Times Books imprint: 208 books

The Golden Dozen: Is the Ivy League Worth the Dollars?

Is the Ivy League Worth the Dollars?

by Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011

Previously published as part of HIGHER EDUCATION? A quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier colleges. But is it worth it? In this provocative work, the renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer Claudia Dreifus investigate whether...

Quick and Nimble

Lessons from Leading CEOs on How to Create a Culture of Innovation - Insights from The Corner Office

by Adam Bryant
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

More than two hundred CEOs reveal their candid insights on how to build and foster a corporate culture that encourages innovation and drives results In Quick and Nimble, Adam Bryant draws on interviews with more than two hundred CEOs to offer business leaders the wisdom and guidance to move...

The Athletics Incubus: How College Sports Undermine College Education

How College Sports Undermine College Education

by Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011

Previously published as part of HIGHER EDUCATION? A quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier colleges. But is it worth it? In this provocative work, the renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and New York Times writer Claudia Dreifus make an incisive...

La Seduction

How the French Play the Game of Life

by Elaine Sciolino
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011

The hidden truth about the French way of life: it's all about seduction—its rules, its pleasures, its secrets France is a seductive country, seductive in its elegance, its beauty, its sensual pleasures, and its joie de vivre. But Elaine Sciolino, the longtime Paris bureau chief of The New...

First Cameraman

Documenting the Obama Presidency in Real Time

by Arun Chaudhary
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012

The first official White House videographer chronicles his time capturing behind-the-scenes moments of the president and his administration From the early months of the 2008 campaign and through the first two and a half years of the Obama administration, Arun Chaudhary had a unique perspective...

Piano

The Making of a Steinway Concert Grand

by James Barron
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007

An alluring exploration of the people and the legendary craftsmanship behind a single Steinway piano Like no other instrument, a grand piano melds engineering feats with the magical sounds of great music: the thunder of a full-throated bass, the bright, delicate trill of the upper treble. Alone...

Counterstrike

The Untold Story of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda

by Eric Schmitt, Thom Shanker
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011

Inside the Pentagon's secretive and revolutionary new strategy to fight terrorism--and its game-changing effects in the Middle East and at home In the years following the 9/11 attacks, the United States waged a "war on terror" that sought to defeat Al Qaeda through brute force. But...

George W. Bush

The American Presidents Series: The 43rd President, 2001-2009

by James Mann
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015

The controversial president whose time in office was defined by the September 11 attacks and the war on terror George W. Bush stirred powerful feelings on both sides of the aisle. Republicans viewed him as a resolute leader who guided America through the September 11 attacks and retaliated...

The Medicine Cabinet of Curiosities

An Unconventional Compendium of Health Facts and Oddities, from Asthmatic Mice to Plants that Can Kill

by Nicholas Bakalar
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2009

Delightful doses of medical miscellany about wacky doctors and their curious patients, from their smallest bones (the stapes) to their heaviest organs (the liver) In this addictive collection of trivia, Nicholas Bakalar, the "Vital Signs" columnist for The New York Times, spoons out...

Ozzie's School of Management

Lessons from the Dugout, the Clubhouse, and the Doghouse

by Rick Morrissey
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012

Going behind the scenes with Ozzie Guillen, baseball's most colorful and irrepressible manager, to reveal the hidden factors that create a winning team When Ozzie Guillen opens his mouth, nobody knows what's going to come out. And that has made the manager of the Miami Marlins endlessly entertaining...

Who We Are Now

The Changing Face of America in the 21st Century

by Sam Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

A revealing view of America and its citizens at the dawn of a new century, by the author of the New York Times Notable Book Who We Are For more than two centuries, America has taken stock every decade, producing a statistical self-portrait of our population. In Who We Are Now, Sam Roberts identifies...

The Power of Women

Harness Your Unique Strengths at Home, at Work, and in Your Community

by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010

From the bestselling author of Women Who Think Too Much, a groundbreaking self-improvement program that empowers women Women are extraordinarily hard on themselves. They scrutinize their flaws, asking "Am I a good lover? A good mother? Successful in my career?" They get preoccupied...

The Emotional Calendar

Understanding Seasonal Influences and Milestones to Become Happier, More Fulfilled, and in Control of Your Life

by John R. Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011

A leading Harvard psychiatrist reveals how our emotional lives are profoundly shaped by the seasons, and how to recognize our own seasonal patterns and milestones In two decades of psychiatry practice, John R. Sharp has worked with many people who experienced the same emotional distresses at...

Loot

The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World

by Sharon Waxman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010

A journey across four continents to the heart of the conflict over who should own the great works of ancient art Why are the Elgin Marbles in London and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in France as there are in Egypt? Why are so many Etruscan masterworks in America?...
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