Taylor Trade Publishing: 611 books
Stalin's Barber
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2012
Avraham Bahar leaves debt-ridden and depressed Albania to seek a better life in, ironically, Stalinist Russia. A professional barber, he curries favor with the Communist regime, ultimately being invited to become Stalin’s personal barber at the Kremlin, where he is entitled to live in a government...
Tom Dodge Talks About Texas
Radio Vignettes and Other Observations 1989-1999
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2000
Tom Dodge is at his best when he talks about Texas. This collection of writings over the past decade includes his most poignant and provocative National Public Radio vignettes as well as longer pieces from newspapers and magazines. Here are the wry, sometimes ironic, observations on all things Texas...
When the News Went Live
Dallas 1963
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
The minutes, hours, and days after President John F. Kennedy was shot on November 22, 1963, provided no ready answers about what was going on, what would happen next, or what any of it meant. For millions of Americans transfixed by the incomparable breaking news, television—for the first time—emerged...
Hey Ranger 2
More True Tales of Humor & Misadventure from the Great Outdoors
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2007
In this sequel to the wildly successful Hey Ranger: True Tales of Humor and Misadventure from America's National Parks, former ranger Jim Burnett casts his net globally in search of the most outrageous and humorous stories of man in his eternal quest to experience the natural world. Burnett tells...
Best of the Britcoms
From Fawlty Towers to The Office
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
With crisp dialog, outrageous characters, and an absurd sense of humor, it's no wonder British sitcoms are so well-loved! Best of the Britcoms covers the most noteworthy situation comedies ever to cross the pond. Each entry combines a show summary with descriptions of standout episodes and behind-the-scenes...
Why Rattlesnakes Rattle
...and 250 Other Things You Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
A follow-up to Helterbran's popular Why Flamingos Are Pink: …and 250 other Things You Should Know, this entertaining volume identifies more of the surprising explanations for the facts, tales, and lore associated with day-to-day living and the world around us. Organized into seven categories, this...
Mother Teresa
Living in Love: A Compilation of Mother Teresa's Teachings on Love
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2001
Mother Teresa: Living in Love is a collection of nearly 100 of Mother Teresa's greatest quotes on love, weaved around the author's own story of her search for spiritual significance. Author's work on book blessed by Mother Teresa. Portion of royalties are going to Missionaries of Charity.
John Wilkes Booth
Beyond the Grave
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Leading the reader through a series of amazing coincidences and details, this book presents startling evidence that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Lincoln, was never captured but escaped to live for decades, continue his acting career, marry, and have children. Compelling and revealing...
by John L. Bullion
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
When Waddy Bullion refers to his experience working for LBJ as a tax attorney and business advisor, he calls it "being in the boat." LBJ was the captain; the crew either met his standards for effort and excellence or they got out.
by Wallace O. Chariton, Kevin Young, Charlie Eckhardt
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1992
What happened to the documents captured in the Alamo? Does a ghost actually haunt the state capitol in Austin? Was John Wilkes Booth killed or did he escape and flee to Central Texas? The authors present the known facts and circumstances of these and other mysteries.
General and Madam de Lafayette
Partners in Liberty's Cause in the American and French Revolutions
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2003
This biography of French liberator Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834) reveals not only how the nineteen-year-old bravely ventured to the infant United States to serve in its War of Independence, but also the iconoclast's enormous contribution to the causes of social and economic justice in France, Italy,...
That's Not in My American History Book
A Compilation of Little-Known Events and Forgotten Heroes
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2000
History classes reduce America's story into a dry litany of dates, names, and places. That's Not in My American History Book tackles the messy details, reclaims disregarded heroes, and sets the record straight. This book explains why July 4th isn't really Independence Day, reveals 19th century mudslinging...
The Young Eagle
The Rise of Abraham Lincoln
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
Drawing on the latest interpretive and methodological advances in historical scholarship, The Young Eagle: The Rise of Abraham Lincoln reexamines the young adult life of America's sixteenth president.
Deadly Indifference
The Perfect (Political) Storm: Hurricane Katrina, The Bush White House, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2011
At last, former Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown—infamously praised by President George W. Bush for doing a "heckuva job" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina—tells his side of the response to one of the greatest natural disasters to occur in the United States. Without making excuses...