St Martin S Griffin imprint: 2039 books
Heights of the Marvelous
A New York Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2000
In the cutting-edge manner and method of Verses that Hurt and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet's Café, this anthology gathers recent work by many of New York City's most daring young poets. Contributors to this eclectic, exhilarating collection include Jordan Davis, Maggie Estep, Mimi Goese, Kenneth Goldsmith, Sharon Mesmer, Lee Ranaldo, Prageeta Sharma, Mac Wellman, and others.
Classic Rock Stories
The Stories Behind the Greatest Songs of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1998
The first time on the open road with Dad's beat-up clunker and a brand-new driver's lecense. That first kiss. Practicing Steve Tyler moves in the garage. Lazy summer days with nothing to do but hang out with a group of friends and the radio. Classic Rock. In Classic Rock Stories, classic rockers reveal...
O.C. Undercover
An Unofficial Guide to the Stars and Styles of The O.C.
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2004
Any hip tween worth her Clinique lip gloss knows that Fox's The O.C. is the new television show to watch. Now, in one of the first unofficial guides to the show, readers will meet the hot young cast members of The O.C. and gain behind-the-scenes knowledge of the show. Not just a celeb bio book, Orange...
The Best Advice in Six Words
Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
The creator of the bestselling, short-form Six-Word Memoir series, Larry Smith, is back again with THE BEST ADVICE IN SIX WORDS, a poignant collection of universal wisdom, life lessons, and caution thrown to the wind. With 1,000 contributions from celebrities like Molly Ringwald, Whoopi Goldberg,...
by Christopher Hibbert
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
To Thomas Carlyle he was "not worth his weight in cold bacon," but, to Queen Victoria, Benjamin Disraeli was "the kindest Minister" she had ever had and a "dear and devoted friend." In this masterly biography by England's "outstanding popular historian" (A.N....
Life Without Envy
Ego Management for Creative People
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Life Without Envy by Camille DeAngelis is a game-changer for artists of all stripes: a practical guide for navigating the feelings of jealousy, frustration, and inadequacy we all experience to create a happy life regardless of how your career is (or isn’t) going. In these pages you'll find strategies...
The Stephen King Companion
Four Decades of Fear from the Master of Horror
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at horror author King's personal life and professional career, from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
King expert George Beahm, who has published extensively about Maine's main author, is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen...
I Know What You Quoted Last Summer
Quotes and Trivia from the Most Memorable Contemporary Movies
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2003
Think you know your movie quotes and trivia? Think again.
Covering the last twenty-five years of moviemaking, I Know What You Quoted Last Summer is packed with your favorite one-liners and trivia about the films, their stars, and their directors.
Do you know...
What instrument...
Scars of the Spirit
The Struggle Against Inauthenticity
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
In this fascinating collection of essays, noted cultural critic Geoffrey Hartman raises the essential question of where we can find the real or authentic in today's world, and how this affects the way we can understand our human predicament. Hartman explores such issues as the fantasy of total and...
This Might Get a Little Heavy
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
There was a time when Ralphie May was one of the biggest standup comedians in the country, both by ticket sales and by tonnage. While some things changed—Ralphie lost half his body weight—others did not: he will be remembered as one of the most successful comics of his time. Completed just months...
Accidental Revolution
The Story of Grunge
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Hole and Alice in Chains are the names that come to mind when we talk about grunge. But never before has there been a complete history of grunge with razor-sharp critical analysis—until now.
Grunge, a style of music that wed classic rock riffs with punk ethos, was the...
Not Since Carrie
Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1992
Not Since Carrie is Ken Mandelbaum's brilliant survey of Broadway's biggest flops. This highly readable and entertaining book highlights almost 200 musicals created between 1950 and 1990, framed around the notorious musical adaptation of Carrie, and examines the reasons for their failure. "Essential...
by Lex Friedman, Megan Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
The Snuggie is a pop culture icon that quickly developed its own cult of awareness. Few of us were asking for a blanket with sleeves, but that's because we'd forgotten how to dream. Once we'd purchased our Snuggies, we quickly realized our world had changed for the better. Now, we want to show you...
by Don Breithaupt, Jeff Breithaupt
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
The late 1970s brought us an eclectic mix of popular music--everything from big hits (and even bigger hair) to cult favorites, along with the dawn of disco and punk, the coming of corporate rock, the rise of reggae and new wave, and some of the most progressive, inventive songwriting of the century.
Whether...