Books from St. Martin's Press
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Left in the Dust: How Race and Politics Created a Human and Environmental Tragedy in L.A.
By Karen PiperKaren Piper, one of the victims who grew up breathing that dust, reveals the shocking truth behind this tragedy and examines how waste and pollution are often neglected to encourage urban growth, while poor, non-white, and rural areas are ...
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Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime
By Karen Plunkett-PowellPacked with photos, first-hand remembrances, vivid anecdotes, and a lively, well-researched narrative, the book tells the story of how a poor potato farmer named Frank Woolworth created a merchandising empire that touched the lives of ...
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The Animation Business Handbook: Practical Real-Life Advice for the Animation Professional
By Karen RaugustOne unique aspect of video distribution is the existence of the sell-through and rental portions of the market. Sellthrough, which represents the most common segment for chidren's animation projects, means the products are priced to ...
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Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe
By Melissa de la CruzPride and Prejudice and Mistletoe from New York Times bestselling author, Melissa de la Cruz, is a sweet, sexy and hilarious gender-swapping, genre-satisfying re-telling, set in contemporary America and featuring one snooty Miss Darcy.
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You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman
By Mike ThomasBoth joyous tribute and serious biography, Mike Thomas' You Might Remember Me is a celebration of Phil Hartman's multi-faceted career and an exhaustively reported, warts-and-all examination of his often intriguing and sometimes complicated ...
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The Summer Kitchen: A Novel
By Karen WeinrebI always suspected that you were—to play with the line in Charles Macklin's comedy of 1781—less demure than you came across.” Nora was caught between incredulity at his audacity and grudging admiration for his literary awareness.
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House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying
By John DeanPolice Sgt. Don R. Campbell followed, with Coy Hubbard's signed confession. The usual arguments about the “coerced confession” were raised by the boy's attorney, Bowman. In an intermission hearing out of the presence of the jury, ...
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Moneywood: Hollywood in Its Last Age of Excess
By William StadiemPuttnam had no choice but to rain on it, then recuse himself from working on the film and its release, because both Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beattyhad alreadybeen alienated byhim anddidn't want theBrit outsider meddling withtheir ...
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Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder: A Capital Crimes Novel
By Margaret Truman, Donald BainThe assassination attempt on Virginia senator Marshall Holtz dominated the news , as might be expected . A hospital spokeswoman gave hourly updates on his condition , as well as for the others who'd been wounded .
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Home Fires
By Margaret MaronNever mind that Elaine Marshall was a sharp attorney and former state senator . As he travelled around the state , signing hats and T - shirts , Richard Petty couldn't seem to remember either her name or her title .
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
By Michael Eric DysonThis is a major achievement. I read it and said amen." Short, emotional, literary, powerful—Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read.
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Ava Gardner: "Love Is Nothing"
By Lee ServerThey brought her to meet Mike Nichols, the director. Ava claimed that Nichols had booked her into a hotel and that their rooms were connected by a door. She was very insulted. She came back to Madrid and she said, 'Oh, I turned it down ...
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If You Call My Name: The Collected Memoirs of Black Enslaved People
By Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Solomon NorthupIf You Call My Name is a collection of the memoirs of enslaved Black people, including Frederick Douglass, Solomon Northup, Harriet Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, and Olaudah Equiano, now in one volume...
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Global Negotiation: The New Rules
By William Hernández Requejo, John L. GrahamIsrael is still there. In 1959, Castro took over Cuba. For almost 50 years the United States has boycotted sugar and cigars, and Castro is still there. OPEC's (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) 1973 oil flow slowdown was ...
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Ending Global Poverty: A Guide to What Works
By Stephen C. SmithThis book should help raise the effectiveness of donors, organizations, and governments in their efforts to help those in need.
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Revolutionary Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech
By Stephen D. SolomonRutherfurd, John Peter Zenger, 8–9; Buranelli, The Trial, 11–12; Joseph H. Smith and Leo Hershkowitz, “Courts of Equity in the Province of New York: The Cosby Controversy, ...
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The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town
By Brian Alexander... the details of the contract: Rosa Salter Rodriguez, “Parkview, Anthem Sign Contract,” Journal-Gazette, July 31, 2020. ... The Mission Failed,” New York Times, March 29, 2020; William Lazonick and Matt Hopkins, “How 'Maximizing ...
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The Darkest Year: The American Home Front 1941-1942
By William K. Klingaman“uneasy and suspicious”: NYT, Nov. 5, 1942. “not in a position...”: WP, Oct. 27, 1942. “In all governmental affairs...”: Ibid. “The people who are . . .”: Bogard and Bryer, p. 539. “over-staffed, over-stuffed government”: R. Dallek, p.
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Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
By Michael J. TougiasStation Gloucester had lined up a series of snowplows from different towns to transport Cavanaugh back to the station using a relay approach. Each plow would carry him to the northern end of their town line, where the next town's plow ...
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The Annihilation Protocol
By Michael Laurence“I do believe we found Peter Cavanaugh,” Layne said. “How long do you think he's been out here like this?” “I'm not sure,” Mason said. “It's hard to tell with this much scavenger activity.” “Your gut?” “A couple months, maybe more.