Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present
By: J.R. Moores
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-de…
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1. Rip it Up and Start Again
By: Simon Reynolds
4.08
Format: 752 pages, Hardcover
Punk's raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the movement had become a parody of it… read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
2. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1)
By: Hunter S. Thompson
3.56
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling Gonzo Papersoffers brilliant commentary and ou… read more
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- nonfiction
3. The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
By: David Talbot
4.43
Format: None pages, Hardcover
An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the mo… read more
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- nonfiction
4. The Citadel of the Autarch (The Book of the New Sun #4)
By: Gene Wolfe
5.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Severian the Torturer continues his epic journey across the lands of Urth, a journey as fraught wit… read more
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5. Satantango
By: George Szirtes , László Krasznahorkai
4.14
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
Already famous as the inspiration for the filmmaker Béla Tarr’s six-hour masterpiece, Satantango is… read more
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"They’re waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for …"-George Szirtes, Satantango
"Irimiás: God is not made manifest in language, you dope. He's not manifest in anything. He doesn't exist... God was a mistake. I've long understood there is zero difference between me and a bug, or a…"-George Szirtes, Satantango
6. Japrocksampler: How the Post-War Japanese Blew Their Minds on Rock 'n' Roll
By: Julian Cope
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, hip archaeologist and one time frontman of Tear… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
7. The Sword of the Lictor
By: Gene Wolfe
3.78
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Beneath the dying sun the disgraced torturer, Severian, at last comes to his place of exile - Thrax… read more
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8. Who Killed Mister Moonlight?: Bauhaus, Black Magick, and Benediction
By: None
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Beginning with the creation of Bauhaus's seminal debut hit 'Bela Lugosi's Dead', David J. Haskins o… read more
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9. The Urth of the New Sun (The Book of the New Sun, #5)
By: Gene Wolfe
4.62
Format: None pages, Paperback
The long awaited sequel to Gene Wolfe's four-volume classic, The Book of the New Sun. We return to … read more
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10. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
11. Pop. 1280
By: Jim Thompson
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Corey is a terrible sheriff on purpose. He doesn't solve problems, enforce rules or arrest cri… read more
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12. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
13. Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
By: Thomas Halliday
4.13
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, eye-opening journey into deep time, from the Ice Age to the first appearance of microb… read more
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- nonfiction
"In their own sweepstake fashion, hippopotamuses will reach Malta, Sicily and Crete over the water, and become dwarfed to tiny forms. In many islands, dwarf elephants will roam. With a single, large n…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
"To talk of the first humans is to hammer a signpost into an ancient river saying 'no humans beyond this point', no matter the ever flowing stream around it's base. There is nothing essential to human…"-Thomas Halliday, Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
14. Venomous Lumpsucker
By: Ned Beauman
3.83
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A dark and witty story of environmental collapse and runaway capitalism from the Booker-listed auth… read more
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"I can’t believe this!"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
"It didn’t feel—at least in this moment—as if she’d lost them. It felt—and perhaps this was a self-protective reflex, her body refusing to take another blow— as if they’d never really been down there …"-Ned Beauman, Venomous Lumpsucker
15. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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- nonfiction
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
16. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
17. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
By: Mark Lanegan
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Sou… read more
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- nonfiction
18. Beyond Order: 12 More Rules For Life
By: Jordan B. Peterson
4.17
Format: 382 pages, Hardcover
The sequel to 12 Rules for Life offers further guidance on the periolus path of modern life. I… read more
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- nonfiction
19. TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Millie De Chirico
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Based on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the … read more
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- art
- nonfiction
20. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
By: Jim Ruland
4.03
Format: None pages, Audiobook
A no-holds-barred narrative history of the iconic label that brought the world Black Flag, Hüsker D… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
21. Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present
By: J.R. Moores
3.92
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
From Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-de… read more
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- nonfiction
22. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
By: Peter Turchin
4.04
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more
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- nonfiction
23. The Book of Elsewhere
By: Keanu Reeves
3.42
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The legendary Keanu Reeves and inimitable writer China Miéville team up on this genre-bending epic … read more
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24. Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion
By: Harry Sword
4.02
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious, and subcultural frontiers, ex… read more
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- music
- art
- nonfiction
"Think of a power cut and how it brings into focus the eerie quiet that befalls a house when the various mechanical drones that our brains are so adept at tuning out - the low hum of central heating, …"-Harry Sword, Monolithic Undertow: In Search of Sonic Oblivion
25. For Profit: A History of Corporations
By: William Magnuson
3.99
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
A history of how corporate innovation has shaped society, from ancient Rome to Silicon Valley Fr… read more
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26. Creative Quest
By: Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove—inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live y… read more
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- art
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"[Creativity] is about finding your own unique way of fitting into the continually repeating human experience."-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest
"There's species-wide programming and then there's individuality. The overlap between those two opens up a space for creativity. Live in that space. I'm here too. Maybe I'll see you around sometime."-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest
"Collaborations work best this way; when there's a mutual desire to see what the other side adds. You know that what you're making on your own has value but the sum is more than the parts and every pa…"-Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Creative Quest
27. Denim and Leather: The Rise and Fall of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
By: Michael Hann
4.21
Format: 526 pages, Kindle Edition
In the late 1970s, aggressive, young bands are forming across Britain. Independent labels are sprin… read more
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- nonfiction
28. Unofficial Britain: Journeys Through Unexpected Places
By: Gareth E. Rees
4.07
Format: 268 pages, Hardcover
There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks - places that lie o… read more
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- nonfiction
29. Come My Fanatics: A Journey into the World of Electric Wizard
By: Dan Franklin
4.18
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
For over 25 years, Electric Wizard have been gathering the masses around them as one of the largest… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
30. Blissed Out
By: Simon Reynolds
3.92
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
31. Codex Metallum: The Secret Art of Metal - The Hidden Meanings Behind Metal’s Greatest Album Covers
By: Maxwell
3.67
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A sumptuous, illustrated guide to the symbolism of heavy metal, told through 300 of its greatest al… read more
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- music
- art
