Sex, lies, and videotape

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Absolutely Sexy!!.......2002-01-16

...I have not yet seen the movie and read the screenplay and loove it! Steven Soderbergh is not only a great director, but also a very good screenplay writer. The story was unique in the sense that it had a very contemporary feel to it - and yet at the end of it all addressing the same issues such as loneliness, sexual needs, love, strive, and hatred in a marriage or a failed relationship. I would love to see Peter Gallagher, James Spader and Andie McDowell play these roles out!! Great book!

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Exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly about small town politics, and names the players in doing so.

Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Chris Cawood
Manufacturer: Magnolia Hill Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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Justice in a small Southern town. The true story of police, prosecutors, and politicians in a rural East Tennessee county.

This is the true story beginning in 1998 and running up through 2005 of criminal prosecution based on power and petty politics. Sex, drugs, a prosecutor with paranoid symptoms all come together to make this read like fiction, but it is as true as today's headlines.

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Exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly about small town politics, and names the players in doing so........2006-08-27

Cawood's book exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly about small town politics. What is different about this book and makes it a must read is that all the key players are named along with their sometimes illegal deeds. Cawood not only exposes the skeltons in the closets of Roane County, Tennessee's political players (District Attorney, Judge, Sheriff, Sheriff Deputies and Investigators) he exposes his own skeltons as well. It's a very intimate portrait. If you weren't on first name basis with the author when you started the book, you will be when you finish it. You will cheer his victories. Cawood's arch rival, the local District Attorney along with the sheriff, lost re-election bids after his book was published. The real life polical and law enforcement players in this book, their crimes and cover-up makes this a must read for anyone, regardless of reading genre.

Sex, Lies and Videotape (Faber Reel Classics)

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Sex, Lies and Videotape (Faber Reel Classics)
Steven Soderbergh
Manufacturer: Faber and Faber
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sex, lies, and videotape
Steven Soderbergh
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Screenplay of the movie including clips from the production.

Media mavericks: media consultants aren't afraid to step on a few toes in the cutthroat business of sex, lies and videotape.: An article from: Campaigns & Elections

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Media mavericks: media consultants aren't afraid to step on a few toes in the cutthroat business of sex, lies and videotape.: An article from: Campaigns & Elections
David M. Drucker
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Title: Media mavericks: media consultants aren't afraid to step on a few toes in the cutthroat business of sex, lies and videotape.
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Publication: Campaigns & Elections (Magazine/Journal)
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Volume: 28 Issue: 4 Page: 36(4)

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Sex, lies, and videotape: The presentation of sex crime in local television news [An article from: Journal of Criminal Justice]

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Sex, lies, and videotape: The presentation of sex crime in local television news [An article from: Journal of Criminal Justice]
K. Dowler
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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The portrayal of sex crime in popular media is distorted and sensational. The media propagate several myths about sex crime and provide numerous inaccuracies about the nature and level of sex crime. Employing content analysis, this research sought to systematically and critically explore the presentation of sex crime in local television newscasts. The results revealed that approximately 10 percent of crime stories were sex related. In addition, the results suggested that sex crime stories were more likely to present fear, while being less likely to appear sensational or report motives. Finally, unlike the majority of crime stories, sex crime stories were more likely to be reported in the later stages of criminal justice, which included the court, sentencing, and disposition phase. These findings are discussed within the context of common depictions of sex crime. Essentially, victim credibility and fear are universal themes within the context of sex crime presentation.

Sex, lies, and videotape: tort of 'tabloid outrage' takes on unscrupulous media.: An article from: Trial

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Sex, lies, and videotape: tort of 'tabloid outrage' takes on unscrupulous media.: An article from: Trial
Kelly McMurry
Manufacturer: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Trial, published by Association of Trial Lawyers of America on September 1, 1998. The length of the article is 1409 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.

From the supplier: The tort of tabloid outrage can carry the day for plaintiffs whose reputations have suffered due to unfair depiction in the press, and the gist of this tort is the intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiffs do not have to show an economic loss or a loss of reputation, and lawyers considering this claim must submit the facts to a three-part test, whether the article says something outlandish and untrue, whether there is a good-faith motive for the article, and whether the potential client bears primary responsibility for the article being in print.

