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by: Pam Houston
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.23
EAN: 9781885223197
ISBN: 1885223196
Label: Beyond Words
Manufacturer: Beyond Words
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 141
Publication Date: September 01, 1996
Publisher: Beyond Words
Sales Rank: 638878
Studio: Beyond Words
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Product Description:
Through a collection of essays and photographs, a celebration of men reveals a side of the elusive species that the world seldom sees, with photographic portraits of Keanu Reeves, Jack Nicholson, John Singleton, Tom Hayden, Arthur Miller, and others. 25,000 first printing. First serial, Life. Tour. IP.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Beautiful, but not picturesque
I bought this book looking for more of the wisdom I had found in other Pam Houston novels, accompanied with pictures. Instead, I found a wonderfully pretty book of black and white photos of men, with a little narritive to accompany them. The men in these pictures are mostly people who I haven't heard of: not-yet-famous actors, designers, etc. The few "famous" men are indeed charming in their morning faces. The photographs are well done and very candid. However...
I wanted words. ... Read More
Rating:  - A Failure of Nerve
If you came here looking for something erotic, look elsewhere. Amazingly, Veronique Vial takes an inherently sexy idea and manages to neuter it. And I don't think it shows undue prurient interest on my part to have expected something sexy from these photographs of (sometimes) gorgeous men going about their morning business. We get them looking tired, cranky, disheveled and ponderous, but not sexy. We get them making coffee and brushing their teeth and eating their eggs, but damnit, we don't get them ... Read More
Rating:  - Sexy When Messy
These are wonderful pictures taken by a French female photographer of famous men before 10 am in the morning. These are not just actors but men famous for other reasons as well. She doesn't date the pictures and I believe some of them are from quite a few years back but that is not a detraction. Some of the men are wide awake and already working but many are not. They are all informal, to say the least! I don't like the companion book, Women Before Ten A.M., nearly as well but a man might prefer ... Read More
Rating: - Touched My Heart
I have never read a book cover to cover, ever. And, while this isn't a book book, having anything that kept my attention this long is a great accomplishment. The photos are great, especially the non-celebs, since I prefer real people, and the words Pam Houston writes about men are the most positive, un-self-serving words I have yet to read, words that the women who joined her for an extended weekend in the Rocky's weren't saying to be liked, or understood. The images, especially on "Why We Still Love ... Read More
Rating: - Photos yes, text no
I really liked most of the photographs in this book, but Houston as a expert on men? Please, she has the sickest relationships of anyone I've ever read - and I assume her other writing is not exactly fictional. She's over-hyped, over-bearing, and a mediocre writer.
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