Anchor imprint: 1481 books
Master of Shadows
The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Although his popularity is eclipsed by Rembrandt today, Peter Paul Rubens was revered by his contemporaries as the greatest painter of his era, if not of all history. His undeniable artistic genius, bolstered by a modest disposition and a reputation as a man of tact and discretion, made him a favorite...
The White Death
Tragedy and Heroism in an Avalanche Zone
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
In 1969, five young men from Montana set out to accomplish what no one had before: to scale the sheer north face of Mt. Cleveland, Glacier National Park's tallest mountain, in winter. Two days later tragedy struck: they were buried in an avalanche so deep that their bodies would not be discovered...
The Plato Papers
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
From the imagination of one of the most brilliant writers of our time and bestselling author of The Life of Thomas More, a novel that playfully imagines how the "modern" era might appear to a thinker seventeen centuries hence.
At the turn of the 38th century, London's greatest orator,...
Sting Like a Bee
Muhammad Ali vs. the United States of America, 1966-1971
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
An insightful portrait of Muhammad Ali from the New York Times bestselling author of At the Altar of Speed and The Big Bam. It centers on the cultural and political implications of Ali's refusal of service in the military—and the key moments in a life that was as high profile and transformative...
The Actor's Guide to Creating a Character
William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
William Esper, one of the most celebrated acting teachers of our time, takes us through his step-by-step approach to the central challenge of advanced acting work: creating and playing a character.
Esper’s first book, The Actor’s Art and Craft, earned praise for describing the basics taught...
Hillbilly Women
Struggle and Survival in Southern Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
“This book tells what it means to be a woman when you are poor, when you are proud, and when you are a hillbilly.”
First published in 1973, Skye Moody’s Hillbilly Women shares the stunning and raw oral histories of nineteen women in twentieth-century Southern Appalachia, from their day-to-day...
A Blink of the Screen
Collected Shorter Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
A collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day.
In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world's best-selling and best-loved authors. Here...
Unbowed
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2008
In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Kenya to the world stage. When Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement in 1977, she began a vital poor people’s environmental movement, focused on the empowerment of women, that soon spread...
Trail of Tears
The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2011
A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.
The Cherokee are a...
Shadow Mountain
A Memoir of Wolves, a Woman, and the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
After forming an intense bond with Natasha, a wolf cub she raised as part of her undergraduate research, Renée Askins was inspired to found the Wolf Fund. As head of this grassroots organization, she made it her goal to restore wolves to Yellowstone National Park, where they had been eradicated by...
What You Call Winter
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
Composed of interconnected stories that move within and around a small Catholic community in India, this debut collection heralds the arrival of a graceful, sparkling new voice.
Nine-year-old Marian Almeida covets the green dress her parents have set aside for her birthday, but when her desire...
by Jane Smiley
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume, following Some Luck and Early Warning, of her acclaimed American trilogy—a richly absorbing new novelthat brings the remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond
A lot can happen in one hundred years, as...
The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (15)
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with...
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Her Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
An illuminating portrait of Anne Morrow Lindbergh--loyal wife, devoted mother, pioneering aviator, and critically acclaimed author of the bestselling Gift from the Sea.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh has been one of the most admired women and most popular writers of our time. Her Gift from the Sea is...