Essential Spider-Woman, Vol. 2 (Marvel Essentials)

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The first part of Spider-Woman's career concludes as her collection of challenges and crises is completed! Some of Marvel's most stupendous scribes set the heroine against Morgan le Fay, the Viper, Gypsy Moth and other fearsome foes, forgotten or otherwise! Plus: the first appearances of X-Factor's Siryn and X-Force's Caliban! But after tearing through a gauntlet of magicians, mad scientists, murder and mystery, what final fate awaits the webbed wonder? Guest-starring Spider-Man, the Hulk, the X-Men and the Werewolf! Collects Spider-Woman #26-50, Marvel Team-Up #97 and Uncanny X-Men #148

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Great value, Great everything else, Highly recommended.......2007-10-02

This is a surprisingly good read at an even more surprising value. The art is black and white, but it looks clear and clean, and great. The paper is lower quality then what you'll find on modern Marvel/DC tradepaper backs but it seems no worse then the kind of paper you get in most Vertigo trade paper backs. And there are a truckload of issues collected.
The stories are really cool and entertaining and stand well on their own despite the fact that most of the action takes place on the West Coast (L.A, San Fran) (ie. Super-star guest appearances by, say, Spider-man show up but mostly the title remains A-list free seeing as how everyone A-list in Marvel was born, raised, educated and live/work/die in New York City).
Of course when Chris Claremont takes over, prepare for some good X-men fest thrown in though.

Spider-Woman is back.......2007-09-08

The art by Leiloha on a whole is fantastic. The stories are more enjoyable then the First Spider-Woman Essential. The stories are more intense with real and serious threats from the villians. Great book.

Plenty of quality material assemmbled under one cover.......2007-08-28

If you are a fan of Spider-Woman, but you do not want to spend months, even years, tracking down every single issue of her series in the back issue bins of comic shops & conventions, this is definitely a collection for you. As someone who spent his high school & college years in the 1990s doing just that for any number of series, the Essentials are definitely a fantastic format. And we get to see all of the artwork from those back issues in glorious black & white, the detail and craftmanship of the artists unobscured by the low quality color printing comic books were burdeoned with in those days.

Certainly there's some great art in the stories reprinted here, most if it done by the very talented Steve Leialoha, as well as a handful of issues pencilled by the underrated Brian Postman, plus fill-ins by Carmine Infantino, Ernie Chan, and Jerry Bingham.

The writing is also top-notch, enjoyable, and fun. This volume sees the conclusion of Michael Fleisher's stint as writer, the entirety of Chris Claremont's run (featuring appearances by the X-Men, Juggernaut, Morgan le Fay, Madame Hydra, and the introduction of mutant mainstay Siren) and the four issue wrap-up penned by Ann Nocenti.

My only criticism is that this collection omits Avengers issue #s 240-241, a siginificant two-part epilogue to the Spider-Woman series finale that wraps up several loose ends from that title. Instead, this collection features a reprint of Uncanny X-Men #148, a story in which Spider-Woman appears in a minor capacity. Considering #148 has already been reprinted in Essential X-Men volume 3, it would have made more sense to include the two Avengers issues, which are much more significant for the character, and which have never previously been reprinted.

In any case, that one point aside, this collection is definitely still worth getting. Afterwards, just keep an eye out for those two Avengers back issues.

Handbook of Social Comparison: Theory and Research (The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology)

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Handbook of Social Comparison: Theory and Research (The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology)

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ASIN: 0306463415

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Comparison of objects, events, and situations is integral to judgment; comparisons of the self with other people comprise one of the building blocks of human conduct and experience. After four decades of research, the topic of social comparison is more popular than ever. In this timely handbook a distinguished roster of researchers and theoreticians describe where the field has been since its development in the early 1950s and where it is likely to go next.

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Explaining a Freak Show
Ay Ay Aye....
Just a few remarks from a viewer over in Scandinavia
Garbage
Tha White Trash Talk Show Host!