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Title: Sex, lies, and videotape: tort of 'tabloid outrage' takes on unscrupulous media.
Author: Kelly McMurry
Publication: Trial (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1998
Publisher: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Volume: 34 Issue: n9 Page: 12(2)

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Sex, Lies and Videotape
Steven Soderbergh
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEXETG

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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Steven Soderbergh
Manufacturer: Perennial Library
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Binding: Paperback
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Sex, lies, and videotape: Screenplay
Steven Soderbergh
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Purpose is Enjoyment not Improvement

The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes

A dud

It worked for me!

It's OK.

10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
Larry Evans
Manufacturer: Cardoza
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Binding: Paperback

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Purpose is Enjoyment not Improvement.......2006-09-10

I reject the oft implied notion that each chess book should be judged by how many Elo points you gain as a direct result of reading the book. Reading a chess book rarely increases one's Elo rating. In this regard most chess books are the same.

Yet chess books differ greatly in how enjoyable they are to read. This book by Larry Evans is more enjoyable than is the average chess book. I am glad I own this book.
The enjoyable-ness of this book comes in part from the ready access it gives to the two move choices presented to the reader. The two moves to choose from are presented immediately under the diagram. The reader's task is to determine which move is a big blunder. The explanation of both moves is presented in paragraph format at the bottom of the same page.

This avoids the under-criticized tedious hassle of having to flip thru pages in the back of the book. This is a handy book to keep by your throne at home.
However, it would have been better for the explanatory paragraphs to have been printed two pages ahead. That would have kept them nearby, and yet helped you avoid accidently reading the answer.

Evans' prose is usually pleasant to read, especially when he discusses diagrams from his own games (true feelings, less need for cliche as when discussing games he was not involved in).

My only criticizm of this book is that Evans rarely attempts any educationalor summary explanation beyond giving variations. The book is also a little pricey considering how few puzzles are in it.

The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes.......2005-08-16

This book is quite handy for entertainment.

I like the way that the author (or publisher) has set out the pages which makes it easy to use.

There are a few mistakes, a funny one where Evans actually pointed out the position was wrong a few years ago but put the wrong position in his book, as pointed out by John Watson.

However, if you are looking for a serious study book, then this is probably not the book for you.

A dud.......2005-06-14

I like reading Larry Evans' columns in Chess Life, and I find him to be a bright and engaging individual, but the quality of his books has dramatically dropped off lately.

This book, although ambitious and seemingly quite helpful is really anything but. I picked it up at a local bookstore one day while I was waiting for my girlfriend who was shopping at a nearby outlet store. By the time I got home I wished that I had my 15 bucks back.

Basically the book is laid out across 10 chapters(hence the 10 most common mistakes), and Larry Evans presents a diagram and gives you two move choices. One is the correct move that wasn't played, and the other is the wrong move that was.

My big problems with this:
He gives the solutions right below the move choices and diagram. Good luck trying to keep yourself from peeking below.
Even if you try hard not to look down, you'll notice right away which choice - Move A or Move B - has more text next to it. 90% of the time the move with more text is the wrong move.
Ex: Solutions: (a) Qxb4? is bad in light of blah blah blah...insert 4 lines of variations
where as (b) Qc6 is a quiet move that helps the winning side.

Also, if you have the choice of whether to chose between
(a) A capturing move
or (b) A quiet move,
always pick (b).

The book isn't terrible to simply thumb through on a night when you're bored, but don't expect to much out of this one.

It worked for me!.......2004-07-18

I like this book. Despite the other reviewers' negativity, I have found it helpful. I am relatively new to chess, I know the basic rules and enjoy playing, but I haven't played any tournaments or been rated. This book is helping me to think out the positions and analyze them more seriously than I did before. If you are (relatively) new to chess, this is a good book. If you are an advanced player, this is not the one for you.

It's OK........2002-02-18

Three and a half stars would be more of an accurate appraisal. Not the best chess book I've read, but some good tactical themes. While studying this book for about month, I still couldn't figure out the best way to utilize the information other than take it for granted that when Larry Evans states "not to leave your King vulnerable"...not to leave your King vulnerable. The author's annotation is not very thorough, there was not enough detail explaining the why's behind the moves other than the simple good and bad moves. It is an ok book, but not a necessity to one's library. Why buy a book that's just ok when you have a choice of books that are much much better and at the same time, the same price?

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10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
Larry Evans
Manufacturer: CARDOZA PUBLISHING U
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Binding: Paperback
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Yawn.

Short but very informative

Lucky and Short

A good book, not a great book.

