Don't judge this book by its cover
581745
This book is one of the better dystopian books I have read. I had a bit of a problem with how immature Liberty is. It's hard to believe a character can have immediate compassion for one person and immediate distain for another. Some of the inane thoughts expressed by the author are a bit annoying. I also have a general problem believing that most of the people have died from a horrible disease and that there is SOOOOO little food left that they have to eat each other forcing our heroes to run for their lives. I am aware that food in the grocery store will disappear in days but there is lots in warehouses and I think those would keep most meat eaters alive for more than a few months. That being said, this book is worth the read if you just want a mushy immature read. Some times that is enough and it was for me on the day I read it.  I don't think I would read a sequel.
777986
The cover is the only thing with any color or photos on it.  It does have a slew of vegan recipes, but if you are looking for something that looks like a book, this is not for you.  It looks like someone sat down and wrote out a bunch of recipes on MS Word and then saved them as PDF.  While it is not pretty, it does have a ton of vegan recipes in it.  If simple and plain is your thing - you are in luck

*I did receive a FREE book to review.  My opinion is expressly my own and does not reflect upon the company.  I was not compensated for my review except for the FREE product.
916581
While this book has a lot of useful information and is very thorough on possible causes of infertility, it's title and cover are deceptive.  This is a book written for couples experiencing infertility who are trying to figure out the cause.  For someone who is simply "Trying to Make a Baby," this is not the book for you.  Also, I found the tone of this book really negative.  Rather than coming away with a feeling of "Yes, I can do this," I started worrying about all the possible things that could go wrong.
3313021
Never judge a book by its cover... which is cheesy. The story was well written, held my attention and was an enjoyable read.
3191801
Don't look at the cover, just don't. You'll get the wrong impression. This isn't your typical romance novel.

Gina and Troy are two totally normal college kids falling in love. They have their totally normal insecurities and they make mistakes. There's no hero and no spectacular suspense, but it's everything but boring.

Michael tells this story in an entertaining humorous way with a lot of insight in Troys thoughts and feelings.
Yes, there is a lot of sex going on, described in an unbelievably erotic and sensitive way, explicit and graphic but never vulgar. His dialogues are taken directly from real life.

For me it's a very special Young Adult (18+) book.
2769458
I must admit, I didn't read the details of the book when I bought it. I don't think it gave away anything about what I should have expected. I thought the title already told everything I needed to know about its contents. For anyone who's interested, the book is more of a brochure on the insurance industry. IT IS NOT AN ACADEMIC BOOK. If you want to know how the insurance industry is run from underwriting, to investments, to claims investigation and to paying-out liabilities, please find another book to read. This is definitely not the book for you. This is more like a telephone directory with colored graphs.
4656935
Don't be governed just by the title.  The contents of this book covers much more than you would ever imagine.  A new author but a lot of experience and knowledge.  You will only grow positively after reading this book.
3273505
I really enjoyed this book.  Not what I expected from the cover. Plot kept me interested and was hard to put down after I got started.
4652679
I am not usually one to get up in arms about the way characters are portrayed on book covers. After all, there's usually much left to the imagination and I wouldn't try to enforce my own vision as correct over another. However, this cover seems to miss the mark completely.
3566160
One should not judge a book by its cover, but that I did. The one reason why I picked up this item was its brilliant, awe inspiring cover followed by the subtitle - Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity.

The story is initially pleasurable; however, halfway through it the author changes the pace, taking the reader into a theology seminary. The problems, and many have expressed this, are the theological assumptions and assertions which are clearly not biblical.

This lack of consistency with Biblical facts does not bother me in the least. I found many of his ideas regarding god and who they are truthfully charming, but it's nothing that hasn't been said before - and again a complete deviation from the Biblical record.

The problem?
The book is truly a bad piece of fiction once you make peace with the fact that biblical theology does not matter. And new age, subservient theology does even less.

To those Christians who read this book and were touched by its charming story, you might want to take it to your minister or pastor and ask for a second opinion. Or you might consider becoming a Spiritualist/new age newbie.
2516815
Unfortunately the best thing about this book is the lovely cover.
In this case definately don't judge the book by it's cover.
The whole of the inside is black and white (and the photos are not even very good quality). I'm sure the infomation is OK, but quite frankly it looks so uninspiring I don't really feel like reading it to find out.
Guess I'm just disappointed as I was expecting a lovely colourful, inspiring book and this is just a text book type. I would not have bought it if I had looked inside it.
There are many other much better books out there.
682864
this book was much better than it sounded when i first read the back cover. i wasn't sure i'd like it, but when a friend gaave it to me to read, i found myself enjoying the story. i was anxious to find out what happened next. i highly recommend this book.
2225267
I agree with the reviewers who praise this author. The characrers were great and I enjoyed her writting style. However, this is a perfect example of how you cannot judge a book by its cover.

