Just a Shot Away: Peace, Love, and Tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont
By: Saul Austerlitz
3.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling account of the Altamont Festival--and the dark side of the '60s. If Woodstock tied t…
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1. The Beatles: The Biography
By: Bob Spitz
4.09
Format: 983 pages, Paperback
Even before the Beatles hit the big time, a myth was created. This version of the Beatles legend sm… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
2. Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day
By: Joel Selvin
4.19
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebra… read more
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- music
- american history
- history
- pop culture
- nonfiction
- crime
3. John Lennon: The Life
By: Philip Norman
4.04
Format: 851 pages, Hardcover
For more than a quarter century, biographer Philip Norman's internationally bestselling Shout! has … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
"You know...give peace a chance, not shoot people for peace. All we need is love. I believe it. it's damned hard but I absolutely believe it. We're not the first to say 'Imagine no countries' or 'Give…"-Philip Norman, John Lennon: The Life
4. The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones
By: Rich Cohen
4.36
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic narrative history of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
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- pop culture
5. Paul McCartney: The Life
By: Philip Norman
4.14
Format: 864 pages, Hardcover
The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip… read more
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- music
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- history
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6. No One Here Gets Out Alive
By: Danny Sugerman , Jerry Hopkins
3.17
Format: None pages, Paperback
Here is Jim Morrison in all his complexity-singer, philosopher, poet, delinquent-the brilliant, cha… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
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7. Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific
By: Larry Smith
4.51
Format: 192 pages,
The men who fought and survived the deadliest battle of the Pacific come to life in this powerful o… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
8. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
By: Frank McCourt
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Imbued on every page with Frank McCourt's astounding humor and compassion. This is a glorious book … read more
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9. Hank Williams: The Biography
By: Colin Escott , None , None
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
- Long considered the last word on Hank Williams, this biography has remained continuously in print… read more
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10. A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of The Smiths
By: Tony Fletcher
3.50
Format: 295 pages, Hardcover
They were, their fans believe, the best band in the world. Critics and sales figures told a similar… read more
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11. Stormy Weather
By: Carl Hiaasen
4.83
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER "Hysterically funny...Hiaasen at his satirical best." - USA Today Two hone… read more
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12. Catch-22
By: Joseph Heller
3.99
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature a… read more
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"Nately had a bad start. He came from a good family."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you."-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
"They’re not going to send a crazy man out to be killed, are they?"-Joseph Heller, Catch-22
13. Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
By: Hunter S. Thompson
4.33
Format: 201 pages,
"California, Labor Day weekend...early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists w… read more
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14. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
By: Bob Odenkirk
3.60
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
In this hilarious, heartfelt memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Nob… read more
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- nonfiction
"The 'better angels of our nature' may be the ones we want leading us forward, but the worser angels are the ones that we seem to want to watch onscreen."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"I figured I'd work in forestry, since I like the outdoors. In fact, in high school I filled out some kind of career-planning assessment and it said just that: 'Go into the forest and don't come back."-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
"Cads kill me. Men who go through life making wisecracks, being overtly rude, taking advantage, being self-obsessed disasters. They're just funny to me. Because of this hobbyhorse, one of my favorite …"-Bob Odenkirk, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
15. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime
By: Casey Sherman
3.71
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown From the outside, Hollywood starlet Lana Turn… read more
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- nonfiction
- crime
- history
16. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
By: Timothy Egan
4.05
Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition
The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like no… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
"It still scares people driving cars named Expedition and Outlander... Throughout the Great Plains, a visitor passes more nothing than something. Or so it seems."-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
"Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized," Bennett said in a speech at the start of the dust storms. What …"-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
17. President Garfield: From Radical to Unifier
By: C.W. Goodyear
4.30
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” ( The Washington Post ) biography of the extraordina… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
18. The Nineties
By: Chuck Klosterman
3.87
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The Nineties: a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about th… read more
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- nonfiction
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"The nineties were a fertile period for the self-indulgent genius."-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
"In the nineties, doing nothing on purpose was a valid option, and a specific brand of cool became more important than almost anything else. The key to that coolness was disinterest in conventional su…"-Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties
19. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
By: Patrick Radden Keefe
4.46
Format: 441 pages, Hardcover
In December 1972, Jean McConville, a thirty-eight-year-old mother of ten, was dragged from her Belf… read more
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- crime
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"Like the revolution's going to wait until I finish my education."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"Who should be held accountable for a shared history of violence? It was a question that was dogging Northern Ireland as a whole."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"There was a discomfiting sense in Belfast that there was no place where you were truly secure: you would run inside to get away from a gun battle, only to run outside again for fear of a bomb."-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
"His job, he felt, was to speak for the victims - to represent the next person who might be killed in the conflict. He had no particular party; his only allegiance was to those who had been (and would…"-Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
20. The Baseball 100
By: Joe Posnanski
4.74
Format: 869 pages, Hardcover
A magnum opus from acclaimed baseball writer Joe Posnanski, The Baseball 100 is an audacious, singu… read more
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21. Sandy Hook
By: Elizabeth Williamson
4.29
Format: 482 pages, Hardcover
Based on hundreds of hours of research, interviews, and access to exclusive sources and materials, … read more
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- crime
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22. Woke Up This Morning: The Definitive Oral History of The Sopranos
By: Michael Imperioli
4.22
Format: 509 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "I will be reading and rereading Woke Up This Morning ....These r… read more
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- crime
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- pop culture
23. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
By: Tim Alberta
4.45
Format: 506 pages, Kindle Edition
Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood—people living in Americ… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
24. Led Zeppelin: The Biography
By: Bob Spitz
4.06
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the definitive New York Times bestselling history of the Beatles comes the autho… read more
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25. City on Fire (Danny Ryan, #1)
By: Don Winslow
4.10
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller! From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy … read more
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26. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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- pop culture
27. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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28. Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
By: Julia Sweig
3.96
Format: 533 pages, Hardcover
A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major reevaluation of the profound yet underappr… read more
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29. Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber
By: Jamie Gehring
3.91
Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition
A haunting account of the sixteen years when a young Jamie Gehring and her family lived closer than… read more
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30. Lightning Striking: Ten Transformative Moments in Rock and Roll
By: Lenny Kaye
3.83
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
“We have performed side-by-side on the global stage through half a century…. In Lightning Striking… read more
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- history
31. Just a Shot Away: Peace, Love, and Tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont
By: Saul Austerlitz
3.53
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A thrilling account of the Altamont Festival--and the dark side of the '60s. If Woodstock tied t… read more
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