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| It took me a while to collect this set of five volumes. |
From the news and picture archives of the Daily Mail this fabulous British newspaper charted people, places and events that made up five memorable decades (from 1960 to 2000) into readable volumes. And the contents, according to the blurb, were photographs from the momentous and the apocalyptic to the offbeat and the trivial. And it's true.
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| Cover of the first book in the series. |
At a cute 17 cm. square per book, I couldn't buy them all at one time, having to hunt for three of the five volumes after getting the first (1960's) and the third (1980's). I remember paying a little more for two of them.
But it was fifteen pounds (S$30/00) each when it first came out in 2010. Using quality paper and beautiful photographs in black and white each book by Trans Atlantic Press from Hertfordshire, England is nearly 400 pages thick. Nobody would pay for five books now since portable hard disks are a bargain?
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| The Beatles and Folk Group Peter, Paul n Mary. |
I don't think I have the stamina to write a review on each of the five books and even if I had I'd probably be sued by the publishers for exposing their hard work so I am highlighting Decade of Our Lives 60s (above) and had it narrowed down to only pop music and relevant news and pictures. With a picture on every page it's quite a task. But let's take a peek inside.
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| For the liberated woman: Plastic Dresses and The Pill. |
The series is an exciting picture journey all the way with a clear description for each and every image taken. According to the introduction, the 1960s was a swinging decade when postwar baby boomers came of age and found themselves in a new permissive era as the Pill launched a sexual revolution.
As hemlines rose all you needed was love; flower power challenged old orthodoxies and Kennedy carried the hopes of a generation when he became US President. Like Martin Luther King after him, John F. fell to an assassin's bullet.
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| Youthful Cliff 's 'Summer Holiday' |
In the movies there was John Wayne, Anthony Perkins, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and the Magnificent Seven gang of Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and friends. On stage were Adam Faith and Cliff Richard, clean living members of society...
I'd better not carry on. The volumes are still with me on my library shelf. Love reading directly from solid, hard copies, especially in bed. No blue light giddiness nor sleeplessness afterwards...
I'd better not carry on. The volumes are still with me on my library shelf. Love reading directly from solid, hard copies, especially in bed. No blue light giddiness nor sleeplessness afterwards...
But never stop reading, hard copies or from tablets.
Comments are welcome...
The Beatles: 'Paperback Writer'
YouTube Video from The Beatles.
Paperback Writer
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job
So I wanna be a paperback writer
Paperback writer...
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: John Lennon / Paul McCartney
Paperback Writer lyrics © Iricom US Ltd, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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2 comments:
The amazing thing about books is that you don't need electricity to read them and no software virus can erase the printed work. It's works like this that live for posterity and retains its value long after the author is gone. Yes indeed the publication is always sort after and I for one know its value. I do have some very old books in my home.
You hit the correct button Cedric. Thank you. We need to tell the young ones!
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