Books published by Soft Skull Pr

The Sea Is My Brother

Soft Skull Press | March 20, 2012 | 240 pages
The long-awaited release of On the Road author Jack Kerouac's lost first novel, now published in North America for the first time  More Info
$19.95

Thrifty Gardening

Soft Skull Press | March 13, 2012 | 272 pages
Bestselling author and gardening columnist Marjorie Harris offers a timely and entertaining guide for gardeners at every stage of life. Whether you're moving into your first apartment or condo, upgrading to a house, or downsizing to smaller digs, Harris shares the best tips on how to create a... More Info

Dora

Soft Skull Press | August 7, 2012 | 237 pages
Dora: A Headcase is a contemporary coming-of-age story based on Freud's famous case study?retold and revamped through Dora's point of view, with shotgun blasts of dark humor and sexual play. Ida needs a shrink . . . or so her philandering father thinks, and he sends her to a Seattle psychiatrist.... More Info
$21.50

Appetite for Self-Destruction

Soft Skull Pr | December 15, 2009 | 320 pages
For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the modern recording industry, from an author who has been writing about it for more than ten years. With unparalleled access to those intimately involved in the music world’s highs and... More Info

Osama Van Halen

Soft Skull Pr | June 2, 2009 | 212 pages
A satirical follow-up to The Taqwacores finds skinhead Ayyub and burqa-wearing punk Rabeya kidnapping a Hollywood celebrity and demanding the production of a movie that reflects Muslims in a positive light in spite of their captive's warnings that they are playing into stereotypes about terrorists,... More Info

Drugs Are Nice

Soft Skull Pr | October 25, 2005 | 250 pages
"Lisa "Suckdog" Carver has written widely on popular music, culture, and her own sex life. With Drugs Are Nice, she charts the birth of the movement she helped create, from the dizzying highs of European performance art tours to the genesis of the zine phenomenon." "When her drug dealer father... More Info

No more prisons

Soft Skull Press | September 15, 1999 | 160 pages
Winner of the 2000 Firecracker Alternative Book Award for Best Book, Politics.  More Info