Grove Atlantic: 1452 books
To the New Owners
A Martha's Vineyard Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
**The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist “gives a familial face to the mystique of Martha’s Vineyard” in a memoir with “gentle humor and . . . elegiac sweetness” (Kirkus Reviews).
A National Book Critics Circle Award finalist**
In the 1970s, Madeleine Blais’s in-laws purchased...
Requiem
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
A Washington Post Notable Book: A Japanese Canadian man is haunted by childhood memories of WWII internment camps in this “evocative and cinematic tale” (Maclean’s).
In 1942, in retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Canadian government removes young Bin Okuma and his family from...
by Alice LaPlante
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
The New York Times bestseller—a stunning first novel, both literary and thriller, about a retired orthopedic surgeon with dementia.
With unmatched patience and a pulsating intensity, Alice LaPlante brings us deep into a brilliant woman’s deteriorating mind, where the impossibility of recognizing...
Fresh Medicine
How to Fix Reform and Build a Sustainable Health Care System
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Last spring, after congress passed sweeping legislation to reform our nation’s health care system, the editorial board of the New York Times wrote: Just as Social Security grew from a modest start in 1935 to become a bedrock of the nation’s retirement system, this is a start on health care reform,...
Stalin and the Scientists
A History of Triumph and Tragedy, 1905–1953
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
“One of the finest, most gripping surveys of the history of Russian science in the twentieth century.” —Douglas Smith, author of Former People: The Final Days of the Russian Aristocracy
Stalin and the Scientists tells the story of the many gifted scientists who worked in Russia from the...
Song of Napalm
Poems
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1991
This collection of poems by Vietnam veteran Bruce Weigl provides “a searing memento of the war that refuses to be forgotten” (San Francisco Chronicle).
“*Song of Napalm *is more than a collection of beautifully wrought, heart-wrenching and often very funny poems. It’s a narrative, the...
Astonishing Animals
Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
From the authors of A Gap in Nature, a breathtaking visual adventure showcasing ninety of the world’s most astounding creatures.
Sumptuous birds of paradise, amazing soft-shell turtles, frogs that look like tomatoes, and terrifying fish (including the deep-water angler fish from Finding Nemo)...
Nobody's Perfect
Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
The Detroit Tigers, an umpire, a pitcher, and a mistake—one of the “classic, human, baseball stories” (Ken Burns, creator of the PBS mini-series Baseball).
The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in over 130 years, it has...
Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
The Story of the Great City Terrorized by Stalin, Starved by Hitler, Immortalized by Shostakovich
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The “gripping story” of a Nazi blockade, a Russian composer, and a ragtag band of musicians who fought to keep up a besieged city’s morale (The New York Times Book Review).
For 872 days during World War II, the German Army encircled the city of Leningrad—modern-day St. Petersburg—in...
I'd Know That Voice Anywhere
My Favorite NPR Commentaries
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
“A sparkling sampler of commentaries from celebrated sports journalist Frank Deford . . . offers a kaleidoscope of sports highs and lows.” —Midwest Book Review
Frank Deford (1938–2017) was one of the most beloved sports journalists in America. A contributing writer to Sports Illustrated...
The Fighter's Mind
Inside the Mental Game
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
From the acclaimed author of A Fighter’s Heart comes an “entertaining and enlightening” look inside the mental game of mixed martial arts fighting (Dave Doyle, Yahoo! Sports).
In his acclaimed national bestseller, A Fighter’s Heart, Sam Sheridan took readers with him into the dangerous...
Baseball Maverick
How Sandy Alderson Revolutionized Baseball and Revived the Mets
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
“An intimate portrait of one of the shrewdest, most decorated men to ever occupy the GM chair . . . A really fun read” (Jonah Keri, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Up, Up, & Away).
In 2010, the New York Mets were in trouble. One of baseball’s most valuable franchises, they...
It's Only Slow Food Until You Try to Eat It
Misadventures of a Suburban Hunter-Gatherer
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
**From the beloved Field & Stream columnist: “Heavey takes us back to the joys—and occasional pitfalls—of the humble edibles around us” (The Wall Street Journal).
For Bill Heavey, being a sportsman is more than a hobby—it’s a way of life. So despite living inside the DC Beltway,...
by Val McDermid
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
“Marked by [McDermid’s] trademark stunners, including a climax that packs a vicious punch. And readers are again left to marvel at her ingenuity.” —Jay Strafford, Richmond Times-Dispatch
From one of the finest crime writers we have, The Vanishing Point kicks off with a nightmare scenario—the...