Featuring reprints of classic stories (and poems) by: C.L.R. James, Derek Walcott, Samuel Selvon, Eric Roach, V.S. Naipaul, Harold Sonny Ladoo, Michael Anthony, Earl Lovelace, Robert Antoni, Elizabeth
Puerto Rico's capital city enters the Noir Series arena, meticulously edited by one of San Juan's best-known authors.With San Juan Noir, Akashic Books for the first time presents simultaneous English-
This is the unflinching memoir of a black woman's journey from the projects of Motown-era Michigan to the skyscrapers of Madison Avenue and beyond. With marches, riots, and demonstrations as the backd
A cookbook inspired by the food of Ziggy's upbringing in the household of Bob and Rita Marley.As the oldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy was raised with both traditional Jamaican food and the mor
Prospero’s Daughter is a brilliantly conceived retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest set in a remote corner of the author's native Trinidad during the height of tensions between Trinidadians and Brit
Critical Praise for Killing Williamsburg by Bradley Spinelli:"Spinelli offers sharp and stylish prose. . . . Benson's nihilistic views may resonate with readers in their twenties facing an uncertain e
A dark, complex noir novel and morality tale exploring the limits of justice in contemporary Mumbai.The Third Squad is an arresting, ripped-from-the-headlines noir novel that deftly explores how in re
New Haven may be best known for Yale University, but its criminal dimensions run as deep as anywhere else on the Eastern Seaboard. Whether the setting is a college campus, the waterfront, East Rock, T
"The Shark Curtain is a full-on adventure tale of the best kind. The heroine, Lily Asher, is a 'weirdo'--a sweet, troubled, creative teenager who lives life through the lens of her hyperimagination. R
"When I finished this novel I went, No! I couldn't believe it was over so fast. I loved this book--the first that captures the soulful mystery of what drives the global-nomadic, urban-punk, musician-a
Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the boo
"This eye-popping page turner hits on all levels and will keep you up way past your bedtime...A coming of age thriller with imagination, guts, and soul."--EcoLit Books"Here
"The Russian soul is well suited to a style defined by dark, hard-edged moodiness in underground settings. With St. Petersburg, the tsar’s 'Window on Europe,; we get European-style existential angst a
"Jay Ryan takes the germ of an idea and makes it uniquely great. His genius is in knowing what matters and what doesn't." ?Steve AlbiniThe third book from the iconic underground poster artist, selecte
?Fascinating and thought provoking! Pills and Starships is a chilling look at an ecologically damaged future where big business and the government have not only seized control of the surviving populat
Featuring brand-new stories by: Calvin Wilson, Lavelle Wilkins-Chinn, John Lutz, Paul D. Marks, Colleen J. McElroy, Jason Makansi, S.L. Coney, Michael Castro, Laura Benedict, Jedidiah Ayres, Umar Lee,
"In Stipe’s startling photographs and 12 brief written homages, Patti Smith is depicted as a down-to-earth goddess, a part of and apart from her evolving entourage of musicians, artists, poets (Allen
"George is an ace at interlacing the real dramas of the world . . . the book's slim length and flyweight depth could make it an artifact of this particular zeitgeist in American history. Playas and ha
"Madeleine Kunin argues that empowering women to succeed at home and at work is both good economics and good social policy. She presents a convincing road map for how we achieve that vision, and calls
"The Dead Detective is Heffernan's first novel in seven years, and wherever he's been, he hasn't forgotten how to write a good, gritty police procedural. . . . This edgy police drama succeeds in captu
