book, if there is one that can be easily summarized, is that political and cultural events (especially films) first became genuinely inseparable during the 1960s (not dissimilar to the points that Marshall McLuhan made in ''Understanding Media'' and Daniel Boorstin made in ''The Image: or What Happened to the American Dream'' while history was happening; but, as Hoberman points out, that history could not have been fully understood by those prophets in the midst of it).

This is a masterfully rendered cultural history. Hoberman's style can get breathless at times, and there are a lot of films and events to keep up with, but the narrative (and the analysis) are involving, cogent, and thoughtful. Think ''The Dirty Dozen,'' ''Easy Rider,'' ''Bonnie & Clyde,'' ''Blow Up,'' ''The Wild Bunch,'' ''Shampoo'' (and songs like ''The Ballad of the Green Berets''): they're all here, along with the cultural context that they fed into and the ''dream life'' that they helped construct.

Magical Mystery Tour of the Sixties.......2003-11-24

This is a wonderful book (I devoured it over a weekend). It examines the relationship between American social and political life and the movies during the turbulent decade of the Sixties, although the book actually covers films well into the Seventies. The book argues that this relationship was a two-way street, with the movies being influenced by what was happening in society, but also that the movies influenced politics and society. For example, Hoberman asserts that Kennedy's fascination with James Bond and secret agents and Nixon's obsession with the movie Patton to some extent influenced the style and substance of their presidencies. Another overarching theme of the book is how the Western, that most American of movie genres, evolved almost beyond recognition through the course of the Sixties and early Seventies (from The Alamo to Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid).

Among the films prominently covered in the book are Blowup, Spartacus, The Manchurian Candidate, Bonnie & Clyde, Easy Rider, The Wild Bunch, and Dirty Harry, but the book also discusses more obscure films such as Tell Them Willie Boy is Here and Wild in the Streets. That most quintessential of all Sixties films, Woodstock, is oddly absent from the book.

A couple of quibbles: Hoberman quotes Norman Mailer far too often and it would have been nice to have a true bibliography rather than having to rummage through the source notes. That aside, I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in either the social history or films of the Sixties--you will not be disappointed!

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The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties.(Book Review): An article from: Cineaste
Bill Krohn
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This wide-ranging study of Gabriel Fauré and his contemporaries reclaims aesthetic categories crucial to French musical life in the early twentieth century. Its interrelated chapters treat the topics of sincerity, originality, novelty, self-renewal, homogeneity and religious belief in relation to Fauré’s music and ideas. Taking a broad view of cultural life during the composer’s lifetime and beyond, the book moves between specific details in Fauré’s music and related critical, literary and philosophical issues, ranging from Gounod to Boulez and from Proust to Valéry. Above all, the book connects abstract values to artistic choices and thus places such works as Fauré’s Requiem, La bonne chanson, La chanson d’Eve, L’horizon chimérique, and the chamber music in a new light.

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Title: Faure and French Musical Aesthetics. (Book Reviews: Music Since 1900).
Author: Anthony Gritten
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2002
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Page: 55(3)

Article Type: Book Review

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Binding: Paperback

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Totally Awesome!!.......2002-03-11

I am a personal friend of the author, so when I ordered the book, I was looking forward to reading and testing myself. Was I in luck!! I loved it!! My b/f and I tested one another all night, and it brought back a whole flood of memories!!

Thank you, Michael!!

80s TV... wow!.......2001-08-10

I had fun with this little book. Being a child of the 80s, I spent a great deal of time in front of the television as a kid. I did pretty well, even though there were quite a few stumpers in ths book. I've just ordered the author's other title, and can't wait to read it.

Customer Reviews:

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Very helpful, easy to read........2006-02-01

This book was easy to read and very helpful in communication skills.

One the best guides for business writers.......2005-03-16

This book, with an obvious nod to Strunk and White (which it surpasses), lists 67 principles of good writing, with about two pages each of details and examples. It's on the short list of recommended resources in my book The McGraw-Hill 36-Hour Course in Business Writing and Communication.

A valuable writing guide.......2004-02-21

Remarkably concise and informative, The Elements of Business Writing: A Guide to Writing Clear, Concise Letters, Memos, Reports, Proposals, and Other Business Documents by Gary Blake and Robert W. Bly is more than just a tool for business people. Taking a common sensical approach, as opposed to a lofty educated tone, Messrs. Blake and Bly do not restrict themselves to business writing, in spite of the title. For the most part, The Elements of Business Writing is a valuable writing guide for just about all forms of writing. The book is strong on: knowing your audience; clarity; precision; and persuasion. When you think about those four elements, you're thinking about effective communication in general. This is something everyone--not just business people--can use in their daily lives.

Very useful.......2001-04-26

If you write letters, emails, business proposals or marketing plans, this book will be useful to you. It is very easy to follow. The book offers a number of suggestions for writing clearly and with style, and explains each point in detail. I used this book for a graduate level class, but it would be useful to anyone!

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