Ringmaster!
Jerry Springer , and Laura Morton
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ASIN: 0312974043

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For the first time ever, Jerry Springer dares to remove the bleeps and bars that hide away all of the real action, and takes you behind the scenes of the circus maximus-known as "The Jerry Springer Show." From his years as a politician and Emmy-winning journalist to becoming the host of America's most watched and controversial talk show-here is an uncensored and uninhibited look at the rise of Jerry Springer and the craziest show on earth.It could only happen on "The Jerry Springer Show!""Phone sex killed my husband""I do drugs at church""Making love behind bars""My parrot runs my life""The man with eight wives""I'm making my first adult film""I'm 12 and I take care of my 680-pound mom""I'm a breeder for the klan""I'm 7 months pregnant and still stripping""I cut off my manhood""I broke the world's sex record""I stole my 12-year-old's boyfriend""Paternity results: I slept with two brothers""I'm pregnant by a transsexual""My pimp runs my family""I married a horse"

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Explaining a Freak Show.......2007-07-21

Laura Morton is a co-author and owns a television production company. Gerald Springer earned a BA in political science from Tulane University, a law degree from Northwestern University, and became one of the country's youngest mayors in 1977 Cincinnati. He became a top-rated news anchor, then world-famous for his interview show. This book has no index. I've heard Jerry on his radio talk show; he is smarter than the character he plays on TV. You can read this book for a clue to his personality. Will he run for Senator from Ohio? I think he would be as good as Warren Harding (seriously). [If you take away the music and singing, an opera like `Carmen' is like a Jerry Springer Show.]

Chapter 1 tells about the beginning of the show. Why does anyone watch it? Strictly for laughs, or schadenfreude. Jerry shows his irreverence (p.8). Why show bigots (p.15)? His show is like an exception report (p.16) It's great fun and pays very well (p.41). While at law school Jerry took a summer job in Cincinnati at a prestigious law firm. He worked on Robert Kennedy's presidential campaign, then to lower the voting age to 19 (p.49). After he ran for Congress he was called up for active duty in the Army (p.52). In 1972 he was elected to the Cincinnati city council. He improved the transit system and lowered the fare (p.59). Jerry explains the check to that health club (pp.59-61). After this he was elected mayor of Cincinnati. Later he ran for governor, and lost. Jerry became a news anchorman during the 1980s. In 1991 his TV station assigned him to "a fluff talk show" (p.85). It started as a copy of Donahue, and then evolved based on their ratings. They would show life as is rarely seen on TV (p.101). Entertainment, not information. He doesn't pander to mainstream tastes (p.104). Jerry explains himself (p.106).

Chapter 8 explains how business works behind the scenes. Truthful stories that are outrageous are preferred (p.109). They don't pay guests except for expenses (that alone can attract thrill seekers). They don't fake shows, but can be fooled (p.110). Are their critics hypocrites (p.113)? News programs can exploit people (p.140). ["How do you feel about that?"] His co-workers get pages to tell about their work. The owners of the show want "life as it is, even if it isn't pretty" (p.189). Does Jerry really believe that entertainment is causing "kids walking into classrooms with their guns" (p.191)? Doesn't his show make weird behavior seem normal? They were allowed to do anything to attract viewers (p.203). They surpassed Oprah, the first talk show to ever do this. Is TRUTH a coincidental by-product of the news business (p.211)? "The truth is, whenever the senses are involved, what is most pleasurable or most intense isn't necessarily good" (p.241). [His personal experiences?]

Some claim that Jerry's show is a fake, they have actors on. How different would that be from most of the television that has paid performers to entertain the viewers? Can they make that stuff up? [Jerry's breakfast seems very wrong. He should eat a hearty breakfast and a light supper.] The fault of this show is to present the abnormal and outrageous as if it were just daily life. Readers of true crime know how these romantic triangles are often resolved.

Ay Ay Aye...........2007-01-16

Another Round DVD, it plays a movie. If you're seriously interested in this movie, you're probably still using Beta Max tapes...

Just a few remarks from a viewer over in Scandinavia.......2006-06-07

With 49 reviews currently in here, I don't need to go in depth on this one. I am sure that premise, synopsis etc. has been discussed at length by prior reviewers.

