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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780061473081; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-21 Summary: Rock Gods For Sure! ... Love this band they can do no wrong in my eyes. Definately the best heavy rock band ever. There will never be another Jimmy or Robert, the combination was magic. Loved the book hard to put it down, very raw! ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-17 Summary: A Tale of Excess, but not too excessive ... This is a well written book and an easy read. I have read many other rock n roll bio's and this one stacks up as follows: Drugs: Cocaine, some heroin. Anecdotes are the best- no real withdrawl or scoring stories, minimal arrest tales. Sex: Some teenage type perversity, nothing really sick. Some pedophila suggested. Groupie talk is OK, but nothing really shocking. Rock n Roll: The best part of the book. Learning about the professional history of the band and some personal history. Great to know the origins of some of ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted—and in an era well known for sex and drugs, the mighty Zeppelin set an unattainable standard of excess and mythos for any band that tried to follow them. They were power, they were fantasy, they were black magic. No band...more
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780061473081; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-21 Summary: Rock Gods For Sure! ... Love this band they can do no wrong in my eyes. Definately the best heavy rock band ever. There will never be another Jimmy or Robert, the combination was magic. Loved the book hard to put it down, very raw! ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-08-17 Summary: A Tale of Excess, but not too excessive ... This is a well written book and an easy read. I have read many other rock n roll bio's and this one stacks up as follows: Drugs: Cocaine, some heroin. Anecdotes are the best- no real withdrawl or scoring stories, minimal arrest tales. Sex: Some teenage type perversity, nothing really sick. Some pedophila suggested. Groupie talk is OK, but nothing really shocking. Rock n Roll: The best part of the book. Learning about the professional history of the band and some personal history. Great to know the origins of some of ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The members of Led Zeppelin are major deities in the pantheon of rock gods. The first and heaviest of the heavy metal monsters, they violently shook the foundations of rock music and took no prisoners on the road. Their tours were legendary, their lives were exalted—and in an era well known for sex and drugs, the mighty Zeppelin set an unattainable standard of excess and mythos for any band that tried to follow them. They were power, they were fantasy, they were black magic. No band...more
The Complete Hammer's Slammers: Volume I
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9781439133095; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2010-03-07 Summary: Mechanized warfare in the far future ... This is the first in a three volume compilation of all the Hammer's Slammers stories (short stories, novellas, and novels) written by David Drake. Hammer's Slammers is a fictional mercenary armored regiment that is hired out by various organizations, planetary governments, commercial interests, etc. to fight their battles. The Slammers typically provide the mobile muscle for any indigenous forces and have proven decisive in a large number of campaigns. The unit's name is derived from that of its commander/owner, Alois ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-12-17 Summary: More of a Best Of than Complete ... I actually bought the e-book directly from Baen, and was hoping that it would contain all of his stories. However, I was mildly disappointed to find that it was more of a "Best Of" than the "Complete" Hammer's Slammers, especially since many of the early books like The Warrior is out of print. That said, I am really enjoying reading some stories that I haven't read in many many moons. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | With a veteran’s eye for the harsh and gritty details of war, David Drake depicts a futuristic analog of tank combat in his Hammer’s Slammers fiction. The Slammers are neither cartoon heroes nor propaganda villains; rather they are competent professionals engaged in a deadly business. The inevitable conflicts between policy, necessity, and human nature make Drake’s Slammers fiction instantly identifiable and utterly compelling. This is the first of a three volume set presenting for...more
The Mike Hammer Collection Volume 1
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780451203526; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-06-09 Summary: Just get to the meat of the matter ... Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer collection is a must have for detective thrillers and nostalgia seekers alike. The lowest common denominator language unembellished with adjectives and adverbs is raw, urgent, harsh and cuts to the bone. Hammer is a hard drinking neanderthal with a nonstop libido. Maybe if people read more by writers like Spillane, they wouldn't believe the flowery garbage they see in print these days was so good. The first story dove straight into the fray. It is hard to put the volume down. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2009-03-11 Summary: The only thing a punk understands is a crack on the jaw with the barrel of a forty-five ... This set (and it's companion volume) really represent Spillane and Hammer at their hard-bitten best. It took literally decades for Spillane to get the respect he always deserved (but couldn't have cared less about) for his creation. Frankly, Hammer deserves a place on the same plateau as Marlowe and Spade. From the cold blooded "It was easy" to the shocking "Juno was a..." Take a walk on the wild side and rain swept NY back alleys with the Hammer. It's dark and dangerous, but you will never regret it. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-02-20 Summary: Down memory lane ... I loved these books when I was in High School. They were a big reason I became a private detective. But, they are a little dated for today. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane when everyone smoked, cars and starter buttons, and girls were dames. They are a wonderful look back into the 1950's. ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-24 Summary: "It Was Easy." (No, it only looks that way) ... Back in the day when I was teaching university literature courses, I would annually shock some English department colleagues by suggesting to students that Raymond Chandler was a better writer than F. Scott Fitzgerald. I smile to think of their reactions today if I were teaching a course in American literature, in which I would spend serious time reading and discussing Mickey Spillane and his unforgettable character, Mike Hammer. Spillane was never a trickster or sensationalist. He was a hard worker and a born storyteller ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | SEX AND VIOLENCE. Mickey Spillane, the tough-as-nails, bestselling publishing phenomenon knew what readers wanted. Now he's really letting them have it...times three. MIKE HAMMER-Spillane's ultimate creation, the original no-holds-barred private eye who became homicide's hottest anti-hero. THE MIKE HAMMER COLLECTION, VOLUME 1-the first-ever trade anthology of Spillane's masterpieces of literary mayhem. In one exciting collection, here are the first three novels featuring legendary detective...more
Grace Hammer: A Novel of the Victorian Underworld
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9780393067187; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-12-30 Summary: quick, witty, and enjoyable ... This may be the first book I've read which referenced the Ripper murders that didn't annoy me. The weird irony of this book is that the Ripper murders are going on and our Heroine, Grace, considers them a tabloid annoyance, wrapped as she is in her own problems. I'll save you the suspense: none of the characters named in the book are the Ripper. It's just a contemporary event that Stockbridge threw in there to lend verisimilitude. Now that that's out of the way, Grace Hammer is a cool, collected lady who knows what ...more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-09-19 Summary: A Spoon Full of Sugar to Help the Medicine Go Down ... There are a few books which I can say that the negatives and the positives are in almost complete balance. Grace Hammer: A Novel of the Victorian Underworld is, for better or worse, one of those books. Sara Stockbridge's writing reminds me, in some ways, of Victorian writers . . . full of complex sentences, an intimate narrator, and lengthy, blow-by-blow scenic descriptions. The problem is, however, that the complex sentences are often needlessly so and, although complex they are not always well-written; the intimate ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2009-09-16 Summary: "What she was stealing: a deadly thing, a burden and a curse." ... Grace Hammer is a very unusual Victorian heroine, a jewel among the unpolished stones of late 19th century London, particularly in the East End, where streetwalkers rub elbows with pickpockets and reprobates of every ilk, where vice is profitable and life is cheap. Grace has made a niche for herself in this aberrant society; a thief, she has created a comfortable home for four children (by different fathers), a natural survivor ever on the lookout for opportunity. Unfortunately, Grace's past is just as checkered as ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | An engrossing suspense novel set in Victorian London—about stolen fortunes, romance, murder, and revenge. Whitechapel, 1888. Grace Hammer and her children live comfortably in Bell Lane, their home a little oasis in the squalor of London’s East End. They make their living picking the pockets of wealthy strangers foolish enough to venture there. But Grace’s history is about to catch up with her. Out in the countryside Mr. Blunt rocks in his chair, vowing furious retribution. He has...more
The Agenda: What Every Business Must Do to Dominate the Decade
Feature: ... ISBN13: 9781400047734; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. ...more
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-07-17 Summary: Hammer is the Master ... Dr. Hammer is deservedly the master of process change. His books give a good overview of his concepts, and serve as an effective evaluation of what you can achieve by following his methods. However, I found that his training courses are the best way to get the training required to implement his approach. My profession is business transformation, and Dr. Hammer is the model I primarily use in my work. There are many tools available (and required) to achieve and sustain effective business change, but Hammer is my primary ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-17 Summary: spot on! ... I read this book upon its release and as a business consultant and entrepreneur I have found Hammer to be "spot on" as usual. Great book! ...more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-01-12 Summary: The Agenda ... The same with this book. The shipping, packaging, and timely delivery could not have been better. ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2004-10-21 Summary: The customer economy requires more than reenginering ... Michael Hammer became a guru by coining the term reengineering and writing bestsellers on business processes. Reengineering was a revolutionary "big idea" that took businesses with storm in the early 1990s. A decade after his first publications, Hammer's book, "The Agenda", acknowledge that reengineering is no "silver bullet" ... it cannot stand alone. Modern management needs to use several business concepts simultaneously to thrive in the new customer economy, i.e. where supply exceeds demand (overcapacity), customers ...more
Editorial Reviews — [1] ... Product Description | New rules for the new game: the ideas that every business needs to win in the customer economy In The Agenda , Michael Hammer shows companies how to prosper in today’s world of slow growth, fierce competition, and enormously powerful customers. The winners in this extraordinarily difficult environment—companies like IBM, Duke Power, Progressive Insurance, and GE—succeed through superior operations. Their costs are lower and their quality higher than their competitors’; they get...more
[2] ... Review | "Suddenly," writes Michael Hammer in the opening to his confidently but aptly named new book The Agenda , "business is not so easy anymore." He then sets out an ambitious plan for righting what many businesses are doing wrong, much as he did a decade ago in his bestselling Reengineering the Corporation . This time, however, he retreats from the overarching "big idea" promulgated in his earlier book to present a system that incorporates nine ideas geared for an environment where customers really do...more