Simon Schuster imprint: 4769 books

To Change the Church

Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism

by Ross Douthat
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018

A New York Times columnist and one of America’s leading conservative thinkers considers Pope Francis’s efforts to change the church he governs in a book that is “must reading for every Christian who cares about the fate of the West and the future of global Christianity” (Rod Dreher, author...

Parting the Waters

America in the King Years 1954-63

by Taylor Branch
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007

In volume one of his America in the King Years, Pulitzer Prize winner Taylor Branch gives a masterly account of the American civil rights movement. Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Moving...
by John Kerry
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER John Kerry tells the story of his remarkable American life—from son of a diplomat to decorated Vietnam veteran, five-term United States senator, 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, and Secretary of State for four years—a revealing memoir by a witness to some...

The Age of Eisenhower

America and the World in the 1950s

by William I Hitchcock
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018

A New York Times bestseller, this is the “outstanding” (The Atlantic), insightful, and authoritative account of Dwight Eisenhower’s presidency. Drawing on newly declassified documents and thousands of pages of unpublished material, The Age of Eisenhower tells the story of a masterful...

All the Great Prizes

The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt

by John Taliaferro
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013

The first full-scale biography of John Hay since 1934: From secretary to Abraham Lincoln to secretary of state for Theodore Roosevelt, Hay was an essential American figure for more than half a century. John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the...

1944

FDR and the Year That Changed History

by Jay Winik
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015

**New York Times Bestseller** Jay Winik brings to life in “gripping” detail (The New York Times Book Review) the year 1944, which determined the outcome of World War II and put more pressure than any other on an ailing yet determined President Roosevelt. 1944 was a year that could...

The King Years

Historic Moments in the Civil Rights Movement

by Taylor Branch
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013

Taylor Branch, author of the acclaimed America in the King Years, introduces selections from the trilogy in clear context and gripping detail. The King Years delivers riveting tales of everyday heroes who achieved miracles in constructive purpose and yet poignantly fell short. Here is the full...

Diana

Her True Story in Her Own Words

by Andrew Morton
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009

The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted...

My Husband and I

The Inside Story of 70 Years of the Royal Marriage

by Ingrid Seward
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017

With interest in the royal couple at a new peak thanks to the hit TV series The Crown, Ingrid Seward reveals the real story of the marriage of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. When a young Princess Elizabeth met and fell in love with the dashing Naval Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece and...

The Queen's Speech

An Intimate Portrait of the Queen in her Own Words

by Ingrid Seward
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015

On 21 April 2016, Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, celebrated her 90th birthday. During her 64 years on the throne, few have got to know her well, but there is one body of work that sheds new light on her thoughts, personality and the issues that really concern her:...

The Last Empress

Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

by Hannah Pakula
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2009

With the beautiful, powerful, and sexy Madame Chiang Kai-shek at the center of one of the great dramas of the twentieth century, this is the story of the founding of modern China, starting with a revolution that swept away more than 2,000 years of monarchy, followed by World War II, and ending in...
by Joe Posnanski
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012

From America’s premier sportswriter, the definitive, #1 New York Times bestselling biography of Joe Paterno. Joe Posnanski’s biography of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno follows in the tradition of works by Richard Ben Cramer on Joe DiMaggio and David Maraniss on Vince Lombardi....
by Mike Piazza
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013

Mike Piazza was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 62nd round of the 1988 baseball draft as a “courtesy pick.” The Dodgers never expected him to play for them—or anyone else. Mike had other ideas. Overcoming his detractors, he became the National League rookie of the year in 1993, broke...

Luckiest Man

The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig

by Jonathan Eig
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

The definitive account of the life and tragic death of baseball legend Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was a baseball legend—the Iron Horse, the stoic New York Yankee who was the greatest first baseman in history, a man whose consecutive-games streak was ended by a horrible disease that now bears...
First 20 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31 32 Last
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy