Simon Schuster: 4797 books
Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2019
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999—arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history.
In 1999, Hollywood as we know it exploded: Fight Club. The Matrix. Office Space. Election. The Blair Witch Project....
by Andrew Bleiman, Chris Eastland
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
From aardvarks to zebras, ZooBorns showcases the newest and cutest animal babies from accredited zoos and aquariums around the world. Featuring fascinating animal facts and background stories on each pictured baby, ZooBorns illustrates the connections between zoo births and conservation initiatives in the wild for animal lovers of all ages.
The Liberation of Paris
How Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz Saved the City of Light
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
Prize-winning and bestselling historian Jean Edward Smith tells t****he dramatic story of the liberation of Paris during World War II—a triumph that was achieved through the remarkable efforts of Americans, French, and Germans, all racing to save the city from destruction.
Following their...
Elvis in Vegas
How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal overdose....
A Beginner's Guide to the End
Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
The first ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying—and living fully until you do.
“There is nothing wrong with you for dying,” palliative care doctor B.J. Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so...
by Lisa Taddeo
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Extraordinary…A nonfiction literary masterpiece…I can’t remember the last time a book affected me as profoundly as Three Women.” —Elizabeth Gilbert
“The hottest book of the summer…Groundbreaking…Breathtaking…Staggeringly intimate.”...
Mona Lisa
A Life Discovered
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the flesh-and-blood woman who became one of the most famous artistic subjects of all time—Mona Lisa.
A genius immortalized her. A French king paid a fortune for her. An emperor coveted her. Every year more than nine million visitors...
Elements of Style
Designing a Home & a Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
From the rising-star designer and author of the hit blog, Elements of Style, a full-color, fully illustrated book packed with honest advice, inspiration, ideas, and lessons learned about designing a home that reflects your personality and style.
Elements of Style is a uniquely personal and...
by The editors of the Huffington Post
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
The editors of The Huffington Post -- the most linked-to blog on the web -- offer an A-Z guide to all things blog, with information for everyone from the tech-challenged newbie looking to get a handle on this new way of communicating to the experienced blogger looking to break through the clutter...
The Skeleton Crew
How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Solving cold cases from the comfort of your living room…
The Skeleton Crew provides an entree into the gritty and tumultuous world of Sherlock Holmes–wannabes who race to beat out law enforcement—and one another—at matching missing persons with unidentified remains.
In America...
by Sherry Turkle
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Life on the Screen is a book not about computers, but about people and how computers are causing us to reevaluate our identities in the age of the Internet. We are using life on the screen to engage in new ways of thinking about evolution, relationships, politics, sex, and the self. Life on the Screen...
American Thighs
The Sweet Potato Queens' Guide to Preserving Your Assets
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
"If I can save one woman from these thighs, I will not have lived in vain," #1 New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne writes in American Thighs, her handbook and memoir for the Hot and Flashy. Whether young enough to look "hot" or of the age to only feel that way (in flashes with buckets...
Edward Albee: A Singular Journey
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
In 1960, Edward Albee electrified the theater world with the American premiere of The Zoo Story, and followed it two years later with his extraordinary first Broadway play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Proclaimed as the playwright of his generation, he went on to win three Pulitzer Prizes for his...
by Patrick F. McManus
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Like Twain -- or more contemporary humorists Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor -- Patrick McManus shares the belief that life's eternal verities exist primarily to be overturned. In McManus's world, all steaks should be chicken-fried, strong coffee is drunk by the light of a campfire, and fishing trips...