Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
Cold
Adventures in the World's Frozen Places
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2009
From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to "The Year Without Summer," Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold--real, icy, 40-below cold. In July he finds it while taking a dip in a...
Chasing the Devil
My Twenty-Year Quest to Capture the Green River Killer
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2004
CHASING THE DEVIL is the gripping firsthand account of Sheriff David Reichert's relentless pursuit of the Green River Killer--a 21-year odyssey full of near-misses and startling revelations.
For eight years, Sheriff David Reichert devoted his days and nights to capturing the Green River Killer....
Moment of Glory
The Year Underdogs Ruled Golf
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
After winning 6 of the 12 Majors from 2000 to 2002, Tiger Woods struggled in 2003. Four unknown golf players--Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Ben Curtis, and Shaun Micheel--would seize the day, rising to become champions in his wake.
Mike Weir--considered a good golfer but not a great one--triumphed in The...
One Nation, Under Gods
A New American History
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
A groundbreaking new look at the story of America
At the heart of the nation's spiritual history are audacious and often violent scenes. But the Puritans and the shining city on the hill give us just one way to understand the United States. Rather than recite American history from a Christian...
by Elin Hilderbrand
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
Secret lives and new loves emerge in the bright Caribbean sunlight, in the follow-up to national bestseller Winter in Paradise
A year ago, Irene Steele had the shock of her life: her loving husband, father to their grown sons and successful businessman, was killed in a plane crash. But that wasn't...
The Hall: A Celebration of Baseball's Greats
In Stories and Images, the Complete Roster of Inductees
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A deluxe baseball treasury unlike any other, complete with essays, photos, and player bios from The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Everyone dreams of Cooperstown. It's a hallowed name in baseball, for players as well as their fans. It's a house where legends live; it's everything...
Let Me Tell You a Story
A Lifetime in the Game
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2007
America's favorite sportswriter teams up with Red Auerbach, the most successful and admired coach in basketball history, to tell the best stories of a legendary life.Living legend Arnold "Red" Auerbach led the Boston Celtics to nine NBA championships, eight of them consecutive, during his...
by David Sedaris
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't...
The Dallas Cowboys -- Free Preview
The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
The definitive, must-have account of the all-time players, coaches, locker rooms and boardrooms that made the Dallas Cowboys "America's Team."
Since 1960, the Cowboys have never been just about football. From their ego-driven owner and high-profile players to their state-of-the-art...
Caesar's Last Breath
Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
The Guardian's Best Science Book of 2017
One of Science News's Favorite Science Books of 2017
The fascinating science and history of the air we breathe
It's invisible. It's ever-present. Without it, you would die in minutes. And it has an epic story to tell.
In Caesar's...
The Married Kama Sutra
The World's Least Erotic Sex Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
An illustrated "sequel" to the famous Kama Sutra: a humorous guide to the positions of married life.
For centuries, lovers have found inspiration and advice in the ancient text of the Kama Sutra. Now, Simon Rich--"one of the funniest writers in America" (The Daily Beast)--and...
For the Benefit of Those Who See
Dispatches from the World of the Blind
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
"In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind....She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity."--Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree
In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind,...
Ghost Dances
Proving Up on the Great Plains
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
Growing up in South Dakota, Josh Garrett-Davis knew he would leave. But as a young adult, he kept going back--in dreams and reality and by way of books. With this beautifully written narrative about a seemingly empty but actually rich and complex place, he has reclaimed his childhood, his unusual...
by Lucy Foley
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
An evocative love story set along the Italian Riviera about a group of charismatic stars who all have secrets and pasts they try desperately--and dangerously--to hide.
Rome, 1953: Hal, an itinerant journalist flailing in the post-war darkness, has come to the Eternal City to lose himself and...