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1-25 of 73 items

1-25 of 73 items

High Hopes

High Hopes

by Springsteen, Bruce

Music CD - 2014

Includes "Ghost of Tom Joad" about character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/%201376197082 Includes "Ghost of Tom Joad" about character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/%201376197082 Show less

Includes "Ghost of Tom Joad" about character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/%201376197082 Includes "Ghost of Tom Joad" about character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/%201376197082 Show less

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Metallica Through the Never

Metallica Through the Never

Music From the Motion Picture

by Metallica (Musical group)

Music CD - 2013

Includes the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" based on Hemingway's novel: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/40952082 Includes the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" based on Hemingway's novel: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/40952082 Show less

Includes the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" based on Hemingway's novel: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/40952082 Includes the song "For Whom the Bell Tolls" based on Hemingway's novel: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/40952082 Show less

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Director's Cut

Director's Cut

by Bush, Kate

Music CD - 2011

Includes "Song of Solomon" from The Bible https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 plus "The Sensual World" from the end of Joyce's "Ulysses" kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/635561082 Includes "Song of Solomon" from The Bible https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 plus "The Sensual World" from the end of Joyce's "Ulysses" kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/635561082 Show less

Includes "Song of Solomon" from The Bible https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 plus "The Sensual World" from the end of Joyce's "Ulysses" kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/635561082 Includes "Song of Solomon" from The Bible https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 plus "The Sensual World" from the end of Joyce's "Ulysses" kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/635561082 Show less

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The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico

by Velvet Underground (Musical group)

Music CD - 2012

Includes the song "Venus in Furs" based on Leopold von Sacher's work included in: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1384165082_erotic_stories Includes the song "Venus in Furs" based on Leopold von Sacher's work included in: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1384165082_erotic_stories Show less

Includes the song "Venus in Furs" based on Leopold von Sacher's work included in: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1384165082_erotic_stories Includes the song "Venus in Furs" based on Leopold von Sacher's work included in: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1384165082_erotic_stories Show less

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The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic

The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic

by Yankovic, Al

Music CD - 2009

Includes the song "Gump" based on Winston Groom's novel "Forrest Gump": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1403056082_forrest_gump Includes the song "Gump" based on Winston Groom's novel "Forrest Gump": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1403056082_forrest_gump Show less

Includes the song "Gump" based on Winston Groom's novel "Forrest Gump": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1403056082_forrest_gump Includes the song "Gump" based on Winston Groom's novel "Forrest Gump": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1403056082_forrest_gump Show less

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A Farewell to Kings

A Farewell to Kings

by Rush (Musical group)

Music CD - 1997

Includes "Xanadu" based on Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/271570082 Includes "Xanadu" based on Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/271570082 Show less

Includes "Xanadu" based on Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/271570082 Includes "Xanadu" based on Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/271570082 Show less

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Bushwick Book Club

http://www.thebushwickbookclubseattle.com/the-bushwick-book-club-seattle-volume-i/

Web Resource

Local music collective which primarily writes songs about books! Local music collective which primarily writes songs about books! Show less

Mid-life Confidential

Mid-life Confidential

The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Chords and An Attitude

Book - 1994

NF title all about famous authors (Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, etc.) who join together on a rock & roll music tour! NF title all about famous authors (Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, etc.) who join together on a rock & roll music tour! Show less

NF title all about famous authors (Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, etc.) who join together on a rock & roll music tour! NF title all about famous authors (Dave Barry, Stephen King, Amy Tan, etc.) who join together on a rock & roll music tour! Show less

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Highway 61 Revisited

Highway 61 Revisited

by Dylan, Bob

Music CD - 2004

The title song refers to the story of Abraham and his son from the Bible's Genesis, chapter 22: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 The title song refers to the story of Abraham and his son from the Bible's Genesis, chapter 22: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 Show less

The title song refers to the story of Abraham and his son from the Bible's Genesis, chapter 22: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 The title song refers to the story of Abraham and his son from the Bible's Genesis, chapter 22: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082 Show less

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Leave your Sleep

Leave your Sleep

by Merchant, Natalie

Music CD - 2010

Folk-rock music based on poems, nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers. Folk-rock music based on poems, nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers. Show less

Folk-rock music based on poems, nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers. Folk-rock music based on poems, nursery rhymes, and lullabies of 19th and 20th century British and American writers. Show less

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The Mask and Mirror

The Mask and Mirror

by McKennitt, Loreena

Music CD - 2006

Includes "Prospero's Speech" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/756737082 Includes "Prospero's Speech" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/756737082 Show less

Includes "Prospero's Speech" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/756737082 Includes "Prospero's Speech" based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/756737082 Show less

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Travelogue

Travelogue

by Mitchell, Joni

Music CD - 2002

Includes "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" based on Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/53704082 AN...Show more Includes "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" based on Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/53704082 AND "Love" based on "I Corinthians" from the Bible: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082_the%20_bible Show less

Includes "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" based on Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/53704082 AN...Show more Includes "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" based on Yeats' poem, "The Second Coming": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/53704082 AND "Love" based on "I Corinthians" from the Bible: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1488270082_the%20_bible Show less

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Meet Me in Margaritaville

Meet Me in Margaritaville

The Ultimate Collection

by Buffett, Jimmy

Music CD - 2003

Includes "Barefoot Children" about "Huckleberry Finn":https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/139041082 Includes "Barefoot Children" about "Huckleberry Finn":https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/139041082 Show less

