A Review of Hey Ho Let’s Go

Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones by Everett True My rating: 4 of 5 stars I read and wrote a review of a book called Ramones on November 26, 2013, so much of this is overlapping. With that in mind, I'm going to reprint some of that review here: "Let me begin …

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A Review of Mao: The People’s Emperor

Mao, the People's Emperor by Dick Wilson My rating: 2 of 5 stars This is a hard book to rate. On one hand, it provides a lot of information and is somewhat detailed. On the other, it leaves out huge chunks of information which is simply unforgivable. I wanted to read about Mao to learn …

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A Review of Praying To The Aliens

Praying To The Aliens by Gary Numan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ever since I heard "Cars" on the radio in 1979 at the age of 14, I've been a Gary Numan fan. He was different. He was strange. He made good music. I enjoyed his first few albums and then lost track of …

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A Review of Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a wonderfully written book on a very complex individual, Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple and of Pixar. Apparently, he's one of the greatest geniuses in history, revolutionizing entire industries and changing billions of lives. Among his revolutions include the personal computer …

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A Review of 40 Years of Queen

40 Years of Queen by Harry Doherty My rating: 5 of 5 stars This happens to be the best book ever created. And I say "created" instead of "written" because it's more than just a written book. It's got tons of extras inside, like reproductions of tickets, posters, letters by the band members -- it's …

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