Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
Home Fires Burning
Married to the Military-for Better or Worse
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
As taps echoes across the cookie-cutter housing areas of upstate New York’s Fort Drum, the wives turn on the evening news, both hoping for and dreading word of their husbands overseas. It’s a ritual played out on military bases across the nation as the waiting wives of Karen Houppert’s extraordinary...
Your Last Diet!
The Sugar Addict's Weight-Loss Plan
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
From the bestselling author of Potatoes Not Prozac–this is the first diet plan specifically designed for people who are sugar sensitive.
If you’ve tried every diet under the sun only to watch your weight boomerang, take heart. You may have been born with a biochemistry that makes you more...
Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow
A Novel of Marie Antoinette
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
A captivating novel of rich spectacle and royal scandal, Days of Splendor, Days of Sorrow spans fifteen years in the fateful reign of Marie Antoinette, France’s most legendary and notorious queen.
Paris, 1774. At the tender age of eighteen, Marie Antoinette ascends to the French throne alongside...
No Idle Hands
The Social History of American Knitting
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
“Fascinating . . . What is remarkable about this book is that a history of knitting can function so well as a survey of the changes in women’s rolse over time.”—The New York Times Book Review
An historian and lifelong knitter, Anne Macdonald expertly guides readers on a revealing tour...
Miracle on the Hudson
The Survivors of Flight 1549 Tell Their Extraordinary Stories of Courage, Faith, and Determination
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
The remarkable true story of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s heroic crash landing in the Hudson River, as told by the passengers who owe him their lives.
Millions watched the aftermath on television, while others witnessed the event actually happening from the windows of nearby skyscrapers....
Leading the Way
How Vietnam Veterans Rebuilt the U.S. Military: An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
"Required reading for anyone seeking a valid perspective on America's military over the past three decades." Kirkus Reviews
Fifty-six combat veterans, from senior sergeants to generals, reveal in their own words how a small group of courageous, determined men and women brought the U.S. military...
Believe Me
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
In this twisty psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Before, an actress plays both sides of a murder investigation.
“[A] rich, nuanced, highly literary take on the Gone Girl theme.”—Booklist (starred review)
Claire Wright is desperate. A...
Happiness Is an Inside Job
Practicing for a Joyful Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
How can we stay engaged with life day after day? How can we continue to love–to keep our minds in a happy mood–when life is complex, difficult, and, often, disappointing? Bestselling author and beloved teacher Sylvia Boorstein asked herself these questions when she started to write this inspiring...
by Jude Deveraux
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Jude Deveraux, the bestselling author of unforgettable romance, returns with a breathtaking first book in a fantastic series—the Nantucket Brides trilogy. Set on the magical Massachusetts island, True Love introduces characters from a new generation of Montgomery-Taggerts,...
Confessions of Marie Antoinette
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
A novel for fans of Philippa Gregory and Michelle Moran, Confessions of Marie Antoinette blends rich historical detail with searing drama, bringing to life the first years of the French Revolution and the final days of the legendary French queen.
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Versailles, 1789. As the burgeoning rebellion...
Orchard House
How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015
For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimately their relationship and themselves.
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Peeling paint, stained floors, vined-over windows, a neglected...
Lech Walesa
The Road to Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2010
Witness history in the making as you turn the pages of time and discover the fascinating lives of famous explorers, leaders of twentieth-century politics and government, and great Americans.
One August day in 1980, Lech Walesa pushed his way past the Polish police, climbed over a twelve-foot...
Warrior Woman
The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing...
At Home in France
Tales of an American and Her House Aboard
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
"As beguiling and delectable as France itself."
*Mimi Sheraton
"Ann Barry tells her tale directly and clearly, without cloying artifice or guile, so that it has the warmth, honesty, and force of a long letter from an old friend. She makes her reader a welcome house guest...