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Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers: The Rise of Motörhead
MARTIN POPOFF · ECW Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback
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"Motorhead, remember me now, Motorhead, alright!" Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers is the first book to celebrate the classic-era Motorhead lineup of Lemmy Kilmister, "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor. Through interviews with all of the principal... |
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Blanche of Castile, Queen of France
Lindy Grant · Yale University Press
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
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This is the first modern scholarly biography of Blanche of Castile, whose identity has until now been subsumed in that of her son, the saintly Louis IX. A central figure in the politics of medieval Europe, Blanche was a sophisticated patron of religion and culture. Through Lindy Grant's... |
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The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash
JOHN M ALEXANDER · University of Arkansas Press
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
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There have been many books written about Johnny Cash, but The Man in Song is the first to examine Cash's incredible life through the lens of the songs he wrote and recorded. Music journalist and historian John Alexander has drawn on decades of studying Cash's music and life, from... |
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The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat: A Young Woman's Search for Ethical Food
Marissa Landrigan · Greystone Books
Pages: 234
Format: Paperback
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Growing up in a household of food-loving Italian-Americans, Marissa Landrigan was always a black sheep - she barely knew how to boil water for pasta. But at college, she thought she'd found her purpose. Buoyed by animal rights activism and a feminist urge to avoid the kitchen, she transformed... |
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Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World
Ramachandra Guha · Knopf
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover
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The second and concluding volume of the magisterial biography that began with the acclaimed, Gandhi Before India: the definitive portrait of the life and work of one of the most abidingly influential--and controversial--men in world history.This volume opens with Mohandas Gandhi's arrival... |
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A Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley
Vivian Jones · Y Lolfa
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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A memoir of the author's childhood in a working class family within the community of a small mining village in the Welsh Valleys in the 1930s. This fascinating book brings the detail of that time, place, and culture vividly back to life and considers the influence that growing up in such... |
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Vulgar Favors
Maureen Orth · Bantam
Pages: 548
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The basis for the FX true crime series American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, from creator Ryan Murphy and starring Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz, Darren Criss, and Ricky MartinTwo months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew... |
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Key Thinkers on the Environment
Joy A Palmer-Cooper · Routledge
Pages: 405
Format: Hardcover
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Key Thinkers on the Environment is a unique guide to environmental thinking through the ages. Joy A. Palmer Cooper and David E. Cooper, themselves distinguished authors on environmental matters, have assembled a team of expert contributors to summarize and analyse the thinking of diverse... |
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Adios, Motherfucker: A Gentleman's Progress Through Rock and Roll
Michael Ruffino · Anthony Bourdain/Ecco
Pages: 331
Format: Paperback
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The riotous and unbridled confessions of a debauched rock and roller and his adventures in excess while touring Middle America on the '80's hair-metal nostalgia circuit The Unband emerged from the suburbs of late '80's New England and drank, drugged, crashed, and burned... |
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Pomegranate Dreams
Daisy Khan · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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Daisy Khan has spent her adult life, as the executive director of the Women's Islamic Initiative in Spirituality and Equality (WISE) , trying to educate and empower Muslim women. Now, in this powerful memoir, she interweaves her own story - from her childhood in Kashmir to her adulthood... |
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Fare Thee Well: The Final Chapter of the Grateful Dead's Long, Strange Trip
Joel Selvin · Da Capo Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A tell-all biography of the epic in-fighting of the Grateful Dead in the years following band leader Jerry Garcia's death in 1995The Grateful Dead rose to greatness under the inspired leadership of guitarist Jerry Garcia, but the band very nearly died along with him. When Garcia passed... |
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The Unmumsy Mum: The Hilarious Highs and Emotional Lows of Motherhood
Sarah Turner · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Creator of the popular blog "The Unmumsy Mum," Sarah Turner offers an uncensored account of her early years of parenting.Sarah Turner's first few months of parenting were tough. On the darkest of sleep-deprived days, when the baby would not settle and she was irritable and the house... |
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Becoming
Michelle Obama · Crown
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African-American... |
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Long Players: A Love Story in Eighteen Songs
Peter Coviello · Penguin Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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A story of heartbreak, (ex) stepparenthood, and the limitless grace of pop songs Have you ever fallen in love - exalting, wracking, hilarious love - with a song? Long Players is a book about that everyday kind of besottedness - and, also, about those other, more entangling sorts of love... |
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