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Michael Gross
 My Generation: Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips $25.00 I had read Michael Gross' book Model and I was so impressed by it that I bought his other books and this was the next one I read and I was totally blown away by it for all the same reasons. Gross is a master of a flowing prose which just effortlessly moves the reader along with a sweeping reach which is perfect for a book like this. Minor details just hit home on every page. I worked at Studio 54 and I think I learned more about the club from this book than I did by working there! For instance I had always believed that Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager had been college friends but reading My Generation I learned that in fact Ian had early on been Steve's lawyer and suddenly the relationship made sense. I am moving in on the 740 Park book now with full anticipation. My Generation is a fantastic book.  Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women $16.95 This is a really good book but I found a mistake. Michael Gross has mistakenly credited Clyde Matthew Dessner for first using the term 'Supermodel' (in 1943). Actually, Gross should have really credited Judith Cass, who used the supermodel term earlier in a 1942 Chicago Tribune article (October 6, 1942). Cass titled the article: "Super Models Are Signed for Fashion Show".  The Complete Guide to Option Selling, Second Edition $44.95 I was very disappinted with my purchase. I expected a book to be about buying and selling STOCK options. The book is about COMMODITY otions. |
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