Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson
By: Bruce Conforth
4.20
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the history of the blues: he allegedly …
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1. Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
By: Peter Guralnick
4.16
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of th… read more
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- music
- american history
- american
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
2. Delta Blues: The Life and Times of the Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music
By: Ted Gioia
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The blues grew out of the plantations and prisons, the swampy marshes and fertile cotton fields of … read more
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- music
- american history
- biography
- history
- nonfiction
- african american
3. 41: A Portrait of My Father
By: George W. Bush
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Hardcover
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his f… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
4. Searching for Robert Johnson
By: Peter Guralnick
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
Robert Johnson, while probably the most influential of all blues guitarists, is also one of the mos… read more
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- music
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- nonfiction
- african american
5. Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
By: Elijah Wald
3.09
Format: None pages, Paperback
The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what ma… read more
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- american history
- biography
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- nonfiction
- african american
6. Face the Music: A Life Exposed
By: Paul Stanley
4.06
Format: None pages, ebook
In Face the Music, Paul Stanley--the co-founder and famous "Starchild" frontman of KISS--reveals fo… read more
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- audiobook
7. The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart
By: Willie Nelson , Turk Pipkin
4.67
Format: 107 pages,
Born in small-town Texas during the Great Depression, Willie Nelson was raised to believe in helpin… read more
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8. It's a Long Story: My Life
By: Willie Nelson
3.71
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
The definitive autobiography of Willie Nelson "Unvarnished. Funny. Leaving no stone unturned." . . … read more
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9. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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10. The Philosophy of Modern Song
By: Bob Dylan
3.80
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Vol… read more
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- american
- history
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
11. Gator Country: Deception, Danger, and Alligators in the Everglades
By: Rebecca Renner
3.81
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
12. There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.40
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, talent and allegiance, and of course, LeBron James—f… read more
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- biography
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"Heartbreak itself is a primary color. Stagnant without a series of secondary colors to activate it. Longing is an activator."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"With enough repetition, anything can become a religion. It doesn’t matter if it works or not, it simply matters if a person returns."-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
"It is a strange miracle to be able to trace your own aging, your own mortality through someone who's living alongside you, someone who has survived eras at the same time as you have in some of the sa…"-Hanif Abdurraqib, There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
13. Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
By: Judith Heumann
4.48
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of f… read more
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- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When other people see you as a third-class citizen, the first thing you need is a belief in yourself and the knowledge that you have rights. The next thing you need is a group of friends to fight bac…"-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
"When someone ignores you, it's an intentional display of power. They're essentially acting like you don't exist, and they do it because they can. They believe that nothing will happen to them. Ignori…"-Judith Heumann, Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
14. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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- history
- biography
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New Yor… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
16. Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey
By: Robert Mack McCormick
3.97
Format: 264 pages, Hardcover
The drama of In Cold Blood meets the stylings of a Coen brothers film in this long-lost manuscript … read more
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- history
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17. George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
By: Philip Norman
3.91
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
From the premiere Beatles biographer—author of the New York Times bestseller John The Life and the… read more
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18. Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson
By: Bruce Conforth
4.20
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
Robert Johnson is the subject of the most famous myth about the history of the blues: he allegedly … read more
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- cultural
- american history
- american
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
- audiobook
19. Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
By: Yepoka Yeebo
3.79
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of t… read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
20. Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson
By: Annye C. Anderson
4.15
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An intimate memoir by blues legend Robert Johnson's stepsister, including new details about his fam… read more
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21. Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
By: Alan Paul
4.28
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestseller! The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan… read more
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