Ryan: 4123 books
Tales of a First-Round Nothing
My Life as an NHL Footnote
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Terry Ryan was poised to take the hockey world by storm when he was selected eighth overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1995 NHL draft, their highest draft pick in a decade. Expected to go on to become a hockey star, Ryan played a total of eight NHL games for the Canadiens, scoring no goals and...
Trail Blazer
My Life as an Ultra-distance Runner
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
What does it take to run a six-day race through the world’s harshest deserts? Or 100 miles in a single day at altitudes that would leave you breathless just walking? More than that, though: what is it like to win these races? South Africa’s ultra-trail-running superstar Ryan Sandes has done just...
by Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2015
Minimalism is the thing that gets us past the things so we can make room for life's most important things—which actually aren't things at all.
At age 30, best friends Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus walked away from their six-figure corporate careers, jettisoned most of their...
by Ryan Adams
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Poetry from “one of America’s most consistently interesting singer/songwriters” (Stephen King).
Fans who have enjoyed the lyrics and music on such albums as Cardinology, Easy Tiger, and Prisoner, or hit songs including “When the Stars Go Blue,” know that Ryan Adams is a poet at heart....
The Road to Omaha
Hits, Hopes, and History at the College World Series
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Every summer, college baseball teams from around the nation come to Omaha, Nebraska, to play pure move-the-man-over, run-manufacturing baseball in a series that's part college bowl game, part county fair. In the spirit of 3 Nights in August and The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, veteran sports...
No One Told Me Not to Do This
Selected Screenprints, 2009-2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
Akashic has been successful with Ryan's two previous art books. In fact, we published an updated version of his first book, so we have succeeded with three different launches for Jay Ryan.
Book's introduction written by renowned illustrator Aaron Horkey.
Ryan is one of the leading underground...
Wait, What?
And Life's Other Essential Questions
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
New York Times Bestseller
“What, What? is a welcome—and joyful—reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely.”
** ****—**Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life?
Based on the...
by Alan Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
A lucid introduction to the philosophical complexities and the practical limits of the political thought of Karl Marx.
When Karl Marx was buried at Highgate Cemetery in North London in 1883, his longtime friend and collaborator, Friedrich Engels, remarked that he was "above all a revolutionary."...
by Jack Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
"This is the most action packed book by Jack Ryan yet! With explosions from the first sentence, this fast-paced, high-altitude short thriller will have you reaching for the oxygen mask." - Jane Ryan
When David receives a menacing phone call on board flight 69, he is told that the...
The Presidency in Black and White
My Up-Close View of Four Presidents and Race in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
2016 NAACP Image Award Nominee, Essence Top 10 books of 2015, African American Literary Show Inc. 2015 Best Non Fiction Award
When the award-winning The Presidency in Black and White first appeared, readers were captivated by journalist April Ryan’s compelling behind-the-scenes look at race...
by Wayne Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
There’s no question that law enforcement officers are under intense scrutiny. In high-profile Canadian cases like Robert Dziekanski and Willie Pickton, police are blamed by a critical public and the media for everything from excessive use of force to allowing criminals to get away with murder. In Souls...
Sevens Heaven
The Beautiful Chaos of Fijis Olympic Dream: WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018
The uplifting, feel-good autobiography of Ben Ryan, the coach of the Olympic gold-medal winning Fijian rugby team
It is late summer 2013. Ben Ryan, a red-haired, 40-something, spectacle-wearing Englishman, is given 20 minutes...
Soaring on Your Strengths
Discover, Use, and Brand Your Best Self for Career Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Robin Ryan’s groundbreaking new book is designed to help readers take advantage of a paradigm shift in the workplace. Instead of hiring or promoting generally qualified people and improving their weaknesses, companies are now looking for workers who have the strengths that match particular jobs....
This Year I Will...
How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2006
Learn the secret to making changes that stick
Every so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, get organized, start saving, or stop worrying –but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn’t have to be that way. In This Year I Wil . . .l, bestselling author M.J. Ryan...