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2016 selection · Nonfiction
Shock And Awe: Glam Rock And Its Legacy, From The Seventies To The Twenty-first Century
Shock And Awe: Glam Rock And Its Legacy, From The Seventies To The Twenty-first Century by Simon Reynolds appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, for history lovers, for music lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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