Our Story
The name is Italian for friends. Everyone knows Pedro, Francis, and Taylor. Fewer people know the ravine in Manoguayabo, what Francis's earliest witnesses actually wrote down, or how a singer lost the recordings of her own voice. Amici Books goes back to the record and brings out what the first telling missed: the strange, funny, human detail that got sanded off. We name our sources, and we keep later memory labeled as memory. We don't invent intimacy. We do keep the paperwork.
Meet the author, Allan S. Martin · About the imprint
Featured Titles
An Unauthorized Account of Pedro Martínez, Boston, and the Pitching Peak
By Allan S. Martin · Amici Books
In 1999 and 2000, a slight right-hander from Manoguayabo gave Fenway two summers with no real precedent in their era. The industry had first filed him as too small to start. This book goes back to where that started: a ravine, a rock, and a system that measured the wrong thing.
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Paperback ISBN 979-8-952889-22-4 · Ebook ISBN 979-8-952889-01-9
Un relato no autorizado de Pedro Martínez, Boston y la cumbre del picheo
By Allan S. Martin · Amici Books · Dominican Spanish edition
Dominican Spanish edition. Same book, same date.
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Paperback ISBN 979-8-952889-23-1 · Ebook ISBN 979-8-952889-04-0
Francis of Assisi: Witness and Memory
By Allan S. Martin · Amici Books
A merchant's son who treated the gospel as instructions and found that what remained was enough. Earlier voices first. Later legend labeled.
Kindle pre-order. October 30, 2026. Pre-order on Amazon (Kindle)
Paperback ISBN 979-8-952889-05-7 · Ebook ISBN 979-8-952889-06-4 · Hardcover ISBN 979-8-952889-07-1
An Unauthorized Account of How Taylor Swift Lost and Reclaimed Her Recordings
By Allan S. Martin · Amici Books
A recorded song is two pieces of property. The songs were hers. The recordings of her own voice were sold. An independent, unauthorized account of how that happened, and how she took them back.
Kindle and paperback available now. Revised edition, October 2026. Buy on Amazon (Kindle) · Buy on Amazon (Paperback)
Paperback ISBN 979-8-952889-21-7 · Ebook ISBN 979-8-952889-24-8
Un relato no autorizado de cómo Taylor Swift perdió y recuperó sus grabaciones
By Allan S. Martin · Amici Books · Spanish edition of The Two Columns
Spanish edition. Same book.
Kindle y rústica disponibles ahora. Edición revisada, octubre de 2026. Buy on Amazon (Kindle) · Buy on Amazon (Paperback)
Paperback ISBN 979-8-952889-25-5 · Ebook ISBN 979-8-952889-26-2