A guide to essential Old School Rap & Hip Hop from team at the indespensible All Music Guide – featuring more than 500 music reviews of important records by Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, NWA, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and so much more – plus reviews on soul and funk LPs ... read moreBook
Incredible images from one of the most legendary reggae labels ever – the mighty Studio One, home to decades of classic music, put together with equally-classic images on the record covers! The book is maybe even more of a treasure than some other album art books you'll find – because ... read moreBook
The most massive book of record art we've ever stocked – and a groundbreaking look at the art of reggae 45s, put together by the folks at Soul Jazz Records! Albums are usually featured in a book like this, but the authors do a great job of illustrating the diversity of 45 labels on the ... read moreBook
Amazing images galore – some classic covers from the Jamaican scene of the 60s and 70s, and lots more obscure images too – all presented in very vivid color, with a lot more clarity than any of the beat up original copies we have in our collection! The book really does full justice to ... read moreBook
A series of paintings from Sicilian painter Alessandro Bazan – who takes key inspiration from jazz, but also uses the music to inspire other images as well! The paintings inside have a feel that's similar to the one on the cover – bold brushstrokes portraying musicians and audiences, ... read moreBook
A really cool look at Jewish album covers – with commentary by some great writers! It's got art decades old albums, many of which aren't in print or available commercially in any format – from the 40s to 80s. Features commentary by Aimee Bender, Etgar Keret, Shalom Auslander and ... read moreBook
Naughty pictures galore, ripped from the pages of the underground press of the 60s and 70s – and presented here in a beautiful oversized, full color book! The book's got a political bent – as you might guess from the title – but we love it more as a romp through long lost ... read moreBook
1970 – a key year for both music and politics on the global scene – one that's portrayed here through albums that include Let It Be by The Beatles, Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel, and Deja Vu by Crosby Stills Nash & Young – plus the birth of Sweet Baby ... read moreBook
Non-fiction comics at their best – a really great little book that features a range of different material, all of it great! We're not familiar with most of the artists here, but the work is wonderful – and ranges from personal to historical to situational stories – including a ... read moreBook
Somebody's finally gone out and written a book about one subject we can really get behind – the Record Store – and not only that, they've done a beautiful job with the entire package too! The book takes a look at the importance of the record store – not just historically, but ... read moreBook
A great overview of the best of the best of comics in the 20th century – with work that ranges from mainstream Marvel classics to some real gems from the underground! Stories include superhero adventures, hippy dippy underground tales, and very personal autobiographical material – with ... read moreBook
A beautiful portrait of Fletcher Street in Philadelphia – an inner city street with the same issues as many others – poverty, crumbling housing stock, neglect – yet one with a difference, too, as its residents board and ride horse within the neighborhood! The tale of Fletcher ... read moreBook
Crazy comics from the early days of TV – the surprisingly great Captain Video comic, done in support of the campy television show of the same name! The book presents the first six issues of the rare comic book – all with great color reproductions, and a vividness that surpasses any ... read moreBook
Michael Chabon takes a dip into our own little slice of the universe – by setting this book in a fictious record store in Oakland, California! Chabon's version of the record store isn't exactly like our own experience here at Dusty Groove – maybe more in the High Fidelity side of the ... read moreBook
(Please note: These copies have a very small remainder mark on the spine.)
