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The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison's Legacy on Trial
Rock & roll summer reading
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, etc.
Howard Kaylan with Jeff Tamarkin
Reviewed by Scott Schinder, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
The Billy Bob Tapes: A Cave Full of Ghosts
Billy Bob Thornton
Reviewed by Tim Stegall, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
The Soundtrack of My Life
Clive davis with Anthony DeCurtis
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
Falling Cars and Junkyard Dogs: Portraits of a Musical Life
Jay Farrar
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
The King of Good Intentions
John Andrew Fredrick
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
98% Funky Stuff: My Life in Music
Maceo Parker
Reviewed by Jay Trachtenberg, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
The Wrecking Crew
Kent Hartman
Reviewed by Chase Hoffberger, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
Anyone Who Had a Heart: My Life and Music
Burt Bacharach with Robert Greenfield
Reviewed by Scott Schinder, Music, Jun. 20, 2013
The Austin Food Blogger Alliance Cookbook
Five Austin cookbooks to sink your teeth into
Reviewed by Virginia B. Wood, Books, Jun. 13, 2013
The Everything Thai Cookbook, 2nd ed.
Jam Sanitchat
Reviewed by Mick Vann, Books, Jun. 13, 2013
Paleo French Cuisine
Alain Braux
Reviewed by Anna Toon, Books, Jun. 13, 2013
Austin Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes From the Texas Capital
Crystal Esquival
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Books, Jun. 13, 2013
Down Home With Ruby Dee
How one tragic accident led to a therapeutic cookbook
Reviewed by Gracie Salem, Books, Jun. 13, 2013
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
Reviewed by Amy Gentry, Books, May. 16, 2013
The Science Delusion
Curtis White
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Books, May. 16, 2013
The Son
Philipp Meyer
Reviewed by Jaime deBlanc-Knowles, Books, May. 16, 2013
You
Austin Grossman
Reviewed by James Renovitch, Books, May. 16, 2013
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
Reviewed by Jessi Cape, Books, May. 16, 2013
Red Moon
Benjamin Percy
Reviewed by Josh Kupecki, Books, May. 16, 2013
Mel Kadel/((sounder))
Illustrated deluge complete with its own 7-inch soundtrack
Reviewed by Abby Johnston, Music, Apr. 11, 2013
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright explores the origins and alleged abuses of the Church of Scientology
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Screens, Jan. 24, 2013
Tips and Techniques From a Kosher Cooking Expert
Cookbook aims to free readers from cookbooks
Reviewed by Amy Kritzer, Food, Dec. 13, 2012
Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream
Rock & Roll books, bound but ungagged
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of the Beatles' Solo Career
Andrew Grant Jackson, Enzo Gentile and Fabio Schiavo
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll
Ann and Nancy Wilson and Charles Cross
Reviewed by Greg Beets, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Jimi Hendrix: A Brother's Story
Leon Hendrix
Reviewed by Kevin Curtin, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock & Roll
Marc Dolan
Reviewed by Doug Freeman, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Mick Jagger
Philip Norman
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of Kiss
Peter Criss and Larry "Ratso" Sloman
Reviewed by Raoul Hernandez, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
Who I Am
Pete Townshend
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
The Art of Punk
Russ Bestley and Alex Ogg
Reviewed by Wayne Alan Brenner, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
A Light That Never Goes Out: The Enduring Saga of the Smiths
Tony Fletcher
Reviewed by Michael Toland, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
The Alternative Hero
Tim Thornton
Reviewed by Zoe Cordes Selbin, Music, Dec. 6, 2012
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen
Sylvie Simmons
Reviewed by Melanie Haupt, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album
Ken Caillat and Steven Stiefel
Reviewed by Margaret Moser, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
Ryan Adams: Losering, a Story of Whiskeytown
David Menconi
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Oct. 25, 2012
How Music Works
Talking Head gets wonky
Reviewed by Jim Caligiuri, Music, Oct. 4, 2012
Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
How celebrity worship has metastasized into the defining American obsession
Reviewed by Kimberley Jones, Screens, Sep. 20, 2012
Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Inscrutable indie songwriter in conversation
