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Freddie Mercury: An Illustrated Life by Alfonso Casas
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The music of Queen and powerhouse lead singer Freddie Mercury are best experienced with the volume turned all the way up. Alfonso Casas’s Freddie Mercury delivers...
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Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The Soulful Journey of Stevie Wonder by Mark Ribowsky
BUY Amazon | IndieBound The first definitive biography of music legend Stevie Wonder Stevie Wonder's achievements as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer are extraordinary. During a career that has spanned...
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Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage by Tori Amos
BUY Amazon | IndieBound A timely and passionate call to action for engaging with our current political moment, from the Grammy-nominated and multiplatinum singer-songwriter and New York Times bestselling author...
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Sing Backwards and Weep: A Memoir by Mark Lanegan
BUY Amazon | IndieBound A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulsavers), chronicling his years as a singer and drug addict...
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Uncovering the secrets of a fallen ruler in 'Empress Of Salt And Fortune' With the heart of an Atwood tale and the...
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Wow, No Thank You.: Essays by Samantha Irby
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Samantha Irby: 'This is the glamorous life of a writer" A new rip-roaring essay collection from the smart, edgy, hilarious, unabashedly raunchy,...
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Front Row at the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: Jonathan Karl's memoir shows that everyone is 'Front Row at the Trump Show' An account like no other from the White House reporter...
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The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'A matter of common decency': What literature can teach us about epidemics One night in an isolated college town in the hills...
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Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
BUY Amazon | IndieBound Featured on The Thread: 'A matter of common decency': What literature can teach us about epidemics An unforgettable tale, set in 17th century England, of a...
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