Fall River imprint: 140 books

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. —Mother Teresa Sometimes all it takes are the right words at the right moment to change your day, your mind, and even your life. You Will Never Have This Day Again is an inspiring collection of wisdom,...

The Earth is broadcasting a symphony of sound right now . . .Madagascar is home to enormous suicidal palm trees . . .Blacktip sharks can reproduce by virgin birth . . .In this fascinating book, weird, true facts like these reveal just how much freaky stuff really happens around the world. We’ve uncovered...

It’s not easy growing up—sometimes we all need a little help. Best Advice Ever is just that: A collection of wisdom for teens from some of the world’s biggest innovators, thinkers, and celebrities. The quotes are arranged according to themes, including friends, fun, challenges, technology, and,...

The African American experience encompasses a rich array of written and oral wisdom that speaks to every aspect of the human condition. Essential African American Wisdom is a provocative collection of more than 350 quotations from some of the extraordinary black American men and women whose words and...

  Considered by historians as the architect of the modern presidency, Theodore Roosevelt’s life in public service was marked by great intellect, a strong leadership style, and many passionate views.  Though born into wealth and privilege, he fought mightily to overcome life-threatening...

Banshees wail, poltergeists wreak havoc, and specters track bloody trails through the halls of historic manor houses in True Irish Ghost Stories, a chronicle of spirit sightings around the Emerald Isle. Originally published in 1916, this classic compilation was the first to call attention to the legacy...

You do not lead by hitting people over the head—that’s assault, not leadership. —Dwight D. Eisenhower   What would George Washington think of today’s 24-hour news cycle? While the Founding Fathers were strong proponents of a free press, they may have been unnerved at seeing their every gaffe...

A*braham Lincoln: His Essential Wisdom* gathers hundreds of quotations from Lincoln’s letters, speeches, and other writings. The selections are arranged in categories that reflect the stages of Lincoln’s life—from his early years on the frontiers of Kentucky and Indiana through his rise to prominence...

The teachings of Jesus have served as an inspiration to people around the world for over two millennia. In Jesus: His Essential Wisdom, Carol Kelly-Gangi collects hundreds of quotations by Jesus and about his teachings, through which the reasons behind his powerful and life-changing message are made...

Written in 1832, three years before The Life of Henry Brulard (which recounts the author’s boyhood and youth), Memoirs of Egotism forms the essential middle section of Stendhal’s intended autobiography. Along with Journals of Italy, these volumes comprise what André Gide has called one of the truly...

This frank and fascinating book ransacks the remarkable history of forty of Europe's most dumb, deluded, and downright dangerous monarchs, to reveal a legion of kings and queens who have sat upon the pedestal of power and abused it in spectacular style.  The respectability of the royal position is well...

From short-lived celebrity marriages to athlete nicknames, here is a trivia book that eclipses all others. It isn't useless information, nor is it the conventional trivia that you might expect to find anywhere else.  In short, it is all the stuff that you didn't even know that you wanted to know. Fortunately...

In times of trouble, and even when things are going well, we can all benefit from an encouraging word or hopeful advice. Optimistic words of wisdom from people who have themselves risen to positions ofprominence are often all it takes to remind us of life’s simple joys—and the possibility of triumphing...

Did you hear that Pope Francis endorsed Trump? Or that you have to pay to perform “Happy Birthday to You” in public? How about that the Soviet Union once banned microwaves out of fear that they were spreading diseases? These are all totally true things!* Everyone is saying so. There’s...