Invaluable Book for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Managers

Lucky or Smart?: Secrets to an Entrepreneurial Life
Bo Peabody
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover

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Release Date: 2004-12-28

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At twenty-seven, Bo Peabody was an Internet multi-millionaire. In the heady days of the late 1990s, though, when every cool kid had an IPO, that wasn’t very remarkable. What is remarkable is that he’s even more successful today. He has co-founded five different companies, in varied industries, and made them thrive during the best and worst of economic times. Through it all, the one question everyone asks is: Was it his smarts that made him an entrepreneurial leader, or was it just plain luck? The truth is, Bo was smart enough to know when he was getting lucky. And he wants you to have the same advantage.

With proven methods for success and a witty, conversational voice, Bo takes the reader through the lessons his experiences as an entrepreneur have taught him. At the heart of Bo’s manifesto is a mantra that everyone, whether working for a multinational corporation or a solo start-up, should heed: If you want your business to be successful, make sure your work is fundamentally innovative, morally compelling, and philosophically positive.

Lucky or Smart? will teach you how to put yourself in a position to get lucky, create the right situations for success, and take advantage of every opportunity. It is the first truly authentic guide to an entrepreneurial life, a must read for anyone looking for his or her own road to fulfillment.

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At twenty–seven, Bo Peabody was an Internet multi–millionaire. In the heady days of the late 1990s, though, when every cool kid had an IPO, that wasn’t very remarkable. What is remarkable is that he’s even more successful today. He has co–founded five different companies, in varied industries, and made them thrive during the best and worst of economic times. Through it all, the one question everyone asks is: Was it his smarts that made him an entrepreneurial leader, or was it just plain luck? The truth is, Bo was smart enough to know when he was getting lucky. And he wants you to have the same advantage.

With proven methods for success and a witty, conversational voice, Bo takes the reader through the lessons his experiences as an entrepreneur have taught him. At the heart of Bo’s manifesto is a mantra that everyone, whether working for a multinational corporation or a solo start–up, should heed: If you want your business to be successful, make sure your work is fundamentally innovative, morally compelling, and philosophically positive.

Lucky or Smart? will teach you how to put yourself in a position to get lucky, create the right situations for success, and take advantage of every opportunity. It is the first truly authentic guide to an entrepreneurial life, a must read for anyone looking for his or her own road to fulfillment.

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Yawn........2007-09-29

This book is useless. I'm so surprised others gave it four stars. The author just got lucky with his timing and he inflated the valuation of his company by posing as a slacker CEO while in reality he was working 100 hour work weeks.

Then he was smart because he cashed out instead of going IPO because in his own words, he knew that the company was "all hat, no cattle". Then he took his money invested it in other companies that he "started" through his venture capital company. He actually doesn't talk about any of those operations so one wonders if he considers investing the same as starting a company.

Personally I wasn't looking for someone's luck story. I wanted "secrets to an entrepreneurial life" as the cover claims and what I really wanted was information that I could implement in the next company I start. This didn't teach me any. It was like reading an article in some bad paper, like USA Today, just longer.

If you want an autobiography of a random lucky guy, this is the book for you. If you want to make your business more successful without lying to the press or being someone you aren't, read Adrian Slywotzky. He can tell you some real entrepreneurial secrets that you can apply to your business.

Short but very informative.......2007-08-13

I thouroughly enjoyed the read, it was like listening to a good story page after page and gleaning 1 or 2 lessons from it.

Lucky and Short.......2007-04-16

This small book from the founder of Tripod is worth the hour it will take you to read it. Peabody was a `B' student and suggests that successful entrepreneurs are almost always `B' students: good at lots of things, experts at none. To compensate, `B' student entrepreneurs need to hire `A' student managers (and coders and VPs), who are excellent a one or two things, to successfully take a startup to maturity. This revelation is not rocket science, and not an entirely new concept either, but it is very interesting to hear how this strategy played out for Peabody and Tripod.

Even though he made millions, Peabody does not boast or make the silly claim--like many Internet millionaires--to have known all along that he was destined for greatness. In fact he is quite humble: he readily admits he was making a lot of his business strategy up as he went along, and that with Tripod, it could have just as easily gone the other way and ended in failure.

The three salient lessons from this very short memoir of an entrepreneur: work very hard, hire the right people, and be smart enough to know when you are getting lucky.

A good book, not a great book. .......2007-03-21

I picked up this book on the recommendation a client. Mr. Peabody tells good stories and lays out some straightforward facts. In many ways, it's a nifty little autobiography with some useful nuggets of information.

