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This short biography, part of the Mojo Heroes series, developed by Mojo magazine, focuses on Young's career primarily through his astonishingly (and sometimes bizarrely) diverse collection of recordings. AUTHOR: Sylvie Simmons
PUBLISHER: Canongate Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Jimi Hendrix by Caesar Glebbeek, Harry Shapiro
This encyclopedic biography of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix includes a detailed discography, photographs, letters, chronology, touring calendar, interview schedule, and an incredibly detailed technical breakdown of Hendrix's musical equipment. AUTHOR: Caesar Glebbeek, Harry Shapiro
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Fever Pitch by Henning Stegelmann, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Marcus Geiss, Nick Hornby
Nick Hornby has been a soccer fan since the moment he was conceived. Fever Pitch is his tribute to a lifelong obsession. Part autobiography, part comedy, part incisive analysis of insanity, Hornby's award-winning memoir captures the fever pitch of fandom -- its agony and ecstasy, its community, its defining role in thousands of young men's coming of age stories. Fever Pitch is one for the home team. But above all, it is one for everyone who knows what it really means to have a losing season. This is tears-running-down-your-face funny, read-bits-out-loud-to-complete-strangers funny, but also highly perceptive and honest... Fever Pitch is not only the best football book ever written, it's the funniest book of the year . -- GQ Nick Hornby has established himself...as a maestro of the male confessional. (His) books reveal a fascination with the sheer voodoo of what so often passes for masculinity: the weird ritual facts, the useless objects, the losing clubs and teams . -- The New Yorker Comes closer to capturing the truths and absurdities of the obsessed sports fan's mind than anyone else I have read . -- John Gaustad, Observer AUTHOR: Henning Stegelmann, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Marcus Geiss, Nick Hornby
PUBLISHER: Berkley Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Sky of Stone by Dick Hill, Homer Hickam
Hickam returns to his coal-mining home town for an insightful summer in this sequel to his bestselling memoirs ROCKET BOYS and THE COALWOOD WAY. AUTHOR: Dick Hill, Homer Hickam
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Straight Life by Art Pepper, Gary Giddins, Laurie Pepper, Todd Selbert
In this brutally honest autobiography, alto saxophonist Art Pepper describes his sexual exploits, his days of burglary, his experiences in prison, and violent interactions with the women in his life. He speaks frankly about his heroin addiction, sexual appetite, and sadistic tendencies. In his introduction, music critic Gary Giddins credits Pepper's wife, Laurie Pepper, for imbuing the book with a literary quality. The comprehensive discography notes all known commercial recordings on which Art Pepper plays. AUTHOR: Art Pepper, Gary Giddins, Laurie Pepper, Todd Selbert
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Memories of the Great and the Good by Alistaire Cooke
Short profiles of 21 men and women, including Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Duke Ellington, and Erma Bombeck. These are people whom journalist Alistair Cooke either met, wrote about, or looked up to for a variety of reasons. AUTHOR: Alistaire Cooke
PUBLISHER: Arcade Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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