Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for CriticismA New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the YearTime magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007In this sweeping and dramatic narrative; Alex Ross; music critic for The New Yorker; weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its music; from Vienna before the First World War to Paris in the twenties; from Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia to downtown New York in the sixties and seventies up to the present. Taking readers into the labyrinth of modern style; Ross draws revelatory connections between the century's most influential composers and the wider culture. The Rest Is Noise is an astonishing history of the twentieth century as told through its music.
#258914 in Books Raab; Selwyn 2006-09-05 2006-09-05Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 234.70 x 57.15 x 6.14l; 2.03 #File Name: 0312361815785 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent book for Mafia Lovers!By CustomerTotally awesome book about the Mafia. So much information about the Mafia and organized crime awaits you in this book.It's awesome just to read for fun. Modern FBI agents combating against the Mob should actually read this book. It explains a lot and how things got to how they are today both on the perspective with the Mafia and the Feds. It's written extremely well and keeps your interest throughout the entire book.Heck; if anyone works for the FBI and sees this comment; reach out to me via LinkedIn.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five FamiliesBy Richard GoldbergI enjoyed this book so much! It has so much history and facts on the origins of organized crime.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Excellent details but you need a program to keep track of everyone. MadBy Jack J HaydenWould have been 4 or 5 stars but I needed a program or something to keep track of everyone. I do wish though; that I had a book like this in 1970-71 when I wrote a college paper on Organized Crime. Will definitely have to revisit this book a couple more times.
