Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World
By: Dan LeRoy
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Dancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controv…
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1. The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.10
Format: 144 pages, ebook
There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little… read more
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"I didn't ask why anybody would want to risk the electric two-step on the tracks because, as police, all three of us knew that there wasn't anything so stupid that somebody wouldn't try it sooner or l…"-Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station (Rivers of London, #5.5)
2. The Rust Programming Language
By: Steve Klabnik , None , None
4.10
Format: None pages, ebook
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3. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By: Isabel Wilkerson
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Hardcover
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chroni… read more
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4. 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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"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
5. Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.33
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Now in hardcover, the ninth book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns t… read more
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"What makes you think I know?' asked Zach, who, if questioned, would deny his own existence out of sheer habit."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"I saw nothing suspicious—which is unusual. A copper can usually find something suspicious if they look hard enough."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Always look after your people,' he said as I noted down the order. 'The way you treat them sets an example for the way they treat others."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
"Lips too thick and nose too wide–he looked like he’d stepped out of an early Asterix comic. Subconscious racism, I thought–it will fuck you up every time."-Ben Aaronovitch, Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
6. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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7. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
By: Naomi Klein
4.22
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more
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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
8. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
9. Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
By: Dennis Duncan
3.68
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. Bu… read more
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- history
"[Citing "Alice in Wonderland"] the White Knight insists on singing Alice a song which he introduces as follows: 'The name of the song is called "Haddocks' Eyes".' 'Oh, that's the name of the song, is…"-Dennis Duncan, Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age
10. Devil House
By: John Darnielle
3.22
Format: 403 pages, Hardcover
Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That's what his mother always told him. Now, he is a true… read more
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"The past is charming and safe when you're skittering around on its surface. It's a nice place to linger a moment before seeking the lower depths."-John Darnielle, Devil House
"I remember before I finally fell asleep feeling like there wasn't all that much to say about my life. I'd had several satisfying relationships, they hadn't amounted to much. I'd gotten better at my w…"-John Darnielle, Devil House
"What would my work be like if I had to keep returning to the same story every time, I wondered. If, instead of hunting down sad places where people's lives had been ruined, there was only the one pla…"-John Darnielle, Devil House
11. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
12. 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
13. What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London, #5.3)
By: Ben Aaronovitch
4.24
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker. It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been … read more
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14. Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3)
By: Charles Stross
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition
Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Lovecraftian Laundry Files se… read more
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15. High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape
By: Marc Masters
3.98
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The cassette tape was revolutionary. Cheap, portable, and reusable, this small plastic rectangle ch… read more
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- history
16. 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
- history
17. The History of Bones: A Memoir
By: John Lurie
4.20
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
The quintessential depiction of 1980s New York and the downtown scene from the artist, actor, music… read more
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- music
- history
18. A Walk Across Dirty Water and Straight Into Murderer's Row: a Memoir
By: Eugene S. Robinson
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A rollicking no-holds barred memoir from journalist and musician Eugene S. Robinson that takes read… read more
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- music
19. Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust
By: Jerry Stahl
3.71
Format: 264 pages, ebook
A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal … read more
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- history
20. Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines, and Tomorrow's Music Today
By: Simon Reynolds
3.89
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
From celebrated music journalist Simon Reynolds, a collection of thought-provoking essays that expl… read more
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- history
21. Conform To Deform: The Weird & Wonderful World Of Some Bizzare
By: Wesley Doyle
4.18
Format: 665 pages, Kindle Edition
The rise and fall of Some Bizzare—the label that introduced the world to Soft Cell, Depeche Mode, a… read more
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22. Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music
By: Henry Threadgill
4.36
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
An autobiography of one of the towering figures of contemporary American music and a powerful medit… read more
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23. Extreme Music: Silence to Noise and Everything In Between
By: Michael Tau
3.77
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Expand your aural and sensory experiences with Extreme Music. An exploration of tomorrow’s sounds (… read more
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24. Who Cares Anyway: Post-Punk San Francisco and the End of the Analog Age
By: Will York
4.25
Format: 572 pages, Paperback
Late '70s San Francisco. The Summer of Love is a hazy memory, the AIDS crisis is looming, and nearb… read more
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25. Dancing to the Drum Machine: How Electronic Percussion Conquered the World
By: Dan LeRoy
4.25
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Dancing to the Drum Machine is a never-before-attempted history of what is perhaps the most controv… read more
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26. Free Music Production. FMP – The Living Music
By: Markus Müller
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
This book is dedicated to the history of the music label Free Music Production (FMP), which from 19… read more
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