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Hollywood Eden: Electric Guitars, Fast Cars, and the Myth of the California Paradise

Joel Selvin · House of Anansi Press
Format: Hardcover

From the Beach Boys and Jan & Dean to the Byrds and the Mamas & the Papas, acclaimed music journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of a group of young artists and musicians who came together at the dawn of the 1960s to create the lasting myth of the California dream.From surf music...
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Unforgotten: The Wild Life of Dian Fossey and Her Relentless Quest to Save Mountain Gorillas

Anita Silvey · National Geographic Kids
Format: Hardcover

In 1963, young American Dian Fossey spent all her savings and took out a loan to realize her dream--to go to Africa. It soon became her life's mission to study and protect the few mountain gorillas left on Earth. Fossey had no experience or formal scientific training, but she was smart,...
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Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art

Robert Cozzolino · University of Chicago Press; First edition
Format: First Edition

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history - the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars - are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently...
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Pinch Your Pottery: The Art & Craft of Making Pinch Pots - 35 Beautiful Projects to Hand-form from Clay

Jacqui Atkin · ‎Quarry Books
Format: Hardcover

Pinching is a wonderfully direct method of interacting with clay that allows for making a range of forms and styles. Projects are simple and small and . Begin a new adventure with fabulous pinched ceramics and learn everything from choosing clay and a style of decoration, to firing and beyond:Ranging...
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The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic: Revised and Expanded Edition

Jessica Hopper · MCD x FSG Originals
Format: Paperback

Throughout her career, spanning more than two decades, Jessica Hopper, a revered and pioneering music critic, has examined women recording and producing music, in all genres, through an intersectional feminist lens. The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic features...
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Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants

George W. Bush · Crown
Format: Hardcover

The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions today, as it has throughout much of American history. But what gets lost in the debates about policy are the stories of immigrants themselves, the people who are drawn to America by its promise of economic opportunity and political and religious...
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