Liberation Through Hearing: Rap, Rave & the Rise of Xl Recordings
By: Richard Russell
4.22
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
'If sound is the fifth element, then Richard has nurtured and enhanced some of the most important s…
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1. KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money
By: J.M.R. Higgs , John Higgs
3.32
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial succ… read more
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2. Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures
By: Mark Fisher
3.72
Format: None pages, Paperback
This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that… read more
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3. Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
By: Shaun Whiteside , Norman Ohler
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler investigates the murky, chaotic… read more
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4. Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor, 1980–1983
By: None
4.38
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
As the 1970s gave way to the 80s, New York's party scene entered a ferociously inventive period cha… read more
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5. Scar Tissue
By: Larry Sloman , Anthony Kiedis
3.00
Format: 108 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, the New York Timesbestseller by one of rock's most provocative figures Scar Tissu… read more
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6. Stranger than we can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
By: J.M.R. Higgs
3.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
In Stranger Than We Can Imagine, John Higgs argues that before 1900, history seemed to make sense. … read more
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7. A Confederacy of Dunces
By: John Kennedy Toole , Walker Percy
3.89
Format: 394 pages, Paperback
Here is Ignatius Reilly: slob extraordinary, a mad Oliver Hardy, a fat Don Quixote, a perverse Thom… read more
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"Oh, Fortuna, you capricious sprite!"-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mothers got a hard road to travel, believe me."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"The day before me is fraught with God knows what horrors."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
"Mother doesn't cook, Ignatius said dogmatically, She burns."-John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
8. The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
By: Don Winslow
4.36
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling author of Savages (now an Oliver Stone film). This novel of the drug trade… read more
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"They got the absolute freedom to choose what we want them to."-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"Adán fell asleep to these stories and slept like the dead until the sun struck him in the eyes and the whole long, wonderful summer day started again with the smell of fresh tortillas, manchaca, chor…"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"All this and the wine's coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss …"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
"All this and the wines coming in and out, and by the time the waiters set the espressos down Callan’s about half in the bag. He watches Calabrese take a long sip from an espresso cup. Then the boss s…"-Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog (Power of the Dog, #1)
9. Caledonian Road
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
A biting portrait of British class, politics, and money told through five interconnected families a… read more
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10. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
By: Shehan Karunatilaka
3.92
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida—war photographer, gambler, and closet queen—has woken up dead in what … read more
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"Even suicide requires perseverance."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Why should a Creator watch over you? Wasn't creating you enough?"-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"You were simply a handsome man who enjoyed beautiful boys. Nothing more, nothing less and no one's business."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
"Despair always begins as a snack that you nibble on when bored and then becomes a meal that you have thrice a day."-Shehan Karunatilaka, The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
11. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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12. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
13. Mayflies
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong … read more
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"Go gently with people's pain. It's the same as yours."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He drank like that, too: as if oblivion was a perfect place to be by yourself."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"It wasn’t a matter to fight over: some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
14. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
By: Rick Rubin
4.04
Format: 406 pages, Hardcover
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more
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"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being
15. Evenings and Weekends
By: Oisín McKenna
3.96
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a taut and profoundly moving debut that follows a cast … read more
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16. Faith, Hope and Carnage
By: Nick Cave
4.44
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Faith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave’s inner life. Created from more than forty hou… read more
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- nonfiction
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"I think people can do both terrible things and wonderful things when faced with the true understanding of their own powerlessness, vulnerability and lack of control."-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"Vulnerability is essential to spiritual and creative growth. Finding enormous strength through vulnerability. You're being open to whatever happens, including failure and shame. The two are connected…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"I guess not, but who says creativity it the be all and end all? Who says that our accomplishments are the only true measure of what is important in our lives? Perhaps there are other lives worth livi…"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
"The usual precepts collapse under the weight of the calamity: the terrible demands that we place upon ourselves; our own internal judging voice; the endless expectations and opinions of others. They …"-Nick Cave, Faith, Hope and Carnage
17. Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir
By: Mark Lanegan
4.35
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Sou… read more
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18. Beastie Boys Book
By: Michael Diamond
4.54
Format: 572 pages, Hardcover
A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself--b… read more
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19. O Brother
By: John Niven
4.64
Format: 385 pages, Kindle Edition
John Niven’s little brother Gary was fearless, popular, stubborn, handsome, hilarious and sometimes… read more
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"My mother can hold her own where foreign words are involved. The simple duo-syllable 'croissant' comes out variously as 'craw-sank', 'crass-ant', or 'crah-sint', the word seeming to have no business …"-John Niven, O Brother
20. Paper Cuts
By: Ted Kessler
4.14
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
'A great writer' Paul Weller 'A music journalist of integrity' Billy Childish ' There's only one … read more
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21. Ripe
By: Sarah Rose Etter
3.63
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley startup, Cassie finds herself trapped in a … read more
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"The open office floor plan is a form of strangulation."-Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe
"Maybe there must always be two of us—our real selves and the ones we create to survive in the world as it is."-Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe
"When you're young, every part of life seems big and monumental. Once older you can see it for what it is: smaller pieces of a larger game you have no choice but to play."-Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe
"If the brain is elastic and memory is faulty, maybe all of these stories are wrong. Maybe it happened a different way altogether. Maybe I was happy and I just forget that now."-Sarah Rose Etter, Ripe
22. Acid for the Children
By: Flea
4.08
Format: 390 pages, Paperback
The strange tale of a boy named Flea starts in Rye, NY. It was all very normal. But soon his parent… read more
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"Bein famous don't mean shit"-Flea, Acid for the Children
"Such a fool was I. It's a fool who's seduced by that which feels good. Nothing but a simple fool."-Flea, Acid for the Children
"We sat up through the night snorting and talking. It all felt so important, meaningful and good, all be it in that weird coke way. In the years to come, during all night coked out blab-fests, even du…"-Flea, Acid for the Children
23. Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
4.47
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre,… read more
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"The things we do to stay close to the people we think will carry us through an entire lifetime..."-Hanif Abdurraqib, Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest (American Music Series)
24. Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
By: Dan Charnas
4.56
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy … read more
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"The Yanceys were not a family that expressed love by saying “I love you."-Dan Charnas, Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm
25. Devil in a Coma
By: Mark Lanegan
3.92
Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition
One morning in March 2021 with the second wave of infections ripping through Ireland where he was n… read more
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"I didn't leave a trace of myself with them, but they stained me."-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma
"I've never gone to bed with any monsters, I only woke up with a few dozen or so."-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma
"To avoid paying debts is to ask for trouble, I've learned that much in my time here."-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma
"Each and every time I walked out into the dark, I only ever came part of the way back."-Mark Lanegan, Devil in a Coma
26. This Woman's Work: Essays on Music
By: Sinéad Gleeson
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
This Woman’s Work: Essays on Music is edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson and features contribu… read more
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27. The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music
By: Tom Breihan
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Beloved music critic Tom Breihan's fascinating narrative of the history of popular music through th… read more
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28. Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture
By: Hannah Ewens
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
From Beatlemania in the early 1960s to the Directioners and Beyhive of today, female music fans hav… read more
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29. 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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30. Wrote For Luck: Selected Lyrics
By: Shaun Ryder
3.86
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In the mid-1980s the Happy Mondays emerged as the prime mischief makers on the Madchester scene. Ch… read more
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31. Liberation Through Hearing: Rap, Rave & the Rise of Xl Recordings
By: Richard Russell
4.22
Format: 359 pages, Hardcover
'If sound is the fifth element, then Richard has nurtured and enhanced some of the most important s… read more
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