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Israel Rabon
The Street
Translated by Leonard Wolf.
A novel of poverty and desperation in the tradition of Dostoevski's Notes from Underground. "Bold, disturbing." — the New York Times.
192 pages | fiction | $9.95 (paper) ISBN: 0-941423-45-X
Natasha Radojcic-Kane
Homecoming
A Novel
"Belgrade-born Radojcic-Kane debuts compellingly with vivid images of postwar futility as a Muslim soldier, returning to his Bosnian village, finds it impossible to escape his or his country's demons." —Kirkus Reviews
$19.95 | hardcover | 199 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-239-0
Fiction
Adam Raphael
Ultimate Risk
The Inside Story of the Lloyd's Catastrophe
The story behind a disaster-in-progress: how the biggest insurance company in the world may have sealed its own fate. "A highly readable insider's account." — the Financial Times.
304 pages | nonfiction | illustrated | $24.95 (cloth) ISBN: 1-56858-056-8
M. Dylan Raskin
Little New York Bastard
"The Holden Caulfield for the 21st century has arrived … A strikingly original and unforgettable narrative voice." —Library Journal
$13.95 | 288 pages | ISBN 1-56858-274-9
Autobiography
Edited by James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
Cast a Cold Eye
American Opinion Writing 1990-1991
Foreword by John B. Oakes.
Convincing evidence that on the opinion pages of our nation's newspapers, we find at least the promise of democracy at work. "Important, if disturbing reading." — the Los Angeles Times Book Review.
304 pages | nonfiction
$25.95 (cloth) ISBN: 0-941423-55-7
$12.95 (paper) ISBN: 0-941423-54-9
Oswald Rivera
Fire and Rain
A Novel of Vietnam
"War novels are often called uncompromising, brutally realistic, disturbing. This one really is." — the Kansas City Star. "Written with Dostoievskian precision." — the Washington Post.
192 pages | fiction | $17.95 (cloth) ISBN: 0-941423-41-7
Oswald Rivera
Pharoah's Feast
From Pit-Boiled Roots to Pickled Herring, Cooking through the Ages with 110 Simple Recipes
By the author of the bestselling Puerto Rican Cuisine in America.
$17.95 | paper | 278 pp | line art throughout | ISBN: 1-56858-282-X
Cooking
Oswald Rivera
Puerto Rican Cuisine in America
Nuyorican and Bodega Recipes
2nd edition
An exceptional cookbook." —Bookwatch
$16.95 | 294 pages | black-and-white line art
ISBN: 1-56858-244-7 | Cooking
Wiliam Owen Roberts
Pestilence
"Such sharpness in so young a writer … should keep Umberto Eco watching his back and his semiology." —The Times (London)
$19.95 | hardcover | 216 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-257-9
Judge Richard Ross
A Day in Part 15
Law & Order in Family Court
The supervising judge of Manhattan's family court: "the sights, sounds and sadness of Family Court.… A very engaging Judge Ross explains his triumphs and failures, his joys and frustrations.…" — Hon. Benjamin S. Mackoff, former presiding judge, Chicago Domestic Relations Division.
226 pages | nonfiction | $22.00 (cloth) ISBN: 1-56858-089-4
Edited by Barney Rosset
Evergreen Review Reader
1967-1973
Evergreen Review was the bible for a generation of radicals and free thinkers. From its first issue to its last, it was hailed as one of the most provocative magazines ever. Now, for the first time, the magazine's final years will be anthologized.
$24.95 | paperback | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-110-6 | 544 pp.
Nonfiction | Literature | World rights
Rudy Rucker
Gnarl!
The first story collection in 17 years from one of the founding fathers of cyberpunk.
Fiction | Short Stories | Science Fiction | 576 pages
$35.00 | cloth | ISBN 1-56858-159-9
$20.00 | paper | ISBN 1-56858-158-0
FEATURED BOOK
Rudy Rucker
The Hacker and the Ants
Version 2.0
From the dawn of the cyberage … the classic novel about hackers, computer viruses (before there was such a thing), and general mayhem.
$13.95 | 306 pages | paperback | ISBN: 1-56858-247-1
Fiction | Science Fiction
Selected Nonfiction by Rudy Rucker
Seek!
The father of cyberpunk, a master computer scientist as well as SF writer, looks at the real world.