A well-penned essay on the classic album Shoot Out The Lights – the final record from the team of Richard & Linda Thompson, and a set that documents all the strain and tension in their relationship at the time! Author Hayden Childs really gets at the deep emotions that Richard Thompson ... read moreBook
An amazing project, with amazing results – a set of separate comics all about the 60s – drawn by some of the hippest talents of both that generation, and the 70s as well! The project was begun many years ago by Michael Choquette – who contacted creators as diverse as William S ... read moreBook
Golden age of hip hop historian Brian Coleman's second Check The Technique tome – the in-depth stories behind some of the greatest records of the 80s and early 90s – an even greater collection than the first volume! Coleman's approach is straight-forward and direct – chronicling ... read moreBook
A wonderful snapshot of female hip hop culture from Martha Cooper – a work that's sort of a companion piece to her collection that make up the essential book Hip Hop Files! We B*Girlz is all about the modern B-Girlz scene that has grown from the B Boys era that defined the mid 80s culture ... read moreBook
Amazing images from the universe of Sun Ra – a mixture of rare photographs and mural images painted by Aye Aton – sometime percussionist with the Arkestra, and a heck of a great painter too! The book begins with these stunning full color photographs of Ra on the set of Space Is The ... read moreBook
Guitarist Larry Coryell tells his life story, along with a bonus CD of music that traces his growth over the decades – from a key rock jazz figure in the early 60s, to an important fusion giant in the 70s, to a surprisingly strong traditional jazz musician in more recent years! The format is ... read moreBook
An amazing collection of 40s and 50s jazz drawings by Gene Deitch – the complete anthology of his work for legendary jazz magazine Record Changer! Gene was an amazing artist and cartoonist, whose work helped solidify the legacies of some of the most famous cartoon characters in the American ... read moreBook
A beautiful collection of vintage rock photographs, with a heavy focus on the 60s and 70s – wrapped up in a really lovely volume that also includes essays by Greil Marcus and a few photographers – in support of these gorgeous shots of artists who range from David Bowie to Johnny Cash, ... read moreBook
Way way way more than just another book of album cover images – and instead, a stunningly huge volume that offers up key images from the disco generation, plus a wealth of knowledge and information too! The book really lives up to the "encyclopedic" promise of its title – as ... read moreBook
A sweet little tour book commemorating DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's Renegades Of Rhythm tour – in which the duo of modern live DJ masters honor pioneer Afrika Bambaataa! The most incredible fact about the tour itself, is that Shadow and Chemist don't just spin records that Bambaataa himself ... read moreBook
(Limited to 2500 copies. Hand silk-screened cover with art by Paul Insect.)
A glorious tribute to the world of bowling – filled with loads and loads of vintage images – including advertisements, posters, and lots of bowling alley propaganda! We're huge fans of bowling alleys – from the taverns inside, which are often hidden gems – to the well-waxed ... read moreBook
Bunny Berigan left this planet all too soon – at the tender age of 34, in 1942 – but during his short career in music he managed to appear on over 600 records, and leave behind a legacy that would influence jazz trumpeters for generations to come! Author Robert Dupuis brings a hell of ... read moreBook
Royston Ellis —
Gone Man Squared ... Book Norton/Kicks, Late 50s/Early 60s/2013. New Copy ...
$8.9914.95
Whoa! The genius early writings of Beat inspired Brit lit/poetry legend Royston Ellis – the man who purportedly inspired The Beatles' "Paperback Writer" – compiled here, in paperback naturally, by our pulpy print heroes at Kicks Books! Royston would go on write novels and ... read moreBook
A revised version of a legendary book from British paperback scribe Royston Ellis – a volume originally published in the late 60s, where its take of homosexual love in the London suburbs created quite a scandal! For this revised edition, Ellis has cleaned up his prose a bit – improving ... read moreBook
If you liked the first volume of this essential book, you'll love this revised edition – because it's almost 3 times bigger, and stuffed with great new features! The book's a lifetime labor of love for Freddy Fresh – an extensive discography that's got to be the most definitive book on ... read moreBook
Invented stories about everyday objects – penned by talents as diverse as Jonathan Lethem, Neil LaBute, Ben Katchor, William Gibson, Annie Nocenti, Shelly Jackson, Ben Greenman, Gary Panter, Luc Sante, and many others – originally used as Ebay descriptions for the objects themselves, as ... read moreBook
