Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
House of Rain
Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
The greatest "unsolved mystery" of the American Southwest is the fate of the Anasazi, the native peoples who in the eleventh century converged on Chaco Canyon (in today's southwestern New Mexico) and built what has been called the Las Vegas of its day, a flourishing cultural center that...
The Age of the Unthinkable
Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis guarantee...
Black and Blue
Sandy Koufax, the Robinson Boys, and the World Series That Stunned America
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2010
"Richly layered....An entertaining and informative portrait of two underappreciated teams in an unforgettable time."--Boston Sunday Globe
The most surprising World Series ever? Many baseball fans would agree that it was the epic 1966 clash between the reigning champion Los Angeles...
Wonder Girl
The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
This is the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete.
Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and never met a hurdle too high. Despite attempts to keep women from competing, Babe achieved All-American status in basketball and won gold medals in track...
The Kid
The Immortal Life of Ted Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
From acclaimed journalist Ben Bradlee Jr., comes the epic biography of Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams that baseball fans have been waiting for.
Williams was the best hitter in baseball history. His batting average of .406 in 1941 has not been topped since, and no player who has hit more...
One on One
Behind the Scenes with the Greats in the Game
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
John Feinstein's illuminating recollections from two decades of interviews with sports legends.
John Feinstein's career is a sports fan's dream-a lifetime of encounters with the great figures in sports, not just on the field, but in the locker room and behind the scenes with legends like Bob...
He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back
The True Story of the Year the King, Jaws, Earnhardt, and the Rest of NASCAR's Feudin', Fightin' Good Ol' Boys Put Stock Car Racing on the Map
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2010
On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport...
Living on the Black
Two Pitchers, Two Teams, One Season to Remember
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Pitchers are the heart of baseball, and John Feinstein tells the story of the game today through one season and two great pitchers working in the crucible of the New York media market. Tom Glavine and Mike Mussina have seen it all in the Major Leagues and both entered 2007 in search of individual...
Open
Inside the Ropes at Bethpage Black
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Tiger Woods has called the U.S. Open "the most difficult national championship." With Open, John Feinstein goes behind the scenes to tell for the first time the full story of how the 2002 U.S. Open Championship came into being-how a public course was transformed into one of the most difficult...
Down the Nile
Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2007
Rosemary Mahoney was determined to take a solo trip down the Egyptian Nile in a small boat, even though civil unrest and vexing local traditions conspired to create obstacles every step of the way. Starting off in the south, she gained the unlikely sympathy and respect of a Muslim sailor, who provided...
Questions of Travel
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
"It is not really possible to describe, in a short space, the originality and depth of this long and beautifully crafted book."--A.S. Byatt, Guardian
Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other...
The Body Shop
Parties, Pills, and Pumping Iron -- Or, My Life in the Age of Muscle
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
As a scrawny college freshman in the mid-1970s, just before Arnold Schwarzenegger became a hero to boys everywhere and Pumping Iron became a cult hit, Paul Solotaroff discovered weights and steroids. In a matter of months, he grew from a dorky beanpole into a hulking behemoth, showing off his rock...
by James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2007
An aspiring photographer is about to get the chance of a lifetime in New York-and face a forbidden love that just might be her downfall.
Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy "Don't think, just shoot"-pictures, that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full-time...
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
A beautifully illustrated book of imaginary fables about Earth's early--and lost--history.
Before our history began, another--now forgotten--civilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and vulnerable. In this series of illustrated...