Skyhorse imprint: 3212 books
Mr. Wilson Makes It Home
How One Little Dog Brought Us Hope, Happiness, and Closure
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
“A heartwarming story written with passion and love” about a small dog who needed a home, and the couple who adopted him—and needed him even more (Michael Corrente, award-winning film director and producer).
When their children went off on their own, Michael and Cheryl Morse slowly drifted...
In Short Measures
Three Novellas
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The New York Times–bestselling food writer delivers “a propulsively well-written trio of novellas . . . A richly layered book, full of surprises and pleasures” (Kate Christensen).
In his three novellas, “In Short Measures,” “Strong Conspirators,” and “Sally Forth,” Michael...
A Thyme and Place
Medieval Feasts and Recipes for the Modern Table
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Take a culinary trip to the past with this whimsical celebration of Middle Ages cookery. Includes illustrations!
Verjuice, peafowl, elder flower . . . these are just some of the common ingredients to be found in a typical medieval kitchen. Here the authors have dusted off traditional fourteenth...
Spymaster
Startling Cold War Revelations of a Soviet KGB Chief
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Tennent Bagley’s Spymaster is the single most revealing book about espionage to emerge from the Cold War.” -Edward Jay Epstein, author of Deception: The Invisible War Between the KGB and the CIA
From the dark days of World War II through the Cold War, Sergey A. Kondrashev was a major...
In a Manner of Speaking
Phrases, Expressions, and Proverbs and How We Use and Misuse Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
What do the whole kit and caboodle,” the whole shebang,” the whole megillah,” the whole enchilada,” the whole nine yards,” the whole box and dice,” and the full Monty” have in common? They’re all expressions that mean the entire quantity,” and they’re all examples...
Journey
Memoirs of an Air Force Chief of Staff
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
An uncensored account of General Schwartz's term as the wartime US Air Force Chief of Staff under presidents Bush and Obama.
The General’s dysfunctional home life drove him to apply to the Air Force Academy over forty years ago, where he was provided with a new family and sense of worth he...
Blindsided by the Taliban
A Journalist’s Story of War, Trauma, Love, and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
I turn to see a rocket-propelled grenade screaming toward me. The ordinance strikes me in the side of the head, instantly blinding me in one eye and crushing the right side of my face.
On September 9, 2010, while embedded with an Army unit and talking with locals in a small village in eastern...
Is It Safe to Kiss My Cat?
And Other Questions You Were Afraid to Ask
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Ever wondered whether it’s okay to touch your pet turtle? Share a bed with your pet boa constrictor? Or kiss your adorable cat? Have no fear. No longer will you have to delete your Internet history because you don’t want anyone to know you searched such a seemingly silly subject. Is It Safe to...
Mystery on the Isles of Shoals
Closing the Case on the Smuttynose Ax Murders of 1873
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
For the first time, the full story of a crime that has haunted New England since 1873.
The cold-blooded ax murder of two innocent Norwegian women at their island home off the coast of New Hampshire has gripped the region since 1873, beguiling tourists, inspiring artists, and fueling conspiracy...
Walter's Welcome
The Intimate Story of a German-Jewish Family's Flight from the Nazis to Peru
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
“[A] captivating life account of an extended German-Jewish family that survived the Holocaust thanks to the determined efforts by one of its members” (Leo Spitzer, author of Hotel Bolivia**).**
Walter’s Welcome is the story of Walter Neisser and the more than fifty members of his family he...
by Eleanor Hamer, Fernando Díez de Urdanivia
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
No matter how much Spanish you study, it’s nearly impossible to fully convince the native-speakers that you’ve got it. Even those estudiantes perfectos who have seemingly mastered speaking a foreign language in a classroom run into problems in real-life situations. 3,000 Spanish Words and Phrases...
Weird-o-pedia
The Ultimate Book of Surprising Strange and Incredibly Bizarre Facts About (Supposedly) Ordinary Things
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Check out the weird and wonderful facts in this massive encyclopedia of alphabetized oddities:
HUMANS ARE THE ONLY ANIMALS THAT ENJOY SPICY FOOD (there’s a reason no one sells Tabasco-flavored cat food).
NAPPING CAN SAVE YOU FROM A HEART ATTACK (assuming you are not operating heavy...
Mountain Lines
A Journey through the French Alps
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
The “disarmingly engaging” account of a young American’s solo hike from Lake Geneva to Nice, France: “Panoramic . . . breathtaking” (The New York Times Book Review).
In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Bored and dreaming of adventure, he comes across an image...
An Angle on the World
Dispatches and Diversions from the New Yorker and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
An “artful and compassionate” collection of personal essays, travel writing, dispatches, and book reviews from the author of Laughing in the Hills (Time).
An Angle on the World is a brilliant tribute to Bill Barich’s extraordinary range as a writer. Gathering together more than thirty...