New York Times bestselling author and Emmy-nominated broadcaster Ron Darling has played with or reported on just about everybody who has put on a MLB uniform since 1983, in this new book, he knits together a collection of wild, wise, and wistful baseball stories that connect America’s game to the men who played it, reflecting the full arc of Darling’s life in and around our national pastime.
This debut from ESPN Magazine senior writer Wright Thompson, is a collection of his explorations with sports-world notables who reached or are nearing the ends of their careers. Through relentless research and interviews, Wright digs deep into stories with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods as well as many lesser known but amazing athletes, coaches and other compelling characters.
Howard Stern said he would never write another book. But I guess when you have a built-in audience and one of the world’s most wide-reaching platforms to promote a product, well… how could he resist. 20 years after his best selling Private Parts, we are treated to Comes Again, which will focus more on Howard’s interviews and less on his rise to radio supremacy.
Gianni Russo was a handsome 25-year-old actual mobster with no acting experience when he walked onto the set of The Godfather and entered Hollywood history. He played Carlo Rizzi, the husband of Connie Corleone, who set her brother Sonny up for a hit. Hollywood Godfather is Russo’s over-the-top memoir; the story of a life lived on the edge between danger and glamour.
The Perfect Predator is a nail-biting medical mystery, the story of authors—Epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee and her husband, psychologist Tom Patterson, who brought a deadly stomach bug back from their Egyptian vacation—one that turned out to be among the most dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacterias in the world. The amazing story of the technique employed to save Tom’s life is worthy of a book. And this is it.
Drug Warrior is the story of fabled DEA Agent Jack Riley’s decades-long hunt for the world’s most wanted drug lord—Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera. Set against the rise of modern international drug trafficking and America’s spiraling opioid epidemic, it is a riveting memoir of life inside the drug wars, and a never-before-seen glimpse of the inner-workings of the DEA.
Written by the NYT best-selling author of Dodge City, Tom Clavin, Wild Bill is The definitive true story of Wild Bill Hickok, the first lawman of the Wild West. The book chronicles his life as a frontier soldier, Union spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, actor, and ladies man. A fabled character who crossed paths with mythical cowboy-era legends like General Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody, as well as Ben Thompson and other young toughs who were gunning for the sheriff with the quickest draw west of the Mississippi.
New York Times best-selling author Max Hastings spent the past three years interviewing scores of soldiers, officials, and participants on both sides of the decades-long Vietnam war—Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls, and Hanoi students alongside infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, and Huey pilots from Arkansas. He also researched a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle.
With incredible inside access, New York Times best selling author John Feinstein built this story around five NFL icons: Alex Smith, Andrew Luck, Joe Flacco, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Doug Williams. In Quarterback, readers hear first-hand tales of the spectacular moments and embarrassing defeats, the controversies, politics, and players experience. A must read for true fans of the game.
Best-selling biographer Lee Server has delivered another badass book. This time, the incredible biography of the legendary figure at the center of the century’s darkest secrets: an untold story of golden age Hollywood, modern Las Vegas, JFK-era scandal and international intrigue.
Created by writer Vikki Tobak and featuring a foreword by Questlove, Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop is an inspired collection of photos that span decades of documentation from hip-hop culture. Featuring hundreds of iconic as well as unseen images from photographers like Glen Friedman, Ricky Powell, Lawrence Watson, Angela Boatwright and many more. There are also essays from the likes of DJ Premier, Fab 5 Freddy, and RZA.
Once you figure out how to handle edibles, it’s a welcome alternative to smoking flower. Inspired by the Vice Channel show of the same name, Bong Appétit the cookbook teaches you how to make your own THC-infused meals, dishes, and munchies. It includes 65 easy-to-follow recipes, techniques, and guidance for cooking with cannabis. It’s also packed with great, full-color photos.
Want to know the whole story behind the New England Patriot’s iconic 5X Super Bowl championship coach? Well, this is it. The definitive biography written by Award-winning columnist and New York Times best-selling author Ian O’Connor, presenting sides of Belichick & insights into his character that have been previously unexplored.
Award-winning wildlife photographer Randal Ford has created a unique body of work in this collection of portraits—up close & intimate studio portraits that capture the beauty, power, emotion, and even humor of 150 furry and feathered species. Everything from big cats to rare tropical birds. Available October 2018.
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With the help of a high-pressure waterjet cutter capable of slicing through 4 inches of steel plate, designer and fabricator Mike Warren (creator of the Cut in Half YouTube channel) cuts into everything from boom boxes to boxing gloves, oil filters to seashells, describing and demystifying the inner workings and materials of each. The insides of these and dozens of other objects are revealed & explained in this unique photographic exposé.
Beginning with a single dealer who lands in a small Virginia town and sets about turning high school football stars into heroin overdose statistics, New York Times bestselling author Beth Macy endeavors to answer a grieving mother’s question—why her only son died—and comes away with a harrowing story of greed and need. From the introduction of OxyContin in 1996, Macy chronicles the devastating opioid crisis in America like no book has done before.
Inside North Korea is a collection of more than 300 photos that artfully document and showcase the country’s capital city of Pyonyang—which was completely rebuilt from scratch after the 1953 bombings that leveled it. This collection features eerie images of the communist-focused architecture with insightful captions, as well as an introductory essay where photographer Oliver Wainwright charts the history and development of Pyongyang, explaining how the architecture and interiors embody the national “Juche” ideology and questioning what the future holds for the architectural ambitions of this enigmatic country.
Part history and part comedic memoir, this book channels National Lampoon’s Vacation in a nostalgic look at the golden age of family road trips—a bygone era before cheap air travel, portable DVD players, iPods, and Google Maps.
With Red Card, Ken Bensinger has penned the definitive story on the FIFA scandal—one of the biggest international corruption cases in the modern age. Profiling the people at the center of the scandal, and the US investigators that ultimately brought it down, Bensinger reveals that nearly every aspect of the planet’s favorite sport was corrupted by bribes, kickbacks, fraud, and money laundering.
Four-time Emmy winner Mike Reiss—who has worked on The Simpsons continuously since episode one in 1989—shares stories, scandals, and gossip about working with America’s most iconic cartoon family ever. Reiss explains how the episodes are created, and provides an inside look at the show’s writers, animators, actors and celebrity guests. He answers a range of questions from Simpsons fans and die-hards, and reminisces about the making of perennially favorite episodes. If you’re A Simpson super fan, it’s required reading this summer.