This movie happened on me a few days ago, as leaves on trees clouded my sattelite dish and all I could receive was national television channels in Norway (including a couple of commercial ones). I had read nothing about it, and just came across the opening titles as I zapped through the 4 sorry channels at my disposal.

It immediately caught my eye.

I watched it all the way through, promising myself at the very beginning that once this film gets boring or stupid, I'll do what I had previously intented to do, which was watch a DVD I had borrowed from a friend. At no point during the film did I feel the urge to stop watching.

Obviously, a lot of people will thrash a movie like this. It's main charachters engage in lewd, obscene and morally questionable acts all the way throughout the film. Many people will be put off by this nasty and/or downright trashy behaviour, but it resonnated with me.

I know people like this. I have at least one friend who has slept with bot mother and daughter in some backwaters place in Florida. I have at least one ex-girlfriend who has done a guy that also her mother has done. And as to this x-gf; the things she put me through, would have been solid Jerry Springer and/or Ricki Lake show, had we had those in Scandinavia. And she had similar stories with most other boyfriends she had done. I'd compare her with the trailer trash daughter in this movie without a second of hesitation. According to the eyes of the beholder, she could be either slightly more or slightly less sexy than this charachter in "Ringmaster".

After seeing it, I conferred with my Video & DVD guide, a book from 2003 (paperback). It awarded the film with a turkey symbol, and discarded it as pure and utter sleaze. Well, this particular paperback has families as target audiences, but still, that was too easy a dismissal. I couldn't quite believe that everybody would miss the point completely, and later conferred with Rottentomatoes.com. It didn't have a 0% fresh rating, as one might expect. Instead it had an 18% fresh rating. Most memorably, Roger Ebert, arguably America's (and perhaps the world's) finest movie critic, awarded it two - 2 - out of four possible stars, and provided a decent and just comment on it.

But Ebert probably never experienced people and/or conditions like these in his own life. Had he had such experiences, I believe he would have awarded it three stars.

I give it four out of five stars. I don't see how a movie like this one could have been made much more realistically. The finish is very much like that of a TV movie, but I gather that it was in wide theatrical release. I believe the TV movie finish is justifiable, as these are NOT larger-than-life charachters on display here. On the contrary, they are everyday people of the somewhat less fortunate kind, and should be portrayed as such.

This story is not earth-shattering. It is pretty much a feel-good film, and has no big central theme that is intended to be revelatory or remarkably uplifting. It is a movie that paints probably a quite fair picture of both ex-politician (mayor of Cincinnati, was he?) -turned-talk-show-host Jerry Springer, and of the knd of people who one would think constitutes a mean average of the ususal fair he and his TV show collaborators and henchmen deal with on a daily basis.

For the sake of entertainment, the charachters are to varying degrees more animated than one would expect from such a demographic, and maybe in some instances slightly less. Like Ebert states, the actors mostly do a fine job of portraying their charachters in a decent but somewhat superficial manner (this IS a comedy-drama, not pure comedy or pure parody), and no charachter is taken to the level of ridicule and/or outright parody.

We can empathize with these people - or at least we can if we have actual real life experience that compels us to believe that these people could be for real. (If one reflects upon it, an all-out-realistic and down to the nitty-gritty movie about people from these demographics, could just as well have played as Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"; all-be-it at the opposite and most extreme end of the scale of mild-to-excessive portrayal of the denizens of trailer parks and such).

There are touching moments, such as the very plausible emptyness, lonelyness and doubts felt by the trailer park mother when she is all alone in her hotel room.

I can recommend this movie. It's not Saturday night fare or a "date movie". It's something you could watch on your laptop while on a Greyhound-bus or an interstate train. It's something to watch in your dorm room on a night that your schedule is empty, or if you're in sick from work with the flu. It won't change your life, but it'll be a whole lot more easy-going on your senses than actually watching an episode of the televised Jerry Springer show... Where the TV-show is chaotic and in-your-face, this little flick gives you enough background to actually empathize, more or less understand and possibly even believe the "guests" Springer has on his usual shows.

No small feat that.

