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  • Franz Douskey The roots of social change through popular music Book cover of Gumbo Ya-Ya Book cover of Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Record Label Book cover of Hear Me Talkin' to Ya Book cover of Rythm Oil: A Journey Through The Music Of The American South Book cover of Appalachian Patterns: Stories
  • Paul Rekret Popular music and capitalism Book cover of Philosophy of New Music Book cover of Blues People: Negro Music in White America Book cover of Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain Book cover of In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era Book cover of 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About
  • Seth Mallios Die-hard rockers Book cover of Lighters in the Sky: The All-Time Greatest Concerts, 1960-2016 Book cover of Live Music in America: A History from Jenny Lind to Beyoncé Book cover of Rock Concert: An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There Book cover of Fillmore East: The Venue That Changed Rock Music Forever Book cover of On the Road: Recording the Stars in a Golden Era of Live Music
  • Nick Prior Popular music, technology, and society Book cover of How Music Works Book cover of Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music Book cover of Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer Book cover of Why Music Matters Book cover of K-punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings of Mark Fisher from 2004 - 2016
  • Nicholas Tochka Making you rethink everything about rock ’n’ roll Book cover of How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music Book cover of Just around Midnight: Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination Book cover of Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy Book cover of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music Book cover of A Women's History of the Beatles
  • Richard J. Alley Culture of mid-20th century music and musicians Book cover of Respect Yourself: Stax Records and the Soul Explosion Book cover of Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded Book cover of Notes and Tones: Musician-To-Musician Interviews Book cover of The Chitlin' Circuit: And the Road to Rock 'n' Roll Book cover of Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones
  • Maureen Mahon African American women who shaped popular music Book cover of Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday Book cover of Rage to Survive: The Etta James Story Book cover of Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-And-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Book cover of Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound Book cover of The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop
  • Kit Rosewater Middle grade with radical and epic friend groups Book cover of Kristy's Great Idea Book cover of The Empty Grave Book cover of Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers Book cover of Unicorn Power! Book cover of Generation Misfits
  • Michael Tau Absolutely arcane corners of human existence Book cover of Swim Through the Darkness: My Search for Craig Smith and the Mystery of Maitreya Kali Book cover of A Thousand Cuts: The Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies Book cover of The Twisting Lane: Some Sex Offenders Book cover of Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief Book cover of Songs in the Key of Z
  • Aaron Shkuda Books that capture the creative energy of New York’s art scene Book cover of Just Kids Book cover of All the Greys on Greene Street Book cover of The Flamethrowers Book cover of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever Book cover of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
  • Madeline Bocaro Memoirs by women about their musical heroes Book cover of Be My Baby: A Memoir Book cover of Just Kids Book cover of Confessions of a Rock N Roll Name Dropper: My Life Leading Up to John Lennon’s Last Interview Book cover of The Girl in the Back: A Female Drummer's Life with Bowie, Blondie, and the '70s Rock Scene Book cover of Lick Me: How I Became Cherry Vanilla
  • Donald Clarke Jazz biographies & autobiographies (from a jazz lover) Book cover of Good Vibes: A Life in Jazz Book cover of Life In E-Flat: The Autobiography of Phil Woods Book cover of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell Book cover of Hear Me Talkin' to Ya Book cover of Black and Blue: The Life and Lyrics of Andy Razaf
  • Keith Wyatt Blues and playing the blues guitar Book cover of Rollin' and Tumblin' - The Postwar Blues Guitarists Book cover of The Praxis System Guitar Compendium: Technique / Improvisation / Musicianship / Theory Volume 1 Book cover of Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta Book cover of The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll Book cover of Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues
  • Mike Southon The hidden mysteries of business, science, and nature Book cover of The Secret History of the World Book cover of Jerusalem: The Biography Book cover of The Karpman Drama Triangle Explained: A Guide for Coaches, Managers, Trainers, Therapists – and Everybody Else Book cover of Outside the Jukebox: How I Turned My Vintage Music Obsession Into My Dream Gig Book cover of The Beatles: The True Beginnings
  • Elyssa Goodman Living a glittering life in New York City Book cover of Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress Book cover of St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America's Hippest Street Book cover of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever Book cover of Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Book cover of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
  • Richard Niles To get inside popular music Book cover of Tony Visconti: The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy Book cover of Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT Book cover of James Brown: The Godfather of Soul Book cover of Sinatra! The Song Is You: A Singer's Art Book cover of British Rock Guitar: The First 50 Years, the Musicians and Their Stories
  • Ljubinko Zivkovic Music in the late sixties and seventies Book cover of Never a Dull Moment: 1971 the Year That Rock Exploded Book cover of Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader Book cover of Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes Book cover of Any Old Way You Choose It Book cover of Memphis 68
  • Peter Guralnick Biographical reading from a biographer Book cover of Footsteps: Adventures of a Romantic Biographer Book cover of Parting the Waters Book cover of The Fire Next Time Book cover of Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost Book cover of Chuck Berry: The Autobiography
  • Bob Beatty The crossroads of music, culture, history, and place Book cover of Please Be with Me: A Song for My Father, Duane Allman Book cover of Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations Book cover of Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta Book cover of Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977 Book cover of No Simple Highway: A Cultural History of the Grateful Dead
  • Daniel S. Chard The history of terrorism and counterterrorism Book cover of Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror Book cover of Disciplining Terror: How Experts Invented 'Terrorism' Book cover of Killing Strangers: How Political Violence Became Modern Book cover of Does Terrorism Work? A History Book cover of To Deter and Punish: Global Collaboration Against Terrorism in the 1970s
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