Rare Bird Books
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Crash
$30.00 Add to cartFeaturing an introduction by Zadie Smith; “Jim’s Desk” and introductory notes by Chris Beckett The short stories “Crash,” “Tolerances of the Human Face,” and “Mae West’s Reduction Mammoplasty” by J. G… [more below]
- Author: Ballard, J. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1947856960
- Language: English
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They Don’t Need to Understand
$22.00 Add to cartThey Don’t Need to Understand is the untold origin story of one of modern rock’s most compelling young voices, from the struggles of adolescence to the triumph of connecting with millions of passionat… [more below]
- Author: Biersack, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 21 2026
- ISBN10: 164428362X
- Language: English
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Revenger
$20.00 Add to cartIn a city suffocated by corruption, a nameless figure emerges from the shadows…
Known only as The Revenger, he punishes the unforgivable and dismantles a sprawling criminal empire known as The Syndi- Series: Knives & Pens
- Author: Andrew, Biersack Dennis
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 31 2026
- ISBN10: 1644284936
- Language: English
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The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood
$30.00 Add to cartThis is a forbidden chronicle ripped from the controversial manuscript of District Attorney Marcie Kent, the very woman who put Spencer Charnas on trial, and then put him in the ground.
Spencer Charn- Author: Merkin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 17 2026
- ISBN10: 1644284960
- Language: English
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In Love and Death: The Lost Notebook
$50.00 Add to cartOriginally thought to be lost forever, McCracken’s personal notebook–used during the creation of The Used’s seminal 2004 album In Love and Death–resurfaced unexpectedly online and was safely returne… [more below]
- Author: McCracken, Bert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1644285428
- Language: English
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Bleeders: The Terrible Tale of Sweeney Todd
$20.00 Read moreIn the shadowy alleys of Fleet Street, Bleeders: The Terrible Tale of Sweeney Todd reimagines the infamous barber’s story as a gothic revenge thriller. Falsely accused and orphaned by a corrupt system… [more below]
- Series: Knives & Pens
- Author: Biersack, Andrew Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284901
- Language: English
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Later Days
$28.00 Read moreIn an evocative follow-up to his Los Angeles Times bestselling Arroyo, Chip Jacobs returns with a gripping tale of brotherhood, recklessness, and footloose souls in the anything goes of late-seventies
- Author: Jacobs, Chip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284928
- Language: English
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The First Vampire
$20.00 Add to cartWallachia, 15th century: Vlad the Impaler’s battle against the Ottoman Empire gives rise to a horror beyond imagination. The First Vampire reveals the shocking origin of vampirism, born from a blood p
- Series: Knives & Pens
- Author: Biersack, Andrew Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284898
- Language: English
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Combat Love: A Story of Leaving, Longing, and Searching for Home
$30.00 Read moreCNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota’s memoir Combat Love is her story of growing up longing for stability and attachment as the foundation of her family crumbled. Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980
- Author: Camerota, Alisyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 356
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 1644283719
- Language: English
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Easy to Slip
$28.00 Read moreSam Kovner reads messages on walls and hears voices in the hall, and wonders: if you find yourself losing your mind, how do you get well?
Winter, 1976, Columbia University. Hearing voices and seeing ha
- Author: Hoffman, Cal
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 164428474X
- Language: English
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Smokebirds
$28.00 Add to cartIn the near future, when every autumn is fire season in California, wealthy San Franciscans flee their city for smoke-free pastures. Among them are the Petersons, a family enriched by the lumber indus
- Author: Breyer, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284456
- Language: English
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The Buddhist Years
$35.00 Add to cartA brand new volume of previously unpublished writings from the archives reflecting Jack Kerouac’s Buddhist thinking
From a young age Kerouac was a spiritual thinker and questioner, and he always consid
- Author: Kerouac, Jack
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284618
- Language: English
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Citizen Wynn: A Sin City Saga of Power, Lust, and Blind Ambition
$28.00 Add to cartCitizen Wynn recounts the cautionary saga of uber-wealthy casino king Steve Wynn, who built a global gambling empire on fantasy, grift, and misogyny before hubris and #MeToo brought him down. Part Maf… [more below]
- Author: McDougal, Dennis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1644284391
- Language: English
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The Dreamers
$19.99 Read moreAn epic tale of survival, magic, and romance…
Teenage Stella Grey has always felt an intense recurring sense of déjà vu…often plagued by strong dreams that feel more real than her wakin
- Author: Penske, Ryan Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1644284065
- Language: English
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Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020
$65.00 Read moreWinner of the PubWest 2023 Design Award
In this landmark collection co-released by Rare Bird and Unnamed Press, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has pr
- Author: Vollmann, William T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1644281848
- Language: English
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John Goblikon’s Guide to Living Your Best Life
$18.00 Read moreIn a world filled with trolls, we all need to live life more like a goblin. What does it mean to “live life like a goblin”? It means to give no fucks, but also all the fucks in the world at the same t… [more below]
- Author: Goblikon, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1644282305
- Language: English
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How to Run an Indie Label
$28.00 Read moreHow To Run an Indie Label tells you everything you need to know about how to be a creative force.
Music is like no other business. It’s about being at the right place at the right time, following your … [more below]
- Author: McGee, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1644283786
- Language: English
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Seven Pillars Acting: A Comprehensive Technique for the Modern Actor
$20.00 Add to cartCutting-edge, comprehensive, and effective, Seven Pillars Acting empowers the actor to transform into character with ease and authenticity. Inspired by the great acting teachers of the last century, S… [more below]
- Author: Cooke, Sonya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: January 09 2018
- ISBN10: 1945572930
- Language: English
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Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems
$25.00 Add to cartWhen the global pandemic forced his ninety-six-year-old father into isolation, filmmaker Ari Gold became concerned that loneliness would kill his father’s spirits. As a prolific novelist who began wri
- Author: Gold, Herbert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 164428426X
- Language: English
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Russian Gothic
$25.00 Read more“A great Russian novel…in the grand Russian tradition.” —Le Figaro
Russian Gothic, a short and intense novel by Belgium-based Belorussian novelist Aleksandr Skorobogatov that, since its initial publ… [more below]
- Author: Skorobogatov, Aleksandr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1644284022
- Language: English
