Running Press: 812 books
Forest Life
Practical Meditations on Canoeing, Fishing, Hunting, and Bushcraft
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Forest bathers, readers of Cabin Porn and *Your Cabin in the Woods,* rejoice! This illustrated collection of Sears' odes to the outdoors is your perfect escape into nature.**
Forest Life collects George Washington Sears' timeless writing about the joys of exploring the wilderness, edited for...
This Land
America, Lost and Found
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
A landmark collection by New York Times journalist Dan Barry, selected from a decade of his distinctive "This Land" columns and presenting a powerful but rarely seen portrait of America.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and on the eve of a national recession, New York Times writer Dan Barry...
Survival Wisdom & Know How
Everything You Need to Know to Thrive in the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Survival Wisdom & Know-How is the ultimate all-in-one survival guide; filled to the brim with information on every aspect of outdoor life and adventure, from orienteering to campfire cooking to ice climbing and more.
Culled from dozens of respected books from Stackpole -- the industry's leader...
Kama Sutra
The Perfect Bedside Companion
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2003
Kama Sutra, or Aphorisms on Love, is one of the most widely read and enjoyed of the ancient classics. Written in India nearly two centuries ago and translated by the great Richard Burton, this landmark of sensuality explores the rules and commandments of love, pleasure, and mutual gratification with...
Where Are They Buried?
How Did They Die? Fitting Ends and Final Resting Places of the Famous, Infamous, and Noteworthy (Revised & Updated)
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
The perennially best-selling guide to the lives, deaths, and final resting places of our most enduring cultural icons, now revised to include 25 additional entries.
Where Are They Buried? has directed legions of fervent fans and multitudes of the morbidly curious to the gravesides, monuments,...
Notre Dame de Paris
A Celebration of the Cathedral
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2019
On April 15, 2019, the world looked on in horror as the Notre Dame Cathedral was nearly destroyed in a devastating fire. Notre Dame de Paris: A Celebration of the Cathedral offers a fascinating look back at nearly nine centuries of this landmark building that has stood as silent witness to some of...
The Vatican Art Deck
100 Masterpieces
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This one-of-a-kind array of 100 art masterpieces, quality printed on handsome card stock, brings together the finest works from the magnificent spiritual and artistic collection of the Vatican.
The Vatican is one of the most popular destinations in the world, with more than 5 million visitors...
Yo' Mama Is So...
892 Insults, Comebacks, Putdowns, and Wisecracks About Yo' Whole Family!
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
It's everyone's favorite form of insult comedy (as seen on MTV!)—hundreds of crushingly funny one-liners about "yo' mama"—and all yo' other relatives—sure to shut people’s mouths or make them howl with laughter.
Yo' mama is so fat, when her beeper goes off, people think she’s...
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The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
A beautiful and moving collection of photographs by Beowulf Sheehan, whose work captures the essence of 200 of our most prominent writers, historians, journalists, playwrights, and poets.
Beowulf Sheehan is considered to be his generation's foremost literary portrait photographer, having made...
Patents
Ingenious Inventions How They Work and How They Came to Be
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Patents is covered in bubble wrap, one of man's more ingenious creations. It includes dozens of notable patents, from the airplane, brassiere, chain saw, and fire hydrant to the Internet, parachute, plunger, and zipper. The purpose of each device is explained in accessible language, along with background...
The Amusement Park
900 Years of Thrills and Spills, and the Dreamers and Schemers Who Built Them
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Experience the electrifying, never-before-told true story of amusement parks, from the middle ages to present day, and meet the colorful (and sometimes criminal) characters who are responsible for their enchanting charms.
Step right up! The Amusement Park is a rich, anecdotal history that begins...
The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation
97 Things That Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Miff, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry, and X Y Z You!
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation is an A-to-Z illustrated compendium of everyday annoyances--from airline legroom, missing socks, and knuckle cracking to video buffering, telemarketers and internet trolls--complete with truly informative scientific explanations and wry commentary.
This...
by Marie Duhamel
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Desde el momento en que fue elegido para el papado, el papa Francisco ha captado la atención del mundo con su humildad, carisma y espíritu reformista
Esta biografía ilustrada única del primer Papa jesuita ofrece más de 250 fotografías e incluye 50 documentos de la vida de Francisco que se pueden...
by Loren Rhoads
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography and their unique histories and residents**.**
More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Père Lachaise cemetery each year.They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around...