Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?: More Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Whiskey Sour

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OBLIGATORY PRELUDE TO THE FOREWORD TO THE PROLOGUE TO THE PREFACE OF THE INTRODUCTION
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DOES ANYONE READ THIS CRAP?

Okay, so here we go again. . . .

It feels a bit different this time. When we were writing Why Do Men Have Nipples?, we had no idea that anyone (other than our editor, wives, moms, and dads) would read the book. Shows what we know.

Our little nipples book has sold more than a million copies internationally and spent twenty-five weeks (and counting) on the New York Times bestseller list. You have no idea how much we have loved this ride and how much we adore babbling on TV and drive-time radio, and especially in the makeup rooms where we shamelessly flirted with a succession of fantastic makeup artists at all the major networks. (By the way, Mark prefers the spray-on nozzle method, which he likens to being simonized in a car wash.)

But a funny thing happened along the way. We quickly became aware of the fact that we'd barely scratched the surface. As we talked to people who'd enjoyed our first book, we began accumulating hundreds of new questions—some funny, down-to-earth, exotic, some embarrassing, some perplexing, but always thought-provoking enough that we knew we'd have to include them in a brand-new volume.

We realized the gravity of the somber task ahead of us. We felt deputized. We knew we were now bound by honor and a fiduciary duty to you, our readers, to deliver unbiased, unadulterated, thoroughly researched, and unimpeachably factual answers to your questions. Humbled, but galvanized and inspired by the immense challenge that lay before us, we hunkered down in a windowless, antiseptic research cocoon, and made a solemn pledge to produce a new volume that would surpass the original and blaze new trails in the democratization of medical knowledge.

Oh please . . . SEQUEL!!!!!!! Here it is . . . Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?

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The Doctor Is In . . . Again!

Did the mega-bestselling Why Do Men Have Nipples? exhaust your curiosity about stuff odd, icky, kinky, noxious, libidinous, or just plain embarrassing? No, you say? Well, good, because the doctor and his able-bodied buddy are in! Again! Mark Leyner and Billy Goldberg, M.D., now take on the differences between the sexes—those burning questions like Why doesn’t my husband ever listen? or Why does my wife ALWAYS have to pee? And of course, Why do men fall asleep after sex?, plus plenty of others to keep you fully informed.

Full of smart and funny answers to an onslaught of new questions, all in a do-ask-we’ll-tell spirit that entertain and teaches you something at the same time, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? offers the real lowdown on everything everyone wants to know about all things anatomical, medical, sexual, nutritional, animal, and mineral, but would only ask a physician after a few too many, like:

• Why do you have a “bionic” sense of smell when you’re pregnant?

• Does peeing in the shower cure athlete’s foot?

• Is a dog’s mouth clean?

• Can you breastfeed with fake boobs?

• Does thumb sucking cause buckteeth?

• Do your eyebrows grow back if shaved?

Bigger, funnier, and better than ever, Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? proves that in the battle of the sexes, as in most things, a little Q&A is a safe, effective, minimally invasive remedy.

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Customer Reviews:

A sequel as good as the first.......2007-09-11

Despite my bad experience with many sequels, I still had high expectation of this. I had not been disappointed. This is still "funny, interesting, entertaining, and "helpful"!" as the first, and in particular I like some authentic answers to some of my life long doubts as follows:-

Why do men fall asleep after sex?
How does aspirin find the pain?
Why does sucking on helium make your voice sound funny?
Why do Asians turn red after consuming alcohol?

plus over one hundred other questions I am interested in their answers. In short, it's knowledgeable and entertaining. A great resource for chat, too. Dont miss it.

Great entertainment .......2007-09-07

I found this book to be sooo funny, I am glad I came accross it by accident. The humor is everywhere and although this type of humor is not for everybody, if you do not like the IM conversation you can skip through them and still get some of the witty humor. I loved the comment "if Dr. Phil can't do it, why couldn't the authors?" I reccommend it! If you are skeptical because the bad press got to you first, start with reading the questions that are interesting to you and you'll soon be hooked.

Good idea, not so good turnout........2007-08-25

Some of the questions are rediculous, for example: If I swallow a watermelon seed, will a watermelon grow in my stomach?

I hate to believe that enough people were seriously that concerned about something so rediculous that they had to print it in the book.

As for half of the other questions, you got roundabout answers that weren't really answered, but fluffed to take up room.

Not worth the buy. My suggestion is to go to your boostore, find it, flip through the questions and read the answers you are honestly curious about and save your money.

Awesome.......2007-05-14

This book is not only informative about many myths and queries we have all heard, but it is funny too!!! I have learned some very funny and quirky facts so far. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes interesting, funny facts.

Fun for everyone.......2007-04-13

I really enjoyed reading this book. A lot of questions I always wondered about have now been answered. And, it's in a very easy to read format.

Broken Empire : After the Fall of the USSR

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bonecrushingly slanted, I get the message
Excellent photography, butý.
Absolutely Unforgettable
Wonderful
Broken Empire, Broken Dreams

Broken Empire : After the Fall of the USSR
Fen Montaigne
Manufacturer: National Geographic
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Binding: Hardcover

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On December 25, 1991, at 7:35 p.m., soldiers lowered the red Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin and raised the Russian tri-color in its place. The moment passed without pomp or circumstance, resulting in a strangely muted end to a regime that had, in many ways, defined the 20th century.

Christmas 2001 is the tenth anniversary of the demise of the Soviet Union. To commemorate the event, National Geographic presents a mesmerizing retrospective that captures all the turbulence of Russia's new beginning.

With 120 extraordinary photographs by Gerd Ludwig and incisive essays by Fen Montaigne, Broken Empire captures Russia in all its complexity. The book examines not only the fledgling country's notorious corruption and poverty—the only aspects of Russia covered by most Western media—but many lesser known facets, including the rise of a new urban generation committed to building a prosperous society. Taking us into the daily lives of Russians, from entrepreneurs to pensioners, Broken Empire's images and words come together to capture as no book ever has the poignant resilience of a country endeavoring to find a workable middle road between capitalism and state control.

