Crown Archetype imprint: 296 books
Let Me Off at the Top!
My Classy Life and Other Musings
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
A shockingly candid and raw autobiography from legendary anchorman, jazz flutist, and host of The Ron Burgundy Podcast, Ron Burgundy.
From his humble beginnings in a desolate Iowa coal mining town, his years at Our Lady Queen of Chewbacca High School to his odds-defying climb to the dizzying...
The Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love
A Fallen Southern Belle's Look at Love, Life, Men, Marriage, and Being Prepared
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
To know the Sweet Potato Queens is to love them, and if you haven't heard about them yet, you will. Since the early 1980s, this group of belles gone bad has been the toast of Jackson, Mississippi, with their glorious annual appearance in the St. Patrick's Day parade. In The Sweet Potato Queens' Book...
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Is There a Doctor in the House?
Say you’re at a party. You’ve had a martini or three, and you mingle through the crowd, wondering how long you need to stay before going out for pizza. Suddenly you’re introduced to someone new, Dr. Nice Tomeetya. You forget the pizza. Now is the perfect...
American Prince
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2008
“All my life I had one dream and that was to be in the movies.”
He was the Golden Boy of the Golden Age. A prince of the silver screen. Dashing and debonair, Tony Curtis arrived on the scene in a blaze of bright lights and celluloid. His good looks, smooth charm, and natural talent earned...
White Trash Etiquette
The Definitive Guide to Upscale Trailer Park Manners
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2006
The definitive guide to high-class trailer park living.
White Trash Etiquette contains everything you need to know to live like decent trash, including:
The proper way to fake a back injury
How to prevent your in-laws from stealing the silverware at wedding receptions
The 10 Hottest White Trash...
by Kate Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Based on the wildly popular Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom, Kate Siegel's essay collection about life with the woman who redefined the term "helicopter mom."
There is nothing more wonderful than a mother’s love. There is also nothing more annoying. Who else can proudly insist...
All Your Base Are Belong to Us
How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
Through the stories of gaming's greatest innovations and most beloved creations, journalist Harold Goldberg captures the creativity, controversy--and passion--behind the videogame's meteoric rise to the top of the pop-culture pantheon.
Over the last fifty years, video games have grown from...
by Dave Barry
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Yet another collection of Barry wit and wisdom by the Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and the author of Dave Barry Turns 40.
Boogers Are My Beat
More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2003
The New York Times calls him “the funniest man in America,” and his legions of fans agree, laughing and snorting as they put his books on bestseller lists nationwide.
In Boogers Are My Beat, Dave gives us the real scoop on:
• The scientific search for the world’s funniest joke...
by Steve Allen
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Why Did Steve Allen Cross the Road?
Steve Allen is a legend among comedians and entertainers. He's been playing to audiences on stage, radio, film, and television for more than fifty years, gaining acclaim for his unique wit and energy. Now for the first time, he shares more than a thousand...
Everybody Loves Our Town
An Oral History of Grunge
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Twenty years after the release of Nirvana’s landmark album Nevermind comes Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge, the definitive word on the grunge era, straight from the mouths of those at the center of it all.
In 1986, fledgling Seattle label C/Z Records released Deep Six,...
Love Is a Mix Tape
Life, Loss, and What I Listened To
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
“The happiest, saddest, sweetest book about rock ‘n’ roll that I’ve ever experienced.”—Chuck Klosterman
Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, that time was one...
For Laci
A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Laci Rocha Peterson, 8 months pregnant, was last seen by her sister, Amy, in the late afternoon of December 23, 2002. She spoke to her mother, Sharon Rocha, at 8:30 p.m. that night. This would be the last time anyone from her immediate family ever spoke to her.
A search began which lasted an...
Kick Me
Adventures in Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2002
Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of public school life that will keep you laughing in recognition and occasionally sighing in relief that you aren’t him. Kick Me is a nostalgic trip for the inner geek in all of us.