Sylvia Pankhurst: A Life in Radical Politics

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Within the literature of madness, there has never been a memoir as wrenching and mordantly humorous as Jan Lars Jensen’s Nervous System. A quiet librarian who struck publishing gold with his first novel, Jensen felt as if something had come unhinged in his mind. The rush of ideas and language felt like losing, willy-nilly, a chunk of his mental stability. But true madness didn’t come until the countdown to his book’s release into the world.

A few months after selling his novel to a major American publisher, Jensen woke in a psych ward bed, only to find the ideas that had inspired him now roamed through waking nightmares that deranged him. Just as literature prompted Jensen’s slide into paranoid obsession, so did it help him rebuild and recover. Whether he was groping to comprehend James Herriot’s veterinarian stories through a haze of antipsychotic medication, deciphering his psychiatrist’s references to Patrick O’Brian novels, or attempting to steer his recalcitrant mind toward sleep with a history of logging, books and writing defined Jensen’s world.

This memoir recounts Larsen’s extraordinary experience. Terrifying yet tender, darkly humorous and deeply moving, Nervous System is a tale of literary madness like no other.

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Touching book with a humourous perspective.......2004-07-18

Highly recommended! Jensen has compiled his experiences of life in a world distored by mental illness, allowing the casual reader a window into his thoughts both as he undergoes a breakdown following publication of his first book, and his own attempts later to make sense of what happened. His humourous observations frequently lighten the deeper story that will touch the nerve of anyone affected by mental illness- either personally or through their family and friends.

its O.K........2004-07-05

Paranoia..the reason i picked up this book was because Jensen and I had something in common - we both had Psychosis. Although many have different episodes, experiences, but some similarities - Jensen's autobiographical portrayal of himself is quite witty. The book doesnt merely explain in details how his mind gets tangled up in his first book that he published - i mean- i guess you have to buy his first book -"SHIVA 3000"...but i wouldnt, this book was enough for me.

Nervous System: Or Losing My Mind in Literature.......2004-04-05

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to fight back with Nervous System. From leaving the book store I couldn't put this book down.

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Throughout the last decade, Latin America has made tremendous progress in undertaking significant structural reforms. In many countires, state-owned enterprises have been privatized, basic infrastructure has been built, and capital markets have been established. In more advanced countries in the region, foreign investment flows have soared and trade performance has dramatically improved. These reforms are even more remarkeable when placed in the context of the numerous upheavals, both economic and financial, that have affected the region in recent years. However, Latin America is also a region that has failed to deliver the kind of economic performance that most observers expected, given its wealth of natural resources, proximity to North America and Europe, and relative level of development. Despite the region's indisputable economic and social accomplishments, gains have varied widely among these countries. While some have successfully implemented macroeconomic, political, and institutional reforms, many countries have yet to create the necessary conditions for fostering economic growth and competitiveness. The Latin American Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 highlights the prospects for growth in the region, and, more importantly, reveals the obstacles to competitiveness. Through in-depth analysis of regional trends and detailed country profiles, the Report assesses the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the leading economies in Latin America. It also contains essays on a variety of issues relevant to competitiveness along with an assessment of the impact of the events of September 11th on the longer-term prospects of the region. The Latin American Competitiveness Report 2001-2002 is an invaluable tool for policymakers, business strategists, and other important stakeholders as well as essential reading for all with an interest in the region.

Competition, Innovation and Competitiveness in Developing Countries (Development Centre Studies)

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Competition, Innovation and Competitiveness in Developing Countries (Development Centre Studies)
Lynn Krieger Mytelka
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Competitiveness In Research And Development: Comparisons And Performance

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Competitiveness In Research And Development: Comparisons And Performance
Adam Torok , Balazs Borsi , and Andras Telcs
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ASIN: 1843769212

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This book builds on the premise that the effectiveness of national efforts to increase spending on R&D can be approximated by the competitiveness of that economy in international markets. Building on a number of existing `benchmarking' studies that have to date only ranked countries according either to their R&D indicators, or their performances in innovation, this is the first book to offer a synthesized assessment of the R&D competitiveness of national economies based on both input and output related indicators. Several quantitative methods are used to combine these lists with a wide variety of R&D indicators. The book confirms one of the major premises of the Lisbon Strategy - that Europe is significantly lagging behind its overseas competitors in R&D.

Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the Caribbean

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Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the Caribbean
Alvin G. Wint
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Explores the challenges and opportunities associated with increasing competitiveness in small, developing economies. Based on research conducted in the Caribbean.