Customer Reviews:

bonecrushingly slanted, I get the message.......2005-04-26

astonishingly shocking at times and bland at others, is this the Russia of modern day or is this the image the author sees? Certainly the latter and probably not the former. Wonder how the people of Russia feel about this commentary in pictures on their existence? Bleak and disheartening comes to mind. Could a similar tome be assembled on America...of course if one looks hard enough at any topic the horror can be visualized.

Excellent photography, butý........2003-01-19

Gerd Ludwig photography is first-class but I wish written text had been as creative as the photographer's eye. Nothing to discredit the author, Fen Montaigne. But Fen, must you be so boring and bland. A single image captured a thousand words and your text was a dreadful mono-tone grounded in a yawning choice of vocabulary.

If your looking for images and insight text read "The Home Planet" by Kevin W Kelley. Two different subject matters, but the written text illustrates where this book went astray.

Absolutely Unforgettable.......2002-01-09

Broken Empire leaves an indelible mark on the memory. This stunning work presents a passionate and proud people, ravaged by the merciless process of political change. The book's coverage of the effect on the Russian environmental landscape alone, makes this a documentary of great importance. But most unforgettable, are the images which capture the entire spectrum of human experience that the nation's new self-image has imposed - from humiliation and despair, to dignity and triumph of the spirit against all odds - making this work an uncompromising testament to the historic realities of post-communistic Russia.

Wonderful.......2002-01-09

Contrary to the cover image of the book, this work clearly takes the blindfolds off in delivering a superb body of photographic work.

I have been traveling to the former Soviet Union now for the past twenty-five years and have always been surprised by how ignorant the world was about this marvelous nation. Ludwig clearly has an intimate feel for the soul of this great world. The images breathe and display the majesty of this people and empire wonderfully, warts and all. This is not a tragic populace, but a noble collection of races and groups who share a common pride, humanism and patriotism with a unique perspective and outlook on life that is both refreshing and vital.

I thought that the Western world would never get it right about the great land and her people, but Ludwig's masterpiece clearly and artfully reveals the nuances of an emerging colossus whose rightful place in history, commerce, politics, art and culture is assured by its dogged determinism to continue, to live, to strive to express the essence that is "Mother Russia".

And to do all of this with photography...what an achievement!!

Broken Empire, Broken Dreams.......2001-12-31

An incredible journey through the remains of the former Soviet Union both in pictures and words. Broken Empire puts the lie to the "Workers Paradise" promised by the USSR's once all-powerful communist regime, revealing the harsh realities of environmental and spiritual decay left in its wake. The images are dazzling and heartbreaking. A must see and read book for anyone who loves truth.

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A twist of fate turns a struggling couples world upside down, when they are involved in a near fatal car accident. Broken, stripped and broken again, they each stumble through a journey of healing and self-discovery the merciful hand of the only One who can help them up after a fall.

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Abigail Walker and Jarvis Daniels are longtime sweethearts headed in opposite directions. Abby, an aspiring cellist, wants out of her humble Detroit surroundings and is willing to shed blood, sweat, and tears to make it happen. Jarvis, on the other hand, is perfectly content with life. For him there's plenty of time to become a "responsible adult." For now, he's got everything he could want: a roof over his head, a PlayStation, and the love of a good woman.

Customer Reviews:

Disappointed.......2007-09-12

After reading Saving Grace and Fall from Grace, I was expecting big things from After the Fall. However, I was disappointed in the long drawn out story with a cheesy ending.

DETAIL STORY.......2007-02-10

THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BOOK. I'M READING FALL FROM GRACE, IT SEEMS TO BE A GOOD BOOK ALSO. RYAN PHILLIPS IS A VERY TALENT YOUNG WOMAN. I LOOKING FORWARD TO READING HER 4 NOVEL ONCE IT IS COMPLETED.

I am not going to lie. I was disappointed........2007-01-24

This book was not as engaging as the first novel, Saving Grace. I ended up skimming through about halfway into it. I was so looking forward to reading it. I LOVED Saving Grace, but After the Fall didn't make the cut for me.

Wise and heartwarming.......2006-11-05

Truly heart warming. This story kept me wishing for Abby and Jay to get back together. The ending was a perfect mix of realism, romance and grace. Recommended read for everyone especially young women searching for themselves in a mixed message society of glamour, over indulgence, and success by any means necessary. Abby showed that "things" don't make the woman. What's in one's heart and soul define your life. Simple as that. Great read!

She did it Again..........2006-08-03

I love this author, she is a brilliant writer. I still love Saving Grace the best, but this book did not disappoint at all. The author must do a sequel to this book so that we know that Abby is okay. I loved how she kept the characters real and didn't sugar coat how the real world is and how cruel it can be. One day you can have "everything" and the next nothing and who is left standing next to you...and not just standing there but being a true friend. I love this book and am awaiting the sequel...get to writing Ryan!

Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City (Politics and Culture in Modern America)

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Camden After the Fall: Decline and Renewal in a Post-Industrial City (Politics and Culture in Modern America)
Jr., Howard Gillette
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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ASIN: 0812219686

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What prevents cities whose economies have been devastated by the flight of human and monetary capital from returning to self-sufficiency? Looking at the cumulative effects of urban decline in the classic post-industrial city of Camden, New Jersey, historian Howard Gillette, Jr., probes the interaction of politics, economic restructuring, and racial bias to evaluate contemporary efforts at revitalization. In a sweeping analysis, Gillette identifies a number of related factors to explain this phenomenon, including the corrosive effects of concentrated poverty, environmental injustice, and a political bias that favors suburban amenity over urban reconstruction. Challenging popular perceptions that poor people are responsible for the untenable living conditions in which they find themselves, Gillette reveals how the effects of political decisions made over the past half century have combined with structural inequities to sustain and prolong a city's impoverishment. Even the most admirable efforts to rebuild neighborhoods through community development and the reinvention of downtowns as tourist destinations are inadequate solutions, Gillette argues. He maintains that only a concerted regional planning response--in which a city and suburbs cooperate--is capable of achieving true revitalization. Though such a response is mandated in Camden as part of an unprecedented state intervention, its success is still not assured, given the legacy of outside antagonism to the city and its residents. Deeply researched and forcefully argued, Camden After the Fall chronicles the history of the post-industrial American city and points toward a sustained urban revitalization strategy for the twenty-first century. Howard Gillette, Jr., is Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author of Between Justice and Beauty: Race, Planning, and the Failure of Urban Policy in Washington, D.C.

After the Fall (Star Trek : New Frontier)

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Satisfies your New Frontier 'fix', but leaves you wanting more
Par for Peter David.
A Joke in the Hand is Worth Two in the Book
Best Trek series currently running
A "New" Approach

After the Fall (Star Trek : New Frontier)
Peter David
Manufacturer: Star Trek
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 0743491858

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Three years have passed since the events depicted in the novel, Stone and Anvil, and for the past and present crew members of the U.S.S. Excalibur, life has taken many surprising twists and turns. Captain Elizabeth Shelby has been promoted to admiral and heads Space Station Bravo...while her former ship, the U.S.S. Trident, has a new captain. Soleta has left Starfleet to embrace the perils of exploring her Romulan heritage. The powerful Zak Kebron serves as the Excalibur's counselor and head of security. And Mackenzie Calhoun? Well, Mackenzie Calhoun's still who he is.

As Si Cwan, prime minister of the New Thallonian Protectorate, prepares to marry off his sister Kalinda in a politically advantageous pairing that will strengthen his newly restored empire, the bride-to-be is abducted just before the wedding in a calamitous event that threatens to destabilize the entire sector -- especially since Kalinda's abductor is someone all too familiar. As the Excalibur, the Trident, and the entire Thallonian fleet attempt to bring order to their sector of space, no one could ever suspect that a mysterious alien force may also be playing a part in Kalinda's disappearance -- and that the entire galaxy may soon face a long-forgotten enemy.

Customer Reviews:

Satisfies your New Frontier 'fix', but leaves you wanting more.......2007-03-07

Overall, I am truly a large fan of the New Frontier series, and am so glad that Peter David takes on all the writing chores as only he knows his own characters best, however, I felt 'After the Fall' was a little sub-standard to all previous attempts.

I'd refer to this book as a 'filler prequel' to "Missing In Action", as the cliff hanger in this novel is a direct set up for the next installment. But that's what it felt like...300+ pages of setting up for what will hopefully be the real action as the next title implies.

Oh, there was action here, but a little predictable and the we've seen the same 'Romeo & Juliet' scenario used so many times in the past, though to Mr. David's credit, he does put his signature spin on things as only he can do.

Overall, there were some beginning plot points that were introduced, but I assume will only be dealt with in the next book as they didn't go far here. And neither did much action. Compared to previous New Frontier stories, Capt. Calhoun and crew tend to be much more maverick and swashbuckling in nature. It just wasn't here, except the brief and fun fight Calhoun and Kebron get involved planetside with opposing forces (no more spoilers).

Missing was many of the signature in-depth character development we are used to in teh New Frontier series. There were hints and progression, but felt as if some holes still needed filling to catch the reader up to speed. That's what Mr. David is so usually good at....giving us a real fun and developing background on all the characters we love. It just seemed rushed here with little action.

Hopefully 'Missing in Action' will result in the big Pay-Off, but I was slightly disapointed that not too much was terribly accomplished in 300+ pages we haven't seen before elsewhere.

Par for Peter David........2006-08-17

As usual, Peter David's writing style is highly polished, with a gift for humor, to say nothing of timing, phrasing, characterization, tension, and the unexpected plot twist.

Unfortunately, also as usual, he doesn't finish what he starts in the same book that he starts it. Thus, this is not a novel, but a novel fragment. For those who enjoy the "to be continued -- tune in next week, same time, same channel" tradition, this is certainly a five-star book. In fact, even for those who, like me, HATE that tradition, this book is very close to a five-star effort; at least he chooses a better break-point than he sometimes does, and the book is long enough to justifiably argue that the entire story couldn't fit under one cover. But it always seems to me to be a sign of an insecure author if he doesn't trust his story to be good enough to lure the reader back for the next installment without ending on a cliffhanger, and there WAS a break-point that would have given more of an impression of closure, even if it WAS a false impression. So in spite of truly enjoying the book, I just can't bring myself to give it the full five stars.

A Joke in the Hand is Worth Two in the Book.......2005-03-12

Although filled with some interesting plots and characterizations I was disappointed by the "Naked Gun" type of story telling. I think every character has a "don't call me Shirley" moment and it is annoying to say the least. But, I am a huge fan of New Frontiers and anything is better than nothing. Indeed, the scene involving Calhoun in the council chamber is incredible (I'll say no more to avoid spoilage).

My overall impression is that this novella was rushed out and doesn't represent the quality we have come to expect from Mr. David. Yet, even in this short, comic stretch it is good to see our New Frontier friends.

A side note. The letter to the readers at the beginning was very strange. Essentially, Mr. David lectured the reader that these are his characters and he would do what he pleases with them. That is part of my basis for thinking this was not a novella that was ready for publication. Very strange.

Best Trek series currently running.......2005-01-09

Once again, Peter David shows us why the New Frontier series is the best thing currently happening in the Star Trek universe.

