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See Sharp Press Books
(These discounted prices are only for direct sales to individuals.
For bulk orders, we apply standard discounts to cover price.)
All orders ship the next business day
Almost all titles are available as e-books from the usual e-book outlets. These include
Indiebound.org, ebookstore, Google Books, Barnes and Noble, Books on Board, eBookMall, and iBookstore.
African Anarchism: The History of a Movement , by Sam Mbah and I.E. Igariwey.
The first book on the topic. Covers anarchistic elements in traditional African societies, African communalism, “African socialism,” and the after-effects of colonialism. ISBN 1-884365-05-1 / 128 pp. / Cover price $12.95, now $10.00
Alcohol: How to Give It Up and Be Glad You Did
(second edition), by Philip Tate.
This popular self-help book is practical, comprehensive, and easy to use. It not only helps alcohol abusers understand their behavior, but provides practical steps that anyone can use to solve an alcohol problem. Written by a cognitive-behavioral psychologist, this book includes chapters on overcoming low self-esteem, depression, stress, attending self-help groups, and living a better life after quitting. Each chapter contains specific self-help techniques. Recommended by SMART Recovery. ISBN 1-884365-10-8 / 224 pp. / Cover price $14.95, now $10.00
Alcoholics Anonymous: Cult or Cure?
(second edition), by Charles Bufe.
Introduction by Stanton Peele This well researched, painstakingly documented book provides detailed information on the right-wing evangelical organization (Oxford Group Movement) that gave birth to AA; the relation of AA and its program to the Oxford Group Movement; AA's similarities to and differences from religious cults; AA's remarkable ineffectiveness; and the alternatives to AA. The greatly expanded second edition includes a new chapter on AA's relationship to the treatment industry, and AA's remarkble influence in the media.
ISBN 1-884365-12-4 / 208 pp. / Cover price $12.95, now $10.00
The Anti-Christ, by Friedrich Nietzsche.
This is Nietzsche's final book, and it's a fitting capstone to his career. It's succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8,000-word introduction by its translator, the famous iconoclastic writer, H.L. Mencken. ISBN 1-884365-20-5 / 96 pp. / Cover price $6.95, now $5.00
The Bassist's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, by Tim Boomer, Mick Berry & Chaz Bufe.
This is the new book in our "Musician's Bible" series. It's an encyclopedic book/2-CD set containing approximately 400 bass grooves written out in standard notation, histories of the styles covered, typical chord progressions and scales used with them, and innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, with drum set accompaniment. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, funk, and on and on — virtually every style a performing bassist will ever need to play [ Order by Mail ] [ See Reviews] [ contact the authors: tim(at)bassistsbible.com, mick(at)drummersbible.com, or chaz(at)seesharppress.com]
Bi Lives: Bisexual Women Tell Their Stories, Kata Orndorff, editor. This book contains in-depth interviews with 18 bisexual women from diverse backgrounds: women in traditional monogamous relationship, one in a multi-partner relationship, some who had previously identified as lesbian, and some who were new to relationships with both sexes.
ISBN 1-884365-09-4 / 252 pp. / Cover price $14.95, now $10.00
Cuban Anarchism: The History of a Movement, by Frank Fernández.
Translation and Introduction by Chaz Bufe.
This inspiring history of the Cuban anarchist movement is also a history of the Cuban labor movement. It covers both from their origins in the mid-19th century to the present, and ends with an enlightening analysis of the failure of the Castro dictatorship. ISBN 1-884365-19-1 / 154 pp. / Cover price $12.95, now $10.00
The Devil's Dictionaries, Second Edition (revised & expanded): The Best of The Devil's Dictionary and The American Heretic's Dictionary, consists of the best 200+ definitions from Ambrose Bierce, well over 500 definitions by Chaz Bufe, and 55 illustrations by J.R. Swanson. This new edition contains 90 new and 150 revised definitions by Bufe, 7 new illustrations by J.R. Swanson, a new introduction by Earl Lee, a revised preface by Bufe, and a new appendix of relevant quotations. The book's targets are religion, the government, the police, the military, capitalism, marxism, and the everyday hypocrisies and idiocies of men and women.
ISBN 1-884365-35-3 / 186 pp. (6" X 9") / Cover price $9.95, now $5.00
Disbelief 101: A Young Person's Guide to Atheism, by S.C. Hitchcock, Filled with wit, humor, and clear metaphor, this exploration into atheism and rational thinking is written specifically for young adults, although many older people will also find it of value. Not just focused on atheism, this crash course in logical thinking addresses the issue of indoctrination, whether it be religious, political, or commercial, and makes the case that morality is created through reason, logic, and our basic social nature, not through divine commands. Many hot topics are touched upon, such as the traditional arguments for God's existence, the relationship of evolution and religious belief, the incompatible nature of science and religion, and the harmfulness of both Christianity and Islam.
ISBN 1-884365-47-7 / 130 pp. (6" X 9") / Cover price $9.95, now $8.95
The Drummer's Bible: How to Play Every Drum Style from Afro-Cuban to Zydeco, by Mick Berry & Jason Gianni.
