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<<< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 >>>     sort list by title | author | publication date Soul And Other Stories Andrey Platonov A Soviet author heavily censored in his time, Platonov writes about work, progress, war and love with incredible earnestness, dreamlike strangeness, and a uniquely animistic sense of the universe. The title story here is unforgettable: at once truly... Crude Reflections/Cruda Realidad Oil, Ruin and Resistance in the Amazon Rainforest Lou Dematteis, Kayana Szymczak An indigenous community's landmark legal case to hold Chevron accountable for its contamination of the Amazon The Gangster We Are All Looking For Thi Diem Thuy Le Recommended by Tan, City Lights Books: this acclaimed novel reveals the life of a Vietnamese family in America through the knowing eyes of a child finding her place and voice in a new country. Meadowlark West Philip Lamantia Meadowlark West is the final complete collection of poetry written by legendary surrealist and beat-era author, Philip Lamantia (1927-2005). It is, in many ways, his masterpiece... Tijuana Straits A Novel Kem Nunn Set where the surf meets the sewage on the Cal/Mex border, Kem Nunn, master of surf noir, has written an immensely satisfying novel about broken lives and desperate struggles amid those who populate this netherworld near the Tijuana Straits. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World A Novel Haruki Murakami In a virtuoso performance, Murakami negotiates parallel narratives: one about a split-brain data processor who's caught in the middle of an information war and must avoid both Semiotecs and subterranean monsters; and the other about a dream... The Passion Jeanette Winterson This book is a strange, inspired trip of love and lust. Perhaps the most unique thing about it besides Winterson's poetic voice is its universal, timeless quality though it is set in Napoleonic Europe. It is a great introduction... Everything Is Illuminated A Novel Jonathan Safran Foer With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war; an amorous... The Female Brain Louann Brizendine, MD Men and women. What are we even doing on the same planet? Everything you've suspected is true. Though our bodies function a little bit differently, the real gulf between the sexes is in the place where we really exist: the brain. Neurophysiological.... McTeague A Story of San Francisco Frank Norris Set in San Francisco's Tenderloin in 1899, McTeague concerns a simple dentist, his miserly wife, and the deterioration of friendship! This is the only soap opera you need: backstabbing, recklessness, and a duel in Death Valley! A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes Witold Gombrowicz Recommended by Paul, City Lights Books In this inspired book, the eminent Polish author Witold Gombrowicz reflects on seven great philosophers. He discusses Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Sartre, and Heidegger in six "one-hour" essays... John Barleycorn Jack London I would say that London is one of the best fiction writers to ever hold the pen. But these tales are more of a memoir of the man himself--a poor Bay Area native whose words of travel and woe and drunkenness and poetry would later give birth to the... You Can't Win Jack Black An amazing journey into the hobo underworld circa 1920. Jack Black takes his readers frieght-hopping around the still wide open West... Atomik Aztex Sesshu Foster In the alternate universe of this glitteringly surreal first novel, the Aztecs rule, having conquered the European invaders. Zenzontli, Keeper of the House of Darkness, is visited by visions of a parallel world run by the Europeans, where consumerism... <<< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 >>>