These look like a great item.And kids would love to play with them

This is an absolute "must have" for Marilyn collectors. All her famous outfits from her movies....very very nice.

As mentioned by the author, there have been a significant number books that have been written about the acting performances of Miss Monroe; however, Mr. Rollyson's book is written in depth and with candor regarding her method of study and acting. I found that there was a thorough analysis of her films, not just a brief overview. This is one book that should be found in every Monroe afficionado's library, especially those who are truly interested in her acting style and method. A very interesting and enjoyable read.

I wrote this biography at a time when no biography had shown how Monroe approached her screen roles. I developed a vocabulary for assessing her acting, particularly her major roles from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes to The Misfits. Much new information has been uncovered since I wrote my book, but I don't think any writer has surpassed my treatment of her life as an actress.

Marilyn is captured in just about every mood possible in this book. A wonderful book for my MM collection.

The pictures of Marilyn in this book are wonderful..I thought I saw them all until I got this book. I recommend to all Marilyn fans, it is a must.

This fictional novel is the story of Marilyn's hypothetical daughter, fathered by Robert Kennedy. Normalyn Morgan recieves a letter from the woman she thought was her mother after her death stating that MM was her real mother, and she heads for LA to find out the truth. The book is not only a great read, it's a lesson to all those on a quest for the truth, whether about MM's affairs with the Kennedys or about her death....I really believe Rechy is trying to make a statement about these truth-hunters. Check it out, it leaves you with some interesting questions!

A "noir" novel about Norma Jeane Morgan, a shy Texas teenager whose supposed mother leaves her evidence that she may be the great movie star's secret daughter. Norma Jeane journeys to L.A. to discover her origin and encounters a range of vivid characters. Some are from present-day Hollywood, like Troja, a gorgeous male M.M. impersonator, and Kirk, a former Mr. America. Others are from scandal-ridden Hollywood past, like the vicious gossip columnist who ruled with her venom. A weird cult of teenagers known as the Dead Movie Stars--who impersonate their idols after discovering hidden scandals about them--lead Normalyn to her startling discovery in a novel that is a mystery, a romance, a conjecture about what might have been. An enthralling, can't-put-it down novel.

"Marilyn, a Biography" was Norman Mailer's first attempt at biography, but this is really much more than a meditation on the woman who was the major sex symbol of 20th Century American Popular Culture. Mailer's goal is to attempt to understand a beautiful, complex, and tragic woman, and he is particularly taken with the contradictions Monroe's life presents to us. He also presents her as a symbol of the bizarre decade of the 1950s in which she made her impact. What you have to keep in mind it that Mailer makes no distinction between fact and speculation as they are merged his mind. Mailer has the novelist's desire to connect the dots and complete the picture, and certainly the splash the publication of this book made, a quarter-century after the publication of "The Naked and the Dead," would appeal to the author's legendary ego.

However, in addition to being a biography this volume is also a pictorial retrospective of an actress whose greatest love affair may well have been with the camera. During the 1950s Marilyn Monroe was the most photographed person on the face of the planet. During that time Lawrence Schiller was a young photographer who would take the celebrate color photographs of a nude Monroe frolicking in and around a pool on the shot on the set of "Something's Got to Give," the film from which she was fired shortly before her death. Years later Schiller arranged a photographic exhibit from the stills of many major photographers who had worked with her, such as Richard Avedon and Bert Stern. The exhibit was called "Marilyn Monroe: The Legend and the Truth," and toured the United States and Japan. The photographs arranged arranged here as a photograph essay to offer a counterpoint to Mailer's text.

The resulting combination is certainly provocative, and, one can hope, insightful on several points. The problem is that we have no way of really knowing which points are the valid ones in this speculative biography. This is not a book to be read to know about the life of Marilyn Monroe, but rather an attempt to capture her essence and have it make sense. "Real" biographers and historians will dismiss "Marilyn" as mere sophistry; but the Sophists maintained that truth could not be known, if known it could not be understood, and if understood it could not be communicated. Ergo, all biographies and histories are sophistry, and Mailer's "Marilyn" just blatantly embraces the charge.

I loved this book. Norman Mailer wrote this book like poetry. I could not put it down.

I am so glad you found it for me even though it was out of print. I would have hated to miss reading this book.

Also, the book was used but was in perfect condition. Thanks for everything.

Everyone who loves Marilyn Monroe should read this book.

