Broadway Books imprint: 808 books
Tell Me Where It Hurts
A Day of Humor, Healing, and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
From the front lines of modern medicine, Tell Me Where It Hurts is a fascinating insider portrait of a veterinarian, his furry patients, and the blend of old-fashioned instincts and cutting-edge technology that defines pet care in the twenty-first century.
For anyone who’s ever wondered what...
Paradox
The Nine Greatest Enigmas in Physics
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
A fun and fascinating look at great scientific paradoxes.
Throughout history, scientists have come up with theories and ideas that just don't seem to make sense. These we call paradoxes. The paradoxes Al-Khalili offers are drawn chiefly from physics and astronomy and represent those...
The Zombie Survival Guide
Complete Protection from the Living Dead
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2003
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now.
Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to...
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
How do you conjure a life examined? Give the truest account of what you saw, felt, learned, loved, strived for?
For Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the surprising answer came in the form of an encyclopedia. In Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life she has ingeniously adapted this centuries-old format for...
Queen of the Road
The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband, travels the country for one year, and brings it all hilariously to life in this offbeat and romantic memoir.
Doreen and Tim are married psychiatrists with a twist: She’s a self-proclaimed...
American Lightning
Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
It was an explosion that reverberated across the country—and into the very heart of early-twentieth-century America. On the morning of October 1, 1910, the walls of the Los Angeles Times Building buckled as a thunderous detonation sent men, machinery, and mortar rocketing into the night air. When...
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream
Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
We all dream about it, but Wade Rouse actually did it. Discover his journey to live the simple life in this hilarious memoir.
Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched...
by Bill Bryson
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2006
From one of the world's most beloved writers and New York Times bestselling author of One Summer, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s
Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the United States—Des Moines,...
by Nujood Ali, Delphine Minoui
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no.”
Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three...
A Mother's Reckoning
Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016
The acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbine.
On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Over the course of minutes, they would kill...
A Year by the Sea
Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2011
The basis for the major motion picture of the same name. An entrancing memoir of how one woman's journey of self-discovery gave her the courage to persevere in re-creating her life.
Life is a work in progress, as ever-changing as a sandy shoreline along the beach. During the years Joan Anderson...
She's Not There
A Life in Two Genders
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
The bestselling, seminal work of trans literature: a story of love, sex, selfhood, and understanding from Jennifer Finney Boylan
When she changed genders, she changed the world. It was the groundbreaking publication of She’s Not There in 2003 that jump-started the transgender revolution.* By...
Be Different
Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
In Be Different, New York Times bestselling author of Look Me in the Eye shares a new batch of endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Autistic mind.
In his bestselling memoir, Look Me in the Eye, John Elder Robison...
A Piece of Cake
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2006
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The heart-wrenching, uplifting tale about a woman named Cupcake
“[Cupcake] Brown’s confessional . . . memoir is one you can’t easily put down. Her life is nothing short of a miracle.”—Chicago Sun-Times
*There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming...