Bandits & Bibles: Convict Literature in Nineteenth-Century America
What was life like for the gangs of New York and others thrown into the nineteenth-century slammer?
I Disappeared Them
Nein, Nein, Nein! One Man’s Tale of Depression, Psychic Torment, and a Bus Tour of the Holocaust (Paperback Edition)
Stay Positive Limited Edition Preorder Package
Joyce Carol Oates: Letters to a Biographer
So You Wanna Run a Country?
Featured: Black Interest
Limbo
An African American man confronts a heart of darkness when his family moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Norway.
I Am a Promise
An inspiring children’s picture book about the indomitable spirit of Jamaican eight-time Olympic medal winner Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce.
Upcoming Events
John Densmore — Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA)
4/21/24, 3:00pm
John Densmore presents The Doors Unhinged, in conversation with Stephen Perkins
Ron Kovic — Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (Los Angeles, CA)
4/21/24, 12:00pm
Memoir on Vietnam: Make Art, Not War, featuring Ron Kovic, author of A Dangerous Country: An American Elegy and Ben Caldwell, moderated by Robeson Taj Frazier
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Limited Edition Preorders and Special Offers
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Quarantine Q&A: David Duchovny
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