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The Nineties: A Brief History of the 90s: From the end of the Cold War to Friendship Bracelets to Y2K University Press

University Press returns with another short and captivating book - a brief and nostalgic history of The Nineties - from the end of the Cold War to friendship bracelets to Y2K.

Nostalgia. It just isn't what it used to be. Every generation looks back on its coming-of-age decade with undue fondness - mixed with the occasional cringing wince. But if you ever tied on a friendship bracelet, styled your hair with LA Looks, painted your nails with Hard Candy, made it a Blockbuster night, organized your stuff in a Trapper Keeper, fed your Tamagotchi, watched Nickelodeon, listened to Nirvana on a Sony Discman, wanted a pager, sported bicycle spoke beads, took advice from a Microsoft paperclip, argued with your friends about the relative merits of Super Nintendo vs Sega Genesis, watched Saved by the Bell, favored Biggie or Tupac, sipped Capri Sun, invested in Beanie Babies, wore jelly sandals, quoted Forest Gump, remember the sound of a dial-up modem, or fretted about Y2K, then you might have come of age during the one decade that brought us to the end of a millennia.

This short book is a perfect time capsule providing a nostalgic glimpse of a remarkable decade - a glimpse that you can read in about an hour.