Doubleday imprint: 393 books
by Sidney L. Landau
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
A reference book that belongs on every desk--one of the handiest, best-organized, and most reliable thesauruses available, newly updated to reflect the American language of today.
by T. Davis Bunn
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
In a rip-roaring plot that could be torn from tomorrow’s headlines, bestselling author T. Davis Bunn weaves political intrigues and disturbing moral dilemmas into a chillingly credible portrait of the cutthroat world of international finance.
Jackie Havilland is working in an Orlando detective agency...
Dr. Joe's Brain Sparks
179 Inspiring and Enlightening Inquiries into the Science of Everyday Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Prepare to be amazed once again.
Did you know what when you shake a ketchup bottle you're practicing thixotropy? That the ancient Greeks made themselves look less ancient by inventing moisturizer? That the mysterious drug obecalp* is as effective as homeopathy and many herbal cures? From the...
Hedy's Folly: The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
The Life and Breakthrough Inventions of Hedy Lamarr, the Most Beautiful Woman in the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2011
What do Hedy Lamarr, avant-garde composer George Antheil, and your cell phone have in common? The answer is spread-spectrum radio: a revolutionary invention based on the rapid switching of communications signals among a spread of different frequencies. Without this technology, we would not have...
The Castle on Sunset
Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
***LA Times Bestseller*
*An Amazon "Best History Books of 2019 So Far" Pick*
"Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight." --Cheryl Strayed
"A fabulously fizzy account." --Vanity Fair
"I want to live inside this book!" --Taylor Jenkins Reid
The...
Fighting the Flying Circus
The Greatest True Air Adventure to Come out of World War I
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
In Fighting the Flying Circus, Captain Rickenbacker recounts his combat missions against the Germans in the skies over Europe during WWI.
Running to the Edge
A Band of Misfits and the Guru Who Unlocked the Secrets of Speed
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
**"Gripping . . . the narrative is smooth and immediate, almost effortless in its detail, if occasionally breathless, like a good fast run . . ." --The New York Times Book Review
Visionary American running coach Bob Larsen assembled a mismatched team of elite California runners ....
Maya Angelou
A Glorious Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Beautifully designed and featuring over 150 sepia portraits, family photographs, and letters from the life of one of the world’s most beloved and admired artists, this moving biography will appeal to all fans of the poet laureate, phenomenal bestselling author, and scribe for the people, Dr. Maya...
A Place Within
Rediscovering India
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2009
A Globe and Mail Best Book
It would take many lifetimes, it was said to me during my first visit, to see all of India. The desperation must have shown on my face to absorb and digest all I possibly could. This was not something I had articulated or resolved; and yet I recall an anxiety as I...
Life Sentence
Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system—and especially its judges—in this national bestseller.
When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover...
The Ministry of Truth
The Biography of George Orwell's 1984
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
**"Rich and compelling. . .Lynskey’s account of the reach of 1984 is revelatory.”
--George Packer, *The Atlantic *
An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984--its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect on the Cold War,...
The Natural
The Misunderstood Presidency of Bill Clinton
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2002
Joe Klein, best-selling author of Primary Colors and one of our most brilliant political analysts, now tackles the subject he knows best: Bill Clinton. Astute, even-handed, and keenly intelligent, The Natural is the only book to read if you want to understand exactly what happened–to the military,...
Rising Out of Hatred
The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, the powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind
Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a...
by Dwight D. Eisenhower
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Dedicated to the Allied Soldier, Sailor and Airman of WWII.