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ALWAYS MAGIC IN THE AIR: THE BOMP AND BRILLIANCE OF THE BRILL BUILDING ERA

  • AUTHOR: EMERSON, KEN
  • PUBLISHER: VIKING
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0670034568
  • ISBN-13: 9780670034567
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    AMERICAN HAIR METAL
  • AUTHOR: BLUSH, STEVEN
  • PUBLISHER: FERAL HOUSE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $22.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 193259518X
  • ISBN-13: 9781932595185
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    AMERICAN HARDCORE: A TRIBAL HISTORY
  • AUTHOR: BLUSH, STEVEN
  • PUBLISHER: FERAL HOUSE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $19.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0922915717
  • ISBN-13: 9780922915712
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    AMERICAN SONGBOOK: THE SINGERS, THE SONGWRITERS, AND THE SONGS
  • AUTHOR: BLOOM, KEN
  • PUBLISHER: BLACK DOG & LEVENTHAL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $34.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1579124488
  • ISBN-13: 9781579124489
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    AMERICA'S SONGS: THE STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS OF BROADWAY, HOLLYWOOD, AND TIN PAN ALLEY
  • AUTHOR: FURIA, PHILIP, 1943-
  • PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $29.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0415972469
  • ISBN-13: 9780415972468
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    AND IT DON'T STOP": THE BEST AMERICAN HIP-HOP JOURNALISM OF THE LAST 25 YEARS"
  • PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $19.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0571211593
  • ISBN-13: 9780571211593
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    ART OF MODERN ROCK: THE POSTER EXPLOSION
  • AUTHOR: GRUSHKIN, PAUL
  • PUBLISHER: CHRONICLE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $75.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 081184529X
  • ISBN-13: 9780811845298
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    BANG YOUR HEAD: THE RISE AND FALL OF HEAVY METAL
  • AUTHOR: KONOW, DAVID, 1971-
  • PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $14.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0609807323
  • ISBN-13: 9780609807323
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    BECOMING ALMOST FAMOUS: MY BACK PAGES IN MUSIC, WRITING, AND LIFE
  • AUTHOR: FONG-TORRES, BEN
  • PUBLISHER: BACKBEAT
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $16.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 087930880X
  • ISBN-13: 9780879308803
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    BLOWIN' HOT AND COOL: JAZZ AND ITS CRITICS
  • AUTHOR: GENNARI, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: UNIV OF CHICAGO PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0226289222
  • ISBN-13: 9780226289229
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    BRITPOP!: COOL BRITANNIA AND THE SPECTACULAR DEMISE OF ENGLISH ROCK
  • AUTHOR: HARRIS, JOHN
  • PUBLISHER: DA CAPO
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $18.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 030681367X
  • ISBN-13: 9780306813672
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    CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP: A HISTORY OF THE HIP-HOP GENERATION
  • AUTHOR: CHANG, JEFF
  • PUBLISHER: PICADOR USA ST MARTIN'S
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $16.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0312425791
  • ISBN-13: 9780312425791
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    CBGB & OMFUG: THIRTY YEARS FROM THE HOME OF UNDERGROUND ROCK
  • PUBLISHER: HARRY N ABRAMS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0810957868
  • ISBN-13: 9780810957862
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    CINDERELLA'S BIG SCORE: WOMEN OF THE PUNK AND INDIE UNDERGROUND
  • AUTHOR: RAHA, MARIA
  • PUBLISHER: SEAL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $17.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1580051162
  • ISBN-13: 9781580051163
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    CLASSIC AMERICAN POPULAR SONG: THE SECOND HALFCENTURY, 1950-2000
  • AUTHOR: JENNESS, DAVID
  • PUBLISHER: ROUTLEDGE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $36.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0415970563
  • ISBN-13: 9780415970563
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    CONSIDERING GENIUS: WRITINGS ON JAZZ
  • AUTHOR: CROUCH, STANLEY
  • PUBLISHER: BASIC BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $27.50 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0465015174
  • ISBN-13: 9780465015177
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    EGO TRIP'S BOOK OF RAP LISTS; SACHA JENKINGS...ET AL
  • PUBLISHER: GRIFFIN BOOKS ST MARTIN
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $22.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0312242980
  • ISBN-13: 9780312242985
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    GRAND OLE OPRY: THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN ICON
  • AUTHOR: ESCOTT, COLIN
  • PUBLISHER: WARNER
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.99 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1931722862
  • ISBN-13: 9781931722865
