Darling: 268 books
108 Stitches
Loose Threads, Ripping Yarns, and the Darndest Characters from My Time in the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
New York Times Bestseller
This is New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling's 108 baseball anecdotes that connect America’s game to the men who played it.
In 108 Stitches, New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Ron Darling...
Getting Teacher Evaluation Right
What Really Matters for Effectiveness and Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teacher evaluation systems are being overhauled by states and districts across the United States. And, while intentions are admirable, the result for many new systems is that good—often excellent—teachers are lost in the process. In the end, students are the losers. In her new book, Linda Darling-Hammond...
Candy Darling
Memoirs of an Andy Warhol Superstar
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A look into what moved Andy Warhol’s greatest muse
Located at 33 Union Square West in the heart of New York City’s pulsing downtown scene, Andy Warhol’s Factory was an artistic anomaly. Not simply a painter’s studio, it was the center of Warhol’s assembly-line production of films,...
24 Hours Inside the President's Bunker
9-11-01: the White House
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2010
After Maj. Robert J. Darling organizes President Bush’s trip to Florida on Sept. 10, 2001, he believes the next couple of days will be quiet. He has no idea that a war is about to begin. The next day, after terrorists crash airliners into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon, Maj. Darling...
Back from the Brink
1000 Days at Number 11
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Alistair Darling's long-awaited book will be one of the most reviewed, widely discussed, and saleable political memoirs of recent years. In the late summer of 2007, shares of Northern Rock went into free-fall, causing a run on the bank - the first in over 150 years. Northern Rock proved to be only...
The Flat World and Education
How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In her award-winning book, Linda Darling-Hammond-renowned researcher, policy advisor, and educational leader-contends that improving America's performance in the global economy is closely tied to closing the minority-majority achievement gap at home. Today in the United States only 1 in 10 low-income...
Out of the Woods
A Memoir of Wayfinding
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Combining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love: Lynn Darling’s powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods.
When her college-bound daughter leaves home,...
Game 7, 1986
Failure and Triumph in the Biggest Game of My Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
Every little kid who's ever taken the mound in Little League dreams of someday getting the ball for Game Seven of the World Series. Ron Darling got to live that dream - only it didn't go exactly as planned. In New York Times bestselling Game 7, 1986, the award-winning...
Necessary Sins
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
When Lynn Darling met Lee Lescaze at the Washington Post, they could not have been more different. He was older, married, more “establishment,” a celebrated foreign correspondent and editor. She, who entered Harvard at age sixteen, was a brilliant wild child of the sixties. She lived life in the...
Under the Table
Saucy Tales from Culinary School
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2009
A deliciously entertaining memoir about one woman's adventures in the student kitchens of the legendary French Culinary Institute -- flavored with celebrity chefs, eccentric characters, and mouthwatering recipes
To anyone who has ever dreamed of life in a French kitchen, imagining days filled...
by Ron Darling
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
World Series champion, former All-Star, and award-winning television analyst Ron Darling gives readers a inside look at one of the most demanding and strategic positions in all of sports: the pitcher. Drawing on vivid situations from his playing days for the New York Mets and the Oakland Athletics,...
by Helen J. Darling
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2018
"With a sharp wit, effervescent prose, and characters so real it almost hurts, Helen Darling delivers a hilarious, heartfelt, and perceptive take on modern friendship and ambition.”—Ashley Strosnider
Jane Desmond feels like a failure. Sure, she has a good job and a roof over her head,...
Mayday!
A History of Flight through its Martyrs, Oddballs, and Daredevils
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
The wonder of flight has long captured the human imagination. In this beguiling history - ranging from the first aircraft to astronauts and beyond - David Darling tells the stories of the true-life adventurers whose wonder has translated into bizarre contraptions, magnificent achievements, and, sometimes,...
The Universal Book of Mathematics
From Abracadabra to Zeno's Paradoxes
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Praise for David Darling
The Universal Book of Astronomy
"A first-rate resource for readers and students of popular astronomy and general science. . . . Highly recommended."
-Library Journal
"A comprehensive survey and . . . a rare treat."
-Focus
The...