Crown Archetype imprint: 296 books
Have Glove, Will Travel
Adventures of a Baseball Vagabond
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
It was 1982 when Bill Lee was famously booted from the Montreal Expos after he went AWOL in protest of another player’s mistreatment by management. His reputation for antics both on and off the field guaranteed that no other club would pick him up. The Ace from Space had landed on professional baseball’s...
Mickey and Willie
Mantle and Mays, the Parallel Lives of Baseball's Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.
Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they...
The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit
An A to Z Lexicon of Empty, Enraging, and Just Plain Stupid Office Talk
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
This caustically funny Webster’s of the workplace cuts to the true meaning of the inane argot spouted in cubicles and conference rooms across the land.
At a price even an intern can afford and in a handy paperback format that won’t weigh down your messenger bag or briefcase, The Dictionary...
Chasing Perfect
The Will to Win in Basketball and Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The inspiring story of the most famous high school basketball coach in America.
In 40 seasons as the head coach of St. Anthony High School, a private parochial school in Jersey City, New Jersey, Bob Hurley has established a standard of excellence and achievement without peer, and remarkably,...
Time Off for Good Behavior
How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Have you ever fantasized about taking time away from your overworked life? Nights uninterrupted by email? Days to pursue set-aside dreams? Do you promise yourself that “someday” you will get a break?
Mary Lou Quinlan had those “someday” thoughts. But her hard-earned job as CEO of a...
Superheroes!
Capes, Cowls, and the Creation of Comic Book Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, the Avengers, the X-Men, Watchmen, and more: the companion volume to the PBS documentary series of the same name that tells the story of the superhero in American popular culture.
Together again for the first time, here come the greatest comic...
The Moth Presents All These Wonders
True Stories About Facing the Unknown
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
***“*Wonderful." *—*Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of storytelling phenomenon The Moth, 45 unforgettable true stories about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best ever told on their stages**
Carefully selected by the creative...
Esquire Presents: What It Feels Like
*To Walk on the Moon*To Be Gored by a Bull*To Survive an Avalanche *To Swallow S words*To Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel*To Be Shot in the Head*To Win the L
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
Have you ever wondered what it feels like:
to be stuck in a tornado?
“[It] is exactly the feel of a freight train approaching—that low, ever-louder howl and the shuddering ground.”
to participate in an orgy?
“And all the while, the thought that keeps going through...
Acting in Television Commercials for Fun and Profit, 4th Edition
Fully Updated 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
The Ultimate Guide to Commercial Success
Acting in television commercials is a highly competitive business, but it can also be very lucrative. Whether you’re looking for your first break or want to take your acting career to the next level, Squire Fridell will give you the insider’s edge. Arguably...
Act Now!
A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Working Actor
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
So, you want to be an actor . . . but you have no idea how to get started. In the pages of Act Now!, you’ll find a step-by-step process to show you not only how to get started, but also how to become a working actor. It will take time and commitment, but if you follow these steps you will find success....
all of it is you.
poetry
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A debut poetry collection from actor Nico Tortorella exploring “all of it,” from the smallest cells in our bodies to the outer limits of our universe.
Nico Tortorella's debut poetry collection presents a singular voice honed through years as an actor, podcaster, and advocate, one colored...
by Roger Ebert
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
From America's most trusted and highly visible film critic, 100 more brilliant essays on the films that define cinematic greatness.
Continuing the pitch-perfect critiques begun in The Great Movies, Roger Ebert's The Great Movies II collects 100 additional essays, each one of them a gem of critical...
by Adam Carolla
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
A couple years back, I was at the Phoenix airport bar. It was empty except for one heavy-set, gray bearded, grizzled guy who looked like he just rode his donkey into town after a long day of panning for silver in them thar hills. He ordered a Jack Daniels straight up, and that's when I overheard...
by Jim Gaffigan
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Jim Gaffigan never imagined he would have his own kids.
Though he grew up in a large Irish-Catholic family, Jim was satisfied with the nomadic, nocturnal life of a standup comedian, and was content to be "that weird uncle who lives in an apartment by himself in New York that everyone in the...