Mariner Books imprint: 1531 books
by Josephine Dickinson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2008
Silence Fell marks the American debut of an extraordinary poet from the remote north of England. The poems are set on a sheep farm in the northern mountains and tell the story -- in the form of a modern shepherd’s calendar -- of Josephine Dickinson’s marriage to a Cumbrian sheep farmer, a man...
by Antoine Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Oppen Porter thinks he’s dying. (He’s not.)
From his hospital bed, with tape recorder in hand, he unspools his tale for the benefit of his unborn son, the tale of his forty-day journey from innocence to experience, from self-described “slow absorber” to man of the world.
This...
by Kate Racculia
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Winner of a 2015 Alex Award
"Delightfully odd...A fine cast of misfits and dreamers and foes. A." —Entertainment Weekly
“A deliciously dark confection of a novel, and one of the most thoroughly enjoyable books I’ve read in years.” —Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told...
This Is Just My Face
Try Not to Stare
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
“Gabourey Sidibe’s delightful memoir offers a memorable look into what happens when a black girl’s dreams come true, from the inside out. Sidibe is fearless, incredibly funny, and gorgeously open. What she offers of herself in these pages is a gift.”—Roxane Gay
In This Is Just My Face, Gabourey...
How to Be a Movie Star
Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Elizabeth Taylor has never been short on star power, but in this unprecedented biography, the spotlight is entirely on her—a spirited beauty full of magic, professional daring, and wit.
Acclaimed biographer William Mann follows Elizabeth Taylor publicly as she makes her ascent at MGM, falls...
The Immortal Irishman
The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
**"An old-fashioned tale of tall talk, high ideals,and irresistible appeal . . . You will not read a historical thriller like this all year . . . [Egan] is a master storyteller." —Boston Globe
“Egan has a gift for sweeping narrative . . . and he has a journalist’s eye for the...
The Heart and the Fist
The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
THE HEART AND THE FIST shares one man’s story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service.
As...
The Creation of Anne Boleyn
A New Look at England’s Most Notorious Queen
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a fascinating reconstruction of Anne’s life and an illuminating look at her afterlife in the popular imagination. Why is Anne so compelling? Why has she inspired such extreme reactions? What did she really look like? Was she the...
by Eugenia Ginzburg
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2002
Both witness to and victim of Stalin’s reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russia’s prisons and labor camps. Translated by Paul Stevenson and Max Hayward. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
Lincoln's Lieutenants
The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
From the best-selling author of Gettysburg, a multilayered group biography of the commanders who led the Army of the Potomac
“A masterful synthesis . . . A narrative about amazing courage and astonishing gutlessness . . . It explains why Union movements worked and, more often, didn’t work...
The Hundred-Year Walk
An Armenian Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
**A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
A New York Post Must-Read
“Part family heirloom, part history lesson, The Hundred-Year Walk is an emotionally poignant work, powerfully imagined and expertly crafted.”—Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan’s Inheritance
“This book...
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
From A to B and Back Again
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014
A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment
In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol—which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections—he talks about love, sex,...
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
“A vivid exploration of one man's lifelong obsession with an idea . . . Egan’s spirited biography might just bring [Curtis] the recognition that eluded him in life.” — Washington Post
Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous portrait photographer,...
I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
“Some books celebrate the human condition; others commiserate with us. This memoir does both.” —Helen Oyeyemi, NPR
This spellbinding memoir by the National Book Award–nominated author of The Bird Artist begins with a portrait, both harrowing and hilarious, of a midwestern boy’s summer...