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musicians who wrote autobiography
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Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo (born 1951)

poet, musician, teacher, climate activist

  • University of New Mexico, University of Iowa

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Poet Warrior
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
She Had Some Horses
The woman who fell from the sky
Winged words
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
How we became human
A Map to the Next World
Secrets from the Center of the World
Reinventing the Enemy's Language
Kinship
An American Sunrise
Crazy brave
Poems and Stories
The Good Luck Cat
Conflict resolution for holy beings
Soul talk, song language
The Spiral of Memory: Interviews (Poets on Poetry)
For a girl becoming
Wings of Night Sky, Wings of Morning Light
Remember
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Catching the Light
The Delicacy and Strength of Lace
Living Nations, Living Words
Gatherings
Reinventing the enemy's language
American Sunrise
In mad love and war
What moon drove me to this?
Crazy Brave
Soul Talk, Song Language
The last song
Vastu Astrology
An American Sunrise Lib/E
Bright golden haze
Asrār min qalb al-ʻālam
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Secrets from the Center of the World
Woman Who Fell from the Sky
Land Carries Our Ancestors
Mankiller Poems
Remember 9-Copy Floor Display with Merchandising Kit
She Had Some Horses
Una dona valenta
THE BEST OF CUTTHROAT
Una dona valenta
Spiral of Memory
In Mad Love and War
Cutthroat 10th Anniversary A Tribute to Joy Harjo and Linda Hogan
How We Became Human
James McBride
James McBride (born 1957)

journalist, jazz musician, saxophonist

  • Oberlin College, Columbia University

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The Color of Water
The Color of Water
The Color of Water
Kill 'em and leave
Song Yet Sung
War, battering, and other sports
The Good Lord Bird
Deacon King Kong
Miracle at Sant' Anna
Deacon King Kong
Miracle at St. Anna CD
Everyday mathematics
Miracle at St. Anna
The Color of Water
La Couleur de l'eau (nouvelle Ãdition)
Cults, culture, and the law
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
Buffalo soldier
Song Yet Sung
L'Oiseau du Bon Dieu (Americana) (French Edition)
Song Yet Sung
Pioneer Biography
Family
Ptak dobrego Boga
Kill 'Em and Leave
The Color of Water Reading Guide
A method of selecting final colours for reproduction on ceramic tiles by screen-printing
James Mcbride Bestselling 2 Books Collection. the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Deacon King Kong
Everyday Mathematics, Grade 1, Basic Classroom Manipulative Kit
Everyday Mathematics, Grade Pre-K, Basic Classroom Manipulative Kit
Messianic time and German politics between the wars (1919-1940)
El pájaro carpintero
Pioneer Biography Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio VOLUME 1
Talih Kusu
Everyday Mathematics, Grade Pre-K, Mathematics at Home® Book 3
Effect of Russia Ukraine War on Global Market
El color del agua
"Q"
Zalatw publike i spadaj. W poszukiwaniu Jamesa Browna, amerykanskiej duszy i muzyki soul
Color of Water (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
De kleur van water
McBride, James SONG YET SUNG US HCDJ 1st/1st NF
Die Farbe Von Wasser
Miracle at Sant'Anna QPD Edition
Trenchblight
Messianic time and German politics between the wars (1919-1940)
Everyday Mathematics, Grade 2, Basic Classroom Manipulative Kit
Everyday Mathematics, Grade 5, Classroom Manipulative Kit with Marker Boards
Everyday Mathematics, Grade 6, Classroom Manipulative Kit with Marker Boards Set
Color of Water
James Mcbride's Scrapbook of Articles on the Hollow Earth Theory Lectures of John Symmes
Everyday Mathematics, Grade K, Classroom Manipulative Kit with Marker Boards
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
The flightdeck survival manual
Symmes's Theory Of Concentric Spheres
Family
Miracle at Sant'Anna
Song yet Sung
Everyday Mathematics, Grade Pre-K, Mathematics at Home® Book 2
Pioneer Biography Sketches of the Lives of Some of the Early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio VOLUME 2
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee (born 1955)