This is an encyclopedic book/2-CD set containing nearly 400 grooves written out in standard notation, histories of the styles covered, and innumerable helpful performance tips. The two accompanying CDs feature performances of nearly 200 of the grooves, including every primary style example, all performed both with and without a click track. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, reggae, country, klezmer, ska, samba, punk, surf, heavy metal, latin rock, funk, and on and on — virtually every style a performing drummer will ever need to play ISBN 1-884365-32-9 / 181 pp. (8.5" X 11") + 2 CDs / Cover price $32.95, now $20.75
The Heretic's Handbook of Quotations: Cutting Comments on Burning Issues (expanded edition), Charles Bufe, editor.
This oversize book contains thousands of quotations on politics, sex, law, labor, capitalism, anarchism, women, religion, the arts, and 20 other subjects. Organized in chapters by subject, this book also contains an index, capsule biographies, and dozens of cartoons and illustrations. Hundreds of writers are represented, including Bakunin, Mencken, the Marxes, (Groucho and Karl), Twain, Reich, Voltaire, Shaw, Chomsky, Diderot, Bookchin, Goldman, Berkman, Paine, Kroptkin, and Bierce. ISBN 1-884365-27-2 / 238 pp. / Cover price $16.95, now $14.95
Hungry for Peace: How you can help end poverty and war with Food Not Bombsa>, by Keith McHenry.
This oversize how-to book contains a history of Food Not Bombs; over 100 photos and illustrations; ready-to-be-copied flyers; information on consensus process; how to deal with police harassment and infiltrators; how to obtain free food(not by dumpster diving); and dozens of tasty vegan recipes for groups of 100 and groups of six. If you want to start a Food Not Bombs group, this book is what you need. ISBN 978-1-937276-06-5 / 180 8.5" X 11" pp. / Cover price $18.95, now $12.00
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Making Musical Instruments with Kids: 67 Easy Projects for Adults Working with Children, by Bart Hopkin.
Making Musical Instrument with Kids presents dozens of age-graded instrument-construction projects for teachers, parents, and others working with children. These instruments are exceptionally easy to build, due to the highly detailed construction plans and the abundance of illustrative photos and drawings. The cost of building all of the instruments described in this book is very low—with some costing nothing to build—given that many are constructed entirely of free materials commonly available in homes and schools, and the rest use a combination of free and common, cheap materials (such as nuts and bolts). In addition to the plans, the author also describes how all of the instruments should be played. The audio CD provides charming illustrations of that playing ISBN 1-884365-48-5 / 116 pp. (8.5"x11") +CD / Cover price $19.95, now $13.00
The Messiah Game: A Comedy of Terrors (Part I), , by Tom Flynn.
Is brilliant, conniving Arn Parek the new messiah his devastated homeworld has been waitin for? Only three know he's a fraud: Arn himself, his mentor, and a spy from Earth: undercover documentarian Ruth Griszam. Across a voyeuristic galaxy, trillions avidly consume Ruth's telecasts. Some worshi Arn; some (including a ruthless mining magnate, a Mormon huckster, and the pope) prefer to exploit him. (Previously published as Part I of Galactic Rapture.) ISBN 978-1-937276-04-1 / 242 pp. / Cover price $11.95, now $8.95
The Mormon Cult: A Former Missionary Reveals the Secrets of Mormon Mind Control, by Jack B. Worthy.
This is both a missionary memoir and an expose on the LDS Church's intense childhood indoctrination techniques. Simultaneously fascinating, entertaining, horrifying, and revealing. You'll never look at those poor kids in the white shirts and ties in the same light after reading this book. ISBN 1-884365-44-7 / 214 pp. (6"x9") / Cover price $14.95, now $10.00
Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for
Instrument Making, by Bart Hopkin.
Musical Instrument Design: Practical Information for Instrument Making, by Bart Hopkin. An encyclopedic, large-format book containing hundreds of illustrations, Musical Instrument Design provides all the information that anyone (amateur or professional) should ever need to construct an amazingly wide variety of percussion, string, and wind instruments. Includes many designs for instruments along with parts lists and detailed construction instructions. ISBN 1-884365-08-6 / 192 pp. (8.5"x11") / Cover price $18.95, now $12.50
ISBN 1-884365-29-9 / 224 pp. / Cover price $19.95, now $15.00
The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, by H.L. Mencken. Despite being the first book on Nietzsche ever published in English (in 1908), this is still one of the better intros, and it's almost certainly still the most entertaining. It should be of interest to both Nietzsche and Mencken aficionados. This edition contains a new introduction by Charles Bufe, a new Recommended Reading section, and dozens of new explanatory notes scattered throughout the text.
ISBN 1-884365-31-0 / 208 pp. / Cover price $9.95, now $8.95
Raptured: The Final Daze of the Late, Great Planet Earth, by Earl Lee.
