Sunday Drives: Nostalgic Reminiscing with the Best of Burma-Shave

The Burma-Shave craze reached its zenith during the 1950s, with more than 7,000 signs posted across the United States.To market Burma-Shave, Allen Odell, an advertising wordsmith, devised the concept of sequential signs to sell his shaving cream. Typically, six signs were erected, with each of the first five containing a line of verse, and the sixth trumpeting the brand name.Burma-Shave signs appeared in every state except Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. The creative people at Burma-Shave, as well as customers who sent in jingles of their own, ultimately created more than 600 of the rhymes.In the world of advertising, Burma-Shave stood as unique, creating signs that became a part of the popular culture.Although the Burma-Shave company is no more, these fun little rhymes hold great nostalgic value for those of use who fondly remember them from our Sunday drives.

SUNDAY DRIVES: Nostalgic Reminiscing with The Best of Burma-Shave

Humor & Entertainment

Larson, Michael

Puzzles & Games

iUniverse

The Burma-Shave craze reached its zenith during the 1950s, with more than 7,000 signs posted across the United States. To market Burma-Shave, Allen Odell, an advertising wordsmith, devised the concept of sequential signs to sell his shaving cream. Typically, six signs were erected, with each of the first five containing a line of verse, and the sixth trumpeting the brand name. Burma-Shave signs appeared in every state except Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. The creative people at Burma-Shave, as well as customers who sent in jingles of their own, ultimately created more than 600 of the rhymes. In the world of advertising, Burma-Shave stood as unique, creating signs that became a part of the popular culture. Although the Burma-Shave company is no more, these fun little rhymes hold great nostalgic value for those of us who fondly remember them from our Sunday drives.

Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 2002 is the most detailed business-focused guide to Microsoft Word 2002 in the marketplace. More than any competitive book, it focuses on maximizing user productivity with real-world documents in real-world environments.
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Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 2002

Computers & Technology

Camarda, Bill

RAY, William

Software

Que Pub

Examining one of the most popular and enduring genres of American music, this encyclopedia of classic rock from 1965 to 1975 provides an indispensable resource for cultural historians and music fans.
More than movies, literature, television, or theater, rock music set the stage for the cultural shifts that occurred from 1965 to 1975. Led by The Beatles and Bob Dylan, rock became a self-conscious art form during these years, daring to go places unimaginable to earlier rock and roll musicians. The music and outspokenness of classic rock artists inspired and moved the era's social, cultural, and political developments with a power once possessed by authors and playwrights―and influenced many artists in younger generations of rock musicians. This single-volume work tracks the careers of well-known as well as many lesser-known but influential rock artists from the period, providing readers with a handy reference to the music from a critical, groundbreaking period in popular culture and its enduring importance.
The book covers rock artists who emerged or came to prominence in the period ranging 1965–1975 and follows their careers through the present. It also specifically defines the term "classic rock" and identifies the criteria that a song must meet in order to be considered as within the genre. While the coverage naturally includes the cultural importance and legacy of most well-known American and British bands of the era, it also addresses the influence of artists from Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Readers will grasp how the music of the classic rock era was notably more sophisticated than what preceded it―an artistic peak from which most of contemporary rock has descended.
 • Provides readers with summaries of the careers of all significant rock artists during a peak period in the music's history
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Encyclopedia of Classic Rock

Biographies & Memoirs

Luhrssen, David

Arts & Literature

Greenwood

Encyclopedia of Punk Rock and New Wave: 1975–1985

Arts & Photography

Music

Bloomsbury Academic

A Beer Lover's Guide to More than 250 Craft Beers, Ales, and Lagers Find new brews to enjoy with the easy-to-use Beer: What to Drink Next. Simply look up whatever you like drinking on the Beer Select-O-Pedia—a periodic table of beer styles. Ninety different kinds of beer are organized by country of origin, leading you to a color coded chapter full of suggestions of what to drink next—Belgian Trappist beer, German lagers, British and Irish ales, all manner of American beers, plus some unique category-busting hybrid creations. Each style includes a brief history, a description, three beers to try, and suggested food pairings; there's even a color diagram defining the beer's “atomic structure”—with tasting notes, fun facts, and recommended breweries.”

Beer: What to Drink Next: Featuring the Beer Select-O-Pedia

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

Union Square & Co.

Remember when? And where? You will with this vintage list of highlights from the 50s and 60s - also known as when we were young.

Babes Remember: Unforgettable People, Places, and Things from the 50s and 60s

History

Sundberg, Jill Larson

Americas

Conari Pr

"An extraordinary accomplishment and an important piece of writing..." Marie Mutsuki Mockett, author ofWhere the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye"MW Larson has made an important contribution to the English-speaking world's understanding of the events in Japan during and after March 11, 2011. Larson's book captures the complexity of what happened: a triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident that took the lives of almost 20,000 people, and uprooted hundreds of thousands more. Larson gives a textured and compassionate account of those events via the accounts of people who lived through them. He shows a journalist'sability to listen, and a novelist's flair for bringing those stories to life. He also shows an intense concern for the fate of Tohoku, having spent much time himself up in the disaster zone, which shows in his feel for places and the people. The personal connection makes the story all the more compelling, as the disaster has clearly changed Larson's life as well. Well done!" -- Martin Fackler, former Tokyo bureau chief for theNew York Times"Vivid and precise and efficient, each line impeccably elegant yet packed with concrete information..." -- Valerie Laken, author ofSeparate Kingdoms andDream HouseLarson follows the lives of a hairdresser, a café owner, a cattle rancher, and a nuclear-energy worker from the moment the 2011 tsunami hit Japan's Tohoku region through the subsequent years of recovery, grief, and frustration. In simple, straightforward prose, Larson chronicles their attempts to recover what they had lost despite a government response replete with missed opportunities and predictable missteps.

When the Waves Came

Chin Music Press Inc.

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