A photo of a smilling playful couple and a title with a curly cue font made me think this would be a lighthearted story. To me, the pagan rituals and the rough sex gave the book a much darker feel.
989745
I was pleasantly surprised at how good this book looked.  Usually titles for collectors, from my experience, tend to look very dull and unimaginative (Schiffer books in particular) probably on the basis that they are only a visual checklist of what is available and presentation doesn't matter.  Fortunately Krause think book buyers deserve something better and it showed when I looked through these interesting pages.

The seven hundred covers get a good showing with none of them angled or arranged in contrived graphic presentations.  They all have nice drop shadows which lifts them off the page and the nine chapter opening spreads get a pleasant graphic treatment, too.  This all looks a lot better than the comparable&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sin-A-Rama-Sleaze-Sex-Paperbacks-of-the-Sixties/dp/1932595058/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sin-A-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties</a>, which features many of the same covers.

As with any down-market product individually they tend to look like trash but collect lots of them together and visually they come alive.  Virtually none of these covers have any design potential and why should they.  The publishers clearly knew their market and pitched to it with gusto.  Artists like Bilbrew, Avati, Edwards, Maguire, Popp or Bill Ward made a living (sometimes rather precariously) churning out the same female form but concentrating on the bits that caught the male imagination.  The first sixteen pages have an interesting essay about the artists and how the paintings were used on covers.

My only real criticism of the contents is that there are far too many British covers.  Their extremely tacky art and crude title lettering make them stand out even from the few dull American titles.  Perhaps it was an editorial mistake to have so many covers (the highest number of any artist) by British illustrator Reginald Heade.  I thought his work was really second-rate when compared to many of the American illustrators in the book.

Though the book's title relates to paperbacks I was surprised to see a few pulp men's magazine covers included.  If these interest you check out the stunning&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Men-s-Adventure-Magazines/dp/3822825174/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Men's Adventure Magazines</a>, with over a thousand covers in color.

'Dames, Dolls & Delinquents' is an affectionate look back at a slice of mass-market pop culture that sold in the millions.

***SEE SOME INSIDE PAGES by clicking 'customer images' under the cover.
2511336
I didn't buy this book when it fist came out because of the cover picture, there was something about it that made me uncomfortable. And yes I know that sound petty and has nothing to do with the storyline but for you writers out there it's the first impression a reader gets if they don't know your  work. But don't let the cover turn you away  I have purchased  Dana Marton other books and she a great writer.
2806959
I love books about southern women. The cover of the book must have been designed by someone who had not read it. It was described as "Rich, funny", etc. So I was expecting a nice amusing story about three ladies of the south. This book is good, no doubt about it, but it is one of the most depressing I've read in a long time. Funny-- it is not. It is full of tragedy and sadness. Not a single person in it is happy. It starts with a death, then continues with wrecked dreams and plans, unrequited love of a woman for another woman, secrets, lies and alcoholism. But wait- there more. There is rape, a beating of a woman, unwanted children, racism, murders, one of them by a child, conspiracy to hide a murder-- well, you get the idea. Why are books presented as being funny when they are not. And even the three women on the cover don't match the description of the three Margarets. In the book, one is 6 foot tall, one is 5 foot tall, and the other is average. The cover shows them all as being the same size. I was really aggrevated when I got into the book and learned it was not what the cover advertised. I liked the story, but it is very, very sad, and I don't like to buy books that make me sad.
4476988
Do not be dissuaded by the cover of this book. What I thought was going to be an aggressive narrative on why the internet is ruining our brains, I was instead treated to a narrative that is quite varied and objective about the idea of 'too much information.' The author begins by explaining what prompted him to research this topic in the first place: his disappointing revelation that he has begun to tire of the prospect of reading long articles and even books (his mind just can't seem to focus anymore). Refreshingly, the author does not spend the entire book rehashing and uncovering social science experiments. Note: there is a fair share of these experiments detailed in the book, but that is not everything. He talks about the history of language and books, and how Socrates was fearful that humans would soon need not memorize anything; he delves into the chemistry of the brain and what the internet and information-age may be doing to it; and, most respectably, he tells us that he himself is not immune to the desires of modern entertainment. He didn't write this book to chastise a generation (he, in fact, indulges in the luxuries he suggests may be harmful), rather he wanted to compile a narrative of a topic that he thinks needs to be discussed and considered.

I really enjoyed the history lessons in this book. And, as I have suggested, the author is cautious about prescribing any type of life style change upon us. If you can handle some in-depth social science experiments, and are open to even the suggestion of the idea that he is discussing, I think you will find his narrative insightful.