Akashic Books

A new edition of an iconic skateboarding book, with new photography and a postscript, this book documents the history of…

Glen E Friendman is one of the most prolific musical photographers there is. He's photographed everything from Black…

An oral history of legendary Twin Cities rock group The Hold Steady, based on interviews with everyone who's ever…

In this grimly humorous recounting of author Jerry Stahl's experience on a guided bus tour of the Holocaust, one of…

In this collection of interviews, discover conversations with the greatest minds of the punk underground up through…

In this timely book from Innocence Project attorney M. Chris Fabricant, the reader gets an insider's view of America's…

In this photography collection including never-before-seen shots, author and photographer Glen E. Friedman has compiled…

Ever wanted a punk origins story? Hint: the correct answer is "fuck yeah". Get an in-depth picture of the first 20 years…

After a domestic terrorist unleashes a dirty bomb in Manhattan in 1970, making the borough uninhabitable, the federal…

Greetings, well-intentioned person of pallor. Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and divisive…

Weird, ironic, paranoid, perceptive essays on music, culture, politics, and more from DC punk mainstay Ian Svenonius.…

You don't need to hold a séance to form your band (except as a last resort). That's the first piece of wisdom, followed…

A gripping story of the Clash's attempt to keep it together in the early 80s, as the world fell apart around them. The…

Every city has a history. From its settlement in 1843 through today, Portland Noir paints a dark, intriguing, and not…

Beautifully-detailed plasticine figures provide an introduction to punk music and culture for kiddos. This book puts…

A history of activist social movements from 1985-2010, focused on Chicago, hip hop, graffiti, and the rise of the Obama…

Sixteen short stories by poet and all around brilliant person Amiri Baraka. These first came out in 1967 and they are…

Over the last decade, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become an ongoing topic of conversation around the world,…

This novel is about young people doing interesting things in the final moments of the last century. Odile is a lovely…

This is a novel that reads as a page-turning, barely-fictionalized memoir about squatting in New York City in the 90s. A…