Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
The Art of Fielding
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.
Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future....
by Michael Koryta
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Markus Novak just wants to come home. An investigator for a Florida-based Death Row defense firm, Novak's life derailed when his wife, Lauren, was killed in the midst of a case the two were working together. Two years later, her murderer is still at large, and Novak's attempts to learn the truth about...
by Elin Hilderbrand
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
"Happy Holidays 2015! It has been a rough year for the Quinns, but I would like to start by saying thank you for all of the well wishes and positive missives sent our way."
A second Christmas on Nantucket finds Winter Street Inn owner Kelley Quinn reflecting on the past year as he...
California
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The highly acclaimed, instant New York Times bestseller that "shows the moment-by-moment reality of a painful possible future, the price we may have to pay for our passionate devotion to all of the wrong things." --Sarah Stone, San Francisco Chronicle
The world Cal and Frida have...
Picnic in Provence
A Memoir with Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
The bestselling author of Lunch in Paris takes us on another delicious journey, this time to the heart of Provence.
Ten years ago, New Yorker Elizabeth Bard followed a handsome Frenchman up a spiral staircase to a love nest in the heart of Paris. Now, with a baby on the way and the world's...
Operation Thunderbolt
Flight 139 and the Raid on Entebbe Airport, the Most Audacious Hostage Rescue Mission in History
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
*By the historical consultant to the major motion picture Seven Days in Entebbe*
The definitive account of one of the greatest Special Forces missions ever, the Raid of Entebbe, by acclaimed military historian Saul David.
On June 27, 1976, an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris...
Just Let Me Lie Down
Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky--fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she is tired. Always.
Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working...
by David Foster Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Remarkable, hilarious, and unsettling re-imaginations of reality by "a dynamic writer of extraordinary talent" (New York Times Book Review).
David Foster Wallace was one of America's most prodigiously talented and original young writers, and Girl with Curious Hair displays the full...
Both Flesh and Not
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of America's most daring and talented writers." (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallace's seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time.
Never has...
Flannery
A Life of Flannery O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009
The landscape of American literature was fundamentally changed when Flannery O'Connor stepped onto the scene with her first published book, Wise Blood, in 1952. Her fierce, sometimes comic novels and stories reflected the darkly funny, vibrant, and theologically sophisticated woman who wrote them....
Phenomena
The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
The definitive history of the military's decades-long investigation into mental powers and phenomena, from the author of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain and international bestseller Area 51.
This is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.
For...
The Magician's Book
A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2008
THE MAGICIAN'S BOOK is the story of one reader's long, tumultuous relationship with C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia. Enchanted by its fantastic world as a child, prominent critic Laura Miller returns to the series as an adult to uncover the source of these small books' mysterious power by looking...
Style Statement
Live by Your Own Design
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
STYLE STATEMENT is an inspiring take on the power of style and authenticity. Deemed "style psychotherapists," Carrie and Danielle are the creators of the Style Statement: a two-word compass that helps you make more confident choices in life -- from your wardrobe to your relationships, your...
Brunch Is Hell
How to Save the World by Throwing a Dinner Party
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
A call to arms against BRUNCH... and a how-to guide for fighting back, from the hosts of the hit podcast and public radio show The Dinner Party Download.
Society is under threat. The culprit? BRUNCH. Not merely a forum for overpriced eggs, brunch is a leisure-time-squandering hellscape, embodying...