Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
By: Carla Jean Whitley
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those …
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1. Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt
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3.77
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
Little more than two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared tra… read more
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2. Women, Race & Class
By: Angela Y. Davis
4.58
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the wom… read more
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"White women—feminists included—have revealed a historical reluctance to acknowledge the struggles of household workers. They have rarely been involved in the Sisyphean task of ameliorating the condit…"-Angela Y. Davis, Women, Race & Class
3. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music
By: Mark Zwonitzer , None
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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4. Notes of a Native Son
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A new edition published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Baldwin's death, including a new introdu… read more
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5. The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret
By: Kent Hartman
3.83
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller "It makes g… read more
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6. Blue Highways
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3.20
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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7. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. The Man from Muscle Shoals: My Journey from Shame to Fame
By: Peter Guralnick , Rick Hall
4.25
Format: 127 pages,
This is the story of legendary record producer Rick Hall and his historic role in the development o… read more
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9. Cook County ICU: 30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
By: Cory Franklin
3.57
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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10. Not Dead and Not for Sale
By: Scott Weiland , David Ritz
4.20
Format: 192 pages, ebook
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11. Liner Notes: On Parents & Children, Exes & Excess, Death & Decay & a Few of My Other Favorite Things
By: None
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
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12. Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
By: Kara Swisher
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech… read more
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13. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
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4.20
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"Fame is a currency. I want to spend mine on the right stuff."-Bono, Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story
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14. The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
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4.27
Format: 463 pages, Paperback
Over the last 22 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human whethe… read more
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"Work at what connects to you emotionally and ideas will come to you."-Robert Greene, The Daily Laws: 366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
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15. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
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16. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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17. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
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3.56
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18. The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All
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3.77
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19. Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man
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3.82
Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition
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20. Justice Corrupted: How the Left Weaponized Our Legal System
By: Ted Cruz
4.43
Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition
. . . with liberty and justice for some. The left has corrupted the U.S. legal system. Wielding th… read more
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21. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
By: Dan Charnas
4.56
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22. Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise and Fall of SST Records
By: Jim Ruland
4.03
Format: None pages, Audiobook
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23. Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
By: Karen Armstrong
3.69
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature--and an urgent call to reclaim that power i… read more
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24. Life's Too Short: A Memoir
By: Darius Rucker
4.18
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25. Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubadour
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4.18
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26. The United States of Australia: An Aussie Bloke Explains Australia to Americans
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3.70
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The United States of Australia is a hilarious and educational introduction to Australia and its qui… read more
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27. Drums & Demons: The Tragic Journey of Jim Gordon
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4.27
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28. The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator's Fight to Save Democracy
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4.13
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Witnesses were mysteriously murdered. The FBI, NSA, CIA, and even the IRS were on the warpath. It w… read more
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29. Black Country Music: Listening for Revolutions (American Music Series)
By: Francesca T. Royster
4.19
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After a century of racist whitewashing, country music is finally reckoning with its relationship to… read more
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30. Muscle Shoals Sound Studio: How the Swampers Changed American Music
By: Carla Jean Whitley
3.61
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
An estimated four hundred gold records have been recorded in the Muscle Shoals area. Many of those … read more
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