books about: 1995

books about: 1995

books:

1995

Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

Joe Sacco, Christopher Hitchens

Fantagraphics Books, 2002

The genocide of Muslims by Christians in the 1990s
I just finished reading this brilliant work. I was in Eastern Europe in 1991-1993 and saw the refugees coming out of Bosnia. I followed the story as close as I could, even visting a refugee camp. But Sacco's illustrations put me on the ground in the supposed safe ...

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry

William K. Black

University of Texas Press, 2005

The inside story
Take it from someone who was toiling down in the trenches chasing the bad guys, this book is a first hand account of how the Reagan administration and Speaker Wright fiddled while the savings and loan crisis burned. It explains how, and why, the government for years ...

Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture:: An Anthology of Architectural Theory 1965 - 1995

Princeton Architectural Press, 1996

Fantastic
An excellent collection of readings covering a wide variety of philosophical architectural readings. Highly recommended for those who want to understand the essential theory behind true architecture.

Jefferson Nickels Folder 1962-1995 (Official Whitman Coin Folder)

Whitman

Whitman, 1994

Whitman folder... what you see is what you get
Just like the Whitman coin folders from when I was a child, good quality, fair price. Excellent option to hold a modest collection in the building stage, until you're ready to move your collection to a better quality folder such as Dansco.

Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995

Bill Watterson

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2001

Insightful looks at classic sunday strips
Calvin & Hobbes was much more than a really good newspaper comic strip. Created by Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes will be hailed among the greatest ever created, right alongside Peanuts and Krazy Kat for its creativity, scope of influence and the enjoyment it offered ...

The Cellist of Sarajevo

Steven Galloway

Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

One of 2008's Best
On May 27, 1992, twenty-two people died in a mortar attack in beseiged Sarajevo. They were waiting to buy bread. Vedran Smailovic, a cellist, appeared in the market and played Tomaso Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor for twenty-two days, commemorating this senseless, ...

TOYOTA TACOMA (1995-2004), 4RUNNER (1996-2002) & T100 (1993-1998)(Haynes Repair Manual)

Ken Freund

Haynes, 2007

GREAT FOR THE DOITYOURSELFER
GREAT RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHO LIKES DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR CAR.

Greenspan's Bubbles: The Age of Ignorance at the Federal Reserve

William Fleckenstein, Fred Sheehan

McGraw-Hill, 2008

Brilliant study of a failed system
In this fascinating book, financial journalist William Fleckenstein studies the record of Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. Between 1937 and 1987 there were no bubbles, but Greenspan helped to create two bubbles in ten years - in ...

Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey: Poems, 1991-1995

Hayden Carruth

Copper Canyon Press, 1996

Carruth's poems penetrate deep beneath the surface
Do yourself a favor and pick up SCRAMBLED EGGS & WHISKEY -- and follow Hayden Carruth on a journey that masterfully and humbly moves from the most troubling, trying scenes from life to the most redeeming to the everyday and a whole, whole lot in between. Rhythmic, with ...

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the ...

Simon Winchester

Harper, 2008

Excellent Story
A fantastic story about a man and his passion for life and work and about a country so far ahead yet so far behind. I am no historical buff but this (audio) book made me keep wanting to get into my car so that I could hear more. The storyteller is good to listen to and ...

BMW 5 Series (E34) Service Manual: 1989-1995 (BMW)

Bentley Publishers, 1998

Bentley Manual a must for do-it- yourselfers
The Bentley manual is a must for doit yourselfers. I reviewed multiple manuals after my recent BMW purchase and none compare with ease of use, and detailed information of the Bentley. This manual is well worth its' higher price as its' explicit instructions walk you ...

Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, GTI: 1993-1999 Cabrio: 1995-2002 Service Manual

Bentley Publishers, Robert Bentley Inc.

Bentley Publishers, 1999

Necessary if you're a DIY'er
Not much to say other than that these manuals are indispensible if you're planning on doing work on your Jetta. Other than the factory manuals these are the standard. In fact, I believe some auto companies pay Bentley to develop the factory manuals, they're that good.

Chaos, Territory, Art: Deleuze and the Framing of the Earth (The Wellek Library Lectures)
Elizabeth Grosz

Columbia University Press, 2008

Fred & Rose: The Full Story of Fred and Rose West and the Gloucester House of Horrors

Howard Sounes

Little, Brown Book Group, 1995

A Classic True Crime Title from Britain
This book is a classic true crime title. The case is extraordinary: an apparently ordinary and pleasant married couple, Fred and Rose West, molest, torture and murder a series of young women and girls -- including their own daughter -- bury the dismembered remains ...

Journal of a Solitude

May Sarton

W. W. Norton & Company, 1992

Excellent!
If you're into reading memoirs, this is exceptional. Her clarity of thought and her ability to portray her feelings into words is unsurpassed, in my opinion. I enjoy her prose so very much. I can find myself relating to so many of her feelings and thoughts despite ...