City Lights
Founded in 1955, with nearly two hundred books in print, City Lights publishes cutting-edge fiction, poetry, memoirs, literary translations, and books on vital social and political issues. Powells.com congratulates City Lights for fifty years of quality and independence in publishing. Visit our City Lights section and browse unforgettable works by authors like Ginsberg, Bukowski, Poe, and more.


Poetry

Pocket Poets #04: Howl: And Other Poems
by Allen Ginsberg

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"Do we need to say anything about Howl? This is, more than anything else, the book that launched the Beat movement. By turns wildly praised and bitterly reviled, it still packs a wallop today." Chris F., Powells.com... (read more)
 
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Erotica

Story of the Eye
by Georges Bataille

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In 1928, Georges Bataille published this first novel under a pseudonym, a legendary shocker that uncovers the dark side of the erotic by means of forbidden obsessive fantasies of excess and sexual extremes. A classic of pornographic literature, Story of... (read more)
 
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Literature

Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Charles Bukowski

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With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground-people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his... (read more)
 
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Biography

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents
by Ellen Ullman

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A candid account of the life of a software engineer who runs a computer consulting business out of her live-work loft in San Francisco's multimedia gulch. Immersed in the abstract world of information, algorithms, and networks, she would like to give in... (read more)
 
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Politics

Terrorism Trap: September 11 and Beyond
by Michael Parenti

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A penetrating analysis of the hidden political, economic, and religious agendas behind the September 11 attacks and the war, with an emphasis on Afghanistan's history and the U.S.-led globalization process that has impoverished and angered much of the... (read more)
 
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Foreign Languages

Essential Neruda : Selected Poems (04 Edition)
by Pablo Neruda

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This collection of Neruda's most essential poems will prove indispensable. Selected by a team of poets and prominent Neruda scholars in both Chile and the U.S., this is a definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth and width of Neruda's... (read more)
 
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Featured Titles

Notes of a Dirty Old Man
by Charles Bukowski

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"Bukowski. You either love him or hate him. This is one of his best collections of short stories — raunchy, sodden, and bloated. Enjoy." Chris F., Powells.com... (read more)
 
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World History

Little Matter of Genocide : Holocaust and Denial in the Americas, 1492 To the Present (97 Edition)
by Ward Churchill

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In this provocative collection of essays, Ward Churchill examines the definition of genocide -- in legal as well as cultural terms.<P>He begins by framing the matter of holocaust denial, examining both "revisionist" denial of the Jewish Holocaust... (read more)
 
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Gay and Lesbian Studies

The Tears of Eros
by Georges Bataille

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Tears of Eros is the culmination of Georges Bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred. Taking up such figures as Giles de Rais, Erzebet Bathory, the Marquis de Sade, El Greco, Gustave Moreau, Andre Breton, Voodoo... (read more)
 
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Sale Books

Pocket Poets Series #55: Front Lines: Selected Poems Pocket Poets Series #55: Front Lines: Selected Poems
by Jack Hirschman

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"Poet-warrior Jack Hirschman's is a poetry of witness. Veteran communist and word crafter, Hirschman finds beauty in the struggles of ordinary people to better their lives." Chris F., Powells.com... (read more)
 
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America Besieged America Besieged
by Michael Parenti

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America Besiegeddeals with the underlying forces within U.S. society that deeply affect our lives. Showing how we are being misled and harmed by those who profess to have our interests at heart, Michael Parenti writes: "We are indeed a nation besieged... (read more)
 
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Film and Television

A Panorama of American Film Noir: 1941-1953
by Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton

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Includes bibliographical references and index. Filmography: p. 165-228.... (read more)
 
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Mystery

The Prone Gunman
by Jean-Patrick Manchette

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Martin Terrier is a hired killer who wants out of the game-so he can settle down and marry his childhood sweetheart. After all, that's why he took up this profession! But the Organization won't let him go: they have other plans. Once again, the gunman... (read more)
 
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Literary Criticism

Fantasies of the Master Race : Literature, Cinema and the Colonization of American Indians, Expanded ((Rev)98 Edition)
by Ward Churchill

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Chosen an "Outstanding Book on the Subject of Human Rights in the United States"by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights. In this volume of incisive essays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature and... (read more)
 
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Philosophy

Erotism: Death and Sensuality
by Georges Bataille

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Taboo and sacrifice, transgression and language, death and sensuality-Georges Bataille pursues these themes with an original, often startling perspective. He challenges any single discourse on the erotic. The scope of his inquiry ranges from Emily Bronte... (read more)
 
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Native North American

Kill the Indian, Save the Man: The Genocidal Impact of American Indian Residential Schools
by Ward Churchill

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For five consecutive generations, from roughly 18801980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the... (read more)
 
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Anthologies

The World's Embrace: Selected Poems
by Abdellatif Laabi

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Compelling poems from one of the most prolific and critically acclaimed of contemporary North African writers. Imprisoned for many years by the Moroccan authorities, Labi's poetry is haunted by memories of torture and prisons and bears witness to his... (read more)
 
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