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Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. SmithRenegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
Best Price: $6.95
Mark E. Smith and The Fall are acutely phenomenal in the world of pop music and that alone would...
\\\\\"S CLUB 7\\\\\": 7 HEAVEN (S CLUB 7)\\\\\"S CLUB 7\\\\\": 7 HEAVEN (S CLUB 7)The Inner Voice: The Making of a SingerThe Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
Best Price: $6.18
Renée Fleming is generally acclaimed as the reigning operatic soprano of the day,...
Them: A Memoir of ParentsThem: A Memoir of Parents
Best Price: $4.99
As a fan of biographies, particularly the insightful kind about subjects who are interesting yet...
Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Best Price: $11.35
A stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of the activist artist's extraordinary journals ...


A Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in IndiaA Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
Best Price: $1.21
In this engrossing new piece of Beat history, Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker takes us...
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolOne L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Best Price: $4.40
I found this book in box filled with old books. I have no idea who in the family bought it, but...
Composed: A MemoirComposed: A Memoir
Best Price: $0.98
"One of the best accounts of an American life you'll likely ever read." -Julia...
Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The LettersJack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
Best Price: $11.35
"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." -- The Village Voice . Perhaps one of the last...
Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou WilliamsMorning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams
Mary Lou Williams -- pianist, arranger, composer, and probably the most influential woman in the...


John ColtraneJohn Coltrane
Best Price: $115.78
John Coltrane (1926–1967) was one of the most innovative forces in African- American music. By...
The Lennon Companion: Twenty-Five Years of CommentThe Lennon Companion: Twenty-Five Years of Comment
This constantly engaging volume offers a grab bag of John Lennon "stuff" from...
Anger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth AngerAnger: The Unauthorized Biography of Kenneth Anger
Best Price: $34.85
I recommend this book to anyone interested in underground film, whether you're a maker or...
Roone: A MemoirRoone: A Memoir
Best Price: $1.76
Roone Arledge wastes no time sharing the fun of producing sports, first at NBC and then to ABC....
Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth DavidWriting at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David
Best Price: $22.99
`Writing at the Kitchen Table' is the `Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David' by...

Torregreca: Life, Death, MiraclesTorregreca: Life, Death, Miracles
This and Women of the shadows are wonderful books.The year's it was written and lived...
Before Night Falls: A MemoirBefore Night Falls: A Memoir
Best Price: $6.99
Anyone can put the their life on paper, but few such endeavors are worth reading. A fine memoir...
Great Meadow: An EvocationGreat Meadow: An EvocationMad WorldMad World
Best Price: $8.88
A biography needs to have a Point of View. Usually it is its subject and should be so if he is...
Undressing Emmanuelle: A MemoirUndressing Emmanuelle: A Memoir
Best Price: $6.03
Sylvia writes quite well. A rememberance of those sexy travel movies. I still haven't seen...

Miracles of LifeMiracles of LifeCross CreekCross Creek
Best Price: $2.05
Originally published in 1942, Cross Creek has become a classic in modern American literature....
Complete Idiot's Guide to ElvisComplete Idiot's Guide to Elvis
Best Price: $17.99
I'm an Elvis fan, I saw him in concert three times, I have ALL his official recordings and...
The Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of CommentaryThe Ella Fitzgerald Companion: Seven Decades of Commentary
Shelf-worn around edges, price sticker on back.
The Paul Simon Companion: Four Decades of CommentaryThe Paul Simon Companion: Four Decades of Commentary
Best Price: $3.95
If you are interested and intrigued by the music of Paul Simon, and have wanted to know the hows...

The John Coltrane Companion : Five Decades of Commentary (Companion Series)The John Coltrane Companion : Five Decades of Commentary (Companion Series)
Best Price: $54.58
This is an informative book for anyone interested in one of the jazz giants of all times. The...
Irving Berlin: A Life in SongIrving Berlin: A Life in Song
Best Price: $14.94
While this book doen't cover as much of Berlin's personal life as does Laurence...
The Basketball DiariesThe Basketball Diaries
Best Price: $12.84
I saw the movie before it came out and I liked it. I didn't know what I was missing. Now...
Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and FranceTraveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France
Best Price: $6.23
I truly enjoyed this book. If you are a person who is interested in feminine divinity, feminism,...
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and CreativityCatching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
Best Price: $11.27
This is a very nice release for fans of David Lynch. It is like previous interviews he's...

Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes / The Amateur EmigrantTravels with a Donkey in the Cevennes / The Amateur Emigrant
Best Price: $7.94
Excellent, short book. This is a must read for anyone interested in donkeys, The Cevennes, or...
Shakespeare: A LifeShakespeare: A Life
Best Price: $21.00
Perhaps scholars on the subject of William Shakespeare have some legitimate criticisms to make...
Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $21.95
Prior to the appearance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Confessions,' there existed very...
So Far...So Far...
Best Price: $39.00
This is a wryly told portrait of a man whose life has had its share of ups and downs. With his...
Original Supermodel: Elizabeth Siddal, the Pre-Raphaelite MuseOriginal Supermodel: Elizabeth Siddal, the Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Best Price: $122.41
This is recommended to anyone who has seen the Wonderful Millais painting Ophelia or have heard...

