Crown: 5430 books
My Boys Can Swim!
The Official Guy's Guide to Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Finally—A Pregnancy Book That Won't Put Men to Sleep
My Boys Can Swim! tells real men everything they really want to know about pregnancy, such as: How much is it going to cost? Why does your wife primp before seeing her doctor when she hasn't put a stitch of make-up on for you in months? And, most...
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Guess what? The Indians didn’t save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. Thomas Jefferson thought states’ rights—an idea reviled today—were even more important than the Constitution’s checks and balances. The “Wild” West was more peaceful and a lot safer than most...
Questioning the Millennium
A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
In this new edition of Questioning the Millennium, best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould applies his wit and erudition to one of today's most pressing subjects: the significance of the millennium.
In 1950 at age eight, prompted by an issue of Life magazine marking the century's midpoint, Stephen...
The Geography of Love
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
“If I had given it much thought, I might have hesitated to marry a man for whom at the age of 45 much of the past was too painful to consider--for either of us. Truthfully, thought had little to do with it. Instinct did--the instinct to seize a sure and ebullient happiness or go down trying.”
Falling...
Rooted
The Hidden Places Where God Develops You
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
You were born to make an impact in this world and you know it. You feel it deep down in your bones. Apathy is your nemesis and your hunger to change the world keeps you up at night. But no matter how deep this hunger growls, we can only make a meaningful impact if we are rooted in Jesus. And here’s...
Women Who Date Too Much . . . and Those Who Should Be So Lucky
Happy Dating, Great Sex, Healthy Relationships, and Other Delusions
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Have you been looking for love in all the wrong places? Are you so fed up with blind dates that you’re considering the merits of celibacy? Is even the geekiest Mr. Wrong beginning to look like Mr. Right?
Frustrated singles, don’t spend another Saturday night in front of the TV with a pint...
Breakfast with Sharks
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the De al, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making...
Raising Cubby
A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
**The slyly funny, sweetly moving memoir of an unconventional dad’s relationship with his equally offbeat son—complete with fast cars, tall tales, homemade explosives, and a whole lot of fun and trouble **
John Robison was not your typical dad. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome at the age...
by Thomas J. Craughwell
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A finger, a lock of hair, a crucifix, a chalice—if such items belonged to a saint, they are considered to be relics and as such are venerated by the Catholic Church. Anyone who thinks that relics are remnants of the Middle Ages should log on to eBay. On any day of the week the online shopper will...
Bi-Polar Girl
An irreverent look at bipolar disoder
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2010
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Symptoms of bipolar disorder are severe - they are different from the normal ups and downs that everyone goes through...
Why I Teach
Inspirational True Stories from Teachers Who Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
A Celebration of the Power of Teaching
There is a moment for most teachers when the lure of working with kids surpasses all logic: You know, you just know, that you are meant to teach. But in the day-to-day crush of details and bus duty, politics and paperwork, or kids without their homework for the...
The Cubs Way
The Zen of Building the Best Team in Baseball and Breaking the Curse
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
**The New York Times Bestseller
With inside access and reporting, Sports Illustrated senior baseball writer and FOX Sports analyst Tom Verducci reveals how Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon built, led, and inspired the Chicago Cubs team that broke the longest championship drought in sports, chronicling...
by Kayode Crown
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This is part of a series of books in which particular verses are picked from books of the bible, and the issues of Holiness are explored, in the light of the mind of God for us.
In this book, we explore four topics, from different verses in the books of Amos, Micah, Zephaniah, Zechariah. They are:...
One Simple Idea
How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
From the millions-strong audiences of Oprah and The Secret to the mass-media ministries of evangelical figures like Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakes, to the motivational bestsellers and New Age seminars to the twelve-step programs and support groups of the recovery movement and to the rise of positive...