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    GREAT PRETENDERS: MY STRANGE LOVE AFFAIR WITH 50S POP MUSIC
  • AUTHOR: SCHOEMER, KAREN
  • PUBLISHER: FREE PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0743272463
  • ISBN-13: 9780743272469
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    GRIT, NOISE, & REVOLUTION: THE BIRTH OF DETROIT ROCK 'N' ROLL
  • AUTHOR: CARSON, DAVID A., 1949-
  • PUBLISHER: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $28.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0472115030
  • ISBN-13: 9780472115037
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    HEEBIE JEEBIES AT CBGB'S: A SECRET HISTORY OF JEWISH PUNK
  • AUTHOR: BEEBER, STEVEN LEE
  • PUBLISHER: INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 155652613X
  • ISBN-13: 9781556526138
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    HIP HOP AMERICA
  • AUTHOR: GEORGE, NELSON
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $15.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0143035150
  • ISBN-13: 9780143035152
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    HIP HOP MATTERS: POLITICS, POP CULTURE, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL OF A MOVEMENT
  • AUTHOR: WATKINS, S. CRAIG (SAMUEL CRAIG)
  • PUBLISHER: BEACON
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0807009822
  • ISBN-13: 9780807009826
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    HISTORY OF JAZZ
  • AUTHOR: GIOIA, TED
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $18.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 019512653X
  • ISBN-13: 9780195126532
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    HOT JAZZ SPECIAL
  • AUTHOR: HANNAH, JONNY
  • PUBLISHER: CANDLEWICK PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $16.99 PLB
  • ISBN: 0763623083
  • ISBN-13: 9780763623081
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    HOTEL CALIFORNIA: THE TRUE-LIFE ADVENTURES OF CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, YOUNG, MITCHELL, TAYLOR, BROWNE, RONSTADT, GEFFEN, THE EAGLES, AND THEIR MANY FRIENDS
  • AUTHOR: HOSKYNS, BARNEY
  • PUBLISHER: JOHN WILEY
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0471732737
  • ISBN-13: 9780471732730
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    HOW NASHVILLE BECAME MUSIC CITY, U.S.A.: 50 YEARS OF MUSIC ROW
  • AUTHOR: KOSSER, MICHAEL
  • PUBLISHER: HAL LEONARD
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $22.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0634098063
  • ISBN-13: 9780634098062
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    I WAS THERE: GIGS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
  • AUTHOR: PAYTRESS, MARK
  • PUBLISHER: CASSELL ILLUSTRATED
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $24.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1844033422
  • ISBN-13: 9781844033423
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    IS TINY DANCER REALLY ELTON'S LITTLE JOHN?: MUSIC'S MOST ENDURING MYSTERIES, MYTHS, AND RUMORS REVEALED
  • AUTHOR: EDWARDS, GAVIN, 1968-
  • PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $13.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 030734603X
  • ISBN-13: 9780307346032
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    JAZZ ANECDOTES: SECOND TIME AROUND
  • AUTHOR: CROW, BILL
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $18.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0195187954
  • ISBN-13: 9780195187953
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    KANSAS CITY JAZZ: FROM RAGTIME TO BEBOP--A HISTORY
  • AUTHOR: DRIGGS, FRANK
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $32.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0195047672
  • ISBN-13: 9780195047677
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    LANGUAGE OF THE BLUES: FROM ALCORUB TO ZUZU
  • AUTHOR: DESALVO, DEBRA
  • PUBLISHER: BILLBOARD WATSON-GUPTILL
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $16.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0823083896
  • ISBN-13: 9780823083893
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    LAUREL CANYON: THE INSIDE STORY OF ROCK-AND-ROLL'S LEGENDARY NEIGHBORHOOD
  • AUTHOR: WALKER, MICHAEL, 1957-
  • PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $25.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0571211496
  • ISBN-13: 9780571211494
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    MADE IN THE UK: THE MUSIC OF ATTITUDE, 1977-1983
  • AUTHOR: BECKMAN, JANETTE
  • PUBLISHER: POWERHOUSE BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $35.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1576872637
  • ISBN-13: 9781576872635
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    OXFORD COMPANION TO JAZZ
  • PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $29.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0195183592
  • ISBN-13: 9780195183597
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    PENGUIN GUIDE TO BLUES RECORDINGS
  • AUTHOR: RUSSELL, TONY
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $30.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0140513841
  • ISBN-13: 9780140513844
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    PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS & CARBURETOR DUNG
  • AUTHOR: BANGS, LESTER
  • PUBLISHER: VIN
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1988
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $16.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0679720456
