Crown imprint: 1774 books
Questioning the Millennium
A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
In this new edition of Questioning the Millennium, best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould applies his wit and erudition to one of today's most pressing subjects: the significance of the millennium.
In 1950 at age eight, prompted by an issue of Life magazine marking the century's midpoint, Stephen...
The Geography of Love
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
“If I had given it much thought, I might have hesitated to marry a man for whom at the age of 45 much of the past was too painful to consider--for either of us. Truthfully, thought had little to do with it. Instinct did--the instinct to seize a sure and ebullient happiness or go down trying.”
Falling...
Women Who Date Too Much . . . and Those Who Should Be So Lucky
Happy Dating, Great Sex, Healthy Relationships, and Other Delusions
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Are you so fed up with blind dates that you’re considering the merits of celibacy? Is even the geekiest Mr. Wrong beginning to look like Mr. Right?
Frustrated singles, don’t spend another Saturday night in front of the TV with a pint...
Breakfast with Sharks
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the De al, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making...
Raising Cubby
A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
**The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son—complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble **
John Robison was not your typical dad. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age...
Bi-Polar Girl
An irreverent look at bipolar disoder
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe - they are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through...
Why I Teach
Inspirational True Stories from Teachers Who Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
A Celebration of the Power of Teaching
There is a moment for most teachers when the lure of working with kids surpasses all logic: You know, you just know, that you are meant to teach. But in the day-to-day crush of details and bus duty, politics and paperwork, or kids without their homework for the...
The Cubs Way
The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
**The New York Times Bestseller
With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling...
One Simple Idea
How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
From the millions-strong audiences of Oprah and The Secret to the mass-media ministries of evangelical figures like Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakes, to the motivational bestsellers and New Age seminars to the twelve-step programs and support groups of the recovery movement and to the rise of positive...
Under the Chinaberry Tree
Books and Inspirations for Mindful Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Celebrating Chinaberry's twentieth anniversary, the women behind America's beloved children's book catalog share their wisdom about the joys of children's literature and parenting.
The Chinaberry catalog was created when Ann Ruethling became troubled by the violence in many old-fashioned nursery...
A Mother Apart
How to let go of the guilt and find happiness living apart from your child
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
A Mother Apart has been written to relieve the isolation of the many women separated from their child who say, "I thought I was the only one". Moving beyond the stereotype of mothers who leave, A Mother Apart provides insight and practical support for women struggling with their feelings as they adjust and come to terms with living life apart from their children.
by Baltasar Gracian
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
A Pocket Mirror for Heroes is a mirror because it reflects "the person you are or the one you ought to be." It is a pocket mirror because its author took the time to be brief. And it is a mirror for heroes because it provides a vivid image of ethical and moral perfection to which all can...
I Was Carlos Castaneda
The Afterlife Dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
“A marvelous book with rich teachings that particularly touch the heart of death -- and, thus, life itself.”--Thom Hartmann, author of The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight
Carlos Castaneda comes back from the dead in a true-life spiritual adventure story set in the French Pyrenees, Machu...
Teach Your Team to Fish
Using Ancient Wisdom for Inspired Teamwork
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2011
Laurie Beth Jones has given hundreds of thousands of business readers insight into how the ideas of Jesus can be used to enhance performance. One of the most critical work areas for anyone, whether a manager or a CEO, a teacher or a pastor, is cooperative teamwork. Leaders today face their greatest...