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  • Quasi Una Fantasia (Essays on Modern Music) by Theodor Adorno, 9781844677924
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  • Close to the Edge (In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation) by Sujatha Fernandes, 9781844677412
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  • White Riot (Punk Rock and the Politics of Race) by Stephen Duncombe, Maxwell Tremblay, 9781844676880
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  • An Orchestra Beyond Borders (Voices of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra) by Elena Cheah, Daniel Barenboim, 9781844674084
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  • In Search of Wagner by Theodor Adorno, Rodney Livingstone, Slavoj Zizek, 9781844673445
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  • The Life and Death of Classical Music (Featuring the 100 Best and 20 Worst Recordings Ever Made) by Norman Lebrecht, 9781400096589
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  • Queens Reigns Supreme (Fat Cat, 50 Cent, and the Rise of the Hip Hop Hustler) by Ethan Brown, 9781400095230
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  • Love Is a Mix Tape (Life and Loss, One Song at a Time) by Rob Sheffield, 9781400083039
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  • Whatever You Say I Am (The Life and Times of Eminem) by Anthony Bozza, 9781400053803
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  • Molto Agitato (The Mayhem Behind the Muisc at the Metropolitan Opera) by Johanna Fiedler, 9781400032310
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  • Fever: Little Willie John (A Fast Life, Mysterious Death, and the Birth of Soul) by Susan Whitall, Stevie Wonder, 9780857681379
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  • FM (The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio) by Richard Neer, 9780812992656
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  • The Romantic Revolution (A History) by Tim Blanning, 9780812980141
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  • The Essential Jazz Recordings (101 CDs) by Ross Porter, 9780771070327
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  • Lowside of the Road (A Life of Tom Waits) by Barney Hoskyns, 9780767927093
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  • Wilco (Learning How to Die) by Greg Kot, 9780767915588
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  • A Long Strange Trip (The Inside History of the Grateful Dead) by Dennis McNally, 9780767911863
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  • The Mastery of Music (Ten Pathways to True Artistry) by Barry Green, 9780767911573
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  • The Operator (David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood) by Thomas R. King, 9780767907576
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  • Let it Blurt (The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic) by Jim DeRogatis, 9780767905091
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  • Reading Jazz (A Gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now) by Robert Gottlieb, 9780679781110
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  • Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough, 9780679750963
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  • The Mansion on the Hill (Dylan, Young, Geffen, Springsteen, and the Head-on Collision of Rock and Commerce) by Fred Goodman, 9780679743774
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  • Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock'N'Roll) by Lester Bangs, 9780679720454
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  • We Got the Neutron Bomb (The Untold Story of L.A. Punk) by Marc Spitz, Brendan Mullen, 9780609807743
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  • Classical Music (The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works) by Phil G. Goulding, 9780449910429
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  • Night Beat (A Shadow of Rock & Roll) by Mikal Gilmore, 9780385484367
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  • Skeleton Key (A Dictionary for Deadheads) by David Shenk, Steve Silberman, 9780385474023
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  • Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Volume II by Eddie Trunk, Slash, 9781419708695
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  • An Invitation to the Opera (The Perfect Companion for Opera Enjoyment, Entertaining and Enlightening to Novices and Aficionados Alike) by John L. Digaetani, 9780385263399
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  • Stradivari's Genius (Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection) by Toby Faber, 9780375760853
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  • Living with Music (Ralph Ellison's Jazz Writings) by Ralph Ellison, Robert O'Meally, 9780375760235
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  • On Late Style (Music and Literature Against the Grain) by Edward W. Said, 9780375726330
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  • Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste (A Lester Bangs Reader) by Lester Bangs, John Morthland, 9780375713675
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  • Cinderella and Company (Backstage at the Opera with Cecilia Bartoli) by Manuela Hoelterhoff, 9780375707124
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  • Temperament (How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization) by Stuart Isacoff, 9780375703300
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  • Jazz 101 (A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Jazz) by John Szwed, 9780786884964
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  • Opera 101 (A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera) by Fred Plotkin, Placido Domingo, 9780786880256
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  • Days that I'll Remember (Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) by Jonathan Cott, 9780307951281
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  • Last Train to Memphis (The Rise of Elvis Presley) by Peter Guralnick, 9780316332255
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  • Bowie (A Biography) by Marc Spitz, 9780307716996
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  • Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me (What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life) by Steven Hyden, 9780316259156
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  • Everybody Loves Our Town (An Oral History of Grunge) by Mark Yarm, 9780307464446
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  • The Beatles Lyrics (The Stories Behind the Music, Including the Handwritten Drafts of More Than 100 Classic Beatles Songs) by Hunter Davies, 9780316247177
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  • Elvis: My Best Man (Radio Days, Rock 'n' Roll Nights, and My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley) by George Klein, Chuck Crisafulli, 9780307452757
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  • Cat Power (A Good Woman) by Elizabeth Goodman, 9780307396365
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  • A Natural History of the Piano (The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between) by Stuart Isacoff, 9780307279330
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  • Our Band Could Be Your Life (Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991) by Michael Azerrad, 9780316787536
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  • Sweet Soul Music (Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom) by Peter Guralnick, 9780316332736