His latest entry in the saga of Captain Calhoun and the crew of the U.S.S. Excaliber picks up the story three years after the events of Stone and Anvil. A lot has changed in the New Frontier universe. Si Cwan is now an important leader in the New Thallonian Empire and married to Robin Lefler, Soleta has joined the Romulan Empire, Shelby is an admiral and Calhoun is, well, he's still Calhoun. From the beginning, the strength of the New Frontier has been the characters and the freedom David has to play with them. Moving the plot forward three years from the last installment means that David can put these strong characters into new situations, but still have readers identify with them. One of the compelling things about this novel is the desire to see how each character got from Stone and Anvil to the events chronicled here.

And in this, David excels.

But there's also one heck of a good plot. Xyon, Calhoun's son returns and wreaks havoc with Kalinda'a wedding day. This throws the New Thallonian empire and Ci Swan's marriage to Lefler into chaos. Meanwhile, a new mysterious alien race shows up with the ability to use transwarp conduits.

For those of you expecting a complete novel, I will say this one ends on a cliffhanger and it's the first part of a new trilogy. But I didn't mind one bit. The story come to a good ending point--leaving you curious and wanting more. And you can bet I'll be the first in line for the next installment of this series later in 2005.

A "New" Approach.......2004-12-18

There have been New Frontier books in the past years. There was "Cold Wars," the "No Limits" anthology and the previous hardcover, "Stone and Anvil." At first, I would complain that there isn't a need for another hardcover considering the last few books have been at a special higher price than your standard paperback. Then, after reading it, I see why. "After the Fall" is a new approach to the series. My main complaint about the last slew of NF books has been that it's gone from a believable Trek series with a bit more of a laid back, honest type of humor to being like a fan-fiction running wild. This book seems to return to New Frontier's roots. It's more like a book from the "Dark Allies" days than the more recent ones.

First, a bit of negative criticism. Having read all the books with the exception of "No Limits" and the short story in the Gateways finale, I sort of missed the big story Peter David chose to gloss over. In my opinion, that should have been the focus of a book or series of books. Instead, this starts off like any Greek epic and puts you in the middle of trouble without much explanation. Some of the leading characters like Shelby and Soleta get their moments but they aren't really in the book much. Characters reflect on them and what's happened but still, these characters are left on the outskirts.

The book is also hard to keep up with because there are so many characters in the story that some of the new ones aren't properly introduced, others (such as Selar) are only given a scene here or there, the whole Excalibur/Trident split leaves you wanting to get more of one or the other crew and there's an entirely new setting added, as if we didn't have enough to keep up with; New Thallon. Some characters such as Robin Lefler, Kat Mueller and the Trident's XO all get the spotlight put on them but how they reached this point in their lives is left to the readers to fill in the gaps with the little information provided. I would have also been interested to know how Jellico and Calhoun could have gotten beyond their big issues to become chummy friends. Or what exactly Soleta does in her new position.

Now, the good. The jump does allow for interesting plot developments. I thought I'd be bored to tears at the start with the New Thallon and Si Cwan plot. After getting into it, David seems to have truly created an original plot that only he could have come up with. I like that Cwan and Lefler still have one another to bounce off. There was still that laid-back feel that makes the book easy to read. I was glad to see the return of some old faces from New Frontier's past and a new alien threat being created that sets this series off from one another. What I most liked is that this story and series seems more off on its own than in the past. There has been a reference to some other Trek series or episode in the past. Or some appearance by Picard or mentioning of a big event in Trek that's spawned this situation. This is all original and though David could have mentioned Nemesis, Voyager's return or many other situations, they're left out and the story and series seems stronger for it.

I'd say this story is worth reading. I'm not sure if the book is worth this price. Though there is a dramatic change for the plot and many of these characters, and the juvenile-comic book tone is present in the beginning, there was a noticeable change towards the end of the book that made it seem as if it was getting more mature and leaving behind certain negative things. If you are a fan of Robin Lefler, Si Cwan and Kalinda, I'd say this book was written for you. The Excalibur and Calhoun don't appear to later on in the book and really don't have a large role until the last 100 or so pages. It's still a good read and I enjoyed it more so than I did "Stone and Anvil." It leaves me wanting to know what's going to happen which is more than what the previous few books have left me with.

Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall

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Fascinating
Russia as it is
Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia
Finally, a book about today's Russia & the former-USSR by a Westerner without all that cloak & dagger stuff!
Good work!!

Black Earth: A Journey through Russia After the Fall
Andrew Meier
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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ASIN: 0393326411

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"That Black Earth is an extraordinary work is, for anyone who has known Russia, beyond question."—George Kennan

"A compassionate glimpse into the extremes where the new Russia meets the old," writes Robert Legvold (Foreign Affairs) about Andrew Meier's enthralling new work. Journeying across a resurgent and reputedly free land, Meier has produced a virtuosic mix of nuanced history, lyric travelogue, and unflinching reportage. Throughout, Meier captures the country's present limbo—a land rich in potential but on the brink of staggering back into tyranny—in an account that is by turns heartrending and celebratory, comic and terrifying. A 2003 New York Public Library Book to Remember. 13 photographs.

Customer Reviews:

Fascinating.......2007-10-07

The author travels all over Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union. His trip to Chechnya is really eye-opening. If you're interested in Russia, I highly recommend this book.

Russia as it is .......2007-06-27

Meier writes about the transition pains that Russians have and are experiencing as he travels there from 1995 to 2002. From Chechnya to Sakhalin to Norlisk, Petersburg and Moscow, Meier meets with ordinary and not so ordinary Russians to get a sense of their new post-soviet existence. His knowledge of Russian history and literature makes the book even more interesting as he commonly draws from the past and literature to explain the Russian character. This is by far one of the best accounts on contemporary Russia, a travelogue that gives the reader a real sense of not only what it means to live in Russia today but a good sense of where Russia is headed.

