Henri Charrière     1969     576p     5 x 8 “We have too much technological progress, life is too hectic, and our society has only one goal: to invent still more technological marvels to make life even easier and better. The craving for every new scientific discovery breeds a hunger for greater comfort and the constant struggle to … Continue reading Papillion →

A Memoir Reinaldo Arenas     1992     336p     5 x 8 Written while dying of AIDS in New York City in the late 1980s, this is Arenas’ incredible story, told so movingly and elegantly in all its misery and beauty. Born in impoverished countryside of Cuba, Arenas ran away to join guerrillas at … Continue reading Before Night Falls →

A Human History Marcus Rediker     2007     448p     5.5 x 8 For more than three centuries slave ships carried millions of people from the coasts of Africa across the Atlantic to the New World. Much is known of the slave trade and the American plantation complex, but little of the … Continue reading The Slave Ship →

An Atlantic History of Slavery and Freedom Marcus Rediker     2012     320p     6 x 9 On June 28, 1839, the Spanish slave schooner Amistad set sail from Havana on a routine delivery of human cargo. On a moonless night, after four days at sea, the captive Africans rose up, killed … Continue reading The Amistad Rebellion →

Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic Peter Linebaugh & Marcus Rediker     2001     433p     6.5 x 9 Spanning an impressive 200 years, this books takes us from the early 1600s (and the years leading up to the English Civil War) through the golden age of … Continue reading The Many-Headed Hydra →