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The Hidden Wound
Wendell Berry
With the expected grace of Wendell Berry comes The Hidden Wound, an essay about racism and the damage it has done to the identity of our country. Through Berry’s personal experience, he explains how remaining passive in the face of struggle of racism further corrodes America’s potential. In a quiet and observant manner, Berry opens up about how his attempt to discuss racism is rooted in the hope that someday the historical wound will begin to heal.
"Berry has produced one of the most humane, honest, liberating works of our time. It is a beautiful book. More than that, it has become at one stroke an essential book. Every American who can read at all should read it." —Hayden Carruth, The Village Voice
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-486-5 | Trade Paper | $14.95 |
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Long Time Leaving
Dispatches from Up South
ROY BLOUNT JR.
Long Time Leaving is a dry, hilarious collection of essays about charming, funny, and infuriating facets of southern tradition and their equally odd northern counterparts. From chicken fingers to yellow dog Democrats, Blount’s irreverent musings are a droll assault on both northern and southern from one of the most esteemed humorists of our time.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-458-2 | Trade Paper | $15.95 |
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War Nerd
GARY BRECHER
Data entry clerk by day, war nerd by night, Gary Brecher provides a completely unvarnished perspective on warfare in this collection of opinionated, enraging, enlightening, and entertaining gonzo essays.
“He . . . makes the better–known war commentator–humorists P. J. O’Rourke and Fred
Reed sound like editorials in the Christian Science Monitor.” —Steve Sailer
SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-0-97966-368-0 | Trade Paper | $15.95 |
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Egg on Mao
The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship
DENISE CHONG
Egg on Mao pivots around the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, focusing on the life of a bus mechanic living under a repressive regime who committed an act of defiance. Part biography of a gesture, part testament to the power of the individual, Egg on Mao honors the courage of protest and the remarkable momentum of change.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-547-3 | Cloth | $26.00 |
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Dead Silence
Fear and Terror on the Anthrax Trail
BOB COEN and ERIC NADLER
An in-depth look into the new biological arms race, Dead Silence conveys the inside story of the U.S. anthrax attacks and their connection to the existence of a frightening global germ warfare underworld. Coen and Nadler’s investigations take them across four continents and inside classified labs, revealing a web of secrecy, corporate greed, and global manipulation.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-509-1 | Cloth | $25.00 |
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Vanishing America
In Pursuit of Our Elusive Landscapes
JAMES CONAWAY
A mixture of travelogue and personal narrative, James Conaway’s smart, informative essays offer insightful depictions of his journeys between Washington, D.C. and Big Sur, California. Conaway tries to understand what has become of the places, people, and traditions that were once so precious but have now been irreparably changed, and he urges us to consider the value of preservation in our growth-driven society.
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-442-1 | Trade Paper | $15.95 |
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Rebels Wit Attitude
Subversive Rock Humorists
IAIN ELLIS
Discussing the work of iconic figures as diverse as Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, The Talking Heads, and Missy Elliot, music writer Iain Ellis throws a spotlight on the history of humor in rock music, and its use as a weapon of anti-establishment rebellion. Rebels Wit Attitude is an entertaining look at some of the greatest rebels in American rock culture and a fascinating history of humor and dissent.
SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-206-3 | Trade Paper | $15.95 |
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Marked for Death
Dying for the Story in the World's Most Dangerous Places
TERRY GOULD
Worldwide, nearly three-quarters of journalists who die on assignment are targeted and assassinated for their dogged pursuit of important stories of injustice. Their compelling stories highlight how selflessly humans can love justice and their fellow citizens; how dogged and resourceful people can be in attempts to thwart injustice; how vital it is to show the defeated and the indifferent, as well as the powerful; and that there really are some things worth dying for.
“Terry Gould has made all of [the journalists he profiles in his book] more than mere statistics. By digging so deeply into their lives, he has not only memorialized them but has helped us understand their martyrdom.”
—Columbia Journalism Review
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-58243-614-2 | Trade Paper | $15.95 |
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Deeply Rooted
Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
LISA M. HAMILTON
Lisa M. Hamilton conducts an inquiry into three unconventional farmers in America whose experiences make the case that, to save our food system, we must bring farmers back to the table.
“The extraordinary farmers . . . in Deeply Rooted embody the future of American agriculture.” —Alice Waters
COUNTERPOINT | 978-1-59376-180-6 | Cloth | $25.00 |
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Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger
Can China and India Dominate the West?
PREM SHANKAR JHA
Prem Shankar Jha looks at the interaction between economic change and political and social change in China and India as they have progressed down the road to capitalism. His investigation concludes that the future of these two countries remains more uncertain, complicated, and potentially conflicted that previously recognized.
SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-248-3 | Trade Paper Original | $16.95 |
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Journey to the End of Islam
MICHAEL MUHAMMAD KNIGHT
In Journey to the End of Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight—whose work has led to him being hailed as both the Jack Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson of American Islam—visits holy sites in Pakistan, Syria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, engaging both the puritanical Islam promoted by Saudi globalization and the heretical strands of popular folk Islam: shrines, magic, music, and drugs.
SOFT SKULL PRESS | 978-1-59376-246-9 | Trade Paper Original | $16.95 |
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