Akashic Books
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Swiz
$25.00 Add to cartSWIZ WAS A WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED hardcore punk band that existed from April of 1987 through August of 1990, cutting their teeth and carving their place in the scene that birthed trailblazers and con
- Author: Swiz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142656
- Language: English
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The Road
$40.00 Add to cartTHE ROAD is an illuminating selection of photographs spanning iconic punk rock guitarist Brian Baker’s many years of global touring with Bad Religion, Dag Nasty, and other bands. The images are intel
- Author: Baker, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142710
- Language: English
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Christina the Astonishing
$16.95 Add to cartCHRISTINA FALCONE IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD EIGHTH GRADER at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up pazza according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons childr
- Author: Leone, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142737
- Language: English
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Liberals with Attitude: The Rodney King Beating and the Fight for the Soul of Los Angeles
$28.95 Add to cartLIBERALS WITH ATTITUDE DOCUMENTS THE SIXTEEN MONTHS IN 1991-92 between the brutal beating of Rodney King by four police officers that was captured on a home video camera and the resignation of LAPD c
- Author: Goldberg, Danny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142591
- Language: English
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The Royal We
$27.95 Add to cartTHE ROYAL WE is a poetic survey of a time set in a magical city that once was and is no more. It is a memoir written by Roddy Bottum, a musician and artist, that documents through prose his coming
- Author: Bottum, Roddy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142699
- Language: English
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Christina the Astonishing
$28.95 Add to cartCHRISTINA FALCONE IS A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD EIGHTH GRADER at Precious Blood Junior High. She is growing up pazza according to her Italian immigrant mother, Rita, who curses a country that poisons childr
- Author: Leone, Marianne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142613
- Language: English
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Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry: Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani on the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Series
$17.95 Add to cartTOWARD A LIVING ARCHIVE OF AFRICAN POETRY collects Kwame Dawes’s and Chris Abani’s introductory essays for the New-Generation African Poets Chapbook Box Set Series. These essays are conversations t
- Author: Dawes, Kwame
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142559
- Language: English
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Hamburg Noir
$18.95 Add to cartFrom the introduction by Jan Karsten:
The many facets of Hamburg’s ambivalent identity, forged over centuries, are on full display in the stories collected in this anthology. Here, we have assembled
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Karsten, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 1636141153
- Language: English
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Depeche Mode: Live
$59.95 Add to cartDEPECHE MODE HAS BEEN DELIGHTING FANS all over the world for decades. From the first gigs in smoke-filled pubs in front of a dozen spectators to sold-out world tours in front of millions of fans–the
- Author: Burmeister, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 418
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141862
- Language: English
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1967: How I Got There and Why I Never Left
$26.95 Add to cart“A bright, nostalgic look at the exhilaration of 1967, this book–illustrated throughout with Hitchcock’s surreal sketches–will appeal to not only the author’s many fans but also anyone interested in
- Author: Hitchcock, Robyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1636142060
- Language: English
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False Idols: A Reluctant King Novel
$26.95 Add to cartAFTER THE ARREST OF CHANCELLOR KING and the murder of his eldest son and heir, Ghost, the King family and the streets of New York City are thrown into chaos. Chancellor’s older brother, Chapman, take
- Author: K’Wan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141765
- Language: English
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
$19.95 Read more“Fierce and absorbing . . . Fabricant chronicles the battles he and his colleagues have fought to unravel a century of fraudulent experts and the bad court decisions that allowed them to thrive.” —Wa
- Author: Fabricant, M. Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141358
- Language: English
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Just a Minor Threat: The Minor Threat Photographs of Glen E. Friedman
$35.00 Add to cart“Punk photographer Glen E. Friedman has compiled a wealth of previously unseen images for the aptly named new book Just a Minor Threat: The Minor Threat Photographs of Glen E. Friedman. Due Oct. 3 fro
- Author: Friedman, Glen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 138
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141366
- Language: English
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Buster: A Dog
$19.95 Add to cartEVER WONDER WHAT GOES ON IN THE MIND OF A DOG? Buster is the story of one dog’s lifelong journey, as told by the animal himself.
A strong and proud boxer, he spends his early days with a loving famil
- Author: Pelecanos, George P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141706
- Language: English
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About Time: Poems
$19.95 Add to cartDAVID DUCHOVNY’S SEVENTH PUBLISHED–AND FIRST POETIC–WORK covers a range of intimate themes and topics, including love, the loss of love, parenting, Duchovny’s own parents (in particular his father,
- Author: Duchovny, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 163614263X
- Language: English
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The Last Election
$29.95 Read more“In former presidential candidate Yang’s first novel, doomsday looms for American democracy in the months leading up to the 2024 election . . . zinging broadsides make for lively and unsettling readin
- Author: Yang, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141498
- Language: English
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Simon’s Cat vs. the World
$17.95 Add to cartWITH OVER ONE BILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE, Simon’s Cat is a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon. Fans from all over the world have fallen for this adorable but anarchic feline who will do just about anythi
- Author: Tofield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 163614229X
- Language: English
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Paradise Once
$29.95 Add to cartParadise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Ta?no people of the Caribbean, whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of thei
- Author: Senior, Olive
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142273
- Language: English
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To Hell with Poverty!: A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four
$29.95 Add to cartTO HELL WITH POVERTY! documents King’s story from a south London slum and working-class background to international success as core musician, lyricist, writer, and producer in the legendary post-pu
- Author: King, Jon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142346
- Language: English
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Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs
$37.50 Add to cartFEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS uniquely features almost every single Glen E. Friedman photograph of the Bad Brains, considered by many music fans to be the greatest and most influential American punk roc
- Author: Friedman, Glen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142087
- Language: English