The advice he gives is mainly for Type-A personality entrepreneurs; Risk-taking, project-starting individuals whose main focus is getting product out the door so their effort can be called a success.

For anyone who does not fit that mold, this book is not necessarily speaking to you. However, even if its not directed at you, you'll still gain some insight into why people like Peabody behave and think the way they do.

What I liked most:
-- Always sell. As the person at the top of the organization, always sell.
-- Recognize which role is naturally in you: Entrepreneur, or Manager, and then excel in that role.
-- Know what you don't know. Don't try to buffalo your way through things. To me this is part of being intellectually honest.

What could have been better:
-- I do agree that striving for "good" will be what gets a company off the ground, but that's the end of the road for the entrepreneur on that project anyway. After the entrepreneur moves on to other challenges, the company he leaves behind needs to press forward and strive to be great. That part needed more value ascribed to it.
-- Peabody talks a lot about selling at the entrepreneurial level, but never touches on the mechanics of developing a strategy for it. It may be instinctive to him, but it would have been nice to have him explain a more functional approach.

I liked the book. Quick read. Some good nuggets. Just not enough of them in the right places.

I suppose Peabody followed his own advice: He wrote a good book, not a great one.

Invaluable Book for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Managers.......2006-11-10

This is one of the best business books I've ever read. It conveys highly insightful, meaningful ideas in a remarkably concise and common-sense way. No droaning on with complex business models or contrived new management theories. Peabody simply shares his views of what makes a successful entrepreneur and manager, and the importance of understanding the value of diverse personalities and skill sets. The ideas it contains are motivating, entertaining and invaluable. I've purchased several copies for colleagues. I highly recommend it.

Don't Get Lucky - Get Smart: Why Your Love Life Sucks-and What You Can Do About It

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Don't Get Lucky - Get Smart: Why Your Love Life Sucks-and What You Can Do About It
Alan Cohen
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• Why Your LOVE Life Sucks — and What You Can Do About It: With the same humor, real-world examples, and charming directness as Why Your Life Sucks, Don’t Get Lucky — Get Smart spells out why many of us have been unlucky in love — and also offers practical ways to increase our relationship intelligence. From a self-help guru who admittedly owned a lot of unreal estate in dating hell for years, Don't Get Lucky distils the common reasons we all have bad — or just not great — relationships, showing us how to recognize our own patterns, and ultimately how to change for the better.

• An original voice with highly practical information: Cohen debunks the common myths we bring to dating and offers new insight into the realities of relationships. For example, chances are your love life sucks if you often…
-Mistake “hope at first sight” for “love at first sight”
-Date out of desperation. People who feel desperate do desperate things — and create desperate results
-Seek only The Right Person — which may be a way of avoiding relationship
-Get stuck on The Wrong Person — again and again and again

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Leslie Charteris
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Lucky Thirteen: A Collection of Thirteen Smart Recitations for Male Entertainers

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How a confederate delivered the goods: strong sleuthing, some lucky breaks, and a street-smart staff helped break up a crime ring. (Loss Prevention).: An article from: Security Management

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How a confederate delivered the goods: strong sleuthing, some lucky breaks, and a street-smart staff helped break up a crime ring. (Loss Prevention).: An article from: Security Management
Craig T. Frank
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Title: How a confederate delivered the goods: strong sleuthing, some lucky breaks, and a street-smart staff helped break up a crime ring. (Loss Prevention).
Author: Craig T. Frank
Publication: Security Management (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2003
Publisher: American Society for Industrial Security
Volume: 47 Issue: 4 Page: 54(6)

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Smart or Lucky? (Books in Brief).(Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life) (book review): An article from: The Futurist

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Smart or Lucky? (Books in Brief).(Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life) (book review): An article from: The Futurist

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This digital document is an article from The Futurist, published by World Future Society on May 1, 2002. The length of the article is 748 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: Smart or Lucky? (Books in Brief).(Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in the Markets and in Life) (book review)
Publication: The Futurist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2002
Publisher: World Future Society
Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Page: 62(1)

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THE HAPPY HIGHWAYMAN - The Saint: The Man Who Was Lucky; The Smart Detective; The Well Meaning Mayor; The Wicked Cousin; The Benevolent Burglary; The Star Producers; The Charitable Countess; The Mugs' Game; The Man Who Liked Ants - Simon Templar Adventure
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Manufacturer: Pocket Books of Canada
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Lucky or Smart
Bo Peabody
Manufacturer: RANDOM HOUSE BUSINES
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Lucky or Smart 6-copy L-card Display
Bo Peabody
Manufacturer: Random House
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Release Date: 2004-12-28

