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Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore
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Bob Dylan in America
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Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa
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Master of Reality
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The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of "Hallelujah"
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You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup – The Untold Story of the Fab Four
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Guitar Girl
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Music, The Brain, And Ecstasy: How Music Captures Our Imagination by author Robert Jourdain
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No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan
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Poetics of Music in the Form of Six Lessons (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)
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Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
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