  • ISBN-13: 9780679720454
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    PUNK DIARY: THE ULTIMATE TRAINSPOTTER'S GUIDE TO UNDERGROUND ROCK, 1970-1982
  • AUTHOR: GIMARC, GEORGE
  • PUBLISHER: BACKBEAT
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $24.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0879308486
  • ISBN-13: 9780879308483
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    PUNK: THE DEFINITIVE RECORD OF A REVOLUTION
  • AUTHOR: COLEGRAVE, STEPHEN
  • PUBLISHER: THUNDER'S MOUTH
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $24.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1560257695
  • ISBN-13: 9781560257691
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    REDNECKS & BLUENECKS: THE POLITICS OF COUNTRY MUSIC
  • AUTHOR: WILLMAN, CHRIS
  • PUBLISHER: NEW PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $25.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1595580174
  • ISBN-13: 9781595580177
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    RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: POSTPUNK, 1978-1984
  • AUTHOR: REYNOLDS, SIMON, 1963-
  • PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $16.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0143036726
  • ISBN-13: 9780143036722
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    ROCK & ROLL YEAR BY YEAR
  • AUTHOR: COMPTON, LUKE
  • PUBLISHER: DK PUBLISHING
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $30.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0756613345
  • ISBN-13: 9780756613341
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    ROLLING STONE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ROCK & ROLL: THE DEFINITIVE HISTORY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND THEIR MUSIC
  • PUBLISHER: RANDOM HOUSE
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1992
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $37.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0679737286
  • ISBN-13: 9780679737285
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    ROUGH GUIDE TO HIP-HOP
  • AUTHOR: SHAPIRO, PETER
  • PUBLISHER: ROUGH GUIDES
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $24.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1843532638
  • ISBN-13: 9781843532637
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    ROUGH GUIDE TO REGGAE
  • AUTHOR: BARROW, STEVE
  • PUBLISHER: ROUGH GUIDES
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $24.99 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1843533294
  • ISBN-13: 9781843533290
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    SONGBOOK
  • AUTHOR: HORNBY, NICK
  • PUBLISHER: RIVERHEAD BOOKS PUTNAM
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $13.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 1573223565
  • ISBN-13: 9781573223560
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    SOUND OF THE BEAST: THE COMPLETE HEADBANGING HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL
  • AUTHOR: CRISTE, IAN
  • PUBLISHER: HARPERCOLLINS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: N/A
  • $13.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0380811278
  • ISBN-13: 9780380811274
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    SPIN: 20 YEARS OF ALTERNATIVE MUSIC: ORIGINAL WRITING ON ROCK, HIP-HOP, TECHNO AND BEYOND
  • PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $19.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0307236625
  • ISBN-13: 9780307236623
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    TRIKSTA: LIFE AND DEATH AND NEW ORLEANS RAP
  • AUTHOR: COHN, NIK
  • PUBLISHER: ALFRED A KNOPF
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $22.95 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 1400042453
  • ISBN-13: 9781400042456
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    TURN THE BEAT AROUND: THE SECRET HISTORY OF DISCO
  • AUTHOR: SHAPIRO, PETER, 1969-
  • PUBLISHER: FABER AND FABER
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $26.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0571211941
  • ISBN-13: 9780571211944
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    VIBE HISTORY OF HIP HOP
  • PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 1999
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $27.50 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0609805037
  • ISBN-13: 9780609805039
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    WALKING A BLUES ROAD: A SELECTION OF BLUES WRITING, 1956-2004
  • AUTHOR: CHARTERS, SAMUEL BARCLAY
  • PUBLISHER: MARION BOYARS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
  • CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
  • $17.95 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0714531073
  • ISBN-13: 9780714531076
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    WE GOT THE NEUTRON BOMB: THE UNTOLD STORY OF L.A. PUNK
  • AUTHOR: SPITZ, MARC
  • PUBLISHER: THREE RIVERS PRESS
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $13.00 PAPER
  • ISBN: 0609807749
  • ISBN-13: 9780609807743
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    WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN: COUNTRY MUSIC IN AMERICA
  • PUBLISHER: DK PUBLISHING
  • PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
  • CONTENT LEVEL: POP
  • $40.00 CLOTH
  • ISBN: 0756623529
  • ISBN-13: 9780756623524
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