Garbage.......2006-01-04

If you live in a mobile home, have to drive an old car with no wheel covers, do your laundry at a laundomat, or have a menial job such as operating a lunchwagon or cleaning motel rooms --- and you enjoy being mocked for it by a millionaire opportunist ---- then this movie is for you! This film exploits and is insulting to the black culture, women, members of broken homes, homosexuals, poor people, the religiously chaste, et al. Alas, we are all just a bunch of voyeuristic trash . . . except for Jerry Springer. Jerry, of course, is totally balanced but slightly befuddled as chaos reigns around him. BALONEY. He attepts to redeem himself near the close by browbeating a "religious fanatic" in the audience in defense of his guests. Then the teary-eyed closing scenes which suggest that "poor trailer trash people" might actually have some positive values and emotions (OH, REALLY?!). This guy is a parasite.

Tha White Trash Talk Show Host!.......2005-11-06

This is 1 funny-ass movie, I watched in the summer when I was watching Comedy Central, I was already a fan of Jerry Springer & his show, yet I just weared to him because all of his episode were the same, till' I saw Ring Master!!!!!

This is a tight-ass White trash movie, about a strugglin' couple that live in a Trailer Park, in somewhere in Tampa Bay, FL......where this 1 Hoe with a nice Ass pretends that her own Dad got her prgenant, and her own Mom plays along, while her Boyfriend is confused & opressed! They make it to the Jerry Springer show, where they have to take a plane from Tampa Bay, FL to Los Angeles, CA! Now, lots goes on in this movie and it is Trailer Park madness! Lots of Fyne hoochies, and plenty of Booty-tang 2! Jerry Springer-4-Life!

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Local to National Celebrities Interviewed
What a great concept for a book!
A Unique Look Into the Minds of Well-Known Celebrities

Celebrities as Fans
Mary Johnstone-Guerra
Manufacturer: Nadine Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me

ASIN: 0976930706

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Over 60 Celebrities answer the questions: 1. Whose fan club would you consider joining out of sheer admiration for that person? 2. Have you ever had the good fortune to meet that person? 3. If yes, what happened? If no. what would you say or ask?

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Local to National Celebrities Interviewed.......2006-03-20

This is a great book for anyone who is a fan, but also a real treat for people living in the metro-Detroit area, as a few of the celebrities asked are local TV and radio stars. She wrote to a lot of people over the years and has a great collection of stars' heroes, from Soupy Sales to Les Paul and of course Davy Jones! It's neat to find out who inspired the celebrities to be who they are today.

What a great concept for a book!.......2006-02-14

Mary Guerra is an authority on fandom as she is a member of a fanclub or two herself. I know this since she belongs to the fanclub I run for Davy Jones, Davy Devotees. Though the concept of fandom is normally perceived as being something the nonfamous possess, Mary spent years contacting various celebrities asking them just who they consider themselves a fan of and what fanclubs they would join if they could! She received personal responses from legends in the field of entertainment like RoseMarie and Phyllis Diller to Les Paul, inventor of the electric guitar, Richard Petty, of racing fame, columnist, Liz Smith and "Mr. Hockey" Gordie Howe. Shirley Jones, Peter Noone and Mary's personal favorite, Davy Jones of The Monkees, are just a few of the many other highlighted celebrities. If you've been a fan of anyone at anytime, this book gives you an interesting look at who those we admire actually admire. At times the featured celebrities provide laughs and at other times intriguing revelations. Overall this is a fun read with a lot of heart!

A Unique Look Into the Minds of Well-Known Celebrities.......2006-01-30

This book is fabulous. My husband and I found it to be a quick, entertaining read. We particularly enjoyed the entry from Mike Clark, our favorite radio DJ. It's interesting to see what people celebrities find heroic, and it conveys more of an inside look into their personality as well.

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A MUST BUY
Very good, Jerry kicks a--!

The Outrageous Jerry Springer
Ian Markham-Smith , and Liz Hodgson
Manufacturer: Seven Hills Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1857823311

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A MUST BUY.......2000-03-26

This is the best jerry springer book I have ever read. It is a must buy for a Jerry fans!

Very good, Jerry kicks a--!.......1999-06-07

Nothing really totally new, but new parts of already known stories. Only 4 stars since it was written by someone else.

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A Must Buy!
Book Was Outstanding - Pearl@aol.com
I thought it was a great book.
I dont like books that were written without permsission

Jerry Springer Biography (Zebra Book)
Aileen Joyce
Manufacturer: Zebra
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0821761099

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A Must Buy!.......1999-12-29

Bravo Aileen Joyce for a brilliant book on one of my favorite talk show hosts! I feel as if you were telling me the story in person! What a wonderful author you are and one that I'll be keeping my eye out for. By the way, any new books on the horizon? Job well done and I recommend this book to everyone!

Book Was Outstanding - Pearl@aol.com.......1999-03-24

Book was excellent. Glad I bought it. Will read it many times and pass it on to family & friends.

I thought it was a great book........1999-02-13

Iloved the book but that was probably because i love Jerry Springer. I NEVER miss his show. It makes me laugh and i kinda think Steve is cute. Ilike how he gets up in everyone's face. But this isn't about the show It's about the book and all I have to say is I loved the book!

I dont like books that were written without permsission.......1998-10-21

The overall story was good with a few minor glitches.....but overall I will only give the book a ONE STAR because AILEEN DID NOT have permission to write this book.....However.....Jerry does have his OWN auto-biography coming out in November...I suggest you read THAT one.....I bet that AMAZON wont have the guts to leave this post up.....THANK U!!!

MOUSEY

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Basic Drawing for Engineering Technology
Randolph P, Springer, Clifford H, Dobrovolny, Jerry Hoelscher
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GK470I

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Everything I Need to Know I Learned on Jerry Springer: A Close to Home Collection
John McPherson
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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ASIN: 0740768468

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Everything I Need to Know I Learned on Jerry Springer: A Close to Home Collection is the 14th Close to Home collection. Creator John McPherson's sardonic wit creates an innocent hullabaloo with the Center for Nursing Advocacy and earns the accolades of Leavenworth Federal Detention Center's inmate #19108045.McPherson's mastery is elevating the mundane to the magnificent. Scenes of societal sloth, coworker conundrums, dysfunctional discord, and medical malpractice become achingly funny when sketched by his pen.

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A Breakthrough Publication on Men of Color.......2002-05-08

This anthology is truly definitive, a work of value for anyone of color who has either perpetrated or been on the receiving end of domestic violence. In particular, the authors -- all distinguished mental health practitioners, teachers and scholars -- provide an urgently needed perspective and approach, one that stresses the need to reach for resources WITHIN cultures of color to help abusive men of color come to terms with themselves and their violent behavior. This is very different from works that assume white paradigms to be all there is to "treat" the problem. Might there be a sequel in process? Let us hope so.

Okay results on a really interesting topic.......2001-09-24

The editors discuss how race intersects with domestic violence. It includes chapters on Native, black, Latino, and Asian-American men. It avoids graphic descriptions of incidents that may scare away timid readers. This book can point to institutional racism and poverty as phenomena that aggravate DV in communities of color without falling into big pitfalls. At no point, does it forgive men of color for DV nor does it discount sexist behavior among minority men. It mentions how precolonized men had different notions on how to treat women without overromanticizing the past. This book is written for therapists of any race or gender more so than your average man of color. The book relies a little too heavily on beating drums and telling old myths than it does on concrete actions that could be taken to solve this problem. In addition, it is totally heterosexist and the editors don't even think once to mention domestic violence among gay male couples of color. However, this is an important first effort on a necessary topic. I would recommend it to many readers.

Jerry Springer as Bulfinch, or Mythology Modernized

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Jerry Springer as Bulfinch, or Mythology Modernized
Jean Hull Herman
Manufacturer: wordwranglerpublications
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Binding: Paperback

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"Jerry Springer as Bulfinch" is that unique book that uses poetry to document parallels between Bulfinch's Greek mythology and modern conflicts such as those seen on Jerry Springer's television show. One review: "Ferociously brilliant, challenging reading, intellectually stirring mythology, passionate, poignant, open-minded, and poems to the bone. Are you ready? This is no kid stuff. Life on earth wasn't easy 3000 years ago. Anna diBello, President, National League of American Pen Women, 2005. And clean language only!

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