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Various Artists: The Rough Guide to the Music of Afghanistan

Here is a folk-pop duet. Here is a rock song. Here is a man on a rubab. Here is a singer performing in a traditional style.

The Rough Guide to Europe on a Budget by

This guide will help you pinch your pennies along the journey so you can splash out when it counts.

The Rough Guide to Film by Richard Armstrong

Unlike many guides which limit themselves to DVD or video releases, the writers say "our film selections have not been dictated by availability".

The Rough Guide to Unexplained Phenomena by Bob Rickard and John Michell

Unexplained phenomena, as Rickard and Michell make clear, are limited neither to time nor place.

All Tomorrow's Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967, Part One

In the first of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan details the energizing effect that meeting Andy Warhol had on the Velvet Underground's career. Stay tuned for part two tomorrow.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold

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