Sotheby's: Bidding for Class

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Stimulating and entertaining, Sotheby’s brings to life the personalities and shrewd business sense operating behind the glitz and glamour of the world’s oldest and richest auction house. Reporting from within on famous sales of the recent past, and charting the impact of a succession of clever and colorful entrepreneurs who have known how to sniff out the deals of the moment, Robert Lacey brilliantly reveals how Sotheby’s responds to a much greater need than that of connoisseurs buying works of art—the bidding for class.

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Real treat.......2007-05-12

Excellent book. Piles of facts, sharp analysis. One can learn more about art market from the book than from years of studies. Apart from it - pleasant reading.

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Spectacular Read!!
Some People Have Too Much Money
The conversion of debris into dreams
A good volume - but snobbery abounds
a beautifully written elegant history

Sotheby's: Bidding for Class
Robert Lacey
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co (T)
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Binding: Hardcover

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Piles of money, international power plays, cutthroat business tactics, unique personalities, and the politics of social class--that should be enough for a really juicy read, don't you think? But why stop there when you can also have smuggling, Swiss bank accounts, espionage, royal families, and mansions on the Riviera? Did anyone mention art? This riveting history of Sotheby's, the world's richest auction house, has that too, of course, but mainly as a lifestyle accessory.

With impeccable style, a deft touch with the telling detail, and an elegant way of delivering gossip with the proper journalistic distance, Robert Lacey has plotted a company history that reads like a thriller. There are unbusinesslike gems on nearly every page: "The tasty young ladies of 'Client Advisory' [a new Sotheby's department] were the next step in the process--the conversion of the rich and curious into solid bidders and buyers." Business and pleasure sometimes mingle: "Puzzled as to why the accounts department, which incurred regular bills for weekend overtime, was taking so long to produce figures, [the new corporate manager] asked John Cann, the director of administration, to investigate. 'They are having orgies,' Cann reported. 'They are coming in on Sundays and having sex.'"

But such stories are just the baubles on Lacey's minutely detailed history of Sotheby's rise from its humble origins in the rare-books trade of 1744 to the public company of today. Lacey is good on the art part, which, although essential to the story, is also somewhat ephemeral. He provides thoughtful cameos of the eccentric connoisseurs of old masters, Italian glass, Georgian silver, or Oriental furniture whose brilliance and sensitivity gave the auction business its special cachet. Of the highborn Peter Wilson, Sotheby's longtime chairman and a legend in every corner of the art world, for example, Lacey writes: "He would roll a carved ivory netsuke worth a few pounds between his fingers with the same delight with which he greeted an old master worth tens of thousands, for the secret of PCW's eye was his ability to be genuinely interested in almost anything." In Lacey's capable hands, the reader finds every facet of this story equally spellbinding. --Margaret Moorman

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After examining in his previous books the royals of England, Saudi Arabia, and Monaco, and aristocracies of commerce and crime, In this latest bestseller Sotheby's Bidding for Class, master storyteller and historian Robert Lacey, now tackles the extraordinary phenomenon of Sotheby's, the art auction house. A temple to civilized style, Sotheby's makes their money when they manage to persuade those who already have a wealth of material goods, that happiness depends upon owning still more. Collectors pay these unimaginable sums, be it for a Picasso or for Jackie O's shimmering trinkets, because, in the end, they are in searching for something beyond mere objects. They are bidding for class.In this splendid account of the world's oldest and richest auction house, Lacey brings to life the personalities, ambition, and shrewd business dealings behind the glamour and glitz. From their beginnings in eighteenth-century London as a modest book dealer, Sotheby's owes their rise to a succession of clever and colorful entrepreneurs who knew how to have known how to read the winds of economic change and have sniffed out the buyers and sellers of the moment. From the socially ambitious parson's son Montague Barlow to the endlessly charming, brilliant, and amoral aristocrat Peter Wilson to the present owner, American shopping mall magnate A. Alfred Taubman, and his flamboyant lieutenant Diana D. Brooks, the managers of Sotheby's have learned how to dress their rummage sales for the rich in a glowing patina of scholarship, taste, and social distinction.Robert Lacey reports from the inside on such recent events as the auction of the personal property of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1996 and Mohamed al-Fayed's sale of the goods of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in February 1998. He traces the history of the long and often bitter rivalry with Christies Sotheby's only significant adversary, Christies, the "other" auction house. He shows tells how top executives from the two houses compete in the wooing of wealthy widows and estate lawyers to grab the rights to the few artistic masterpieces left in private hands, and to uncover new categories of "collectibles" to tempt the appetite of a relentlessly consumerist world.Once again as always, Robert Lacey delivers brilliant and profound insights into the forces that have shaped our society in the irresistible and graceful narrative that readers of Majesty, Grace, The Kingdom, Ford, and Little Man have come to expect.In Sotheby'sBidding for Class, Robert Lacey has written a rich and absorbing history, both social and economic, of Sotheby's, that most patrician of workplaces. --Dominick Dunne

