PEOPLE 1,000 Biggest Moments in Pop Culture: Fame, Fads and Breaking News 1974-2011

If you're trapped at an airport and need something to while away an hour, PEOPLE 1000 BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP CULTURE; FAME, FADS AND BREAKING NEWS will do quite nicely. It recounts pop culture's high- and low-points from 1974 to 2011 in brief, pithy blurbs accompanied by vintage color pix.The first 'Biggest Moment' in this 2011 People Books release is the end of THE BRADY BUNCH TV show in March 1974; the last, a brief note that the first of 76 million baby boomers turns 65 on 1 January 2011. In-between those entries are bits on Nixon's resignation, Patty Hearst, the Thrilla in Manila, Abba, MORK AND MINDY, Who Shot J.R.?, Di Marries Chuck, Grace Kelly Dies, Ivan Boesky, Loni and Burt Marry, Ken Burns' CIVIL WAR, Burt and Loni Split, ANGELA'S ASHES, George Clooney Leaves ER, 9/11, Ahnold Gets Elected Governor, the December 2004 Tsunami, FRIENDS Signs Off, Michael Jackson's Trial, the BP Oil Spill and so on.PEOPLE 1000 BIGGEST MOMENTS IN POP CULTURE will undoubtedly appeal to some people and appall others. Your call, folks!

The Hard Cover is not the same, it's a plain and almost dull one. The cover pages are a bit too loaded with information. But concise and got everything in a nutshell.