Abortion & Life
Baumgardner’s groundbreaking new book includes abortion testimonials by Ani DiFranco, Barbara Ehrenreich, Gloria Steinem, and others.
Genre: Nonfiction
Against the Written Word (Hardcover Edition)
The limited, hardcover edition of Against the Written Word. If the Gutenberg Bible is the alpha, Against the Written Word is the omega
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Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms: Stories and Essays
An enthralling collection of short fiction and nonfiction that draw upon McLoughlin’s three-decade career in the criminal justice system.
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American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men
An exposé of an America no one is comfortable talking about: the volatile ground where male violence and sexuality overlap.
Among the Bloodpeople: Politics & Flesh
Concerns with human rights, political oppression, sexuality, race, and Jamaican culture thematically connect these essays.
And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality
A dramatic and inspirational memoir from one of the world’s top leaders of the movement for gay and lesbian equality.
The Anti-Capitalism Reader
A refreshingly non-doctrinaire anthology of writings and interviews covering much of the intellectual geography of the new anti-market left.
The Baker’s Son: My Life in Business
An inspirational rags-to-riches memoir by the founder of the most successful Caribbean business ever established in the US.
Bloody Crossroads 2020: Art, Entertainment, and Resistance to Trump
A deep dive into the role that mass-appeal movies, television, videos, and music played in Donald Trump’s failed reelection campaign, including brand-new interviews with some of the major players.
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Boom Chicago Presents the 30 Most Important Years in Dutch History
An exciting history of the improv group you’ve never heard of that changed comedy in America—this is the story of Boom Chicago in Amsterdam as told by its founders and most famous alumni! Featuring a foreword by Seth Meyers and a backword by Jordan Peele.
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Born on the Fourth of July
This edition marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication of Kovic’s American antiwar classic and features a new foreword by Bruce Springsteen.
Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing but the Truth
Brooklyn Noir is back, this time with a true-crime vengeance.
Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian
In advance of the 2016 Olympics, Akashic launches Dave Zirin’s new sports imprint—Edge of Sports—with a dramatic memoir by Olympic gold medalist Anthony Ervin.
Climb: Taking Every Step with Conviction, Courage, and Calculated Risk to Achieve a Thriving Career and a Successful Life
A professional playbook offering guidance to women in the contemporary workplace.
A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy
Ron Kovic, author of Born on the Fourth of July and one of the country’s most powerful and passionate antiwar voices, completes his Vietnam Trilogy with this poignant, inspiring, and deeply personal elegy to America.
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Do Something for Nothing: Seeing Beneath the Surface of Homelessness through the Simple Act of a Haircut
Revised Expanded Edition: Through the simple act of a haircut, readers are taken on a geographical and emotional journey into the lives of humans experiencing homelessness in different cities across the world.
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The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial
Legendary drummer and founding member of The Doors, John Densmore, unpacks the intersection of art and commerce in this deeply principled middle finger to greed
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Ending the War in Iraq
Tom Hayden brings a lifetime of experience to the challenge of ending the Iraq War—and preventing future wars.
Face: One Square Foot of Skin
Writer/director/producer Justine Bateman examines the aggressive ways that society reacts to the aging of women’s faces.
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Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports
Zeigler tells the story of how sports has been radically transformed for LGBT athletes in the past four years.
Falun Gong’s Challenge to China: Spiritual Practice or “Evil Cult”?
This updated paperback edition has information on all of the latest developments with the Chinese government crackdown, including Danny Schechter’s analysis of the alleged public suicides by Falun Gong practitioners in Tiananmen Square in February 2001.
Fame: The Hijacking of Reality
A passionate and critical analysis of the life cycle of Fame, from film producer/director and former worldwide TV star Justine Bateman.
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The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq
The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq is the comprehensive source on the administration’s campaign of disinformation before, during, and after the second Gulf War.
Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy
A new installment in best-selling author Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint, actress Marianne Leone’s (The Sopranos, etc.) memoir explores how a bereaved couple and a pack of rescue dogs rediscovered joy.
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Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997–2017
A long-overdue female-centric perspective on underground rock music, featuring photos by Tricarico and essays by Joan Jett, Amy Farina, Allison Wolfe, Donita Sparks, and more!
Frederick Douglass in Brooklyn
A fascinating collection of Frederick Douglass’s always-controversial speeches in Brooklyn, New York.
George Washington’s Rules of Civility
National Book Award/Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Haslett tackles George Washington’s Rules of Civility, which will be printed in its entirety. In addition to an introductory essay, Haslett annotates the text.
The Gospel of The Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels
An oral history (with photographs) of the greatest American bar band of the twenty-first century
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The Hold Steady Limited Edition Book Package
This LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE for The Gospel of the Hold Steady includes a copy of the book signed by the band, and the signed chapbook TJK on THS—a behind-the-scenes photo journal by Tad J. Kubler that is currently only available as part of this package.
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Home: Social Essays
A seminal Jones/Baraka literary land mine that launches AkashiClassics: Renegade Reprint Series.
