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<<< 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date Fatale Jean-Patrick Manchette Aimée Joubert, the central character in Fatale, is a matter-of-fact businesswoman killer. In only his third novel translated into Englisg (the two others published by City Lights), Manchette delivers a terse, immediate tale where Aimée deals the... Nightwood Djuna Barnes Nightwood is a book for long, dark nights. Barnes vividly depicts a world of aristocratic decay in which tormented characters blindly grope toward ambiguous desires, often leading them toward grotesque fates. It is one of the more psychologically... The Typewriter Is Holy The Complete, Uncensored History of the Beat Generation Bill Morgan If you would like to find out everything you always wanted to know about the Beat Generation but were afraid to ask, this is the book for you. Amazing stories. —Recommended by Don, City Lights Books In this highly entertaining work, Bill Morgan, the... Bacacay Witold Gombrowicz Stunningly original in both style and content, these stories are hilarious yet have an undercurrent of profound moral disquiet and horror when the respectable turns slowly but inexorably into the outrageous, conveying both the horrors of upper-class... The Last Brother A Novel Nathacha Appanah The Last Brother is a wonder of concision and power. Appanah has created a memorable character who demonstrates the resilience of the individual in the face of the barbarism we sometimes call history. Appanah's ability to create such a nuanced character.. Dreams in a Time of War A Childhood Memoir Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a man whose four wives bore him more than a score of children, young... The Googlization of Everything (And Why We Should Worry) Siva Vaidhyanathan Vaidhyanathan offers a tempered critique of the ubiquity of the company that is increasingly becoming the lens through which the internet is viewed globally and, true to the title, points out why this monopoly of web use matters now and what the... A Mercy Toni Morrison In Morrison's latest novel, also her shortest and most accessible, we are reminded of what makes her one of the world's greatest living authors. At times, her prose flirts with the ineffable poetics that defined Beloved. Examining the horrors of... The Battle of the Sun Jeanette Winterson This inventive and darkly surreal book is a perfect gateway to the His Dark Materials trilogy. Soaked in the stench of 1600 London, full of conundrums big and small, and swarming with dragons and alchemy, there are indescribable things in here that you... The Tilting House Tom Llewellyn A new house whose floors tilt by three degrees. Whose walls are covered with cryptic phrases and formulas. A 50-year-old mystery. A weird old neighbor, The Talking Man, who might hold the key to solving it. And a talking rat! This book is a blast... The Dashiell Hammett Tour Thirtieth Anniversary Guidebook Don Herron Lovers of Hammett rejoice! The long out of print Dashiell Hammett tour book is back. Thanks to Vince Emmory Editions, a brand new, gorgeously produced, and reasonably priced 30th anniversary edition has now hit the shelves of City Lights. This volume... School of Fear Gitty Daneshvari Madeleine, Theo, Lulu and Garrison—each frightfully afraid of something (ghosts, moths, etc.)—are sent to the even more frightening School of Fear, where they will have to learn to cope with their phobias... or else! (For ages 8-12) —Recommended by Jeff Against Empire Michael Parenti Richly informed and written in an engaging style, Against Empire exposes the ruthless agenda and hidden costs of the U.S. empire today. Documenting the pretexts and lies used to justify violent intervention and maldevelopment abroad, Parenti shows... Grapefruit A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono Yoko Ono Quiet.It's a bomb. --Recommended by Tân, City Lights Books Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of instructions for art and for life. "Burn this book after... <<< 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 >>>