Accurate portrayal of contemporary Russia.......2007-04-20

This book recounts the author's travels throughout Russia in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Overall, I think that Meier makes a worthwhile contribution to the already substantial number of journalistic travel narratives that focus on the post-Soviet realm. The book is divided into 6 chapters: the first and last ones discuss the author's time spent in Moscow, while the other 4 trace his visits to the southern, northern, eastern, and western edges of the country. His journey to the south takes him to Chechnya, where he visits a village that was the site of a purported recent massacre of civilians. This chapter was interesting if only for the fact that there is still a dearth of Western journalists who have managed to visit and write about the region. His interviewees there include Chechen civilians, Russian military personnel, doctors, local warlords, and others. His analysis of the political dynamics was fairly neutral and evenhanded. Meier's northern journey involves a trip up the Yenisei River from Krasnoyarsk to Norilsk, which lies above the Arctic Circle. Norilsk was founded as a prison camp and today is centered on the extraction of nickel and other natural resources. Meier is mostly interested in the city's history as a part of the gulag, and he interviews numerous people who were themselves prisoners. One of the chapter's themes is the fact that many of these people elected to stay in this polluted, isolated, freezing place even after they became free, simply because they had nowhere to go. Next Meier goes to the Pacific island of Sakhalin, home to some of Russia's largest oil fields. He hauntingly describes driving through near ghost towns that have been decimated by industrial collapse, emigration, and various other societal ills that are pervasive throughout Russia. Finally, Meier has a nice chapter on St. Petersburg, looking at the city's cultural and historical role in Russia. He uses the assassination of Petersburg politician and reformist Galina Staravoitieva to make a statement on the failure of liberalism in Russia, as an ideology and social movement.

Overall, Meier writes well and often with penetrating insight. His interviewees include a colorful cast of characters from all walks of life, including ordinary Russians, pensioners, cultural and literary figures, academics, and political leaders. As is the case with any book that often jumps from topic to topic, it is uneven at times. He jumps from past to present with regularity, and his efforts to connect the two are not always successful. In addition, like many working within this genre, Meier often can't resist the temptation to indulge in abstract philosophizing, although he is definitely less guilty of this than others. In short, I would heartily recommend this book to anyone with a general interest in Russia. Meier provides an insightful, empathetic analysis of the political, social and economic transformations wrought by the collapse of communism, and the ways in which these changes have impacted ordinary Russians' lives.

Finally, a book about today's Russia & the former-USSR by a Westerner without all that cloak & dagger stuff!.......2007-01-24

I was looking for a walk down memory lane. Yessir, I got it.

I was looking to be educated about Russia by a competent scribe who could cut through all of that jingoistic anti-post-Soviet (and mostly Western-instigated) gibberish that pervades the shelves of the big literary boxstores, which some people call "bookstores." Yup. I got it, too.

I wanted to be entertained with a book which, on the cold hard face of it, could have alternately emerged as a dry quote-heavy and source material-heavy non-fiction tour-de-force. It wasn't. So, uh-huh, that wish came true as well.

Andrew Meier's book is a sheer delight for the visual senses. Tolstoy would have been proud. Solzhenitsyn is chuckling about this, even today, and he's not laughing at Mr. Meier as much as he's laughing about what Mr. Meier writes about. Why didn't this come to market a lot sooner, Solzhenitsyn seems to be asking...

Russians across that vast expanse of territory situated at the top of the world atlas are also cheering in hip-hop-hooray at Mr. Meier's efforts. Across the colorful breadth of Mr. Meier's massive book, you get a sense inside its pages that a lone man's really devoted himself, monk-like, to the dissection and comprehension of the cross-section of Russian society in a way few researchers of his ilk really have. It's so impressive.

What you're going to read inside these pages, folks, is truly a work of admirable obsessiveness by a young man who has passionately found himself in a land not quite his own. I'm suddenly envious of him for finding a passion which has overtaken his senses to the degree that the former Soviet Union has. All of us must have this passion. Our lives depend on it.

I admit, like most Westerners, much of what we know about yesterday's and today's Russia is biased by more than forty years of the Cold War. Much of what we know is useless wide accusatory brushstroking that doesn't help us to understand what make these people truly tick.

Rarely has a Westerner had such an exclusive chance to probe into the depths and lives of a former "enemy. When an opportunity arose post-glasnost, Meier was one of the first Western reporters to really get a good look around at things. He tells you all about it in black and white.

I can't fault any of these chapters, really.

I'd love to have read more about the lives of the oligarchs, but I understand the comparative paucity and murkiness of the supplied information on the likes of Mssrs. Berezovsky, Gusinsky, and Potanin. It's clear that Meier could have been putting his very life in danger for doing so. We have all heard of the fates of Mssrs. Klebnikov and Theo Van Gogh and then, of the late Madame Politikovskaya. There's no use belaboring the point that Meier is an overly talented author who has more than just his authorial career at stake, in the mix. Though I appreciate his candor and the depth of incisiveness with which he was capable of going, sadly, authors in Russia can only probe thus far...

The section about Chechnya was simply marvellous. Meier really got in there, befriended all the right people and got into their thoughts and all. He's even written something about Chechnya in its own subsequent treatment, something which I'm going to get my hands on eventually. It's hard for all of us to visualize what's going on over there in the Caucasus--let alone look at it soberly and without judgement--for the simple reason that what the Russian armed forces are doing gets subsumed into that war on something starting with the letter "t." Because the Russians are deemed to be engaged in something totally acceptable as per the world's opinion, it suddenly doesn't seem all that wrong. Troublesome thoughts, indeed.

I warn you, ladies and gentlemen, this is by far an "easy" read. It's heavy and the print's for the most part, tiny. It's going to take you a good long while to finish it, and even if you're a fast reader, I recommend it best to meander about its pages for a bit. It's detail-a-plenty, and something tells me to gobble this one quickly is actually a disservice to Andrew's diligent toil.

