Crown: 5430 books
The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly
A Physician's First Year
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
A scorchingly frank look at how doctors are made, bringing readers into the critical care unit to see one burgeoning physician's journey from ineptitude to competence.
In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor—the sort of mythical, unflappable physician...
Teasing Secrets from the Dead
My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history.
In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead.
Emily...
The Inkblots
Hermann Rorschach, His Iconic Test, and the Power of Seeing
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
The captivating, untold story of Hermann Rorschach and his famous inkblot test
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • New York Post • Sunday Times (UK) • Irish Independent
In 1917, working alone in a remote Swiss asylum, psychiatrist Hermann Rorschach devised an experiment...
by Wade Rouse
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2007
When Wade Rouse—a rural, public school graduate who grew up more Hee Haw than Dynasty—was hired as the director of publicity at the prestigious Tate Academy, he quickly discovered his real job was to make a few of the very pretty, very rich, very mean mommies of the elite students happy.
Enter...
On Faith
Lessons from an American Believer
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
On Faith is an inspiring collection of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia's reflections on his own faith, on the challenges that religious believers face in modern America, and on the religious freedoms protected by the Constitution. Featuring a personal introduction by Justice Scalia's...
King of Hearts
The True Story of the Maverick Who Pioneered Open Heart Surgery
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2010
Few of the great stories of medicine are as palpably dramatic as the invention of open-heart surgery, yet, until now, no journalist has ever brought all of the thrilling specifics of this triumph to life.
This is the story of the surgeon many call the father of open-heart surgery, Dr. C. Walton...
Angelhead
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2002
"My brother saw the face of God. You never recover from a trauma like that."
So begins Angelhead, a taut, powerful memoir of the madness and crime that rips a family apart.
"I didn't see God, of course, but I saw my brother seeing God; I saw how petrified he was, how convinced."
Set...
Crossings
A Doctor-Soldier's Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Every juncture in Jon Kerstetter’s life has been marked by a crossing from one world into another: from civilian to doctor to soldier; between healing and waging war; and between compassion and hatred of the enemy. When an injury led to a stroke that ended his careers as a doctor and a soldier,...
Triumph
Life After the Cult--A Survivor's Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
The author of The New York Times bestseller Escape returns with a moving and inspirational tale of her life after she heroically fled the cult she’d been raised in, her hard-won new identity and happiness, and her determination to win justice for the crimes committed against her family.
In...
This Boy's Faith
Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
An unforgettable memoir about growing up Southern, grappling with faith, and confronting a childhood colored by religion, Bible Belt culture, and a mother who minces words better than a food processor
A child stumbles upon a vintage photograph and glimpses salvation. A young girl vanishes in a...
Speech-less
Tales of a White House Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
**New York Times Bestseller • From a former White House speechwriter comes a deliciously candid memoir about official Washington—a laugh-out-loud cri de coeur that shows what can happen to idealism in a town driven by self-interest. **
“[An] entertaining book about what goes on—or...
The Rogue
Searching for the Real Sarah Palin
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
rogue (r¯og), n: An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone,in which state it is very savage.—Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary
After three years of research, bestselling journalist Joe McGinniss presents his already controversial and much anticipated investigative...
by Daniel Domscheit-Berg
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Former WikiLeaks Insider and Spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg Authors an Exposé of the “World’s Most Dangerous Website”
In an eye-opening account, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, the former spokesman of WikiLeaks, reveals never-disclosed details about the inner workings of the increasingly controversial...
Blacklisted by History
The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Accused of creating a bogus Red Scare and smearing countless innocent victims in a five-year reign of terror, Senator Joseph McCarthy is universally remembered as a demagogue, a bully, and a liar. History has judged him such a loathsome figure that even today, a half century after his death, his name...