Simon Schuster: 4797 books
Holy Days
The World Of The Hasidic Family
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
A beloved contemporary classic, Holy Days is a personal account of New York's Hasidic community, its beliefs, its mysteries, and its encounter with secularism in the present age.
Combining a historical understanding of the Hasidic movement with a journalist's discerning eye, Harris captures...
Books
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Now in paperback, Larry McMurtry’s fascinating and surprisingly intimate memoir of his lifelong passion of buying, selling, and collecting rare antiquarian books: “a necessary and marvelous gift” (San Antonio Express-News).
• Acclaimed author: Spanning a lifetime of literary achievement,...
by Thomas Sowell
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
An indictment of the American educational system criticizes the fact that the system has discarded the traditional goals of transmitting knowledge and fostering cognitive skills in favor of building self-esteem and promoting social harmony.
The Swamp
The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
The Everglades was once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and Americans have launched the largest environmental project in history to try to save it. The Swamp is the stunning story of the destruction and possible resurrection...
Kerplunk!
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Patrick F. McManus's gently comic stories about outdoor life have earned him millions of fans worldwide. With Kerplunk!, McManus delivers a collection of folksy, wonderfully wise depictions of country life worthy of Mark Twain.
In these tall tales, McManus and his buddies learn how not to net...
The Panic Virus
A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
WHO DECIDES WHICH FACTS ARE TRUE?
In 1998 Andrew Wakefield, a British gastroenterologist with a history of self-promotion, published a paper with a shocking allegation: the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine might cause autism. The media seized hold of the story and, in the process, helped to launch...
The Path Between the Seas
The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2001
The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that was filled with both tragedy and triumph, told by master historian David McCullough.
From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Truman, here...
Waking Up
A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s latest New York Times bestseller is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology.
From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books,...
The Other Brain
From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2009
Despite everything that has been written about the brain, a potentially critical part of this vital organ has been overlooked—until now. The Other Brain examines the growing importance of glia, which make up approximately 85 percent of the cells in the brain, and the role they play in how the brain...
Circles
Fifty Round Trips Through History Technology Scien
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2009
From the bestselling author of The Knowledge Web come fifty mesmerizing journeys into the history of technology, each following a chain of consequential events that ends precisely where it began. Whether exploring electromagnetic fields, the origin of hot chocolate, or DNA fingerprinting, these essays...
by Wade Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
The story of two generations of scientific explorers in South America—Richard Evans Schultes and his protégé Wade Davis—an epic tale of adventure and a compelling work of natural history.
In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon,...
The Dorito Effect
The Surprising New Truth About Food and Flavor
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
A lively argument from an award-winning journalist proving that the key to reversing America’s health crisis lies in the overlooked link between nutrition and flavor: “The Dorito Effect is one of the most important health and food books I have read” (Dr. David B. Agus, New York Times bestselling...
On Trails
An Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
New York Times Bestseller • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award • Winner of the Saroyan International Prize for Writing • Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Award • “The best outdoors book of the year.” —Sierra Club
From a talent who’s been compared to Annie Dillard,...
Food, Inc.
Mendel to Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
For most people, the global war over genetically modified foods is a distant and confusing one. The battles are conducted in the mystifying language of genetics.
A handful of corporate "life science" giants, such as Monsanto, are pitted against a worldwide network of anticorporate ecowarriors...