Volume 12 of 12 looks at 1980 to 1982
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By the beginning of the eighties, Motown's glory days were long past, yet they were still able to score some big hits. Unfortunately for Motown, there were many more misses and minor hits than big hits as this compilation shows.

Being with you (Smokey Robinson) and One day in your life (Michael Jackson) both made number one in the UK, while Endless love (Diana Ross and Lionel Richie) made number one in America and also made the top ten in the UK. I'm coming out (Diana Ross) made the UK top twenty, but the remaining tracks made little, if any, impact in the UK charts.

Of course, just because they weren't big hits doesn't make them bad records - indeed, many of them are excellent. It's always good to hear the Commodores, Syreeta and Teena Marie, but you'll have to look elsewhere (including earlier volumes in this series) to find their big hits.

Purely judged on the size of the hits, this is the weakest volume in the series. Nevertheless, this is a fine compilation showing that Motown was still turning out some great music in the early eighties.
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The essays in this volume (a collection in honor of the great but now much-neglected economist Maurice Dobb) are dated -- heavily. They come from a different era in economic, political, and social thought, one we should probably remember better.

The book was originally published in 1967. Don't let that deter you. It will be largely of interest to researchers and particularly avid amateurs, but it includes a broad range of papers by a stellar range of authors that might be (should be) of interest to others. There are several more technical papers in economics by Robert Solow, Amartya Sen and others, and more historical and political work, including an introduction by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, and other work by E. H. Carr, Christopher Hill, R. H. Hilton, Paul Sweezy, Joan Robinson, Oskar Lange, Michal Kalecki, and others. That's practically a Who's Who of mid-Twentieth century historical, political, and economic thought. By my count, there are 26 papers and a bibliography of Dobb's work.

This collection has considerable historical value, if nothing else. But given how economics has flailed since the bursting of the housing bubble and the financial crisis, the book has a good deal more value beyond the historical.
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This commentary written in the 1980's, might as well been written 30 years later. It is written in a conversational style that is as amusing as it is profound. It  is a valuable book in my library!
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This is a very useful collection of essays on a topic that has seen a major increase in scholarly interest. I found the articles on Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton and the images of women in country music to be especially  interesting. There are contributions by most of the current ranking  scholars in the field.
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1968 was a tumultuous year from beginning to end. In January/February there was the Tet Offensive.  In December, the first photograph of Earth from Space was taken. In between, there were riots and assassinations. 1968 by Michael T. Kaufman describes the year's headlines along with many beautiful photographs.

I am a huge fan of the 60s. 1968 is filled with great photographs of the year. The photographs were easily my favorite part about the book. Each chapter also contains details about the event. The information is just enough. Readers don't feel like they are reading a textbook, yet they gain a understanding on the topic. The back of the book contains full New York Times articles on the events of 1968. These articles are meant as supplemental information. It was a smart decision to include these articles in the back. If the articles were put into the chapters, it would just be too much information. 1968 is an informative book about the year 1968, and I recommend the book to anyone who is interested in learning more about the 60s. However, anyone without a particular interest to the 60s will probably find the book a bit boring.
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When I was a grad student in the 70's and 80's I used to read some of this book before going to bed.  It is full of short articles much like you can find on the internet these days.  In taking this off my book shelf I see that I have a band-aid marking my place from last time I read it.  The place that I marked is the section entitled "People Who Became Words."  Among the entries are Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin, Rudolf Diesel, Etienne de Silhouette, Saint Pantaleon, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and Captain Charles C. Boycott.

