Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
Blossom Street Brides
A Blossom Street Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Debbie Macomber has won the hearts of millions of readers with her moving and inspiring stories. Now wedding bells are ringing in the tight-knit community that gathers around A Good Yarn, a store in a pretty Seattle neighborhood. Knitters come to the store to buy yarn...
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How to Succeed in Meditation Without Really Trying
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
From one of America’s top meditation teachers and mindfulness experts comes a revolutionarily simple approach to everyday practice—especially if you don’t think you have the time or the patience.
Imagine you’re sitting on a cushion with your legs crossed, ready to tap into unlimited...
Back to Our Future
How the 1980s Explains the World We Live in Now--Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Wall Street scandals. Fights over taxes. Racial resentments. A Lakers-Celtics championship. The Karate Kid topping the box-office charts. Bon Jovi touring the country. These words could describe our current moment—or the vaunted iconography of three decades past.
In this wide-ranging and...
Sixty Days in Combat
An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“The infantryman’s war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all.”
He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and intimate knowledge of one of the darkest parts of history....
The Queen's Vow
A Novel of Isabella of Castile
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
“A masterwork by a skilled craftsman . . . Make a vow to read this book.”—New York Journal of Books
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Isabella is barely a teenager when she becomes an unwitting pawn in a plot to dethrone her half brother, King Enrique. Suspected of treason and held captive, she treads a perilous path,...
Intoxicated by My Illness
And Other Writings on Life and Death
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
**Anatole Broyard, long-time book critic, book review editor, and essayist for the New York Times, wants to be remembered. He will be, with this collection of irreverent, humorous essays he wrote concerning the ordeals of life and death—many of which were written during the battle with cancer that...
The Sweet Spot
How to Accomplish More by Doing Less
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you’ve glimpsed but can’t seem to hold on to—the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease.
Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and...
Deconstructing Penguins
Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“Books are like puzzles,” write Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. “The author’s ideas are hidden, and it is up to all of us to figure them out.” In this indispensable reading companion, the Goldstones–noted parent-child book club experts–encourage grownups and young readers alike to adopt...
Spending the Holidays with People I Want to Punch in the Throat
Yuletide Yahoos, Ho-Ho-Humblebraggers, and Other Seasonal Scourges
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
**For fans of Laurie Notaro and Jenny Lawson comes an uproarious and oddly endearing essay collection for anyone trying to survive the holidays in one piece.
When it comes to time-honored holiday traditions, Jen Mann pulls no punches**
In this hilariously irreverent collection of essays,...
How to Celebrate Everything
Recipes and Rituals for Birthdays, Holidays, Family Dinners, and Every Day In Between: A Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A New York Times Best Cookbook of Fall 2016 • A warm and inviting guide to turning birthdays, holidays, and everyday occasions into cherished traditions, with more than 100 time-tested recipes—from the creator of the popular blog and book Dinner: A Love Story and author of the New York Times bestseller...
The Book Lover's Cookbook
Recipes Inspired by Celebrated Works of Literature, and the Passages That Feature Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2009
Perfect for book lovers and foodies alike—a splendid cookbook featuring recipes inspired by classic works of literature and modern favorites
Wake up to a perfect breakfast with Mrs. Dalby’s Buttermilk Scones, courtesy of James Herriot’s All Things Bright and Beautiful and Ichabod’s...
by Jodi Picoult
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is a masterful storyteller, who “writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships” (The Boston Globe). Now, in this original short story, available exclusively as an eBook, Picoult introduces...
Beyond the Messy Truth
How We Came Apart, How We Come Together
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A passionate manifesto that exposes hypocrisy on both sides of the political divide and points a way out of the tribalism that is tearing America apart—from the CNN host hailed as “a star of the 2016 campaign” (The New York Times), now seen on The Van Jones Show
Van...
No Island of Sanity
Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton: The Supreme Court on Trial
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
" One would like to think that the U.S. Supreme Court, the highest Court in the land, is the one island of sanity still remaining. But if what you folks are about to read is any indication, we've all got a lot to worry about. The question that presents itself is whether the near pathological...