This book has no redeeming value whatsoever. The photographs look bad, the content is bad and many of the models are has-beens who never were. Overall a waste of paper pulp, although I initially picked it up because I liked the cover.

A book like this will normally be expected to contain lots of outstanding photographs with beautiful reproductions. Oddly, the photographs are the weakest part of the book. Much of the book is focused on brief, superficial interviews with famous model industry personalities conducted by David Bailey. The essays primarily repeat what popular magazines have said about the industry over the years, and are written in a similar style to that used in fashion magazines. If you are a younger person, and want to know about what modeling was like before the 90s, the text will probably be of some interest to you.

The essays begin with one about the role of the female model, and how these women emerged from being mannequins (or a blank canvases) who were often expoited into becoming well-known personalities who often developed nonmodeling careers (such as acting). The history of how agents went from controlling the industry (and getting 40 percent of the fees paid to the models) to losing control is then described. Some of the top fashion photographers are profiled next, along with their styles. Brief essays also look at designers, editors, the supermodel phenomenon, those who were harmed by becoming models (especially during heroin chic), and the fashion legends. These essays are the best part of the book

Brief interviews are reported with Isabella Blow; Karen Elson; Cindy Crawford; Jerry Hall; Michael Flutie; Eileen Ford, Lillian Bassman; Bruce Weber; Penelope Tree; Arthur Elgort, Peter Lindbergh; Patrick Demarchelier; Isabella Rossellini; Angelica Huston; Carmen Dell'Orefice; Isaac Mizrahi: Vivienne Westwood; Karl Lagerfeld; Jay Alexander; Liz Tilberis; Polly Mellen: Franca Sozzani; Anna Wintour; Christy Turlington; Naomi Campbell; Helena Christensen; Suzie Bick; James King; Jean Shrinpton; Dorian Leigh; Iman; Karen Elson; and Kate Moss. If you know much about fashion or modeling, little new will emerge here other than occasional snide comments about individuals.

All of the photographs are done by David Bailey. My favorite images in the book (as reproduced here) are:

Peter Lindbergh (p. 23)

Naomi Campbell (pp. 24-25)

Iman (p. 37)

Jerry Hall (pp. 53, 164)

Catherine Deneuve (p. 65)

Jean Shrimpton (pp. 69, 169, 185)

Anne Piaggi (p. 118)

Anna Wintour (p. 127)

Christy Turlington (p. 137)

Carmen Dell'Orefice and Dorian Leigh (p. 171).

Both the photographs and the reproductions are unremarkable. I came away thinking (once again) that David Bailey was lucky that he was able to photograph Jean Shrimpton and Catherine Deneuve so often. With other models, the results are not as good.

Having looked at this material made me realize how much fashion focus is like a brief glance, arresting . . . but then moving on to look at something else. It must be terribly difficult to go from obscurity to the center of attention to being of no more interest to most people. I admire those who can handle it well.

What can you do to make your life become a progression of rewarding accomplishments, so that maturity launches you further along in satisfactions? When you answer that question, you will have obtained a profound benefit from this panorama of fashion history.

When your heart and personality shine, you always look your best! But more importantly, you feel and act your best then, too.

Mario Sorrenti is not dead. You mentioned in the article that he died from a drug overdose. This, however, is not true. Mario's brother, Davide, died. Sorrenti has published a book on the life of his brother called "The Machine."

Ms. Bailey is truly at the top of her profession. The illustrations are truly stunning. I was however hoping for some of her thoughts on her favorite products. The book really doesn't touch this at all

I've had trouble locating this book in the stores and was glad to see it available here. The book's adorable and stuffed with a lot of useful info. Looks like it would be a good gift idea, too. It would fit into a christmas stocking pretty easily. Overall, it's the best-looking book I've seen on nails (the others are either too art-y or too dull). My only criticism-could use more fantasy nail ideas.

When I read the book I loved it. The pictures by Michael Thompson were beautiful. The information in the book was very useful. I think she has a lot of talent toward her profession.

This book is a collection of articles that appeared in various issues of Campaigns and Elections magazine. Sections divide the cases of elections for U.S. Senate, House, state/local races, and ballot initiatives.

Alone, the articles are each reasonably well executed. But don't go looking for connective tissue. This book completely lacks any structure for comparison. The "case studies" are not composed in similar formats. An unfamiliar reader will have trouble understanding when events took place -- dates have been left out -- entire articles exist without reference to years that elections took place.

Articles written by managers or consultants for one candidate reject any balanced discussion of their opponents' tactics.

These aren't flaws of the writers. They're flaws of the collection. The book's editors appear to have made no effort to revise old magazine content. Chapters don't even begin or end with extra unifying information.

Long story short: this is little more than a disjointed re-packaging.

It's very hard to find good, practical case studies of political campaigns written by people who know what they're doing. This book is superb, and an excellent source for people who want to find out the inside story of how candidates win tough elections.

Very pooly written, uninteresting, and an obviously terribly self-serving book. The author is a selfish, ungodly person who tried to make herself look Godly in this book as she put herself as the "star." Nor is it accurate according to the Bible --that is why it is fiction. To try to connect it to other famous books is demeaning to those authors, when it in no way compares in intensity and creativity with them. Waste of money to anyone who buys it.

Judy Bailey has captured the biblical endtimes scenario from a dispensational viewpoint in a dramatic way. Starting with the Rapture of the Church after a heartwrenching death of her best friends child...Bailey starts the reader off on an adventure of breathtaking proportions and accurately portrays the sequence of events that rocks the world into the apocalyse of St.John... culminating with the return of Christ and the eternal kingdom.

Bailey's masterful fictional storyweaving of the biblical endtimes keeps the reader on the edge of adventure and tears...as the story portrays mankinds rejection of God's coming kingdom and Christs return to defeat the forces of evil.

A must read for all Christians

Book of semi-historical signifance. Normal everyday reader will find book boring and "long" winded. Good primary sources but not a book with a "bite." No new information given to change this person's mind about the Victorian Era in England. Bailey's thesis is lost in the mire of words.

I find Bailey's work/words a relieving breath of fresh air in a discipline not usually known for its energy and entertainment. Bailey manages to break free of the conventional style of historical writers by focusing truly on the cultural feel of the period. As a history graduate student I have read my fair share of other's accounts, but you know from the first chapter of this book that you will not grow weary, you will be entertained with Bailey's subtle wit, and you will indeed learn much about the period in the process. I am reading it a second time now, grabbing the delicacies that I overlooked in the first read. In a field that often leaves your mouth caked, we either need more writers like Bailey, or Bailey needs to write more books.

I thought that this would be good, but it stunk! The ending is so bland that I almost threw up. Please don't read this book or waste your money and/or time reading this. Please don't! Maybe the next one will be better - I haven't read it.

Even though I haven't read all the Bailey School Kids Books thier all VERY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this book was pretty good and explained a lot to me about the origin of ebonics. if you are interested in this subject like i was it would be a good book to buy.

I think it was pretty darn good, not tooot'n good, but prettydarn good. Lots of animals and senep t'now eem

This is a lesser selection of newer Beetle Bailey strip that should still appeal to the ardent fan.

Newer Beetle Bailey strips just aren't as consistently funny as the earlier classics. Nevertheless, this book still should appeal to ardent fans.