Competitiveness Strategy and Industrial Performance in Developing Countries: A Manual of Policy Analysis (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

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Competitiveness Strategy and Industrial Performance in Developing Countries: A Manual of Policy Analysis (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)
G. Wignaraja
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ASIN: 0415228360

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Globalization and structural adjustment offer many opportunities for export orientated industrialization in developing economies. As a group, competitiveness in the developing countries has improved, but, while East Asian economies have had rapid export growth and technological upgrades, South Asian and African economies have lagged behind. Old structures, institutions, behavioural patterns and public policies are ill-adapted to deal with the challenges posed by technological change and economic liberalization. Consequently there is an urgent need for change in government and private sector attitudes and strategies.
This volume seeks to generalise the lessons across developing country and enterprise cases, and sheds light on which trade and industrial strategies and instruments work best, and which do not work, in relation to manufacturing competitiveness.

Competitiveness, Technology and Skills (Elgar Monographs)

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Competitiveness, Technology and Skills (Elgar Monographs)
Sanjaya Lall
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Competitiveness becomes a growing concern for developing countries as they liberalize their economies and open up to global trade, investment and technology flows. They fear that liberalization by itself may not, in the presence of market and institutional deficiencies, lead to the optimal allocation of resources. In particular, it may lead to the realization of static rather than dynamic comparative advantages - a threat to sustained growth in a world of rapid technical change. This book draws together recent contributions by Sanjaya Lall - a leading authority on international investment, technology and industrial policy - on competitiveness and its major determinants. It draws upon his wide experience of competitiveness analysis in Asian and African countries and his recent work on technology and skills. It contains his most important published material as well as previously unpublished articles, and will be of interest to students, researchers and policy analysts interested in industrial development, technology and human resources.

Corporate Management in Developing Countries: The Challenge of International Competitiveness

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Corporate Management in Developing Countries: The Challenge of International Competitiveness
Alvin G. Wint
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Managers in developing countries, whether operating in the private or public sectors, are constantly aware of the problems of underdevelopment. Effective management of international business activities in developing countries can improve the competitiveness and development prospects of these countries and, in turn, the companies operating within them. But to do so, managers need a developing country perspective on international trade agreements, international finance, foreign exchange, and national financial management. These topics, as well as practical chapters on the management of export production, financing exports, government export programs, and international investment make this very valuable reading for executives and those interested in international business.

Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries

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Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries
José María Fanelli , and Rohinton Medhora
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As recent events in Southeast Asian have demonstrated, the fragility of a country’s financial sector can have severe macroeconomic consequences, affecting its ability to manufacture, import, and export. Through a combination of case studies and theoretical papers, this book’s contributing authors address this vital issue by examining the interaction between trade and financial development. Using detailed trade and firm-level financial data, they demonstrate, for example, that while links between finance and competitiveness are strong, they are not uniform across sectors and countries. This book examines the link between finance and competitiveness at the macro and sectoral levels in seven different countries: Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, South Africa, and Tunisia, and investigates key international issues, such as the evidence of the impact of exchange rate variability on trade, patterns in bank lending, and trade openness and development.

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A volume which represents a uniquely thorough investigation of trade and financial policy as it impacts upon Third World development. Case studies backed by thematic discussion chapters give this text an important analytic content.

Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries ISBN 0-415-24088-3 (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

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Finance and Competitiveness in Developing Countries ISBN 0-415-24088-3 (Routledge Studies in Development Economics)

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Sexy, modern, and unabashedly consumer-oriented, Art Deco was a new kind of style, flourishing at a time of rapid technological change and social upheaval. Lacking the philosophical basis of other European design movements, Deco borrowed motifs from numerous sources--Japan, Africa, ancient Egyptian and Mayan cultures, avant-garde European art--simply to create novel visual effects. Art Deco 1910-1939 surveys the sources and development of the popular style with more than 400 color illustrations and 40 chapters by numerous design specialists. The authors track Deco around the globe, from Paris to the United States—-where it got its biggest boost from mass production—-to Northern and Central Europe, Latin America, Japan, India, and New Zealand. The book's broad focus encompasses industrial artifacts (the Hindenburg blimp, the Burlington Zephyr locomotive), as well as architecture, furniture, accessories, fashion, jewelry, typography and poster design. Despite the existence of other prominent artistic movements during the 1920s and '30s, the authors tend to hang the Deco label on virtually any object that portrays the effects of technology or employs color, luxury materials or artificial light in striking ways. It does seem a stretch to include Man Ray's photographs, Sonia Delaunay's textiles and the movie King Kong in the Deco pantheon. But the great strength of Art Deco 1910-1939 is that it reveals the social context of Deco, not just its pretty face. The book accompanies an exhibition (organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto through January 4, 2004; subsequent venues are San Francisco and Boston. —Cathy Curtis