372 pages | B&W photos throughout
Hardcover: $35.00 | ISBN: 1-56858-133-5
Paperback: $16.95 | ISBN: 1-56858-138-6
Nonfiction | Memoir | Current Affairs
Rudy Rucker
White Light
Introduction by John Shirley
Journey with the "Godfather of cyperpunk" to the place of White Light.
$13.95 | 269 pages | paper | ISBN: 1-56858-198-X
Science Fiction
Jay Russell
Brown Harvest
"A high-speed collision of The Magnificent Ambersons, Dashiell Hammett and a cast of refugees from childhood as astonished as you or I to be dragged into the modern world.… Jay Russell has faced our demons for us, and I for one am grateful. " — Jonathan Lethem
$14.95 | paperback original | 348 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-211-0
Fiction
Lydie Salvayre
The Award
Translated by Jane Davey.
"Clever… A delicious parody of mumbo-jumbo and corporate smugness, in which solidarity movements and agitators for workers' rights get their comeuppances as well. Sly, stylish and unusually satisfying." — Kirkus Reviews
160 pages | fiction | $18.00 (cloth) ISBN: 1-56858-075-4
John Ralston Saul
On Equilibrium
Six Qualities of the New Humanism
A primer for aspiring humans: a number-one international bestseller, at once an attack on our weakness for ideologies and a manual for humanist action.
$26.00 | paper | 370 pages | ISBN 1-56858-293-5
Philosophy
Jeffrey Scheuer
The Sound Bite Society
Television and the American Mind
"Thoughtful.… A valuable critique, and from a left viewpoint that genuinely does tend to be excluded from mainstream debate." — The Hartford Courant
$23.95 | hardcover | ISBN: 1-56858-141-6 | 240 pp.
Current Affairs | Politics
Philibert Schogt
The Wild Numbers
"Quick, clever … A skillful and energetic storyteller whose timeless tale illustrates the ironies of academic pettiness and ambition." — Publishers Weekly
Fiction | $18.00 | 160 pages | cloth | ISBN: 1-56858-166-1
Richard Schweid
The Cockroach Papers
A Compendium of History and Lore
The down and dirty on the downest and dirtiest: the roach, in all its glorious incarnations.
$16.00 | paperback | ISBN: 1-56858-137-8 | 232 pp.
illustrated | Current Affairs | Politics
Philip Seib
The Player
Christy Mathewson, Baseball, and the American Century
A profile of one of the first Hall of Fame-ers, perhaps the greatest pitcher of all time, the man who transformed a game into a national passion.
$24.00 | cloth | 224 pages | illustrated | index | ISBN: 1-56858-268-4
History | Sports
Lucius Shepard
Beast of the Heartland
and other short stories
" '…The ordinary things that make us what we are' are the concern of the seven stories in this scintillating collection.… Genre-bending blends of fantasy, crime, western and SF." — Publishers Weekly
$10.95 | paperback | ISBN: 1-56858-126-2 | 304 pp.
Fiction | Science Fiction | Short Stories
Lucius Shepard
The Jaguar Hunter
"If you read no other story collection this year, read this one." — Kirkus Reviews
$15.95 | paperback | 500 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-186-6
Fiction | Science Fiction | Short Stories
Lucius Shepard
Valentine
Now in paperback!
"Shepard has a way with Valentine's (many) sex scenes … proving himself expert at conjuring up a mood of sticky heat and desperation." —New York Times Book Review
$11.95 | 181 pages | paper | ISBN: 1-56858-251-X
$18.00 | 181 pages | hardcover | ISBN: 1-56858-215-3
Fiction
John Shirley
City Come A-Walkin'
Introduction by William Gibson
The single book that lies at the heart of the cyberpunk maelstrom.
$13.95 | paperback | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4
| 224 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-191-2
Fiction | Science Fiction
Denis Smith
The Prisoners of Cabrera
Napoleon's Forgotten Soldiers, 1809-1814
"… A fascinating exploration of an all-but-forgotten footnote in French history.… Ably explored and told." — Kirkus Reviews (starred)
$24.00 | 256 pages | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-212-9
History
John L. Smith
Running Scared
The Life and Treacherous Times of Las Vegas Casino King Steve Wynn
The true story of the rise to power of one of the casino world's most powerful figures.
