Doubleday imprint: 393 books
The UN Gang
A Memoir of Incompetence, Corruption, Espionage, Anti-Semitism and Islamic Extremism at the UN Secretariat
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005
On the day Pedro Sanjuan moved into his new office at the UN Secretariat in 1984, he had the foresight to unscrew his telephone receiver. Out fell a little packet of high-grade cocaine. When he confronted the undersecretary to the chief Soviet diplomat—really a KGB colonel and the top Russian spy—the...
by Rex Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
A cornucopia of comment from Canada’s most opinionated man — a man seen, read, and listened to by millions of Canadians each week.
Canada’s most distinctive commentator presents his fearless and thought-provoking views on a head-spinning range of subjects, from Dr. Johnson’s greatness...
Parking the Moose
One American's Epic Quest to Uncover His Incredible Canadian Roots
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots--and melts your face with joy.
There's an idea most Americans tend to learn as children. The idea that their country is the "best." But this never stuck with Dave Hill, even though he was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His grandfather,...
Overture
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
A beautifully written, strikingly accomplished debut novel about love, music, and the complex relationship between mothers and daughters —at once a captivating glimpse into lives lived passionately and a subtle exploration of the nature of genius, it is the perfect book for fans of Bel Canto and...
What a Difference a Dog Makes
Big Lessons on Life, Love and Healing from a Small Pooch
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
A must-read for every dog lover—a short, tender, and uplifting tale of a cancer survivor and the life lessons shared with him by his beloved family dog.
Our dogs come into our lives as “just the family pet,” but before we know it they become drinking buddies and fuzzy shrinks, playmates...
by Oppi Untracht
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2011
The definitive reference for jewelry makers of all levels of ability--a complete, profusely illustrated guide to design, materials, and techniques, as well as a fascinating exploration of jewelry-making throughout history.
Good Medicine
The Art of Ethical Care in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Award-winning physician Philip C. Hébert creates a brave and intimate portrait of the complex ethical imperatives at the heart of good medicine: doctors do not have all the answers; patients must be heard; and their needs, desires, fears, and experiences must be reflected in how practitioners look...
Gods of the Upper Air
How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
**“Elegant and kaleidoscopic . . . This looks to be the perfect moment for King’s resolutely humane book.”
—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times
“Captivating.”
—NPR.org
From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology and the...
The Erotic Engine
How Pornography has Powered Mass Communication, from Gutenberg to Google
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Pornography: The force for change that has been written out of the history of world culture.
From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication. And in so doing, it has helped to...
by Morey Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The story of Ruth Simmons, who while under hypnosis recants the story of the life of Bridey Murphy under the care of one of the leading hypnotherapist of the day.
by Merlin Stone
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Here, archaeologically documented,is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women’s roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in women’s status.
Believeniks!
2005: The Year We Wrote a Book About the Mets
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
**Critic Ivan Felt and poet Harris Conklin are the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza of baseball fandom. Or, perhaps, the Felix and Oscar of baseball fandom. Or the Pollock and de Kooning. Or the Bugs and Daffy.
The New York Mets are, of course, the New York Mets of baseball.**
In 2005, Felt...
by Bernard Rudofsky
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
An appreciative and unsparing look at Japan by an unusually perceptive and intelligent traveler and student of life and human nature, who lived for two years with the Japanese, far from the tourist route.
Summerlings
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2019
**An Amazon Best of the Month pick
"As a boy my first literary hero was Tom Sawyer, and ever since I've enjoyed the misadventures and romps of kids loose in the summertime. Summerlings is a story rich in local color, humor, outrageous characters, and with a wicked plot."--John Grisham
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