Farewell to Prague is a memoir set against the turbulent events of the Nazi era in Germany and World War II England. Miriam Darvas, at the age of six, witnesses a murder being committed by German Stor
Shepard Fairey is the most influential artist in the world and this text is a critical examination of his art and life. By digging into to the many layers of being an anti-modern artist, much can be l
A comprehensive step-by-step workbook of checklists and DIY projects that prepare home and family for any life-threatening catastropheHurricane, earthquake, pandemic, terror attack, solar flare, riot
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Inspired by Nabokov’s famous title Speak, Memory, this issue of Tin House asks, What is memory? How does it work? Reliable, unreliable, manipulated, historical, contradictory ? this issue brings you f
Cementing her reputation as one of the most brilliant interpreters of the Iranian soul, novelist Zoya Pirzad offers a heartbreaking and tender story of a family haunted by separations. Edmond lives a
For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. But then the war comes and there is only one thing for Poni to do. Run. Run for her life. Driven by th
Contrary to its contemporary image, deniable covert operations are not something new. Such activities have been ordered by every president and every administration since the Second World War. In many
Petro (Peter) Jacyk survived two of the most horrendous events of the 20th century: the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, instigated by Stalin and responsible for the deaths of untold millions, and waves
Is it more profitable for workers and their employers to be "out" in the workplace? What's holding back the "model minority"? A compendium of groundbreaking research studies conducted by bestselling a
Traces the life and career of the award-winning photojournalist whose life was ended in 2011 by a mortar blast while he was covering the Libyan Civil War, honoring his advocacy on behalf of countless
A total assault on the powers that turn humans into machines by writing and fixing our life scripts, Burroughs’ original ?cut-up” book was itself rewritten in three different forms. This new edition o
A stunning first collection full of lyrical, heartwarming poems by the remarkable Lisa Panepinto. Her words touch on the suffering of the disenfranchised was well as the beauty and power of nature. As
The Los Angeles Review of Books launched in April of 2011 as a humble Tumblr, with a 2600-word essay by Ben Ehrenreich entitled ?The Death of the Book.” The gesture was meant to be provocative, and to
Most people have the same fundamental yearnings and questions inside of them. Most of us agree, the most common desire by far is to love and to be loved. And yet for so many people, love - in its many
Called the ?good nutrition bible” by one reviewer, The DASH Diet to End Obesity is the ultimate guide to common sense-lifestyle changes that will improve the health of the entire family. With a specia
Documents the author's decade-long search for identity and a place of belonging as inspired by African-American and Jewish history as well as the exoduses of black communities that left ancestral home
A quick-and-easy, no-starvation approach to maintaining a healthy body by flushing toxins each weekThere is no avoiding the pollutants and dangerous chemicals in the modern world. But the revolutionar
The second novel in the Marko della Torre series, Killing Pilgrim is a propulsive political thriller following a complex plot hatched by members of the CIA and set against the backdrop of war-torn Yug
Cofounded by former LA Weekly editor Joe Donnelly and current Los Angeles Times Arts and Entertainment editor Laurie Ochoa, Slake is a literary journal that sets a new template for the next generation
Reported in 2013 as the marketing channel that "delivers the best ROI for customer acquisition and retention" by Target Marketing’s Seventh Annual Media Usage Forecast survey of B2C, direct mail is su
From Edith Sodergran to Gunnar Ekelof to Nobel Prize-winning Tomas Transtromer, Sweden has long been home to a rich and luminous poetic tradition, notable for refreshing openness, striking honesty, an
Based on his own experience transforming himself from a degenerate bar fly into a dedicated runner who qualified for the Boston Marathon, Ben Kaplan provides a week-by-week training program, split int
Obsessed by the past, a young Englishwoman arrives in Tokyo to seek a long-lost piece of film footage dating back to the 1937 Nanking Massacre, journeying from the decadent hostess bars and palatial a
Suffering a breakdown after a traumatic case three years earlier, former NYPD vice cop Dan Champion starts over as a small-town detective and is shocked by a case involving the murder of a woman he re
Motherland is inspired by stories from the author’s father and his German childhood, and letters between her grandparents that were hidden in an attic wall for fifty years. It is the author’s attempt
If Only You People Could Follow Directions is a spellbinding debut by Jessica Hendry Nelson. In linked autobiographical essays, Nelson has reimagined the memoir with her thoroughly original voice, fe
A collection of essays on the craft of biography and autobiography by the author of Basil Street Blues presents two volatile pieces on the ethics and values of nonfiction writing and continues with an
If twenty-five years can discover the internet, the cell phone, this thing called the iPod, can twenty-five years discover the secret of a girl murdered, abandoned, by the side of the road?That is the
What if Jesus were not a supernatural being conceived by a virgin, but a real human being who had experienced the awakening of consciousness known as ?enlightenment” in the East? This extraordinary li
A volume of winter-themed pieces from a noted literary magazine collects short stories, articles and other writings by and about today's leading authors as well as up-and-coming talents, in a volume t
Constantly trying to fend off attempts by her daughter to move her into assisted living, Esther Lustig, an elderly Jewish woman who lives as much in the past as in the present, finds herself lost in a
SPARK: The Inspiring Life and Legacy of Milton K. Wong is a collection of personal stories by twenty-eight influential individuals from the public and private sector, the arts and social justice commu
Traditional takes and bold new flavors served up in a split loaf of light and crusty French breadHumble and delicious, po' boys are the favorite of local folks in the Big Easy who snatch them up by th
A beautifully rendered translation by Vietnamese poet Ngo Tu Lap and acclaimed American poet Martha Collins, Black Stars introduces a man who is both attached to his war-haunted childhood home and dee
""Updates and perspectives on the science of animal emotion and human-animal interaction by a professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology. Topics include animal emotion, behavior, and cogni
The author of the classic My Traitor's Heart presents a chronicle of South Africa's turbulent multicultural effort to rebuild as reflected by such subjects as the famous song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight,
As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, f
This guided journal includes inspirational quotes and prompts for individuals in recovery from eating disorders. With soulful artwork by the late Mary Anne Ritter ? ?Ritteroo” ? who suffered from anor
As Tom Claughlin ? a husband, recent father, and long-time advocate for New York City’s workers ? becomes increasingly rattled by domestic life inside a one bedroom apartment, he plunges further into
