Books from Gotham Books
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Independent Ed: Inside a Career of Big Dreams, Little Movies, and the Twelve Best Days of My Life
By Todd Gold, Edward BurnsThe Grand Jury Prize-winning independent filmmaker and Hollywood actor traces his two decades in the movie industry and his professional collaborations with such fellow celebrities as Robert Redford, Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz.
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Why Good People Do Bad Things: Understanding Our Darker Selves
By James HollisOffers insight into how to resolve disparities between one's values and one's actual actions, introducing the Jungian concept of a divided soul while explaining how readers can become more self-aware by accepting the less favorable elements ...
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Glamour's Big Book of Dos & Don'ts: Fashion Help for Every Woman
By Cindi Leive, Rebecca Sample GerstungCiting the fashion gaffes committed by most women, a resource on how to dress effectively while avoiding style mistakes provides for a woman's professional, personal, and special occasion wardrobes while...
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Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message
By Tara MohrA Huffington Post columnist and women's leadership expert outlines practical skills that women can use to implement positive change, covering such topics as self-esteem and how to overcome sabotaging gender rules of conduct. 50,000 first ...
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After I'm Gone: Thoughts, Wishes, Memories, and Secrets to Share with Those I Love
By Susan DaviesPresents guidelines and inspirational tips on recording an individual history to be read after one's death, including family history, childhood memories, final wishes, and words of love.
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The Hard Questions for Adult Children and Their Aging Parents: 100 Essential Questions for Facing the Future Together, with Courage...
By Susan PiverNew York Timesbestselling author Susan Piver brings her wisdom and insight to the millions of readers who must confront the process of caring for elderly parents.Witnessing the declining health of...
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The Real Wizard of Oz: The Life and Times of L. Frank Baum
By Rebecca LoncraineIn the first major literary biography of L. Frank Baum, Rebecca Loncraine tells the story of Oz as you've never heard it, with a look behind the curtain at the...
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The Heart of a Soldier: A True Story of Love, War, and Sacrifice
By Kate BlaiseThe powerful true story of a heroic couple whose love for their country was matched only by their love for each other. Mike and Kate Blaise fell in love...
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Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found
By Rebecca Alexander, Sascha AlperA woman who is slowly losing her sight and hearing chronicles her amazing life—from trying to hide her disability as a teenager to fully embracing life as an adult with humor and gratitude, completing a 600-mile bike race and hiking the ...
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I'm Proud of You: Life Lessons from My Friend Fred Rogers
By Tim MadiganROGERS/IM PROUD OF YOU
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Golf Annika's Way
By Annika Sorenstam, Golf MagazineThe Swedish-born LPGA champion teaches golfers of all skill levels how to play and win like a pro, with detailed instructions on the swing, fundamentals of grip and posture, and putting, along with tips on using every club in the bag.
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Freeing Keiko: The Journey of a Killer Whale from Free Willy to the Wild
By Kenneth BrowerCaptured as a two-year-old calf off the coast of Iceland in 1979 by a fishing vessel, the killer whale who would become Keiko was soon sent to North America, struggling...
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I'm Proud of You: My Friendship with Fred Rogers
By Tim MadiganWhen journalist Madigan met Mister Fred Rogers in 1995, his personal life was in shambles. In this story reminiscent of Mitch Albom and his phenomenal bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, the...
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Dog House: A Love Story
By Carol PrisantThe author of the best-selling Antiques Roadshow Primer describes her more than four-decade marriage to a beloved southern gentleman and their shared foibles with a succession of canine companions.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly: The Chuck Norris Fact Thrillogy
By Ian SpectorA humorous collection of "facts" about the martial artist and television star exemplifying his manliness and machismo.
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Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington
By Terry TeachoutEdward Kennedy 'Duke' Ellington was arguably the greatest jazz composer of the twentieth century - and an impenetrably enigmatic personality whom no one, not even his closest friends, claimed to understand.
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A Gift from Brittany
By Marjorie PriceDocuments the author's socially controversial decision to travel alone to Paris in 1960, her efforts to develop herself artistically, and her whirlwind marriage to a volatile painter whose impulsive relocation to a rustic hamlet in southern ...
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This Man's Army: A Soldier's Story from the Front Lines of the War on Terrorism
By Andrew ExumAn anonymous officer recounts his transformation from Ivy League student to twenty-first-century soldier, describing his ROTC training, education at the elite Ranger School, combat missions in Afghanistan, and efforts to come to terms with ...
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What Matters Most: Living a More Considered Life
By James HollisPresenting the unique perspective of respected analyst and author James Hollis, Ph.D., What Matters Most helps readers learn to appreciate (even be amazed by) events unfolding within, even as the external world creates constant struggles.
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Tommy's Honor: The Story of Old Tom Morris and Young Tom Morris, Golf's Founding Father and Son
By Kevin CookA tribute to the professional achievements of the father-and-son team of Tom and Tom Morris cites their pivotal contributions to the founding of golf in the 1800s, the differences in their athletic styles, and young Tom's tragic early death ...