Turner Publishing: 2329 books
The Complete Hogan
A Shot-by-Shot Analysis of Golf's Greatest Swing
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2011
Top golfing instructor Jim McLean uses rare film footage of Ben Hogan to break down the greatest swing of all time
Golf legend Ben Hogan had the perfect golf swing, but how exactly it worked has long been a mystery?until now. Using footage from three never-before analyzed films of Hogan at...
The Immortal Bobby
Bobby Jones and the Golden Age of Golf
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2010
Acclaim for The Immortal Bobby
"Just when you think there is nothing new to be said or written on the subject of Bob Jones, Ron Rapoport comes along and proves that theory completely untrue. The Immortal Bobby is wonderfully reported and superbly written."
--John Feinstein, author...
When I Grow up
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2008
By the early nineties, singer-songwriter and former Blake Babies member Juliana Hatfield’s solo career was taking off: She was on the cover of Spin and Sassy. Ben Stiller directed the video for her song "Spin the Bottle" from the Reality Bites film soundtrack. Then, after canceling a European...
It's Good to Be the King
The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
This book traces the extraordinary life and career of Mel Brooks, who has ridden a wave of show business success perhaps unsurpassed by anyone of his generation. Offering many insights into the wacky world of Brooks and his many collaborators, as well as an intimate look into his successful marriage...
The Rescue
A True Story of Courage and Survival in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Praise for The Rescue
"Steven Trent Smith grapples boldly with several big subjects: the Japanese occupation of the Philippines; the capture of Japan's 'Z Plan' (the decisive-battle strategy for destroying the U.S. Pacific Fleet); the rescue by submarine of forty Americans stranded in...
Commitment and Healing
Gay Men and the Need for Romantic Love
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2010
"What's love got to do with it? Everything, according to Richard Isay's informed and illuminating look at the role of romance in modern gay life. I highly recommend this book for people of any generation and partnership status."
--Dean H. Hamer, Ph.D., author of The Science of Desire and...
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's ""Post-Racial"" America
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2009
Could this be the final victory for civil rights, or the first of many to come?
When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans?including President Obama?are eager to discuss: there is no such thing as a post-racial America. When it comes to race,...
The Air-Raid Warden Was a Spy
And Other Tales from Home-Front America in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Critical acclaim for William B. Breuer
"A first-class historian."
-The Wall Street Journal
Top Secret Tales of World War II
"A book for rainy days and long solitary nights by the fire. If there were a genre for cozy nonfiction, this would be the template."
-Publishers...
by Neva Kittrell Scheve
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2008
Trailers are a fact of life in the horse world. Sooner or later, everyone who owns a horse will have to deal with a horse trailer in order to haul to shows, races, hunts, and perhaps even to veterinary clinics. Up to now, when horse owners wanted information on trailers they had to rely on magazine...
by William F Buckley Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
"Eloquent . . . immensely readable . . . the saga of the victory of capitalism over the brutal and irrational fraud that was state socialism."
—The Baltimore Sun
"Buckley's lucid account celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit and the will to achieve freedom."
—Publishers...
Women of Color Pray
Voices of Strength, Faith, Healing, Hope and Courage
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
A celebration of the voices of women of color in prayer
Women of color pray and have prayed out of necessity for survival, out of love for the Divine and because we believe in the power of prayer. Prayer has been the prevailing force behind the education of our children, protection and courage...
God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes
Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust
Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities—from sixteen countries on six continents reflect...
Jewcentricity
Why the Jews Are Praised, Blamed, and Used to Explain Just About Everything
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2009
Advance Praise for Jewcentricity
"Adam Garfinkle punctures the myth of the omnipotence of the Jews with such intelligence and reflective sweep that we still can go on discussing the 'exaggerations' forever."—Leslie H. Gelb, former columnist for the New York Times and president emeritus...
Learn Something New Every Day
365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Learn something new with 366 fascinating facts from NPR librarian Kee Malesky
What was the greatest thing before sliced bread?1 What color did carrots used to be?2 Why do many American spellings differ from their British counterparts?3 What does it mean "to have one's eyes lined with ham"?...