Crown imprint: 1774 books
Gator
My Life in Pinstripes
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Legendary New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry recounts his years playing for one of the most storied and celebrated teams in sports history--the world champion New York Yankees during their heyday in the Bronx Zoo years, with manic manager Billy Martin, headline loving owner George Steinbrenner, and...
I Killed
True Stories of the Road from America's Top Comics
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
In a hilarious look at real life on the comedy circuit, some of America's most famous comics share their own stories of life on the road, gigs gone wrong, and unexpected, zany moments, with contributions by Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Mike Myers, Bill Maher, Joan Rivers, Jeff Foxworthy, and others.
Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality
A Field Guide to Curiosity, Creativity, and Tomfoolery
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
**#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the YouTube superstars and creators of Good Mythical Morning comes the ultimate guide to living a “Mythical” life, featuring stories and photos from their lifelong friendship, as well as awesomely illustrated guides, charts, and activities aimed at laughing...
Too Much Is Not Enough
A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
From the star of Broadway's The Book of Mormon and HBO's Girls, the heartfelt and hilarious coming-of-age memoir of a Midwestern boy surviving bad auditions, bad relationships, and some really bad highlights as he chases his dreams in New York City
“Candid, funny, crisp . . . honest and tender...
My Life to Live
How I Became the Queen of Soaps When Men Ruled the Airwaves
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
From the Emmy-winning creator and writer of All My Children and One Life to Live, a memoir of her trailblazing rise to the top of the television industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most beloved soaps of all time.
Before there was Erica Kane, Adam Chandler, or Victoria...
The Futurist
The Life and Films of James Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
With the release of Avatar in December 2009, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such cinematic landmarks as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and the highest grossing...
Reagan
The Hollywood Years
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
Ronald Reagan was one of the most powerful and popular American presidents. The key to understanding his political success and the remarkable likability and effortless charisma that made it possible is hidden in his early years as a Hollywood movie star.
Other biographers and Reagan in his...
The Man Who Invented Christmas
How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
As uplifting as the tale of Scrooge itself, this is the story of how Charles Dickens revived the signal holiday of the Western world. Soon to be a major motion picture.
Just before Christmas in 1843, a debt-ridden and dispirited Charles Dickens wrote a small book he hoped would keep his creditors...
by Laura Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
What's a wise, witty travel writer to do when she reaches forty and is still single? Wander the globe searching for romance and adventure, of course.
On a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, to celebrate her fortieth birthday, Laura Fraser confronts the unique trajectory of her life. Divorced and childless...
A Torch Kept Lit
Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
**The New York Times Bestseller
William F. Buckley, Jr. remembers—as only he could—the towering figures of the twentieth century in a brilliant and emotionally powerful collection, compiled by acclaimed Fox News correspondent James Rosen.**
In a half century on the national stage,...
In the Absence of Sun
A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010
A breathtaking true story of a rescue mission undertaken by a young woman and her family in one of the most repressive countries in the world.
Helie Lee often had heard her grandmother speak of an uncle, lost decades ago when he was a child during the family’s daring escape from North Korea....
The Prince of Darkness
50 Years Reporting in Washington
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Long before Robert Novak became the center of a political firestorm in the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal, he had established himself as one of the finest—and most controversial—political reporters in America. Now, in this sweeping, monumental memoir, Novak offers the first full account of his...
Against Us
The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2008
In 2002 Jim Sciutto began filing in-depth reports on the Middle East for ABC News. Now, after nearly 100 assignments in Muslim countries, Sciutto brings back this disturbing truth: the Al-Qaeda–inspired view of an evil America bent on destroying Islam has moved from the fringes to the mainstream....
My Dead Parents
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
**Named one of Esquire's "Best Nonfiction Books of 2018"
"Sharp and searching...a potent look at the fraught, painful, and complicated relationship between parents and children, and the mysteries — revelatory, difficult — that can and cannot be solved."
— Boston Globe**
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