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Sexy, modern, and unabashedly consumer-oriented, Art Deco was a new kind of style, flourishing at a time of rapid technological change and social upheaval. Lacking the philosophical basis of other European design movements, Deco borrowed motifs from numerous sources--Japan, Africa, ancient Egyptian and Mayan cultures, avant-garde European art--simply to create novel visual effects. Art Deco 1910-1939 surveys the sources and development of the popular style with more than 400 color illustrations and 40 chapters by numerous design specialists. The authors track Deco around the globe, from Paris to the United States#151;-where it got its biggest boost from mass production#151;-to Northern and Central Europe, Latin America, Japan, India, and New Zealand. The book's broad focus encompasses industrial artifacts (the Hindenburg blimp, the Burlington Zephyr locomotive), as well as architecture, furniture, accessories, fashion, jewelry, typography and poster design. Despite the existence of other prominent artistic movements during the 1920s and '30s, the authors tend to hang the Deco label on virtually any object that portrays the effects of technology or employs color, luxury materials or artificial light in striking ways. It does seem a stretch to include Man Ray's photographs, Sonia Delaunay's textiles and the movie King Kong in the Deco pantheon. But the great strength of Art Deco 1910-1939 is that it reveals the social context of Deco, not just its pretty face. The book accompanies an exhibition (organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London) at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto through January 4, 2004; subsequent venues are San Francisco and Boston. #151;Cathy Curtis

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Very good transaction.......2007-01-12

No problem.
Long shipping, the book arrived some days after christmas.
Olivier

Excellent - Good scope and global reach........2006-08-10

Bought it - read it - refer to it as a source and to unashameably copy.
Niggles;
1) No art deco gardens. Is this an ommission or was this branch of human endeavour eschewed by the industrial age?
2) Illustrations of pieces sometimes miss listing the media and all are missing the size.

The greatest book on Art Deco!.......2003-09-12

This book is an absolute triumph. First, it is positively gorgeous - the images just leap off the pages. Second, the essays are more in-depth, engaging, and informative than any other book I've found on the subject. This book discusses every facet of Art Deco as well: it explores the origins at the Paris Exhibition in 1925, goes through the influence in East Asia, Latin America, and South Africa, not to mention Europe. A great chapter on Deco in Hollywood; also explores all of the sources, iconography - and all of this on top of covering every aspect of the movement - ceramics, jewelry, fashion, architecture, glass, photography, graphic design, bookbindings, travel and transport, and so so much more - with stunning visuals. A fantastic read, a great resource, a beautiful work, and an absolute MUST for anyone interested in the subject! Well worth the money, and a fantastic addition to any library. Highly recommended!

The first and last word on Deco........2003-09-07

A sumptuous coffee-table book of this exuberant art style and I think it could well become the standard book on the subject. The forty essays are divided into four sections, Sources and Iconography, 1925 Paris Exhibition, Spread of Deco and finally Deco World, and I liked the way, especially in Sources and Iconography, that the authors explain how various art styles were moulded into deco art which culminated in the very influential 1925 Paris show.

I thought the last two sections were a fascinating coverage of how Art Deco spread around the world, mainly as architecture and fashion, though in Europe also as a fine art style. In North America, it influenced a huge range of commercial products. Perhaps this was the only art form that was truly democratic in that it was available (as streamlining) to be seen or bought on any Main Street across the Nation.

The design and printing are excellent. Many of the photos, especially color, are presented whole page, the rest are all well sized, and they all have captions. The back of the book has a very comprehensive bibliography, fortunately listed as relating to each chapter rather than just an alphabetical list, the index is divided into two, Names and Subject. I was very impressed with this attention to detail and with the excellent text, images and production surely `Art Deco 1910-1939' will be read for many years to come.

