Scribner: 1672 books
Gladiator
A True Story of 'Roids, Rage, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Aggressive, explosive, and boasting awesome athletic ability, Dan Clark rose to tremendous fame as Nitro on American Gladiators. He quickly emerged as the most popular cast member and became a reality television superstar. But a twenty-year affair with steroids led to a life of pissing blood, smuggling...
18 in America
A Young Golfer's Epic Journey to Find the Essence of the Game
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
A “winning” (Parade) and “well-conceived” (The New York Times) account of one teenager’s solo trek to play golf in each of the lower forty-eight states—“two parts coming-of-age story, one part golf travel adventure, and one part survival test” (Golfweek).
Shortly before his...
A Moment in Time
An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
A first-hand account of the golden era of baseball from Jackie Robinson’s friend, former teammate and featured player in the 2013 biopic "42."
Ralph Branca is best known for throwing the pitch that resulted in Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ’Round the World,” the historic home...
by Ernest Hemingway
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2002
The Dangerous Summer is Hemingway's firsthand chronicle of a brutal season of bullfights. In this vivid account, Hemingway captures the exhausting pace and pressure of the season, the camaraderie and pride of the matadors, and the mortal drama as in fight after fight the rival matadors try to outdo...
Playing Against the House
The Dramatic World of an Undercover Union Organizer
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
In the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich’s classic Nickel and Dimed, a talented young journalist goes undercover as a casino labor-union organizer in this rare inside look at the ongoing struggle of hourly-wage service workers to survive in America.
“Salting” is a simple concept—get hired...
The Shadow Market
How a Group of Wealthy Nations and Powerful Investors Secretly Dominate the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
Acclaimed financial journalist Eric J. Weiner reveals how foreign countries and private investors are increasingly controlling the global economy and secretly wresting power from the United States in ways that our government cannot reverse and about which the average American knows nothing.
The...
Warren Buffett and the Art of Stock Arbitrage
Proven Strategies for Arbitrage and Other Special Investment Situations
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2010
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, DISCOVER HOW WARREN BUFFETT HAS MADE UNHEARD-OF PROFITS IN THE WORLD OF ARBITRAGE AND SPECIAL INVESTMENTS, AND HOW TO BE A PLAYER IN THESE VENTURES.
Investors around the world recently learned that from 1980 through 2003 Warren Buffett’s arbitrage operations produced...
The New Buffettology
The Proven Techniques for Investing Successfully in Changing Markets That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2002
If you read the original Buffettology, you know exactly half of what you need to know to effectively apply Warren Buffett's investment strategies.
Published in 1997, the bestselling Buffettology was written specifically for investors in the midst of a long bull market. Since then we've seen the internet...
The Tao of Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett's Words of Wisdom: Quotations and Interpretations to Help Guide You to Billionaire Wealth and Enlightened Business Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2006
A collection of pithy and inspiring sayings from America's favorite businessman that reveal his secrets of success
Like the sayings of the ancient Chinese philospher Lao-tzu, Warren Buffett's worldly wisdom is deceptively simple and enormously powerful in application. In The Tao of Warren Buffett,...
by David Clark, Mary Buffett
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 1999
In the world of investing, the name Warren Buffett is synonymous with success and prosperity. Learn how Warren Buffett did it—and how you can too.
Building from the ground up, Buffett chose wisely and picked his stocks with care, in turn amassing the huge fortune for which he is now famous....
For the Love of Money
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
“Part coming-of-age story, part recovery memoir, and part exposé of a rotten, money-drenched Wall Street culture” (Salon), Sam Polk’s unflinching account chronicles his fight to overcome the ghosts of his past—and the radical new way he now defines success.
At just thirty years old,...
Grit
The Power of Passion and Perseverance
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In her instant, multi-month New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).
The...
Most Likely to Succeed
Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
The basis for a major documentary, two leading experts sound an urgent call for the radical reimagining of American education so we can equip students for the realities of the twenty-first-century economy. “If you read one book about education this decade, make it this one” (Adam Braun, bestselling...
The Promise of a Pencil
How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
The riveting story of how a young man turned $25 into more than 200 schools around the world and the guiding steps anyone can take to lead a successful and significant life.
Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful...