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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
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                    By Truman CapoteIn Cold Blood
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                      Perfume
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                        Audre LordeThe Black Unicorn
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                          By John BergerWays of Seeing
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                            Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit: Art, Feminism, and Digital Technology
                            In Dismantling the Patriarchy, Bit by Bit, Judith K. Brodsky makes a ground-breaking intellectual leap by connecting feminist art theory with the rise...
                              Look & See: Collected Ephemera and Printed Material
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                                The Velvet Underground, New York 1965–66 PHOTOZINEPhotographs by Adam Ritchie
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                                  • Book (200g) ISSN 2752-5619£10.00
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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
                                    This landmark missive from one of the greatest activists in history calls for direct, non-violent resistance in the fight against racism, and reflects...
                                      by Silvia FedericiCaliban and the Witch
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                                        We Called It MusicEddie Condon
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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...
                                                Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital and Back
                                                From acid-house to prog-rock, there is no form of modern popular music that hasn't been propelled forwards by the synthesizer. As a result they have long...
                                                  There And Black Again
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                                                    JazzBy Freddy J. Angstmann
                                                    (in french). Nice photos
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                                                      Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
                                                        • Original Book (400g)£25.00
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                                                        Subcontinental SynthesisElectronic Music at the National Institute of Design, India 1969-1972
                                                        The history of India's first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.Subcontinental Synthesis...
                                                          The Great Psychic OutdoorsEssays on Low Fidelity: Lo-Fi Music and Escaping Capitalism
                                                          Homemade records, tape-hiss worship and a taste for a very peculiar kind of psychedelia have carved themselves a weird niche in the contemporary musical...
                                                            Invisible Man
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                                                                The Women Who Changed Architecture
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                                                                  Things Fall Apart
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                                                                    A Thousand Golden Horns: The Exciting Age of America's Greatest Dance BandsBy Gene Fernett
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