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Otis Redding and Steve Cropper's timeless ode to never-ending days is given fresh new life in this heartwarming picture book. Sittin' in the mornin' sun I'll be sittin' when the evening comes...

The inspiration for the Merchant Ivory film starring Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, and Leelee Sobieski, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a rich and poignant family story from the daughter...

Author: Curdella ForbesPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Jan 04, 2022Number of Pages: 366 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1617759775ISBN-13: 9781617759772

"Everett's talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance that could place him alongside Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison . . ." --Publishers WeeklyChris Abani has developed his...

If the Gutenberg Bible is the alpha, Against the Written Word is the omega Against the Written Word is the most important, most revolutionary book produced since the advent of the printing press; the...

Alabama Noir (Akashic Noir)Author: Don NoblePublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Apr 07, 2020Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1617758086ISBN-13: 9781617758089

Amsterdam is a very welcome, if long overdue, installment in the Akashic Noir Series.Author: Rene Appel|Josh Pachter, Rene AppelPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Jan 08, 2019Number of Pages:...

Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She's used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If...

--Winner of the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize"A bittersweet coming-of-age tale of tragedy, chicanery, high ideals, harsh realities, and the hard choice between love and family duty, As Flies to Whatless Boys...

Austin joins Dallas and Houston in Akashic's deep dive into the Lone Star State's darkest dimensions Featuring brand-new stories by: Gabino Iglesias, Ace Atkins, Amanda Moore, Jeff Abbott, Scott...

Berkeley Noir (Akashic Noir)Author: Jerry Thompson, Owen HillPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: May 05, 2020Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Against her better judgment, assassin Kahllah (a.k.a. the Black Lotus) is called upon to try to "eliminate" a mysterious band of thieves calling themselves the Ghost Squad.Author: K'wanPublisher:...

Black Goat is an independent poetry imprint of Akashic Books created and curated by award-winning Nigerian author Chris Abani (author of Becoming Abigail and Song for Night). Black Goat is committed...

Akashic 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...

Akashic 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...

In East Jerusalem Noir--published simultaneously with West Jerusalem Noir--the Akashic Noir Series turns its gaze to one of the world's most complicated locales, in this volume from the perspective...

"An imaginative and honest epic, weaving together biblical stories, fantasy, poetry, and fairy tales with a touch of realism . . . Allen asks us to question the assumptions, -isms, and contradictions...

Fuck, Now There Are Two Of You (Go The Fuck To Sleep #3)Author: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Oct 01, 2019Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

Glorious is set against the backdrops of the Jim Crow South, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Civil Rights era. Blending fact and fiction, Glorious is the story of Easter Venetta Bartlett, a fictional...

Go De Rass To Sleep: (A Jamaican Translation)Author: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: Jun 10, 2014Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10:...

Go the F**k to SleepAuthor: Adam MansbachPublisher: Akashic BooksPublication Date: June 14, 2011Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: HardcoverISBN-10: 1617750255ISBN-13: 9781617750250

With an introduction by Bunny Wailer.Doctor Dread has committed his life to producing reggae music and releasing it on his label, RAS Records. He has become one of the world's foremost reggae...

In 1997, a series of bombs rocked Havana--a city already deep in an economic and spiritual depression. In Havana Libre, the anxiety of the time is palpable. Robert Arellano gives us a detailed and...

Akashic 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...

Zepeda's introduction notes her hometown's unique features, including the absence of any zoning laws, making Houston 'culturally diverse, internally incongruous, and ever-changing'...Noir aficionados...

Introducing the new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, given by the National Poetry Series, featuring an introduction by Rigoberto González, and presented in both Spanish and English.Author: Johanny...

Selected as WLRN's Sundial's January 2019 Book Club PickAllen has created a consummate tragicomedy of African American family secrets and sorrows, and of faith under duress and wide open to...

Now in paperback, Innocence 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...

Brand-new stories by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonia Parra, Bernardo Fern?ndez Bef, ?scar de la Borbolla, Rolo D?ez, Victor Luiz Gonz?lez, F.G. Haghenbeck, Juan Hern?ndez...

The winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, presented by The National Poetry Series; presented in both English and Spanish.Author: Legna Rodríguez Iglesias, Eduardo AparicioPublisher: Akashic...