The Rest Is Noise Series: Apparition from the Woods: The Loneliness of Jean Sibelius (Time for a Rhyme)
By: Alex Ross
3.81
Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a chapter from Alex Ross’s groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, ‘Th…
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1. How Music Works
By: David Byrne
4.00
Format: 345 pages, Hardcover
How Music Works is David Byrne’s remarkable and buoyant celebration of a subject he has spent a lif… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Performers try harder."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"You might say that the universe plays the blues."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"The radio was shouting at you, pleading with you, and seducing you."-David Byrne, How Music Works
"I like a good story and I also like staring at the sea-- do I have to choose between the two?"-David Byrne, How Music Works
2. Slash
By: Anthony Bozza , Slash
4.00
Format: 458 pages, Hardcover
From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and r… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Restlessness is a fickle catalyst; it can drive you to achieve or it can coax your demise, and sometimes the choice isn't yours"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
"Notes and chords have become my second language and, more often than not, that vocabulary expresses what I feel when language fails me. The guitar is my conscience, too - whenever I've lost my way, i…"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
"Once you’ve lived a little you will find that whatever you send out into the world comes back to you in one way or another. It may be today, tomorrow, or years from now, but it happens; usually when …"-Anthony Bozza, Slash
3. Chronicles, Volume One
By: Bob Dylan
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manif… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"People were people."-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One
"My big fear was that my guitar would go out of tune."-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One
"Sometimes you just have to bite your upper lip and put sunglasses on."-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One
"Sebuah lagu laksana mimpi, dan kita berusaha untuk membuatnya jadi kenyataan."-Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One
4. Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
By: Michael Azerrad
4.22
Format: 522 pages, Paperback
This is the never-before-told story of the musical revolution that happened right under the nose of… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spir…"-Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
5. How We Decide
By: Jonah Lehrer
3.59
Format: 378 pages,
The first book to use the unexpected discoveries of neuroscience to help us make the best decisions… read more
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- nonfiction
6. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
By: Daniel J. Levitin
4.18
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if yo… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
7. Get in the Van: On the Road With Black Flag
By: Henry Rollins
4.16
Format: None pages, Paperback
As a member of the seminal punk band Black Flag, Henry Rollins kept detailed tour diaries that form… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
8. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind
By: Oliver Sacks , V.S. Ramachandran , Sandra Blakeslee
2.90
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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- nonfiction
9. Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
By: Michael Azerrad
3.50
Format: 560 pages, Paperback
Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Neve… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
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- music
- nonfiction
11. The Blind Watchmaker: Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design
By: Richard Dawkins
3.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
***30th Anniversary Edition*** Cover note: Each copy of the anniversary edition of The Blind Watchm… read more
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- nonfiction
12. Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
By: Charles R. Cross
4.17
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"One of these days, I'm going to astral project myself up into the skies," he boasted. "I'll be going to the stars and the moon. I want to fly and see what's up there. "I want to go up to the sky," he…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
"They drove to the parking lot of Garfield High School, where Jimi pointed to the windows on the building and told Carmen what classes were held there. The building had a pull that had him returning w…"-Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
13. I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
By: Pamela Des Barres , Dave Navarro
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
The stylish, exuberant, and remarkably sweet confession of one of the most famous groupies of the 1… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
14. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
By: Steven Pinker
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Timesbestselling author Steven Pinker possesses that rare combination of scientific aptitu… read more
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- nonfiction
15. The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
By: Sharon Begley , None
4.06
Format: 663 pages, Paperback
A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of th… read more
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16. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
By: Nick Flynn
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
Nick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. As a… read more
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17. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
By: Legs McNeil , Gillian McCain
4.19
Format: 488 pages, Paperback
