When Joe Gallagher goes to work for an energy trading company in Boston , he soon finds that pursuit of his ambition to strike it rich in the markets will plunge him into a whirlwind, liter
An, expansive, intriguing and meticulous account of the Sicilian Mafia.The pre-dawn arrests of the last remaining mafiosi in December 2008 signaled the end of the Sicilian Mafia as we know it. In Mafi
Commerce meets conquest in this swashbuckling story of the six merchant-adventurers who built the modern worldIt was an era when monopoly trading companies were the unofficial agents of European expa
The Battle of Atlanta, fought on July 22, 1864, pointed the Union to victory in the Atlanta Campaign, changed the course of the Civil War, and was the most important factor in President Lincoln’
For over a hundred years, the Western powers have engaged in an intricate spy game to establish control over the Middle East. American intelligence has jockeyed with the English, as well as the Frenc
Colonial historian Benjamin Wainwright is summoned to a think tank in western Massachusetts by an old school friend who researches war-game theory. He discovers upon arrival that his friend is dead&#
An ancient secret...A deadly conspiracy. For reader’s of Raymond Khoury’s The Last Templar, or the works of Dan Brown, this high-octane commercial thriller tells of a hunt for the lost pr
They said it couldn’t be done, but The Accountant’s Guide to the Universe is the first entertaining book on accounting written for a general audience. The book opens with a wild premise:
When he's not writing bestsellers such as Rocket Boys/October Sky, Back to the Moon, The Coalwood Way, and The Keeper's Son, HOMER HICKAM goes dinosaur hunting in the ranchlands and badland
In To Try Men's Souls, New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen cast a new light on the year 1776 and the man who would become the father of our nation, George Washin
A raw, gritty memoirpart true-life cop thriller, part unputdownable history of a storied time and placethat will grip you by the throat until the explosive endAlphabet City in 1988 burned
In the second installment of the critically regarded Jake and Jouma series, all hell has broken loose in Mombasa. Inspector Daniel Jouma is faced with a sudden rash of murders, while fishing boat ski
An extraordinary biography of Isabella Blow, whose pedigree, wild style, and outrageous antics catapulted her onto the London social scene and made her a fashion icon.In 2007, the news of I
Matching the style of le Carré with the high-energy action of Ludlum, Dead Spy Running comes racing out of the gate as the first in a fantastic new series. From its breathtaking start at t
The cultural and political history of the Pledge of Allegiance, how it came to be, what it means to Americans, and why we have battled over it for generations On a summer evening in Boston in the yea
Senator Daschle’s insider account of the health care legislation: a dramatic personal story and a powerful lesson in the workings of American politics One of our biggest political issues for ou
Imagine a world where every town has its own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport
An in-depth and surprising biography of the most beautiful girl in the world” who became responsible for one of the 20th century’s most important inventions Hedy Lamarr’s exot
From the much lauded author of Breaking News comes a version of Walking the Bible just for Israel. With its dense history of endless conflict and biblical events, Israel's coastline is by far the mos
On Friday, August 13, 2010, just as St. Martin’s Press was readying its initial shipment of this book, the Department of Defense contacted us to express its concern that our publication of Oper
A Silent Spring for our mental health: exposing how mankind has unwittingly poisoned itself for half a millennium, and how autism is just the latest case in which mercury had instigated a disease of
With her customary wit and dead-on satire, Barbeau skewers Hollywood and vamp lit alike, casting the paparazzi as werewolves and certain Hollywood monsters” as the genuine article Ovsanna
A truly inspiring story, in gorgeous prose, about one family’s journey into blueberry farming. Delicious reading.” Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America The Blueberry
A former roadie tells behind-the-scenes stories from the wild world of 60s and 70s rock music in the colorful tradition of I’m With the Band and Wonderful Tonight As a roadie for so
An extraordinary biography that has never been told beforein which the mobster best known for helping the Allies invade Sicily in WWII is revealed as a fraud For the first twenty-five years of
An authentic culinary journeypart memoir, part cookbookintroducing readers to the people, places, and food of Umbria Veteran food critic Suzanne Carriero spent a year and a half in Umbria
Dark Echo is an unlucky boat. Despite this knowledge, Martin Stannard falls under her spell and prepares to sail her across the Atlantic with his wealthy father. But his lover Suzanne begin
A nine-thousand-year-old conspiracy. Three families. One secret. The epic race to uncover history’s greatest mystery has begun.Beneath the sparkling blue water of a remote Pacific atoll, a merc
From the acclaimed writer: a portrait of women in their element; funny, biting and poignant women’s lit Eager to finally stand on her own two feet, New York photographer Rachel Solomon finally
The remarkable true story of one man’s fight to save the stray dogs of Afghanistan in the spirit of From Baghdad, With Love In the remote outpost of Now Zad, Afghanistan, Pen Farthing and his t
Smart, scathing, and verbally inventive to an astonishing degree, David J. Schow is one of the most interesting writers of his generation.”Peter Straub Inter-what?” When
A new, lavishly illustrated book on the weapons, uniforms, and other key details that defined the world’s most legendary warriors This illustrated book examines the various tribes that fought b
This is a remarkable coming-of-age story and spiritual journey with as much between the lines as in them. Sometimes wry, always thoughtful, the characters seem to live and breathe, and you won&
The New York Times bestselling author of Ancients and Leviathan returns with another adrenaline rushthe latest thriller in the Event Group Series Twenty thousand years ago, when man crossed the
A riveting look into the personal lives of our presidents through the eyes of their White House doctor Dr. Connie Mariano served 9 years at the White House under Presidents George H.W. Bush, William
From the author of the sensational bestselling Sophie Kinsella novels and the New York Times bestsellers The Wedding Girl and Sleeping Arrangements, comes a wicked comedy of adultery, angst, and mode
A team of Intelligence agents try to prevent an impending terrorist attack, but are thwarted by bureaucratic hurdles in this darkly humorous debut written by a former CIA agent Maddie James and her c
Veteran legal issues reporter Kim Eisler takes us behind the scenes into mega law firm Williams & Connelly, guiding us on a journey through the many storied cases that have served to shape curren
In 1934 all the national publications sent their star reporters toremote Virginia tocover the trial of Erma Morton: a beautiful 21-year-old year old mountain girl with a teaching degree,
The marvelous story of the Flatiron: the instantly recognizable building that signaled the start of a new era in New York history.Critics hated it. The public feared it would topple over. Passersby w
