Arcade: 311 books
What You Should Know About Politics . . . But Don't
A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues That Matter
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
Engaging and inspiring . . . Reading this book should make you want to vote.” -Barack Obama
In a world of sound bites, deliberate misinformation, and a political scene that is colored by the blue versus red partisan divide. How does the average educated American find a reliable source that’s...
Fleet Fire
Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
The electric revolution, which eclipsed the Industrial Revolution by the end of the 19th century and continues to this day, changed our world forever. FLEET FIRE tells us how it all began. In an engaging and entertaining narrative, L. J. Davis fields a cast of both prominent and forgotten characters,...
The Essence of Provence
The Story of L'Occitane
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
The extraordinary rags-to-riches tale of Olivier Baussan and the roadside soap stand that became L’Occitane, one of the world’s most successful purveyors of natural fragrances. Founded in 1976 by Olivier Baussan, the now world-renowned fragrance company L’Occitane, a woman of Provence” in...
Worst Ideas Ever
A Celebration of Embarrassment
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
From memorable disasters such as New Coke, the XFL, and Tiger Woods’ marriage to less-remembered failures such as Yugo, Cop Rock, and Microsoft’s BOB, Worst Ideas Ever revisits history’s biggest blunders. Whether it’s a pop culture failure the likes of Dennis Miller’s disastrous run on Monday...
Wallenberg
The Incredible True Story of the Man Who Saved the Jews of Budapest
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
A fearless young Swede whose efforts saved countless Hungarian Jews from certain death at the hands of Adolf Eichmann, Raoul Wallenberg was one of the true heroes to emerge during the Nazi occupation of Eu-rope. He left a life of privilege and, against staggering odds, brought hope to those who had...
In Broad Daylight
The Secret Procedures behind the Holocaust by Bullets
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
**How the Murder of More Than Two Million Jews Was Carried Out—In Broad Daylight
Based on a decade of work by Father Patrick Desbois and his team at Yahad–In Unum that has culminated to date in interviews with more than 5,700 neighbors to the murdered Jews and visits to more than 2,700...
The Templars
The Secret History Revealed
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
Barbara Frale gives us an explosive, exhaustively researched history of the medieval world’s most powerful military order, the Templars. At its height, the Order of the Knights Templar rivaled the kingdoms of Europe in military might, economic power, and political influence. For 700 years, the tragic...
The Search for Anne Perry
The Hidden Life of a Bestselling Crime Writer
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A New York Times Best Seller!
In 1994, director Peter Jackson released the movie Heavenly Creatures, based on a famous 1950s matricide committed in New Zealand by two teenage girls embroiled in an obsessive relationship. The movie launched Jackson’s international career. It also forever changed...
Casey's Law
If Something Can Go Right, It Should
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Murphy’s Law tells us that if something can go wrong, it will. Al Casey tells us: If things can go right, they should. But you’ve got to make them go right by working hard. One of the most successful-and original-American businessmen of our time, Al Casey was a no- nonsense turnaround specialist...
Boat
A Memoir of Friendship, Faith, Death, and Life Everlasing
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
When ten-year-old Michael Baughman moves to Hawaii with his parents, he is troubled and confused. His father doesn’t provide the guidance Baughman needs and the boy doesn’t know who to turn to. When a larger-than-life Hawaiian beachboy” named Boat takes Baughman under his wing, the boy finds...
Jimmy Stewart
A Wonderful Life
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Over a career that spanned forty-three years and seventy-seven films, Jimmy Stewart went from leading man to national idol. Classics such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, Harvey, and, of course, It’s A Wonderful Life are far more than mere movies; they are visions of America...
Virtue, Valor, and Vanity
The Inside Story of the Founding Fathers and the Price of a More Perfect Union
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011
Washington, Adams, Henry, Jefferson, Franklin, and Hamilton: their ambitions, intrigues, and jealousies shaped the birth of the nation, but they overcame their foibles and imperfections to throw off the chains of tyranny and form a more perfect union. We think of them now as faces on money or statues...
by Ronald Bergan
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Brought completely up to date, this insightful biography remains "a must for any self-respecting Coen fan" (Screentrade).
This fully updated edition of the first biography of the Coen Brothers includes their complete work so far, from Blood Simple to Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), with a reassessment...
by Jerry Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
It’s been over forty years since the tragic death of Jimi Hendrix, yet his popularity is undiminished and his place as the preeminent electric guitarist of the ages is still unrivaled. In The Jimi Hendrix Experience, bestselling author and rock aficionado Jerry Hopkins delves into the legendary...