Mariner Books imprint: 1531 books
Chaser
Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
**A New York Times Bestseller
"The most scientifically important dog in over a century." —Brian Hare**
Chaser has fascinated dog lovers and scientists alike. Her story reveals the potential for taking out dialogue with dogs well beyond "fetch." When retired psychology...
God Particle
If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
A Nobel Prize–winning physicist’s “funny, clever, entertaining” account of the history of particle physics and the hunt for a Higgs boson (Library Journal).
In this extraordinarily accessible and witty book, Leon Lederman—“the most engaging physicist since the late, much-missed Richard...
A New New Testament
A Bible for the Twenty-first Century Combining Traditional and Newly Discovered Texts
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
“Important both historically and theologically. Readers will not be able to see the New Testament in the same way again.” —Marcus Borg, author of The Heart of Christianity
“A New New Testament does what some of us never dreamed possible: it opens the treasure chest of early Christian...
Brilliant
The Evolution of Artificial Light
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2010
Brilliant, reminiscent of Lewis Hyde’s The Gift in its reach and of Timothy Egan’s The Worst Hard Time in its haunting evocation of human lives, offers a sweeping view of a surprisingly revealing aspect of human history—from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics...
Throw Them All Out
How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich Off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism That Wou
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
THE BOOK WASHINGTON DOES NOT WANT YOU TO READ
How is it that politicians often enter office with relatively modest assets, but then, as investors, regularly beat the stock market and sometimes beat the most rapacious hedge funds? How did some members of Congress know to dump their stock holdings...
$2.00 a Day
Living on Almost Nothing in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
“A remarkable book that could very well change the way we think about poverty in the United States.” — New York Times Book Review
“Powerful . . . Presents a deeply moving human face that brings the stunning numbers to life. It is an explosive...
Go Like Hell
Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2010
The epic story also told in the film FORD V. FERRARI: By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of, knew...
Spartan Up!
A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
**"A must read for anyone looking to take his performance to the next level, be it in athletics or in life."—Dean Karnazes, author of Ultra Marathon Man
“If there’s anyone out there who has taken extreme to a new level, its Joe De Sena—in adventure racing, in business, and...
Deep
Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • An Amazon Best Science Book of 2014 • Scientific American Recommended Read
“Fascinating, informative, exhilarating.” —Wall Street Journal
Deep is a voyage from the ocean’s surface to its darkest trenches, the most mysterious...
The Winning Horseplayer
An Advanced Approach to Thoroughbred Handicapping and Betting
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2007
In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategy of speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in Picking Winners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping. Through an unbeatable combination of case studies and lively anecdotes, Beyer shows the smart bettor how to combine...
The Last Shot
City Streets, Basketball Dreams
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2013
It ought to be just a game, but basketball on the playgrounds of Coney Island is much more than that — for many young men it represents their only hope of escape from a life of crime, poverty, and despair. In The Last Shot, Darcy Frey chronicles the aspirations of four of the neighborhood’s most...
by L. Jon Wertheim
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2009
In the 2008 Wimbledon men’s final, Centre Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to his trajectory. So in the last few moments of...
The Perfect Mile
Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2005
There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki Olympics, three world-class runners each set out to break this barrier. Roger Bannister...
Gunslinger
The Remarkable, Improbable, Iconic Life of Brett Favre
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
“Over two decades, Brett Favre was as compelling a figure as any in the National Football League. He alone was 'Must-See TV.' In Gunslinger, Jeff Pearlman provides an extraordinary look at every facet of the life of a man who performed on sport's grandest stage and who had one helluva time along...