Doubleday imprint: 393 books
The NHL
100 Years of On-Ice Action and Boardroom Battles
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
The National Hockey League -- born in a Montreal hotel room on November 26, 1917 -- has much to celebrate as it approaches its centenary. Millions of fans from Montreal to Miami and Edmonton to Anaheim attend NHL games leach year, millions more watch on TV and the league pays its best players multi-million...
The Green Red Green
Made Almost Entirely from Recycled Material
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Red Green was recycling material long before the green revolution got underway. Look at the autmobiles he's driven over the years. Many of those were assembled using the same basic method employed for The Green Red Green: by welding together the surviving bits of some old wrecks. In this case, we're...
The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette
50th Anniversay Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette is the most authoritative book of its kind. Filled with practical advice for every occasion, business and pleasure, this book ensures that all of your social interactions will be handled with grace and confidence.
This classic guide, first published...
Beautiful Scars
Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
"I'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived"
Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton—Steeltown— in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom...
by Wayne Grady
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
How far would a son go to belong? And how far would a father go to protect him?
With his curly black hair and his wicked grin, everyone swoons and thinks of Frank Sinatra when Navy musician Jackson Lewis takes the stage. It's World War II, and while stationed in St. John's, Newfoundland, Jack...
The Man Who Went to War
A Reporter's Memoir from Libya and the Arab Uprising
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Almost a decade since deciding to give up war reporting full-time, and at the unexpected prodding of his wife, award-winning journalist Patrick Graham travels to the heart of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring. He delivers a story by turns harrowing and comic, rich in both dramatic, on-the-ground...
The Montefeltro Conspiracy
A Renaissance Mystery Decoded
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
A brutal murder, a nefarious plot, a coded letter. After five hundred years, the most notorious mystery of the Renaissance is finally solved.
The Italian Renaissance is remembered as much for intrigue as it is for art, with papal politics and infighting among Italy’s many city-states providing...
by Tom Connor
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2011
Now, from the controversial, new, Republican Speaker of the House—Newt Gingrich, one of the most visible faces in the news today, and author of Contract with America—comes this collection of memorable quotes on topics ranging from abortion to welfare.
The Candidate
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A comical and revealing account of what it's like to run for office with no political experience, little money and only a faint hope of winning, told first-hand by celebrated writer Noah Richler.
During the 2015 federal election, approximately 1200 political campaigns were held across Canada....
Hockey Night Fever
Mullets, Mayhem and the Game's Coming of Age in the 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
A wildly evocative chronicle of the decade that changed hockey forever.
"Lady Byng died in Boston" read a sign in the Garden arena in 1970, a cheery dismissal of the NHL trophy awarded the game's most gentlemanly player. A new age of hockey was dawning. For 30 years, hockey...
Free Days With George
Learning Life's Little Lessons from One Very Big Dog
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
A heartwarming, true story about George, a rescue dog who helps his owner rediscover love and happiness. Marley & Me meets Tuesdays with Morrie and The Art of Racing in the Rain--get your tissues ready, animal lovers!
After Colin Campbell went on a short business trip abroad, he returned...
by J.C. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
He was always elusive, on and off the stand; like his music, he was constantly moving, incessantly changing. Just as Charlie Parker stood astride the jazz world of the late 40s and 50s, so did John Coltrane in the late 50s and 60s.
Trane was a giant of the saxophone and a major composer. ...
Free
Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2002
In spare, elegant stories reminiscent of the writings of Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West, Anika Nailah illuminates the emotional, spiritual, and social realities that shape–and sometimes destroy–the lives and dreams of ordinary African Americans.
The stories in Free offer a moving,...
by Robert Orben
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
There is no better, faster, or more effective way to reach out and grab an audience’s attention than the adroit use of humor. An apt, well-timed joke can soothe the hostile, focus the uninterested, and the spur on the enthusiastic.
In this latest collection from Robert Orben, master of the...