How the Left Lost Teen Spirit
Includes Goldberg’s groundbreaking book Dispatches from the Culture Wars, plus a new author introduction and additional chapters.
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Hurricane Street
Kovic’s impassioned, timely memoir about the American Veterans Movement picks up where Born on the Fourth of July leaves off.
I Am a Promise
An inspiring children’s picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican eight-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
In Search of the Lost Chord
This paperback edition of Goldberg’s highly acclaimed homage to 1967 includes a new afterword and twenty beautiful and evocative photographs.
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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
A photo-filled oral history of the DC-area music studio that brought us some of the most iconic recordings by Bad Brains, Bikini Kill, Fugazi, and so many more
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Israel vs. Utopia
Israeli American journalist Schalit distinguishes between the Israel he knows and the image of it in the minds of Americans.
The Jefferson Bible
Visionary author Percival Everett will take an atheist’s-eye-view of the little-known “Jefferson Bible,” the third president’s response to the King James Bible.
Jerusalem Calling
Schalit critically interrogates everything from Middle Eastern politics to the New Economy, from debates in the independent music scene about “selling out” to the current cultural interventions of Jerry Falwell and his followers.
John Adams’s A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America
Acclaimed novelist and satirist Neal Pollack analyzes and dissects selected early writings by Founding Father John Adams.
Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer
This 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 mastery of the lost art of letter writing.
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Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System
Now in an expanded paperback edition, 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 status quo.
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Just a Minor Threat: The Minor Threat Photographs of Glen E. Friedman
This collection includes Glen E. Friedman’s most iconic images of Minor Threat, as well as many never-before-seen photographs.
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Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist
The paperback reissue of the national best-selling memoir from the M*A*S*H star, with a brand-new introduction by Martin Sheen.
Kaylie Jones Books (Four Book Set)
For a limited time, purchase Unmentionables, Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night, The Love Book, and Starve the Vulture together for only $25!
The Kevin Powell Reader: Essential Writings and Conversations
A hopeful and insightful collection by one of the great voices of our time
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Lessons in Taxidermy
A riveting tale of sickness and survival from the first female author on the Punk Planet Books imprint that brought you the indie hit Hairstyles of the Damned.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
The impassioned memoirs from one of America’s leading civil liberties attorneys of the 20th century.
Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World’s First Female Sports Superstar
A groundbreaking biography of the world’s first female sports superstar, the pioneering and uncompromising Lottie Dod.
Misstating the State of the Union: Right-Wing Media Distortions About the Clinton and Bush Presidencies
Best-selling author David Brock leads an analysis of right-wing media distortions.
My Life on the Line: How the NFL Damn Near Killed Me and Ended Up Saving My Life
A riveting account of life as a closeted professional athlete from gay NFL player O’Callaghan, against the backdrop of depression, opioid addiction, and the threat of suicide.
Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust (Paperback Edition)
A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal and historical demons with both deep despair and savage humor.
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Nein, Nein, Nein!: One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust
A guided group tour to concentration camps in Poland and Germany allows Stahl to confront personal and historical demons with both deep despair and savage humor
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News Dissector: Passions, Pieces, and Polemics – 1960–2000
News Dissector brings together Schechter’s writings on human rights, politics, and the media over a span of four decades of activism and reporting.
Not for Everyday Use
A riveting memoir in which Nunez comes to grips with her mother’s passing and her parents’ ambition for their children.
Now You See the Sky
This memoir—the first release on best-selling author Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint—about the fathomless loss of a beloved child reveals how tragedy can transform us and make us more fully alive.
Of Mule and Man
Mike Farrell’s gripping and often hilarious book tour memoir provides a framework for grassroots civic engagement.
Once There Was a Village
Kapralov’s work revolves around his years living and working as an artist in New York’s East Village in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Particulate Matter
In concise and distilled prose, Lemus presents a collection of still lifes, landscapes, and portraits of a challenging year that threatened all she loved most.
The Path to Geneva: The Quest for a Permanent Agreement, 1996 – 2004
A detailed and intimate personal history of the Middle East peace process by one of its founding architects.
Pinnacle: The Lost Paradise of Rasta
A fascinating first-person origin story of Rastafari ideology, culture, and philosophy, capturing a crucial and little-known chapter in Jamaican history
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Planet Claire: Suite for Cello and Sad-Eyed Lovers
The second installment in Ann Hood’s Gracie Belle imprint challenges the traditional solemnity that characterizes nonfiction books of grief, loss, and sorrow.
Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton–and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush
In Playing President, Robert Scheer offers an unparalleled insight into the presidential mind.
Please Don’t Bomb the Suburbs
Best-selling author/activist William Upski Wimsatt is back with a blueprint for contemporary political organizers.
Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions
An NBA veteran offers engaging interviews and reflections that explore police brutality, white supremacy, and the struggle for racial justice in America.
