Bloomsbury Usa imprint: 1683 books
On the Trail of Genghis Khan
An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition
The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were the Mongols of the thirteenth century – a small tribe, which, under the charismatic leadership of...
The Emperor Far Away
Travels at the Edge of China
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
In 1949, Mao Zedong announced the birth of the People's Republic of China, a proclamation to the world that, after centuries of war and social conflict, China had emerged as one nation. Since then, this idea has been propagated by broadcasts of marches and mass demonstrations of unity, designed for...
Cool Gray City of Love
49 Views of San Francisco
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Cool, Gray City of Love brings together an exuberant combination of personal insight, deeply researched history, in-depth reporting, and lyrical prose to create an unparalleled portrait of San Francisco. Each of its 49 chapters explores a specific site or intersection in the city, from the mighty...
Trip of the Tongue
Cross-Country Travels in Search of America's Languages
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Though we speak English as a nation, it's no secret that America is far from uniform. Spanish, in particular, has long been touted as the language that will figure into our national future; much has been written about the need to recognize it in our laws and schools.
Yet billing America as...
I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski
Life, The Big Lebowski, and What Have You
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
LOOK INSIDE THE BOOK
First released in 1998, the Coen brothers' The Big Lebowski flopped at the box office. But over the past nine years the movie has developed a massive and passionate cult following, led by the creation of Lebowski Fest, a traveling festival of all things Lebowski. Held in a bowling...
by Ross King
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art--The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point personally and professionally: at 43, in an era...
The Tall Book
A Celebration of Life from on High
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
The Tall Book is a celebration of the tall-advantaged, which notes and explores the myriad benefits that come with living large--from the simple pleasures of being able to see over crowds at a parade, to the professional joys of earning more money, and having others perceive you as a natural leader....
On Moving
A Writer's Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
When acclaimed memoirist and scholar Louise DeSalvo sold the house she and her husband had raised their children in and moved to a beautiful new home in Montclair, New Jersey, she was shocked to discover a rash of unexpected emotions interfering with her plans. Suddenly the old, cramped house was...
Cavalier
A Tale of Chivalry, Passion, and Great Houses
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2008
William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He was both courageous and cultured. His passions were architecture, horses, and women. And, along with the whole courtly world of King Charles I and his cavaliers, he was doomed to failure.
Cavendish was a master of manège (the art of teaching...
City Boy
My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2009
In the New Y ork of the 1970s, in the wake of Stonewall and in the midst of economic collapse, you might find the likes of Jasper Johns and William Burroughs at the next cocktail party, and you were as likely to be caught arguing Marx at the New York City Ballet as cruising for sex in the warehouses...
Last Ape Standing
The Seven-Million-Year Story of How and Why We Survived
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Over the past 150 years scientists have discovered evidence that at least twenty-seven species of humans evolved on planet Earth. These weren't simply variations on apes, but upright-walking humans who lived side by side, competing, cooperating, sometimes even mating with our direct ancestors. Why...
by Justin Racz
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
Tired of watching your man play X-Box all day? Does he cruise match.com when you're not home? When he takes you back to his place, does his mother answer the door? 50 Boyfriends Worse Than Yours is a hilarious collection of these painfully familiar boyfriends, men we've all had the misfortune to meet.
There's...
by Justin Racz
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
We've all had bad days: lost our keys, broken a nail, missed a train. Some days, however, are much worse than others, as Justin Racz proves in this hilarious new addition to the smash hit Worse Than Yours series. Collecting fifty of the most memorable "bad days," this outrageous book catalogs everything...
Casanova's Women
The Great Seducer and the Women He Loved
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2011
Told from the perspective of his innumerable sexual conquests,
Casanova's Women renders a vivid flesh-and-blood portrait of the famed
philanderer, clearing away the myth while illuminating the lives of the
women who have too long languished in the shadows. The
eighteenth-century Venetian adventurer...