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  • Can't Be Satisfied (The Life and Times of Muddy Waters) by Robert Gordon, 9780316164948
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  • Clapton's Guitar (Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument) by Allen St. John, 9780743266369
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  • Perfect from Now On (How Indie Rock Saved My Life) by John Sellers, 9780743277099
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  • Mr. Langshaw's Square Piano (The Story of the First Pianos and How They Caused a Cultural Revolution) by Madeline Goold, 9781933346212
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  • Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (The Golden Age of Rock) by Nik Cohn, 9780802138309
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  • Confidence, or the Appearance of Confidence (The Best of the Believer Music Interviews) by Vendela Vida, Ross Simonini, 9781938073830
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  • The NPR Curious Listener's Guide to Blues by David Evans, Taj Mahal, 9780399530722
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  • Songs That Saved Your Life (Revised Edition) (The Art of The Smiths 1982-87) by Simon Goddard, 9781781162583
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  • The Complete David Bowie by Nicholas Pegg, 9780857682901
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  • The First Four Notes (Beethoven's Fifth and the Human Imagination) by Matthew Guerrieri, 9780804170192
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  • Stories Done (Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents) by Mikal Gilmore, 9780743287463
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  • Hound Dog (The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography) by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, David Ritz, 9781416559399
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  • Fargo Rock City (A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota) by Chuck Klosterman, 9780743406567
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  • Women Make Noise (Girl Bands from the Motown to the Modern) by Julia Downes, 9780956632913
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  • Verdi With a Vengeance (An Energetic Guide to the Life and Complete Works of the King of Opera) by William Berger, 9780375705182
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  • Me, the Mob, and the Music (One Helluva Ride with Tommy James & The Shondells) by Tommy James, Martin Fitzpatrick, 9781439172889
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  • Schubert's Winter Journey (Anatomy of an Obsession) by Ian Bostridge, 9780307961631
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  • Fortune's Fool (Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis) by Fred Goodman, 9780743269995
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  • Dark Side of the Moon at 40 by Brian Southall, 9781905959983
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  • Chasing the Rising Sun (The Journey of an American Song) by Ted Anthony, 9780743278997
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  • Retrievals by Garrett Caples, 9781933517995
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  • Beatlesongs by William J. Dowlding, 9780671682293
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  • Musician's Notebook Deluxe Ed. by Matthew Teacher, 9780762448005
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  • Like a Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan at the Crossroads) by Greil Marcus, 9781586483821
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  • When That Rough God Goes Riding (Listening to Van Morrison) by Greil Marcus, 9781586489526
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  • The Latin Beat (The Rhythms And Roots Of Latin Music From Bossa Nova To Salsa And Beyond) by Ed Morales, 9780306810183
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  • Best Music Writing 2011 by Alex Ross, Daphne Carr, 9780306819636
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  • JAMerica (The History of the Jam Band and Festival Scene) by Peter Conners, 9780306820663
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  • The Mayor of MacDougal Street [2013 edition] (A Memoir) by Dave Van Ronk, Elijah Wald, 9780306822162
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  • Heavy Metal (The Music And Its Culture, Revised Edition) by Deena Weinstein, 9780306809705
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  • Improvisation (Its Nature And Practice In Music) by Derek Bailey, 9780306805288
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  • The Devil's Music (A History Of The Blues) by Giles Oakley, 9780306807435
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  • S.t.p. (A Journey Through America With The Rolling Stones) by Robert Greenfield, 9780306811999
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  • The Bee Gees (The Biography) by David N. Meyer, 9780306820250
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  • A Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan and the Making of Blood on the Tracks) by Andy Gill, Kevin Odegard, 9780306814136
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  • Fire and Rain (The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970) by David Browne, 9780306820724
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  • The Show I'll Never Forget (50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience) by Sean Manning, 9780306815089
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  • I Am Charlie Wilson by Charlie Wilson, 9781476790084
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  • All The Stops (The Glorious Pipe Organ And Its American Masters) by Craig Whitney, 9781586482626
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  • Apathy for the Devil (A Seventies Memoir) by Nick Kent, 9780306819155
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  • I Am The Blues (The Willie Dixon Story) by Willie Dixon, Don Snowden, 9780306804151
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  • The Sound Of The City (The Rise Of Rock And Roll) by Charlie Gillett, 9780306806834
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  • Bob Dylan by Greil Marcus (Writings 1968-2010) by Greil Marcus, 9781610391993
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  • Willin' (The Story of Little Feat) by Ben Fong-Torres, 9780306823633
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  • Tell Me Why (The Beatles: Album By Album, Song By Song, The Sixties And After) by Tim Riley, 9780306811203
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  • Let Fury Have the Hour (Joe Strummer, Punk, and the Movement that Shook the World) by Antonino D'Ambrosio, 9781568587196
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  • To the Limit (The Untold Story of the Eagles) by Marc Eliot, 9780306813986
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  • Songwriters On Songwriting (Revised And Expanded) by Paul Zollo, 9780306812651
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  • 27 (A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse) by Howard Sounes, 9780306823688
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  • A Heartbeat and a Guitar (Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears) by Antonino D'Ambrosio, 9781568586373
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  • The Musician's Notebook (Manuscript Paper For Inspiration And Composition) by Matthew Teacher, 9780762456475
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