$15.00 | paper | illustrated | index | 376 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-190-4
Nonfiction | History
Sasha Sokolov
A School for Fools
Translated by Carl R. Proffer. Introduction by D. Barton Johnson.
Hailed as a masterpiece by Nabokov, Sokolov's first novel is set at a school for "disturbed" children outside Moscow.
246 pages | fiction | $9.95 (paper) ISBN: 0-941423-07-7
Robert Solé and Dominique Valbelle
The Rosetta Stone
The Story of the Decoding of Hieroglyphics
"… Vividly told." —London Times
$23.95 | 184 pages | cloth | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-226-9
History
Adam Spencer
Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers
Why is 70 weird, and what can we do about it? The answers to these questions, and many more, are contained in 100 bite-size chapters of no more than 2 pages each, all designed to give each number, 1 to 100, its place in the sun.
$12.95 | paper | 164 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-289-7
Math/Science
Colin Spencer
Vegetarianism
A History
Now in paperback!
"A fascinating history of the vegetarian diet and those who choose it. A great read for those who abstain and those who don't" — Sara Moulton, host, The Food Network's "Sara's Secrets"
$16.00 | paper | 384 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-291-9
$28.00 | hardcover | 384 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-238-2
History
Jason Starr
Nothing Personal
"For a walk on the dark side, there's no better companion than the talented Jason Starr." — Martha C. Lawrence, author of Pisces Rising
$14.00 | paperback original | ISBN: 1-56858-161-0
Fiction | Novels
Dr. Ernest J. Sternglass
Before the Big Bang
The Origins of the Universe and the Nature of Matter
Now in paperback!
A brief tour of modern physics and cosmology combined with a radical new vision of the nature of the universe. Revised and updated to reflect the latest scientific discoveries. "My head is spinning… mind-boggling." — New Scientist
Illustrated | Index | Science
$16.00 (paper) | ISBN: 1-56858-189-0
$24.95 (cloth) | ISBN: 1-56858-087-8
Carole Stuart. Illustrated by Arthur Robins.
The Thank You Book
For children: the importance of two common but underused words.…
$8.95 | 32 pages | paper | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-237-4
$16.00 | 32 pages | cloth | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-170-X
Children
John A. Taylor
Notes on an Unhurried Journey
An inspiring, nonsectarian document that will serve as a source of both quiet wisdom and spiritual invigoration.
300 pages | nonfiction
$17.95 (cloth) ISBN: 0-941423-63-8
Nicholas Teebagy
The Math Behind Wall Street
How the Market Works and How to Make It Work for You
Introduction by Amir D. Aczel
Now in paperback!
"An important help to readers preparing to select the best bargain stocks for longterm investing, both investors themselves and those professionals who help investors." — Sir John Templeton
$18.00 | hardcover | 128 pages | illustrated | ISBN:1-56858-111-4
$14.95 | paperback | Illustrated | 120 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-160-2
Business | Math | How-To
Stephen Tunney
Flan
"A vision that seems to owe as much to Dr. Seuss as to Bosch and Auschwitz … A profoundly weird book." — New York Press.
350 pages | fiction
$15.95 (paper original) ISBN: 0-941423-83-2
Shimon Tzabar
The White Flag Principle
How to Lose a War (and Why)
Losing should not be taken for granted. It's an art. Here's the last word for world leaders and citizens alike on how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
$14.95 | trade paperback | illustrated | 192 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-259-5
Gordon Van Gelder, editor
One Lamp
Alternate History Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Fifteen stories rewriting history
Writers include Robert Silverberg, Harry Turtledove, Alfred Bester
"I know but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past." —Patrick Henry
$15.95 | paperback | 352 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-276-5
Fiction | Science Fiction
Roy L. Walford, M.D., and Lisa Walford
The Anti-Aging Plan
Strategies and Recipes for Extending Your Healthy Years
The startling results of a lifetime of research by the physician of the Biosphere 2 team. "Walford would have us know that growing up and getting old does not have to be a bad trip." — the Washington Post.
310 pages | nonfiction | illustrated | index | $12.95 (paper) ISBN: 1-56858-049-5
Dr. Roy Walford
Beyond the 120-Year Diet
How to Double Your Vital Years
"Walford would have us know that growing up and getting old does not have to be a bad trip." — The Washington Post
$16.00 | 448 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-157-2 | Health
Maureen Waller
1700
Scenes from London Life
Now in paperback!