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Homenaje al art deco. (Tendencias: decoracion).(Art Deco 1910-1939, exposicion ): An article from: Epoca

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Homenaje al art deco. (Tendencias: decoracion).(Art Deco 1910-1939, exposicion ): An article from: Epoca
Alan Riding
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
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ASIN: B0008DOJMY
Release Date: 2005-07-31

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on May 30, 2003. The length of the article is 933 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Homenaje al art deco. (Tendencias: decoracion).(Art Deco 1910-1939, exposicion )
Author: Alan Riding
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 30, 2003
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Art Deco 1910-1939
Tim Benton
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L'Art déco dans le monde, 1910-1939

Manufacturer: La Renaissance du livre
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ASIN: 2804607313

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The Edwardian age (1904-1914) was the last time the rich could afford to build enormous country houses surrounded by formal landscaped gardens. These homes, where the owners often entertained guests at week-long house parties, were run by an army of servants working nearly round the clock. What happens when modern people volunteer to live in such a mansion - either as the owner and his family or as their servants - under the watchful eye of video cameras in every room? The Edwardian Country House, the companion book to the TV series of the same name, chronicles the experiment. The participants re-create the daily life of the time, both upstairs and "below stairs," with the help of authentic historical diary extracts, letters, advice manuals, and recipes. With color photos throughout, projects are also included to help readers re-create the period at home with a range of authentic Edwardian activities and crafts.

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More information about Manor House series.......2004-08-20

If you share my opinion that Manor House is one of the best reality series, you'll enjoy this book. As thorough as the series was, there are reams or reels or whatever of footage that never made it onto TV, so this book provides more information about Edwardian life, the participants and events of the series. It's an oversize book which unfortunately makes for awkward reading -- and it does have a lot of text that you'll want to read. However, the size makes for good display of photos, including many taken in Edwardian times and even at Manderstone, the house where the series was shot. So you see that they really did dress up in a thousand items of clothing just to watch cricket on the lawn or stroll around the grounds. A fascinating addition to a well-made series. I loved the series and could have watched ten times what they showed on TV and therefore really appreciate this book.

Good companion piece to the PBS series........2003-11-04

I missed most of the series on PBS, but what I saw looked very good, much better than the earlier 1900 House. This book is the companion to the TV program and is really better suited to those who have seen it as I found some parts a little confusing due to not having watched most of it.
The book gives a good background on the house itself but is skimpy on the program, reads almost like it is about a real Edwardian family, no details on family selection or what happened after their stay was over.
All of the photographs are very good, the little extra sections on the cast I found interesting (likely would've been better if I'd actually seen the show), the side bits on foods and other items were even interesting.
I did notice that, as in 1900 House, the experts setting up made a surprising blunder, here they forgot to check the possibility that a decades unused chimney might be blocked (which it was). Another thing I found little mention of was the Silver stair railing (does the show mention it?), something so unusal and only a couple of photo captions about it.
Not enough to be a time travelers textbook but a very good companion to the series.

Manor House Backstage.......2003-07-15

This is an excellent companion to the Manor House series on PBS. It combines the historical background of the Edwardian period, information about each of the participants in the project, recipes and instructions for making items seen in the series, and information that was not shown during the series, such as the story behind the pig's head (and whether Monsieur Dubiard was trying to gross out the Oliff-Coopers) and more about Guy's education (a surprise there!). I only wished it had information on the selection process and what happened after the series ended.

The servants' hall: A "Downstairs" history of a British country house

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The servants' hall: A "Downstairs" history of a British country house
Merlin Waterson
Manufacturer: Pantheon Books
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Country House Life: Family and Servants, 1815-1914 (The Family, Sexuality, and Social Relations in Past Times)

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Country House Life: Family and Servants, 1815-1914 (The Family, Sexuality, and Social Relations in Past Times)
Jessica Gerard
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This is an account of the lives of the families and the servants of the British country house from the end of the Napoleonic wars to the onset of the Great War. It is a pioneering history based on contemporary records, diaries, private and public autobiographies, and on the childhood recollections of living descendants. Never before have the intimacies of life above and below stairs been depicted with such clarity and vividness. Country house family and servants were the two elites of British society and this was the period of their greatest prosperity. They were closely reliant on each other. 'Our servants and we are all members of a large family, who cannot get on independently of each other,' Lady Jenne wrote in 1892. The omnipresence of the servants affected every aspect of the family's behavior and the family shared the lives of the servants: the country house was a community. The power base of the nation's political establishment, it was also home - a tangible symbol of lineage, permanence and stability, embodying in its fabric, decoration and ritual the accumulations and memories of successive generations. The book is illustrated with rare contemporary photographs, is fully referenced, has a wide ranging bibliography of primary and secondary sources, and is comprehensively indexed. Its evocation of a style of life and ways of living that have now largely vanished will be of equal interest to scholar, student and general reader.

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An In-depth look into two aspects of service

The Country House Servant
Pamela A. Sambrook
Manufacturer: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 075091632X

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This lavishly illustrated book goes behind the scenes of the pomp and splendor of the English country house to reveal what life was really like for those in domestic service.

