Picador: 364 books
Critical Care
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1996
Dr. Peter Werner Ernst is an internal medicine resident at a major hospital's intensive care unit. He functions on eight hours of sleep for every three shifts at work. Overseeing the care of eight patients, Dr. Ernst's job is to keep death at bay--at least until the day shift comes on, and any potential...
Kidnapped
The Tragic Life of J. Paul Getty III
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
This title was previously published as Uncommon Youth
The true account behind the glamorous life and tragic times of J. Paul Getty III, whose kidnapping made headlines in 1973, as seen in Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World and the FX series Trust by Danny Boyle
J. Paul ("Little...
A Pagan Place
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
A newly reissued edition of this haunting, poetic coming-of-age novel from “one of the great writers...in the English-speaking world” (The New York Times)
“O’Brien’s evocative prose shows the chilling hold that history and the dead clamp on the living.” —Paul Gray, Time
“O’Brien...
The Little Green Handbook
Seven Trends Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Published for the first time in the United States, The Little Green Handbook is a unique reference work that illustrates the most important global developments facing us today, explains them, and suggests area for positive change. It relates physical trends to social and political repercussions, drawing...
Mapping Mars
Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2002
Who are the extraordinary individuals that will take us on the next great space race, the next great human endeavor, our exploration and colonization of the planet Mars? And more importantly, how are they doing it? Acclaimed science writer Oliver Morton explores the peculiar and fascinating world...
by Hilary Mantel
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Winners of the Man Booker Prize and hugely successful stage plays in London's West End and on Broadway, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies bring history to life for a whole new audience having now been adapted into a six-part television series by the BBC and PBS Masterpiece.
England in the 1520s...
by Elliott Currie
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
"Earnest, free of jargon, lucid…This is a book that ought to be read by anyone concerned about crime and punishment in America."—The Washington Post Book World
A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
When Crime and Punishment in America was first published in 1998, the national...
The Hundred Brothers
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
With a New Introduction by Jonathan Franzen
There's Rob, Bob, Tom, Paul, Ralph, and Noah; Nick, Dennis, Bertram, Russell, and Virgil. The doctor, the documentary filmmaker, and the sculptor in burning steal; the eldest, the youngest, and the celebrated "perfect" brother, Benedict....
by Chris West
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
DISCOVER THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF AMERICA THROUGH ITS BEAUTIFUL AND DIVERSE POSTAGE STAMPS IN THIS EXUBERANT AND ALWAYS CHARMING HISTORY.
In A History of America in Thirty-six Postage Stamps, Chris West explores America's own rich philatelic history. From George Washington's dour gaze to the...
Soccer Without Borders
Jürgen Klinsmann, Coaching the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team and the Quest for the World Cup
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
A GAME-CHANGING AND FASCINATING BOOK ON HOW TO USE WISDOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CREATE A LASTING, POWERFUL SOCCER TEAM, BY ONE OF THE SPORT'S MOST ICONIC AND EFFECTIVE COACHES
Jurgen Klinsmann, head coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team, has become a household name after the United...
First Jobs
True Tales of Bad Bosses, Quirky Coworkers, Big Breaks, and Small Paychecks
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
A future mayor shining shoes, an atheist shilling Bibles, a housewife heading to work during World War II, a now-famous designer getting fired-we all got our start somewhere. A first job may not have the romance of the first kiss or the excitement of a first car, but more than anything else, it offers...
by Sameen Rushdie
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Drawing together the traditional recipes from different Indian cuisines, Sameen Rushdie’s invitation to share in the pleasures of Indian cookery is irresistible.
In Hindustani a good cook is one that ‘has special taste in their hands’, and the author demonstrates her skill, knowledge...
A Short History of Rudeness
Manners, Morals, and Misbehavior in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
A funny and provocative cultural history of class, manners, and the decline of civility
In his smart and thought provoking new book, literary/social critic Mark Caldwell gives us a history of the demise of manners and charts the progress of an epidemic of rudeness in America. The breakdown...
Trials of the Monkey
An Accidental Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
"When Darwin called his second book The Descent of Man instead of The Ascent of Man he was thinking of his progeny."
So declares Darwin's great-great grandson Matthew Chapman as he leaves behind his stressful career as a Hollywood screenwriter and travels to Dayton, Tennessee where...