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This is the original book to take these rock legends and place them in the American culture of their time. And now, in 2025, Mystery Train continues its groundbreaking work for a new generation of readers and music lovers.
Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, September 16 for an in-depth discussion of Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock n’ Roll Music by Greil Marcus.
For more information, email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
AN LA TIMES BESTSELLER. Named a Most Anticipated Book by People, Vulture, A.V. Club and OurCulture. One of Glamour‘s Best Summer Beach Reads. A frenetic, gonzo account of Britney Spears’s historic rise and equally tragic fall told by an iconoclastic music journalist.
Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, October 21 for an in-depth discussion of Waiting for Britney Spears: A True Story, Allegedly by John Weiss.
For more information, email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
The definitive biography of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, with fascinating findings on his life as a Civil Rights activist, an entrepreneur, and the most innovative musician of our time
Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, November 18 for an in-depth discussion of The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by R.J. Smith
For more information, email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
This chronicle of the aftermath of The Beatles’ breakup and enduring legacy is “a dark but compelling endnote to rock’s greatest story” (Rolling Stone). A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year.
Join us in the Makerspace on Tuesday, December 16 for an in-depth discussion of The One: The Life and Music of James Brown by R.J. Smith
For more information, email kevin@ucitylibrary.org.
