great, except for the pictures
352649
Material good but the paperback version's pictures were of poor quality. Perhaps the more expensive hardbound version is better. If so, would have chosen that. Otherwise,  great accumulation of information.

Steve W
1954197
Makes really interesting reading, but the pictures could be of better quality.
1255375
The details in this book about Minney's life are great. Was also so cool to read about the models that were used to pose for all these Men's adventure covers, but why are their photos so tiny? Can barely make them out. Really like the way the book has been organized into themes, so you have all the "battling babes" in one section, and then all the "damsels in distress" in another. Good idea. Maybe the biggest positive for me with this book is that it has so many covers I've never seen. They aren't in the "Men's Adventure" book from Tashen, or the "It's a Man's World" book from Feral House, which are also great books on this subject. I can't afford (and don't have room in my little condo) to add original copies of all of those mags to my collection, so this book is a much-needed addition to my bookshelf. I'm a big believer in the book itself being a work of art, so the amateurish layout and art design this book suffers from sticks in my craw a little, but at the end of the day the main concern here is the art of Bruce Minney, and it looks gorgeous. I'm very excited to give this book a hearty recommendation!
2994014
this book would have been amazing and helpful if the pictures were actually in color as they were advertised on the listing! maybe mine was a fluke and i got some strange bootleg copy, but the book itself looks like it was all made at a photo copier and then carefully bound together.  the information in it is solid, but i have no idea what i'm looking at in any of the photos, especially ones where the color is important!
2665761
It is humbling to be able to own a book containing images that one would never otherwise have a chance to see.  This book is full of HUGE color photographs of Nebula, stars, planets and galaxies that are truly awe inspiring.  I did, however, find myself a bit dissapointed.  Many of the Hubble telescope pictures that I was hoping to see, were tiny on text pages while the big, blown up pictures were somewhat grainy and repetitive.  Commonly, there were several pages in a row of the same majestic body shown from different perspectives.  With so much universe to see, I think I would have preferred one fabulous picture of each individual celestial object instead of so many pictures of fewer ones.  Still, an enjoyable, overwhelming book sure to make you wonder...what else is out there waiting for us to discover?
2316267
The book is full of very useful information and techniques for street and track riding and is a great addition to any motorcyclist's collection of books on riding technique.

The thing that ruined it for me was the author's picture (head shot with different and sometimes goofy expressions) on each chapter's beginning... I found it very annoying.
4191339
The Forgotten Books reprint may or may not work for *you* ~ if you care only for the text, then this is an almost perfect book, as the text (with one or two exceptions) is large, clear and easily readable. However, if you want to see the pictures from the original book, be aware that the original book this was copied from was poorly scanned, with the result that every b/w picture is partially covered by digital "trash".  If you just want to read the book and do not care at all about the pictures, then this edition is fine. I however needed the pictures as well, hence the two-star rating.
4616694
My Likeness Taken has all the makings of a great book. The research, writing, and image selection are of the highest quality. If not for the problem outlined below, I'd give it five stars.

Quite simply, a good portion of the photographs are out of focus. You might say "These are daguerreotypes, are you sure that it's not the photographs themselves that are out of focus?"

I am sure - on the worst instances, it's quite obvious that both the case and the image are equally fuzzy - if it was just that the dag was blurry, the case for it should still be in sharp focus.

By my count, about 13% of the images are obviously out of focus, while another 17% appear to not be as sharp as they should be - all told, 30% of the imagery in the book.

This simply isn't acceptable in this day and age - especially in something produced by a major university press.
4169839
The pictures in this book are quite nice. The paper is good quality. Unfortunately, there are several
pictures that spread across two pages and the binding makes it difficult, if not  impossible, to color completely.
2283645
Love the images, wish they did not enter so much text over the top of some of the imagage....
4388037
great pictures, poor bookbinding  ---[i knew it ahead of time ] sometimes repetitive essays , good chronology
2461328
Beautiful pictures, esp. of the gorgeous men on this show.  My only complaint would be that I was hoping for more photos from the entire run of the show...there are a few pages dedicated to the early years and then it skips right to current day.  I was really hoping to be reminded of the characters and plot lines from my childhood and adolescence.  Still, a nice look at some behind the scenes photos!
589322
This book has absolutely wonderful content, but the interior seems of inferior printing craftsmanship than the previous two editions. I realize some people think that's just a subjective impression, but I think anyone who buys, collects, handles, or prints books knows the difference. I wouldn't let that stop me from purchasing this book, however, because the cover is just as nice, and the content, as I already mentioned, is wonderful.
Part of what makes this series great is the attempt at minimizing overlapping material from other books. Yes, about half of the material can be had in other books, but those are usually pieces that are so associated with certain films that a book would almost seem incomplete with out them. But just being able to view the "new" material would be worth the price of the book. There are Snow White concept images that I've never ever seen before, as well as other surprises that will delight the Disney art fan.
2827453
Good recipes, but not one photo of the food in the whole book.
4092289
I really don't like leaving negative reviews but, since there is no 'look inside' or pictures posted, I thought I would share what's inside .... It IS a well laid out, beautiful book EXCEPT for one thing which is, I think, pretty important in a cookbook: color. The cover has good photos, and the pages have beautiful fonts with color but ALL food photos and graphics in the book are in B&W. It may not be important to you, but to me it just looks unappetizing- and sort of unfinished, for that matter. Call me a snob, but if you're going to put a photograph of food in a book designed to inspire and nourish, let it not be dull, lifeless, and gray. I wouldn't have ordered it, had I known. If the photos were in color, this would be a 4 or 5 star review. Details matter!
3046925
Beautifully Illustrated. If you already own the fantastic "Oh, What a Busy day!", do not get this one, because the pictures are all taken from that book, no original material. Still beautifully done though, so I will give 5 stars.
2098767
The photos are quite good, really excellent quality.  Many of them are cropped to show just faces (you can often find the full versions of these photos online).  Even though these cropped pictures are enlarged, they are not grainy in the least.  The detail is lovely.  My only qualm is that some of the 1970s photos have that familiar pink tint to them from age, and I would have liked to see those restored to a more natural color before being included.

By all rights I should have given this book one star for plagiarism; chunks of information from both Rich Wiseman's Solitary Star and Diamond: A Biography by Grossman et al. are used in this book.  Entire swaths of Wiseman's book are used almost verbatim, especially during the chapter dealing with Neil's divorce from Jaye and marriage to Marcia.  Reading this book immediately after Solitary Star makes this issue blindingly obvious.  This book takes so much from other sources that it even repeats their errors, except for one curious change:  The dates are not the same.  Since this book very clearly used Solitary Star and Diamond: A Biography as sources, and given that plenty of these dates are easily verifiable (the dates he appeared on The Clay Cole Show, the date of his second marriage, his son's birth, etc.) there is no reason for the dates to be wrong, but they are consistently wrong to the point of distraction.  Also, Diamond: A Biography mistakenly claims that the spinal tumor Diamond suffered from in 1979 was cancerous, so this book simply repeats the error because no one involved bothered to check sources.  (A quick look at an easily-available People article from 1982 would have cleared the mistake up.)

Everything is given a ridiculously positive spin, often done deliberately to counter what has been written in previous books, and usually overdone with flowery rhetoric such as "blissful" and "flawless," "awe-inspiring" and "the most wonderful thing" punctuated with just a few too many exclamation points to be taken seriously.

Ultimately, for a coffee table book there are too few photos, and for a true biography there are too many mistakes.  I can't really recommend this book.