"[Waller] vividly portrays the squalor of what was still essentially a medieval city. This is a superbly written portrait of a city on the cusp of greatness." — Booklist
$18.00 | paperback | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-216-1
$30.00 | cloth | illustrated | ISBN: 1-56858-164-5 | History
Jessica Warner
Craze
Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reason
When gin was in! A lively and irreverent history of the "gin craze" in eighteenth-century London — the true story of the world's first modern drug scare.
$24.95 | 288 pages | cloth | illustrated | index | ISBN: 1-56858-231-5
History
Scott Westerfeld
Evolution's Darling
"A fascinating adventure for the mind written in exquisite prose. Highly recommended." — John Shirley, author of Eclipse and City Come A-Walkin'.
$15.95 | paperback original | ISBN: 1-56858-149-1
Science Fiction | Novel | Fiction
Rick Whitaker
Assuming the Position
A Memoir of Hustling
A writer's journey from childhood in small-town Ohio to hustling in Manhattan.
$18.00 | hardcover | ISBN: 1-56858-123-8 | 190 pp.
Autobiography
Rick Whitaker
The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara
Reading Gay American Writers
"A vastly engrossing reader's odyssey through two centuries of gay American literature, Rick Whitaker's The First Time I Met Frank O'Hara is richly rewarding, full of discoveries and surprises." —John Berendt, author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
$20.00 | 232 pages | 20 B & W photographs | ISBN: 1-56858-272-2
Language and Literature
Walt Whitman. Edited by Sam Abrams.
The Neglected Walt Whitman: Vital Texts
Sixty-five poems and fragments, along with three prose pieces, all by Whitman. "A finely edited, important book." — Hayden Carruth.
188 pages | fiction | $12.95 (paper) ISBN: 0-941423-97-2
Leonard Wibberley
The Mouse That Roared
They've taken Manhattan! The classic novel about a tiny nation that declares war on the United States, attacks New York City, and conquers the world.…
$13.95 | 280 pages | paper | ISBN: 1-56858-249-8
Fiction
Sloan Wilson
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
With a new introduction by Jonathan Franzen
The most stylish rediscovery of the year! "One of the most influential American novels of the 1950s." —David Halberstam
$13.95 | paperback | 288 pages | ISBN 1-56858-246-3
Fiction
Ed Wood, Jr.
Death of a Transvestite
A sordid tale of violence and sleaze, organized crime and innnocent victims by the king of B movies.
$9.95 | paperback | ISBN: 1-56858-121-1
192 pp. | 4-1/4 x 7 | Fiction
Ed Wood, Jr.
Hollywood Rat Race
A never-before-published manuscript by the king of B-movies on what it takes to succeed in Tinseltown.
$15.95 | trade paperback | ISBN: 1-56858-119-X | 140 pp.
Art | Autobiography | Business | History
Ed Wood, Jr.
Killer in Drag
The first installment in the sleazy life story of killer-for-hire Glen/Glenda comes from the master of the strange and perverse.
$9.95 | Paperback | 192 pp. | ISBN: 1-56858-120-3
Fiction | Novel
Edited and with an Introduction by John Yau
Fetish
An Anthology
Three dozen stories by writers such as Charles Bukowski, Eileen Myles and Paul Bowles, most original to this anthology, exploring the nature of obsession.
$15.95 | paperback | 336 pages | ISBN: 1-56858-117-3
Fiction | Short Stories
Susan Zakin, editor
Naked
Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth
An anthology
Including contributions by T.C. Boyle, Bruce Chatwin, and others, and original contributions by Edward Abbey, Elizabeth Royte, Jack Hitt, Lydia Millet, and others.
$14.00 | 376 pages | trade paper | ISBN: 1-56858-294-3
Nature
Robert Zimmerman
Genesis
The Story of Apollo 8, the First Human Flight to Another World
"With great intelligence and an eye for enjoyable reading, Zimmerman highlights a period in American history when everyday heroes still existed and we had not lost our capacity to be awed by scientific achievement." — Publishers Weekly
$25.95 | hardcover | 402 pp. | color photos | ISBN: 1-56858-118-1
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