Open Road Media imprint: 6782 books
Chasing Shadows
Memoirs of a Sixties Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
CHASING SHADOWS tells the story of a young man who pays a heavy price for pursuing his own dream. When he announces that he intends to be a poet instead of a doctor, his working class family thinks he’s gone crazy. They send him to psychiatrists who shoot electricity though his brain, warn him that...
The True Joy of Positive Living
An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
The inspiring autobiography of the world-renowned minister and revered self-help giant whose positive thinking techniques have bettered the lives of millions of people
In his 95 years, Norman Vincent Peale made a profound difference. The son of a minister in Lynchburg, Ohio, he went on to preach...
by James MacGregor Burns
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian examines transformational leaders from Moses to Machiavelli to Martin Luther King Jr. in this “impressive book” (The Washington Post).
Historian and political scientist James MacGregor Burns has spent much of his career documenting the use and misuse...
Orwell
The Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Winner of the Whitbread Biography Award: A “profoundly moving [and] definitive” portrait of George Orwell, author of 1984 and larger-than-life literary genius (The Daily Telegraph).
It was not easy to bury George Orwell. After a lifetime of iconoclasm, during which he professed no interest...
by Victor S. Navasky
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Finalist for the National Book Award: A groundbreaking portrait of the intersection of law and politics in Robert F. Kennedy’s Department of Justice
As United States Attorney General, the young, legally inexperienced Robert F. Kennedy sat at the head of a vast department tasked with enforcing...
To the Barricades
The Anarchist Life of Emma Goldman
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
“A respectful and relevant biography of the fiery crusader” from the feminist activist and author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen (The New York Times Book Review).
Writer, anarchist, revolutionary, feminist—Emma Goldman was all these things and more. She was a fiery advocate, taking bold...
Hidden Terrors
The Truth About U.S. Police Operations in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
A “devastating” exposé of the United States’ Latin American policy and the infamous career and assassination of agent Dan Mitrione (Kirkus Reviews).
In 1960, former Richmond, Indiana, police chief Dan Mitrione moved to Brazil to begin a new career with the United States Agency for International...
Israel Journal
June, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
An honest and stark account of life on the battlefield during the Six-Day War
When the historic Six-Day War breaks out in June 1967, Yaël Dayan finds herself on the front lines in the Sinai desert, fighting for her country. Dayan, a journalist, an author, and the daughter of the renowned Israeli...
Gautama Buddha
In Life and Legend
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A “reverential and revealing” biography of Siddhartha, the ancient Indian spiritual teacher upon whose teachings Buddhism was founded (Kirkus Reviews).
The legendary story of Gautama Buddha, told by Betty Kelen in this riveting book, captures the essence of both a man and a spirit. His...
Do Not Go Gentle
My Search for Miracles in a Cynical Time
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
**A “**breathtaking” memoir of a daughter’s quest to find a miracle for her dying father, by the bestselling author of The Book That Matters Most (Publishers Weekly).
When her beloved father was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, Ann Hood—the author Comfort: A Journey Through Grief—refused...
The Hidden Pope
The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
From a PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author: The true story of Pope John Paul II, his Jewish childhood friend, and a milestone in religious history.
In October 1978, Karol Wojtyla, Polish Archbishop of Krakow, became Pope John Paul II, the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years. He had a mission...
Sunny Jim
The Life of America's Most Beloved Horseman, James Fitzsimmons
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
An evocative portrait of the Triple Crown–winning racehorse trainer: “sportswriting as good as it could ever possibly be” (New York Daily News).
At seventy-seven, James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons should have been considering retirement. His six-decade career stretched back...
About Three Bricks Shy of a Load
A Highly Irregular Lowdown on the Year the Pittsburgh Steelers Were Super but Missed the Bowl
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
Now celebrating its fortieth anniversary, Roy Blount Jr.’s classic account of the 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers—a team on the cusp of once-in-a-generation greatness
The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s are mentioned in any conversation about the greatest dynasties in NFL history. A year before...
A Nice Tuesday
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A middle-aged man tries to return to baseball—and become a better husband and father—in this funny, heartfelt memoir by the author of A False Spring.
One of baseball’s original “bonus babies,” Pat Jordan signed with the Milwaukee Braves in 1959—and then proceeded to struggle mightily...