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An In-depth look into two aspects of service.......2001-07-18

I found this book to be very informative. It focuses primarily on two aspects of Victorian-age servant life: footmen and the laundry. The section on footmen is particularly useful, because it is very difficult to find any in-depth documentation of footmen's duties, working habits, everyday lives, etc. Ms. Sambrook covers this area very well, using the private diary of a footmen, as well as other expert sources.

Additionally, she goes in-depth into the laundry facilities and procedures used in English country houses during the last century. Once again, its clear that Ms. Sambrook really did her homework when writing this book- she writes with expertise that is hard to find on this fascinating subject. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

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Country House Servant Pb
Sambr Pamela A
Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing Ltd
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The Servants' Hall: The Domestic History of a Country House
Merlin Waterson
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square
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THE COUNTRY HOUSE SERVANT
Pamela SAMBROOK
Manufacturer: Sutton
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Designs for agricultural buildings suited to Irish estates,: Including labourers' cottages, lodges for out-door servants, farm houses with their offices, ... the condition of cottagers in this country,
Arthur Creagh Taylor
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THE SERVANTS' HALL: A "DOWNSTAIRS" HISTORY OF A BRITISH COUNTRY HOUSE. (Foreword by The Marquess of Anglesey).
Merlin. Waterson
Manufacturer: NY, Pantheon, 1980. 241 pp., illus. Fine copy of first edition in dust jacket.
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Merlin Waterson
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Clips Rehashed.......2007-08-08

Based on no interviews with any of the principles, this rock bio expose uses clips from many contemporary newspaper and mag articles to build a story of how this '70s supergroup fared before, during and after its biggest moments surrounding the albums "Fleetwood Mac" and "Rumours." The usual romantic entanglements are recalled. You'll be quite sick of Lindsey Buckingham's self absorption. But you'll want to go back and re-listen to the great music, which is the real point of books like this anyway.

Very informative and entertaining book.......2006-04-25

It looks as though there are several negative reviews here for this book. The chief complaint seems to be that none of the information revealed in the book is new information about Fleetwood Mac.

Maybe that's true...but old information to some people is new information to others.

I've been a big fan of FM's music for many years but I didn't know a lot about their history as a band. Sure, I knew a lot of the more popular stories, but there was still a lot I hadn't heard before.

This book taught me a lot more about the band. It's well-written and a fun read.

I think the author did a great job on it.

Ugh.......2004-01-03

I definitely hated this book. I'm a huge Fleetwood Mac fan, and found had read all of the articles in the book before I read the book itself. I'd found them online... don't waste money, just do an online search!

Big Mac.......2003-10-21

In the late 60s and early 70s plates shifted and faults widened. Then in 77 the earthquake hit. Landscapes were forever changed. After 77 shock waves continued well into the 90s and beyond, but none had the impact of the original. If you think my metaphor for the career of Fleetwood Mac is cheesy, you should read those in Rumors Exposed. Lame metaphors and cliches are as ubiquitous here as in any Behind The Music documentary. Nicks and Don Henley as the captain of the cheerleaders and star quarterback? Puh-lease. Furman also comes across a little too apologetic for bad behaviour, offering her own interpretations, excuses and psycho-analysis of band members. Her bias is particularly strong in favour of Stevie Nicks (but most fans seem to feel the same way, so this may not be a problem). I would have liked a little more objectivity. But the book is well constructed. Very detailed, and thorough, Furman has a knack for choosing what to put in and knowing where to put it (knowing how to say it is another issue). True, the book doesn't offer much in the way of revelations, but when you're a band this chronicled, there's little in the way of news. Not to say the book is unnecessary. Furman compiled all the relevant info that's out there, sifted out the "who cares?" stuff, and put together a complete, easy to read history of the band. Readers beware: the book was released in 2000 so if you're looking for info about the Mac's last album, you won't find it.

I want to write a book!.......2001-01-05

If you are a great Fleetwood Mac fan like myself, than you probably have heard or read every article or story in this book . Basically it is a compilation of old articles, and if you think that a book published in 2000 should in some way shed light on the relationships of band members since 97', or perhaps tell us about Lindsey's marriage-please get us an advance and we will get to writing a book that achieves that! lol I'm just kidding, but it would be nice if there was a book written that had some inside sources, so that new stories can be relayed that give us a glimpse into who these people have evolved into now. It's just a thought, and I know that one day when Stevie writes her memoirs we may get what we have been waiting for all along!

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This book is a turn-of-the-century memoir written by Nima H. Adlerblum. Filled with stories, vignettes, and parables, this book is both a coming-of-age memoir as well as an exploration of comparative theology. The book also offers an intimate portrait of Jerusalem a century ago.

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