Lyons Press: 836 books
Bloodhound in Blue
The True Tales of Police Dog JJ and His Two-Legged Partner
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
He was born in rural Missouri, and it was immediately clear that he was different from the rest. He caught his first criminal when he was just two years old. By his sixth birthday, he had located burglars, missing children, drug dealers, rapists, and murderers—including Utah’s most wanted criminal....
Plunder of the Ancients
A True Story of Betrayal, Redemption, and an Undercover Quest to Recover Sacred Native American Artifacts
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Plunder of the Ancients is a rare look inside an undercover investigation in which special agent Lucinda Schroeder reveals the details of her case in which she was assigned to expose Indian Art thieves and dealers in Santa Fe, New Mexico, who out of unmitigated greed, were exploiting sacred artifacts...
Shall We Wake the President?
Two Centuries of Disaster Management from the Oval Office
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The history of presidential dealings with disasters shows that whatever their ideology, presidents need to be prepared to deal with unexpected crises. In recent years, the expectations have grown as the disasters seem to appear to be coming more frequently. Since 2001, numerous unpredictable crises,...
Babe Ruth's Called Shot
The Myth and Mystery of Baseball's Greatest Home Run
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The anticipation of another showdown with the Bambino transformed Wrigley Field. Temporary bleachers held the overflow of the 50,000-strong crowd that bright September day. Game 3 of the 1932 World Series between the Cubs and Yankees stood locked at 4-4. An angry mob, rocking the ballpark with pent-up...
Tails to Wag
Classic Canine Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
A collection of classic stories featuring heartwarming "tails" of man's best friend.
Impossible
Rodney Mullen, Ryan Sheckler, and the Fantastic History of Skateboarding
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Skateboarding: the background, technicality, culture, rebellion, marketing, conflict, and future of the global sport as seen through two of its most influential geniuses
Since it all began half a century ago, skateboarding has come to mystify some and to mesmerize many, including its tens of...
by Rick Massimo
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The tony, leafy neighborhood of Georgetown along the Potomac river in Washington, D.C. has been influential in American history since the 18th century when it was a thriving seaport. But during the Cold War, following World War II and up until the end of the 20th century, it was home to the Capitol's...
Historic Acadia National Park
The Stories Behind One of America's Great Treasures
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
If parks could speak, what would they say? Historic Acadia National Park is a vibrant collection of true stories that share different aspects of Acadia National Park’s history. From its glacial origins, to its rising peaks near the tourist-town Bar Harbor, Acadia has a unique and fascinating history...
Flaws in the Ice
In Search of Douglas Mawson
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
**Douglas Mawson ****was determined to make his mark on Antarctica as no other explorer had done before him. What really happened on the ice has been buried for a century. **
Flaws in the Ice is the untold true story of Douglas Mawson’s 1911-1914 Antarctic Expedition, mistakenly hailed for...
Thunder in the Mountains
A Portrait of American Gun Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
In this beautifully written and powerful memoir, author Craig K. Collins ushers readers down a remarkable path – one that wends from the American frontier to present-day suburbia. Along the way, he explores the meaning of a history – of his family’s and his country’s – that is infused with...
Hatch Is On!
Experts Extol the World's Greatest Hatches and the Flies They've Inspired
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Through long, cold winters, anglers dream of fishing season and mark their calendars to plan their fishing trips come spring. They speak in hushed voices around the fireplace or over a pint at the local pub of the Skwala Stone in April, the Green Drake and Salmonfly in June, the blanket Caddis and...
Great Donald Ross Golf Courses Everyone Can Play
Resort, Public, and Semi-Private
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Ever wonder what it would be like to play the same golf courses as celebrities such as Tiger Woods, Gary Player, Mark O’Meara, and even Babe Ruth? A celebrity in his own right, Donald Ross created many of the best golf courses ever designed. Here is the definitive collection of golf courses in the...
Shea Stadium Remembered
The Mets, the Jets, and Beatlemania
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Few remember that Shea Stadium—and indeed the Mets baseball club itself—arose out of a dispute between two oversized egos: New York City official Robert Moses and Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley. While O’Malley wanted complete control over a new stadium and all of its concessions in...
Humans 3.0
The Upgrading of the Species
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Life for early humans wasn’t easy. They may have been able to walk on two feet and create tools 4 million years ago, but they couldn’t remember or communicate. Fortunately, people got smarter, and things got better. They remembered on-the-spot solutions and shared the valuable information of their...