Deborah Harry: Platinum BlondeDeborah Harry: Platinum Blonde
Other reviewers have written about the book, I shall just say this is a decent book, and Blondie...
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's DaughterLoretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Best Price: $15.95
This is a very touching book, you can't put down once you begin to read it. The life-long...
Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. SmithRenegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
Best Price: $6.95
Mark E. Smith and The Fall are acutely phenomenal in the world of pop music and that alone would...
\\\\\"S CLUB 7\\\\\": 7 HEAVEN (S CLUB 7)\\\\\"S CLUB 7\\\\\": 7 HEAVEN (S CLUB 7)The Inner Voice: The Making of a SingerThe Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer
Best Price: $6.18
Renée Fleming is generally acclaimed as the reigning operatic soprano of the day,...

Them: A Memoir of ParentsThem: A Memoir of Parents
Best Price: $4.99
As a fan of biographies, particularly the insightful kind about subjects who are interesting yet...
Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Best Price: $11.35
A stunning Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of the activist artist's extraordinary journals ...
A Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in IndiaA Blue Hand: The Tragicomic, Mind-Altering Odyssey of Allen Ginsberg, a Holy Fool, a Lost Muse, a Dharma Bum, and His Prickly Bride in India
Best Price: $1.21
In this engrossing new piece of Beat history, Pulitzer Prize finalist Deborah Baker takes us...
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolOne L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Best Price: $4.40
I found this book in box filled with old books. I have no idea who in the family bought it, but...
Composed: A MemoirComposed: A Memoir
Best Price: $0.98
"One of the best accounts of an American life you'll likely ever read." -Julia...

Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The LettersJack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters
Best Price: $11.35
"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." -- The Village Voice . Perhaps one of the last...
Always Running: Gang Days in L.A.Always Running: Gang Days in L.A.
My favorite book was Always Running. It was a very interesting book because it talks about...
My Losing Season: The Point Guard's Way to KnowledgeMy Losing Season: The Point Guard's Way to Knowledge
Best Price: $7.76
Although I'm not a basketball player or even a sports fan, I couldn't put this book...
Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood PlayerRebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Best Price: $29.86
This book is interesting in two ways. In the first he provides quite a bit of useful...
Still Me (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)Still Me (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
My name is SHAWN, On July 20,2002 was in a car rec. I broke my back at the T9 veritably, and now...

Sherlock Holmes For DummiesSherlock Holmes For Dummies
Best Price: $6.97
An impressive achievement! I'm surprised to find myself writing that about a...
Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and HeartsongsMessenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek and Heartsongs
Best Price: $8.99
If you are looking for an inspirational book for this holiday season, take a look at ...
Life in the BalanceLife in the Balance
Best Price: $2.10
The Divine Sarah : a life of Sarah BernhardtThe Divine Sarah : a life of Sarah BernhardtQuentin Tarantino: The Man and His MoviesQuentin Tarantino: The Man and His Movies
Best Price: $58.65
At 31, having written only four films and directed only two, Quentin Tarantino has been lauded...

The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her GranddaughterThe White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her Granddaughter
Best Price: $1.25
I don't know why this book isn't better known, or why we haven't heard much more...
FaithfullFaithfull
This is a memoir by Marianne Faithfull, recounting her days in the swinging '60s. She...
A POSITIVELY FINAL APPEARANCE: A JOURNAL 1996-98A POSITIVELY FINAL APPEARANCE: A JOURNAL 1996-98
Best Price: $2.95
My Name Escapes MeMy Name Escapes Me
Best Price: $15.42
Where BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE and A POSITIVELY FINAL APPEARANCE are more organized as memoirs,...
Three American Poets (Penguin Classics)Three American Poets (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $7.59
If you're toting up American poets of the 19th century, Dickinson gets one finger, Whitman...

A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (Penguin Classics)A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.52
At the age of 28, when he wrote his memoir, Charles Siringo had already been a cowboy for 15...
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $6.98
Somewhere in France, Michel Montaigne was working on his immortal "Essays." Gibbon...
Penguin Price Guide Record & CD 5th (Penguin Reference Books)Penguin Price Guide Record & CD 5th (Penguin Reference Books)
Providing 114,000 valuations of LPs, EPs, CDs, singles and picture discs, this guide not only...
Confessions of a Window DresserConfessions of a Window Dresser
Best Price: $48.97
This book is a ride for sure, an artistic roller-coaster with a nice beginning, no ending and a...
Cary Grant: A BiographyCary Grant: A Biography
Best Price: $7.58
Thank Goodness that Cary Grant led an interesting and sometimes spectacular life, otherwise this...

