Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
A Criminal Injustice
A True Crime, a False Confession, and the Fight to Free Marty Tankleff
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
When he went to bed on the night of September 6, 1988, seventeen-year-old Marty Tankleff was a typical kid in the upscale Long Island community of Belle Terre. He was looking forward to starting his senior year at Earl L. Vandermeulen High School the next day. But instead, Marty woke in the morning...
How to Build a Fire
And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2010
**Chock-full of how-to tips and sage advice from America’s grandfathers, this is a handy guide to life **
As members of the Greatest Generation, our grandfathers were not only defined by the Depression but also by their heroic service to the country in World War II. Courageous, responsible,...
by Mother Teresa
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Known around the globe for her indefatigable work on behalf of the poor, the sick, and the dying, Mother Teresa has devoted her life to giving hope to the hopeless in more than one hundred and twenty countries. She inspires us all to find a way to translate our spiritual beliefs into action in the...
Jerusalem
One City, Three Faiths
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Venerated for millennia by three faiths, torn by irreconcilable conflict, conquered, rebuilt, and mourned for again and again, Jerusalem is a sacred city whose very sacredness has engendered terrible tragedy. In this fascinating volume, Karen Armstrong, author of the highly praised A History of God,...
The Orchid Thief
A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
A modern classic of personal journalism, The Orchid Thief is Susan Orlean’s wickedly funny, elegant, and captivating tale of an amazing obsession. Determined to clone an endangered flower—the rare ghost orchid *Polyrrhiza lindenii—*a...
Billions & Billions
Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us.
These luminous, entertaining essays travel both the vastness of the cosmos and the intimacy of the human mind,...
The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Snowman, The Horse That Inspired a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation
Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch...
Into the Storm
Two Ships, a Deadly Hurricane, and an Epic Battle for Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
**“An intense, immersive deep dive into a wild, dangerous, and unknown world, written with the pace and appeal of a great thriller. This is nonfiction at its very best.”—Lee Child
The true story of two doomed ships and a daring search-and-rescue operation that shines a light on the elite...
Saving Simon
How a Rescue Donkey Taught Me the Meaning of Compassion
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people.
In the spring of 2011, Jon Katz received a phone call that would challenge...
Jewels
A Secret History
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2006
Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure...
by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
What are these graceful visitors to our skies? We now know that they bring both life and death and teach us about our origins.
Comet begins with a breathtaking journey through space astride a comet. Pulitzer Prize-winning astronomer Carl Sagan, author of Cosmos and Contact, and writer Ann Druyan...
The Complete Dog Book
20th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
For more than seventy-five years, The Complete Dog Book has been the premier reference on purebred dogs. Now in its twentieth edition, this treasured guide is an essential volume for every dog owner and owner-to-be.
Comprehensive and thoughtfully organized, The Complete Dog Book features all...
Broca's Brain
Reflections on the Romance of Science
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works, by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Cosmos and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors.
“Magnificent . . . Delightful . . . A masterpiece. A message of tremendous hope for humanity . . . While ever conscious that human folly...
Catastrophe
An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2000
It was a catastrophe without precedent in recorded history: for months on end, starting in A.D. 535, a strange, dusky haze robbed much of the earth of normal sunlight. Crops failed in Asia and the Middle East as global weather patterns radically altered. Bubonic plague, exploding out of Africa, wiped...