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$20.95 Add to cart“Jones/Baraka usually speaks as a Negro–and always as an American. He is eloquent, he is bold. He demands rights–not conditional favors.” —New York Times Book Review
In 2007, Akashic Books ushered A
- Series: Renegade Reprint
- Author: Jones (Amiri Baraka), Leroi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: January 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1933354674
- Language: English
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Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History
$64.93 Add to cart“It’s kind of crazy, the impact on culture so many Boom Chicago alums have had. Boom was where I became my best comedic self: the excitement of Amsterdam, the freedom of that environment, the letting … [more below]
- Author: Moskos, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141676
- Language: English
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Dogtown: The Legend of the Z-Boys
$40.00 Read more“DogTown: The Legend of the Z-Boys is a stunning book that blends historic words and reports with a photo archive that has a golden shelf in the annals of skateboarding.” —SurferToday, One of the Be… [more below]
- Author: Friedman, Glen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1617756997
- Language: English
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The Jesus Lizard Book
$49.95 Add to cart“If you’re a Jesus Lizard fan or a David Yow devotee, you’re sure all over this. But even if you’ve never heard of the band, the book stands as one of the best ways to experience being in a tight, coh
- Author: Lizard, The Jesus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1617750808
- Language: English
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Against the Written Word: Toward a Universal Illiteracy
$17.95 Read more“Wielding the satiric tone of a Gen-X Jonathan Swift or leftist Andy Kaufman . . . Svenonius is an engaging companion . . . and he lands some scathing blows, as when he links internet porn to contempo
- Author: Svenonius, Ian F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140807
- Language: English
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Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer
$28.95 Add to cartThis rich compilation of Joyce Carol Oates’s letters across four decades displays her warmth and generosity, her droll and sometimes wicked sense of humor, her phenomenal energy, and most of all, her… [more below]
- Author: Oates, Joyce Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141161
- Language: English
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Born on the Fourth of July
$16.95 Read more“Classic and timeless!” —New York Times
“As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages.” –Oliver Stone, fil
- Author: Kovic, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 04 2016
- ISBN10: 1617754692
- Language: English
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The Inner Ear of Don Zientara: A Half Century of Recording in One of America’s Most Innovative Studios, Through the Voices of Musicians
$35.00 Add to cart“If Memphis rock and roll had Sun Studio, and the Beatles had London’s Abbey Road, DC punk had Inner Ear.” –Washington Post
In the late 1970s, Don Zientara–a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War
- Author: Tricarico, Antonia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140920
- Language: English
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Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head
$28.95 Add to cart–Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Top Ten Title List and 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List
“In this inspiring, often harrowing narrative, the author chronicles how, shortly after he
- Author: Wheatle, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140939
- Language: English
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
$68.68 Add to cartInnocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant presents an insider’s journey into the heart of a broken, racist system of justice and the role junk science plays in maintaining the status quo.
Praise fr
- Author: Fabricant, M. Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1636140300
- Language: English
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Boston Noir 2: The Classics
$15.95 Read more“The contributor list is delightfully quirky . . . The collection’s unifying element is a deep understanding of Boston’s Byzantine worlds of race and class-as seen terrifyingly in Andre Dubus’s tale o
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Lehane, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: November 06, 2012
- ISBN10: 1617751367
- Language: English
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Portland Noir
$15.95 Add to cartAkashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the boo
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Sampsell, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: June 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1933354798
- Language: English
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The Necessary Hunger
$16.95 Add to cart“The Necessary Hunger is the kind of irresistible read you start on the subway at six p.m. on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you’ve turned the last page . . . It beats with the
- Author: Revoyr, Nina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1617756695
- Language: English
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Kansas City Noir
$15.95 Read more“Hard-used heroes and heroines seem to live a lifetime in the stories . . . Half novels-in-waiting, half journalistic anecdotes that are equally likely to appeal to Kansas City boosters and strangers.
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Paul, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 02 2012
- ISBN10: 1617751286
- Language: English
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Palm Springs Noir
$16.95 Add to cart“Contrary to popular belief, noir doesn’t require a bleak city street for its setting. Nor water, for that matter. Noir thrives on secrets, lies and lust, all flowing plentifully through the jewel in
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Demarco-Barrett, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1617759287
- Language: English
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Tell the Rest
$28.95 Add to cart“Two conversion therapy survivors go back to the site of their trauma, hoping the truth will set them free . . . This satisfyingly nuanced story tackles sexuality and spiritual abuse, offering connect
- Author: Bledsoe, Lucy Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140793
- Language: English
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Swanna in Love
$16.95 Add to cartBest-selling author Belle (High Maintenance, Going Down) unleashes her first new novel in over ten years
- Author: Belle, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141641
- Language: English
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The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations
$32.95 Add to cart“The Kevin Powell Reader is an electric and deeply inspiring selection from Powell’s lifework, spanning the Reagan-Bush years of AIDS and crack epidemics to our current era framed by the COVID-19 pan
- Author: Powell, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636141013
- Language: English
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Creatures of Passage
$52.43 Add to cartWith echoes of Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Yejidé’s novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.
In its luminous prose, and its nods to mysticism and myth, the no
- Author: Yejidé, Morowa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1617758760
- Language: English
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So You Wanna Run a Country?
$27.95 Add to cart“Holohan’s prose pops and crackles as he combines an outlandish yet convincing vision of a tech-dominated future reminiscent of William Gibson with the wry wit of Neil Gaiman, and the result proves ex
- Author: Holohan, Kevin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141609
- Language: English
