Tarcherperigee imprint: 1144 books
by Beverly Darnall
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2006
Laura's List presents the First Lady's published list of recommended books, and builds on her public commitment to books and learning. Parents need basic tools to give their children opportunities to grow, and here is an easy-to-understand guide to great reading for kids-from a highly visible source,...
Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway
Stories of the Inspiration Behind Great Works of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
Every great book begins with an idea, whether it comes to a writer's mind with lightning speed or tugs at the imagination over time. Dancing with Mrs. Dalloway offers stories of the inspiration behind fifty classic works, from The Sound and the Fury, Jane Eyre, and Frankenstein to Anna Karenina, The...
by Erica Jong
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
Love Comes First is Erica Jong’s long-awaited return to her poetic roots!
Here is Erica Jong’s first book of all-new poems in more than a decade. Known and beloved for Fear of Flying and her many other books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, Jong expounds on the most eternal, universal...
Fat Cat Art
Famous Masterpieces Improved by a Ginger Cat with Attitude
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
“It’s official. That thing that classic art has been missing is a chubby reclining kitty.”
—The Huffington Post
Internet meme meets classical art in Svetlana Petrova’s brilliant Fat Cat Art. Featuring her twenty-two-pound, ginger-colored cat Zarathustra superimposed onto some of the greatest...
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops?
The Lost Toys, Tastes, and Trends of the 70s and 80s
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
If you owe a couple cavities to Marathon candy bars, learned your adverbs from Schoolhouse Rock!, and can still imitate the slo-mo bionic running sound of The Six Million Dollar Man, this book is for you.
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? takes you back in time to the tastes, smells, and sounds...
Who Killed Iago?
A Book of Fiendishly Challenging Literary Quizzes
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
A masterful collection of mindboggling questions guaranteed to have bibliophiles wracking their brains.
This engaging and stimulating book of quizzes will test readers' knowledge of classic and contemporary literature. From Charlotte Brontë to Chinua Achebe, hidden double entendres to famous...
by William Berger
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas
Charles Fort
The Man Who Invented the Supernatural
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
The seminal biography of the twentieth century’s premier chronicler of the paranormal, Charles Fort—a man whose very name gave rise to an adjective, fortean, to describe the unexplained.
By the early 1920s, Americans were discovering that the world was a strange place.
Charles Fort...
The Purpose Principles
How to Draw More Meaning into Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
A new, inspirational book from the world’s first millennial motivational speaker—TEDx star and motivational coach Jake Ducey!
The Purpose Principles draws on the stories of success, failure, and the common threads among some of today’s most successful and influential people, inspiring...
by Shoukei Matsumoto
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2018
Little known fact: Buddhist Monks are amazing at cleaning and tidying. In this one-of-a-kind guide to cleaning your home, Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto reveals how to make your home as spotless as it is tranquil and peaceful.
For Buddhist monks cleaning well is a cardinal skill and, in A...
Feng Shui for Success
Simple Principles for a Healthy Home and Prosperous Business
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2009
A beginner?s guide to attaining wealth and prosperity through the practical uses of feng shui.
Feng shui, the Chinese aesthetic practice of arranging your environment to maximize the flow of energy, has entered the mainstream of American culture, with more and more Americans realizing every...
by Raymond Barnett
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2004
Simple ways to a fuller and more vibrant existence, drawn from the Taoist tradition and shaped to fit our modern lives.
Relax, You’re Already Home explores how we can enrich our lives in modern America by incorporating simple habits discovered in the Taoist tradition. We don't have to dramatically...
The Miracle of Morning Pages
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Most Important Artist's Way Tool: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
In this invaluable companion to Julia Cameron’s seminal work on the creative process, The Artist’s Way, she provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about her most powerful tool for unblocking creative stores: Morning Pages. According to Cameron, keeping a Morning Pages Journal...
by Julia Cameron
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2006
“Julia Cameron invented the way people renovate the creative soul.” –The New York Times
For the millions of people who have uncovered their creative selves through the Artist's Way program: a workbook and companion to the international bestseller.
Alife-changing twelve-week program,...