He really covers all the bases, it's staggering. I'm still in awe.

While I finished this one in 2007, his is my best non-fiction book of 2006. Hands down.

Five stars from me.

Hand on the heart,
ADM in Prague

Good work!!.......2006-06-06

Good job by Mr Meier.He takes us to places that we probably we dont read about and talks to people who knows what's going on in those places.I especially enjoyed the chapter that talks about Chenchenya and the difficulties in that part of Russia.I also liked his account and views about Vladimir Putin and the fact that sometimes he can be trusted to make things worked in Russia and sometimes he seems to take a step back.The only problem with Mr Meier is that he explains everything with,sometimes, way to many details.In other words, when he describes his journeys and interviews he tries to describe everything: the time of day, the clothes the person is wearing, the tea his drinking ,the color of his hair,ornamets in the house,the weather outside.This will cause that a situation that he is describing takes more than is needed.It took me a while to get used to his style of writing but at the end i was satisfied with his work because he answered a lot of questions that i had.

After the Fall: How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All Over Again

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SUPERB AND WONDERFUL!
Who's the real victim here?

After the Fall: How I Picked Myself Up, Dusted Myself Off, and Started All Over Again
Suzanne Somers
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ASIN: 0609603124
Release Date: 1998-04-14

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You have to admire a book with the prologue: "My goal in life is to become the person my dog thinks I am." Suzanne Somers's third book, After the Fall chronicles how she became blackballed from Hollywood after demanding a raise for her role on Three's Company. While she was only asking for pay equal to that of male TV stars of that era ($150,000 a week), she was promptly canned from the show and had difficulty finding acting work for the next decade. Simultaneously, Somers was dealing with her new husband's chilly treatment toward her son from her first marriage, Bruce, and Bruce's reaction to having a stepsister and a stepbrother.

Somers's descriptions of the star-studded Hollywood parties can occasionally become too heavy-handed, and it can be hard to sympathize when Somers says she had to cut back her lavish spending, such as on her $1,500-a-day personal hair stylist and makeup artist. However, readers interested in behind-the-scenes descriptions such as those of inflamed egos on the set of the show, the intricacies of the filming of a Barbara Walters interview, and the drama of choreographing a Las Vegas show will find this book a revealing read, especially given its 16 pages of pictures.

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In this moving and inspiring follow-up to her New York Times best-selling memoir, Keeping Secrets, Suzanne Somers revisits her years before and after Three's Company and reveals with fearless self-examination how the dizzying rise and fall of her television career mirrored the chaos and conflict in her personal life.
        With her usual candor and perspective, Suzanne takes readers inside the rehearsal hall of Three's Company and offers a never-before-seen look at the competition, jealousy, and greed that accompanies a hit TV show. As the lovable
Chrissy Snow, Suzanne Somers became the toast of Hollywood, with all its glittery perks. Yet all was not perfect, she confesses. Simultaneously, her professional success and her relationship with her husband, the love of a lifetime, were being sorely tested as they attempted to blend their families together and were forced to deal with the anger and resentment of their mutual children.
        When she became the first female star to ask for the same pay as male television stars, Suzanne was fired from Three's Company and the once-
welcoming doors to the most powerful offices in Hollywood slammed shut. For the better part of the next decade, she was unofficially blackballed from television because of this incident.
         In this insightful memoir, Suzanne tells all, from the heady days of stardom to her fall from grace and the grief that followed, to her eventual resurrection as an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and, once again, beloved TV star. Every reader who's ever experienced loss or felt a great opportunity slip through his or her fingers can relate
to Suzanne's story of how she fought back, won
control over her own destiny, and learned lessons along the journey.

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Very Entertaining.......2007-06-27

Even if you were a little kid when Three's Company was popular, you will still enjoy this biography. Suzane Somers always kind of annoyed me, but I liked her more after reading this, even though I am sure other people have another side of the story. I liked her first book as well. They are both very detailed, right down to what outfits she was wearing. A good book, I would recommend.

Will give you a greater appreciation of author.......2004-01-30

Enjoyed the taped version of AFTER THE FALL, written and read
by Suzanne Somers . . . it is her third book . . . this one accounts
how she picked herself up, dusted herself off and started all over again
after being dropped from THREE'S COMPANY in its fifth season

It gave me a better appreciation for Somers who had difficulty finding
work for nearly ten years after she dared ask for pay equal to that
of male TV stars of that era . . . she refused to give up, however,
and instead became involved in a hit Las Vegas show, along with
an informational and several books . . . when she resurfaces in 1991
to become one of the stars of another TV show, STEP BY STEP, I
almost cheered.

Very good book!.......2000-06-04

The book AFTER THE FALL is a very interesting autobiography by a charming and talented performer. It describes how Suzanne Somers became one of the the most famous TV performers in the 70s only to become one of the most unsuccessful TV performers of the 80s. She deserved better than what she got on THREE'S COMPANY. It was especially interesting to read about how Suzanne reacted when she met the actress who replaced her on THREE'S COMPANY. The book is also about how Suzanne and her husband blended their families together. Suzanne's husband was very resentful of her son and it was sad to read about the way Bruce was treated for many years. But in the end everything works out for the best. And I can only hope that one day there will be a THREE'S COMPANY reunion?

SUPERB AND WONDERFUL!.......2000-05-25

This book spoke to my heart and I thought it was wonderful and to the point. It showed how you have to take responsibility for what you are and the decisions you make. And also it showed how you can pick yourself up and move on and not have to be stuck in a rut. I encourage any and everyone to read, you'll learn things you never knew.

