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1) Austin noir
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Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"You've probably heard of Austin. You may have been here for South by Southwest. Your best friend may have recently relocated here from California. You might have thought about moving here yourself, then decided it wasn't worth it to live in Texas. You may have moved to Austin decades ago. You may even have been born and raised in Austin, and now you're on the outskirts of San Antonio or (god forbid) Waco because you can't afford to buy a house anywhere...
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First published in 1925, "Manhattan Transfer" by American author John Dos Passos is an engrossing portrayal of urban life in New York City from the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age. Critically acclaimed and widely considered to be his most important work, Dos Passos tells the story of the city as it grows and changes through the perspectives of many of its inhabitants. The city itself is a central character of the novel. It is exciting and glamorous, but...
4) No Escape
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MGM
Pub. Date
1953.
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English
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An innocent couple, seeking to clear themselves of a homicide charge, discover that a jealous enraged detective is the murderer.
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DEAD GIRL BLUES"It's been a long time since I read anything this hard-hitting and thought-provoking. DEAD GIRL BLUES is daringly original, both shocking and brilliantly told. At a time when many crime novels blend together, Grandmaster Lawrence Block again shows he's a one-of-a-kind author. " ~ David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder As a Fine ArtYou might as well know this going in: Lawrence Block's new novel is not for everyone....
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Is someone systematically killing the judges of the B.C. bar? At least one has been, murdered and several have disappeared. Arthur Beauchamp returns from retirement once again to take on the case, this time defending his former nemesis, backwoods poet Cudworth Brown, and tracking down a mystery novel that Brown's unreliable former lawyer has been, writing, all this just as his own wife, Margaret, has announced her candidacy for the Green Party in...
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From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition. This book succeeds as simultaneously a cultural history of left-libertarian thought in Britain and a demonstration of the applicability of that history to current politics....
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Español
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Cuando Filomena Buscarsela, detective privado trabajando en Nueva York, lleva a su hija adolescente Antonia a Ecuador para que conozca a sus familiares, la visita se trastoca en más que un simple regreso a casa. Filomena no ha pisado Ecuador en años, y este viaje le devuelve episodios de su vida pasada en los que fue una revolucionaria. Ni siquiera logra tener tiempo de adaptarse a su nuevo entorno cuando es asesinado el sacerdote que, años atrás,...
9) Jook
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English
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Zelmont Raines has slid a long way since his ability to jook, to outmaneuver his opponents on the field, made him a Super Bowl-winning wide receiver, earning him lucrative endorsement deals and more than his share of female attention. But Zee hasn't always been good at saying no, so a series of missteps involving drugs, a paternity suit or two, legal entanglements, shaky investments, and recurring injuries have virtually sidelined his career.
That...
10) Kings Row
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English
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This is Henry Bellamann's wonderful novel that many call a lost American classic. Despite being a critical and commercial success on its release in 1940, leading to a film version with Ronald Reagan two years later, King's Row and the rest of Bellamann's works are largely forgotten today. This is unfortunate, as King's Row is a novel that should be richly appreciated both for the skill of its construction and the richness of its ideas. It's an important...
11) Moment of Doubt
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A Moment of Doubt is at turns hilarious, thrilling, and obscene. Jim Nisbet's novella is ripped from the zeitgeist of the '80s, and set in a sex-drenched San Francisco, where the computer becomes the protagonist's co-conspirator and both writer and machine seem to threaten the written word itself.
The City as whore provides a backdrop oozing with drugs, poets and danger. Nisbet has written a madcap meditation on the angst of a writer caught in a...
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Colin, a photographer, is working in Cornwall when he meets Morveren and finds himself inexplicably drawn towards her and she to him. Their fates intertwine with events that took place during the reign of Queen Mary 1st, also known as Bloody Mary. As the story unfolds, the link between the past and present becomes apparent, the past dictates the future of Colin's and Morveren's relationship, from which there is no escaping.
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Money talks.
But who will pay the price?
The sky is dark and heavy when Private Investigator Edgar "Doc" Holiday discovers the body of Hollywood's most famous animal trainer at a ranch in the San Fernando Valley. Titus, the canine star of a major motion picture is still missing, and his disappearance is costing the movie business more than just money.
But as Doc continues his search for the invaluable dog, he soon unearths a deadly secret more complex...
14) Chieu Hoi Saloon
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It's 1992 and three people's lives are about to collide against the flaming backdrop of the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles. Vietnam vet Harry Hudson is a journalist fleeing his past: the war, a failed marriage, and a fear-ridden childhood. Rootless, he stutters, wrestles with depression, and is aware he's passed the point at which victim becomes victimizer. He explores the city's lowest dives, the only places where he feels at home. He meets Mama...
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Radicals, feminists, environmentalists. Activists for animal rights, human rights, civil rights. There are plenty of rebels and dissidents putting their asses on the line. Conversely, there's never been a shortage of reactionaries seeking to repress such vision and passion.
Learning how to fight and/or defend yourself is not the same as promoting belligerent, anti-social behavior. While talk of non-violence is understandable and the struggle for...
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English
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Jackson Blast is a down-on-his-luck private investigator. His now ex-wife learned about an affair he was having with her sister, and that left him divorced and broke. Erratic income from his detective agency compelled an old friend, a VP, at a bank with a big turnover of personnel, to send him the bank's employment placement business. That was the beginning of the Blast Detective / Employment Agency, and the 'Every Other Day Detective'.
17) Snitch World
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"The Miata jumped the curb and sheared off a light pole. The impact deployed the airbags, but Chainbang was ready. He knifed Klinger's before it was fully inflated and his own before it could crush the glass pipe in his breast pocket. The six-inch blade went through the nylon like a pit bull through a kindergarten."
Snitch World takes place in a San Francisco of menacing technology, where the old cons come up short and the crimes of the gritty night...
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What happens when a popular and young emperor suddenly dies, and the only person available to succeed him is his sister? How can people in an island country survive as climate change and martial law are eroding more and more opportunities for local sustainability and mutual aid? And, what can be done to challenge the rise of a new authoritarian political leadership at a time when the general public is obsessed with fears related to personal and national...
19) Vampyr
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Deutsch
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Nachtkommissar Gideon Voss untersucht widerwillig einen tödlichen Unfall und stolpert dabei über blutsaugende Okkultisten, hartnäckige Ermittlerkollegen und Gefühle für die Hauptverdächtige, die ihn mit tiefschwarzen Augen und angefeilten Eckzähnen manipuliert.
20) Bare Snow
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English
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Featuring an insane cast of anthropomorphic characters, Bare Snow is based on Brett A. Brooks's Pussy Katnip Series and was first featured in A Hand of Gold and other stories in 2018.Jerry O'Hare is a journalist for the Herald, who is hoping to get the real scoop on Grizz Bigly and his dastardly schemes. When he and his apprentice witness a murder, Jerry's realizes he has more to worry over than the puddle of piss he left in Bigly's bed. Now, with...
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