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Guitar

by Tim Brookes

“Brookes takes us on a riveting autobiographical odyssey through a charged, emotional world atremble with soulful yearnings, suspense and evolving American musical styles. ….

The Exile

by Mark Ames

“Brazen, irreverent, immodest, and rude, the eXile struggles with the harsh truth of the new century in Russia. . . . Since 1997, Ames…

Escape Velocity

by Mark Dery

“A lively compendium of dispatches from the far reaches of today’s computer savvy avant-garde . . . this book is your ideal guide to…

Elvis Presley Boulevard

by Mark Winegardener

Elvis Presley Boulevard chronicles the trip we’ve all taken — or wanted to take — into the country that confounds its admirers and delights…

Dorian

by Will Self

“The most significant way in which Self’s book differs from its predecessor is in its very freedom and frankness. . . . There’s no denying Self’s novel’s cleverness, best displayed in its neatly postmodern ending.” —Sophie Harrison, The New York Times Book Review…

Doctor Dealer

by Mark Bowden

“Shocking . . . briskly and brilliantly told.” –The Baltimore Sun…

Death by Leisure

by Chris Ayres

“With dry British wit, [Ayres] skewers American greed, L.A. life, and his own endless romantic foibles . . . Somehow, Ayres knew the fall…

The Comedians

by Kliph Nesteroff

An expansive and endlessly entertaining history of stand-up comedy, spanning more than a century from vaudeville through radio, television, the counterculture, and the comedy…

The Book of Absinthe

by Phil Baker

“Baker’s witty, eminently readable, erudite history of absinthe is a must for the cocktail aficionado.” –Wine & Spirits

The Answer Is Never

by Jocko Weyland

‘sharp and winning. . . . [Weyland] is at his best when he writes about what skating gave him as a kid–what it’s like…