St Martin S Press imprint: 3366 books
The Artificial Ape
How Technology Changed the Course of Human Evolution
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
A breakthrough theory that tools and technology are the real drivers of human evolution
Although humans are one of the great apes, along with chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans, we are remarkably different from them. Unlike our cousins who subsist on raw food, spend their days and nights...
Shocking Paris
Soutine, Chagall and the Outsiders of Montparnasse
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
For a couple of decades before World War II, a group of immigrant painters and sculptors, including Amedeo Modigliani, Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine and Jules Pascin dominated the new art scene of Montparnasse in Paris. Art critics gave them the name "the School of Paris" to set them apart...
The Devil's Guide to Hollywood
The Screenwriter as God!
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Mike Ovitz told him his Wilshire Blvd. "foot soldiers" would hunt him down. He's antagonized almost everyone at the top in Tinseltown. And now, Joe Eszterhas tells everything he knows -- in brief, quotable bursts -- about the business, the history of Hollywood, and how to write screenplays...
David Susskind
A Televised Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
A rich biography of one of the most important cultural figures of the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s—maverick television producer and talk show host David Susskind
A flamboyant impresario who began his career as an agent, David Susskind helped define a fledgling television industry. He was a provocateur...
The Man Who Saw a Ghost
The Life and Work of Henry Fonda
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
The first major biography of the iconic actor Henry Fonda, a story of stardom, manhood, and the American character
Henry Fonda's performances—in The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Lady Eve, 1**2 Angry Men, *On Golden Pond—*helped define "American" in the twentieth century....
by Daisy Goodwin, Sara Sheridan
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
The official companion to the second season of the PBS/Masterpiece drama Victoria by award-winning creator and screenwriter Daisy Goodwin.
Airing in the Downton Abbey slot on PBS/Masterpiece last January, Victoria captivated millions of viewers, eclipsing Downton's first-season viewership and...
When Blanche Met Brando
The Scandalous Story of "A Streetcar Named Desire"
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2006
Exhaustively researched and almost flirtatiously opinionated, When Blanche Met Brando is everything a fan needs to know about the ground-breaking New York and London stage productions of Williams' "Streetcar" as well as the classic Brando/Leigh film. Sam Staggs' interviews with all the living...
The Crimson Letter
Harvard, Homosexuality, and the Shaping of American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
In a book deeply impressive in its reach while also deeply embedded in its storied setting, bestselling historian Douglass Shand-Tucci explores the nature and expression of sexual identity at America's oldest university during the years of its greatest influence. The Crimson Letter follows the gay...
by Dan Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2002
You think you've got all the moves. And you may. But do you know the preferred moves, mores and man-pleasing tactics for a host of other gay types? From the Campus Queer to the Do-Me Queen, the Twelve Stepper to the Sugar Daddy, Dan Anderson unleashes his expertise to disclose the secret longings...
My Anecdotal Life
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
More than once, Carl Reiner has had friends say, "Hey, Reiner, you ought to write those things down." And at eighty, he finally has.
In this funny and engaging memoir, one of the best raconteurs on the planet recalls his life in show business in short comic takes. Reiner tells of...
The Imposter Bride
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
The Imposter Bride by Nancy Richler is an unforgettable novel about a mysterious mail-order bride in the wake of WWII, whose sudden decision ripples through time to deeply impact the daughter she never knew
In the wake of World War II, a young, enigmatic woman named Lily arrives in Montreal...
The Perfume Lover
A Personal History of Scent
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
The Perfume Lover is a candid personal account of the process of composing a fragrance, filled with sensual scent descriptions, sexy tidbits, and historical vignettes.
What if the most beautiful night in your life inspired a perfume?
When Denyse Beaulieu was growing up near Montreal,...
Dear Founder
Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, or Wants to Start a Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
The Los Angeles Times and USA Today bestseller!
Wise, practical, and profitable letters to entrepreneurs, leaders, managers, and business owners in every field—from a leading executive, investor, and business founder
More than 600,000 new businesses are launched each year. How can...
by Eric Deggans
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Gone is the era of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite, when news programs fought to gain the trust and respect of a wide spectrum of American viewers. Today, the fastest-growing news programs and media platforms are fighting hard for increasingly narrow segments of the public and playing on old...