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    Nik Cohn Triksta: Life and Death of New Orleans Rap

    A tantalizing study of a city, its music, and a way of life journeys inside the intense and violent world of New Orleans rap music to bring to life the evolution of the popular form of music, the people who make it, and the hidden culture that surrounds it.

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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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      10000 Lions ft. 1inklineMy Energy
      New Roots 12" featuring 10000 Lions Sound System with vocalist 1inkline.
        Louisiana CajunsTurner Browne
        Excellent book - stunning black and white photography. Highly recommended
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            Out of print Pre-Owned Original USA paperback bit of ageing
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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...
                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
                  Look & See offers a very personal insight into the idiosyncratic influences and inspirations behind the creativity of Anthony Burrill, designer and letterpress...
                    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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                      The Observer's Book of JazzBy Mark White
                        • Original Book (250g)£15.00
                          Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Small Hardback Book w/Dustjacket
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                        We Called It MusicEddie Condon
                          • Original Book (200g)£20.00
                            Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print Paperback book, inside yellowing to pages
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                          Letters to GilMalik Al Nasir
                          £12 OFF UK HARDBACK!Description'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure'...
                            • Book (600g) 9780008464431£20.00 £8.00
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                            Reggae Disco 45 BOOKReggae Disco 45 BOOK
                            BACK IN STOCK LAST COPIES EVER!Reggae Disco 45 is a personal journey through author Martin Skyjuice's collection of 12" and 10" singles. A tribute to the...
                              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
                                By Don Letts and Mal Peachey Don Letts – filmmaker, musician, DJ, broadcaster, social commentator, husband and father – has always defied conformity....
                                  Dinosaurs in the MorningBy Whitney Balliett
                                    • Original Book (400g)£25.00
                                      Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book w/Dustjacket
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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...
                                      Women In Revolt!Art and Activism in the UK 1970-90
                                      A timely exploration of the work and lived experiences of a postwar generation of women artists that have largely been omitted from art historical narratives,...
                                        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...
                                          Invisible Man
                                          Ralph Ellison's blistering and impassioned first novel tells the extraordinary story of a man invisible 'simply because people refuse to see me'. Published...
                                            One Hundred Years of Solitude
                                            Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little...
                                              Radio Phonics LaboratoryTelecommunications, Speech Synthesis & The Birth of Electronic Music
                                              The Radio Phonics Laboratory delves into the intersection of technology and creativity that shaped the sonic landscape of the 20th century. This fascinating...
                                                A Messy History of Women in Printing and TypographyThe Natural Enemies of Books
                                                'Natural Enemies of Books' is a response to the groundbreaking 1937 publication 'Bookmaking on the Distaff Side', which brought together contributions...
                                                  The Women Who Changed Architecture
                                                  A visual and global chronicle of the triumphs, challenges, and impact of over 100 women in architecture, from early practitioners to contemporary leaders. Marion...
                                                    Things Fall Apart
                                                    Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally...
                                                      Kings of Jazz 12Coleman Hawkins
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                                                          Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. 1963 Hardback Book
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                                                        The Book of JazzLeonard Feather
                                                          • Original Book (500g)£20.00
                                                            Original Pre-Owned Out-of-Print UK 1st Edn. Hardback Book no Dustjacket
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                                                          The Observer's Book of Big BandsBy Mark White
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                                                            August Blue
                                                            At the height of her career, concert pianist Elsa M. Anderson - former child prodigy, now in her thirties - walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance....
                                                              The Haunted TrailClassic Tales Of The Rambling Wild
                                                              A remarkable blood-soaked stranger upends the lives of two Lake District ramblers; a lonely tavern offers its guests something much more disturbing than...
                                                                Discovering the Folklore of Plants
                                                                To primitive man the whisper and movement of leaves and the silent unfolding of flowers were proofs of life and power, and their regeneration was a promise...
                                                                  Wayward Lives, Beautiful ExperimentsIntimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queen Radicals
                                                                  At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle...
                                                                    Is It My Body?
                                                                    Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, Kim Gordon-widely known as a founding member of the influential band Sonic Youth - produced a series of writings on...
                                                                      Satanic FeminismLucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
                                                                      According to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries....

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