Ballantine Books imprint: 2188 books
Time Bandit
Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2008
“Many brave hearts are asleep in the deep, so beware, beware,” goes the chorus of an old sailors’ sing-along that celebrates the allure and danger of the seafaring life. But make no mistake–there truly is much to beware for those who are drawn to risk their lives and seek their fortunes upon...
Heartbreak Hotel
An Alex Delaware Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Alex Delaware and LAPD detective Milo Sturgis investigate the death of Alex’s most mysterious patient to date in the sensational new thriller from the master of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman.
At nearly one hundred years...
Just Fall
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn, this sexy and seductive debut novel asks: How can you find out that the person you love is a killer . . . and continue to love him anyway?
THEN
Ellie Larrabee’s life is perfect. She’s thriving at work, living in a fabulous...
The Real Thing
Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
From a Washington Post weddings reporter who’s covered more than two hundred walks down the aisle comes a warm, witty, and wise book about relationships—the mystery, the science, and the secrets of how we find love and make it last.
Ellen McCarthy has explored the complete journey of our...
Everyone Is Beautiful
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
“What a clear-eyed rendering of the grimy, exhausting, beautiful mess that is early motherhood! I laughed, winced in recognition, and cheered wholeheartedly (sometimes out loud) for Lanie as she struggles to learn how to love everyone enough and still give part of herself to herself.”—Marisa...
Classical Music
The 50 Greatest Composers and Their 1,000 Greatest Works
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2011
MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Who are the ten most important classical composers? Who in the world was Palestrina? Why did Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" cause a riot? Which five of each important composer's works should you buy? What is a concerto and how does it differ from...
Who the Hell's in It
Conversations with Hollywood's Legendary Actors
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life. He started out as an actor (he debuted on the stage in his sixth-grade production of Finian’s Rainbow); he watched actors work (he went to the theater every week from...
Essays that Worked for College Applications
50 Essays that Helped Students Get into the Nation's Top Colleges
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Essays that Worked for College Applications offers advice on writing a successful college admissions essay and presents fifty examples.
The competition to get into college has become as intense as the stress caused by the dreaded application procedure—and the most feared part of that process...
Leap!
What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives?
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
Thirty years ago, Sara Davidson wrote the phenomenal bestseller Loose Change, the definitive book about the boomer generation’s coming-of-age. Now this witty social observer has again turned her discerning eye to her contemporaries, with Leap!, a no-holds-barred, illuminating, and hopeful look at...
Aunties
Thirty-Five Writers Celebrate Their Other Mother
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
An aunt is not just another mother—and aunts defy any sort of archetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, from down-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts are smart, others are crazy. Some act bravely, others downright foolish. Now in Ingrid Sturgis’s marvelous...
by Lauren Graham
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Advice for graduates and reflections on staying true to yourself from the beloved Gilmore Girls actress and New York Times bestselling author of the memoir Talking as Fast as I Can and the novel Someday, Someday, Maybe.
“If you’re kicking yourself for not having...
Better
How I Let Go of Control, Held On to Hope, and Found Joy in My Darkest Hour
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An inspiring story of coming back from cancer and learning to cherish every moment.”—People
“I have breast cancer.”** When Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach revealed her shocking diagnosis on live television in November 2013, the seasoned news...
by Larry Beinhart
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
WHODUNIT? YOUDUNIT!
So you want to write a mystery. There's more to it than just a detective, a dead body, and Colonel Mustard in the drawing room with the candlestick. Fortunately, Larry Beinhart--Edgar Award-winning author of You Get What You Pay For, Foreign Exchange, and American Hero--has taken...
by Anne Wilson Schaef
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Anne Wilson Schaef's bestselling Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much invited women to do less and live more. In this wise and graceful sequel to that beloved book, which is also a collection of daily meditations, Schaef encourages us to give up the worries that trouble so many of our lives.
Schaef...