Fiction Book Club Discussion

Sunday, May 26, 1pm
"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey" by Walter Mosley

Walter Mosley has published nearly three dozen novels. Many of them are mysteries. Some of them are science fiction, and some of them explore family and race in America. "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey" is a novel about a 91-year old Ptolemy Grey. When the story begins he is marooned in an apartment that overflows with mementos from the past, and is all but forgotten by his family and the world. But when an unexpected opportunity arrives, everything changes for Ptolemy in ways as shocking and unanticipated as they are poignant and profound

BA Speaks: REVOLUTION - NOTHING LESS

Friday, April 12

Revolution Books will be showing this film in three parts on three consecutive Friday afternoons, beginning on Friday, April 5. 

In this disc Bob Avakian gets into what socialism is, the election hustle (with a focus on the last elections), internationalism, and the possibility of revolution.

The 2-hour showing beginning at 3pm will followed by a time for discussion.

The 3-disc DVD of the film is also available for sale at the store for $15. The DVD includes a menu to enable you to easily go to the portions of the film for showings in classrooms, home, churches and other gatherings.

For information about the film showings call 944-3106. For further information about the impact this film is having:www.revcom.us. 

New Year, New Books

Our shelves and tables are filled. If you give gifts for the holidays, give books that matter! Here are just a few of our recent arrivals.

Thinner Than Skin
by Uzma Aslam Khan
"In gorgeous prose, Khan writes about Pakistan, a land of breathtaking beauty, and complex relationships between people who are weighted with grief and essrangement....A novel of great lucidity and tenderness, filled with splendid descriptions of the land, the people who have always inhabitedit, and those who are irresistably drawn to it." [from a review by Therese Soukar Chehade] 

Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality
by Gail Dines
"A thoughtul analysis of pornography's infiltration into the American economy, its detrimental effects on the sexual and emotional health of women and men, and its ability to perpetuate both sexism and racism." [from the book jacket]

 

Hungry for Peace: How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombs
by Keith McHenry
"Food Not Bombs is a glistening, beautiful arrow pointing us toward antoher way, rooted in belief that we are all part of one another and that we actually can feed a hungry world while helping our planet survive." [from a review by Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence]

Resistance Behind Bars:
The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
by Victoria Law, with an intro by Laura Whitehorn
"Written in regular English, rather than academese, this is an impressive work of research and reportage." [from a review by Mumia Abu-Jamal]

The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins, illustrated by Dave McKean
Packed with dazzling illustrations, and jaw-dropping facts, The Magic of Reality explains a wide range of natural phenomena. This is a stunning, illustrated guide to the secrets of our world - and the universe beyond." [from the book jacket].

Slingshot Pocket Calendar
Still only $6
Now in its 19th year of publication, the Slingshot Organizer is a must-have for punks, radicals, free thinkers, and the young at heart. And Revolution Books is the only place in Hawai`i where you can get it.

Pier
by Janine Oshiro
"Seeking to identify the self that straddles both spiritual and physical worlds, Janine Oshiro's multidimensional poems are borderlands—wild and uncontained—where vision and illusion become crucial to survival. Pier is a place of frenzied collision where human industry meets feral ocean, a place of arrivals, departures, and transitions. Within these unique architectures, lyric intensity abounds and our identities discover a common landscape". [catalog description]

Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence
by Christian Parenti
"If you read one book on climate change this year...Tropic of Chaos should be it. The way you undertand the changing climate, and the resulting conflicts that serrate our world, will be transformed." [review by Bookforum]

 The Novel
by Nawal El Saadawi
The first words of this book are: "The novel caused tremendous outrage." The novel itself is about a young woman who has "no family, no university degree, no national identity card." Revolution Books carries a number of El Saadawi's books, including classic, "Woman at Point Zero," and her more recently released "Zeina."

New Arrivals!