Broadway imprint: 811 books
Meet You in Hell
Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2005
Here is history that reads like fiction: the riveting story of two founding fathers of American industry—Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick—and the bloody steelworkers’ strike that transformed their fabled partnership into a furious rivalry. Author Les Standiford begins at the bitter end,...
Ship Ablaze
The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
The true story of one of the greatest tragedies in New York history
On June 15, 1904, the steamship General Slocum was heading from Manhattan to Long Island Sound when a fire erupted in one of the storage rooms. Faced with an untrained crew, crumbling life jackets, and inaccessible lifeboats,...
How Hitler Could Have Won World War II
The Fatal Errors That Led to Nazi Defeat
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Most of us rally around the glory of the Allies' victory over the Nazis in World War II. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between Adolf Hitler's influential personality...
Law of the Jungle
The $19 Billion Legal Battle Over Oil in the Rain Forest and the Lawyer Who'd Stop at Nothing to Win
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest.
Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action...
by Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2009
At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.
A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles...
Inside the Criminal Mind
Revised and Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Long-held myths defining the sources of and cures for crime are shattered in this ground-breaking book--and a chilling profile of today's criminal emerges.
The Chalk Man
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
“Want to read something good?. . . If you like my stuff, you’ll like this.”—Stephen King • WINNER OF THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • WINNER OF THE STRAND MAGAZINE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT NOVEL
A riveting psychological suspense debut that weaves a mystery about a childhood game gone dangerously...
Say Everything
How Blogging Began, What It's Becoming, and Why It Matters
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Blogs are everywhere. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements. Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands....
A Reason to Believe
Lessons from an Improbable Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
“I’ve simply seen too much goodness in this country—and have come so far in my own journey—not to believe in those ideals, and my faith in the future is sometimes restored under the darkest clouds.” —Governor Deval Patrick
In January 2007, Deval Patrick became the first black governor...
Way Off the Road
Discovering the Peculiar Charms of Small Town America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Celebrated roving correspondent for CBS News Sunday Morning and bestselling author Bill Geist serves up a rollicking look at some small-town Americans and their offbeat ways of life.
“In rural Kansas, I asked our motel desk clerk for the name of the best restaurant in the area. After mulling...
My Lobotomy
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
In this heartfelt memoir from one of the youngest recipients of the transorbital lobotamy, Howard Dully shares the story of a painfully dysfunctional childhood, a misspent youth, his struggle to claim the life that was taken from him, and his redemption.
At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of...
Word Spy
The Word Lover's Guide to Modern Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2004
Language wears many hats, but its most important job is to help us name or describe what's in the world. Words define us, our actions, even our existence. And just when you think that you have all the words you need, you discover new ones, hear new uses for old ones or see them mutate right before...
Daily Cornbread
365 Ingredients for a Healthy Mind, Body and Soul
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
Heart & Soul founding editor Stephanie Stokes Oliver shows African American women how to soothe the soul, satisfy the mind, and revive the body 365 days a year.
Written in an affirming style that is prescriptive but never preachy, fun but not frivolous, Daily Cornbread is a day-by-day compendium...
The Divorce Papers
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Sparkling and sophisticated, this sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking debut novel tells the story of a very messy, very high-profile divorce and the endearingly cynical young lawyer dragooned into handling it.
Twenty-nine-year-old Sophie Diehl is happy toiling away as a criminal law associate...