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Pressure Makes Diamonds: Becoming the Woman I Pretended to Be
The powerful memoir of a female African American advertising executive’s unprecedented and unlikely success, which began in the Mad Men era.
Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight Into Primus and the World of Les Claypool (Paperback Edition)
An oral history of the legendary band Primus, with a star-studded cast of interviewees (Tom Waits, Phish front man Trey Anastasio, etc.)
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The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond
Ralph Nader and his family share recipes inspired by his parents’ commitment to the healthy diet of their homeland of Lebanon.
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The Ralph Nader and Family Cookbook: Classic Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond (30% Off)
Ralph Nader and his family share recipes inspired by his parents’ commitment to the healthy diet of their homeland of Lebanon.
Regularly priced at $24.95; discounted to $17.47 (30% off retail).
RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age
Hip-hop icon Chuck D presents a gorgeously illustrated Pilates exercise program for people of all ages
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Revolutionary Threads: Rastafari, Social Justice, and Cooperative Economics
An American Rasta’s retelling of episodes in American history with an anti-colonial thrust and a view toward charting a brighter future.
Ricardo Cortés Plant Bundle
Ricardo Cortés’s classic books It’s Just a Plant and A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola can now be bought together for a total of 30% off!
Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don’t Have Bruises
An authentic and riveting hip-hop memoir in the Joan Didion tradition from Bronx native Lewis.
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Turning Our Grief into Action for Peace
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows presents a powerful collection of essays, photos, and heartfelt stories about their deeply personal responses to their very public tragedies.
Soulside: Washington, DC, 1986–1989
A photographic history of the DC-based 1980s punk rock band that recorded for Dischord Records.
Starve the Vulture: A Memoir
A stirring story of criminality, drug addiction, recovery, and unlikely fame.
STEWdio: The Naphic Grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D
Chuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage, etc.) brings his personal insights and social critiques to the page in fierce, passionate, and evocative visual art and prose
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Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head
In this breathtaking memoir, acclaimed author Alex Wheatle details how reggae music became his salvation through a childhood marred by abuse, imprisonment, and police brutality
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They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
In unflinchingly honest prose, Sugar Rodgers shares her inspiring story of overcoming tremendous odds to become an all-star in the WNBA.
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Tigerbelle: The Wyomia Tyus Story
A timely memoir about world record–breaking Tyus’s 1964 and 1968 Olympic victories, amid the turbulence of the 1960s, along with contemporary reflections.
Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation
The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black
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Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith – Limited-Edition Package
Two Times Intro is Michael Stipe’s intimate and evocative visual diary of Patti Smith’s return to live performance.
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Unsportsmanlike Conduct: College Football and the Politics of Rape
A meticulously researched and powerful exposé on the epidemic of cover-up that surrounds sexual assault and college football players.
Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist
The paperback edition of iconoclastic guitar player Marc Ribot’s darkly funny and subversive collection of writing, featuring brand-new essays not included in the hardcover
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We Do!: American Leaders Who Believe in Marriage Equality
Cherished former Vermont governor Kunin teams up with Baumgardner to tell the inspiring story of American politicians’ growing acceptance of gay marriage.
We Matter: Athletes and Activism
In interviews and essays, high-profile activist athletes explore the intersection of sports and politics.
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You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity
Former NFL quarterback McPherson examines the roots of masculinity gone awry and how it promotes violence against women.
Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook
A cookbook inspired by the food of Ziggy’s upbringing in the household of Bob and Rita Marley.
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Forthcoming Titles
To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorized Unauthorized History of Billy Childish
Forthcoming: 1/7/25
The story of Billy Childish, the most famous artist you’ve never heard of, by legendary music journalist Ted Kessler.
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Monument Eternal
Forthcoming: 2/4/25
The long-awaited reissue of Alice Coltrane’s original spiritual teachings and reflections, which provide powerful insight into her transcendent music, cherished by millions across the globe.
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To Hell with Poverty! A Class Act: Inside the Gang of Four
Forthcoming: 4/1/25
A poignant and dramatic memoir from the lead singer and songwriter of the legendary British underground band Gang of Four.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before April 1, 2025.
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Bobbito’s Book of B-Ball Bong Bong! A Memoir of Sports, Style, and Soul
Forthcoming: 7/1/25
A Radio Hall of Famer and sneaker culture icon, Bobbito García is also a basketball sage who chronicles his unlikely experiences in and around the game as a Latino raised on hip hop.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before July 1, 2025.
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And Then Came the Blues: My Journey from Survivor to NYPD Detective First Grade and Beyond
Forthcoming: 8/5/25
After being shot ten times by her fiancé and left for dead, Katrina Brownlee miraculously survived and became a decorated NYPD detective, a mentor, and founder of a nonprofit support group for at-risk women.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before August 5, 2025.
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Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry
Forthcoming: 8/5/25
Celebrating ten years of New-Generation African Poets, Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry presents Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani’s unprecedented disquisition on the state of African poetry.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before August 5, 2025.
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