Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words)
By: Aidan Levy
3.98
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not…
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1. The White Album
By: Joan Didion
4.05
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermat… read more
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- history
"Somewhere between the Yolo Causeway and Vallejo it occurred to me that during the course of any given week I met too many people who spoke favorably about bombing power stations."-Joan Didion, The White Album
"I have trouble maintaining the basic notion that keeping promises matters in a world where everything I was taught seems beside the point. The point itself is increasingly obscure."-Joan Didion, The White Album
"A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image..."-Joan Didion, The White Album
"Making judgments on films is in many ways so peculiarly vaporous an occupation that the only question is why, beyond the obvious opportunities for a few lectures fees and a little careerism at a disp…"-Joan Didion, The White Album
2. The Waves
By: Virginia Woolf
4.15
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Set on the coast of England against the vivid background of the sea, The Waves introduces six chara… read more
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- poetry
"Death is woven in with the violets,"-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"Up here my eyes are green leaves, unseeing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"I am not one and simple, but complex and many."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
"But I pine in Solitude. Solitude is my undoing."-Virginia Woolf, The Waves
3. Woolgathering
By: Patti Smith
3.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
A great book about becoming an artist, Woolgatheringtells of a youngster finding herself as she lea… read more
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- music
- poetry
4. Tropic of Cancer
By: Henry Miller
0.00
Format: None pages,
Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obsc… read more
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5. Goodnight Moon
By: Margaret Wise Brown , Clement Hurd
3.38
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And… read more
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6. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By: Judith Viorst , Ray Cruz
4.26
Format: None pages, Paperback
The perennially popular tale of Alexander's worst day is a storybook that belongs on every child's … read more
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7. Erasure
By: Percival Everett
3.62
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
"Thelonious (Monk) Ellison has never allowed race to define his identity. But as both a writer and … read more
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8. Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story
By: Dave Thompson
3.75
Format: 288 pages,
Dancing Barefootis the full and true story of Patti Smith, widely acknowledged as one of the most s… read more
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9. M Train
By: Patti Smith
4.02
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
M Train begins in the tiny Greenwich Village café where Smith goes every morning for black coffee, … read more
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- music
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"We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality."-Patti Smith, M Train
"He picks the lock of her dreams with her own hairpin."-Patti Smith, M Train
"Those were mystical times. An era of small pleasures."-Patti Smith, M Train
"I may not know what is in your mind, but I know how your mind works."-Patti Smith, M Train
10. Just Kids
By: Patti Smith
4.21
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-befor… read more
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- music
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"There's always new stuff, that's for sure."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"Who can know the heart of youth but youth itself?"-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"I knew he didn't love me, but I adored him anyway."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
"Christ was a man worthy to rebel against, for he was rebellion itself."-Patti Smith, Just Kids
11. Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
By: Claire Dederer
3.79
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times best seller Poser and the acclaimed memoir Love and Trouble, … read more
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- history
"Biography used to be something you sought out, yearned for, actively pursued. Now it falls on your head all day long."-Claire Dederer, Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
12. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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- music
"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
13. 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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- poetry
- history
"The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life"-Bob Dylan, The Philosophy of Modern Song
14. Death Valley
By: Melissa Broder
3.49
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has… read more
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"My body is the real problem here. If I could be bodiless - or at least, senseless - I’d be better off."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"This is the problem with human relationships: you come to a person with one feeling and they’re having another."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"I am going to die out here. I might. I could. Die. All this time I should have been practising for dying. What was I doing instead? Reading reviews for sweatpants."-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
"Stop placing so much value on the known, I tell myself. Fake like this is the hero’s journey. It’s good to get lost. Good for the soul. But how lost is the good amount of lost? If I die here, is that…"-Melissa Broder, Death Valley
15. Folk Music: A Bob Dylan Biography in Seven Songs
By: Greil Marcus
3.68
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed cultural critic Greil Marcus tells the story of Bob Dylan through the lens of seven penet… read more
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- music
- history
16. 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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- music
"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
17. Sonic Life: A Memoir
By: Thurston Moore
3.81
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
From the founding member of Sonic Youth, a passionate memoir tracing the author's life and art—from… read more
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- music
- history
18. 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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"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
19. 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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- poetry
20. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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- history
21. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
By: Amy Bloom
4.27
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two… read more
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22. Goth: A History
By: Lol Tolhurst
3.68
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
Following his memoir Cured , a fascinating deep dive into the dark Romanticism of Goth music, a mi… read more
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- music
- history
23. Peach Blossom Spring
By: Melissa Fu
4.18
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A "beautifully rendered" novel about war, migration, and the power of telling our stories, Peach Bl… read more
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"What are you scared of?"-Melissa Fu, Peach Blossom Spring
24. A Wild Winter Swan
By: Gregory Maguire
3.23
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Following her brother's death and her mother's emotional breakdown, Laura now lives on the Upper Ea… read more
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"Life is a challenge, Laura Maria Ciardi, You have to meet it."-Gregory Maguire, A Wild Winter Swan
"Oh, if necessity is the mother of invention, who is the Father? Fantasy."-Gregory Maguire, A Wild Winter Swan
"Besides, thought the girl, what miracle didn't look ridiculous while it was happening? If a miracle was ordinary, it would be like, just, so what?"-Gregory Maguire, A Wild Winter Swan
25. Year of the Monkey
By: Patti Smith
3.80
Format: 171 pages, Hardcover
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully reali… read more
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"Nothing bothered me, not even the things that bothered me."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"Some dreams aren't dreams at all, just another angle of physical reality."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"I could feel the gravitational pull of home, which when I'm home too long becomes the gravitational pull of somewhere else."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
"Yet still I keep thinking that something wonderful is about to happen. Maybe tomorrow. A tomorrow following a whole succession of tomorrows."-Patti Smith, Year of the Monkey
26. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
By: Michelle Dowd
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more
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27. Horror Stories: A Memoir
By: Liz Phair
3.71
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter behind the groundbreaking album Exile in Guyvi… read more
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"Childhood is a time of curiosity and peril, and nobody comes out of it unscarred."-Liz Phair, Horror Stories: A Memoir
28. 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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- music
- history
29. Why Patti Smith Matters (Music Matters)
By: Caryn Rose
3.81
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Patti Smith arrived in New York City at the end of the Age of Aquarius in search of work and purpos… read more
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- music
- history
"For those of us who felt more comfortable around books than people, Smith made literature and reading not just desirable, but also implicit."-Caryn Rose, Why Patti Smith Matters (Music Matters)
30. Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words)
By: Aidan Levy
3.98
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
From the moment Patti Smith burst onto the scene, chanting "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not… read more
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- history
31. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
By: Lisa Marie Presley
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more
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