Blue Rider Press imprint: 123 books
by Ric Ocasek
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Emerging from the New Wave music scene of the late ‘70s, The Cars catapulted to success with the very first single—“Just What I Needed”—off of their debut album. Led by Ric Ocasek, the lead vocalist (along with Benjamin Orr), rhythm guitarist, and songwriter, The Cars became one of the most...
by Jesse Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
**The debut novel from the creator of HBO's Succession, premiering in Summer 2018. **
It’s 1994, and war rages on in Yugoslavia—Sarajevo is under siege, and Bosnia’s different ethnic groups are battling for control of the newly independent country.
Hundreds of miles away, in a...
Debriefing the President
The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Debriefing the President presents an astounding, candid portrait of one of our era’s most notorious strongmen. John Nixon, the first man to conduct a prolonged interrogation of Hussein after his capture, offers expert insight into the history and mind of America’s most enigmatic enemy.
In...
Love from Boy
Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mother
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
From the author of The BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more beloved classics—a whimsical, witty, and revealing collection of the legendary children’s author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his mother, from early childhood through...
by Mockingbird The Mincing
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
A humorous, illustrated, pocket field guide describing where to find—or where to avoid—the most disturbed North American birds. The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds allows anyone to quickly identify psychotic, violent or mentally unstable bird species—and provides the perfect gag...
Schottenfreude
German Words for the Human Condition
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Ever thought, There should be a German word for that? Well, thanks to the brilliantly original mind behind Schott’s Original Miscellany, now there is. Schottenfreude is a unique, must-have dictionary, complete with newly coined words that explore the idiosyncrasies of life as only the German language...
Rules for Others to Live By
Comments and Self-Contradictions
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
**“Richard Greenberg turns life upside down and sideways. Reading the provocative *Rules for Others to Live By *is like having dinner with a friend whose point of view shakes up and invariably runs counter to conventional thinking. He’s a debunker of the pretensions of daily life.” **
**—Delia...
The Lost Chapters
Finding Recovery and Renewal One Book at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Leslie Schwartz's powerful, skillfully woven memoir of redemption and reading, as told through the list of books she read as she served a 90 day jail sentence
In 2014, novelist Leslie Schwartz was sentenced to 90 days in Los Angeles County Jail for a DUI and battery of an officer. It was the...
by George McGovern
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
A call to arms by the former presidential candidate that combines personal anecdotes and cultural critiques to remind liberals of their ideological compass and restore confidence.
George McGovern has been a leading figure of the Democratic Party for more than fifty years. From this true liberal...
Almighty
Courage, Resistance, and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
****A Washington Post "Notable Nonfiction Book of 2016"**
ON A TRANQUIL SUMMER NIGHT** in July 2012, a trio of peace activists infiltrated the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Nicknamed the “Fort Knox of Uranium,” Y-12 was supposedly one of the most secure...
Mental
Lithium, Love, and Losing My Mind
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
A riveting memoir and a fascinating investigation of the history, uses, and controversies behind lithium, an essential medication for millions of people struggling with bipolar disorder.
It began in Los Angeles in 1993, when Jaime Lowe was just sixteen. She stopped sleeping and eating, and...
Chasing Hope
A Patient's Deep Dive into Stem Cells, Faith, and the Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
After more than four decades living with multiple sclerosis, New York Times bestselling author Richard M. Cohen finds a flicker of hope in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
Richard Cohen struggles with failing limbs and is legally blind. He has survived two bouts of colon cancer and a life-threatening...
Bearing Witness
A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Zen practitioner and non-profit community developer Bernie Glassman offers powerful teaching stories that illustrate ways of making peace one moment at a time. Each chapter focuses on an event or person and demonstrates how a particular peacemaker vow is put into practice. Through these stories and Glassman's personal testimony we come to understand the essence of peacemaking.
My Year of Running Dangerously
A Dad, a Daughter, and a Ridiculous Plan
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
CNN correspondent Tom Foreman's remarkable journey from half-hearted couch potato to ultra-marathon runner, with four half-marathons, three marathons, and 2,000 miles of training in between; a poignant and warm-hearted tale of parenting, overcoming the challenges of age, and quiet triumph.
As...