Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
The Imperfect Environmentalist
A Practical Guide to Clearing Your Body, Detoxing Your Home, and Saving the Earth (Without Losing Your Mind)
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Actress, producer, mother, and imperfect environmentalist, Sara Gilbert understands how helping the environment can seem overwhelming. Between keeping up with work, friends, and kids, who has the time or money to maintain a compost pile, become an activist, or knit a sweater out of recycled grocery...
The Genome War
How Craig Venter Tried to Capture the Code of Life and Save the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
The long-awaited story of the science, the business, the politics, the intrigue behind the scenes of the most ferocious competition in the history of modern science—the race to map the human genome.
On May 10, 1998, biologist Craig Venter, director of the Institute for Genomic Research, announced...
by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2011
"Dazzling...A feast. Absorbing and elegantly written, it tells of theorigins of life on earth, describes its variety and charaacter, and culminates in a discussion of human nature and teh complex traces ofhumankind's evolutionary past...It is an amazing story masterfully told."
FINANCIAL...
A History of God
The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these religions influenced each other? In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain's foremost commentators on religious...
From Lance to Landis
Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
For eight years, the Tour de France, arguably the world’s most demanding athletic competition, was ruled by two men: Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis. On the surface, they were feature players in one of the great sporting stories of the age–American riders overcoming tremendous odds to dominate...
Hell's Angels
A Strange and Terrible Saga
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels—Hell’s Angels, that is—in this short work of nonfiction.
“California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll...
Superfans
Into the Heart of Obsessive Sports Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist pulls back the curtain on the extraordinary inner lives of America’s most obsessive sports fans.
There are fans, and then there are fanatics. In this wondrously immersive look at American sports fandom, George Dohrmann travels the country to find out...
Lethal Marriage
The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
**What the press couldn't reveal—the full story of the monstrous sex slayings that shocked a nation . . .
WARNING: This book contains graphic descriptions of violence.**
Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo might look like the ideal couple, but they were a nation's most despicable killers....
Savage Spawn
Reflections on Violent Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
This thought-provoking and timely book from a #1 New York Times bestselling novelist and noted child psychologist reveals the factors that often lead to explosive and shocking juvenile violence.
“Ethically and morally, kids are works in progress. Throw in psychopathy and you’ve got a soul...
The Eleventh Day
The Full Story of 9/11 and Osama bin Laden
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE
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For most living Americans, September 11, 2001, is the darkest date in the nation’s history. But what exactly happened on 9/11? Could it have been prevented? And what remains unresolved? Here is the first panoramic, authoritative account of that tragic day—from...
MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
When Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she’s thrilled to finally share a zip code, let alone an apartment, with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, Bertsche realizes that her new life is missing one thing: friends. Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco...
The Ledge
An Inspirational Story of Friendship and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The authors bring extreme climbing to life. . . . Perhaps no author can rationalize why some choose to risk their lives . . . for the thrill of conquering a mountain. The Ledge comes perilously close and tells a ripping true story at the same time.”—The Denver...
Getting Real About Running
Expert Advice on Being a Committed Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
In more than twenty years as a runner and a coach, top marathoner Gordon Bakoulis has tackled almost every problem a runner can face. Now in her accessible, inspiring new book, Bakoulis becomes your personal coach and mentor, preparing you to meet the exhilarating challenges...
Silent No More
Victim 1's Fight for Justice Against Jerry Sandusky
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Victim 1, at fourteen years of age, spoke up against Jerry Sandusky in the Penn State scandal, and now for the first time tells his story.
Aaron Fisher was an eager and spirited eleven-year-old when legendary Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky recruited him into his Second Mile children’s...