Dispatches from the Empire


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Cover for Twelve by TwelveTwelve by Twelve
by Bill Powers

Cover for The Age of Surveillance CapitalismThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism
by Shoshana Zuboff

Cover for The Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor

Cover for The Wisdom of InsecurityThe Wisdom of Insecurity
by Alan Watts

Cover for The U.S. ConstitutionThe U.S. Constitution
by Ray Raphael

Cover for Woodcraft and CampingWoodcraft and Camping
by George W. Sears Nessmuk

Cover for The RavineThe Ravine
by Wendy Lower

Cover for WanderlustWanderlust
by Rebecca Solnit

Cover for Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High CountryDeep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
by Pam Houston

Cover for Dear WilliamDear William
by David Magee

Cover for The MessageThe Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Cover for Scenery, Curiosities, and Stupendous RocksScenery, Curiosities, and Stupendous Rocks
by David Royce Murphy

Cover for American GroundAmerican Ground
by William Langewiesche

Cover for Too Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum WorldToo Big for a Single Mind: How the Greatest Generation of Physicists Uncovered the Quantum World
by Tobias Hürter

Cover for Burning the BooksBurning the Books
by Richard Ovenden

Cover for Gay BarGay Bar
by Jeremy Atherton Lin

Cover for The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (Authorized Edition)
by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks

Cover for Revenge of the LawnRevenge of the Lawn
by Richard Brautigan

Cover for Existential PhysicsExistential Physics
by Sabine Hossenfelder

Cover for The Ethics of VotingThe Ethics of Voting
by Jason Brennan

Cover for Werner Herzog – A Guide for the PerplexedWerner Herzog – A Guide for the Perplexed
by Paul Cronin

Cover for Under JerusalemUnder Jerusalem
by Andrew Lawler

Cover for War Is a Force that Gives Us MeaningWar Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges

Cover for The Death and Life of the Great LakesThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes
by Dan Egan

Cover for Stillness Is the KeyStillness Is the Key
by Ryan Holiday

Cover for When Einstein Walked with GödelWhen Einstein Walked with Gödel
by Jim Holt

Cover for Great Plains WeatherGreat Plains Weather
by Kenneth F. Dewey

Cover for Great Plains GeologyGreat Plains Geology
by R.F. Diffendal

Cover for Wabi-Sabi: Further ThoughtsWabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts
by Leonard Koren

Cover for Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & PhilosophersWabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren

Cover for The Art of the StreamlinerThe Art of the Streamliner
by Bob Johnston

Cover for Poverty, by AmericaPoverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond

Cover for Star Wars: Survivor's QuestStar Wars: Survivor's Quest
by Timothy Zahn

Cover for Toward the Queerest InsurrectionToward the Queerest Insurrection
by Mary Nardini Gang

Cover for UprootedUprooted
by Grace Olmstead

Cover for Great PlainsGreat Plains
by Ian Frazier

Cover for The Pleasure of My CompanyThe Pleasure of My Company
by Steve Martin

Cover for In the Shadow of the American DreamIn the Shadow of the American Dream
by David Wojnarowicz

Cover for StorycraftStorycraft
by Jack Hart

Cover for TrailedTrailed
by Kathryn Miles

Cover for SCUM ManifestoSCUM Manifesto
by Valerie Solanas

Cover for Strange Piece of ParadiseStrange Piece of Paradise
by Terri Jentz

Cover for The Origins of TotalitarianismThe Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt

Cover for Angry White MenAngry White Men
by Michael Kimmel

Cover for GuylandGuyland
by Michael Kimmel

Cover for Desert SolitaireDesert Solitaire
by Edward Abbey

Cover for Proud Boys and the White EthnostateProud Boys and the White Ethnostate
by Alexandra Minna Stern

Cover for Messages to the WorldMessages to the World
by Osama bin Laden

Cover for Jewish Terrorism in IsraelJewish Terrorism in Israel
by Ami Pedahzur

Cover for The Jump-Off CreekThe Jump-Off Creek
by Molly Gloss

Cover for Tao Te ChingTao Te Ching
by Stephen Mitchell

Cover for Lao Tzu: Tao Te ChingLao Tzu: Tao Te Ching
by Ursula K. Le Guin

Cover for The Second Book of the TaoThe Second Book of the Tao
by Stephen Mitchell

Cover for Trying Not to TryTrying Not to Try
by Edward Slingerland

Cover for Seven PleasuresSeven Pleasures
by Willard Spiegelman

Cover for The Half-LifeThe Half-Life
by Jon Raymond

Cover for World Made by HandWorld Made by Hand
by James Howard Kunstler

Cover for The Road (Vintage International)The Road (Vintage International)
by Cormac McCarthy

Cover for The True BelieverThe True Believer
by Eric Hoffer

Cover for History of Western PhilosophyHistory of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell

Cover for Discovering Main StreetDiscovering Main Street
by Foster Church

Cover for Against the WallAgainst the Wall
by William Parry

Cover for LiartownLiartown
by Sean Tejaratchi

Cover for Lust UnearthedLust Unearthed
by Thomas Waugh

Cover for EelsEels
by James Prosek

Cover for BasilicaBasilica
by R. A. Scotti

Cover for Contested WatersContested Waters
by Jeff Wiltse

Cover for The Secret Life of LobstersThe Secret Life of Lobsters
by Trevor Corson

Cover for Killer on the RoadKiller on the Road
by Ginger Strand

Cover for The Devil in the White CityThe Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson

Cover for Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing WaterCadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by Marc Reisner

