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Bring Back Barbarella
Barbarella is my favourite cult movie of all time. And it is the most visually stunning scif fi film from the 1960s. I can't understand why there haven't been more Barbarella comic books or novels. Marvel and DC need to revive this classic sex kitten. ... Read more

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Brilliant and Inspirational
In her trademark open, honest and upbeat style, Jane Fonda offers reliable and easily understood suggestions on diet, exericse, sexuality and self image that will make your mid life a vigorous, vibrant and happy plateau in life's journey. This includes the very popular "Prime Time" Workout ... Read more

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From Aristophanes Lysistrata to the
notorious Mata Hari and the legendary Tokyo Rose, stories of female betrayal during wartime have recurred throughout human history. The myth of Hanoi Jane, Jerry Lembcke argues, is simply the latest
variation on this enduring theme. Like
most of the iconic femmes fatales who came before, it is based on a real person, Jane Fonda. And also like its predecessors, it combines traces of fact with heavy doses of fiction to create a potent symbol of feminine
perfidy part erotic warrior-woman
Barbarella, part savvy antiwar activist, and part powerful entrepreneur.

Hanoi Jane, the book, deconstructs
Hanoi Jane, the myth, to locate its origins in the need of Americans to explain defeat in Vietnam through fantasies of home-front betrayal and the emasculation of the national will-to-war. Lembcke shows that the expression Hanoi Jane did not reach the eyes and ears of most
Americans until five or six years after the end of the war in Vietnam. By then, anxieties about America s declining global status and deteriorating economy were
fueling a populist reaction that pointed to the loss of the war as the taproot of those problems. Blaming the antiwar movement for undermining the military s resolve,
many found in the imaginary Hanoi Jane the personification of their stab-in-theback theories.

Ground zero of the myth was the city
of Hanoi itself, which Jane Fonda had
visited as a peace activist in July 1972. Rumors surrounding Fonda s visits with U.S. POWs and radio broadcasts to troops combined to conjure allegations of treason
that had cost American lives. That
such tales were more imagined than real did not prevent them from insinuating themselves into public memory, where they have continued to infect American politics and culture.

Hanoi Jane is a book about the making of Hanoi Jane by those who saw a formidable threat in the Jane Fonda who supported soldiers and veterans opposed to the war they fought, in the postcolonial struggle of the Vietnamese people to make
their own future, and in the movements of women everywhere for gender equality. ... Read more

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Delves into the mythology constructed around Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda's staunch positions during the Vietnam war gave birth the mythos of Hanoi Jane. "Hanoi Jane" delves into the mythology constructed around Jane Fonda, who was known for visiting North Vietnam, visiting prisoners of war during the infamous conflict. Outspoken against the war, she has gained her own infamy, and the figure Hanoi Jane is constructed as what undermined America's efforts during the war. Analyzing the mythos of Hanoi Jane, "Hanoi Jane" is an intriguing and fascinating take that shouldn't be overlooked by any history collection focusing on the Vietnam war.

This is a very important book.
Lembcke is a Vietnam vet who has been intensely interested in how the lost Vietnam War has been reinterpreted and understood by conservative veteran groups and the broader U.S. right wing. In his earlier book The Spitting Image Lembcke researched and wrote a fact driven book that proved, contrary to massive propaganda to the contrary, that returning GI's from Vietnam had NOT BEEN spit upon by anti-war protesters as alleged in Hollywood films, novels, GI memoirs, and journalists. In Hanoi Jane Lembcke continues his de-bunking analysis by looking at Jane Fonda/Hanoi Jane. The book is not at all about Fonda, but instead about Hanoi Jane, a fictional creation in the tradition of Tokyo Rose and Mata Hari. The Hanoi Jane myth targets Fonda as a treasonous figure responsible for the loss of the Vietnam War. The right's Hanoi Jane characterization serves to erase historical memory of the valiant Vietnamese struggle for independence along with the large scale resistance within the U.S. military itself that eventually forced the government to mercifully end the war. Lembcke also explains how the "spit upon vet" and Hanoi Jane have been used to sell the Gulf War and the post-9/11 wars to the American public. To the hard core right this book will be further evidence of left wing venality, but to those with open minds who understand and can recognize reason, research, evidence, and skilled argumentation, Hanoi Jane will provide a valuable educational experience. ... Read more

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"This book will help you develop a relationship with your doctor. . . . [It is] especially valuable for caregivers . . . an excellent reference book that is hard to put down." -- Rosalynn Carter, The Rosalynn Carter Institute at Georgia Southwestern State University

"An exceptionally clear and helpful guide for consumers and practitioners alike.The future of medical care will be based on the informed user of health care; this book will help point the way.No patient or future patient should be without this book!" -- Scott O. Smith, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.

"A useful, practical, easy-to-read guide, packed with basic tips and common sense advice that can help you and your family understand how to stay well and deal with sickness and the medical system.A solid section on how to evaluate health sites on the Internet rounds out this handy book." -- Peter Frishauf, founder Medscape from WebMD ... Read more

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great practical guide
Most self-help medical books always error in unfriendly med-talk.This is a no-nonsense very informative guide that actually educates the reader in plain English.Not to be missed.

Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier?
Wow! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expetise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and learned to understand what they should look for, how to accuratelty describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctorand how to take care of themselves, ... Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Brazelton are to infant healh and development

Live longer, healthier and happier
Wow!!! Dr. Sobczyk has put 20 years of a physician's expertise in one easy to read book. If all my patients read her book and were able to understand what they should look for, how to accurately describe their symptoms, what to ask their doctor about and how to take care of themselves, I would have the healthiest patient population in the country.

Do you want to live longer, be healthier and happier? Do you want to lower your medical bills and insurance rates? Here it is...Dr. Sobczyk's Your Body Your Health. This book is to adult health as Dr. Spock and Dr. Brazelton are to infant healht and development.

Take Control of Your Health
Unlike other health books which deal only with a specific illness or particular health fad, this is a book about how to be involved as a health care consumer.Though the book was written by physicians, the authors encourage readers to stop blindly taking doctor's advice.Sure, your physician has a medical degree and you probably don't, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be involved -- as the title indicates, it is indeed your body and your health, not your doctor's.Though a reference book, the text is in plain accessible (including a straight-forward, detailed glossary of medical terms).It primarily addresses what goes on during a medical visit from your doctor's perspective and explains how to make the most of that time, how to get your questions in, and work with your doctor to solve your medical problems.In includes information on preventative care, common illnesses at each life stage, troublesome symptoms, explanations of common medical tests, and a list of internet medical resources (as well as explanations of how to separate out reliable internet medical resources from phony ones).It is a book for anyone who has ever left a doctor's appointment feeling more like a witness then an active participant.

Your Body Your Health
Anyone interested in how to manage their own health care and that of their family should have this book.It is a great reference, easy to read manual with information on how to prepare for a visit to the physician, what to expect from your physician, and what all those tests mean in helping your health care giver treat you. The section on health related websites is especially helpful in knowing which sites are reliable.

If your physician is one of those that enters the room, asks a couple of questions while grasping the door knob with one hand expecting a quick exit, this book will teach you how to say "sit, stay until I AM ready for you to go". ... Read more