Crown imprint: 1774 books
The Fine Green Line
My Year of Golf Adventure on the Pro-Golf Mini-Tours
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
What happens when a man leaves home for a year to pursue his dream?
One day, playing a particularly spectacular round of golf, husband and father John Paul Newport suddenly tastes what it's like to be a pro. Deciding to take a year off and hit the road playing golf's mini-tour circuit, Newport...
by Gary Sheffield, David Ritz
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Becoming a Major League ballplayer for Dwight and me, that was the dream.
Dwight is Dwight Gooden. Most people know him for winning the Cy Young Award. To me, though, he’s family, an uncle, but at four years older, really a brother. I can still remember those games of catch with Dwight in...
Fair Ball
A Fan's Case for Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2001
From his perspective as a journalist and a true fan, Bob Costas, NBC's award-winning broadcaster, shares his views on the forces that are diminishing the appeal of Major League Baseball and proposes realistic changes that can be made to protect and promote the game's best interests.
In this...
Fire on the Track
Betty Robinson and the Triumph of the Early Olympic Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold
When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet....
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...
Final Accounting
Ambition, Greed and the Fall of Arthur Andersen
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2003
A withering exposé of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm.
Arthur Andersen's conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron debacle spelled the abrupt end of the 88-year-old accounting firm. Until recently,...
The Art of People
11 Simple People Skills That Will Get You Everything You Want
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
What does it take to win success and influence?
Some people think that in today’s hyper-competitive world, it’s the tough, take-no-prisoners type who comes out on top. But in reality, argues New York Times bestselling author Dave Kerpen, it’s actually those with the best people skills...
How Remarkable Women Lead
The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
The Remarkable discoveries about what drives and sustains successful women leaders.
Based on five years of proprietary research, How Remarkable Women Lead speaks to you as no other book has, with its hopeful outlook and unique ideas about success. It's the new "right stuff" of leadership,...
by Dave Kansas
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Unravel the Mysteries of the Financial Markets—the Language, the Players, and the Strategies for Success
Understanding money and investing has never been more important than it is today, as many of us are called upon to manage our own retirement planning, college savings funds, and health-care...
You're in Charge--Now What?
The 8 Point Plan
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2005
Getting a new job or a big promotion is like building a house: You need to get the foundation right for both. With a job, the quick-drying cement is how well you do in your first hundred days, since they establish the foundation for long-term momentum and great performance.
Tom Neff and Jim...
The Art of War for Women
Sun Tzu's Ancient Strategies and Wisdom for Winning at Work
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Forget everything you think you know about strength, strategy and success. This brilliant adaptation of the ancient masterpiece The Art of War shows women how to use Sun Tzu’s philosophy to win in every aspect of life.
Would you like to transform your weaknesses into strengths? Succeed at...
Brick by Brick
How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Sometimes radical yet always applicable, Brick by Brick abounds with real-world lessons for unleashing breakthrough innovation in your organization, using LEGO--which experienced one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent history--as a business model.
As LEGO failed to keep...
It's Not Just Who You Know
Transform Your Life (and Your Organization) by Turning Colleagues and Contacts into Lasting, Genuine Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
In It’s Not Just Who You Know, Tommy Spaulding—the former CEO of Up With People—has written the new How to Win Friends and Influence People for the twenty-fist century. Success—in business and in life—is all about relationships. In this powerful guide to reaching out to others, Spaulding...