Unreal!:Eight Surprising Stories: Without a Shirt; the Strap Box Flyer; Skeleton on the Dunny; Lucky Lips; Cow Dung Custard; Lighthouse Blues; Smart Ice Cream; Wunderpants

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Paul Jennings' Unreal First Book
Dumb Book
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Unreal (Story 7 Smart Ice-Cream)
Great!! Loved the funny stories

Unreal!:Eight Surprising Stories: Without a Shirt; the Strap Box Flyer; Skeleton on the Dunny; Lucky Lips; Cow Dung Custard; Lighthouse Blues; Smart Ice Cream; Wunderpants
Paul Jennings
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Paul Jennings' Unreal First Book.......2006-08-31

"Unreal", first published in Australia in 1985, was Paul Jennings' first book, which he wrote while he was a school teacher. It is a collection of weird and wonderful short stories for kids, though it's fun for all ages, I reckon. "Unreal" went on to win a whole bunch of awards, and Paul Jennings went on to become a full time writer, and something of a phenomenon here down under. His books sold millions of copies, and spawned two TV series ("Round the Twist" and "Driven Crazy"). He's done an awful lot for kid's reading down here. I've been a fan of Paul's since I was nine or so years old. I'm grown up now, but still I find his books worth reading and re-reading.

Every single one of the eight stories in "Unreal" is great fun, and are among Jennings' best work, in my opinion. Here's a summary:

"Without A Shirt" features a boy who obsessively ends every sentence with the phrase "without a shirt". His teacher feels sorry for him and the other kids make fun of him. His life, however, takes a strange and unexpected turn the day he has to do a talk in front of the class...

"The Strap Box Flyer" is a story I'd forgotten about for quite some time, but it's interesting. It's all about a greedy businessman who goes from town to town selling glue. He tells his customers it will stick anything together. He doesn't tell them that it will only stick for 4 hours. Great ending to this one!

"Skeleton on the Dunny" is something of a ghost story centred around an outhouse. "Dunny" is an Australian slang word for toilet, used in a similar way to the American slang "the can". Really liked this story when I was a kid.

"Lucky Lips" is all about a sixteen year old boy whose never been kissed, but hopes to change all that with some magic invisble lipstick. Things end up getting a little crazy, though.

"Cow-Dung Custard" is a story designed to gross out, a type of story that Paul tends to write from time to time. This one's about a boy whose Dad is a prize winning gardener. He's a success thanks to his special combinations of animal manure. One of his combinations, "cow-dung custard" is a bit too special, and ends up causing chaos among the townsfolk.

"Lighthouse Blues" is another ghost story. A young lad goes to work as an apprentice on a lighthouse, and every Friday night he hears eerie music played on the saxophone, music whose lyrics seem to be trying to say something to him!

"Smart Ice-Cream" is an interesting one. A know-it-all boy is convinced that the local ice-cream truck is making his peers smarter by way of the ice-cream they eat. A short but sweet story (pardon the pun!)

"Wunderpants" is all about an enchanted pair of homemade underwear. I think that's all I need to say about that one!

Highly recommended to young readers. It's a lot of fun. If you enjoyed it, check out some of Paul Jennings other books like "Quirky Tales", "Uncanny" and "Unseen".

Dumb Book.......2005-07-04

This is the stupidest book ever. The stories were retarded. One story was about some little snot who teased other people and thought he was good. What a loser! This book sucked.

go for this book.......2004-11-09

What odd, delightful, unique stories. Sort of spooky at times, but certainly not typical.

Unreal (Story 7 Smart Ice-Cream).......2001-09-21

I think that this story would be suited to children 7-12 years of age.

In this story there is a very smart boy who always gets 100 out of 100 for Maths and English.
He teases people with pimples and other problems, but Peppi the ice-cream man fixes these problems with ice-cream.
There is a twist at the end that you couldn't guess. Read to find out.

This was an okay story. It is pretty short but has enough infomation to get the story line across. There were a few funny parts that make the story interesting.

Great!! Loved the funny stories.......1999-04-08

This book is great, my favorite story is called "Without a Shirt". It is about a boy that cannot say a sentence or paragraph without ending it with the phrase - "Without a shirt". Of course there is more to the story, but I think it nice to with hold the ending for the reader.

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