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Draw a Straight Line and Follow It

The Music and Mysticism of La Monte Young
Jeremy Grimshaw
$24.95
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Hardback,  Dec 2011 ISBN13: 9780199740208ISBN10: 0199740208 The first book-length study of La Monte Young's life and works, drawing on rare access to the composer and his archives
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Singing Out

An Oral History of America's Folk Music Revivals
David King Dunaway, Molly Beer
$18.95
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Paperback,  Oct 2011 ISBN13: 9780199896561ISBN10: 0199896569 A fascinating oral history of the North American folk music revivals culled from more than 150 oral history interviews from 1976 to 2006, among them Charles Seeger, Pete Seeger, Bernice Reagon, and Arlo Guthrie.

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Transnational Encounters

Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Alejandro L. Madrid
$99.00
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Hardback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199735921ISBN10: 0199735921 Offers a unique perspective on the diversity and complexity of borderland culture
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Transnational Encounters

Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border
Alejandro L. Madrid
$35.00
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Paperback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199735938ISBN10: 019973593X Offers a unique perspective on the diversity and complexity of borderland culture
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How The Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll

An Alternative History of American Popular Music
Elijah Wald
$16.95
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Paperback,  Sep 2011 ISBN13: 9780199756971ISBN10: 019975697X From ragtime to rap, this lively history casts aside conventional wisdom to offer a fresh look at the enormous variety and vitality of American popular music
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A thousand years of English literature

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The most exotic blooms

cover Orchids are widely collected, often temperamental and always admired. However, even those those who cultivate and appreciate them find them a mystery. Volume 2: Orchidoideae (Part One) provide in depth information and understanding of these beautiful blooms.