Crown imprint: 1774 books
Naked in Dangerous Places
The Chronicles of a Hungry, Scared, Lost, Homesick, but Otherwise Perfectly Happy Traveler
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Finally, after years as a struggling radio host, Cash Peters has been given his own TV adventure show on a big-time travel network. The idea is simple: “Let’s dump him in an unfamiliar culture in a faraway land with no money and no place to stay, and see what happens.”
Unfortunately,...
City of the Soul
A Walk in Rome
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why.
Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he...
The Great Northern Express
A Writer's Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
From bestselling, nationally celebrated author Howard Frank Mosher, a wildly funny and deeply personal account of his three-month, 20,000-mile sojourn to discover what he loved enough to live for.
Several months before novelist Howard Frank Mosher turned sixty-five, he learned that he had prostate...
Feet on the Street
Rambles Around New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
“Betcha I can tell ya / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Betchadollar, / Betchadollar, / Where ya / Got them shoooes. / Got your shoes on your feet, / Got your feet on the street, / And the street’s in Noo / Awlins, Loo- / Eez-ee-anna. Where I, for my part, first ate a live oyster and first saw...
Coaching Confidential
Inside the Fraternity of NFL Coaches
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
A behind-the-scenes look at the high-pressure lives of NFL head coaches
Coaching Confidential chronicles a year in the life of an NFL head coach. But not just one head coach. A composite portrait is drawn through interviews with at least 20 current and former head coaches (including Super Bowl...
The Water Devil
A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
The final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with A Vision of Light and In Pursuit of the Green Lion.
Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country. And, indeed, life with...
A Vision of Light
A Margaret of Ashbury Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2006
The first book in the series, this bestselling novel introduces Margaret of Ashbury, a fourteenth-century Englishwoman with mystical abilities
Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in fourteenth-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously...
The Serpent Garden
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2008
In the court of Henry VIII, there are many secrets—and some people will kill to keep them hidden.Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide...
Overwinter
A Werewolf Tale
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
The days grow colder. The nights grow longer. And every time the moon rises, the wolf inside her grows a little stronger.
Cheyenne Clark—a woman whose hatred for werewolves has turned her into the very beast she most despises—prowls the Arctic Circle on the trail of an ancient secret,...
The Witch's Trinity
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
“A gripping, well-told story of faith and truth.”
—Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner
“A disturbingly effective historical novel.”
—Boston Globe
“Beautifully written, nary a word out of place, and with a few moments that throw you beyond—the way good...
Way Beyond Compare
The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume One, 1957-1965
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2008
An answered prayer for Beatles fans and collectors, the first volume of a unique work that exhaustively chronicles all known and available Beatles recordings!
Have you ever watched a Beatles film clip and wondered:
• Where was that filmed?
• Is any more of that footage available?
Have...
by Paul Trynka
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
“Fellow rock stars, casual members of the public, lords and media magnates, countless thousands of people will talk of their encounters with this driven, talented, indomitable creature, a man who has plumbed the depths of depravity, yet emerged with an indisputable nobility. Each of them will share...
The Obamas
The Untold Story of an African Family
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
"Fascinating...adds many interesting details to what we know of the President’s heritage."
--David Remnick, TheNewYorker.com
On January 20, 2009, a few hundred men, women, and children gathered under trees in the twilight at K’obama, a village on the shores of Lake Victoria in...
It's Time!
My 360-Degree View of the UFC
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.
And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.
Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and...