Akashic Books
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West Jerusalem Noir
$17.95 Add to cart“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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East Jerusalem Noir
$17.95 Read more“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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Honolulu Noir
$16.95 Add to cartFEATURING 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
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: McKinney, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1636141986
- Language: English
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Hadriana in All My Dreams
$18.95 Read more“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
- Author: Depestre, René
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755338
- Language: English
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Austin Noir
$16.95 Read more“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.”
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Hay, Hopeton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 293
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140890
- Language: English
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The System of Dante’s Hell
$17.95 Read more“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
- 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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Speculative Los Angeles
$16.95 Read more“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
- Author: Hamilton, Denise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1617758566
- Language: English
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The Perfume Burned His Eyes
$16.95 Read more“[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
- Author: Imperioli, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1636140696
- Language: English
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Columbus Noir
$15.95 Read more“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
- 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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Montana Noir
$18.95 Read more“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
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Grady, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755796
- Language: English
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Houston Noir
$15.95 Read more“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
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Zepeda, Gwendolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 1617757063
- Language: English
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John Crow’s Devil
$18.95 Read more–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
- Author: James, Marlon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1936070103
- Language: English
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Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet . . . and Other Cat-Astrophes
$16.95 Read more“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
- Author: Tofield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 29 2015
- ISBN10: 161775403X
- Language: English
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Atlanta Noir
$18.95 Read more“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
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Jones, Tayari
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1617755370
- Language: English
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Random
$27.95 Read more“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
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Black Music
$18.95 Read more“Baraka writes with the passion and lyricism that can only come from a jazz critic who is uncompromisingly invested in the social and aesthetic dimensions of the music.” —WBGO (Newark Public Radio)
In
- Series: Akashiclassics: Renegade Reprint
- Author: Jones (Amiri Baraka), Leroi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1933354933
- Language: English
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Hairstyles of the Damned
$14.95 Read more“A funny, hard-rocking first-person tale of teenage angst and discovery.” —Booklist
“Captures the loose, fun, recklessness of midwestern punk.” —MTV.com
Hairstyles of the Damned is an honest, true-li
- Series: Punk Planet Books
- Author: Meno, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: September 01 2004
- ISBN10: 188845170X
- Language: English
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Unstrung: Rants and Stories of a Noise Guitarist
$16.95 Read more“A slim yet powerful book in which Marc Ribot blends bits of memoir with strange little fictions, many of which are based on his own life and career.” —Wall Street Journal
Throughout his genre-defying
- Author: Ribot, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 163614067X
- Language: English
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Santa Cruz Noir
$15.95 Read more“Concluding with a serious gutpunch of a story, Santa Cruz Noir is a worthy addition to the series, one that proves no locale is too outre for the Akashic Noir treatment.” —San Francisco Book Review
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- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Bright, Susie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1617756229
- Language: English
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Fame: The Hijacking of Reality
$26.95 Read more“Wholly riveting.” —New York Times Book Review
“Justine Bateman was famous before selfies replaced autographs, and bags of fan mail gave way to Twitter shitstorms. And here’s the good news: she took
- Author: Bateman, Justine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 1617756601
- Language: English
