Broadway imprint: 811 books
Love Is the Best Medicine
What Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian about Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
A book guaranteed to touch anyone who has ever had a beloved pet…
From instant New York Times bestseller, Dr. Nick Trout comes another touching and heartfelt story from the front lines of veterinary medicine—the story of two dogs who forever changed the way he thought about life, death,...
Buddy
How a Rooster Made Me a Family Man
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
**Award-winning journalist Brian McGrory goes head to beak in a battle royale with another male for a top-spot in his home, vying for dominance with the family’s pet rooster. **
Brian McGrory's life changed drastically after the death of his beloved dog, Harry: he fell in love with Pam, Harry's...
Last Train to Paradise
Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2003
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur...
A New Kind of Monster
The Secret Life and Shocking True Crimes of an Officer . . . and a Murderer
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
The horrific and astonishing true story of the double life of Russell Williams, who was at once a respected figure in the Canadian military and a ruthless sado-sexual serial criminal and murderer.
A model officer and elite pilot, Colonel Russell Williams was trusted with flying international...
Hunting Evil
The Nazi War Criminals Who Escaped and the Quest to Bring Them to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" (The Sunday Times); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"(Literary Review); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories of the war.” (The Sunday Telegraph), *Hunting...
The Shame of the Nation
The Restoration of Apartheid Schooling in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.”
Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has...
by Robert Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2006
For fans of Serial and Making a Murderer, the true, bewildering story of a young woman’s disappearance, the nightmare of a small town obsessed with delivering justice, and the bizarre dream of a poor, uneducated man accused of murder.**
On April 28, 1984, Denice Haraway disappeared from her...
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...
Savage Inequalities
Children in America's Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children.”—The New York Times Book Review
In 1988, Jonathan Kozol set off to spend time with children in the American public education system....
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...