O Connor: 968 books
Pineapple
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Poet Charles Lamb described the pineapple as “too ravishing for moral taste . . . like lovers’ kisses she bites—she is a pleasure bordering on pain, from fierceness and insanity of her relish.” From the moment Christopher Columbus discovered it on a Caribbean island in 1493, the pineapple...
Seaweed
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Some might be put off by its texture, aroma, or murky origins, but the fact of the matter is seaweed is one of the oldest human foods on earth. And prepared the right way, it can be absolutely delicious. Long a staple in Asian cuisines, seaweed has emerged on the global market as one of our new superfoods,...
by Varley O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Praise for the Previous Novels of Varley O’Connor
“Thoroughly researched and lively.” —Vogue
“Elegantly wrought, hardheaded, and tenderhearted.” —Michael Chabon
“Honesty and compassion inform every page, and there are passages so musical and full of grace they...
Black Tiger at Le Mans
The Black Tiger Series, #3
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2018
The third of six sports-car racing stories about Woody Hartford, a young racing enthusiast, and his car—the Black Tiger.
Woody Hartford, already winner of the Mexican Road Race with his Black Tiger, doesn't want to race any more. It's too dangerous. He's got a wife now and a baby on the way....
by Joseph O'Connor
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 25, 2015
EDIZIONE SPECIALE DIGITALE, CONTIENE I LINK ALL’ESCLUSIVA PLAYLIST SU SPOTIFY PER ASCOLTARE LE CANZONI ALL’INTERNO DEL TESTO. LA STORIA SENTIMENTALE DI UNA STREPITOSA ROCK BAND, DAL TRAVOLGENTE RACCONTO DELL’ASCESA FINO ALLA NOTTE CHE CAMBIERA’ TUTTO. «*O’Connor scrive con una passione...
Lazy B
Growing Up on a Cattle Ranch in the American Southwest
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2002
**The remarkable story of Sandra Day O’Connor’s family and early life, her journey to adulthood in the American Southwest that helped make her the woman she is today: the first female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and one of the most powerful women in America.
“A charming memoir about...
The Captain
The Journey of Derek Jeter
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Every spring, Little Leaguers across the country mimic his stance and squabble over the right to wear his number, 2, the next number to be retired by the world’s most famous ball team. Derek Jeter is their hero. He walks in the footsteps of Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle, and someday his shadow...
The Habit of Being
Letters of Flannery O'Connor
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1988
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Special Award
"I have come to think that the true likeness of Flannery O'Connor will be painted by herself, a self-portrait in words, to be found in her letters . . . There she stands, a phoenix risen from her own words: calm, slow, funny, courteous,...
Half World
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
A “beautiful literary thriller” (Los Angeles Review of Books) inspired by the shocking history of a secret CIA mind-control program, Half World is “the perfect book for our present moment” (The Daily Beast).
In the 1950s the CIA began a decades-long clandestine operation, known as Project...
Olympians: Hermes
Tales of the Trickster
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
The New York Times bestselling series continues as author/artist George O’Connor focuses on Hermes, the trickster god in Olympians: Hermes: Tales of the Trickster.
In volume ten of Olympians, George O’Connor delves into the myth of Hermes, the trickster god. From his infancy, when he bewitches...
The Lady in Gold
The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Bloch-Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
The spellbinding story, part fairy tale, part suspense, of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, one of the most emblematic portraits of its time; of the beautiful, seductive Viennese Jewish salon hostess who sat for it; the notorious artist who painted it; the now vanished turn-of-the-century...
Belichick
The Making of the Greatest Football Coach of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The definitive biography of the NFL’s most enigmatic, controversial, and yet successful coach
Bill Belichick is perhaps the most fascinating figure in the NFL—the infamously dour face of one of the winningest franchises in sports. As head coach of the...
Growing Up So High
A Liberties Boyhood
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Seán O'Connor was born in Francis Street, in the Liberties of Dublin, a neighbourhood famous over the centuries for the sturdy independence of its people.
Now, in this evocative and affectionate book, he recollects the unique and colourful district of his childhood: the neighbours who lived there,...
Rewire
Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
A refreshing guide to becoming a healthier, happier self.
We humans tend to get in our own way time and time again—whether it comes to not speaking up for ourselves, going back to bad romantic partners, dieting for the umpteenth try, or acting on any of a range of bad habits we just can’t...