books about: demise

books about: demise

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Demise

Britpop!: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock

John Harris

Da Capo Press, 2004

A Better Book on Britpop May Never Be Written
I've never read anything by John Harris before, but after reading the superbly detailed and imaginatively researched BRITPOP!, I picture him as a kind of Theodore K. White of music journalism. He is careful to place the phenomenon inside a political and social context ...

Forgotten Fashion: An Illustrated Faux History Of Outrageous Trends And Their Untimely Demise

Kate Hahn

Tow Books, 2008

All the trends fit to remember..
Forgotten Fashion celebrates the trends of yesteryear that, mysteriously, didn't make it into any of the textbooks for my fashion history class. Found in the fashion archives of Miss Beatrice P. Fruit, these amazing creations astound and amaze for their beauty, ...

The Demise of the Dollar...: And Why It's Even Better for Your Investments (Agora Series)

Addison Wiggin

Wiley, 2008

Clear & Engaging
I found this book to be a page-turner and a quick read -- just one weekend. This book is exactly what I wanted. Some reviews complain the book is too deep or not deep enough. That it has too much or too little investment advice. I'd say it's just right. The ...

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

Basic Books, 2004

Superb
Okay, Children, listen up. I have it on good authority that a) God is not an intergallactic social worker and b) the world was not created by Enid Blyton (fluffy childrens' author). No doubt the all the `altruistic' acts we and our governments perform this very ...

A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State

Melvyn C. Goldstein

University of California Press, 1991

A must read history of Tibet
This book is a definitive history of Tibet covering a crucial period. Goldstein writes an extremely readable book. He covers a large time period using primary sources and interviews with the characters involved. He limits his analysis of the events and lets the ...

The Adventures of Ghetto Sam and the Glory of My Demise

Kwame Teague

Teri Woods Publishing, 2003

Totally Empowering Read
THE ADVENTURES OF GHETTO SAM AND THE GLORY OF MY DEMISE is a prevailing work. However, please be advised, if you selected this book looking for the stereotypical hood, with a hero drug dealer and his spoiled, obnoxious girlfriend who is a shop-a-holic, then return ...

In the Event of My Untimely Demise: Twenty Things My Son Needs to Know

Brian Sack

HarperOne, 2008

This book makes me giggle in bed.
For the past few nights, I've annoyed my husband by busting out laughing while reading this book. Brian is a funny writer with a clever book that's more memoir than advice book, though I will save mine for my boys for when they're old enough to read about Irish pubs ...

Voting for Autocracy: Hegemonic Party Survival and its Demise in Mexico (Cambridge Studies in Comparative ...
Beatriz Magaloni

Cambridge University Press, 2008

This book provides a theory of the logic of survival of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), one of the most resilient autocratic regimes in the twentieth century. An autocratic regime hid behind the facade of elections that were held with clockwise precision. Although their outcome was totally predictable, elections were not hollow ...

Who Killed Homer?: The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom

Victor Davis Hanson, John Heath

Encounter Books, 2001

Flipping burgers and driving taxis
Victor David Hanson's and John Heath's devastating expose of the Anglo classicist establishment, 'Who Killed Homer? - The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom' (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2001. ISBN 1893554260) is a book which infuriated ...

The Demise of the Dollar... and Why It's Great For Your Investments (Demise of the Dollar & Why It's Even ...

Addison Wiggin

Wiley, 2005

3.5 stars-Yes.Massive banker financed speculation is the problem
The author has correctly incorporated into his analysis what the basic problem has been in the USA since Paul Volcker became Federal Reserve Board Chairman in Oct.,1979-(a)bank speculation,(b) massive loans by banks to finance speculation by others and(c)the ...

Gaia's Demise (Deathlands, 47)

James Axler

Gold Eagle, 1999

Gaia's Demise was a rollercoaster ride!
Great story, plot, characters, mutants, action, and suspense. Truly one of the best. The sequel, DARK RECKONING, also was excellent; however, it was riddled with missing words, hence incomplete sentences, and occasional errors in tense. Which means I had to ...

Darwin's Demise

Nicholas, Md. Comninellis

Master Books, 2001

Packed with valuable information
The authors do a great job of collecting a large amount of secular data from scientists from around the globe to refute evolution. They provide a great deal of data in a small number of pages. Plus, it is easily accessible for those who don't have a background in ...

The Dark Lord's Demise: The Archives of Antropos (The Archives of Anthropos)

John White, Dale Larsen, ...

InterVarsity Press, 2001

If you liked the other five, chances are that you'll like this one too
Despite the fact that this book was coauthored, it maintains the same feel of the other Archives of Anthropos books, although there is less of the originality and creativity of the previous five. Lisa, Wesley, and Kurt basically follow the pattern of the other books - ...

From Reform to Revolution: The Demise of Communism in China and the Soviet Union
Minxin Pei

Harvard University Press, 1998

The Constitution Besieged: The Rise & Demise of Lochner Era Police Powers Jurisprudence

Howard Gillman

Duke University Press, 1993

The best revisionist work on the Lochner Court I've seen
Most students who first take a constitutional law course learn the Lochner era in the same fashion: that the justices of the Supreme Court forced their view of proper market relations on the rest of the country (the Holmesian view). This view is perpetuated by the ...