Running Press Adult imprint: 452 books
God Created The Integers
The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2007
Bestselling author and physicist Stephen Hawking explores the "masterpieces" of mathematics, 25 landmarks spanning 2,500 years and representing the work of 15 mathematicians, including Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann, and Alan Turing. This extensive anthology allows readers to peer into...
Beg
A Radical New Way of Regarding Animals
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Rory Freedman, co-author of the #1 New York Times mega-seller Skinny Bitch, returns with a call-to-arms to all animal lovers.
So many of us call ourselves animal lovers and worship our dogs and cats-but we could be using that love as a force for helping all animals. Beg is a battle cry on their...
Half Baked
The Story of My Nerves, My Newborn, and How We Both Learned to Breathe
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Author Alexa Stevenson had spent most of her life preparing for the wrong disasters. When her daughter is born 15 weeks early, she is plunged into the strange half-light of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, where she learns the Zen of medical uncertainty and makes the surprising discovery that a worst-case...
Make It Up
The Essential Guide to DIY Makeup and Skin Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Ever think of making your own beauty products- handmade, high performance, healthy alternatives to just about every chemical laden product you currently put on your face and body? It's easier than you think!
In Make It Up author Marie Rayma shares the recipes she has developed through years...
The City Homesteader
Self-Sufficiency on Any Square Footage
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The City Homesteader is the handbook for the world of self-sufficient living. It's about living tangibly in a virtual world. It's about being resourceful, saving money, reducing consumption, and increasing self-reliance. Join the many who are raising backyard chickens in the city and tilling their...
The Dreams That Stuff Is Made Of
The Most Astounding Papers of Quantum Physics--and How They Shook the Scientific World
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
"God does not play dice with the universe." So said Albert Einstein in response to the first discoveries that launched quantum physics, as they suggested a random universe that seemed to violate the laws of common sense. This 20th-century scientific revolution completely shattered Newtonian...
Eat Safe
The Truth about Additives from Aspartame to Xanthan Gum
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Updated and revised, this edition of the international bestseller is an easy-to-read, pocket-size guide to the additives that color, preserve, and flavor everything you—and your kids and your pets!—eat. It's comprehensive: including the common name of the additive (e.g. Aluminum ammonium sulfate);...
Red Dog/Blue Dog
When Pooches Get Political
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
“Totally worth the Milk-bones I traded for it.” —Bo Obama
“So hilarious I peed on the rug.” —Barney Bush
Politics Goes to the Dogs
Have you ever considered that man’s best friend has political leanings just like we do? Red Dog / Blue Dog reveals that...
NBA List Jam!
The Most Authoritative and Opinionated Rankings from Doug Collins, Bob Ryan, Peter Vecsey, Jeanie Bu
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
NBA List Jam! is an entertaining and informative collection of 125+ ranked lists that discuss and debate the people, games, events, and ephemera that have made the NBA the spectator sport of choice for millions in North America and beyond.
The wide variety of list topics include Greatest Teams,...
Forgotten Sundays
A Son's Story of Life, Loss, and Love from the Sidelines of the NFL
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Forgotten Sundays is the coming-of-age story of a father-son relationship and the value of a good name, which Gerry Sandusky knows all too well. He has had to endure having an unfortunate name in sports, but to him the Sandusky name means something entirely different: honor, integrity, endurance,...
The Rotation
A Season with the Phillies and the Greatest Pitching Staff Ever Assembled
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Not since 1957 has one major league team's pitching staff boasted three pitchers (Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, and Roy Oswalt) in the Top Ten in career winning-percentage. Plus, the Philadelphia Phillies' 2011 rotation also happens to include Cole Hamels-the 2008 NLCS and World Series MVP-and an alternating...
Closer
Major League Players Reveal the Inside Pitch on Saving the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
The closer is the ace reliever who specializes in closing out the game without surrendering the lead. Facing a power hitter in the ninth inning with a man on base and no outs takes nerves of steel. The pressure on the mound is intense. It takes a special breed to hold it together in these situations....
by David Pencek, Matt Pencek
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
Penn State fans number in the millions and can be described in one word: rabid. This book presents lists about the good, the bad, and the ugly in Nittany Lion sports history.
From Favorite Players to Greatest Flukes, Best Players to Worst Losses, this is a must-read book for anyone who's had...
by Mike Stone, Art Regner
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2008
Sports talk in America has evolved from small-time barroom banter into a major media smorgasbord that runs 24/7 on TV and radio. With hundreds of billions of dollars generated annually by pro and college teams in major markets nationwide, sports fans across the country are more dedicated than ever...