The honesty and sincerity with which this book was written is truly captivating. What I find most interesting are the facts that have come out about Marilyn's demise that these authors found out on their own years earlier.

I have heard these authors had a second book near publication but it got withheld because they were too close to revealing the truth about other questionable deaths.

This is one book that really surpasses all when the reader finishes it. It is written through the eyes of four psychics who were "allegedly" transported back in time to August 4th and 5th 1962, the scene of the Monroe murder. The book's Forward and Preface gives the reader an informative overview in the world
of the psychics. It delves into the world of the "occult" and explains the differences between those who practice the so-called "black arts" "channeling with the "demons" (devil),
as opposed to using the practice of "channeling" friendlier "spirits. The controversial use of the "ouja"
board and meditation through "seances" are used by the
authors in this book to summon the "spirit" of a woman
who lived much earlier than "Miss Monroe" in California
who inturn was in contact with her spirit as well as
Mr. Peter Lawfords' spirit. The reader will also come
in contact through the "psychics" Monroe's former vocal instructor while she was still a struggling starlet;
"Fred Karger". They ("psychics"), also come in contact
with Monroe's mother Grace, and the spirits of JFK and RFK. Again, this book is extremely different in its content
(subject matter) than any other book that I have read
on Monroe and should be viewed in an "objective" fashion.
I myself, while reading this book was surprised,
intrigued and saddened at the reinactment of the
Monroe murder as it was told by the "spirit" of
Marilyn Monroe. What I found most interesting was that
the psychics were instructed by the "spirit" and
supernatural visions to draw the would be ("suspects")
assasins and later show them to Marilyn Monroe's spirit
for her to identify and verify that they were the ones
who killed her. As I mentioned earlier, this is a very
unique book that anyone who reads this must have an
objective viewpoint on what the subject matter is;
that is the use of "channeling" spirits and the use of the "Ouja" board.
...
I don't know how many of these scenarios through the
eyes of these psychics were true, but, the reader will
make his/her conclusions as to its'credibility.
Interestingly, Monroe's spirit was satisfied as to how the "psychics" conducted its'investigative findings and
urged them to do what ever possible to "re-open" the
MM Murder Case. Monroe's spirit was extremely troubled
because people the world over believed she died of a "drug" overdose and not by a premeditated murder scheme contrived
by powerful people she was in contact with. In closing,
whether you will believe this book to contain the slightest amount of credibility is up to the reader. For those conspiratorialists of wrong doings such as crimes and
murders of famous celebrities may find this book
entertaining as well as thought provoking.
I for one thought so!

This book deals with the vices as well as the virtues of alienation. The massacre at Colombine High School in Littleton, Colorado, would seem be a manifestation of the vices of alienation, resistance, or disaffection. The author says, without imaginative strategies that shape the motives of alienation in healthy ways, we are doomed to see them manifested in pathological ways. Alienistic literature is still in the public domain, a gesture of respect (for the audience), not of violence. The author sees such works as antidotes to the violent or otherwise pathological impulses of civilization's "discontents."

This book deals with the vices as well as the virtues of alienation. The massacre at Colombine High School in Littleton, Colorado, would seem be a manifestation of the vices of alienation, resistance, or disaffection. The author says, without imaginative strategies that shape the motives of alienation in healthy ways, we are doomed to see them manifested in pathological ways. Alienistic literature is still in the public domain, a gesture of respect (for the audience), not of violence. The author sees such works as antidotes to the violent or otherwise pathological impulses of civilization's "discontents."

this book although a fictional tale is based upon true events that occurred during the period 700 to 1200 AD and covers regions in Europe,Asia and Africa. There is enough information to cover the interest of any history buff and satisfy the lover of adventure,romance,mystery,intrigue and historical politics. The story relates the travels of David, the deposed king of Khazaria until he regains his lost kingdom in such detail and style that should hold the interest of any reader till the final chapter.

Monty Kuttner's book is an outstanding conjectural look at what the final years of Khazar independence might have been like. The empire of Khazaria, a Turkish state in southern Russia which converted to Judaism in the 700's, boasted an advanced civilization and a history which spanned from the early 600's until its destruction by the emerging Russian state in the late 900's and early 1000's. Monty's book takes place in the 1100's, long after the might of the Khazar empire has vanished. His Khazaria is a collection of villages and wandering tribes struggling to fend off their external foes while simultaneously having to deal with internal dissention. The book is meticulously researched and incorporates such diverse elements as the Byzantine Empire, the Kingdom of Georgia, a very young Saladin and Moses Maimonides, and the feared Assassins of Alamut. There are some minor errors of historical fact and Mr. Kuttner tends to oversimplify the "barbarian" nations of the steppe, but overall the pace and quality of the writing allow the reader to suspend his or her disbelief.

