Fearless

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | WaterBrook Press | Biography & Autobiography - Military; Religion - Christian Life - Inspirational; Religion - Christian Life - Men's Issues
978-0-307-73070-1 (0-307-73070-0)

May 21, 2013 | $17.99

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators.
 
“As a rule, we don’t endorse books or movies or anything regarding the command where I work—and Adam Brown worked—but as the author writes in Fearless, ‘you have to know the rules, so...

Finding Ultra

Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Three Rivers Press | Sports & Recreation - Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Biography & Autobiography - Sports
978-0-307-95220-2 (0-307-95220-7)

May 21, 2013 | $18.00



The incredible true story of the author's remarkable transformation, at the age of 40, from out-of-shape average Joe into one of the world's best endurance athletes

On the eve of his 40th birthday, Rich Roll was in bad shape. His days were filled with work, stress, and junk food, and his nights...

Jorge Bergoglio Francisco

Trade Paperback | 192 pages | Vintage | Religion - Catholicism; Biography & Autobiography - Religious; Religion - Christian Church - Leadership
978-0-8041-6913-4 (0-8041-6913-6)

May 21, 2013 | $14.95



Desde el primer momento como Papa electo, u obispo de Roma, apelativo que él mismo prefiere, el hasta hace poco cardenal Jorge Mario Bergoglio dio señales claras al mundo de los cambios que traerá su pontificado. La misma elección del nombre de Francisco nos indica su prioridad por ser como Francisco...

Moment of Battle

Hardcover | 496 pages | Bantam | History - Military; History - World; Biography & Autobiography - Military
978-0-345-52697-7 (0-345-52697-X)

May 21, 2013 | $35.00



Two modern masters of military history make their case for the twenty most pivotal battles of all time, in a riveting trip through the ages to those moments when the fate of the world hung in the balance.
 
In the grand tradition of Edward Creasy’s classic Fifteen Decisive Battles of...

The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic

Hardcover | 224 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Religious; Biography & Autobiography - Medical
978-0-307-59298-9 (0-307-59298-7)

May 21, 2013 | $28.00

This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you had and find something better.

One day at the end of 2009, during a...

Yes, Chef

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Cooking; Biography & Autobiography - Culinary
978-0-385-34261-2 (0-385-34261-6)

May 21, 2013 | $19.00



JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY VOGUE • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

“One of the great culinary stories of our time.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times
 
It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s...

Confessions of a Sociopath

Hardcover | 320 pages | Crown | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Psychology & Psychiatry - Social Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Personality
978-0-307-95664-4 (0-307-95664-4)

May 14, 2013 | $27.95



As M.E. Thomas says of her fellow sociopaths, we are your neighbors, co-workers, and quite possibly the people closest to you: lovers, family, friends. Our risk-seeking behavior and general fearlessness are thrilling, our glibness and charm alluring. Our often quick wit and outside-the-box thinking make us appear intelligent—even brilliant. We climb...

Daddy Long Legs

Trade Paperback | 224 pages | Trumpeter | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Family & Relationships - Family Relationships; Nature - Essays
978-1-61180-002-9 (1-61180-002-1)

May 14, 2013 | $17.95



“If David Sedaris and Annie Dillard had a literary love child and raised him in Iowa, he would write like this.”—The Iowan

John Price appears to have thrown in the towel. He has spent the last year struggling to support his family, neglecting to spend time with his wife and children...

Dream New Dreams

Trade Paperback | 240 pages | Three Rivers Press | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Health & Fitness - Diseases - Cancer
978-0-307-88851-8 (0-307-88851-7)

May 14, 2013 | $17.00



Now in paperback, a remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer.

"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife. "Jai knows that she'll have...

It's Time!

Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown Archetype | Sports & Recreation - Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Biography & Autobiography - Sports; Sports & Recreation
978-0-307-95391-9 (0-307-95391-2)

May 14, 2013 | $27.00



If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.

And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.

Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you see at every UFC match, spinning around and roaring into the microphone and...

Mickey and Willie

Hardcover | 496 pages | Crown Archetype | Sports & Recreation - Baseball - History; Biography & Autobiography - Sports
978-0-307-71648-4 (0-307-71648-1)

May 14, 2013 | $32.00



Acclaimed sportswriter Allen Barra exposes the uncanny parallels--and lifelong friendship--between two of the greatest baseball players ever to take the field.

Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light-years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age and almost the same size, and they came to New York at the same...

Mr. Hornaday's War

Trade Paperback | pages | Beacon Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Biography & Autobiography; History - United States
978-0-8070-0638-2 (0-8070-0638-6)

May 14, 2013 | $19.00



He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he began as a taxidermist and an adventurer who tracked tigers in Borneo with friendly headhunters...

Next

Trade Paperback | 384 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Biography & Autobiography
978-0-7710-6919-2 (0-7710-6919-7)

May 14, 2013 | $22.00

One of the great Canadian actors of his generation, Gordon Pinsent has worked in theatre, and on film and television, for more than six decades. In this compelling and candid, engaging and entertaining memoir, Pinsent shares career highlights - including roles in Quentin Durgens, M.P., The Rowdyman, John and the Missus,...

Robert Oppenheimer

Hardcover | 848 pages | Doubleday | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology; History - United States - 20th Century
978-0-385-50407-2 (0-385-50407-1)

May 14, 2013 | $44.00



Robert Oppenheimer was among the most brilliant and divisive of men. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis in the race to develop the first atomic bomb—a breakthrough that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and that made Oppenheimer the “Father...

Steal the Menu

Hardcover | 256 pages | Knopf | Biography & Autobiography - Culinary; Biography & Autobiography - Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Cooking - History
978-0-307-70094-0 (0-307-70094-1)

May 14, 2013 | $30.00

Four decades of memories from a gastronome who witnessed the food revolution from the (well-provisioned) trenches—a delicious tour through contemporary food history.

When Raymond Sokolov became food editor of The New York Times in 1971, he began a long, memorable career as restaurant critic, food historian, and author. Here he traces...