Crown imprint: 1774 books
Angelhead
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
"My brother saw the face of God. You never recover from a trauma like that."
So begins Angelhead, a taut, powerful memoir of the madness and crime that rips a family apart.
"I didn't see God, of course, but I saw my brother seeing God; I saw how petrified he was, how convinced."
Set...
Crossings
A Doctor-Soldier's Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Every juncture in Jon Kerstetter’s life has been marked by a crossing from one world into another: from civilian to doctor to soldier; between healing and waging war; and between compassion and hatred of the enemy. When an injury led to a stroke that ended his careers as a doctor and a soldier,...
Triumph
Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns with a moving and inspirational tale of her life after she heroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won new identity and happiness, and her determination to win justice for the crimes committed against her family.
In...
This Boy's Faith
Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
An unforgettable memoir about growing up Southern, grappling with faith, and confronting a childhood colored by religion, Bible Belt culture, and a mother who minces words better than a food processor
A child stumbles upon a vintage photograph and glimpses salvation. A young girl vanishes in a...
Speech-less
Tales of a White House Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
**New York Times Bestseller • From a former White House speechwriter comes a deliciously candid memoir about official Washington—a laugh-out-loud cri de coeur that shows what can happen to idealism in a town driven by self-interest. **
“[An] entertaining book about what goes on—or...
The Rogue
Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.—Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative...
by Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Former WikiLeaks Insider and Spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg Authors an Exposé of the “World’s Most Dangerous Website”
In an eye-opening account, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former spokesman of WikiLeaks, reveals never-disclosed details about the inner workings of the increasingly controversial...
Blacklisted by History
The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even today, a half century after his death, his name...
Lincoln in the World
The Making of a Statesman and the Dawn of American Power
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
A captivating look at how Abraham Lincoln evolved into one of our seminal foreign-policy presidents—and helped point the way to America’s rise to world power.
Abraham Lincoln is not often remembered as a great foreign-policy president. He had never traveled overseas and spoke no foreign languages....
The People's Princess
Cherished Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, From Those Who Knew Her Best
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2007
In the ten years since Princess Diana’s shocking and tragic death in 1997, her hold on the world’s imagination has only increased. For The People’s Princess, Larry King asked many people who knew Diana, some officially and some more personally, for their favorite memories.
Sir Richard...
Faith Under Fire
An Army Chaplain's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
“Running away from God doesn’t work. I had tried.”
—Roger Benimoff
As he left for his second tour of duty as an Army chaplain in Iraq, Roger Benimoff noted in his journal: I am excited and I am scared. I am on fire for God...He is my hope, strength, and focus.
But not long after...
Privilege and Scandal
The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Sweeping and scandalous, rich and compellingly readable, here is the first biography of Lady Harriet Spencer, ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales, and devoted sister of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. Harriet Spencer was without a doubt one of the most glamorous, influential, and notorious aristocrats...
Sum It Up
A Thousand and Ninety-Eight Victories, a Couple of Irrelevant Losses, and a Life in Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history and bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her greatest challenge: early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Pat...
A Champion's Mind
Lessons from a Life in Tennis
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
Pete Sampras is arguably the greatest tennis player ever, a man whose hard-nosed work ethic led to an unprecedented number one world ranking for 286 weeks, and whose prodigious talent made possible a record-setting fourteen Grand Slam titles. While his more vocal rivals sometimes grabbed the headlines,...