Includes "Barefoot Children" about "Huckleberry Finn":https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/139041082 Includes "Barefoot Children" about "Huckleberry Finn":https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/139041082 Show less

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Dust Bowl Ballads

Dust Bowl Ballads

by Guthrie, Woody

Music CD - 2000

Includes "Tom Joad", the main character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1376197082 Includes "Tom Joad", the main character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1376197082 Show less

Includes "Tom Joad", the main character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1376197082 Includes "Tom Joad", the main character in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1376197082 Show less

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Solitude Standing

Solitude Standing

by Vega, Suzanne

Music CD - 1987

Includes "Calypso" about character in Homer's "Odyssey": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1363635082 Includes "Calypso" about character in Homer's "Odyssey": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1363635082 Show less

Includes "Calypso" about character in Homer's "Odyssey": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1363635082 Includes "Calypso" about character in Homer's "Odyssey": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1363635082 Show less

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Dementia 2000!

Dementia 2000!

Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection

Music CD - 2000

Includes Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" [character in 'The Hobbit']: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/182258082_the_%20hobbit,_or,_there_and_back_again Includes Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" [character in 'The Hobbit']: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/182258082_the_%20hobbit,_or,_there_and_back_again Show less

Includes Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" [character in 'The Hobbit']: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/182258082_the_%20hobbit,_or,_there_and_back_again Includes Leonard Nimoy singing "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" [character in 'The Hobbit']: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/182258082_the_%20hobbit,_or,_there_and_back_again Show less

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Turn! Turn! Turn!

Turn! Turn! Turn!

by Byrds (Musical group)

Music CD - 1996

Title song taken from The Bible's chapter "Ecclesiastes": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/273092082 Title song taken from The Bible's chapter "Ecclesiastes": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/273092082 Show less

Title song taken from The Bible's chapter "Ecclesiastes": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/273092082 Title song taken from The Bible's chapter "Ecclesiastes": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/273092082 Show less

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Modern Times

Modern Times

by Stewart, Al

Music CD - 2007

Includes "Sirens of Titan" based on Vonnegut novel of same title: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/229612082 Includes "Sirens of Titan" based on Vonnegut novel of same title: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/229612082 Show less

Includes "Sirens of Titan" based on Vonnegut novel of same title: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/229612082 Includes "Sirens of Titan" based on Vonnegut novel of same title: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/229612082 Show less

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The Remains of Tom Lehrer

The Remains of Tom Lehrer

by Lehrer, Tom

Music CD - 2000

Includes "Oedipus Rex" based on Sophocles play of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/140034082 Includes "Oedipus Rex" based on Sophocles play of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/140034082 Show less

Includes "Oedipus Rex" based on Sophocles play of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/140034082 Includes "Oedipus Rex" based on Sophocles play of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/140034082 Show less

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Return to Pooh Corner

Return to Pooh Corner

by Loggins, Kenny

Music CD - 1994

Includes songs inspired by Milne's "House at Pooh Corner": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/436762082 Includes songs inspired by Milne's "House at Pooh Corner": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/436762082 Show less

Includes songs inspired by Milne's "House at Pooh Corner": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/436762082 Includes songs inspired by Milne's "House at Pooh Corner": https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/436762082 Show less

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The Kick Inside

The Kick Inside

by Bush, Kate

Music CD - 1988

Includes "Wuthering Heights" inspired by book of this title by Bronte: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/740114082 Includes "Wuthering Heights" inspired by book of this title by Bronte: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/740114082 Show less

Includes "Wuthering Heights" inspired by book of this title by Bronte: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/740114082 Includes "Wuthering Heights" inspired by book of this title by Bronte: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/740114082 Show less

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Powerslave

Powerslave

by Iron Maiden (Musical group)

Music CD - 1998

Includes "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" inspired by this Coleridge poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/388018082 Includes "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" inspired by this Coleridge poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/388018082 Show less

Includes "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" inspired by this Coleridge poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/388018082 Includes "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" inspired by this Coleridge poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/388018082 Show less

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Billy Bragg

Billy Bragg

Vol. 2

by Bragg, Billy

Music CD - 2006

Includes "A Pict Song" with words from Kipling's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/354840082 Includes "A Pict Song" with words from Kipling's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/354840082 Show less

Includes "A Pict Song" with words from Kipling's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/354840082 Includes "A Pict Song" with words from Kipling's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/354840082 Show less

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There and Now

There and Now

Live in Vancouver, 1968

by Ochs, Phil

Music CD - 1990

Includes "The Bells" with words from Poe's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1293559082 Includes "The Bells" with words from Poe's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1293559082 Show less

Includes "The Bells" with words from Poe's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1293559082 Includes "The Bells" with words from Poe's poem of same name: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1293559082 Show less

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Strange Angels

Strange Angels

by Anderson, Laurie

Music CD - 1989

Includes "Hiawatha" with words from Longfellow's poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/260860082 Includes "Hiawatha" with words from Longfellow's poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/260860082 Show less

Includes "Hiawatha" with words from Longfellow's poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/260860082 Includes "Hiawatha" with words from Longfellow's poem: https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/item/show/260860082 Show less

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