Crown imprint: 1774 books
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
A Sortabiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the ingenious comic performer, founding member of Monty Python, and creator of Spamalot, comes an absurdly funny memoir of unparalleled wit and heartfelt candor**
We know him best for his unforgettable roles on Monty Python—from the *Flying Circus *to...
The Andalucian Friend
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Enemies are everywhere in this monumental international crime thriller that Brad Thor calls "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets The Sopranos."
Hector Guzman has fooled many women. With his quiet charm, easy smile, and smooth demeanor it's easy to fall into his trap, and Sophie...
It's All Relative
Two Families, Three Dogs, 34 Holidays, and 50 Boxes of Wine (A Memoir)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
How come the only thing my family tree ever grows is nuts?
Wade Rouse attempts to answer that question in his blisteringly funny new memoir by looking at the yearly celebrations that unite us all and bring out the very best and worst in our nearest and dearest.
Family is truly the only...
Wedlock
The True Story of the Disastrous Marriage and Remarkable Divorce of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of Strathmore
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
With the death of her fabulously wealthy coal magnate father when she was just eleven, Mary Eleanor Bowes became the richest heiress in Britain. An ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II, Mary grew to be a highly educated young woman, winning acclaim as a playwright and botanist. Courted by a bevy of eager...
Cinema Nirvana
Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Movie fans and spiritual seekers, unite! In Cinema Nirvana, meditation teacher and award-winning film critic Dean Sluyter illuminates the hidden enlightenment teachings of Casablanca, Jaws, The Graduate, The Godfather, Memento, and ten other classic films, revealing spiritual wisdom in everything...
The Israeli Solution
A One-State Plan for Peace in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
**A landmark manifesto issuing a bold call for a one-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
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The reigning consensus in elite and academic circles is that the United States must seek to resolve the Palestinians' conflict with Israel by implementing the so-called two-state solution. Establishing...
In the Name of Gucci
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
The gripping family drama—and never-before-told love story—surrounding the rise and fall of the late Aldo Gucci, the man responsible for making the legendary fashion label the powerhouse it is today, as told by his daughter.
Patricia Gucci was born a secret: the lovechild whose birth could...
Sal Mineo
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Sal Mineo is probably most well-known for his unforgettable, Academy Award–nominated turn opposite James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause and his tragic murder at the age of thirty-seven. Finally, in this riveting new biography filled with exclusive, candid interviews with both Mineo’s closest female...
The Placebo Chronicles
Strange But True Tales From the Doctors' Lounge
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2009
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Doctors have a sick sense of humor. This is the deep, dark, and hilarious secret of the medical profession revealed by the irreverent Dr. Douglas Farrago in his popular satirical magazine, Placebo Journal—affectionately known by its thousands of fanatic readers as “Mad magazine for doctors”...
by Lawrence Turman
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Few jobs in Hollywood are as shrouded in mystery as the role of the producer. What does it take to be a producer, how does one get started, and what on earth does one actually do? In So You Want to Be a Producer Lawrence Turman, the producer of more than forty films, including The Graduate, The River...
The Gentleman's Guide to Life
What Every Guy Should Know About Living Large, Loving Well, Feeling Strong, and Looking Good
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Whether you're a sensitive, bookish type or a beer-guzzling Cyber-jock--or just an average guy--The Gentleman's Guide to Life is a perfect and indispensable primer on looking, living, and feeling good, answering all your questions about clothes, career, fitness, love, and lust.
How do I move...
Hard Corps
From Gangster to Marine Hero
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2007
At the age of seventeen, Marco Martinez was a thug—a gun-toting, car-stealing gang member. At the age of twenty-two, he was a hero—the recipient of the Navy Cross, the second-highest honor a U.S. Marine can receive, for extraordinary heroism under fire in the Iraq War. Hard Corps tells the story...
Bang Your Head
The Rise and Fall of Heavy Metal
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
“Bang your head! Metal Health’ll drive you mad!”
— Quiet Riot
Like an episode of VH1’s Behind the Music on steroids, Bang Your Head is an epic history of every band and every performer that has proudly worn the Heavy Metal badge. Whether headbanging is your guilty pleasure or you...
Wilco
Learning How to Die
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
The intimate story of one of the great American bands of our time, creators of the controversial masterpiece Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
When alt-country heroes-turned-rock-iconoclasts Wilco handed in their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, to the band’s label, Reprise, a division of Warner Brothers,...