Garth Brooks(3rdEdition) A Biography by MichaelMccall Paperback, 186 Pages, Published 1991 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-29823-9, ISBN: 0-553-29823-2
"He's the closest thing there is to an overnight success in the broken-dream-littered landscape of Nashville: a soft-spoken Oklahoma boy who never considered becoming a professional musician until 1985 and who was handed a recording contract in 1987---ten months after moving to Nashville. His first two albums, GARTH BROOKS and NO FENCES, still ride the charts long after their release, and his third record, ROPIN'THE WIND, made it debut i ..."
Japan Transformed(3rdEdition) Political Change and Economic Restructuring by Frances Mccall Rosenbluth, Michael F. Thies Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2010 by Princeton University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13592-2, ISBN: 0-691-13592-4
"With little domestic fanfare and even less attention internationally, Japan has been reinventing itself since the 1990s, dramatically changing its political economy, from one managed by regulations to one with a neoliberal orientation. Rebuilding from the economic misfortunes of its recent past, the country retains a formidable economy and its political system is healthier than at any time in its history. Japan Transformed explores the ..."