The Explorers

An Explorer’s Notebook

From internationally acclaimed scientist Tim Flannery, captivating essays and articles on the wonders of the natural world.

Doom Fox

“Iceberg Slim is a major creative influence on so many musicians and writers working outside the bland mainstream. . . . Slim always told it as it was, without compromise.”…

The Bomb Maker

“There are probably only half a dozen suspense writers alive who can be depended upon to deliver high-voltage shocks; vivid, sympathetic characters; and compelling narratives each time they publish. Thomas…

Empire of the Senseless

Kathy Acker continues her post-modern explorations with a story set in a bleak world where the society we know is dying in its own ruins.

Elephant Rocks

“The music of these poems is every bit as seductive as their reasoning. Her thinking flaunts the plush, irresistible textures of organic growth; we’d no sooner disagree with it than…

Eighty-Sixed

…ferocious wit and total lack of sentimentality or self-pity. . . . A harrowing first-person account of gay life in the age of AIDS.” –The New York Times Book Review…

Dressed for Death

“Brunetti’s humane police work is disarming, and his ambles through the city are a delight.” —The New York Times Book Review…

Dream Work

“Oliver’s poems are thoroughly convincing–as genuine, moving, and implausible as the first caressing breeze of spring.” –The New York Times Book Review…

Dream Angus

“Elegant . . . Spare, polished . . . Smith fluidly weaves in contemporary vignettes.” —Publishers Weekly…