This novel, volume 1 of the "Kiss My Left Behind" series, satirizes the unfortunately popular apocalyptic "Left Behind" series. It's also an attack on the fundamentalist arrogance, hypocrisy, and nuttiness that underlies those pathological novels. ISBN 1-884365-42-3 / 187 pp. / Cover price $9.95, now $2.00
Spiritual Snake Oil: Fads & Fallacies in Pop Culture, by Chris Edwards.
"Spiritual Snake Oil scathingly and entertainingly dissects the preachings of the most prominent New Age snake oil salesmen (and women)—such as Deepak Chopra, Robert Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance), and the authors of The Secret and The Celesting Prophecy—and also goes after the advocates of the oxymoronic "intellectual Christianity" and transhumanism. Tom Flynn, editor of Free Inquiry, says, "Watching Chris Edwards wield his critical thinking skills is like watching someone walking a brace of pit bulls. . . . No folly escapes unmauled, and no reader will want to miss the fun." Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic, says, "Spiritual Snake Oil is an important contribution to the burgeoning skeptical literature." ISBN 978-1-884365-79-9 / 146 pp. / Cover price $11.95, now $10.00
Stage Fright: 40 Stars Tell You How They Beat America's #1 Fear, by Mick Berry and Michael R. Edelstein, Phd.
Never before has stage fright been so eloquently examined; 40 interviews with some of the most highly accomplished public figures shed light on this very common problem. Jason Alexander, Maya Angelou, David Brenner, Phyllis Diller, Olympia Dukakis, Melissa Etheridge, Richard Lewis, Ron Paul, Robin Williams and many more speak candidly about their trials with stage fright, openly discussing their fears, and ultimately revealing the various paths they followed to overcoming them. Stage fright sufferers from all walks of life—whether high school freshmen nervous about an oral presentation or professional baseball players with the eyes of the world on them—will find encouragement by understanding the commonality of their problem, and by seeing how beloved public figures have overcome it. The book also includes a lengthy chapter describing in detail proven-effective strategies and techniques for overcoming stage fright. ISBN 1-884365-46-9 / 250 pp. / Cover price $14.95, now $10.00
The Ultimate Betrayal: The Enabling Mother, Incest and Sexual Abuse, by Audrey Ricker, PhD.
This pioneering self-help book takes a close look at an area that has been ignored or downplayed by other books on incest and childhood sexual abuse: the role of the nonperpetrating parent. Different from previous books, The Ultimate Betrayal treats the enabling mother not as a victim, but as an adult responsible for her failure to protect her child. Ricker illustrates her analysis with 25 detailed case histories, and she provides a myriad of self-help exercises to help survivors begin to reclaim their lives. [ Order by mail ]
Under the Influence: Reflections of Albert Ellis in the Work of Others, Emmett Velten, ed.
This is a collection of 14 essays by prominent REBT psychologists covering many aspects of Ellis's contributions to psychology. It includes what is almost certainly Ellis's final work, Under the Influence's concluding chapter, "Future 'Borrowings' from REBT That May Be Used Without Giving Proper Credit." ISBN 1-884365-37-9 / 258 pp. (6"x9") / Cover price $14.95, now $10.00
An Understandable Guide to Music Theory: The Most Useful Aspects
of Theory for Rock, Jazz & Blues Musicians, by Chaz Bufe.
This perennially popular book is now in its sixth printing. It explains the most useful aspects of theory in clear, nontechnical language. Areas covered include scales (major, minor, modal, synthetic), chord formation, chord progression, melody, song forms, useful devices, (ostinato, mirrors, hocket, etc.), and instrumentation. Contains over 100 musical examples. ISBN 1-884365-00-0 / 74 pp. (8.5"x11") / Cover price $9.95, now $7.95
Venezuela: Revolution as Spectacle, by Rafael Uzcategui.
Both leftist supporters and rightist opponents of the Chavez government will be outraged by the book's premise that the Chavez regime is neither dictatorial nor revolutionary, but rather is one of a long line of Latin American populist regimes that are ultimately subservient to the U.S. government and to the transnational corporations. Topics include Venezuela's political history and the long involvement of the military in that history; Venezuela's economy, and more especially Venezuela's oil economy; Venezuela's indigenous rights and human rights movements; Venezuela's labor movement; and the social policies of the Chavez government and its predecessors. In the course of discussing these topics, the author cites hundreds of sources, a great many of them first-hand. ISBN 1-884365-77-9 / 238 pp. (6"x9") / Cover price $16.95, now $11.95
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Freedom from God: Restoring the Sense of Wonder, by Harry Willson (Amador Press). An inspirng book—especially for young people—by a former missionary and pastor. Very helpful to those choosing between honesty and religion.
ISBN 0-938513-33-8 / 213 pp. / $15.00 [ Order by mail ]
Upcoming Books
For Fall 2012, we'll issue Part II of The Messiah Game and a new science fiction novel by Kathy DeGrave, and second editions of two of our music books.
For Spring 2013, we've scheduled Part III of The Messiah Game, and will add titles over the coming year.