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A Peace of My Mind

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Sheen tackles everything from the media, politics and relationships in this amazing collection of wit and prose. Sometimes disturbing, mostly witty. I couldn't put the book down once I started. I'm sure critics will analyze every word of this one!

An inspired journey through the hungry and often humorous span of Sheen's worthy comments on life and death.

Charlie is a personal friend of mine, and i have been reading his poetry for years. This collection is the best of the best as far as Chas's art is concerned. When one works on a show like full house, one sees many forms of expression (from "youve got it dude" to "Watch the hair!" [my personal favorite!]). Sheen expresses the overall feeling of the modern man. From our disgust with the system (damn the man) to our love of sheenistry. Not many people realized that i not only function as an actor, but as a producer. How does this relate to Los? one might ask. Well, sheen PRODUCES some pretty good poetry. Ok ok. Some of sheen's poems may be seen as obscene, thats what i hear anyway. Well, thats trash. that is like saying c thomas howell is a bad tennis player. its just flat out not true. Sheen steals part of ourselves and gives us a chunk of humanity and sheenathan. And, everything that is sheentastic. i remember when a young man named carlos estevez came to town and tried to break into the business. After a name change and a little flick named Lucas, the buzz was too loud to ignore. i personally think that the artist formerly known as estevez will be known more for his poetry than for his acting. carlos is of a caliber not normally seen in this lifetime. I know that sheen has given us all something to think about. ok, i know what you are thinking. he is a mysoginist. nope. he is a drug addict/alcoholic. nope. first of all, as sheen once said, "nobody ever told me it wasnt ok to have a good time." ill vouch for that. ive known the man for quite a while, and never, i mean never, during that time did anyone tell the man that it was not ok to have a good time. now, time to get down to the nitty gritty. The poetry. it is outstanding. brilliant. fun. did i say outstanding? yeah. i am going to go out on a limb here. are you ready? sheen has produced the greatest book of all time. did i say the greatest book of all time? yes. the greatest book of poetry of all time? nope. the greatest book of all time. Why? well ill answer that. sheen is willing to take on the greatest of topics. i wont spoil anything, but lets just say he runs the gamut from A to F. F stands for a bad word. now im going to introduce a new word. Sheenastia. verb. - to live life with the greatest of detailed theological reasoning known to the human form. NOUN - a bong. There is one movie that i would like to expound upon. please allow. NO CODE OF CONDUCT is a film not like any other. on the surface, it seems to be the story of a man's struggle to solve a crime. yeah, yeah, but thats not the end of it. It is ultimately an allegory of one man's search for truth. It may have been directed by the greatest new directing talent on the planet. bret michaels. alright, enough. back to my experience as it relates to sheen. sheens and my life have intertwined on not only a physical but a spiritual level. And through sheens words, i have found life. life's name is estevez. the extevez tribe started in spain in the year 4000 bc. when the spanish conquered much of south america, the estevez's moved on to find their fortune in the new world. they made it, but little jose esteves, didnt. this created a long line of disillusionment within the sheen's inner circle. it lasted for generations, and was not truly harnessed in art until young carlos sheen, born 2350 years after jose, gave his artistic gifts to the world. now, we experience a new form of sheen. a new form of expression. i believe that this book will outlast us all, and will be the final testament of a species that never fully grasped their capability. Call me oldfashioned, but that is the way i feel. sheen has given us what we may never repay. now i will get to the real purpose of this review. i, as a spiritual being, believe in my deepest darkest regions, that sheen the publishing of this book breaks the forth seal of the apolcolypse. that being said, i also believe that sheen is not human. allow me to qualify. sheen, the father of modern thought, is supernatural. sure martin claims to be his biological father. but i know this is not the case. the conception of one carlos sheen-estevez was one of divinity. this impregnation parallels that of another great book of poetry. in fact, i'm not convinced that sheen did not write that great book, as either one apostles or the Lord himself. How did this happen, it cant be true you say. permit my clarification. it is not widely known, but this book of poetry was originally written by sheen during a year of isolation and meditation in the mountains. sheen during this binge of spirituality, would go into trances where he would write unconsciously. Big deal, you say. well, did i mention that he wrote it in a dead language known as aremaic. Once this book is broken down, translated back into other languages and then back to native american languages, we will get the true translation, we will see THE BOOK OF SHEEN aka a piece of my mind.

Who knew Charlie Sheen was such a good writer? But he is. Introspective poetry about self and society, this is fine, thought-provoking reading. He should write more of this stuff - and stay away from book introductions. Good reading.

I believe Charlie Sheen has successfully usurped Kanye West as the greatest voice of this decade of this generation. The content of this book of poetry can only be described in one word: "Winning."

After reading through all these poems I am convinced that if you borrowed Sheen's brain for five seconds, you'd be like, `Dude! Can't handle it, unplug this bastard!' It fires in a way that's maybe not from, this terrestrial realm.

Frankly, before finding this anthology I had never been exposed to magic. And make no mistake- that is the best way to describe this book. It is something I had never experienced in my otherwise boring life.

However I do offer one word of caution: I would not recommend reading this book in a single sitting. Prolonged exposure to the warlock brain of Charlie Sheen may result in your face melting off and your children weeping over your exploded body.

No joke Charles Sheen is a great poet and thinker. Still, he is no Kenny Dill. That dude kills.

I see from the above that for some unbelievable reason, there's just one copy left. And it's selling for 5000$. Is that a typo? No wonder nobody wants to buy it. How could you insult the planet's most powerful (and only) warlock? People ought to be charged 5 grand just to access this page.

No, Amazon. I will wait for the price to go up to 5 trillion billion British Pounds before I even contemplate buying this paper version of the Turin Shroud.

Also, you forgot to menetion - the book comes with free special Warlock approved Magic Goggles. That way the buyer can actually read the words without his head exploding.

i don't know why he is not known for his poetry. it is like that scene in "men at work" where he and his brother shoot the guy with the b.b. gun and then he gets killed for real and they do not know. it is exactly like that. but for real. that is how amazing his work is.

Regarding the title "Peace of my Mind" (Charlie Sheen), I was very happy with this book. Given that the book was advertised as 'used' the condition was 'as new'. Thanks also to bookbiz.com who were professionalism personified in all aspects of this transaction. I have no complaints regarding Amazon and the service provided.
This book was a gift to a friend who was delighted to receive it.
Regards,
Andrew Tully.

Charlie wrote the foreword to my biography of "Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman". I finally got around to reading "Peace of My Mind", and found it witty, irreverent and humorous. Good job and I dig your work, man.

STEVEN TRAVERS
Author of "Barry Bonds: Baseball's Superman"
Foreword by Charlie Sheen
STWRITES@aol.com