Also in this book is an account of Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to America, U.S.A. Year by Year 1770-1975, World Nations and Peoples, World History--Eyewitness reports, Television 1925-1975, Wills of various famous people, and a map showing the course of "Truelove River."
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The author does a nice job of recounting the details of a different era in baseball -- as owners struggled to accept that players had rights, too.  It's not the most in-depth study ever and mostly serves as a survey of the events of the year -- but Katz does that quite well and provides enough context to show how 1981 fits in baseball history.  A worthwhile read.
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1982 was a great year, and this brought back a lot of memories, because this was one of the records (records!) that was part of our own soundtrack to me and my sophomore year buddies. The soundtrack is more rock than I prefer because I was a New Wave sort of guy, but it's still not bad.
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This edition contains (as its title suggests), three landmark articles that were all published in Mc Clure's magazine in January 1903. The articles, "The Oil War of 1872" by Ida M. Tarbell; "The Shame of Minneapolis" by Lincoln Steffens; and "The Right To Work" by Ray Stannard Baker are indeed rare to find collected in one volume. Thankfully, for students of journalism and history they are collected here.
When looking at all three articles, they might seem to a 21st century reader as a little flat and not all that shocking or sensational. However, if one looks back at some of the hokey pablum that many papers and magazines employed, these articles were nothing short of a bombshell. Some of the journalism of that era smacked of boosterism or partisan sentiment, but these articles were indeed beholden to none but the truth (or as close to that moving target as you can get).
The introduction and essays that accompany these pieces do a good job of providing the reader with information about the writers. The essays also help put the events of the early 20th century into context. It is safe to say that while these essays are not necessarily flashy or earth-shattering in their conclusions, they are solid, helpful material that only give the reader a deeper appreciation for the term "muckraking."
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I read in in the 1980's. It has proven to be true. See my comments under the 1 star rating.
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Well, I really have no complaints.  The material is presented in an easy to read format, but it doesn't feel very authoritative when it is so very old.  As I recall, this is the 2001 edition?  Anyway, that's 8 long years in a field that is rapidly expanding.
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I was pleasantly surprised to see this book listed by Amazon. It is a 221-page anthology of Portland State University artists, photographers, writers, and poets published in 1971. Many of the contributors are skilled, Bruce McGillivray's original illustrations are excellent, and editing and publication quality are very good. This contains the last fiction and some of the last poems I had written and published until this year -- almost 50  years! The opening selection  by Michael (D.?) Horowitz  is an excellent series of introspective vignettes, beginning with early memories of Bobby Thompson's "Home Run Heard 'Round the World" in 1951 and juxtapositioning to Bobby Kennedy's assassination three years earlier, in 1968. By sheer happenstance or editorial design, my doggerel regarding "The Significance of 1951" formed the end piece of the collection. My brief "humorous" short story, which appears earlier, provides good evidence as to why I stopped trying to write fiction for the past five decades. Some pretty good stuff, mostly nostalgic to the "psychedelic era" in art and content. The Horowitz writings are probably most important.
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If you own a motorcycle built before 1980 and need a general service manual this is a very good start. While not specific it does cover systems from most of the popular model of the era.
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This is the first of two supplemental books of the Writings of Leon Trotsky.  Originally the 12 volume series of the Writings of Trotsky from 1929 through 1940 was published from 1969 to 1972.  However, by 1978, some three hundred additional letters and articles written by Leon Trotsky were found by Trotsky supporters.  Thus, two supplemental books were published in 1978 which contained these newly acquired letters and articles.  This particular book is the first of the two Supplemental volumes which were added to the "Writings" series in 1979.  The letters and articles in this particular supplemental volume were written in the years between 1929 through 1933.
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I should have paid more attention to the 1980 published date! I would never go by recipes that old. How tastes and healthy cooking has evolved and this book doesn't go by today's more health conscious standards. It's going to the Goodwill store soon.
The book did arrive on time and in very good condition.
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I purchased this to replace a worn-out, deteriorating paperback issue I'd had for years. The 1981 issue is one of my favorites for its variety in recipes. The ringbound, hard-back issue will last for a long time. The sections are also tabbed, which I didn't have in the paperback issue I'm replacing.
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These days, it's not difficult to find music from the 1980s - there are digital music stations, FM radio stations dedicated solely to this decade, and, of course, downloads.  However, there are still songs that elude a dedicated 80s fan, and this compilation is a worthy addition to one's collection.  Personally, I bought this CD for Deon Estus' "Heaven Help Me", but was happy with the other songs, including Hipsway's "The Honeythief", "10-9-8" by Face to Face and "No More 'I Love You's'" by The Lover Speaks (most listeners will be familiar with Annie Lennox's version).  There are songs from ABC, Hall & Oates and the Thompson Twins, as well as from more obscure acts like The Models and One 2 Many.  Like the album promises, these are the hard to find songs, the ones that have been forgotten (for the most part).  If you're looking for 80's pop music other than Rick Springfield, Journey or Pat Benatar, this is the collection for you!