Anchor imprint: 1481 books
Stealth of Nations
The Global Rise of the Informal Economy
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
• Thousands of Africans head to China each year to buy cell phones, auto parts, and other products that they will import to their home countries through a clandestine global back channel.
• Hundreds of Paraguayan merchants smuggle computers, electronics, and clothing across the border to Brazil.
•...
Life on the Line
One Woman's Tale of Work, Sweat, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2011
"Engaging--. Terrific--. Takes us over the collar line with grace and authority."--The New York Times
As a veteran reporter throughout the "downsizing" years of the auto industry in the United States and Canada, Queens-born Solange De Santis covered her fair share of auto...
Punching Out
One Year in a Closing Auto Plant
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
An elegy—angry, funny, and powerfully detailed—about the slow death of a Detroit auto plant and an American way of life.
How does a country dismantle a century’s worth of its industrial heritage? To answer that question, Paul Clemens investigates the 2006 closing of one of America’s...
It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
My Adventures in Life and Food
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
The daughter of a British Foreign Service officer, Moira Hodgson spent her childhood in many a strange and exotic land. She discovered American food in Saigon, ate wild boar in Berlin, and learned how to prepare potatoes from her eccentric Irish grandmother. Today, Hodgson has a well-deserved reputation...
Sleeping Giant
The Untapped Economic and Political Power of America's New Working Class
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
There was a time when America’s working class was seen as the backbone of the American economy, having considerable political, economic, and moral authority. But the working class we have now—far more female and racially diverse and employed by the fast food, retail, health care, and other service...
Classic Krakauer
"Mark Foo's Last Ride," "After the Fall," and Other Essays from the Vault
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
The gripping articles in Classic Krakauer, originally published in periodicals such as The New Yorker, Outside, and Smithsonian, display the singular investigative reporting that made Jon Krakauer famous—and show why he is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism. Spanning an extraordinary...
by Jon Krakauer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2018
Greg Mortenson, the bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea, is a man who has built a global reputation as a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. But, as Jon Krakauer demonstrates in this extensively researched and penetrating book,...
Sprezzatura
50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A witty, erudite celebration of fifty great Italian cultural achievements that have significantly influenced Western civilization from the authors of What Are the Seven Wonders of the World?
“Sprezzatura,” or the art of effortless mastery, was coined in 1528 by Baldassare Castiglione in...
Edge City
Life on the New Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
First there was downtown. Then there were suburbs. Then there were malls. Then Americans launched the most sweeping change in 100 years in how they live, work, and play. The Edge City.
Free Ride
How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
How did the newspaper, music, and film industries go from raking in big bucks to scooping up digital dimes? Their customers were lured away by the free ride of technology. Now, business journalist Robert Levine shows how they can get back on track.
On the Internet, “information wants to be...
by Robert S. Devine
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Since becoming president, George W. Bush has walked away from the Kyoto Protocol, pushed for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, undermined protections for endangered species and wilderness, and retreated from his campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide. But the president’s agenda...
The Montreal Canadiens
100 Years of Glory
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
National Bestseller
The definitive history of the Montreal Canadiens – to coincide with their Centenary in 2009.
Before there were slapshots, Foster Hewitt, or even an NHL, there were the Canadiens. Founded on December 4, 1909, the team won its first Stanley Cup in 1916. Since then,...
The Breakthrough
Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
In The Breakthrough, veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential victory and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power.
Ifill argues...
Doing What's Right
How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2009
In Doing What's Right, Tavis Smiley shows how each one of us can battle complacency and fight for the causes we support. Smiley is the host of "Black Entertainment Television Tonight with Tavis Smiley," a one-hour nightly talk show that reaches fifty-five million households, and his political...