Grove Press imprint: 1036 books
A Fighter's Heart
One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2008
This “whirling, no-holds-barred,” national bestselling memoir of mixed martial arts by the author of The Fighter’s Mind is “adrenaline-addled and addictive” (Playboy).
In A Fighter’s Heart, former merchant marine and Harvard graduate Sam Sheridan shares a “fascinating” first-person...
Good Value
Reflections on Money, Morality and an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
“An unusual and thoughtful disquisition on how to conduct oneself in a world of high finance and ambition.” —The Wall Street Journal
A Financial Times Book of the Year
Can one be both an ethical person and an effective businessperson? As an ordained priest and former bank chairman, Stephen...
Scripts People Live
Transactional Analysis of Life Scripts
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A “stimulating and thought-provoking” guide to help you make productive and autonomous choices toward rewriting your life (Los Angeles Times).
We choose a “life script” at an early age. But you can change its course. Whether born into wealth or poverty, into nurturing families or damaged...
by P. J. O'Rourke
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
The #1 New York Times–bestselling political humorist reads Adam Smith’s classic economic treatise—so you don’t have to.
Recognized almost instantly on its publication in 1776 as the fundamental work of economics, The Wealth of Nations was also recognized as really long. The original edition...
The Long Emergency
Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A “frightening and important” look at our unsustainable future (Time Out Chicago).
A controversial hit that has sparked debate among business leaders, environmentalists, and others, The Long Emergency is an eye-opening look at the unprecedented challenges we face in the years ahead, as oil...
Leisureville
Adventures in a World Without Children
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2009
This revealing profile “disappears down the rabbit hole [into] the largest gated retirement community in the world” and what it discovers is “fascinating” (The New York Times).
When his next-door neighbors pick up and move from New England to an age-restricted “active adult” development...
Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner
The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
A “funny and fascinating” cultural history about one of our favorite pastimes: eating (The Village Voice).
This is a delightful and intelligent look at the food we eat, with a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways we do it.
Presented like a meal, each chapter of Since Eve...
by John Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A “vastly entertaining” history of urban centers—from the ancient world to today (Time).
From the earliest example in the Ancient Near East to today’s teeming centers of compressed existence, such as Mumbai and Tokyo, cities are home to half the planet’s population and consume nearly...
by John O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From the author of Leaving Las Vegas, “a sensitive and understated novel” about a lonely law clerk yearning for human connection (Booklist).
Here is the simple life of Carroll, a middle-aged, unmarried, friendless man whose only joy is watching beautiful women dance. Terribly shy and unable...
Asian Godfathers
Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
The author of How Asia Works follows the money. “Alarming . . . enlightening . . . Joe Studwell should be named chief myth buster for Asian business” (Financial Times).
Hong Kong and Southeast Asia are home to five hundred million people, yet their economies are dominated by only fifty...
The Weather Makers
How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The #1 international bestseller on climate change that’s been endorsed by policy makers, scientists, writers, and energy executives around the world.
Tim Flannery’s The Weather Makers contributed in bringing the topic of global warming to worldwide prominence. For the first time, a scientist...
How to DJ Right
The Art and Science of Playing Records
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
DJs have gone from being underpaid live jukeboxes to becoming premier entertainers, producers, businessmen, and musicians capable of commanding admiration from thousands and earning serious money. Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the definitive history of the DJ....
World Hunger
10 Myths
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
“The definitive solutions-based book for all those questioning why hunger still exists when there is such an abundance of food.” —The Huffington Post, “Food Tank’s 2015 Recommended Fall Reading List”
From bestselling authors Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins comes the twenty-first...
by Bruce Jay Friedman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
This classic comic novel about a midlife man whose life is spiraling out of control is a “heartbreaking delight . . . Nothing less than a joy” (The Washington Post Book World).
Screenwriter Harry Towns, a bicoastal playboy with a broken marriage and a child he rarely sees, has been reveling...