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10 best books like 45 (Bill Drummond): From Hell, Cider With Roadies, Ice Haven, The Fallen: Searching for the Missing Members of The Fall, Margrave of the Marshes, Head-On/Repossessed, Detroit 67: The Year That Changed Soul, The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen, The Book of Genesis, How I Escaped My Certain Fate
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 0861661419 |
"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim, subconscious underworld. A radiant abyss where men meet themselves. Hell, Netley. We're in Hell."
Having proved himself peerless in the arena of reinterpreting superheroes, Alan Moore turned...
| Author | Stuart Maconie |
| ISBN | 0091897459 |
Cider with Roadies is the story of a boy's obsessive relationship with pop. A life lived through music from Stuart's audience with the Beatles (aged 3); his confessions as a pubescent prog rocker; a youthful gymnastic dalliance with northern soul; the radical effects of punk on his politics, homework...
Welcome to Ice Haven! “It’s not as cold here as it sounds,” declares Random Wilder, our reluctant guide to this sleepy Midwestern town. He’s also its would-be poet laureate. Would-be, that is, were it not for the “florid banalities” of his archrival, Ida Wentz, published ad nauseam...
| Author | Dave Simpson |
| ISBN | 1847670490 |
The Fall are one of the world's most iconic groups, led for the last thirty years by the inimitable and enigmatic Mark E. Smith. They have released nearly thirty studio albums, with in excess of fifty musicians passing through their ranks. They are The Fallen; this is their story. Dave Simpson has spent...
| Author | John Peel |
| ISBN | 0552551198 |
Through nigh-on forty years of laconic brilliance on Radio 1, a musical taste which defined a culture and his widely popular Radio 4 show, Home Truths, John Peel reached out to an audience that was as diverse as his record collection. He was a genuinely great Briton, beloved by millions. John's unique...
| Author | Julian Cope |
| ISBN | 0007197756 |
Julian Cope's highly acclaimed autobiography and its long-awaited sequel in one extraordinary volume. Contents: Julian Cope shot to fame with eighties band 'Teardrop Explodes' during the Punk era. Hailed as a visionary by those people who recognise his genius and a madman by those who find him perplexing,...
The Epic Story of Motown and Detroit's Independent Soul Music Scene It’s January 1967—and one of the worst snowstorms in decades is blanketing Detroit, Michigan. Berry Gordy, owner of Motown Records, is trapped in his home, unable to do anything about the internal war ravaging his most successful...
The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen
| Author | Brian Cox |
| ISBN | 1846144329 |
In The Quantum Universe, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw approach the world of quantum mechanics in the same way they did in Why Does E=mc2? and make fundamental scientific principles accessible;and fascinating to everyone.
The subatomic realm has a reputation for weirdness, spawning any number...
| Author | Robert Crumb |
| ISBN | 0393061027 |
Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, reveals here the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that he would do a take off of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible’s language, “a...
How I Escaped My Certain Fate
| Author | Stewart Lee |
| ISBN | 0571254802 |
The Goodreads Censorship Fiasco of 2013 has got a lot of people considering works by Adolph Hitler, convicted sex offenders, and flagrant P2P artists. I have found myself repeatedly thinking of a particular routine from 90s stand-up comedian Stewart Lee.
If you don't know Lee, his style...