Gabriel García Márquez : A LifeGabriel García Márquez : A Life
Best Price: $5.49
Well, before sharing some impressions, let me cut to the chase and say that despite a slow start...
On Michael JacksonOn Michael Jackson
Best Price: $5.60
This book is based on sensationalistic tabloid lies. Michael Jackson was INNOCENT of all...
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)
Best Price: $17.13
Benvenuto Cellini was a widely celebrated artist of sixteenth-century Florence. His skills were...
Here's the Deal: Don't Touch MeHere's the Deal: Don't Touch Me
Best Price: $14.46
This recent book by Howie Mandel is more than hilarious, with sounds and laughter only possible...
Lips Unsealed: A MemoirLips Unsealed: A Memoir
Best Price: $10.34
First, this review is on the abridged audiobook as narrated by Belinda Carlisle herself, so I...

Haunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen KingHaunted Heart: The Life and Times of Stephen King
Best Price: $6.78
In "Haunted Heart," her unauthorized Stephen King biography, Lisa Rogak presents a...
Running with Scissors: A MemoirRunning with Scissors: A Memoir
Best Price: $0.01
Augusten's parents have always had problems. His father is an alcoholic and his mother has...
Elvis Presley: A Life in Music--The Complete Recording SessionsElvis Presley: A Life in Music--The Complete Recording Sessions
Best Price: $111.30
Este libro es fundamental para conocer los detalles dentro del estudio. Paralelamente a los...
Run Like an Antelope: On the Road with PhishRun Like an Antelope: On the Road with Phish
Best Price: $4.61
Sean Gibbon's book "Run Like an Antelope" is actually a testament to the hard work...
Shadowlight: A Photographer's LifeShadowlight: A Photographer's Life

The Expense of Glory: A Life of John ReithThe Expense of Glory: A Life of John Reith
Best Price: $199.99
A biography of John Reith who founded and, for its first 14 years, directed the BBC, imbuing it...
Eddie: My Life as a DogEddie: My Life as a DogHell Bent for LeatherHell Bent for Leather
A HEARTBREAKING AND HILARIOUS CONFESSION OF A HEAVY METAL OBSESSION.Seb Hunter was a Heavy Metal...
Barefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy's Journey Towards BelongingBarefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy's Journey Towards Belonging
Best Price: $0.02
As one grows older an appreciation of the past grows. Customs and traditions dismissed by the...
Eric Morecambe Unseen: The Lost Diaries Jokes and PhotographsEric Morecambe Unseen: The Lost Diaries Jokes and Photographs
Best Price: $29.99
I really enjoyed this book - great pics and items photographed that had been hidden away in the...

Eric Morecambe Unseen TapeEric Morecambe Unseen TapeBalanchine: The Ballet Maker (Eminent Lives)Balanchine: The Ballet Maker (Eminent Lives)Humble PieHumble Pie
Best Price: $5.18
There's a kind of breathlessness about this wonderful autobiography, a sort of "I gotta...
Alfred and EmilyAlfred and Emily
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In the first part of this double biography (a fictitious and a real one), Doris Lessing asks...
MadonnaMadonna
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I was shocked to see so many readers dissing this book. Granted, its the first Madonna bio I...

Are You Hungry, Dear?: Life, Laughs, and LasagnaAre You Hungry, Dear?: Life, Laughs, and Lasagna
Best Price: $3.33
I read ARE YOU HUNGRY, DEAR? because I wanted to learn about the woman behind meddling Marie...
Up Till Now: The AutobiographyUp Till Now: The Autobiography
Best Price: $2.00
Up Till Now: The Autobiography by William Shatner Even if you're not a fan of Star Trek,...
Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized BiographyTom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography
Best Price: $2.97
Morton has been criticized for not having directly interviewed Cruise and his former spouses. ...
Miles (Picador Books)Miles (Picador Books)
Best Price: $10.54
Although conventional wisdom may indicate a pathway to genius as a strait line, point A...
Long Way Round: The Illustrated Edition: Chasing Shadows Across the WorldLong Way Round: The Illustrated Edition: Chasing Shadows Across the World
Best Price: $244.77
What an awesome book, recording an awesome experience. As a biker myself, I was attracted to...

Cobain (Rolling Stone)Cobain (Rolling Stone)
Best Price: $10.21
Kurt Cobain may very well have been the first and last significant musicain of the 1990's. ...
Sweet and Low: A Family StorySweet and Low: A Family Story
Best Price: $2.36
Are you interested in how family dynamics effect business? How family business effects...
The Fortunate PilgrimThe Fortunate Pilgrim
Best Price: $4.07
Mario Puzo considered The Fortunate Pilgrim to be his best work. Once you read this book, I...
Lives of the Great ComposersLives of the Great Composers
Best Price: $21.88
I was first introduced to this book after picking it up at the local library on Audio CD. After...
 
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