Skyhorse imprint: 3212 books
The Writing on the Wall
Rediscovering New York City's "Ghost Signs"
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
***The New York Times' pick in "A Holiday Gift Guide for Hardcover Fans"***A Publishers Weekly pick in "Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Illustrated Gift Books"
A Photographic and Historical Record of the City’s Vanishing Advertisements
As the great city of New York moves, changes, and evolves every...
Murder, Lies, and Cover-Ups
Who Killed Marilyn Monroe, JFK, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, and Princess Diana?
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Uncover the real truth behind mass media accounts of how they died, and learn the reason for their murders.
These five deaths stopped the whole world in its tracks. We all famously recall where we were and what we were doing when JFK was assassinated, as well as the moments Elvis, Princess Diana,...
by Dianne Hodges
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A collection of great quotations to inspire and motivate educators.
Everything America is or ever hopes to be depends on what happens in our schools’ classrooms.**—Frosty Troy
Complete with full-color photos, the quotes in this volume come from famous writers, politicians, scientists,...
The Last Manchu
The Autobiography of Henry Pu Yi, Last Emperor of China
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2010
In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking’s Forbidden City, but with none of the power his birth afforded him. The remainder...
So You Think You Know Rock and Roll?
An In-Depth Q&A Tour of the Revolutionary Decade 1965–1975
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Test your knowledge of the most important era of rock music.
Rolling Stone magazine recently released its list of the one hundred greatest albums in rock music history, a period spanning more than fifty years. Nearly sixty percent of those albums were released in the decade from 1965 to 1975—the...
Schadenfreude
A Handy Guide to the Glee Found in Others' Misery
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A witty volume for anyone who’s ever asked, “Is it wrong that I’m smiling?”
The Germans may have come up with the word for it, but schadenfreude—the taking of pleasure in someone else’s misery—is a pretty universal human tendency. This book takes a look at the phenomenon with...
Diary of a Radical Cancer Warrior
Fighting Cancer and Capitalism at the Cellular Level
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
When American saxophonist and social activist Fred Ho was diagnosed with stage 3b colo-rectal cancer in 2006 he underwent immediate surgery to remove the tumor and began preparing for chemotherapy. Within days his friends mobilized to arrange grocery deliveries, transport, companionship, and housekeeping...
Miracle at Merion
The Inspiring Story of Ben Hogan's Amazing Comeback and Victory at the 1950 U.S. Open
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2010
Legendary sportswriter Red Smith characterized Ben Hogan’s comeback from a near-fatal automobile crash in February 1949 as “the most remarkable feat in the history of sports.” Nearly sixty years later, that statement still rings true. The crowning moment of Hogan’s comeback was his dramatic...
Baseball Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
Why does a curveball curve? What is a can of corn”? Why was Joe DiMaggio called the Yankee Clipper”? Who wrote Take Me Out to the Ballgame”? How many times did Ty Cobb steal home?
In Baseball Miscellany, the fascinating history and lore of our national pastime is finally revealed!...
Bones of My Grandfather
Reclaiming a Lost Hero of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
“War, reclamation, and what Tim O'Brien called "the Lives of the Dead" are eternal literary themes for men. Clay Bonnyman Evans has honored that lineage with this masterful melding of military history and personal quest.”—Ron Powers, co-author of New York Times #1 bestsellers Flags of Our Fathers...
The Torchlight List
Around the World in 200 Books
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
In today’s world it seems that everywhere we turn we are saturated with book recommendations from talk shows, magazines, radio shows, friends, and top ten lists. But which books are really the best, and what effects do the books we read have on our intelligence? The Torchlight List has the answers....
For the Love of Books
Stories of Literary Lives, Banned Books, Author Feuds, Extraordinary Characters, and More
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
A light-hearted book about books and the people who write them for all lovers of literature.
Do you know:
Which famous author died of caffeine poisoning?
Why Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was banned in China?
Who was the first British writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
What...
Fit to Serve
Reflections on a Secret Life, Private Struggle, and Public Battle to Become the First Openly Gay U.S. Ambassador
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
“A great American story”—The memoir of a man who went from a small Midwestern town to being the first openly gay US ambassador (Richard North Patterson).
James C. Hormel grew up feeling different not only because his family owned the Hormel “empire,” but because he was gay in a small...
Predator Hunting
Proven Strategies That Work From East to West
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Drawing on his years of experience, well-known hunter, writer, and television personality Ron Spomer provides valuable information on how to call a variety of predators into range; how to choose rifles, scopes, bullets, shotguns, and shells; how to use decoys and predator calls effectively; how to set up in the field; how to use weather to your advantage; and much more.