Cover for Bretz's FloodBretz's Flood
by John Soennichsen

Cover for Things I Like About AmericaThings I Like About America
by Poe Ballantine

Cover for Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of NowhereLove & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere
by Poe Ballantine

Cover for The Organic MachineThe Organic Machine
by Richard White

Cover for A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia (Revised and Updated)A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia (Revised and Updated)
by Blaine Harden

Cover for Our Black YearOur Black Year
by Maggie Anderson

Cover for The Man Who Quit MoneyThe Man Who Quit Money
by Mark Sundeen

Cover for Zigzagging Down a Wild TrailZigzagging Down a Wild Trail
by Bobbie Ann Mason

Cover for FlanneryFlannery
by Brad Gooch

Cover for Every Love Story Is a Ghost StoryEvery Love Story Is a Ghost Story
by D. T. Max

Cover for Tales from Mos Eisley Cantina: Star Wars LegendsTales from Mos Eisley Cantina: Star Wars Legends
by Kevin Anderson

Cover for Walk Through WallsWalk Through Walls
by Marina Abramovic

Cover for Assassination VacationAssassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell

Cover for The Secret Knowledge of WaterThe Secret Knowledge of Water
by Craig Leland Childs

Cover for Journal of a SolitudeJournal of a Solitude
by May Sarton

Cover for The Man who Fell in Love with the MoonThe Man who Fell in Love with the Moon
by Tom Spanbauer

Cover for OrientalismOrientalism
by Edward W. Said

Cover for Close to the KnivesClose to the Knives
by David Wojnarowicz

Cover for ShopgirlShopgirl
by Steve Martin

Cover for On LookingOn Looking
by Alexandra Horowitz

Cover for Kayaking AloneKayaking Alone
by Mike Barenti

Cover for On TrailsOn Trails
by Robert Moor

Cover for A Field Guide to Getting LostA Field Guide to Getting Lost
by Rebecca Solnit

Cover for Blue HighwaysBlue Highways
by William Least Heat-Moon

Cover for The Geography of BlissThe Geography of Bliss
by Eric Weiner

Cover for Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond

Cover for The Story of BThe Story of B
by Daniel Quinn

Cover for My IshmaelMy Ishmael
by Daniel Quinn

Cover for Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)
by Daniel Quinn

Cover for Stop Reading the NewsStop Reading the News
by Rolf Dobelli

Cover for The Cold VanishThe Cold Vanish
by Jon Billman

Cover for White Rural RageWhite Rural Rage
by Tom Schaller

Cover for “I Have Nothing to Hide”“I Have Nothing to Hide”
by Heidi Boghosian

Cover for Lean on PeteLean on Pete
by Willy Vlautin

Cover for Cheap Land ColoradoCheap Land Colorado
by Ted Conover

Cover for Bad StoriesBad Stories
by Steve Almond

Cover for DataclysmDataclysm
by Christian Rudder

Cover for Postcards from EdPostcards from Ed
by Edward Abbey

Cover for America Against AmericaAmerica Against America
by Wang Huning

Cover for A Convenient HatredA Convenient Hatred
by Phyllis Goldstein

Cover for The Loneliness FilesThe Loneliness Files
by Athena Dixon

Cover for The Archaeology of JerusalemThe Archaeology of Jerusalem
by Katharina Galor

Cover for In the Wake of the StormIn the Wake of the Storm
by Theresa Ann Severin

Cover for PembrokePembroke
by Dave Baron

Cover for Journal of a SolitudeJournal of a Solitude
by May Sarton

Cover for 19671967
by Tom Segev

Cover for Wilderness and the American MindWilderness and the American Mind
by Roderick Frazier Nash

Cover for Sundown TownsSundown Towns
by James W. Loewen

Cover for Man and His SymbolsMan and His Symbols
by Carl G. Jung

Cover for The Natural NavigatorThe Natural Navigator
by Tristan Gooley

Cover for The Selected Poetry of Robinson JeffersThe Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
by Robinson Jeffers

Cover for The Creative HabitThe Creative Habit
by Twyla Tharp

Cover for James Beard's Delights and PrejudicesJames Beard's Delights and Prejudices
by James Beard

Cover for United States of DistractionUnited States of Distraction
by Mickey Huff

Cover for On Love and BarleyOn Love and Barley
by Matsuo Basho

Cover for Autism FAQAutism FAQ
by Joe Biel

Cover for Shinrin-yokuShinrin-yoku
by Yoshifumi Miyazaki

Cover for Prisoners of GeographyPrisoners of Geography
by Tim Marshall

Cover for Thinking, Fast and SlowThinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman

Cover for Headed Into the AbyssHeaded Into the Abyss
by Brian T. Watson

Cover for Being and NothingnessBeing and Nothingness
by Jean-Paul Sartre

Cover for Wabi-Sabi: Further ThoughtsWabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts
by Leonard Koren

Cover for RaptRapt
by Winifred Gallagher

Cover for The Other OregonThe Other Oregon
by Thomas R. Cox

Cover for The Transcendence of the EgoThe Transcendence of the Ego
by Jean-Paul Sartre

Cover for House ThinkingHouse Thinking
by Winifred Gallagher

Cover for Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & PhilosophersWabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leonard Koren

Cover for Power of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and ActionsPower of Place: How Our Surroundings Shape Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Actions
by Winifred Gallagher

Cover for The Least of UsThe Least of Us
by Sam Quinones

Cover for Blue NightsBlue Nights
by Joan Didion

Cover for The Man They Wanted Me to BeThe Man They Wanted Me to Be
by Jared Yates Sexton

Cover for The Undoing ProjectThe Undoing Project
by Michael Lewis