A totally wonderful look at the glory days of the true crime magazine – filled with lurid covers, striking images, and some thoughtful words about the content! The book is done at a level that's even more color-drenched thant he usual Taschen publication – at a level that really fits ... read moreBook
The third volume of the great Vinyl Lives project from James Goss – a cat who was digging into the depths of vinyl collectors and fandom way before some of the more recent projects on the market! This time around, Goss still has lots of fresh territory to cover – with key features on ... read moreBook
One of the best-written books we've ever seen on music from the left side of the spectrum – from an artist we mostly know as a musician! David Grubbs has been making amazing sounds for years – first in Squirrel Bait, then in Gastr Del Sol, then more recently as a solo artist – ... read moreBook
The life story of Buddy Guy – one of the the key blues figures to come out of our Windy City home! David Ritz helps shape the story, but the book is definitely in Buddy's own words – which vividly paint a picture of both the Chicago scene, and the growing global world that began to ... read moreBook
Great trippy covers from the psychedelic heyday of the late 60s and early 70s – the kinds of records that really stood out in the racks at the time – and which still look great in our collections all these many years later! The volume doesn't just offer up straight record covers, but ... read moreBook
The story of the evolving history of European jazz – from its development in Scandinavia, Holland, England, France & Germany and its further spread – from author Mike Heffley. Heffley writes sections on the emancipation from formality, with players such as Mangelsdorff, Kuhn & ... read moreBook
A wonderfully detailed story of one of the coolest record labels ever – a book that really gets at the huge range of folk, blues, psych, and other wonderful sounds issued by Elektra Records! The tome is massive – big enough to feature a lot of full color pictures, but with a much ... read moreBook
A much-needed look at the amazing underground jazz scene in LA – the richly creative spiritual and avant underground that flourished strongly in the 60s, 70s, and 80s! Although the city's best known for its cool jazz of the 50s, there's an even greater amount of left-field jazz that's come ... read moreBook
A great rundown of the bigger names in contemporary jazz, plus key up-and-coming musicians too – laid out in individual features that also include statements from each artist on their music! The book doesn't cover everyone, but the scope is quite large – with over 100 different entries ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Bill Evans ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 2000. New Copy ...
$24.99
A Japanese book on Bill Evans – one that features lots of writings on his music in Japanese, as well as an extended discography that takes up half of the book! The discography has plenty of details in English – not just images of the album cover and title, but also players, recording ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Jazz Bass Special ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 2005. New Copy ...
$28.99
The Jazz Critique magazine takes a special look at the bass in jazz – in a book-style publication that's similar to its volumes on single artists, as well as jazz horns and guitar as well! The book is a discography more than anything else – laid out alphabetically by artists, with a ... read moreBook
A globe-spanning tribute to the greats of jazz guitar – served up as a special edition of the Japanese magazine Jazz Critique! The editors have cast their net pretty far for this version – moving past the obvious to include a number of unlikely candidates that really expand our ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Jazz Horns ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 2000. New Copy ...
$28.99
A wonderful discography of key players on some of the lesser horns in jazz – and a great edition of Jazz Critique, dedicated to famous and lesser-known horn players! There's a genre and time-crossing quality to the book – one that focuses on the strength of the players, and gets past ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Jazz Of The 50s ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 2000. New Copy ...
$28.99
A well-illustrated look at one of the greatest decades in jazz – featuring text in Japanese, but plenty of great photos, album covers, and session details to hold the interest of any English reader! The book breaks out the 50s year by year – featuring important albums, both famous and ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Jazz Organ Special ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 2004. New Copy ...
$28.99
A great guide to all things organ in jazz – one that includes features on a wide range of players including a number you might not expect! The format here is similar to some of the other Jazz Critique guides on jazz genres – not a comprehensive listing, but an artist-by-artist set of ... read moreBook
Jazz Critique Special Edition —
Riverside Book ... Book Jazz Critique (Japan), 1987. New Copy ...
