Anchor imprint: 1481 books
Don't Put Me In, Coach
My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
An irreverent, hilarious insider's look at big-time NCAA basketball, through the eyes of the nation's most famous benchwarmer and author of the popular blog ClubTrillion.com (3.6m visits!). Mark Titus holds the Ohio State record for career wins, and made it to the 2007 national championship game....
I Don't Know What You Know Me From
My Life as a Co-Star
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
You know Judy Greer, right? Maybe from The Wedding Planner, 13 Going on 30, Carrie, Arrested Development, or The Descendants. Yes, you totally recognize her. And, odds are, you already feel like she’s your friend.
In her first book of essays, I Don’t Know What You Know Me From, Greer writes...
Boogers, Witches, and Haints: Appalachian Ghost Stories
The Foxfire Americana Library (5)
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
A collection of spine-tingling Appalachian ghost stories and tall tales passed down from generation to generation. Whether they tell of faucets that drip blood, monster catfish that lurk at the bottom of quarries, or strange lights on the mountaintop, these stories will make you--like the people...
We'll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives
A Swingin' Show-biz Saga
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Paul Shaffer—born and bred music junkie and longtime leader of David Letterman’s Late Show band—opens up in this candid, endearing, hilarious, and star-studded memoir. From playing seedy strip joints in Toronto, to being the first musical director of Saturday Night Live and helping to form...
Who's Your Caddy?
Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2003
The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk to caddy for some of the world’s most famous golfers—and some celebrity duffers—with hilarious results in this New York Times bestseller.
Who knows a golfer best? Who’s with them every minute of every round, hears...
The Taliban Shuffle
Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region’s longest-serving correspondents.
Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent—she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie...
Idiot America
How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
The three Great Premises of Idiot America:
· Any theory is valid if it sells books, soaks up ratings, or otherwise moves units
· Anything can be true if someone says it loudly enough
· Fact is that which enough people believe. Truth is determined by how fervently they...
by David Feherty
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
David Feherty, ex-pro golfer and current commentator at NBC Sports and the Golf Channel, delivers a laugh-out-loud funny and totally uncensored collection of rants sure to surprise and crack up golfers everywhere.
Have you ever wondered where the weaknesses are in Tiger's game? Or what would happen...
London
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
Here are two thousand years of London’s history and folklore, its chroniclers and criminals and plain citizens, its food and drink and countless pleasures. Blackfriar’s and Charing Cross, Paddington and Bedlam. Westminster Abbey and St. Martin in the Fields....
To Be a Machine
Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies—our capabilities, intelligence,...
The Immortal Game
A History of Chess
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain.
Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval...
Driven to Distraction (Revised)
Recognizing and Coping with Attention Deficit Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Groundbreaking and comprehensive, Driven to Distraction has been a lifeline to the approximately eighteen million Americans who are thought to have ADHD. Now the bestselling book is revised and updated with current medical information for a new generation searching for answers.
Through vivid...
Operating Instructions
A Journal of My Son's First Year
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2011
With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth she brought to bestseller Bird by Bird**,** Anne Lamott gives us a smart, funny, and comforting chronicle of single motherhood.
It’s not like she’s the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes...
Bad Mother
A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2009
In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run...