Broadway Books imprint: 808 books
Dissecting Death
Secrets of a Medical Examiner
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2005
From TV’s CSI to bestsellers by Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs, interest in forensics is at an all-time high. Now one of our most respected forensic pathologists gives a behind-the-scenes look at eleven of his most notorious cases, cracked by scientific analysis and Sherlock Holmesian deduction.
As...
Firefighters
Their Lives in Their Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
An unforgettable journey through the daily lives of the brave men and women who have made saving lives their profession.
Dennis Smith, author of Report from Engine Co. 82, traveled across the country talking to dozens of America’s firefighters to put together this powerful collection of their own...
by Jonathan Kozol
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca’s likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has...
The Lunatic Express
Discovering the World . . . via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
Indonesian Ferry Sinks. Peruvian Bus Plunges Off Cliff. African Train Attacked by Mobs. Whenever he picked up the newspaper, Carl Hoffman noticed those short news bulletins, which seemed about as far from the idea of tourism, travel as the pursuit of pleasure, as it was possible to get. So off he...
American History Revised
200 Startling Facts That Never Made It into the Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
“American History Revised is as informative as it is entertaining and humorous. Filled with irony, surprises, and long-hidden secrets, the book does more than revise American history, it reinvents it.”—James Bamford, bestselling author of The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, and The Shadow Factory
**This...
Italian Made Simple
Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Whether you are planning a romantic Italian getaway, packing a knapsack for
your junior year abroad, or just want to engage your Italian business associate in everyday conversation, Italian Made Simple is the perfect book for any self-learner. Void of all the non-essentials and refreshingly easy to...
German Made Simple
Learn to speak and understand German quickly and easily
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Learning German Has Never Been Easier! Whether you are studying the language in school, planning a trip to Germany or Austria, or trying to learn the basics of the language closest to English, German Made Simple is the perfect book for any self-learner. Void of all nonessentials and refreshingly easy...
by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
Designed for educators by the teacher who nurtured and created the Freedom Writers, this standards-based teachers’ guide includes innovative teaching techniques that will engage, empower, and enlighten.
In response to thousands of letters and e-mails from teachers across the country who learned...
Aftermath
Prepare For and Survive Apocalypse 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2010
In his celebrated previous book, Apocalypse 2012: An Investigation Into Civilization’s End, Lawrence E. Joseph appraised the likelihood of planet-wide catastrophe in 2012 by presenting convincing scientific evidence of looming chaos and even mass extinction. Now, in AFTERMATH: A Guide to Preparing...
Stealing Your Life
The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
The charismatic forger immortalized in Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today’s identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant.
When Frank Abagnale trains law enforcement officers...
The Quantum and the Lotus
A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Matthieu Ricard trained as a molecular biologist, working in the lab of a Nobel prize—winning scientist, but when he read some Buddhist philosophy, he became drawn to Buddhism. Eventually he left his life in science to study with Tibetan teachers, and he is now a Buddhist monk and translator for...
The Third Miracle
An Ordinary Man, a Medical Mystery, and a Trial of Faith
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Part detective story and part courtroom drama—with a touch of the supernatural—The Third Miracle exposes, for the first time ever, the secret rituals and investigations the CatholicChurch today undertakes in order to determine sainthood.
On a raw January 2001 morning at a Catholic convent deep...
A Walk in the Woods
Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2010
A classic from the New York Times bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body.
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia...
Electric Universe
How Electricity Switched on the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
The bestselling author of E=mc2 weaves tales of romance, divine inspiration, and fraud through an account of the invisible force that permeates our universe—electricity—and introduces us to the virtuoso scientists who plumbed its secrets.
For centuries, electricity was seen as little more...