Customer Reviews:

Spectacular Read!!.......2005-04-01

Well written, well researched, well told, great pictures, phenomenal vocabulary! This book came to me at a time when I was searching for a read that was a bit more academic, and this was it! It was difficult to put down, which is not what I was expecting, considering that it is the history of a family owned company turned corporation. I picked it up on a whim, and I consider myself lucky! If only for vocabulary acquisition, I recomend that you read it! I cannot say enough wonderful things about it!

Some People Have Too Much Money.......2002-06-05

Who would have thought that the upright, high class and very proper world of high class auctions was really a swamp of scams and cheats. I actually thought that the dust jacket with it's Kitty Kelly type tabloid write up was just a way to get the average reader to pick the book up - - who would have thought that the lead up was only the tip of the iceberg. This book had just a ton of super rich people getting scammed, cheated and fighting over the artwork that these auction houses are selling. I think everybody of normal means takes a guilty pleasure in watching a super rich person take it in the shorts and this book details a few of them plus a nice history of the high class auction world.

The book provides a detailed account of the start and rise of the Sotheby's auction house. The author has also through in a good amount of detail of the art objects that are being sold - at times this made the book drag a bit for me, but it was required given that was the underling currency of the business. He does a good job of teaching the reader how the process works and what went into the history of creating the process. We even get a good amount of gossip that is written in a way that makes you feel ok about reading tabloid filler.

The book starts out with the Jackie Kennedy auction and who bought what. He really makes these people out to be less then inteligent, so much so you wonder how they made their money at all. We also get a good amount of detail on the massive amounts that were paid for artwork in the 90'' and what has happened to them, and a nice detailed account how Sotheby's "Makes the Market" on the items. If it were the securities industry they would be in jail. Overall this is an interesting and fun book to read that will take you no time at all to complete.

The conversion of debris into dreams.......2000-09-03

The title of the review is from the prologue, which is worth the cost of the book on its own, unless you happened to attend or actually buy at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis auction. The Author's scathing commentary on those who bought virtually anything at that event are quick witted, very funny, and pathetic. How else do you describe those who would spend $211,500 for a $100 set of fake pearls, or how about a small cigar humidor for $574,500, or perhaps the most ridiculous of all, which requires it's own explanation.

One of Sotheby's staff found 11 tiny diamonds that had fallen from a piece of jewelry; a fair price would have been about $550. As you will learn, auction houses are nothing if not adept at being creative, whether with their accounting, or what something actually sells for, presuming it even has been sold to someone with a heartbeat. Well they took these bits of nothing, arranged them in a letter "J" and someone who I hope will never have any decision making power over my life, or anyone at Amazon, paid $17,250 for something that Sotheby's could not even claim Mrs. Onassis ever saw, touched, or knew they were hidden in the lining of a jewelry box.

The Auctioneer could not keep a straight face when just the irons from JFK'S golf clubs sold for $387,500 and the woods for $772,500. As the Author noted it takes two bidders "to make a crazy price" and the winning gentlemen in this case was Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger. I would have thought an extended family discount would have been in order.

The book is a great read for the history of the auction business, and of Sotheby's and Christie's in particular. The business they engage in has been for 250 years, "cultivating the paradox that rich people, at heart, are the neediest people of all". While the owners of these houses take the money seriously, even they speak of the contradiction that is at the heart of their business, they go to person "A" and explain you must sell now, as the market is at its peak for your object, and then pick up the other phone line and explain to person "B" that the opportunity of a lifetime is at hand.

Deception is a key to the process, no bids? pretend there are, this is called taking bids from the "Chandelier". This of course is done until the reserve is met, and some victim, i.e. client, thinks the bidding is real, and starts offering his or her own money.

You may perhaps remember those astronomical prices paid for impressionist paintings up until 1990. They have become the symbol, along with Rockefeller Center and other purchases, as examples of the Japanese economic bubble that exploded so famously. There were 20 Japanese buyers that spent from $22 million to over $100 million during the art boom of 1984-1992. Seventeen of the same twenty were to find themselves either in jail, bankrupt, or under "serious investigation".

