Bantam imprint: 1922 books
The Borgias
The Hidden History
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented...
Baa Baa Black Sheep
The True Story of the "Bad Boy" Hero of the Pacific Theatre and His Famous Black Sheep Squadron
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2013
Here, in his own words, is the true story of America's wildest flying hero, of his extraordinary heroism, and of his greatest battle of all—the fight to survive.
The World War II air war in the Pacific needed tough men like Colonel Pappy Boyington and his Black Sheep Squadron. The legendary...
The Fleet at Flood Tide
America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower
Winner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States...
I Could Never Be So Lucky Again
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
After Pearl Harbor, he led America’s flight to victory
General Doolittle is a giant of the twentieth century. He did it all.
As a stunt pilot, he thrilled the world with his aerial acrobatics. As a scientist, he pioneered the development of modern aviation technology.
During...
Given Up for Dead
America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A gripping narrative of unprecedented valor and personal courage, here is the story of the first American battle of World War II: the battle for Wake Island. Based on firsthand accounts from long-lost survivors who have emerged to tell about it, this stirring tale of the “Alamo of the Pacific”...
Adopted Son
Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
They were unlikely comrades-in-arms. One was a self-taught, middle-aged Virginia planter in charge of a ragtag army of revolutionaries, the other a rich, glory-seeking teenage French aristocrat. But the childless Washington and the orphaned Lafayette forged a bond between them as strong as any between...
The World Remade
America in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A bracing, indispensable account of America’s epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period
After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging the...
My Losing Season
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2003
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply affecting coming-of-age memoir about family, love, loss, basketball—and life itself—by the beloved author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini
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During one unforgettable season as a Citadel cadet, Pat Conroy becomes part of a basketball team...
My Lucky Stars
A Hollywood Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is like nothing you’ve read before about the world of movies—written by a movie star.”—Liz Smith
An Academy Award-winning actress and the internationally bestselling author of Out on a Limb delivers her touching, warm, and headline-making memoir....
by Maya Angelou
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
***A Song Flung Up to Heaven***opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to the United States...
by Tom Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
Known for his meaty seriocomic novels–expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow–Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared...
Weekends at Bellevue
Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was....
Washington's Spies
The Story of America's First Spy Ring
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Turn: Washington’s Spies, now an original series on AMC
Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond...
by David Mixner
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2009
"From my fear of coming out to coming on strong in the struggle for human rights, this is my American journey, the story of an outsider on the inside, a gay man proudly committed to a life of standing up for freedom.
"President Clinton and I were born three days apart. We had both...