Lyons Press imprint: 837 books
by Kevin Pollak, Alan Goldsher
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
One of Comedy Central’s Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time, award-winning dramatic actor, and an internet pioneer, Kevin Pollak has done it all for thirty years and is ready to spill the beans. Best known for performances in A Few Good Men and The Usual Suspects, he shares never-before-heard stories...
Leonardo's Brain
Understanding Da Vinci's Creative Genius
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Best-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal...
Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told
Great Writers From Ray Bradbury To Mark Twain Celebrate Man's Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Since canines first joined humans around the fire—perhaps as far back as 100,000 years ago—the two species have enjoyed a mutually rewarding relationship. The bond between people and their dogs is like no other. Dogs are our best friends, our co-workers, our guardians, and often, our rescuers....
Bond On Bond
Reflections on 50 years of James Bond Movies
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
The Bond movies remain the longest continually running film series in movie history. As the over 1 billion dollar worldwide take of last year’s Skyfall showed, James Bond remains an iconic and beloved franchise. While there have been other actors that have taken on the coveted role of James Bond,...
Vinny Gorgeous
The Ugly Rise and Fall of a New York Mobster
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
A vain man of good looks but no family ties to the Mob, Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano worked his way up to acting boss of the Bonanno crime family, becoming its leader when official boss Joseph Massino went to prison in 2003. When the Mafia was crawling with secret operatives and informants...
Bert Sugar on Boxing
The Best Of The Sport's Most Notable Writer
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
"Entertaining, insightful, and eminently colorful-the next best thing to being at the fights."--New York Sportscene
". . . anyone taking a trip through the sport's hardscrabble past couldn't ask for a better guide..."--The Ring
Known as the "guru" of boxing, Bert Randolph Sugar is one...
The Quotable John Wayne
The Grit and Wisdom of an American Icon
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2019
Perhaps best known for his classic movie lines, such as "Fill your hands, you sons-of-bitches!" from True Grit, the late actor John Wayne often displayed a spontaneous and biting wit when away from the screen as well. When a reporter from the Harvard Crimson sarcastically asked Wayne if he looked...
Official Vince Lombardi Playbook
* His Classic Plays & Strategies * Personal Photos & Mementos * Recollections From Friends & Former Players
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Vince Lombardi was notorious for his inability to throw anything away. What that means to fans of one of football's greatest figures finally comes together in The Vince Lombardi Playbook—an unprecedented collection of intimate photos; colorful reflections from players who honed their skills under...
Mom Is Always Right
Words That Celebrate The World's Smartest Moms
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
How many people have had this kind of exchange with their mothers at least once in their lives? Face it, most of us would have to admit—somewhat begrudgingly—that our mothers know best 99.9% of the time. Mom is Always Right gathers together the wisest and most memorable words ever said about the...
Worst. President. Ever.
James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Worst. President. Ever. flips the great presidential biography on its head, offering an enlightening—and highly entertaining!—account of poor James Buchanan’s presidency to prove once and for all that, well, few leaders could have done worse.
But author Robert Strauss does much more,...
Elizabeth Taylor
Tribute to a Legend
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
This book of quotes explores the many sides of the one-and-only Elizabeth Taylor. In her time, she was perceived as a celebrity, an actress, a siren, and a champion for causes. She became a popular and prominent female figure in the twentieth century, and her legacy continues to thrive today. In this...
by Tom McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
In The Greatest Sniper Stories Ever Told, editor Tom McCarthy has pulled together some of the finest writings about snipers that capture readers imaginations, meticulously culled from books, magazines, movies, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Chris Kyle (author...
The Yankee Comandante
The Untold Story of Courage, Passion, and One American's Fight to Liberate Cuba
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
William Morgan, a tough-talking ex-paratrooper, stunned family and friends when in 1957 he left Ohio to join freedom fighters in the mountains of Cuba. He led one band of guerrillas, and Che Guevara another, and together they swept through the country, ultimately forcing corrupt dictator Fulgencio...
by Tom McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In The Greatest Special Ops Stories Ever Told, editor Tom McCarthy has pulled together some of the finest writings about Special Operations that capture readers imaginations, meticulously culled from books, magazines, movies, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by...