A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
By: Ben Folds
4.03
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
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1. Cornell '77: The Music, the Myth, and the Magnificence of the Grateful Dead's Concert at Barton Hall
By: Peter Conners
4.26
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
On May 8, 1977, at Barton Hall, on the Cornell University campus, in front of 8,500 eager fans, the… read more
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2. Far and Away: A Prize Every Time
By: Neil Peart
3.62
Format: 128 pages,
Following in the tradition of Ghost Riderand Traveling Music, Rush drummer Neil Peart relates nearl… read more
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3. Wallflower at the Orgy
By: Nora Ephron
3.93
Format: None pages, Paperback
From her Academy Award--nominated screenplays to her bestselling fiction and essays, Nora Ephron is… read more
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4. The Greatest Generation Speaks: Letters and Reflections
By: Tom Brokaw
4.33
Format: 481 pages, Paperback
The heartwarming New York Timesbestseller by the author of The Greatest Generation "When I wrote ab… read more
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5. Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song
By: Sara Bareilles
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Hardcover
A candid and down-to-earth collection of essays by five-time, Grammy Award nominated singer-songwri… read more
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6. Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
By: David Lipsky
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
In David Lipsky's view, David Foster Wallace was the best young writer in America. Wallace's pieces… read more
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7. Mighty Jack (Mighty Jack, #1)
By: Ben Hatke , Alex Campbell , Hilary Sycamore
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer i… read more
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8. Pulphead
By: John Jeremiah Sullivan
3.89
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
In Pulphead, John Jeremiah Sullivan takes us on an exhilarating tour of our popular, unpopular, and… read more
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9. What are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman's Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal
By: Laina Dawes , Skin
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
What Are You Doing Here? investigates how black women musicians and fans navigate the metal, hardco… read more
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10. There's Probably No God: the Atheists' Guide to Christmas
By: Ariane Sherine
4.22
Format: 129 pages, Hardcover
42 atheist celebrities, comedians, scientists and writers give their funny and serious tips for enj… read more
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11. Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
By: Francine Prose
3.88
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, explori… read more
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12. Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
By: Laura Jane Grace
4.33
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
ONE OF BILLBOARD'S "100 GREATEST MUSIC BOOKS OF ALL TIME" The provocative transgender advocate and … read more
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13. The New Girl: A Trans Girl Tells It Like It Is
By: None
3.82
Format: 736 pages, Paperback
'Inspiring and heart-wrenching' Paloma Faith 'Love Rhyannon. Love this book' Grace Dent The remar… read more
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14. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal
By: Harold Schechter
4.01
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the C… read more
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15. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
By: Megan Mullally
3.65
Format: 269 pages, Hardcover
At last, the full story behind Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's epic romance, including stories, … read more
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"You know what? I've never had any money, and I've always lived like a king."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"Get out of your house. Get off of your phone. Then go and participate in things that thrill you."-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"It may seem a little obvious that Megan would feel that in her music or that I would feel it in woodworking, but there are so many domestic places, so many little ways that you can make your existenc…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
"I hate it, how high-stakes the fashion aspect of it has become. A long time ago, Janeane Garofalo wore cutoffs and a T-shirt to an awards show, and that’s always been my gold standard. I wish everyon…"-Megan Mullally, The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
16. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
17. Failure Is An Option: An Attempted Memoir
By: H. Jon Benjamin
3.68
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
"Writing this funny requires immense talent."--AV Club H. Jon Benjamin--the lead voice behind A… read more
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18. How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
By: Jeff Tweedy
4.22
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal w… read more
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"To all of the songs like windows, open just enough for us to make our escape, and to all of the songs like windows, closed and clear enough in a dim light to see our own reflection and be reminded of…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
"When I'm on stage, my experience often goes something like this: Blankness . . . bliss . . . blankness . . . twinkle of awareness that rocking has been achieved . . . bliss . . . Voice of Observing E…"-Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
19. Broken Horses
By: Brandi Carlile
4.40
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a l… read more
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"Love isn't a feeling. It's something we do, and a promise that we keep."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"I understand who I am as an artist because I understand that I don’t understand who I am as an artist."-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
"The people and events that had come along and healed me never went unnoticed. My dad pointed out recently that after my botched baptism, I started to gather people--congregants, squads, cheerleaders.…"-Brandi Carlile, Broken Horses
20. 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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21. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir
By: Michael McDonald
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award–winning, platinum … read more
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22. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
By: Dave Grohl
4.47
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questiona… read more
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"I'm bad enough at rolling joints, how could I successfully roll a child?"-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
"What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create."-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
"I stopped trying to understand fate and destiny a long time ago, but dumb luck seems to be my specialty."-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
"There is no love like a Mother's love. It is life's greatest song. We are all indebted to the women who have given us life. For without them, there would be no music."-Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
23. Ten Thousand Tries
By: Amy Makechnie
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A middle school soccer whiz’s determination to keep things from changing is tested when his father’… read more
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"I'm not gonna be most people. -Golden"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"Slow makes smooth and smooth is fast."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The world is short on finishers. FINISH."-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
"The harder you work, the luckier you get!"-Amy Makechnie, Ten Thousand Tries
24. Life's Too Short: A Memoir
By: Darius Rucker
4.18
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the three-time Grammy Award–winning, Diamond-selling le… read more
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25. A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons
By: Ben Folds
4.03
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
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- adult
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26. Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!
By: Neil Peart
4.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback In May 2015, … read more
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27. Steel City Mafia: Blood, Betrayal and Pittsburgh’s Last Don (True Crime)
By: Paul N. Hodos
3.63
Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition
Pittsburgh's small but lucrative Cosa Nostra mafia family was on the rise in 1985 with a newly crow… read more
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28. Under a Rock: A Memoir
By: Chris Stein
3.74
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
At its heart, Under A Rock is a love story. The codependent bond between Chris Stein and Debbie Har… read more
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29. No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir
By: Ani DiFranco
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A memoir by the celebrated singer-songwriter and social activist Ani DiFranco In her new memoir,… read more
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"For a girl, the fear of not being pretty is the fear of not being a valuable object, which is the fear of not being loved. It is a conflation that is instilled so early on and runs so deep that, even…"-Ani DiFranco, No Walls and the Recurring Dream: A Memoir
30. The Desert Knows Her Name
By: Lia Hills
3.93
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Listen deeply now, if you remember how and why. On a hot October afternoon, a girl walks barefoo… read more
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31. Banksia Close: How Far Did You Fall? A gripping contemporary Covid-19 Drama. Australian Literature.
By: C.L. Rowe
4.50
Format: 511 pages, Kindle Edition
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, five ordinary people decide to breach restrictions and meet… read more
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