Skyhorse Publishing: 874 books
Doc
True Tales of Mishaps, Emergencies, and Miracles from a Montana Physician
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
A heartwarming, humorous memoir by a small-town doctor: “We could use a few thousand just like him” (Kirkus Reviews).
The four hundred townspeople of Ennis, Montana, needed a doctor. Ronald E. Losee, MD, stepped into the breach and became Doc.
Learning from his failures and rejoicing...
Keepers of the Trees
A Guide to Re-Greening North America: True Stories of a Tree Doctor, a Big Tree Hunter, an L.A. Tree Planter, a Plant Amnesty Pruner, and a Ninety-Eight-Year-Old Logger
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2010
Uplifting stories of fourteen people who have dedicated their lives to trees—beautifully illustrated with one hundred color photographs of tree keepers in action.
Across North America, writer and naturalist Ann Linnea found a diverse group of people with one thing in common: their love of trees....
Under My Helmet
A Football Player’s Lifelong Battle with Bipolar Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
A former NFL football player reveals the true story of his battle with mental illness in this brave and honest memoir**.**
Ever since he was a child, Keith O’Neil wanted to play football. Born on the same day that his father, Ed O’Neil, was cut from the New England Patriots, football was...
A Real Emotional Girl
A Memoir of Love and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
A “profoundly moving” memoir of love, loss, and healing following the death of a young woman’s beloved father (Kirkus Reviews).
A Real Emotional Girl tells the true story of young Tanya, growing up in the wonderland of her family’s all-girl summer camp. At sixteen, this idyllic life is...
Untangling the Middle East
A Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Chaotic Region
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
A “fair, clear-eyed” breakdown of the history, the culture, and the politics that define today’s Middle East (Geoffrey Wawro).
The Middle East is rich with culture and complexity. To many, it is the epicenter of political and religious conflict—a hotbed of unrest. Untangling the Middle...
Blind Curves
A Woman, a Motorcycle, and a Journey to Reinvent Herself
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
A widowed woman finds new life on the road in a memoir that is “much more than a motorcycle diary. It is about overcoming loss and reinventing oneself” (Library Journal).
Recently widowed and feeling adrift in a drab, uninspired life, fifty-seven-year-old Linda Crill had tried to follow...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Wit, wise words, and craic that bring the spirit of Ireland to life.
This collection gathers together some of Ireland’s most famous quotations from its most famous (and infamous) sons and daughters—whether they were born in the old country or not. An entertaining look at Irish identity,...
Girl at Sea
A Story of Courage, Strength, and Growth from One of the First Women to Serve on US Warships
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The true story of one woman’s ground-breaking Naval career on combatant warships, and her struggle to prove herself in a man’s world.
When the combat exclusion law was repealed in 1993, women in the military were allowed to select warfare specialties as their path for the first time in history....
The Saga of Billy the Kid
The Thrilling Life of America's Original Outlaw
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The classic biography that forever installed Billy the Kid in the pantheon of mythic heroes from the Old West.
This dramatic biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, one of the most infamous outlaws in the Old West. The Saga of Billy the Kid focuses on a period of time when two dangerous...
Resurgent Russia
An Operational Approach to Deterrence
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Groundbreaking research on current Russian interference and aggression from six former US Army War College students who briefed the Pentagon.
Relations between the United States and Russia have recently escalated from strained to outright aggressive. From imperial expansion in Ukraine to intervention...
On Admiration
Heroes, Heroines, Role Models, and Mentors
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
The award-winning author of The Writing on the Wall celebrates the heroes and heroines who have inspired him throughout his life.
In a refreshing departure from today’s celebrity worship cultivated by reality television, tabloid photos, and social media, award-winning novelist W. D. Wetherell’s...
The Missing JFK Assassination Film
The Mystery Surrounding the Orville Nix Home Movie of November 22, 1963
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
A granddaughter’s quest for answers sheds new light on one of history’s most enduring questions: Was there a conspiracy to kill President John F. Kennedy?
Abraham Zapruder’s film gets all the attention, but there was another eyewitness to history whose tale has yet to be told. In this...
Legendary Lessons
One Hundred Golf Teachings from Walter Hagen, Bobby Jones, Grantland Rice, Harry Vardon, and More
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Thoughts and sayings from the world’s greatest golfers during one of the sport’s golden eras: the 1920s.
Modern golf, as it is practiced all over the world, developed in the last thirty years. And yet, today’s busy, stressed, and often tech-oriented golfing audience can learn a lot from the...
Match Made in Manhattan
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
“This wildly real and relatable” novel about online dating and real-life romance “will have you laughing until the very end” (BuzzFeed).
After two intense, dead-end relationships, Alison finds herself confused, lonely—and drastically out of touch with the world of modern dating. Refusing...