Grove Press imprint: 1036 books
by William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
In the summer of 1944, a shocking murder rocked the fledgling Beats. William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, both still unknown, we inspired by the crime to collaborate on a novel, a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and brutality, with scenes...
The Old Ball Game
How John McGraw, Christy Mathewson, and the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The legendary NPR sports commentator and Sports Illustrated journalist retells the story of an unusual friendship between two towering figures in baseball history.
At the turn of the twentieth century, Christy Mathewson was one of baseball’s first superstars. Over six feet tall, clean cut,...
by Thad Ziolkowski
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
In this wry and exhilarating coming-of-age story, a prizewinning poet poignantly looks back at his adolescent surfing years.
As a disenchanted, unemployed English professor, Thad Ziolkowski decides one day to sneak away from his temp job in Manhattan and catch a wave off a dingy Queens shoreline....
Not a Happy Camper
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2008
A “hilarious” memoir of the author’s terrible, and wonderful, summer at a Maine sleepaway camp in 1974 (The Wall Street Journal).
For eight unforgettable weeks at Camp Kin-a-Hurra, thirteen-year-old Mindy Schneider and her eccentric band of friends—including Autumn Evening Schwartz, the...
A Flock of Fools
Ancient Buddhist Tales of Wisdom and Laughter from the One Hundred Parable Sutra
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
One hundred illuminating tales of the foibles and follies of everyday fools, this elegant, humorous, and masterful little book of wisdom is a welcome addition to the Buddhist canon "The One Hundred Parable Sutra" is known as the most humorous sutra in all of Buddhist literature. Here, Kazuaki Tanahashi,...
by Val McDermid
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A must-read collection of stories by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid, “one of the bright lights of the mystery field” (The Washington Post**).**
Val McDermid’s novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book of the Year Award and the Crime Writers’ Association’s Gold Dagger and Cartier...
The Pyramids
The Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A “richly illustrated . . . engaging, lucid account” of Ancient Egyptian Pyramids, what we know about them now, what we don’t, and what is still debated today (Kirkus Reviews).
Hailed by Science News as “the new seminal text,” The Pyramids is a comprehensive record of Egypt’s most...
The Race for the Triple Crown
Horses, High Stakes & Eternal Hope
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“In crisp, elegant prose, Drape captures his subjects and their sport as they wind through a wildly eventful season of racing.” —Laura Hillenbrand, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Seabiscuit
Rich in detail and crackling with wit, The Race for the Triple Crown is a personal narrative...
by Alexandra Gray
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Dissatisfied with her job as a pharmaceutical rep and struggling with the decline of her long-term relationship, Grace, a well-heeled Londoner, uses yoga class to unwind, reflect, and momentarily transcend her earthly dilemmas. While pitching her company’s latest antidepressant to the disarming Dr....
Doctor Dealer
The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From the # 1 New York Times–bestselling author of Black Hawk Down: The “shocking” story of the country’s unlikeliest drug kingpin (The Baltimore Sun).
By the early 1980s, Larry Lavin had everything going for him. He was a bright, charismatic young man who rose from working-class roots...
I Don't Care if We Never Get Back
30 Games in 30 Days on the Best Worst Baseball Road Trip Ever
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Two friends take a wild month-long road trip to hit every Major League Baseball stadium in America: “A fun ride” (The Boston Globe).
Ben, a sports analytics wizard, loves baseball. Eric, his best friend, hates it. But when Ben writes an algorithm for the optimal baseball road trip, an impossible...
by Will Self
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
What is there is only a limited amount of sanity in the world and the real reason people go mad is because somebody has to? What if a mysterious tribe in the Amazon rainforest turn out to be the most boring people on earth? What if the afterlife is nothing more than a London suburb, where the dead...
Beyond the Game
The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Fifteen compelling stories from the acclaimed Sports Illustrated correspondent who’s been hailed as one of America’s finest sportswriters.
Gary Smith’s sportswriting stands among the best journalism being written today. His award-winning stories shatter the confines of traditional sports...
by Samuel Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. Endgame, originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered...