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Summary: All You Need is Love (and this book)
Review: This is an amazing book. Ken Mansfield has done a masterful job of relating stories and anecdotes about his days with the Beatles that will satisfy and intrigue any fan, while working in more meaty matters of faith and personal examination. The photos are great, the writing in first-rate, and the website on the back of the book .................... is fabulous. Highly recommend!
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Summary: An immensely satisfying experience.
Review: This is an astonishing book by one time Beatles friend and US manager of their label Apple.Unlike the sleazy tabloid portrayals of The Beatles in many books, Mansfield explores The Beatles as no other has done. He exposes not their excesses, but their endearing humanness. You see John, Paul, George and Ringo often simply as ordinary everyday people in the most casual of circumstances. Mansfield journey is a strange one. Trusted to run The Beatles Empire firstly as a major US label rep, then as Apple manager Stateside, he seems unaffected by his famous bosses and often unaware of the fame that surrounds him. Of course for any Beatles/rock fan (like me!) his stories are a delight. Yet his stories are often low- key, even ordinary and that is one of the great strengths of this book. His friendship with and respect for The Beatles means, for once, they are treated with dignity. Unlike many books, you don't feel like the author has betrayed his subjects. The style of this book is like no other rock book I've read, as Mansfield oscillates between Beatles stories, Bible reflections and coastal metaphors. It is though an immensely satisfying experience.
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Summary: best of the batch of beatles books
Review: This is the most gentle and revealing book I have read about the Beatles---and I have probably read them all. Because of the author's approach to these men, their times and his personal journey there is something that rings inherently true and makes me believe this one over all others. It is the Seinfeld of the Beatle tomes. Mansfield has no axe to grind, no fame to gain and no apparent motive beyond the art of recollection and the rockin' events that rolled him in and out of Vonnegutian dimensions. The photography and classic packaging puts this one on my coffee table and in my fond memory bank.
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Summary: best of the batch of beatles books
Review: This is the most gentle and revealing book I have read about the Beatles---and I have probably read them all. Because of the author's approach to these men, their times and his personal journey there is something that rings inherently true and makes me believe this one over all others. It is the Seinfeld of the Beatle tomes. Mansfield has no axe to grind, no fame to gain and no apparent motive beyond the art of recollection and the rockin' events that rolled him in and out of Vonnegutian dimensions. The photography and classic packaging puts this one on my coffee table and in my fond memory bank.
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Summary: The Beatles, The Bible, and Bodega Bay
Review: This was one of those books, that you read once, and cherish! Ken has a very beautiful heart, and a way of sharing about his life with the Beatles, that is both funny, and thought provoking! If you are sorry for reading it, you are missing out on something very important in your life, and if you are glad you've read it, then you've received a wonderful blessing! I highly recommend this book!
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Summary: A unique personal view of the Beatles, and life in general
Review: While I am not a Christian, I was deeply moved and touched by this book. It not only gave a new look at the human side of the Beatles. Unlike EVERY other book written about the Beatles, this one has both a heart, and a soul. It did not place them on some higher plain of reality, it showed their very human sides. The author's spiritual journey is both insightfull, and inspiring. This was trully a great read! I feel as though any fan of life (And The Beatles.) should give this book a read. (You'll walk away from it inspired on many different levels.)
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Summary: The Worst Book I've Ever Read
Review: Zero stars. Buying this book was a huge mistake. Nothing new on the Beatles, nothing interesting on the Beatles. It is merely, not so subliminal advertising on the good name of the Beatles. Mansfield spews his sickly sweet born again christian blather like a cheap red wine puke. Thank God it eventually ends. If I had the money, I would buy all copies and burn them to spare other unsuspecting Beatle fans and everyone else.
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