Scribner: 1672 books
Raymond Carver
A Writer's Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
The first biography of america’s best-known short story writer of the late twentieth century.
The London Times called Raymond Carver "the American Chekhov." The beloved, mischievous, but more modest short-story writer and poet thought of himself as "a lucky man" whose renunciation of alcohol...
Absolute Certainty
A Crime Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2003
Rose Connors brings a fresh voice, a dynamic storytelling power, and a passion for the law to her compelling crime fiction debut.
Martha "Marty" Nickerson is a lawyer who truly loves her job. As an assistant D.A. for Massachusetts's Barnstable County, which includes all the small towns on Cape Cod,...
by Richard Bach
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
In Nothing by Chance, Richard Bach shares the adventure of one magical summer he spent as an old-fashioned barnstormer flying an antique biplane. The journey is another soaring adventure of wonder and insight from the author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
Second Sight
A Brady Coyne and J.W. Jackson Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2005
Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply -- veteran mystery novelists and longtime fishing buddies -- are back with a second joint novel starring their respective series heroes, J. W. Jackson and Brady Coyne.
And something big -- something very big -- is about to happen on beautiful Martha's Vineyard.
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by Denise Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Los Angeles 1949. A city of big dreams and dark shadows...
Lily Kessler, a former stenographer and spy for the OSS, comes to Los Angeles to find her late fiancé's sister Kitty, an actress who is missing from her Hollywood boardinghouse. The next day, Kitty's body is found in a ravine below...
Cop Without a Badge
The Extraordinary Undercover Life of Kevin Maher
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
What's the difference between a cop and Kevin Maher? Kevin doesn't have a badge. And he doesn't play by the rules.
Cop Without A Badge tracks confidential informant Kevin Maher as he helps the NYPD, the FBI, and many other law enforcement agencies solve cases that range from robbery to extortion...
The Infinite Gift
How Children Learn and Unlearn the Languages of the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
A child's very first word is a miraculous sound, the opening note in a lifelong symphony. Most parents never forget the moment. But that first word is soon followed by a second and a third, and by the age of three, children are typically learning ten new words every day and speaking in complete sentences....
The Modern Ark
The Story of Zoos: Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
An in-depth look at the radical changes occurring in our nation’s zoos—from cement-paved mazes to simulated rain forests to completely natural landscapes—as well as the history behind the actual idea of the zoo. Following the lead of private menageries in Europe, public zoos began to proliferate...
Ratio
The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
Michael Ruhlman’s groundbreaking New York Times bestseller takes us to the very “truth” of cooking: it is not about recipes but rather about basic ratios and fundamental techniques that makes all food come together, simply.
When you know a culinary ratio, it’s not like knowing a single...
On Food and Cooking
The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're...
Three Minutes to Doomsday
An Agent, a Traitor, and the Worst Espionage Breach in U.S. History
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
An intense cat-and-mouse game played between two brilliant men in the last days of the Cold War, this shocking insider’s story shows how a massive giveaway of secret war plans and nuclear secrets threatened America with annihilation.
In 1988 Joe Navarro, one of the youngest agents ever hired...
Baby Catcher
Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2002
An inspiring collection of birth stories by a charming midwife.
Each time she knelt to “catch” another wriggling baby—nearly three thousand times during her remarkable career—California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for...
Any Given Monday
Sports Injuries and How to Prevent Them for Athletes, Parents, and Coaches - Based on My Life in Sports Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
From tennis elbow to severe trauma, Dr. James Andrews has treated countless sports injuries during his unparalleled medical career. An orthopedic surgeon, well known for performing Tommy John surgeries, and a consultant to some of the fiercest teams in college and professional sports, Dr. Andrews...
Failing at Fairness
How America's Schools Cheat Girls
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Failing at Fairness, the result of two decades of research, shows how gender bias makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to that given to boys.
Girls' learning problems are not identified as often as boys' are
Boys receive more of their teachers' attention
Girls...