$28.99
You've been gobbling up these discographies we've been stocking, so we've gone ahead and gotten in this cool book on the Riverside/Jazzland labels as part of the same series! Like the other books, this one's a listing of all of the records in the associated group – including Riverside and ... read moreBook
The glory days of West Coast Jazz – summed up in the mighty style of the Jazz Critique magazine! The book begins with a wonderful color section – featuring images of some of the real gems of the LA scene, including a number of albums that we've never actually seen before. It then ... read moreBook
A great introduction to one of the rarest sides of the jazz vinyl spectrum – the smaller 7" EP recordings that were issued heavily by US and European labels in the 50s and 60s! Although some of these sides featured work from full length albums, a good many of the – especially in ... read moreBook
A huge guide to the jazz piano scene in Europe – put together here as a special issue of Jazz Critique magazine! The first half of the issue stands as a large discography, filled with listings for obscure releases we might not have seen otherwise – mostly contemporary recordings from ... read moreBook
An issue of the Jazz Critique magazine – but one that also stands as a special discography on the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk! More than half the issue is devoted to listings of all of Kirk's key albums – not just a huge range of dates as a leader, including a few rare ones we'd never ... read moreBook
A special issue of the Japanese magazine Jazz Critique – one that's more of a Miles Davis discography than anything else! The first half of the magazine is a discography that features 109 different releases by Davis as a leader – along with personnel, titles, and recording information ... read moreBook
A new edition of this legendary Japanese book – expanded with even more pages in a 21st Century Edition! The book (which is over 500 pages!) lists each individual Blue Note album in numerical order, complete with full information on the players, session, titles, and dates – plus a ... read moreBook
You've no doubt read plenty about the way the mafia penetrated the music industry in the 50s and 60s – from record pressing to distribution to artist management and beyond – but you'll be hard-pressed to read a more lively account than this one – the story of the legendary ... read moreBook
Quincy Jones tells all his secrets of the studio – working here in a really cool volume that details his production efforts on decades' worth of records – with a strong focus on some of the most special albums in his history, plus lots more details on the general production process too! ... read moreBook
(DVD features scenes of Quincy discussing the master recordings of his hits.)
The ultimate version of the most complete reference on psychedelia ever compiled – the legendary Tapestry Of Delights – served up here in an oversized, two volume, hardcover version – limited to only 600 copies in the printing! Together, the books total over 2000 pages, with ... read moreBook
The heady life and even hipper music of Sly Stone – told here by an author who managed to get Stone's participation on the project! The book focuses most strongly on Sly's rise to fame and key late 60s/early 70s years – a time when his records not only changed the face of soul music, ... read moreBook
The heady life and even hipper music of Sly Stone – told here by an author who managed to get Stone's participation on the project! The book focuses most strongly on Sly's rise to fame and key late 60s/early 70s years – a time when his records not only changed the face of soul music, ... read moreBook
One of the most important clubs of the New York scene – the legendary Max's Kansas City, home to groundbreaking sounds from the late 60s through the punk generation – especially the important years in between! The book features a huge amount of great photos shot inside and outside the ... read moreBook
A transformative view of the city – told through a series of pen and ink cartoons! Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer, is a tremendous achievement from Ben Katchor – way more than just a book of comics – and instead, a musing on the urban condition that we'd rank right up ... read moreBook
A vivid history of this legendary west coast hardcore band – told through photos, posters, gig flyers, set lists, and loads of other material collected over their key early years – the sorts of things that most other bands never think to keep! There's a wealth of visual material here, ... read moreBook
Maybe the best-ever look at the legendary Mavis Staples – and the Staple Singers as well – a detailed, richly-written book on the Staples legacy in both gospel and soul music – penned by Chicago journalist Greg Kot! Kot wrote the book with full support from Mavis – who ... read moreBook
A hell of a book, and way more than just a price guide – a publication that's now out of print, but which is still a key resource, even in the world of the internet! Author Jeff Kreiter compiles a huge amount of information on group soul records here – and a fair bit of other R&B ... read moreBook
(Please note that there is a small price sticker on the cover.)
