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Ballads of suburbia Ballads of suburbia Stephanie Kuehnert Ballads are the kind of songs that Kara McNaughton likes best. Not the clichéd ones where a diva hits her dramatic high note or a rock band tones it down a couple of notches for the ladies, but the t… OL13769967W
Punk Punk Charlotte Guillain Gives an introduction to punk culture, its people, development and characteristics. Includes activities. OL15022374W
Anarchy in a Cold War Anarchy in a Cold War Kurtis Sunday *Anarchy in a Cold War* is a novel by Kurtis Sunday set in the West Berlin alternative-squatter-Punk scene during the latter part of the Cold War. The city, a focal point in the conflict between East… OL17359842W
Please kill me Please kill me Legs McNeil,Gillian McCain A contemporary classic, **Please Kill Me** is the definitive oral history of the most nihilistic of all pop movements. Iggy Pop, Richard Hell, the Ramones, and scores of other punk figures lend their… OL19303066W
Oh so pretty Oh so pretty Rick Poynor,Toby Mott Collector/artist Toby Mott, has amassed an exhaustive archive of printed matter relating to the history of British punk. Collected here are selected images from the Mott Collection-- posters, flyers… OL20043505W
Hopeless Savages Hopeless Savages Chynna Clugston-Major,Jen Van Meter,Christine Norrie Rat Hopeless rebels against his parents, a superstar couple from the punk era, but when they are kidnapped, Rat realizes his parents aren't so bad and sets out to rescue them. OL20900361W
Human Punk Human Punk John King (undifferentiated) Summary:For fifteen year old Martin, growing up in Slough, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae, disco, stolen cars, cut-throat gangs, and a job picking cherries for the gypsies. Life is sweet … OL21277299W
Skinheads Skinheads Eberhard Seidel,Klaus Farin Ist „Skinhead“ ein neuer Name für Haß? Rund 8000 Skinheads gibt es in Deutschland. zehn Prozent werden den Neonazis zugezählt, weitere vierzig Prozent können als „rechts“ eingestuft werden. Doch nur … OL3140768W
Clay's Way Clay's Way Blair Mastbaum Set against the dazzling backdrop of Hawaii’s Oahu and Kauai islands, Clay’s Way seethes with energy and hormonally charged nihilism. For 15-year-old Sam, a wanna-be punk rocker who writes bad haiku … OL5726837W
Ghost World Ghost World Daniel Clowes One of the best-selling and critically-acclaimed graphic novels of all-time telling the story of two supremely ironic, above-it-all teenagers facing the thrilling uncertainty of life after high schoo… OL5735251W
Penny dreadful Penny dreadful Will Christopher Baer To play the Game of Tongues, you must first understand the caste system. Phineas Poe, antihero of Kiss Me, Judas, returns to Denver to find reality rewritten and the laws of reason fractured. When Po… OL80393W
Hopeless savages Hopeless savages Ross Campbell,Jen Van Meter,Christine Norrie Arsenal Hopeless-Savage has a match with a high school rival in a Hong Kong kung fu tournament. She and Twitch decide to go with their boyfriends to meet have their Grandmother Shi. As usual, nothing… OL8699537W
924 Gilman 924 Gilman Brian Edge The 924 Gilman Street Project, a.k.a. the Alternative Music Foundation, is an all-ages, non-profit, collectively organized music and performance venue. This book documents its history, featuring essa… OL8842957W
The Day the Country Died The Day the Country Died Ian Glasper Summary:In this revealing history, author, historian, and musician Ian Glasper explores in minute detail the influential and esoteric UK anarcho-punk scene of the early 1980s. Where some of the color… OL8932022W
My Brain Hurts My Brain Hurts Liz Baillie A group of teenage queer punks run into perpetual trouble with the police, when they aren't flirting over loud music or postering their high school with flyers to allow same sex couples at prom. They… OL9897485W