As to the "record" prices that were paid, Mr. Saito Ryoei paid the "record" for van Gogh's "Portrait Of Dr. Gachet" at $82,500,000.00. A few nights later, possibly feeling the pinch from such extravagance, he paid the second highest number ever of $78,100,000.00 for Renoir's "Au Moulin de la Galette". But can these be considered records when both paintings were taken back in repossession?

Not to dwell, let's skip to the third "highest" price ever paid. Mr. Alan Bond paid $53,900,000.00 for van Gogh's "Irises", in 1989. Oops sorry, Sotheby's actually financed half the purchase, giving Mr. Bond the incentive to bid ever higher, which gave Sotheby's and even bigger commission as they take their piece from the selling price, so the higher the better. And like the paintings of his Japanese counterpart, this painting too was repossessed.

One has to wonder how these people ever managed to make or keep a dime. For how else does one explain a couple who paid (please sit down) $29,900.00 for a small box that was alleged to hold a piece of wedding cake of The Duke And Duchess of Windsor. How many decades before the cake would vanish, perhaps it fossilized? The couple claimed they were never going to open the box. The real question is, what difference would it make?

The book is a great read, and for those who appeared foolish, they have only themselves to blame together with the fact that the Auction business is not one known for honesty, as Sotheby's found out when they were recorded smuggling a painting, but that's another book.

There is no question that if a person has the means they can spend as they like. At some point I would suggest it would be rather difficult to look in the mirror without feeling the fool. Much of the money spent at auctions is thrown away not invested. And as far as utility, the inflating of an ego is not much of an accomplishment, legacy, or a deed well done.

A good volume - but snobbery abounds.......2000-07-12

Lacey has produced a well-written expose on the hidden world of auctioneering and art. However, the snobbery (and bigotry) that he goes out of his way to illustrate seems to leak into his prose. I almost fell out of my chair when he compared the appearance of one of the Sotheby's directors to that of a "Red Indian" and the numerous references to who was Jewish and who wasn't goes above and beyond pointing out the anti-semitism inherent in the WASP dominated art world. That said, I did find much of the restructuring of the company in the 80s and 90s to be very interesting from a business standpoint and Lacey does draw compelling characters (and he has plenty to draw from).

a beautifully written elegant history.......1999-03-30

Lacey's book is a beautifully written, elegant history of Sotheby's, its competition w Christies, the faddish and often silly and overpriced art and collectibles markets. The warts are there, and so is a great cast of characters, some of whom are so well portrayed as to be almost alive. A great book, on a fascinating firm.

Sotheby'S--Bidding for Class: Bidding for Class

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Sotheby'S--Bidding for Class: Bidding for Class
Robert Lacey
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It's Not About the Bike/Don't Make Me Stop This Car/In the Heart of the Sea/The True Story of Colter/Sotheby's: Bidding for Class (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 62: 2001)

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It's Not About the Bike/Don't Make Me Stop This Car/In the Heart of the Sea/The True Story of Colter/Sotheby's: Bidding for Class (Reader's Digest Today's Best Nonfiction, Volume 62: 2001)
Lance Armstrong , Al Roker , Nathaniel Philbrick , Rick Bass , and Robert Lacey
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Sotheby's - Bidding for Class

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Unabridged Cassette - Library Edition. 7 audio cassettes in plastic hardcase.

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SOTHEBY'S BIDDING FOR CLASS
ROBERT LACEY
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Co (T)
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUCGNK

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Sotheby's: Bidding for Class
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* A hands-on, well-illustrated reference that helps architects and contractors avoid making common errors in traditional construction details

* Graphical approach allows users to quickly visualize design solutions

* Lists the rules-of-thumb for each detail, and correct and incorrect examples of how to design or construct each detail

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fabulous book!.......2007-07-12

I only wish I had known about this book six months earlier! We're attempting to build a period-inspired colonial house. I was so dissatisfied with the house plans I saw that I decided to just design the house myself using library books and determination. I wanted to build something beautiful and the "anti-McMansion". If only I had had this book earlier we would've done so many things differently: my second floor windows would've been shorter to accommodate all the stuff that's supposed to be under the eaves but now won't fit. I would've put the little stoop in a different spot. My dormers would have different proportions. The only problem with reading this book is that now when I look at our house I see all the things I did wrong.

Invaluable Resource.......2007-05-22

I am not an architect, but I am a city planner and frequently work with architects and draft zoning codes which govern architecture. To me, this book is worth the money simply for the "lexicon" at the beginning which describes and illustrates the key elements of traditional building construction. No other book I have used provides these descriptions in such a readily understandable way.