radio personality, politician, musician

  • Ouachita Baptist University

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God, guns, grits, and gravy
A Simple Christmas
Do the right thing
From Hope to Higher Ground
A Simple Government
Character Makes a Difference
Winning Our Freedom [videorecording]
Dear Chandler Dear Scarlett A Grandfathers Thoughts On Faith Family And The Things That Matter Most
A simple Christmas
Quit digging your grave with a knife and fork
Can't Wait Till Christmas!
Dear Chandler Dear Scarlett A Grandfathers Thoughts On Faith Family And The Things That Matter Most
Character is the issue
Do the right thing
Kids who kill
Living beyond your lifetime
Living beyond your lifetime
Character is the issue
Kids who kill
Can't wait till Christmas
Charles Manson
Charles Manson (1934-2017)

criminal, cult leader, serial killer, musician

  • National Training School for Boys, Gibault School for Boys

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Manson in his own words
Without Conscience
Charles Manson
Механический человек
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins (born 1961)

musician, actor, blogger, human rights activist, singer, television actor, poet, journalist, film actor, peace activist, voice actor, radio personality, recording artist, spoken word artist, lyricist

  • Bullis School, American University

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The portable Henry Rollins
Solipsist
Eye scream
Do I Come Here Often?
Fanatic!
Get in the Van
Broken Summers
Do I Come Here Often? (Black Coffee Blues, Pt. 2)
Occupants
Smile, you're traveling
Smile You're Travelling (Black Coffee Blues 3)
Jackass Theory [Uk Only]
Black Coffee Blues
The first five
Roomanitarian
Unwelcomed songs
See a grown man cry
See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die
Now watch him die
Bang !
A Dull Roar What I Did On My Summer Deracination 2006
The best of 2.13.61 Publications
Get in the Van
The First Five (Rollins, Henry)
One from none
Art to Choke Hearts and Pissing in the Gene Pool
High adventure in the great outdoors
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins, Billy Childish, Jello Biafra, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Art to choke hearts
Body Bag [Uk Only]
Everything
Get in the Van - On the Road With Black Flag
Pissing in the Gene Pool
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton (born 1946)

guitarist, country singer, actor, banjoist, autobiographer, businessperson, television actor, multi-instrumentalist, country musician, record producer, voice actor, film producer, composer, film actor, recording artist

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Dream More
Dolly
Coat of Many Colors
Run, Rose, Run
I am a rainbow
Just the way I am
Joyful Noise
Me & Patsy kickin' up dust [large print]
Corre, Rose, corre
Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid Makes It Big
Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton
Dream More
The Coat of Many Colours
Coat of Many Colors
Songteller
Vol.2
Dolly Parton - Greatest Hits
Dream more
White Limozeen
Dolly Parton Halos & Horns
Behind the Seams
Dolly on Dolly
The Love Album
Dolly Parton's Billy the Kid Comes Home for Christmas
9 to 5 - the Musical
Dolly Parton Songbook
I Am a Rainbow
Pocket Dolly Wisdom
Dream More
Dolly Parton
Dolly
Dolly Parton - Greatest Hits (Songbook)
Billy el niño Tiene éxito
Straight Talk
Coat of many colors
Good Lookin Cookin
Trio
Best of Dolly Parton
The River Unbroken
I Am a Rainbow
I believe in you
Plura Jonsson
Plura Jonsson (born 1951)

musician, singer

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Resa genom ensamheten
Eldkvarn
Pluras spanska kokbok
Texter & historier från den stora landsvägen
Pluras kokbok
Grace Jones
Grace Jones (born 1948)

actor, model, singer, film actor, recording artist, composer, musician

  • Onondaga Community College

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I'll never write my memoirs