Tarcherperigee imprint: 1144 books
Chasers of the Light
Poems from the Typewriter Series
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
The epic made simple. The miracle in the mundane.
One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without...
Wide Awake
Buddhism for the New Generation
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2003
Many of today's teenagers are tired of the pressure to compete and consume-and are looking for a different way to live their lives. This book offers an alternative: the 2,500-year old practice of Buddhism.
Written in a style that will have immediate appeal to young "seekers" and those...
How to Be You
Stop Trying to Be Someone Else and Start Living Your Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Too short. Too weird. Too quiet. Not true. Let Internet superstar Jeffrey Marsh help you end those negative thoughts and discover how wonderful you are.
An interactive experience, How to Be You invites you to make the book your own through activities such as coloring in charts, answering questions...
The Miracle of the Artist's Date
52 Ideas for Activities that will Nourish Your Creative Soul: A Special from Tarcher/Penguin
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Julia Cameron’s groundbreaking Artist's Way program has helped millions of individuals around the world discover their creative selves. In this invaluable companion to The Artist’s Way, Cameron provides further insight into one of her most powerful Artist’s Way tools: The Artist’s Date. The...
Things Are What You Make of Them
Life Advice for Creatives
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Insights and inspiration for anyone who makes art (or anything else)
The Ultimate BuzzFeed Books Gift Guide - Official Selection
From the creative mind and heart of designer Adam J. Kurtz comes this upbeat rallying cry for creators of all stripes. Expanding on a series of popular essays,...
A Mind For Numbers
How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra)
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
The companion book to COURSERA®'s wildly popular massive open online course "Learning How to Learn"
Whether you are a student struggling to fulfill a math or science requirement, or you are embarking on a career change that requires a new skill set, A Mind for Numbers offers the tools you...
The Internet is a Playground
Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2011
"There is usually a fine line between genius and insanity, but in this case it has become very blurred. Some of the funniest and most clever writing I have read in years." (Terrance Fielding, WIRED magazine)
"I laughed so hard and uncontrollably I could hardly breathe. Reading...
Thinking Machines
The Quest for Artificial Intelligence--and Where It's Taking Us Next
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A fascinating look at Artificial Intelligence, from its humble Cold War beginnings to the dazzling future that is just around the corner.
When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence, our minds go straight to cyborgs, robots, and sci-fi thrillers where machines take over the world. But...
Screenwriting is Storytelling
Creating an A-List Screenplay that Sells!
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
While most screenwriting books focus on format and structure, Kate Wright explains how to put story at the center of a screenplay. A compelling story, complete with intriguing characters and situations created with these screenwriting tricks of the trade can become a box office blockbuster film.
Screenwriters...
Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes
A No-Bullshit Guide to World Mythology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Get this:
Cronus liked to eat babies.
Narcissus probably should have just learned to masturbate.
Odin got construction discounts with bestiality.
Isis had bad taste in jewelry.
Ganesh was the very definition of an unplanned pregnancy.
And Abraham was totally...
Catching the Big Fish
Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2007
In this "unexpected delight,"* filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation.
Now in a beautiful paperback edition, David Lynch's Catching the Big Fish...
Strange Medicine
A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
Strange Medicine casts a gimlet eye on the practice of medicine through the ages that highlights the most dubious ideas, bizarre treatments, and biggest blunders. From bad science and oafish behavior to stomach-turning procedures that hurt more than helped, Strange Medicine presents strange but true...
by Evan S. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured...
People Who Deserve It
Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2010
Society tells us to accept people for who they are.
Sometimes society is wrong.
Meet the best of the absolute worst-the perpetrators of the most wretched demonstrations of moral conduct ever:
Super Snorer
Terrible Baby Namer
Hot Water User-Upper
Express Checkout Cheater
No-Umbrella Etiquette...