An incredible document of the underground Australian rock scene! Noise In My Head is a pretty epic tome, and what's especially great about it, is that it's NOT a nostalgic look back at punk and post punk era bands, but a deep look at a vital, current post-millenium scene! Written by Jimi Kritzler ... read moreBook
A well-done book on a surprising political force – the role that the song "Dancing In The Street" played during the fight for Civil Rights – especially during that key year of 1964! Author Mark Kurlansky – whose previous projects include the excellent Cod, and 1968 The ... read moreBook
The incredible rise and too-fast fall of the late Bobby Fuller – the southwest rocker who gave the world the classic "I Fought The Law", then died as a beaten, broken man in a car fire in 1966! The book tells the full story of Bobby's life and music from the perspective of his ... read moreBook
They had us already with the "pleasure yourself" in the title – and they really won us over with the images inside the book! Bad Girls is a great throwback to the glory days of the trashy paperback – a time when lurid stories were accompanied by even more lurid covers – ... read moreBook
The ultimate guide to freaky music – a print version of the excellent Acid Archives website – featuring a wealth of reviews, and album covers, band photos and notes on hundreds of rare psychedelia records! Compiler Patrick Lundborg, plus Aaron Milenski & Ron Moore go far beyond the ... read moreBook
Fab photos from the swinging 60s – pulled from the huge archives of Magnum Photos, with subjects that range from Andy Warhol to Twiggy, to James Bond, to Buckminster Fuller, and beyond! Images are color and black and white, and shot by excellent op-shelf photographers – in settings ... read moreBook
One of the coolest issues of McSweeney's to date – a special slipcover that features three different books inside! Our favorite is Autophobia – a sketchbook by Art Spiegelman that's a great change from some of his higher-concept projects – not only a great way to see his talents ... read moreBook
A deep look into the rugged Detroit rock underbelly from the mid 60s to today by Steve Miller – co-editor of Johnny Ramone's autobiography and editor of Touch And Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83 anthology – done oral history style, letting the principal figures tell the ... read moreBook
A pretty far-reaching, yet surprisingly easy-to-read Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia – penned by John Kenneth Muir, with bite-sized synopses of fun flicks from the mid 50s dawn of the genre, up the books mid 00s publication! It's done alphabetically – from 1977's Abba: The Movie to ... read moreBook
Martin Parr is a photographer by trade, but he's also one hell of a fanatic collector – the sort that never knows when to stop, or where to draw the line! Parr's collections are laid out here in a wonderfully artsy style – not some creepy book about some lady who has a thousand beanie ... read moreBook
A beautiful photography expedition into some the world's foremost vinyl collections, and interviews with the collectors! Dust & Grooves is an amazing tome for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it's filled with mouth watering, large scale, full color photos of some the most incredible ... read moreBook
A beautiful photography expedition into some the world's foremost vinyl collections, and interviews with the collectors! Dust & Grooves is an amazing tome for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it's filled with mouth watering, large scale, full color photos of some the most incredible ... read moreBook
A deep look at the firmly-rooted, if often obscured presence of African American music in some of the most legendary country music ever made, onward up to contemporary, post-millenium country's flirtation with hip hop. Edited by Diane Pecknold and featuring work by herself, and Michael Awkward, ... read moreBook
A really wonderful little book – one that tells the tale of the early days of hip hop – but presents the story in the style of a Marvel Comics tabloid from the 70s! Ed Piskor's approach to the material is really unique – and he extrapolates historical details into an extended ... read moreBook
The fantastic second volume of the Hip Hop Family Tree – a beautiful graphic telling of the growth of hip hop on the New York scene – done in the style of some oversized Marvel Comics special edition from the 70s! The presentation is wonderful – and surprisingly really does the ... read moreBook
A stunning package for a wonderful collection – volumes one and two of Hip Hop Family Tree – both great volumes that tell the tale of the early days of hip hop – but presents the story in the style of a Marvel Comics tabloid from the 70s! Ed Piskor's approach to the material is ... read moreBook
A great look at the important work of Columbia Records' John Hammond – one of the most important record producers of the 20th Century – and the man who's credited with bringing the work of Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, and many others into the spotlight. Many ... read moreBook
The prophetic poetry and prose of the one-and-only Sun Ra – and the first of a promised trilogy of unpublished predictions, prognostications and end-times visions from one of the most distinctive artists ever! If you're a fan of the cosmic jazz of Sun Ra, or even his earlier sci-fi doo ... read moreBook
The Science Fiction Poetry of Sun Ra – complete and unabidged – in a great, kinda old school hip pocket paperback-styled tome from Kicks Books! As revered as Sun Ra is, was, and will forever be as one of the great avant garde bandleaders and all around musical innovators of the 20th ... read moreBook
