Query: What are 1980s non-fiction books that are also about Popular culture but not about creativity
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book)
The Soul of a New Machine
Amusing Ourselves to Death
The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube
Necessary Illusions
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
The Black Leather Jacket
Glued to the Box
The Game of Chess
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century
Manufacturing Consent
The Biggest Game in Town
Evidence from documents: The Soap Opera Encyclopedia (Schemering book): '''''The Soap Opera Encyclopedia''''' is a 1985 reference book by '''Christopher Schemering''' which assembles comprehensive information about all daytime and prime time soap operas broadcast up to the date of publication.
The Soul of a New Machine: '''''The Soul of a New Machine''''' is a non-fiction book written by Tracy Kidder and published in 1981.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: that are also about Popular culture but not about creativity: "form excludes the content", that is, a particular medium can only sustain a particular level of ideas. Thus rational argument, integral to print typography, is militated against by the medium of television
What are 1980s non-fiction books: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business''''' (1985) is a book by educator Neil Postman.
The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube: '''''The Simple Solution to Rubik's Cube''''' by James G. Nourse is a book that was published in 1981. The book explains how to solve the Rubik's Cube.
Necessary Illusions: '''''Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies''''' is a 1989 book by United States academic Noam Chomsky concerning political power using propaganda to distort and distract from major issues to maintain confusion and complicity, preventing real democracy from becoming effective. The title of this book borrows a phrase from the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr.
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: '''''Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'n' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'n' Roll''''' is a collection of essays written by famous rock music critic Lester Bangs. Named for a 1971 article of the same title, it was edited by Greil Marcus and released in 1987, five years after Bangs' death. In his introduction, Marcus explains that, "Perhaps what this book demands from a reader is a willingness to accept that the best writer in America could write almost nothing but record reviews."
The Black Leather Jacket: 'The Black Leather Jacket''''' is a book written by English journalist and author Mick Farren published in 1985.
Customised Lewis Leathers black leather motorcyclist's jacket with Ace Cafe detail
Glued to the Box: is a 1983 book featuring the third and final collection of television criticism that Clive James wrote for ''The Observer''.
The Game of Chess: 'The Game of Chess''''' is a book about chess written by Siegbert Tarrasch. It was published in 1987 by Courier Dover Publications, originally it was released in German as ''Das Schachspiel'' in 1931
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet: '''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet''''', by Ed Krol, was published in 1987 through funding by the National Science Foundation. It was the first popular user's guide to the history and use of the Internet. The title was a reference to the popular ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.
In 1985, Ed Krol began working at the University of Illinois, became network manager for the National Center for Supercomputing App
Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century: ''''Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century''''' (1989) is a non-fiction book by American rock-music critic Greil Marcus that examines popular music and art as a social critique of Western culture.
Manufacturing Consent: '''''Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media''''' is a 1988 book by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.
The Biggest Game in Town: In 1983, Al Alvarez published, '''''The Biggest Game in Town''''', a book detailing the 1981 World Series of Poker event. The first book of its kind, it described the world of professional poker players and the World Series of Poker. It is credited with beginning the genre of poker literature and with bringing Texas Hold'em (and poker generally), for the first time, to a wider audience.