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By: Jillette, Penn
Felony Juggler
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IN THE EARLY 1970s, Poe is living a nomadic life, hopping trains, sleeping rough, and juggling to feed himself. He eventually settles in Philadelphia and masters his street act before ever-growing cr

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- Author: Jillette, Penn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142389
- Language: English
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By: Kessler, Ted
To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish
$31.95
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In 1977, seventeen-year-old Steven Hamper was a stonemason in the dockyards of Chatham, Kent, in England. His heart, however, beat in sync with the punk rock tremors of the era, seduced by its celebr

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- Author: Kessler, Ted
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142133
- Language: English
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By: Freeman, John
Sacramento Noir
$16.95
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Featuring brand-new stories by: Naomi J. Williams, William T. Vollmann, Maureen O’Leary, Reyna Grande, Jamil Jan Kochai, Maceo Montoya, Nora Rodriguez Camagna, Shelley Blanton-Stroud, Luis Avalos, J

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- Author: Freeman, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 163614201X
- Language: English
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By: Thompson, Dwight
My Own Dear People
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In Montego Bay, Jamaica, teenager Nyjah Messado witnesses a brutal assault by some of the boys in his circle of friends. Torn between the masculine code at his private all boys’ school and his own c

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- Author: Thompson, Dwight
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1636141919
- Language: English
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By: Coltrane, Alice
Monument Eternal
$19.95
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ALICE COLTRANE (1937-2007) was a composer, master of various musical instruments, improviser, spiritual leader, and wife of John Coltrane. Throughout her adult life, she worked within and combined a

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- Author: Coltrane, Alice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1636142257
- Language: English
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By: Eitan, Maayan
West Jerusalem Noir
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“Fifteen tales that capture the magic and mystery of everyday life in West Jerusalem, which has been the main area of Jewish population from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 . . . Whether thes… [more below]
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Eitan, Maayan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1617752290
- Language: English
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By: Burbara, Rawya Jarjoura
East Jerusalem Noir
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“East Jerusalem’s thorny politics run through each of the thirteen stories comprising this sturdy entry in Akashic’s long-running regional noir series, which is being published simultaneously with Wes… [more below]
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Burbara, Rawya Jarjoura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1617759856
- Language: English
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By: McKinney, Chris
Honolulu Noir
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FEATURING BRAND NEW STORIES BY: Don Wallace, Stephanie Han, Christy Passion, Morgan Miryung McKinney, Alan Brennert, Lono Waiwai’ole, Kiana Davenport, Mindy Eun Soo Pennybacker, Scott Kikkawa, Tom G

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: McKinney, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141986
- Language: English
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By: Depestre, René
Hadriana in All My Dreams
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“One-of-a-kind . . . [A] ribald, free-wheeling magical-realist novel, first published in 1988 and newly, engagingly translated by Glover . . . An icon of Haitian literature serves up a hotblooded, rib

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- Author: Depestre, René
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755338
- Language: English
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By: Hay, Hopeton
Austin Noir
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“Seems like everybody comes to Austin, sooner or later, and now the Akashic Books series of original noir anthologies has finally arrived, its freshly inked pages strewn with shadows and ill intent.”

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Hay, Hopeton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140890
- Language: English
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By: Baraka, Amiri
The System of Dante’s Hell
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“Much of the novel is an expression of the intellectual and moral lost motion of the age . . . the special agony of the American Negro.” —New York Times Book Review

“A fevered and impressionistic rif

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- Series: Akashiclassics: Renegade Reprint
- Author: Baraka, Amiri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1617753963
- Language: English
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By: Hamilton, Denise
Speculative Los Angeles
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“A stimulating anthology of 14 futuristic L.A. fables . . . Some of the best of these tales seem illumined by the humanistic spirit of the late Ray Bradbury, poet laureate of Southern California fanta

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- Author: Hamilton, Denise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1617758566
- Language: English
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By: Imperioli, Michael
The Perfume Burned His Eyes
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“[T]he actor’s first novel is a quintessential New York story: A teenager moves from Queens to Manhattan, discovering a world populated with drugs, sex, a witch, and Lou Reed. It’s like a vivid walk t

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- Author: Imperioli, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1636140696
- Language: English
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By: Welsh-Huggins, Andrew
Columbus Noir
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“Perfect for fans of crime novels and mysteries. The book tells stories of Columbus’ dark doppelg舅ger, where greed and pride have run rampant.” —Columbus Monthly Magazine

Akashic Books continues its

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Welsh-Huggins, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1617757659
- Language: English
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By: Grady, James
Montana Noir
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“Montana may not have the back alleys so common to noir but it has western justice which can be quick, brutal and final and that is as satisfying as anything found in the urban streets that typically

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Grady, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755796
- Language: English
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By: Zepeda, Gwendolyn
Houston Noir
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“There’s precious little comfort to be found in any of these Houston neighborhoods, most of which are set light-years away from the city’s notoriously cushy new-money culture . . . Houston comes acros

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Zepeda, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1617757063
- Language: English
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By: James, Marlon
John Crow’s Devil
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–Marlon James won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.

–Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize

“A powerful firs

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- Author: James, Marlon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1936070103
- Language: English
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By: Tofield, Simon
Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet . . . and Other Cat-Astrophes
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“Guaranteed laugh out loud material, Tofield’s secret is successfully relating Simon’s cat to any cat. Simon’s cat is certainly the Snoopy of the cat world.” —Chicago Tribune

“Simon’s Cat Off to the

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- Author: Tofield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2015
- ISBN10: 161775403X
- Language: English
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By: Jones, Tayari
Atlanta Noir
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“Atlanta has its share, maybe more than its share, of prosperity. But wealth is no safeguard against peril . . . Creepy as well as dark, grim in outlook . . . Hints of the supernatural may make these

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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Jones, Tayari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755370
- Language: English
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By: Jillette, Penn
Random
$27.95
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“Penn Jillette is an atheist, triple-goddamned lunatic, and his book is a glorious Las Vegas lunatic paean to chance and adventure–a page-turning, scabrous, hilarious ride into randomness.” –Neil Ga… [more below]
- Author: Jillette, Penn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1636140718
- Language: English