Riverhead Books imprint: 592 books
Lost at Sea
The Jon Ronson Mysteries
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The New York Times–bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, Jon Ronson writes about the dark, uncanny sides of humanity with clarity and humor. Lost at Sea reveals how deep our collective craziness lies, even in the most mundane circumstances.
Ronson investigates the strange things we’re...
The Ball is Round
A Global History of Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
The definitive book about soccer, from the author of The Games: A Global History of the Olympics.
There may be no cultural practice more global than soccer. Rites of birth and marriage are infinitely diverse, but the rules of soccer are universal. No world religion can match its geographical...
Golazo!
The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.
“Golazo!” means “amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that...
The World Is a Carpet
Four Seasons in an Afghan Village
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
An unforgettable portrait of a place and a people shaped by centuries of art, trade, and war.
In the middle of the salt-frosted Afghan desert, in a village so remote that Google can’t find it, a woman squats on top of a loom, making flowers bloom in the thousand threads she knots by hand....
Grounded
A Down to Earth Journey Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
An eye-opening and fascinating journey from an acclaimed travel writer who circled the globe without ever leaving the ground.
In this age of globalism and high-speed travel, Seth Stevenson, the witty, thoughtful Slate travel columnist, takes us back to a time when travel meant putting one foot...
by Ann Brashares
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
The latest from Ann Brashares, the New York Times bestselling author of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, a magical story of reincarnation and a love that lasts more than a lifetime
Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and...
Across the Nightingale Floor
Tales of the Otori Book One
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
**An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed...
The Lost Art of Walking
The History, Science, and Literature of Pedestrianism
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2008
How we walk, where we walk, why we walk tells the world who and what we are. Whether it's once a day to the car, or for long weekend hikes, or as competition, or as art, walking is a profoundly universal aspect of what makes us humans, social creatures, and engaged with the world. Cultural commentator,...
Goldwyn
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Samuel Goldwyn was the premier dream-maker of his era, and in this lavishly-praised biography, the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of Lindbergh and Max Perkins: Editor of Genius offers a life story as rich with drama as anything found on the silver screen...
Boy, Snow, Bird
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
**As seen on the cover of the New York Times Book Review, where it was described as “gloriously unsettling… evoking Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Angela Carter, Edgar Allan Poe, Gabriel García Márquez, Chris Abani and even Emily Dickinson,” and already one of the year’s most widely acclaimed...
The Lonely Hearts Hotel
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE BOSTON GLOBE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"So filled with vivid descriptions and complex characters that the reader's experience is virtually cinematic. . . Utterly compelling." – The Washington Post
A spellbinding story about two gifted...
How We Got to Now
Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Farsighted, a new look at the power and legacy of great ideas.
In this illustrated history, Steven Johnson explores the history of innovation over centuries, tracing facets of modern life (refrigeration, clocks,...
Reality Is Not What It Seems
The Journey to Quantum Gravity
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —**The Times Magazine
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics and The Order of Time, a closer look at the mind-bending nature of the universe.**
What...
by Susan Estrich
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Whether you’re is a college junior facing the LSATs, a senior sitting with disappointing test scores, or someone who has always dreamed of a career in the law, there is too much at stake not to ask the hard questions about what lies ahead.
In How to Get Into Law School, Susan Estrich lends...