Marc: 4072 books
The Emotional Lives of Animals
A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Based on award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff’s years studying social communication in a wide range of species, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest...
Hammerjack
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
In this dark, futuristic thriller, Marc Giller defines the cutting edge of suspense with a relentless tale of murder, techno-terrorism, and a conspiracy one man is driven to uncover—even if he must undo reality in the process. . . .
They ride virtual waves of code and pirate high-tech secrets...
Mixed Martial Arts
An Interactive Guide to the World of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
The first Mixed Martial Arts book to be featured in the new, exciting, and completely original Sports by the Numbers series!
THE SPORT: The short and tumultuous history of the UFC and modern Mixed Martial Arts is one of the greatest stories in all of sports. From its spectacular beginnings...
Walt Disney
Hollywood's Dark Prince
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Based on four years of intense research and exclusive interviews with numerous associates, friends and relations of Disney, Marc Eliot’s explosive book presents the dark side of Walt Disney. From his 25 year association with the FBI as an informant rooting our Communists, subversives and Jews, to his...
What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Screenwriters have always been viewed as Hollywood’s stepchildren. Silent-film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett forbade his screenwriters from writing anything down, for fear they’d get inflated ideas about themselves as creative artists. The great midcentury director John Ford was known to answer...
Nicholson
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
THE GROUNDBREAKING NEW BIOGRAPHY OF A MAN WITH ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC AND FASCINATING CAREERS—AND LIVES—IN HOLLYWOOD.
For five decades, Jack Nicholson has been part of film history. With twelve Oscar nominations to his credit and legendary roles in films like Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces,...
Poseur
A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Marc Spitz assumed that if he lived like his literary and rock ’n’ roll heroes, he would become a great artist, too. He conveniently overlooked the fact that many of them died young, broke, and miserable. In his candid, wistful, touching, and hilarious memoir, Poseur, the music journalist, playwright,...
Inside the Not So Big House
Discovering the Details that Bring a Home to Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Best-selling author of The Not So Big House Sarah Susanka teams up with architectural design writer Marc Vassallo to expand upon the message that has resonated with over a million homeowners and builders across the country: opting for personalized, well-crafted, thoughtfully designed spaces over superfluous...
Steve McQueen
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Steve McQueen is one of America’s legendary movie stars best known for his hugely successful film career in classics such as The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Thomas Crown Affair, Bullitt, and The Towering Inferno as well asfor his turbulent life off-screen and impeccable style. His unforgettable...
Anatomy of a Song
The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
“A winning look at the stories behind 45 pop, punk, folk, soul and country classics” in the words of Mick Jagger, Stevie Wonder, Cyndi Lauper and more (The Washington Post).
Every great song has a fascinating backstory. And here, writer and music historian Marc Myers brings to life five decades...
Wizard:
The Life and Times of Nikolas Tesla
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
“The story of one of the most prolific, independent, and iconoclastic inventors of this century . . . fascinating.”--Scientific American
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), credited as the inspiration for radio, robots, and even radar, has been called the patron saint of modern electricity. Based...
by Marc Wilder
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
When the rich embark on a multi-million pound superyacht, there are only three things on the brain: sun, sea and sex. But what really goes on when the yacht sets sail?T he superyacht industry is booming. A couple of hundred thousand dollars a week will buy you an itinerary with exotic ports of call...
Emotional Branding
The New Paradigm for Connecting Brands to People
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2010
Emotional Branding is the best selling revolutionary business book that has created a movement in branding circles by shifting the focus from products to people. The 10 Commandments of Emotional Branding” have become a new benchmark for marketing and creative professionals, emotional branding...
The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight
Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote, and the New Journalism Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
. . . In Cold Blood, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The Armies of the Night . . .
Starting in 1965 and spanning a ten-year period, a group of writers including Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion,...