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I Met the Walrus
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Jerry Levitan |
On May 26, 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Toronto hotel room one day before their "bed-in" for peace in Montreal. What followed was a life-changing interv… |
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Polaroids from the Dead
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Douglas Coupland |
"A wide variety of stories and personal 'postcards' about the pivotal people and places that have defined our modern lives....a skillful combination of stories, fact and fiction--keen outtakes on lif… |
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Freddie & Me
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Mike Dawson |
Freddie & Me takes readers on a rock-opera-like journey, from Mike's childhood in the UK, through high school in New Jersey, and into the nineties, when grunge ruled the day and Queen was terminally … |
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Writing Gordon Lightfoot
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Dave Bidini |
Musician and author Dave Bidini presents a look at Canadian folk-rock legend Gordon Lightfoot and the momentous week in 1972 that culminated in the Mariposa Folk Festival. Includes fictional accounts. |
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Power chord
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Thomas Scott McKenzie |
Details the author's efforts to track down the legendary guitar heroes of the golden age of heavy metal, including Slash, Ace Frehley, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch, and Mick Mars, and get them to sh… |
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Juliet, naked
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Nick Hornby |
From the beloved New York Times– bestselling author, a quintessential Nick Hornby tale of music, superfandom, and the truths and lies we tell ourselves about life and love. Annie loves Duncan—or thin… |
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The death and resurrection of Elvis Presley
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Ted Harrison |
Tells the story of Elvis after Elvis, exploring a spiritual dimension to the Elvis revival, where fans create a fantasy quasi-religion through which they blend and confuse Elvis and Jesus. In the gro… |
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Strange face
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Michael Burdett |
"Strange Face is the story of a lost Nick Drake recording and how the man who found it chose to share it in an extraordinary way. Armed with the music, a camera, a notepad and a pair of headphones, M… |
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Two of Us
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Peter Smith |
Before seven-year-old Sam Smith discovered the Beatles, he and his father had little in common. Like so many other kids his age, Sam was drawn first to the Fab Four by their trivia as much as by thei… |
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Brutal music
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Lindsay, James |
"The novel follows a double narrative in alternating chapters: one strand describes the events after these inexplicable acts of violence from the viewpoint of Chris's father, Tommy; the other, from C… |
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