A stunning portrait of one of the most compelling neighborhoods in Chicago – home to continual waves of immigration in the 20th century, including both Appalachian and Southeast Asian cultures – and an area that continues to be one of the most diverse sections of the Windy City! The ... read moreBook
A great guide to male culture, circa 1955 – served up in images and articles from Gentry – which was a postwar magazine in the realm of GQ and Esquire! The book is beautifully done, with full page reproductions of the best features from the magazine's 22 issues – all done with a ... read moreBook
A rich range of articles on the legendary Fela Kuti – including vintage material, contemporary essays, and lots more – all presenting different visions of his music and long cultural legacy! The book features interviews with both Fela and Femi Kuti – plus articles on The Afrobeat ... read moreBook
The story of Bessie Smith has been told in many ways over the years, but often with a focus on her fame in the big cities up north – and the importance of her widely-circulated recordings. Here, author Michelle Scott takes a look at a different side of Smith's life – her roots in ... read moreBook
Not just obscure sounds, but a host of rare records too – served up in this wonderful Japanese discography that will have you digging for lots of gems you've never heard before! The book is an ultra-cool guide to obscure records – and like other Japanese discographies, it's got plenty ... read moreBook
Maybe the deepest book we've ever read on the life and music of James Brown – and certainly one to really get past the monolithic moments, and really serve up the full details of The Godfather at work! There's a surprising amount of research that went into the project – way more than ... read moreBook
The compelling story of Richard Stamz – a legendary figure in Chicago soul radio of the postwar years – told by Richard himself! The book starts out in Memphis, then follows to Stamz's important years on Chicago radio – and it features lots of little side-stories that are almost ... read moreBook
The compelling story of Alan Lomax – the man who recorded so much music around the globe, he was practically a rock star himself! Lomax's efforts with a tape recorder are the stuff of legend – and he's left behind a huge legacy of important recordings that would have never happened ... read moreBook
Electronic music has deep roots in the US, but it also sprang strongly from the efforts of the Philips music company in the Netherlands – who devoted very early lab space to new electric sounds – and issued a fair bit of key recordings as well! This book is the first we've really seen ... read moreBook
Terry Teachout gave us a wonderfully well-done biography of Louis Armstrong – and he follows suit here with an equally great volume on Duke Ellington – one that does an excellent job of balancing between biographical details and an understanding of his music! Teachout doesn't just ... read moreBook
A beautiful book, and a killer companion to the CD set of the same name – a very rich look at the recorded legacy of the Civil Rights era – particularly the more righteous albums of the late 60s and early 70s! The book's overflowing with great photos of vintage albums and singles, and ... read moreBook
A really important book for any fan of American spiritual jazz of the 70s – a mixture of essays and discographies, with a focus on some of the best labels of the scene – including Strata East, Black Jazz, Tribe, Nimbus, and many others – plus some key entries from overseas as well! ... read moreBook
Richie Unterberger's one of the most thorough music writers we've ever read – and this book may well be his masterpiece – as it includes a year-by-year listing of all the music The Beatles ever recorded, but which wasn't released at the time! The book covers the years 1961 through 1970 ... read moreBook
One of the hippest books of album covers you could ever hope to find – a great antidote to the snoozier mainstream takes on the genre they try to pass off at big stores every Christmas! This one features super-rare album covers hand-picked by an array of staff and writers for Wax Poetics ... read moreBook
Steven Weissman —
Mean ... Book Fantagraphics, 2007. New Copy ...
$1.9916.95
Early work from Steven Weissman – rare material that predates the great Yikes volumes on Fantagraphics – some of it self-published by Weissman, some of it unpublished too! The book is a great counterpart to the oddball Yikes series – and features a similar array of characters, ... read moreBook
Django Reinhardt and Pat Metheney are pictured on the cover – but this well-structured volume offers plenty more to help you get past those legends of jazz guitar – details on hundreds of different jazz guitarists from the early years of the music right on up to the present – all ... read moreBook
One of the most beautifully-done books on the art of George Herriman we've ever seen – an oversized volume that does way more than offer up snippets of Krazy Kat and Herriman's biographical details – and instead brings to light rare early cartoons, unusual drawings, photographs, toys, ... read moreBook
Images of the Caribbean in many styles – from the striking color image on the front, to vintage black and white shots throughout the book – all at a level that really illuminates the criss-crossing cultures of the island scene! The book's got a wonderfully sharp sensibility – as ... read moreBook
All Music Guide —
Old School Rap & Hip Hop ... Book 
