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              Jess Sah BiJesus-Christ Ne Deçoit Pas
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                The Tribul'zationsMelody Babylon
                The Tribulizations are a Brighton UK-based reggae vocal harmony duo living the rocker's life style! We pay homage to uk style lovers rock and spiritual...
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                Andy WarholFame
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                  Brasil IndomitoBrasil Indomito
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                    Lizzy Mercier DesclouxDesiderata
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                      Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
                      Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
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                        Jackie DeshannonLove Forever - Demo Recordings 1966-1967
                        Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon got her start singing gospel at home and in church as a child in her native Kentucky, and then singing...
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                          Flip the Script: How Women Came to Rule Hip Hop
                          FLIP THE SCRIPT showcases some of the best rappers currently making music in the UK. It has taken a significant amount of time for women to get recognition...
                            Nasty Women
                            With intolerance and inequality increasingly normalised by the day, it's more important than ever to share real experiences and hold the truth to account...
                              By Truman CapoteIn Cold Blood
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                                Audre LordeThe Black Unicorn
                                Filled with rage and tenderness, Audre Lorde's most acclaimed poetry collection speaks of mothers and children, female strength and vulnerability, renewal...
                                  By John BergerWays of Seeing
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                                    Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
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                                      The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
                                      Awesome small and beautiful new photo-zine of rare pix of the Velvet Underground in New York 1965-66. In the zone! Look there's Andy (hi Andy!), Lou,...
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                                        When I Dare to Be Powerful
                                        Written with a 'black woman's anger' and the precision of a poet, these searing pieces by the groundbreaking writer Audre Lorde are a celebration of female...
                                          Letter From Birmingham Jail
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                                            Claire DedererMonsters: What Do We Do with Great Art by Bad People?
                                            Pablo Picasso beat his partners. Richard Wagner was deeply antisemitic. David Bowie slept with an underage fan. But many of us still love Guernica and...
                                              Los JinetesSin Me
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                                                Catarino LeosMandamiento
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                                                  by Silvia FedericiCaliban and the Witch
                                                  A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition...
                                                    We Called It MusicEddie Condon
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                                                      Miguel GallardoTu Amante O Tu Enemigo
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                                                        William S. BurroughsJunky
                                                        A shocking exposé of the desperate subculture surrounding heroin addiction, William S. Burroughs' Junky is edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris...
                                                          Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
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                                                            Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey
                                                            When someone says, 'You have to know your history...' this is it. A pop culture classic for over two decades, now fully refreshed and updated as part of...
                                                              There And Black Again
                                                              By Don Letts and Mal Peachey Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
                                                                JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
                                                                (in french). Nice photos
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                                                                  Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
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                                                                    A Little Feminist History of Art
                                                                    Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to de-gender their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played...

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