Who's the real victim here?.......2000-02-20

I'm glad that Suzanne Somers has found peace and happiness in her life. I was disappointed though with her road to peace. She was young and immature when she filmed "Threes Company". I do agree with her that she deserved to be paid as much as a male and it is unfortunate that, at that time, Hollywood didn't think so. Her account of how poor she was as an unwed mother, before her rise to fame, didn't set well with me. California was and is a welfare state. Why didn't she go on public assistance? She spoke to Barbara Walters of the shame of posing nude so she could support her young son. Yet, in Dec. 1984 she posed nude again for "Playboy Magazine". She failed to mention that in the book, yet there is a picture of the cover of "Playboy". Her excessive spending and then sudden loss of income didn't make me cry. Spending $1500.00 each day for make-up and hair styling. That's rent for most people in California. She mentioned how Allens parents were a little uncomfortable of she and Allen spending so much money on elaborate gifts at Christmas time. His parents were very poor when he was little. You would think that she would have remembered her days of struggling as a single mom and how every penny counted. Finally, how in the world could she stay with a man who for years didn't want anything to do with her son! She says that her son always came first. If her son came first, she should have told Allen to take a hike! How could she hear Allen speak to Bruce the way he did and then speak of passionte nights in bed with Allen? I hope that Bruce has truly healed from the hurtful past. However, for him I would recommend a book titled, "Toxic Parents", by Dr. Susan Forward. I come from a broken home and "Toxic Parents" helped me a lot. As for Allen, he should be ashamed. What kind of a role model has he been for Bruce, Stephen and Leslie?

And Their Children After Them: The Legacy Of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men : James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South

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Honors the legacy
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Poignant and thought-provoking
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Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 1991

And Their Children After Them: The Legacy Of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men : James Agee, Walker Evans, and the Rise and Fall of Cotton in the South
Dale Maharidge , and Michael Williamson
Manufacturer: Seven Stories Press
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ASIN: 1583226575

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"A stunning sequel to the James Ageeâ€“Walker Evans' classic, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. It is at times astonishing, at all times deeply moving."-Studs Terkel

"A book that reaches into this country's heart of darkness. . . . A tragically human story more telling than a thousand polls. The photographs by Mr. Williamson are eloquent."-Herbert Mitgang, New York Times

"Mr. Williamson's photos are spellbinding and should become instant classics."-John Elvin, Washington Times

In this paperback reissue, an author/photographer team returns to the land and families captured in James Agee and Walker Evans's inimitable masterwork Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, extending the project of conscience and chronicling the traumatic decline of King Cotton. In 1936, during a brief window of national attention to the topic, Fortune magazine commissioned from Agee and Evans a story on poverty among tenant farmers in Alabama. Agee was famously ambivalent in his role, calling himself a spy and ultimately delivering a book-length manuscript unpublishable in magazine form. With this continuation of Agee and Evans's work, Maharidge and Williamson not only uncover some surprising historical secrets relating to the families and to Agee himself, but also effectively lay to rest Agee's fear that his work, from lack of reverence or resilience, would be but another offense to the humanity of its subjects.

Williamson's 90-part photo essay includes updates alongside Evans' classic originals.

Dale Maharidge (Homeland, Journey to Nowhere) has been a visiting professor of journalism at Columbia University and Stanford, and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 1998.

Michael Williamson is a photographer for the Washington Post who won a second Pulitzer for his coverage of the war in Kosovo.

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Honors the legacy.......2007-01-31

For readers of the original Agee/Evans collaboration, "And Their Children" is well worth the time. The reporter and photographer tracked down the 116 living offspring of the pseudonymous Gudger, Ricketts, and Woods families, as well as those who were part of the original book (12 of 22 who appeared in "Let Us Now" were still alive when they began their research in 1986). Not all were willing to be interviewed or photographed, but many were.

As with the first book, the tale here is not a particularly happy one. The author begins by recounting the suicide of Maggie Louise Gudger, age 10 in 1936, a particular favorite of Agee's, and dead at age 45--the same age at which Agee himself died from drink. And yet there are varying degrees of hope in many of the stories, such as that of Maggie Louise's daughter Debbie and her children.

The structure of the book follows each family through different periods: 1936-1940; 1940-1960; and 1960-1986. The author also includes sections on one of the local landowning families (which was far from rich!) and an African-American sharecropping family. Along the way, we learn surprising things about the evil (and Faulknerian) Fred Ricketts, the fate of Clair Bell (she did not die at age 4, as Agee had feared she would), the struggles of George Gudger, and the families' views on Agee, Evans, and the original book. About the children and grandchildren, we find out about those who ran away (and usually came back) and those who stayed; marriages; children; the end of farming; attempts at succeeding at school and at work; closeness and bitterness. It's all grippingly told. And the photographs that allow one to compare the state of things in 1936 and 1986 are excellent. Several photos exactly re-capture the originals.

Quibbles: Naturally, I think, the sections on the two families who did not appear in the first book are less interesting. They could have been abbreviated. Also, the author's (negative) take on the state of America in 1986 is garden-variety journalism for that time. These sections are easily avoided, however, and do not detract from the writing about the original families.

Counter to the author's gloomy opinions, his stories indicate that many of these descendents of share-croppers emerged from the Depression to enjoy a slow but steady material progress. Maggie Louise's grandchildren, now in their thirties, should do even better over the course of their lives. One hopes that another writer-photographer team will venture to Hobe's Hill in 2036 to test that proposition.

Quite interesting........2005-07-25

While I have Let Us Now Praise Famous Men on deck to read as well, the friend who loaned me the books explained she found And Their Children After Them first, and actually liked reading them in reverse order. So, I chose to follow her lead.

The book, even standing alone, is an intensely personal and touching look into the lives of people who many of us who enjoy the luxury of writing reviews on the Internet can never really understand. The backgrounds, upbringings and challenges were so vastly different, and the book does a good job of showing us something different, something very real.

I can understand the retiscence of some to participate in the book -- while reading passages in this book I often thought to myself what it would feel like to be the person being written about and to see the things about them in print. Like our society, there is a great deal of judgement in the book -- while they try to avoid it, it is there, and it's painful at times.