A Time Out and Daily News Top Ten Book of the Year upon its initial release, Please Kill Me is the … read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"Bob Gruen: La gente veniva da noi per farsi mordere, non per farsi accarezzare."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Penny Arcade said: At that time, the DRUG world and the ART world ran through each other. (1971 - 1974)"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Hippies survived Nixon, but punk caved in to Ronald Reagan, know what I'm saying? Punk actually couldn't take a good challenge."-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Ed Friedman: [talking about Patti Smith] One time she told me, "Allen Ginsberg thought I was a cute boy and he tried to pick me up, so I said, "LOOK AT THE TITS, ALLEN! NOTICE THE TITS!"-Legs McNeil, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
18. Life
By: Keith Richards
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
With the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics and the songs that roused the… read more
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19. How the Mind Works
By: Steven Pinker
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary bestseller, Steven Pinker, one of the world's leading cognitive scientists, d… read more
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20. Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Division
By: Deborah Curtis , Jon Savage
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an account of the mesmerising life and tragic death of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Divis… read more
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21. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
By: Oliver Sacks
3.92
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a H… read more
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22. Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
By: Steven Tyler
3.93
Format: None pages,
"I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-… read more
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23. The Mind's Eye
By: Oliver Sacks
3.87
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
In Musicophilia, Oliver Sacks explored music and the brain; now, in The Mind's Eye, he writes about… read more
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24. Girl in a Band
By: Kim Gordon
3.67
Format: 273 pages, Hardcover
In Girl in a Band, Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth and role model for a generation of wo… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
"All that young-girl idealism is someone else's now."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I like being in a weak position, and making it strong."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
"I give Iggy credit for deconstructing the very idea of entertainment."-Kim Gordon, Girl in a Band
25. Autobiography
By: Morrissey
3.96
Format: 286 pages, Paperback
Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder … read more
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26. 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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- nonfiction
"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
27. The Rest Is Noise Series: Apparition from the Woods: The Loneliness of Jean Sibelius (Time for a Rhyme)
By: Alex Ross
3.81
Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition
This is a chapter from Alex Ross’s groundbreaking history of twentieth-century classical music, ‘Th… read more
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- music
- nonfiction
28. Proust Was a Neuroscientist
By: Jonah Lehrer
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Since the dawn of the modern age, science's greatest contribution to the world has been its ability… read more
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- nonfiction
"To have a style is to be stuck."-Jonah Lehrer, Proust Was a Neuroscientist
"Science has discovered that, like any work of literature, the human genome is a text in need of commentary, for what Eliot said of poetry is also true of DNA: 'all meanings depend on the key of inter…"-Jonah Lehrer, Proust Was a Neuroscientist
29. The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
By: Abby Jimenez
3.91
Format: 372 pages, ebook
Kristen Petersen doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her … read more
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"Even duct tape can’t fix stupid."-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
"...drunks and leggings always tell the truth."-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
"The only things you like sprung on you are snacks."-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
"Nothing offended me except for cauliflower and stupidity."-Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
30. Run, Rose, Run
By: Dolly Parton
3.80
Format: 439 pages, Hardcover
From America’s most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller—a thriller about a young singer/… read more
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- music
"Dark night, bright future Like the phoenix from the ashes, I shall rise again"-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run
"Is it easy? No it ain’t Can I fix it? No I cain’t But I sure ain’t gonna take it lyin’ down"-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run
"I’ve had enough fighting I’m more into righting What’s wrong when it’s broken apart Demons, demons, we both had enough of our own Demons, demons, we don’t have to fight them alone"-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run
"One of these days she was going to tell him that a bullet wound and a Purple Heart didn't make him hard as nails. They made him just like everyone else. Sometimes you could see the scars and sometime…"-Dolly Parton, Run, Rose, Run
31. All Rhodes Lead Here
By: Mariana Zapata
4.26
Format: 572 pages, Kindle Edition
Losing people you love is hard. Aurora De La Torre knows moving back to a place that was once home … read more
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"Grief was the final way we had to tell our loved ones that they´d impacted our lives. That we missed them so, so much."-Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here
"People cried over endings, but sometimes you had to cry over new beginnings. I wouldn't forget what I'd left. But I was going to be excited—at least as much as I could be—about this start and however…"-Mariana Zapata, All Rhodes Lead Here
