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Carrie Brownstein
(33,539)
Summary: A "narrative of [rock guitarist and actor Brownstein's] escape from a turbulent family life into a world where music was the means toward self-invention, community, and rescue. Along the way,...
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Call #: B BROWNSTEIN
Location: Adult Biographies
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Peter Guralnick
(8,416)
Summary: From the moment that he first shook up the world in the mid 1950s, Elvis Presley has been one of the most vivid and enduring myths of American culture. This is the first biography to go past that...
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Call #: B PRESLEY
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Mayte Garcia
(5,216)
Summary: A candid assessment of the iconic musician's personal and professional life by his first wife traces their long-distance courtship, marriage, and creative partnership as well as the challenges that compromised their romance.
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Call #: B GARCIA
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Peter Frampton
(1,034)
Summary: Frampton was on a path to stardom from an early age, first as the lead singer and guitarist of the Herd and then as co-founder of one of the first supergroups, Humble Pie. As part of a tight-knit...
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Call #: B FRAMPTON
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Flea
(15,427)
Summary: Flea takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles. Through hilarious anecdotes, poetical...
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Call #: B FLEA
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Phil Collins
(6,389)
Summary: The Genesis front man and successful solo artist presents a reflective memoir that shares insights into the remarkable experiences behind many of his iconic songs and performances, discussing his...
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Call #: B COLLINS
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Bruce Springsteen
(44,272)
Summary: Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to these pages the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. He...
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Call #: B SPRINGSTEEN
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Sarah Jensen
(2,640)
Summary: In the first authorized biography of the musician best known as the lead vocalist in the bands Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Puscifer, as well as a successful vintner, gives unique insight into his history and career trajectory.
BOOK
Call #: B KEENAN
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Tina Turner
(5,148)
Summary: From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner to her phenomenal success in the 1980s and beyond, Tina candidly examines her personal history, from her darkest...
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Call #: B TURNER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Elton John
(50,540)
Summary: Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three he was performing his...
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Call #: B JOHN
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Corey Taylor
(1,876)
Summary: "Corey Taylor has had it. Had it with the vagaries of human behavior and life in this postmodern digital blanked-out waiting room that passes for a world. Reality TV, awful music, terrible drivers,...
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Call #: B TAYLOR
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Tavis Smiley
(287)
Summary: "A powerful chronicle of the sixteen weeks leading up to King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Michael Jackson's final months were like the rest of his short and legendary life: filled with deep lows...
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Call #: B JACKSON
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
John Lennon
(1,363)
Summary: Published together for the first time, this collection of letters to family, friends, lovers and complete strangers from the beloved Beatle offers an intimate look into the true personality and mind...
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Call #: B LENNON
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Ozzy Osbourne
(26,160)
Summary: One of television's best loved personalities via the wildly successful hit MTV show The Osbournes, Ozzy tells about his days on the road and the heartbreak he suffered during those days of hard living.
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Call #: B OSBOURNE
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael Jackson
(4,988)
Summary: Michael Jackson's only autobiography, illustrated with rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for this book.
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Call #: B JACKSON
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Peter Ames Carlin
(1,790)
Summary: Takes a look at the whole life of the Beatles star, casting new light on his years with the band Wings and wife, Linda McCartney, and revealing a man as haunted by his legacy--and particularly his...
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Call #: B MCCARTNEY
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Debbie Harry
(6,328)
Summary: Harry recounts her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie's breakup as a band to her multifaceted...
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Call #: B HARRY
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Tori Amos
(1,891)
Summary: Since the release of her first career-defining solo album, Tori Amos as been one of the music industry's most enduring and ingenious artists. From her unnerving depiction of sexual assault in "Me and...
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Call #: B AMOS
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lenny Kravitz
(4,547)
Summary: Kravitz looks back at his life with candor, self-scrutiny, and humor. It's the story of a wildly creative kid who, despite tough struggles at school and extreme tension at home, finds salvation in...
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Call #: B KRAVITZ
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Prince
(6,419)
Summary: An acclaimed musician, Prince Rogers Nelson was a visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds. But his most ambitious creative act was turning himself into one of the greatest...
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Call #: B PRINCE
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Patti Smith
(12,980)
Summary: Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore, Patti Smith finds herself tramping the coast of Santa Cruz, about to embark on a year of solitary wandering. Unfettered...
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Call #: B SMITH
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
James Patterson
(7,358)
Summary: John Lennon was one of the world's most influential people. Mark David Chapman was one of the most invisible. By the end of 1980, the Beatles had been broken up for a decade -- a decade John Lennon...
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Call #: B LENNON
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Michelle Zauner
(167,900)
Summary: In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up...
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Call #: B ZAUNER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Sinead O'Connor
(3,764)
Summary: Born in Dublin in 1966, O'Connor's childhood was marked by a painful home life, a disdain for schooling, run-ins with the law for her incessant petty thievery, and a burgeoning love for Bob Dylan's...
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Call #: B O'CONNOR
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
David Grohl
(59,532)
Summary: Grohl offers an honest portrait of an extraordinary life made up of ordinary moments. From his deep connection to his hometown of Springfield, Virginia, to the awe he still feels about raising his...
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Call #: B GROHL
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Mike Allred , artist
(1,160)
Summary: As one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, David Bowie seduced generations of fans with his music and counterculture persona. While Bowie's legacy as a musician is remarkable and...
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Call #: B BOWIE
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Patti Smith
(225,228)
Summary: In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in...
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Call #: B SMITH
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Steven Tyler
(12,820)
Summary: The frontman of the classic rock band Aerosmith tells his story, including his rise to rock stardom in the 1970s, the band's drop in popularity, and their comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s.
BOOK
Call #: B TYLER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Ted Templeman
(469)
Summary: This autobiography (as told to Greg Renoff) recounts Templeman's remarkable life from child jazz phenom in Santa Cruz, California, in the 1950s to Grammy-winning music executive during the '70s and...
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Call #: B TEMPLEMAN
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Marc Spitz
(322)
Summary: This book ia a biography and cultural examination of the Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger's spectacular life and the cultural revolution he led. As the Rolling Stones' legendary front man Mick...
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Call #: B JAGGER
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Steve Van Zandt
(1,472)
Summary: What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of the country's largest stages, and then ranges across the globe, demonstrating over and over again how Rock...
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Call #: B VAN ZANDT
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Laura Jane Grace
(7,965)
Summary: The provocative transgender advocate and lead singer of the punk rock band Against Me! provides a searing account of her search for identity and her true self.
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Call #: B GRACE
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Holly George-Warren
(2,055)
Summary: This blazingly intimate biography of Janis Joplin establishes the Queen of Rock & Roll as the rule-breaking musical trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was. Janis Joplin's first...
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Call #: B JOPLIN
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Linda Ronstadt
(2,548)
Summary: In this memoir, iconic singer Linda Ronstadt weaves together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and '70s.
BOOK
Call #: B RONSTADT
Location: Adult Biographies
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by
Pete Townshend
(8,542)
Summary: The legendary lead guitarist and principal songwriter for The Who, one of the most influential rock-and-roll bands of all time, pens his own story.
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Call #: B TOWNSHEND
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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