A Mother for Choco

Keiko Kasza     1993     16p     7 x 9 In this picture book, Choco is a little bird who lives all alone. He wishes he had a mother, but who could his mother be? While searching for her, Chocho is told over and over that different animals cannot be his mother … Continue reading A Mother for Choco

New Arrivals

  A Cavalier History of Surrealism     Jules-François Dupuis     1977     131p     5 x 8 This pseudonymous account of surrealism by Raoul Vaneigem offers an answer to the question, “What was living and what was dead in Surrealism?” Though blistering in its criticism of surrealism’s artistic and political aporias, … Continue reading New Arrivals

The Creation of the Sun and the Moon

B. Traven 1934 60p 6 x 8 B. Traven’s picture book take on an old mexican folk tale. $4-10 Other works involving b. traven, mexico, folk tales

101 Ways to Kill Your Boss

Graham Roumieu     2007     112p     7 x 5 From the author that was brave enough and tender enough to give us the first true-to-life biography of Big foot comes this inspiring how-to picture book. $4-10 Other works involving assassination, propaganda by the deed, revenge, humor, comics

Jumping the Line

The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical William Herrick     2001     280p     6 x 9 Jumping the Line offers a vivid, sobering, first-hand account of Left culture in America’s heady days of the 20s through the 40s. William Herrick grew up in New York City with pictures of Lenin … Continue reading Jumping the Line

In the Crossfire

Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary Ngo Van     1995     296p     6 x 9 Although the Vietnam War is still well known, few people in the english-speaking world are aware of the decades of struggles against the French colonial regime that preceded it, many of which had no connection with the … Continue reading In the Crossfire