Most of the book consists of a listing of "do's" and "don'ts," illustrated with photos and small drawings, that explain how each of the details should be used and work together to form a composition. I agree with one of the earlier reviewers that some of the photos are hard to read, but for the most part, it works. You may or may not share the author's strong opinions--a lot of people seem to prefer McMansions to the simpler forms of traditional architecture--but regardless of your aesthetic judgements, this book will teach you like no other how the design details come together to determine the overall look and feel of the building.

Excellent Resource.......2007-04-05

I am using this book to assist in the detailing of my house, which we are renovating right now. I lent it to my architect and he says it is a great resource and time saver. He will be buying himself a copy. This book provides many examples of what to do and what not to do and will allow you to focus in on those details that make homes look "just not right" and correct them before costly mistakes are made.

Mediocre Architecture Explained .......2007-01-09

Modernism has been the dominant language of architectural schools since the late 1930's. Modernism has never caught on with most of the people who commission architects to design buildigns. They want more traditional buildings that are grounded in America's architectural history. Unfortunately, most architects were not taught to design traditional buildings. As a consequence, America's suburbs are brimming with grotesque Tudors, misshaped bungalows and ackward colonial revival homes.

In this volume, Stephen Mouzon assembles a thousand photographs of architectural details. By concentrating on specific building details, he gives examples of designs that are done correctly and others that are completely fouled up. At times, it is humorous and even a bit tragic to see just how illiterate an architect can be.

I am not an architect. My hobby is to look at architecture. When I come across real train wrecks, it is easy for me to understand why they do not work. However, I often come across buildings that don't work and I have problems putting my finger on what is wrong. This volume is a field guide to all that can go wrong.

Stephen Mouzon's target audience is architects. I would hope that any architect contemplating designing a traditional building will purchase this book. A little bit of study can help spare this country further examples of embarassing architecture. I only wish this book had been written sixty years ago.

A Must Have Book.......2006-09-25

Excellent Book.... Format and details are outstanding. It shows examples of what to do and what not to do.

I have bought additional copies for others.

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The Best book in my library

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The Best book in my library.......2002-10-30

Are you an Architect and don't know the parts of a traditional double hung window? Forgot how stone was detailed? Could not draw a lug window sill to save your life? Then this book is for you and your staff. Great drawings (real drawings, not CADD), all hand lettered and illustrated. I use this book to size masonry fireplaces. It is the ultimate resource on all types of wood burning fireplaces and masonry dimensioning! Although there are some things that are out of date (plumbing & electrical)this book tells a story about buildings in the emerging market of historic rehab and historic tax credit project.

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Drawing Traditional Buildings
Richard S. Taylor
Manufacturer: Robert Hale Ltd
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Traditional Neighborhood Designs Vol. III

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Traditional Neighborhood Designs Vol. III
Jason Miller
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Building plans and supporting feature articles for traditional neighborhood developments and urban infill developments. Includes indexes to help readers find the types of houses and buildings to suit their particular region/application.

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This full-color illustrated book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland.

Customer Reviews:

pretty funny.......2007-08-19

I think they could have made it a little more kid friendly but it was still pretty funny :) I'm a pre-K teacher and I love this book.

Start'em early.......2007-08-01

Wow, they're teaching kids not to think critically earlier than ever. I think the audio version is read by Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Bob Ney, Scooter Libby, Ted Stevens, and if the kids are really good, Mark Foley will come to your house and read it to your kids personally. You can always trust a conservative! Moo!

"A lot of people look at politics and see it as the guy who wins is the guy who unifies the most people," he said. "I would disagree. I would say the candidate who wins is the candidate who polarizes the right bloc of voters. You always want to polarize somebody."

Allen Raymond, convicted RNC official

An hysterical introduction . . ........2007-06-03

. . . (for children of all ages!) not so much to "classical" liberalism, but rather the sort of insanity the far-left has produced over the last 15 years or so.

A humorous story, with beautiful illustrations, "Help! Mom!" will be the delight of conservative parents everywhere. Living in a state which is an anti-business tax hell, I can greatly empathize with the poor protagonists in this story!

Highly -- and humorously -- recommended!

Profoundly inappropriate .......2007-06-02

This is not a children's book. It is an ideological screed. Maybe there are people who think the caricatures of Clinton and Kennedy are funny or charming (rather than just vulgar and inept). Maybe there are people who will feel self-satisfied at the uncharitable and skewed representations of 'liberal' views.

But any child with an active imagination or a growing mind will find this tiresome. The MEANNESS may will come through; the author's sneers are certainly broad enough. But the intended 'lessons' will not.

It's actually VERY difficult to write books for young children that talk about abstract or complex things. It's absurd to try to talk to children this young about taxation/social policies and their implications. The 4-8 group is MUCH too young for anything like this.

