Vicar has arrived in Los Angeles in the early days of 1969, with nothing but the clothes on his back and the tattoo of Montgomery Clift and Liz Taylor on his head. Beyond a cineaste, he is labeled “cineautistic” by those who meet him. Intersecting and moving in and out of Hollywood history, Vicar seems destined for nothing or everything. STEVE ERICKSON has given us a love letter to film and a disturbing examination of God’s relationship with man, or, more specifically, children. Deceptively simple prose mirrors frames in a film and scenes in a script. Reset the world and count from zero.

This book is chock full of everything you want in a book about rock and roll. The subjects are fascinating, (Iggy Pop, Brian Jones, the Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson, Lou Reed, Syd Barret, Kurt Cobain, Elvis Costello, Miles Davis, Gun & Roses, etc. etc.) and the writing is spectacular. NICK KENT spent years in the sordid bowels of rock staring into a musical abyss where darkness courses through the veins of its rock legends. KENT writes with compassion, a distinctive voice, and a healthy disregard for his own safety.

This book has it all. Part true crime (following an actual murder trial), a memoir of Elliott’s strange relationship with his possibly murderous father, and a study of the creative process as shaped by mythologized memories. At its center is a beating heart, a human being trying to communicate with the world and make some sense of it all. A truly astounding book. Full of insight.

The COLUMBINE massacre of 1999 is the story of a million misconceptions fueled by media mythology and the need for quick answers. DAVE CULLEN'S COLUMBINE, is the exhaustively thorough antidote to the modern news approach. By examining that day and its aftermath from a million different angles and perspectives, Cullin comes away with a compelling narrative that balances seemingly disparate perspectives into a unified whole. Like Robert Graysmith's ZODIAC or Capote's IN COLD BLOOD, this is a book that will be read years from now because it points to something beyond the moment in time it captures.

Parker is a sociopath, an unrepentant crook and everyone's revealed id.  God help you if you get on his bad side. The post-modern crime genre begins and ends here. Many have immitated STARK.  All have failed to come close. STARK'S writing is so good that you will find yourself rooting for Parker to succeed while you gag and wretch with disgust at what that says about you.

PARKER BOOK 3: THE OUTFIT

PARKER BOOK 4: THE MOURNER

PARKER BOOK 5: THE SCORE

PARKER BOOK 6: THE JUGGER

PARKER BOOK 7: THE SEVENTH

PARKER BOOK 8: THE HANDLER

PARKER BOOK 9: THE RARE COIN SCORE

"Imagine what might happen if HOLDEN CAULFIELD stepped into H.G. WELLS’ THE INVISIBLE MAN and you’ll have an idea how good FADE is…" STEPHEN KING CORMIER’S only book to rival and some would argue surpass THE CHOCOLATE WAR, FADE is the story of Paul and his discovery of his family’s unspoken secret ability to fade (turn invisible). What at first seems like a gift to Paul, leads to the discoveries of dark secrets in his town. Secrets and taboos of incest, racism, abuse and chaos bubbling under the surface. Secrets he must now live with. A generational tale of legacies and choices between dark and light, FADE peals away the façade of everyday life, forcing us to look at what lies beneath. A source of censorship attacks since its initial publication in 1988, FADE, like the CHOCOLATE WAR, remains popular because it refuses to talk down to its audience and is written in an eloquent yet simple style.

DEMOLISHED MAN, along with STARS MY DESTINATION are two of the greatest science fiction books ever written. They blazed onto the scene in the 1950’s and instantly rewrote the rules of the genre. THE DEMOLISHED MAN is about the world’s richest man who wants to commit murder in a world policed by telepaths. STARS MY DESTINATION is about Gully Foyle, hardened convict and unlikely hero seeking revenge and getting something altogether different. Great stories innovative in style and execution, it is no accident that they continue to influence writers today including KURT VONNEGUT, NEIL GAIMAN, HARRY HARRISON, ISAAC ASIMOV, SAMUEL R. DELANEY, MICHAEL MOORCOCK and the CYBERPUNK MOVEMENT.