Avery imprint: 686 books
The Lion in Autumn
A Season with Joe Paterno and Penn State Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2005
"Fascinating. . . . One of the best books ever written on the rise and fall of a great college football coach."
—Allen Barra, San Francisco Chronicle
The Lion in Autumn takes readers inside Penn State’s storied football program as legendary coach Joe Paterno fights to turn his...
His Father's Son
Earl and Tiger Woods
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
A revealing and intimate biography of the man who influenced Tiger Woods the most-his father, Earl Woods
Tiger Woods has been with us since he appeared on "The Mike Douglas Show" as a two-year-old, hitting golf balls for Bob Hope. In the three decades since, he established himself...
Operation Yao Ming
The Chinese Sports Empire, American Big Business, and the Making of an NBA Super star
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
The riveting story behind NBA giant Yao Ming, the ruthless Chinese sports machine that created him, and the East-West struggle over China’s most famous son.
The NBA’s 7‘6" All-Star Yao Ming has changed the face of basketball, revitalizing a league desperate for a new hero while becoming...
The War by the Shore
The Incomparable Drama of the 1991 Ryder Cup
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
The true story of the dramatic 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island, which changed the competition in golf forever.
The 1991 Ryder Cup began in 1985. Up to then, the biennial match between all-star teams of golf professionals from America and Europe was more ceremonial exhibition than real competition,...
Bases Loaded
The Inside Story of the Steroid Era in Baseball by the Central Figure in the Mit chell Report
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
On a quiet street on Long Island early on a December morning in 2005, more than fifty federal agents stood outside a lovely new home waiting for the front door to be opened. When it did, there stood the central figure in one of the biggest scandals in sports history: Kirk Radomski.
Radomski...
Inside the Helmet
Hard Knocks, Pulling Together, and Triumph as a Sunday Afternoon Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2007
Following a magical season that ended in Super Bowl glory, one of the NFL’s biggest stars delivers a no-holds-barred, hardhitting hitting account of life in the league.
Michael Strahan is one of the NFL’s most talented players, and he is also one of the game’s most vocal personalities....
by Johnny Miller, Guy Yocom
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2004
A straight-shooting look at the hottest issues and controversies in golf today, from the game’s most popular and provocative commentator
Johnny Miller’s brilliant career as a professional golfer—including U.S. Open and British Open championships—has been followed by a fourteen-year...
by John Schwartz
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A New York Times correspondent shares his financial successes and mishaps, offering an everyman's guide to straightening out your money once and for all.
Money management is one of our most practical survival skills—and also one we've convinced ourselves we're either born with or not. In...
Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak
An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
wickedly funny, girlfriend-to-girlfriend survival guide for working mothers who want real answers, not mommy manifestos or sappy crap on finding "balance"
Most books for working mothers are earnest, serious guides with some usefull information, but lack the snark and praticality that...
Always by My Side
The Healing Gift of a Father's Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
The New York Times bestseller, now in paperback. America's most visible sports commentator recounts some of the most dramatic moments in American sports and pays tribute to the man who inspired him-his beloved father
As vivid as an instant replay, Always by My Side gives readers an insider's...
The Tanning of America
How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
The business marketing genius at the forefront of today's entertainment marketing revolution helps corporate America get hip to today's new consumer-the tan generation - by learning from hip-hop and youth culture.
"He is the conduit between corporate America and rap and the streets-he...
Wheelmen
Lance Armstrong, the Tour de France, and the Greatest Sports Conspiracy Ever
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
The first in-depth look at Lance Armstrong's doping scandal, the phenomenal business success built on the back of fraud, and the greatest conspiracy in the history of sports
Lance Armstrong won a record-smashing seven Tours de France after staring down cancer, and in the process became an international...
Down to Business
The First 10 Steps to Entrepreneurship for Women
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
A bulletproof, step-by-step plan for turning your business brainstorm into a money-making reality
At age fifty-two , after years of working her way up the corporate ladder, Clara Villarosa found herself out of a job. But she didn't let that get her down. Instead, she put her gifts to the test...
Hijacking the Runway
How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
A fascinating chronicle of how celebrity has inundated the world of fashion, realigning the forces that drive both the styles we covet and the bottom lines of the biggest names in luxury apparel.
From Coco Chanel’s iconic tweed suits to the miniskirt’s surprising comeback in the late 1980s,...