Grove Press imprint: 1036 books
Tribes with Flags
Adventure and Kidnap in Greater Syria
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
The ABC News correspondent’s riveting chronicle of his journey through the Middle East—and being held hostage by pro-Iranian terrorists in Beirut.
A New York Times Notable Book—with an introduction by the author.
On June 18, 1987, Charles Glass was kidnapped by pro-Iranian terrorists in...
The Poker Bride
The First Chinese in the Wild West
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This true story of a concubine and the Gold Rush years “delves deep into the soul of the real old west” (Erik Larson).
“Once the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill launched our ‘national madness,’ the population of California exploded. Tens of thousands of Chinese, lured by tales of...
by Fergus Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“[A] searing story of France’s attempt to colonize the vast Sahara desert and of two unforgettable men who dedicated their lives to the effort.” —Rob Mitchell, The Boston Herald
Whether writing of the Alps, the high seas, or the North Pole, Fergus Fleming has won acclaim as one of today’s...
Red Star over China
The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“A historical classic” that brings Mao Tse-tung, the Long March, and the Chinese revolution to vivid life (Foreign Affairs).
Journalist Edgar Snow was the first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936—and out of his up-close experience came this historical...
Bullwhip Days
The Slaves Remember
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2014
“Twenty-nine oral histories and additional excerpts, selected from 2000 interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s for a WPA Federal Writers Project, document the conditions of slavery that . . . lie at the root of today’s racism.” —Publishers Weekly
In the 1930s, the Works...
Palestine
History of a Lost Nation
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
[Sabbagh’s] memoir offers a vital yet unfamiliar perspective on the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a heartfelt, judicious invitation to dialogue.” -Publishers WeeklyPalestinians feature regularly in news headlines, but their country is much less known. In this humane and deeply compelling...
Forensics
What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Bestselling author of Broken Ground “offers fascinating glimpses” into the real world of criminal forensics from its beginnings to the modern day (The Boston Globe).
The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them....
Guests of the Ayatollah
The Iran Hostage Crisis: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down delivers a “suspenseful and inspiring” account of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 (The Wall Street Journal).
On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah Khomeini,...
by Jonathan Miles
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2008
A “thrilling . . . captivating” account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanic—a tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art (The Boston Globe).
In June 1816, the Medusa set sail. Commanded by an incompetent captain, the frigate ran aground off the desolate...
Here I Am
The Story of Tim Hetherington, War Photographer
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
“Not only does Huffman bring Tim back to life . . . but he also leads us through some of the most harrowing combat of our generation” (Sebastian Junger, New York Times–bestselling author of Tribe).
Tim Hetherington (1970–2011) was one of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated...
by Cherie Burns
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“Before there was the Perfect Storm, there was the Great Hurricane of 1938. A riveting and wonderfully written account.” —Nathaniel Philbrick
On the night of September 21, 1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There was no mention of any severe weather. By...
Native
Dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian Life
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Sayed Kashua has been praised by the New York Times as a master of subtle nuance in dealing with both Arab and Jewish society.” An Arab-Israeli who lived in Jerusalem for most of his life, Kashua started writing with the hope of creating one story that both Palestinians and Israelis could relate...
The Story of Tibet
Conversations with the Dalai Lama
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“A memorable and vivid history lesson about a remote mysterious place that, in terms of its sheer survival, has implications for our own lives.” —The Times-Picayune
Over the course of three years, journalist Thomas Laird spent more than sixty hours with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in...
by Bob Shacochis
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2010
“Every war brings forth one perfect book. . . . Now we have The Immaculate Invasion, the masterpiece of the 1994 US assault on and occupation of Haiti.” —Chicago Tribune
Widely celebrated upon its original publication in 1999, National Book Award winning writer Bob Shacochis’s The Immaculate...