But it's all worth it, in my opinion, to uncover the many thought provoking things that relate to our world today, and that give me a better understanding of history and people's place within it.

Poignant and thought-provoking.......2000-10-19

This book should be read right after reading James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Mem. Unfortuantely I read it over four years before I read Agee's work. When I read this book--in Feb 1996--I wrote to myself: This is a book Newt Gingrich and the crazy House freshmen should read--people who are so intent that those who cannot make it on their own should not make it.

A "Must Have" for Anyone who liked "Let Us Now Praise....".......1999-03-20

First introduced to "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" by James Agee and Walker Evans through a PBS Documentary, which inspired a dash to the library to read the book iteself, it wasn't until years later I went back to the library to see if anyone had ever followed up on the story. Confronted with the then new computerized "card catalog" system, I wondered how I might search for any related writings when it dawned on me what a perfect title would naturally evolve from the verse the first book title was taken: ..And Their Children After Them. Imagine my amazement when I tried that title, and there it was! Maharidge and Williamson have followed in Agee and Evans footsteps to give readers "the rest of the story" of the tenant farmers' families and grandchildren, as well as the stories of Agee and Evans themselves. I congratulation them on an excellent book, and offer thanks to the families and their descendants for sharing their lifestories. Their lives did not take the path predicted for them by Agee: life refuses to be harnessed by prediction. Some went farther than anyone could have anticipated, while others came to a place, if possible, even worse than expected. As a second generation American, descended from Polish and Prussian immigrants who lived comparable lives, but who were blessed to own their own land, I identified closely with these stories, from the first page of "Let Us Praise" to the last page of "And Their Children".

Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction 1991.......1997-05-02

Unfortunately, the synopsis left out that this book won the Pulitzer for Non-fiction in 1991. Maharidge and Williamson followed the footsteps of James Agee who had profiled sharecroppers during the Depression. They found their decendants, and showed that while cotton and sharecropping had died, rural poverty for these families had been passed down to new generations. The front section of the book is a series of photographs by Williamson, and they are tremendous. Moreover, in their reporting, they filled a gap left by Agee by finding a black family of sharecroppers to add to the others profiled. This is a tremendous book. It works on multiple levels, giving both the sweep of Southern social and economic history and bringing it down to individuals. Beyond that, the book is a metaphor for our own time. "If we understand the death of cotton," Maharidge writes in this book, "we understand many things about modern America." This is a tremendous work, highly readable and moving. The recognition these two craftsmen received for it is well-deserved

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Had really good start, but VERY unsatisfying end
I liked it but...
A Good story,but poorly written.
A Good story,but poorly written.
A memorable family drama with a story I'll not soon forget

After the Fall
Judith Kelman
Manufacturer: Jove
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ASIN: 0515128325
Release Date: 2000-06-05

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When the police come pounding at the Magills' door, arresting their straight-A son Danny for a shocking crime, it shatters the affluent family's perfect world.

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Had really good start, but VERY unsatisfying end.......2005-01-18

I agree with some of the other readers about this book too when they say it started off well. The first few pages really had me hooked and the book moved along quickly near the end. I also thought some of the dialogue and character's thoughts were pretty funny. But the author really dropped the ball on outcome of Lisa and her father. I really thought he should have been punished for the sick things he'd been involved with and certainly for abusing his daughter ! I also was very suprised Jess, the mother showed so little concern when she learned her son had basically molested their daughter when they were younger. Also, her denial that her husband had treated her roughly, practically raped her that one night, surprised me, too.

I expected at least a shocker or two to be revealed about her husband and/or son..something that would almost surely threaten to tear the family apart as the summary of the book hinted at, but that didn't happen. Very baffling disappointing ending.

I liked it but..........2003-05-13

Started off with lots of steam, but somehow lost it. The ending was disturbing - what happens to Lisa? Also, what if it wasn't for grandpa's tens of thousands of dollars needed to get him off? Also - the mental image of the sister sitting on her brother's lap with him kissing her and seeing him with a huge erection sticking out of his underwear - this is passed off as 'normal' by the mom?! I don't think so - confirms my views of mental health providers - more nuts than the patients, sometimes.

A Good story,but poorly written........2002-06-17

Let me preface my review by saying that I read the whole book and was really interested to see how it ended. However, I was annoyed the entire time I read this book. Jess, the main character, is a pyschologist? She is a nuerotic mess who is bullied by everyone in her life, including her three rotton children. Her teenage daughter tells her that her brother molested her, and she just brushes it off as normal behavior? I could go on and on.
Some plot points were so ridiculous I couldn't believe they were on paper. Deloros gets caught giving false testimony to a detective and then physically attacks him THREE timesand he sends her on her way.The same veteran detective lets a rent-a-cop security guard put a gun to his head and threaten to kill him and also sends him on his way. terrible dialogue.This is the 1st and last book i will read by the author.

A Good story,but poorly written........2002-06-17

A memorable family drama with a story I'll not soon forget.......2001-11-24

As the mother of a teenaged son, I was totally absorbed in this book. I felt as if I knew the characters and cared deeply about the wrenching events of this story. I loved Prozac, the best fictional dog I've ever encountered and the rest of the Magill family.

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Humpty Dumpty...After the Fall

Manufacturer: Price Stern Sloan
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Binding: Board book

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ASIN: 0843113472

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"No matter how many times you stumble and fall,
Just pick yourself up and get back on that wall!"
Even the youngest readers will be inspired by Humpty's positive attitude! Patched up and ready for fun, he climbs back on the wall to dance, jump, and play in this die-cut, thick, big-trim board book that takes off where the classic nursery rhyme ends. Shaped like a castle, this fun, chunky book gives kids an amazing view inside Humpty Dumpty's world with die-cut doors and peek-through windows. Charles Reasoner's simple, rhyming text and eye-catching artwork give new life to this egg-shaped hero.

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