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Classical pianist. Listen on Apple Music/Tidal/iTunes/Spotify/etc. Los Angeles, she/her | @doodlyroses.bsky.social on Bluesky | https://t.co/IVfEUDdMIT

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Book Cover for: Worn: A People's History of Clothing, Sofi Thanhauser

Worn: A People's History of Clothing

Sofi Thanhauser
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Passage from Worn: a People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser

Paperback, 2023

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Hope: In a Lost and Fallen World, Guy A. Only

Hope: In a Lost and Fallen World

Guy A. Only
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The guy behind me at the LA Phil today had never seen a concert grand piano before and couldn’t stop marveling at it and kept saying “I didn’t know they made pianos that big!” I hope life only continues to bring him more such astonishment and delight

Paperback, 2012

$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between, Stuart Isacoff

A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between

Stuart Isacoff
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This is from Stuart Isacoff’s book, A Natural History of the Piano

Paperback, 2012

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes, Jessica Pan

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

Jessica Pan
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@NickStarrMusic Jessica Pan’s Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come is delightful and hilarious

Paperback, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: War: How Conflict Shaped Us, Margaret MacMillan

War: How Conflict Shaped Us

Margaret MacMillan
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Was not expecting the book I was reading about war to remind me that the debate over the nationalistic politicization of music is really nothing new (the book is Margaret MacMillan’s /War: How Conflict Shaped Us/) https://t.co/hu6DwbQ9zI

Paperback, 2021

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy, Barbara Ehrenreich

Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy

Barbara Ehrenreich
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(The book is Dancing in the Streets: a History of Collective Joy, by Barbara Ehrenreich)

Paperback, 2007

$21.00$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen, Greg Jenner

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen

Greg Jenner
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Currently reading (via Greg Jenner’s book Dead Famous) about how unsurprisingly some singers/actors used benefit concerts for themselves as publicity stunts to make themselves seem more popular and beloved so that they would get more work

Paperback, 2022

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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