Skyhorse: 3546 books
Eating Purely
More Than 100 All-Natural, Organic, Gluten-Free Recipes for a Healthy Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Good health begins with what you put in your body. When you eat better, you feel better. It’s that simple.
A few short years ago, Elizabeth Stein could be found in her tiny Manhattan kitchen searching for a way to make gluten-free and vegan products that tasted great and weren’t overly...
JFK's Secret Doctor
The Remarkable Life of Medical Pioneer and Legendary Rock Climber Hans Kraus
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Set against the grand panorama of twentieth-century world events, it captures the remarkable life and spirit of climbing and medical visionary Hans Kraus (1905-1966). Kraus was taught English by James Joyce, escaped Nazi dominated Europe, and was JFK’s secret back specialist. A legendary rock climber...
90 Minutes at Entebbe
The Full Inside Story of the Spectacular Israeli Counterterrorism Strike and the Daring Rescue of 103 Hostages
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
The incredible story of an Israeli mission that rescued 103 hostages from a hijacked jetliner.
On June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Entebbe Airport in Uganda. In the following agonizing days, Israeli passengers were singled out and held hostage. A...
by Pele, Robert L. Fish
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2007
While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning. Today, the name is famous worldwide as belonging to history's greatest soccer player. Here, in Pelé's own words,...
The Chisholm Trail
A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
This frontier classic is one of the best books written about the world’s greatest cattle trail, the Chisholm Trail, a trail that was approximately eight hundred miles long, running from San Antonio, Texas to Abilene, Kansas. It is a comprehensive book about the cattle drives of our western frontier...
The Life and Adventures of Frank Grouard
Chief of Scouts, U.S.A.
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
The true story of the one of the most thrilling figures of the Wild West.
Every army needs its scouts. A good scout knows the enemy and the enemy’s terrain as well as his own, and is resourceful and incisive, cool-headed and courageous. A great scout is irreplaceable. And no greater scout...
The Kaiser's Pirates
Hunting Germany?s Raiding Cruisers in World War I
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The Kaiser’s Pirates is a dramatic and little-known story of World War I, when the actions of a few men shaped the fate of nations. By1914 Germany had ships and sailors scattered across the globe, protecting its overseas colonies and showing the flag” of its new Imperial Navy. After war broke...
Gladiators
Deadly Arena Sports of Ancient Rome
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
A history of gladiators-with an added bite!
It’s hard for modern readers to truly grasp the spectacle that was arena sports in ancient Rome, which pitted man against man and man against beast in mortal combat. Our modern games of football and hockey, or even boxing and MMA, truly pale in...
Behind Japanese Lines
With the OSS in Burma
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
In early 1942, with World War II going badly, President Roosevelt turned to General William Wild Bill” Donovan, now known historically as the Father of Central Intelligence,” with orders to form a special unit whose primary mission was to prepare for the eventual reopening of the Burma Road...
Third Reich Victorious
Alternate Histories of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
This book is a stimulating and entirely plausible insight into how Hitler and his generals might have defeated the Allies, and a convincing sideways look at the Third Reich's bid at world domination in World War II. What would have happened if, for example, the Germans captured the whole of the BEF...
The Wooden Horse
The Classic World War II Story of Escape
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
An epic adventure-the most brilliant escape and evasion from the Nazis ever written.
Eric Williams, a Royal Air Force bomber captain, was shot down over Germany in 1942 and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, the infamous German POW camp. Digging an underground tunnel hidden beneath a wooden vaulting...
Lee
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
General Robert E. Lee is well known as a major figure in the Civil War. However, by removing Lee from the delimiting frame of the Civil War and placing him in the context of the Republic's total history, Dowdey shows the "eternal relevance" of this tragic figure to the American heritage. With access...
Blood Tide
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
A Winner . . . Blood Tide is the best high-adventure escape I’ve taken in years.” -Elmore Leonard
In the tradition of Clive Cussler and Alistair MacLean, Blood Tide is a gripping novel of betrayal and revenge set in a remote and lawless corner of the Philippines.
Unjustly blamed...
The Bloody Battle of Suribachi
The Amazing Story of Iwo Jima That Inspired Flags of Our Fathers
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2007
The classic first-hand WWII narrative that chronicles the Marines' savage five-day struggle to wrest Mount Suribachi from its tenacious Japanese defenders during their 35 day battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. Revised with a new introduction by the author and recently discovered photos, this book served...