Anyone who had any acquaintance with children's literature, or any working understanding of child development would know these things.

Juvenalian Satire.......2007-05-18

This is one of those books where one's ideology (and we all have one) determines how one emotionally responds, and is thus more expressive than hortatory and persuasive. There is a problem with current political discourse in Gringoland: Readers are likely to think still in terms of left/right liberal/conservative dichotomies, when in fact the political landscape is more varied. Even the author still uses the term "liberal", when in fact _liberal_ now means the exact opposite of what it once meant.

So, using Brian Patrick Mitchell's categories from his _Eight Ways to Run the Country: A New and Revealing Look at Left and Right_, we can say:

- that "progressives" (better: Cultural Marxists/Frankfurter Schuler) will hate this work and call it names: ("a bunch of name calling idiots", " Bigoted Nonsense");

-- "communitarians" (better: statist socialists) will wring their hands and simple argue in therapeutic terms: "right-wing paranoia" "we must try harder", "We need wider understanding, cooperation and critical thinking [and higher taxes and The State]";

- and neocons, paleocons, paleolibertarians, especially theocons, many individualists, and some radicals will love this book - and see it as all good Juvenalian satire: the truth accentuated, with barbs. Just as good for adults and children, the latter possibly missing some of the pointed humor.

Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!

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Idolatry of Money
Help! There are conservatives IN your bedroom!
Whiney Children Turn Out to Be Repuglicans.
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Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!
Katharine DeBrecht
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1594675066

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Idolatry of Money.......2006-04-24

In a recent radio interview, Mrs. DeBrecht described a conversation with her young son which served as inspiration for the title of this book. The conversation took place during the Bush/Gore election campaign, and when she said she was supporting Bush her son asked why. Her response, as she described in this interview, was that she supports Republicans because they allow daddy to keep his money for himself.

If you wish to teach your child to value money over all other matters, you have found an author that shares your interest, and this book will likely serve your ends. But if you have a more Christ-like conception of family values (Jesus, after all, did warn that you cannot serve two masters), then you may want to steer clear.

Help! There are conservatives IN your bedroom!.......2006-04-23

The title of this book is just BEGGING to be mocked, considering that conservatives want to meddle in what you do in the bedroom.

I gave it five stars because this book does a good job of illustrating the profound shallowness of conservatives political discourse. "Conservatives are angels. Liberals are monsters."

Whiney Children Turn Out to Be Repuglicans........2006-03-22

That's what the studies show. No wonder they whine and scream, 'bias,' everytime they don't get their way. Now they're turning on children. It wasn't enough that they started their own Pravda station and are falling in the polls. Keep up the excellent work making fools of yourselves!

A fun read!.......2006-03-15

My grandkids ask me to read this to them every time they visit. The illustrations keep their attention and they are always finding something new in them. Plus, I don't get tired of reading it either.

Folks should really read the book before reviewing it.

Funny Book.......2006-02-22

This book is sure to make liberals angry. They'll write reviews and trot out their old & tired comparisons. The least imaginative of the liberal reviewers will make their obligatory references to: nazis, back room abortions, W is dumb, global warming and/or big bad corporations.

This book is Animal Farm on training wheels and perhaps a great way to help kids learn for themselves.

Suffer the little children: the grim "fun" of highly partisan kid lit. : An article from: Reason

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Suffer the little children: the grim "fun" of highly partisan kid lit. : An article from: Reason
Nick Gillespie
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This digital document is an article from Reason, published by Thomson Gale on May 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1239 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Suffer the little children: the grim "fun" of highly partisan kid lit.
Author: Nick Gillespie
Publication: Reason (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Page: 64(2)

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Make your bridal shower fun!

Here's all you need to get your bridal shower off to a fast and funny start: four pencil games that everyone will enjoy (with duplicate game sheets for eight people) plus four entertaining group activities.

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Bridal Shower games.......2007-07-22

Some of the games are definitely better than others. You'll have to tailor to the group.

Not for a younger crowd.......2000-03-31

This is a book that only contains game sheets, no writing or suggestions. The games are for a mostly older crowd. I'm 21, and most of the games involve questions that if you haven't been around long enough could not be very easy for example One game called famous couples your supposed to write in names of partner some people listed: George burns, Napoleon Bonaparte, Laura Ingalls. Some good Ideas for games but not for a younger group of people. I think I will only use one game out of the 8 listed.

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The Best Bridal Shower Party Games #1
Courtney Cooke
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Bridal Shower Party Games - Four pencil games with duplicate sheets for eight people puls four entertaining party activities. Lot of fun and interesting!

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