Subject: Featured Music/Pop Culture/Art Titles
Black Music
The long-awaited reissue of the sequel to Amiri Baraka’s seminal work, BLUES PEOPLE, and latest selection in the AkashiClassics Renegade Reprint Series. This collection of essays by Amiri Baraka/LeRoi Jones includes a new introduction by the author and Q&A by Calvin Reid.
Dance of Days: Updated Edition
Updated 2009 edition of this evergreen punk classic—with a new chapter, additional photos, and other original material!
From a Basement in Seattle
Pearl Jam’s longtime in-house designer, Brad Klausen, presents his first book of visually stunning poster art. With introductions by Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament from Pearl Jam.
Hard Art, DC 1979
Pulitzer prize–winning photographer Lucian Perkins captures four electrifying punk shows in Washington, DC, in 1979, with narrative by Alec MacKaye and an essay by Henry Rollins.
HNIC
Prodigy, from the legendary hip-hop group Mobb Deep, launches Akashic’s new Infamous Books imprint with a story of loyalty, vengeance, and greed.
Infinity Blues
World-famous singer-songwriter Ryan Adams reveals his prodigious talents as a poetry and fiction writer.
Letters to Kurt
A poetic elegy for Kurt Cobain from the man who created the band Hole with Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love.
LyricPop First 8-Book Bundle
For a limited time, purchase a set of the first 8 titles in our LyricPop series of children’s picture books for just $50 (plus shipping)!
LyricPop Full 16-Book Set!
For a limited time, purchase the full set of our LyricPop series of children’s picture books: 16 books for just $100 (plus shipping)!
LyricPop Second 8-Book Bundle
For a limited time, purchase a set of the second 8 titles in our LyricPop series of children’s picture books for just $50 (plus shipping)!
Nelson George Two Book Set
For a limited time, purchase both The Lost Treasures of R&B and The Plot Against Hip Hop together for only $15!
The Perfume Burned His Eyes—Signed with Limited Edition Hardcover ZOPA WORDS
This LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE for the paperback edition of Michael Imperioli’s novel The Perfume Burned His Eyes includes a signed book and the limited edition signed hardcover ZOPA WORDS, by Imperioli and his bandmates Elijah Amitin and Olmo Tighe of ZOPA.
THIS PAGE IS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE OF THE PERFUME BURNED HIS EYES. Click [HERE] for details on the regular edition of the book.
Please Take Me Off the Guest List
Please Take Me Off the Guest List is the latest in a series of creative collaborations by New York City artists and friends Zachary Lipez, Nick Zinner, and Stacy Wakefield.
The Reservoir—Limited Edition Package with Exclusive Chapbook
This LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE for the paperback reissue of David Duchovny’s novella The Reservoir includes a signed copy of The Reservoir and a copy of the exclusive chapbook Poems, Lyrics, Flip. Only Fourteen Orders Left!
THIS PAGE IS FOR THE LIMITED EDITION PACKAGE OF THE RESERVOIR AND THE EXCLUSIVE CHAPBOOK POEMS, LYRICS, FLIP. Click here to order The Reservoir without the exclusive chapbook.
Simon’s Cat Bundle
For a limited time, purchase both Simon’s Cat in Kitten Chaos and Simon’s Cat vs. the World for only $20!
Simon’s Cat Off to the Vet . . . and Other Cat-astrophes
In this brand-new book we see Simon’s Cat face any feline’s most dreaded scenario: heading to the vet.
Simon’s Cat vs. the World
This year, the world’s favorite cat faces his biggest series of challenges yet, as he takes on the whole globe!
STEWdio: The Naphic Grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D
Chuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage, etc.) brings his personal insights and social critiques to the page in fierce, passionate, and evocative visual art and prose
*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will be SIGNED by Chuck D!
Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group
Washington, DC–based rock ‘n’ roll antihero Ian F. Svenonius provides an unparalleled and exquisitely provocative how-to guide for rock bands.
*While supplies last, books ordered through the website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Ian F. Svenonius!
This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake – limited edition package w/exclusive 12″ vinyl
International best-selling rock band Garbage’s gorgeous new coffee-table book chronicling the span of their twenty-two-year career, This Is the Noise That Keeps Me Awake, is available here as part of a limited edition package, featuring an EXCLUSIVE 12" record and a copy of the book. This limited edition collectible book and record bundle is completely sold out!
We Owe You Nothing, Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews Expanded Edition
Revised and expanded edition of the punk classic (more than 15,000 copies sold), with six new interviews.
What Else Is in the Teaches of Peaches
An outrageous and provocative photograph book of cult music hero Peaches, with text from Peaches, Yoko Ono, Elliot Page, and Michael Stipe.
While supplies last, books ordered through the Akashic Books website will include a bookplate SIGNED by Peaches!
You Have to Fucking Eat
The long-awaited sequel to the #1 New York Times best-selling classic Go the Fuck to Sleep.
Forthcoming Titles
Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Forthcoming: 6/4/24
The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black
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