This is my new favorite alphabet book to read to my 3 year old daughter. We both love looking at all of the pictures of the places we have been to and the items and animals as the relate to the state of Florida. Each page features a letter, a rhyme even small children can follow, and a beautiful picture. There are also sidebars where more in depth information on the pictures is provided for more advanced readers. Our favorites are N for Nasa, S for St Augustine, and of course W for Walt Disney World. I foud the sidebar information okay in content. The letter U is for underwater Aquarium and I thought that maybe some info on the state aquarium in Tampa would have been nice if it was provided but it was not. On the other hand the page for the letter Z for Zebra Longwing butterfly mentioned Butterfly World an attraction that is located just down the street from us. I think the book would have benefited from some more in depth informnation on places you could specifically visit. That said I think the author did an amazing job of matching letters with Florida concepts. X is always a tricky one. I would recommend this book to any child who wants to learn more about the state of Florida and especially to children learning the alphabet who live in Florida. This book is a wonderful way to learn about our state.

S is for Sunshine is not an ordinary alphabet book. It's a unique alphabet book of the Sunshine State...Florida. What makes it unique are not the beautiful, pastel-colored illustrations by Michael Glenn Monroe, but the combination of narrative and expository passages for each letter of the alphabet. The simple, rhyming lines depict a particular characteristic of Florida, for example, A is for alligator. Along the sides of the page is a well-written descriptive passage explaining about the alligator and its habitat. The rhymes and illustrations are especially appealing to the younger child, however, the accompanying passages provide a rich history and facts about Florida for the intermediate reader. What a wonderful book for children!

Wendy Leigh has accomplished a truly amazing feat with her most recent book! As a biographer, what better subjects could she find? And, how better could she have revealed the secret nature of two of the most mysterious women in American popular culture?

What could have been a strange fantasy became a living experience for me as I read the letters between Marilyn and Jackie. I kept reminding myself that these letters - though historically and accurately encapsulated in time - were in fact, a work of fiction.

The relationship between Jackie and Marilyn that develops in the course of the book via the age-old epistolary genre is highly plausible - if alarming to consider - and there is no doubt that the evolution of such a relationship could truly have occurred.

Both women come across as needing something from the other that no-one else could provide, and though we know from history that both women were polarities in background, appearance and status, their meeting place was in the relationship bound up with John Kennedy.

This book is a page-turner, it is impossible to put it down because the authenticity of the writing, and the dramatis personae are so realistic, that I "forgot" that this was a work of fiction.

However, by the end of the book, fiction becomes so enmeshed with facts that one is completely bound up in the last few pages, and left thinking - as usual - "what really did happen"?

The emotional denoument is critical to the book - it simply must be read in sequence. Chilling, sad and possibly too too true. . .one is simply compelled to read on. And, "hurrah" to Ms. Leigh for her bravery and creativity to have brought such challenging subjects together in this well researched and brilliantly written book.

Bought the book in New York before flying back to England this weekend, and read it non-stop during the flight. The moment I finished it, I started it all over again. Because, although it is an extremely easy read, the book - which tells the story of Marilyn's love affair with Jack Kennedy through her letters to Jackie Kennedy - works on so many different levels. Apart from the fact that you really feel that you are reading a true correspondence, this book gives more insight into Marilyn and Jackie than any biography of either of them I've ever read. The letters change from being letters between strangers, to letters between friends, and then, rivals. When I finished the book, I felt as if I had been in another world, another time, and had in the hearts and minds of both Marilyn and Jackie. Before I read the book, as someone who admires Jackie, I was afraid it might be disrespectful of her. But that is not the case. The letters reflect everything I've read about her in biographies - and much more. And made me care about her more than ever. The ending of the book made me cry - it seemed so real, so true, so very sad - and went to the heart of Marilyn and Jackie. As I said before, I am reading it again and can't recommend it enough. Reading The Secret Letters is as addictive as eating Godiva chocolate. Enjoy.