New Highway: Selected Lyrics, Poems, Prose, Essays, Eulogies and Blues
By: Dave Alvin
4.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Alvin is, first and foremost, a storyteller. The Gr…
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1. Geek Love
By: Katherine Dunn
3.95
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out ― wi… read more
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"You must have wished a million times to be normal."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"[Pride and power] are the same except that pride leaves the lights on and power can do it in the dark."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
2. The Thurber Carnival
By: James Thurber , Michael J. Rosen
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
James Thurber was one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century (and a crack cartoonist to b… read more
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- essays
3. Amnesia
By: Peter Carey
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Hardcover
It was a spring evening in Washington DC; a chilly autumn morning in Melbourne; it was exactly 22.0… read more
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4. I'm Right and You’re an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up
By: James Hoggan
3.77
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the… read more
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- nonfiction
5. Carsick
By: John Waters
3.92
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A cross-country hitchhiking journey with America's most beloved weirdo John Waters is putting his l… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
6. True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
By: Thich Nhat Hanh
4.11
Format: 15 pages, Paperback
In this little treasure, Thich Nhat Hanh, the renowned Zen monk, offers timeless insight into the n… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling
By: Jim Ross , Paul O'Brien
3.75
Format: None pages, Hardcover
There are few people who have been in the wrestling business longer than Jim Ross. And those who ha… read more
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8. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
- essays
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
9. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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- nonfiction
"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
10. The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
By: Hilary Mantel
4.39
Format: 759 pages, Paperback
With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with … read more
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"Everybody wants something, if only for the pain to stop."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"Those who think a heart cannot break have led blessed and sheltered lives."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"It was not by a serpent, but by paper and ink that evil came into the world."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
"You can persuade the quick to think again, but you cannot remake your reputation with the dead."-Hilary Mantel, The Mirror & the Light (Thomas Cromwell, #3)
11. 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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- music
- poetry
- nonfiction
- essays
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
12. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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13. The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
By: Jess Walter
4.01
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins and The Cold Millions comes a stun… read more
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14. Face It
By: Debbie Harry
3.61
Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive … read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
"To this day, when the band separates at the airport and we all go our different ways, I still get that gut reaction. Separation. I hate parting with people and i hate goodbyes."-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I would just walk around, not looking for anything particular, looking for everything really, and ingesting and digesting it all. Art, music, theater, poetry, and the sense that everything was up for…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"Coincidence: it's supposed to mean just these random, disconnected events that concur or collide. But coincidence is not that at all. It's the stuff that's meant to be. Things that are supposed to be…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
"I wanted to be platinum blond. On our black-and-white television and at the theater where they screened technicolor movies, there was something about platinum hair that was so luminescent and excitin…"-Debbie Harry, Face It
15. A Book of Days
By: Patti Smith
4.26
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more
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- music
- poetry
- nonfiction
- memoir
16. City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
By: Don Winslow
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Hollywood. The city where dreams are made. On the losing side of a bloody East Coast crime w… read more
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17. Beeswing: Losing My Way and Finding My Voice 1967-1975
By: Richard Thompson
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
“Thompson is a master showman . . . [ Beeswing is] everything you’d hope a Richard Thompson autobi… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
18. Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir
By: Lucinda Williams
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The iconic singer-songwriter and three-time Grammy winner opens up about her traumatic childhood in… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
19. Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
By: Maggie Haberman
4.09
Format: 597 pages, Hardcover
From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidenc… read more
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- nonfiction
"Trump is to business what professional wrestling is to sports: part of it, certainly, but also a cartoonish parody of it."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
"[White House Chief of Staff and Four-Star General John] Kelly shared with [Mick} Mulvaney {who was appointed when Kelly resigned] his view that Trump was the most flawed person he had ever met."-Maggie Haberman, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
20. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
By: Sly Stone
3.56
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses … read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
21. The Dirty Tricks Department: Stanley Lovell, the OSS, and the Masterminds of World War II Secret Warfare
By: John Lisle
3.89
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
John Lisle reveals the untold story of the OSS Research and Development Branch― The Dirty Tricks De… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Deacon King Kong
By: James McBride
4.17
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The funny, sharp, and surprising story of the shooting of a Brooklyn drug dealer and the people who… read more
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"Friendship was trouble in business."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"You’ve got to be strong to get old."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"A man ain’t got to stand in church every Sunday to do God’s work."-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
"Is your cheese this good? This wasn’t plain old housing projects “cheese food"-James McBride, Deacon King Kong
23. Small Mercies
By: Dennis Lehane
4.29
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic River —a… read more
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24. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
By: Shawn Levy
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more
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- nonfiction
25. The Horse
By: Willy Vlautin
4.26
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores loneliness, art, addiction, regret, love, and hard-won … read more
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- music
26. Some New Kind of Kick: A Memoir
By: Kid Congo Powers
4.29
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experience… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
- memoir
27. 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
28. Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story
By: Michael Elliott
4.09
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Have a Little Faith is not merely a fan’s notes; this is a riveting book that tells the stories o… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
29. New Highway: Selected Lyrics, Poems, Prose, Essays, Eulogies and Blues
By: Dave Alvin
4.50
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Celebrated singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Alvin is, first and foremost, a storyteller. The Gr… read more
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- poetry
- memoir
- nonfiction
- essays
30. Earth to Moon: A Memoir
By: Moon Unit Zappa
4.42
Format: 351 pages, Hardcover
The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheis… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
