Counterpoint Press: 319 books
Tracking Bodhidharma
A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A fresh take on the life and legacy of the “founding father” of Zen.
The life of Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen Buddhism, has, with the passing of time, been magnified to the scale of myth, turning history into the stuff of legend. Known as the First Patriarch, Bodhidharma brought Zen...
I Have Seen the Future
A Life of Lincoln Steffens
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
“A fascinating history of the age when magazine writers steered national opinion . . . This is an extraordinary book about a complex man.” —American Journalism Review
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Lincoln Steffens, an internationally known and respected political insider, went...
The Zone
A Prison Camp Guard's Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
From the exiled Russian author of The Suitcase. “Reading Dovlatov is a joyous, thrilling, usually hilarious experience” (The New Yorker).
Written in Sergei Dovlatov’s unique voice and unmatched style, The Zone is a satirical novelization of Dovlatov’s time as a prison guard for the...
Searching for Mercy Street
My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2011
New York Times Notable Book: A “beautifully written” memoir by the daughter of the brilliant, troubled poet (Detroit Free Press).
This is an honest, unsparing account of the anguish and fierce love that bound a difficult mother and the daughter she left behind. Linda Sexton was twenty-one...
Late Nights on Air
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
The Giller Prize–winning novel from the #1 bestselling author of All Things Consoled. “A pleasure from start to finish” (Toronto Star).
It’s 1975 when beautiful Dido Paris arrives at the radio station in Yellowknife, a frontier town in the Canadian north. She disarms hard-bitten broadcaster...
The People's Advocate
The Life and Legal History of America's Most Fearless Public Interest Lawyer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The Constitutional attorney’s memoir offers “fascinating and horrifying” accounts of over a dozen historic legal cases—from Watergate to Iran/Contra (Foresight).
In this captivating memoir, attorney Daniel Sheehan recounts his path to becoming a public defense lawyer and takes you behind...
by Wendell Berry, Wesley Bates
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
A gorgeous edition of poems and one short story by an acclaimed author illustrated by the stunning wood etchings of a celebrate wood engraver.
Originally published in portfolio form by West Meadow Press in 1995, this edition of Roots to the Earth weds the poetry and prose of beloved American author...
The Rainman's Third Cure
An Irregular Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
An “unforgettable” memoir of searching for enlightenment, from the actor, Zen teacher, and bestselling author of Sleeping Where I Fall (San Francisco Chronicle).
With a title inspired by a Bob Dylan lyric that Peter Coyote considers representative of two competing forces—the transcendental,...
Spies in Palestine
Love, Betrayal, and the Heroic Life of Sarah Aaronsohn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
The incredible life of Sarah Aaronsohn, the self-taught Allied spy who helped the British defeat the Turkish Army and liberate Palestine in WWI.
Sarah Aaronsohn, the self-taught spymaster and martyr to the Allied cause in World War I, well-deserved her reputation as the Flame of Israel. Her...
Irrepressible
The Life and Times of Jessica Mitford
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
From the author of Red Star Sister. “An excellent biography. Brody has made the world a better place by telling [Mitford’s] saga so skillfully” (San Francisco Chronicle).**
Admirers and detractors use the same words to describe Jessica Mitford: subversive, mischief-maker, muckraker. J.K....
Jesus Land
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
A New York Times bestseller: A memoir that “will break your heart and mend it again, but it won’t stop haunting you” (Entertainment Weekly).
An ALA Alex Award Winner
Julia and her adopted brother, David, are sixteen years old. Julia is white. David is black. It is the mid-1980s...
Bespotted
My Family's Love Affair with Thirty-Eight Dalmatians
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
A “beautifully written and deeply felt” memoir that “slices to the heart of why the dogs in our lives are so beloved” (Michelle Richmond, author of The Year of Fog).
The Sexton family’s long love affair with the Dalmatian breed began on a snowy morning in Linda’s childhood. At the...
Jubilee Hitchhiker
The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
“Brautigan’s life unfolds as a tragicomedy, and the book vividly evokes the heady 1960s and 1970s, especially in the Bay Area.” —The San Francisco Chronicle
Confident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of...
Elsewhere, California
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
“Avery’s evolution—a black woman trying to claim her place—is as heartbreaking as it is humorous, powerful as it is poignant.” —Los Angeles Times
As a young girl, Avery escaped the violent streets of Los Angeles to a more gentrified existence in suburban West Covina. But this new...