<div>Roberta Neiman shot the photographs forMagnetic North: Summers with Extraordinary People over a five-year period (1970-75), summering with this eclectic group of artists gathered on the far Atlantic coast. The original prints were developed in Cape Breton's saltwater, and many were lost over time. The images inMagnetic North are what remain of an idyllic period of blissful isolation. </div>

Magnetic North: Summers with Extraordinary People

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Rare Bird Books

When eternal prankster Bernard Radfar created a make-believe character, Mark Black,” a filthy rich eccentric with some highly unusual needs, he had no idea that Mark’s” letters requesting bizarre services would actually bring him responses! Mark” tended to expect a lotafter all, the richest doand wrote to a wide range of companiesfrom private jet firms to life coacheswho might be willing to satisfy the requests of an affluent individual. This hilarious collection of genuine letters is pure fun, contrasting Mark’s boldness of privilege with his respondents’ genuine desire to be of service. Among them is a request for a private jet to fly his Brazilian lover(s) to his ranch house in Germanyordering a ton of beluga caviar for next-day delivery to satisfy his craving for munchies . . . and asking how he could apply for the Nobel Prize for Literature. And that’s just the beginning!

Insincerely Yours: Letters from a Prankster

Humor & Entertainment

Radfar, Bernard

Humor

On a High Sierra packtrip with her husband and their six llamas, psychologist Harriet Wrye felt a millennial call to pull up stakes in her life, as she did with tent stakes and llama stakes each day as they moved along the trail. Inspired, she closed her Los Angeles psychoanalytic practice of thirty years , they leased their house at the beach, and set out on a journey to the back of beyond. Creating a sabbatical from the familiar, her journey became a life-changing spiritual pilgrimage that led to a deep practice of letting go of assumptions, habits and patterns, and stepping into freedom.

Pulling Up Stakes: Stepping into Freedom

Wrye, Harriet Kimble

Religion & Spirituality

<div>First time ever in print, The Autobiography of Marty Feldman is legendary comedy writer, comedian, and actor Marty Feldman's autobiographical magnum opus of his life in London's East End, explorations into many of comedy's most notable 20th century conspirators, and meditations on the creativity that fueled it all. </div>

Eye, Marty: The Official Autobiography of Marty Feldman

Feldman, Marty

Old Guy Dad recounts the adventures of a man who, in the autumn of his years—or at least the pre-autumn—discovers his girlfriend is pregnant. He is going to be a father. Again. Only this time he wants to do it right: no heroin, plenty of low-back pain. A collection of celebrated columns from The Rumpus with new material and never-before-told tales, OG Dad finds Jerry Stahl fighting a terminal disease—not to mention mortality, sleeplessness, and the soul-crushing weirdness of preschool drop-offs with parents half his age. Square is the last frontier.

Old Guy Dad: Weird Shit Happens When You Don't Die Young

Biographies & Memoirs

Stahl, Jerry

Arts & Literature

<div>The Witches of Abernethy explores how war and revolution tears at the fabric of society. Sera Moore and Bonnie Abernethy are two sisters bound by their magical powers, torn apart by politics and religion. Hurtling towards what turned out to be the turning point of the American Revolution, a small town in western North Carolina is being ravaged by civil war. Bonnie must fight her sister, friends, neighbors, and family members and hone the powers passed down to her from Abernethy witches of the past in order to help the colonists break free from the tyranny of the British crown. Based on true events, The Witches of Abernethy brings to life the drama of battles fought in pastures, backyards, and households. </div>

The Witches of Abernethy

Literature & Fiction

Rozzelle, Judy

Genre Fiction

Inability to adapt is the new illiteracy and freelancing is becoming America’s new normal. What 2008 taught America was not just that derivatives are dangerous and the housing market doesn’t rise forever. It also taught us that survival requires juggling and pivoting, two skills that any freelancer is forced to acquire if they want to keep paying their rent. Adapt or Wait Tables is a mix of information, tricks, and advice for all the freelancers out there, and the ones who will be stepping onto that playing field as they graduate from college. Written by a freelance writer who has spent the past two decades covering Hollywood and the world of pop culture and fashion, her tips for survival are laced with gossip and references to the famous as well as what she calls the secret celebrities” whose paths they have crossed. Consider this an entertaining how-to manual for anyone with ambition and no road map.

Adapt or Wait Tables: A Freelancer's Guide

Business & Money

Wolper, Carol

Job Hunting & Careers

Cofounded by former LA Weekly editor Joe Donnelly and current Los Angeles Times Arts and Entertainment editor Laurie Ochoa, Slake is a literary journal that sets a new template for the next generation of print publications — collectible, not disposable; destined for the bedside table instead of the recycling bin. It's a whole new way of looking at Los Angeles and the world. We Dropped a Bomb on You is a devastating compendium of essays, fiction, and photo essays from the first four issues of Slake. Featuring previously unpublished work by Mark Z. Danielewski, Dana Goodyear, Gregory Bojorquez, Jonathan Gold, Richard Lange, and Iris Berry, this collection marks a return to storytelling with polished essay, memoir, fiction, poetry, and profile writing that is disappearing in a world of instant takes and unfiltered opinion.

We Dropped a Bomb on You: The Best of Slake I-IV

United States

<div>Valentin Popov's art combines images of the superhero in American society with traditional religious iconic art from his native Ukraine. His work is in a number of major art museum collections including the National Museum of Ukrainian Art, the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and more.Ironic Icons is his first book. </div>

Ironic Icons

Individual Artists

Finalist for the Foreword INDIES Best Horror Novel of 2016 Like millions of children, Samuel Bradbury comes from a broken home. Yet he still enjoys the everyday activities of being a kid: playing basketball, shooting his air rifle, and hanging out. Something else, however, exists inside Samuel—something that sets him apart from other children. He enjoys killing. Samuel's murderous impulses follow him into manhood and his lethal actions ultimately land him in the Criminal Zoo—society's final answer to a problem as old as mankind. His days are filled with suffering, as visitors with revenge in mind are allowed physical interaction with the inmates. He exists in torturous misery and all hope is lost. Death, an unattainable early release, becomes his only desire. An unexpected guest, however, changes everything; a surprise visit will decide Samuel's fate. This is his story.

Criminal Zoo

McDaniel, Sean

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Rare Bird Books publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Rare Bird Books