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Totally
Awesome 80s : a Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and
Trends of that Decadent Decade
by Matthew Rettenmund
The first pop reference book to capture the spirit of the 80s
experience, Totally Awesome 80s chronicles not only pop music but also the
faces, places, fads, fashions, movies, television shows, toys, and videos
that defined the "Greed Decade." From skinny ties to Valspeak to the birth
of MTV, no 80s cultural trend is overlooked in this comprehensive tribute
to all things 80s. |
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Virgin
Encyclopedia of Eighties Music by Colin Larkin (editor)
Each artist or group merits a sound synopsis, biographical
information, and a list of albums as well as a videography and
bibliography where applicable. Whether you delight in '80s music or rue
the fact that you can't get "Friday I'm in Love" out of your head, this
volume is an essential reference. |
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Rambo
Reagan: over 1400 Mind-Bending Trivia Questions about the '80s by
David Arenson & Marilyn Werden
The 1980s--the decade
that brought us Madonna and MTV, Smurfs and Michael Dukakis, yuppies and
Nancy Reagan--are brought gloriously to life in Rambo Reagan an exhaustive
compendium of the people, places, and events that made up that hedonistic,
materialistic decade. |
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PCAT:
Preparation for the Pop-Culture Aptitude Test: Rad '80s Version by
John Sellers
The PCAT is the only study guide that's
truly fun to read and play--a book that tests our mastery of the really
important stuff: mindless pop-culture trivia. Equally enjoyable as
nostalgic memory sharpener or a New Wave party game, the "PCAT" is loaded
with truly gnarly SAT-style questions that cover every major category of
80s pop culture. |
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Who
Can It Be Now? The Lyrics Game That Takes You Back to the '80s...One Line
at a Time by Peter Thomas Fornatale and Frank R. Scatoni
"Does "Oh, Daddy dear, you know you're still number one" ring any
bells? Or how about that lip-curling classic, "In the midnight hour, she
cried 'more, more, more'"? If you guessed Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want
to Have Fun" and Billy Idol's, "Rebel Yell," you're a candidate for the
championships in this popular bar game turned book. Replete with
unforgivably unforgettable trivia, what-were-we-thinking glamour shots,
and wry factoids about the era, Who Can It Be Now packs the appeal of Name
That Tune and Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon between shiny covers." -
Amazon.com review |
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The
Complete, Cross-Referenced Guide to the Baby Buster Generation's
Collective Unconscious by Rick Porter
What do we
who grew up in the '80s have to unite and define us? Pong! And the Rubik's Cube. The A-Team. That Herb guy from the Burger
King ads. Gorbachev and Imelda. Sam Kinison and Koosh balls. Kajagoogoo
and Duran Duran. This A-to-Z guide catalogues just about every piece of
cultural sagebrush that drifted across the desert of the Reagan-Bush years
-- fully cross-referenced for that "channel-surfing" feel we all know and
love. |
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The
Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders by Wayne Jancik
The book that answered the familiar question, "Whatever happened
to . . ." is back again with more lively information about pop music's
most unforgettable--or completely forgettable--one-hit wonders. Each of
the 625 entries feature the hit's title, songwriter, record label and
number, peak chart position, and the date that the record reached that
position. |
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Pretty
in Pink : The Golden Age of Teenage Movies
Jon Bernstein, film critic for Spin magazine critiques his favorite teen movies from the golden age of the '80s. The Brat Pack and their contemporaries have grown up, but celluloid has them flickering forever, angst-ridden, haunted, guileless, cocky, stripped to their briefs, and all dressed up "pretty in pink." 25 photos, 8-page color insert
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Retrohell
: Life in the '70s and '80s, from Afros to Zotz
by The Editor
of Ben Is Dead Magazine, Darby Romeo & Bruce Elliott
Valley girls. Quaaludes. Howard Cosell. K-tel Records. In today's
pop-culture spin, the seventies and eighties rule--as evidenced by
anything from Nickelodeon reruns to Brady Bunch movies. Now, at last,
there's Retrohell, a sassy, knowing travelogue through the best and worst
of these unforgettable decades, covering everything from Earth Shoes to
Schoolhouse Rock, Farrah Fawcett to eight
tracks. |
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The
1980s (Fashion Sourcebooks)
Fashion Sourcebooks is a series of beautifully illustrated paperbacks that surveys the development of women's and men's clothing. The year-by-year format of this book allows these developments to be shown in fascinating detail. Day and evening wear, sportswear, and accessories are included, and complete descriptions of each garment accompany the drawings. The reference section charts the evolution of fashion, and provides biographies of outstanding 1980s designers and a bibliography.
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