Scribner imprint: 1661 books
Alexander McQueen
Blood Beneath the Skin
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The first, definitive biography of the iconic, notoriously private British fashion designer Alexander McQueen “offers new insights...and provides unprecedented access to a misunderstood soul” (The Boston Globe).
When forty-year-old Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, a...
The Ugly Game
The Corruption of FIFA and the Qatari Plot to Buy the World Cup
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
“The book that reminds you exactly what’s wrong with FIFA” (Esquire UK): This meticulously reported account by two award-winning, investigative journalists at Britain’s The Sunday Times explains how the 2022 World Cup was secured for Qatar—a key element in the ongoing, international FIFA...
Double Agent
The First Hero of World War II and How the FBI Outwitted and Destroyed a Nazi Spy Ring
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2014
The never-before-told tale of the German-American who infiltrated New York’s Nazi underground in the days leading up to World War II: “Thrilling, well-researched, well-told, fascinating” (Minneapolis Star Tribune).
He was the first hero of World War II and yet the American public has...
American Canopy
Trees, Forests, and the Making of a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation’s history.
Like many of us, historians have long been guilty of taking trees for granted. Yet the history of trees in America is no...
House of Bush, House of Saud
The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2004
Newsbreaking and controversial -- an award-winning investigative journalist uncovers the thirty-year relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud and explains its impact on American foreign policy, business, and national security.
House of Bush, House of Saud begins with a politically...
The Fall of the House of Bush
The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy decision in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. How did this happen? Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and until now this story has never been fully told.
From...
by Robert Rotenberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
From the bestselling author of Old City Hall comes Robert Rotenberg’s third intricate mystery set on the streets and in the courtrooms of Toronto.
In The Guilty Plea and Old City Hall, critically acclaimed author Robert Rotenberg created gripping page-turners that captured audiences in Canada...
Burial for a King
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Funeral and the Week that Transformed Atlanta and Rocked the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In the aftermath of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, riots broke out in 110 cities across the country. For five days, Atlanta braced for chaos while preparing to host King’s funeral. An unlikely alliance of former student radicals, the middle-aged patrician mayor, the no-nonsense police...
Squash
A History of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The first comprehensive history of squash in the United States, Squash incorporates every aspect of this increasingly popular sport: men's and women's play, juniors and intercollegiates, singles and doubles, hardball and softball, amateurs and professionals.
Invented by English schoolboys in the 1850s,...
Last Harvest
From Cornfield to New Town
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres...
Killing Yourself to Live
85% of a True Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2005
Building on the national bestselling success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, preeminent pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman unleashes his best book yet—the story of his cross-country tour of sites where rock stars have died and his search for love, excitement, and the meaning of death.
For...
Santa Cruise
A Holiday Mystery at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2006
America’s Queen of Suspense—Mary Higgins Clark—joins forces with her daughter Carol—bestselling author of the Regan Reilly mysteries—in this fast-paced novel set on a special holiday cruise that sets sail from Miami the day after Christmas.
Alvirah Meehan, lottery winner turned amateur...
by Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2001
Mary Higgins Clark, America's Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, have followed the successful publication of last year's holiday bestseller Deck the Halls with a heartwarming tale that combines much of the charm of the classic movie It's a Wonderful Life with...
Flash and Bones
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Kathy Reichs**—#1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television hit Bones—**returns with a riveting new novel set in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring America’s favorite forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan.
Just as 200,000 fans are pouring into town...