Life
Author: Keith Richards
The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the crossfire hurricane. Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and….Read More
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Skeletons at the Feast
In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, History, Refugees
Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
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Scar Tissue
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The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
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Wench
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The Dirt
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Mad In America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine, And The Enduring Mistreatment Of The Mentally Ill
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Freedom
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
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Just Kids
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