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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

by Will Hermes ...

A vivid, dramatic account of how half a dozen kinds of modern music--punk rock, art rock, disco, salsa, rap, minimalist classical--emerged in new forms and cross-pollinated all at once in the middle seventies in NYC.Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles ... Read more

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A vivid, dramatic account of how half a dozen kinds of modern music--punk rock, art rock, disco, salsa, rap, minimalist classical--emerged in new forms and cross-pollinated all at once in the middle seventies in NYC.Punk rock and hip-hop. Disco and salsa. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles
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Lou Reed

The King of New York

by Will Hermes ...

“The only Lou Reed bio you need to read.” —The Washington Post**A Rolling Stone best music book of 2023 | One of Pitchfork’s ten best music books of 2023 | A Variety best music book of the year | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023“There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear hea. ... Read more

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“The only Lou Reed bio you need to read.” —The Washington Post**A Rolling Stone best music book of 2023 | One of Pitchfork’s ten best music books of 2023 | A Variety best music book of the year | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023“There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear hea.
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Lou Reed

The King of New York

by Will Hermes ...

Narrated by Will Hermes ...

Unabridged

20 hours 48 min

**This program is read by the author."There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear head, a lucid prose style, and a determination to let Lou be Lou, without judgment." —Lucy Sante, author of Low Life**The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author."There have been many biographies of Lou Reed, but Will Hermes has written the definitive life . . . He has brought to the assignment a sharp eye, a clear head, a lucid prose style, and a determination to let Lou be Lou, without judgment." —Lucy Sante, author of Low Life**The most complete and penetrating biography of the rock master, whose stature grows every
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Love Goes to Buildings on Fire

Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever

by Will Hermes ...

Narrated by Adam Verner ...

Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Punk rock and hip-hop, disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists—in the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented, all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the city’s infrastructure ... Read more

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Punk rock and hip-hop, disco and salsa, the loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists—in the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinvented, all at once, from one block to the next, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the city’s infrastructure
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The Ancient's Game

by Loni Crittenden ...

Narrated by Angel Pean ...

Unabridged

9 hours 9 min

""Brilliantly inventive."" —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights""Gorgeously written and unforgettable."" —Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them BurnAlchemy and ancient spirits come to life in this debut fantasy inspired by African diasporic folklore and the 1920s World Fair, wherein sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre, an orphan from a reviled ... Read more

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""Brilliantly inventive."" —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights""Gorgeously written and unforgettable."" —Kamilah Cole, indie bestselling author of So Let Them BurnAlchemy and ancient spirits come to life in this debut fantasy inspired by African diasporic folklore and the 1920s World Fair, wherein sixteen-year-old Kellan DuCuivre, an orphan from a reviled
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Hexy Witch

Tales from My Life, the Afterlife, and Beyond

by Daisy May Cooper ...

Narrated by Daisy May Cooper, Paul Cooper, Selin Hizli ...

Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

Following her 2021 bestselling memoir Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her comes the laugh out loud follow-up Hexy Witch.'My life's changed a lot since This Country came out. Among all the amazing times there have been some stranger ones: the time a man climbed the wall into my garden and curled one out on the lawn while staring me dead in the eyes. Or that time I was visited by a pair of legs ... Read more

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Following her 2021 bestselling memoir Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her comes the laugh out loud follow-up Hexy Witch.'My life's changed a lot since This Country came out. Among all the amazing times there have been some stranger ones: the time a man climbed the wall into my garden and curled one out on the lawn while staring me dead in the eyes. Or that time I was visited by a pair of legs
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This Thing Called Life

Prince's Odyssey, On and Off the Record

by Neal Karlen ...

Narrated by Neal Karlen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 28 min

**This program is read by the author, and includes archival recordings of conversations between the author and Prince.A warm and surprisingly real-life biography of one of rock’s greatest talents: Prince.**Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author, and includes archival recordings of conversations between the author and Prince.A warm and surprisingly real-life biography of one of rock’s greatest talents: Prince.**Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to for over a dozen years, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph.
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The Martyr and the Red Kimono

A Fearless Priest’s Sacrifice and A New Generation of Hope in Japan

by Naoko Abe ...

Narrated by Ami Okumura Jones ...

Unabridged

12 hours 52 min

Brought to you by Penguin.On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish monk named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz.Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a movement of Catholicism and spent several years in Nagasaki, ministering to the 'hidden Christians' who had emerged after centuries of oppression. A Polish nationalist as well as a monk, he gave ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.On the 14th of August 1941, a Polish monk named Maximilian Maria Kolbe was murdered in Auschwitz.Kolbe's life had been remarkable. Fiercely intelligent and driven, he founded a movement of Catholicism and spent several years in Nagasaki, ministering to the 'hidden Christians' who had emerged after centuries of oppression. A Polish nationalist as well as a monk, he gave
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The Stalin Affair

The Impossible Alliance That Won the War

by Giles Milton ...

Narrated by Giles Milton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

**This program is read by the author.From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II.**In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author.From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II.**In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad
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A Candle for Christmas & Other Stories

by Reginald Hill ...

Narrated by Mike Rogers ...

Unabridged

8 hours 53 min

A fantastic mystery short story collection, the perfect Christmas gift for crime fiction loversA beloved detective dies in a fireSherlock Holmes takes a trip to ItalyA disastrous case of mistaken identityFrom his well-loved detective duo, DCI Dalziel and DI Pascoe to his own reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, Reginald Hill’s unforgettable characters and unique blend of humour and suspense make him ... Read more

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A fantastic mystery short story collection, the perfect Christmas gift for crime fiction loversA beloved detective dies in a fireSherlock Holmes takes a trip to ItalyA disastrous case of mistaken identityFrom his well-loved detective duo, DCI Dalziel and DI Pascoe to his own reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, Reginald Hill’s unforgettable characters and unique blend of humour and suspense make him
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The White Darkness

by David Grann ...

Narrated by Will Patton ...

Unabridged

2 hours 28 min

By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the AntarcticHenry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to ... Read more

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By the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a powerful true story of adventure and obsession in the AntarcticHenry Worsley was a devoted husband and father and a decorated British special forces officer who believed in honor and sacrifice. He was also a man obsessed. He spent his life idolizing Ernest Shackleton, the nineteenth-century polar explorer, who tried to
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This is the Life

Days and Nights in the GAA

by Ciarán Murphy ...

Narrated by Ciarán Murphy ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

Brought to you by Penguin.A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work todayThe GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life is a book about the 99%: a witty ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.A provocative look at how grassroots GAA interacts with life in Ireland, from the wittiest Gaelic games pundit at work todayThe GAA is Ireland's largest civil society organisation, woven into the fabric of families and communities - and yet most books about Gaelic games focus on the greatest players and inter-county teams. This is the Life is a book about the 99%: a witty
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