Gregory: 2919 books
Stupid History
Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Through the Ages
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
Why exactly is Paul Revere revered? Was the lightbulb really Thomas Edison's bright idea?
* Best-selling author Leland Gregory employs his masterful wit to expose historical myths, faux "facts," strange events, and tales of human stupidity throughout history.
If it would shock...
Sickened
The True Story of a Lost Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
**A remarkable memoir that speaks in an original and distinctive Midwestern voice, rising to indelible scenes in prose of scathing beauty and fierce humor. **
A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school. Just twelve,...
Defining Moments in Black History
Reading Between the Lies
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
NAACP 2017 Image Award Winner
With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America.
A friend of luminaries...
Shipstar
A Science Fiction Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
The dramatic sequel to Larry Niven and Gregory Benford's New York Times bestselling novel, Bowl of Heaven
Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter...
The Late Victorian Folksong Revival
The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
In The Late Victorian Folksong Revival: The Persistence of English Melody, 1878-1903, E. David Gregory provides a reliable and comprehensive history of the birth and early development of the first English folksong revival. Continuing where Victorian Songhunters, his first book, left off, Gregory systematically...
The Man Who Solved the Market
How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2019
Bestselling author and veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it?
Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. His track record bests those of legendary investors including...
Stupid Conservatives: Weird and Wacky Tales from the Right Wing
Weird and Wacky Tales from the Right Wing
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Leland Gregory's 17 previous humor collections with AMP are all in print and all are staples on the humor backlist, including Stupid American History, which was a New York Times best-seller, and Stupid History, which has shipped over 130,000 copies. Silly, shocking, weird, and hilariously funny, the...
Stupid California: Idiots in the Golden State
Idiots in the Golden State
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Best-selling author Leland Gregory--who has so entertainingly highlighted humanity's stupidity in the areas of crime, business, love, politics, cruelty, and history--is back with Stupid California.This time, Gregory builds a case for the common suspicion that Californians, from movie moguls...
by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Mary A. Turzillo
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack selects 25 more modern and classic science fiction stories, by talented authors new and old. Authors in this volume include: Mary A. Turzillo, E.C. Tubb, Murray Leinster, Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Jason Andrew, Henry Kuttner, Cynthia Ward, George H. Scithers...
Hey, Idiot!: Chronicles of Human Stupidity
Chronicles of Human Stupidity
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2009
It's not feelings of superiority that make us suspect the universe is filled with dumb people: The universe really is filled with dumb people, as it's easy to see in the pages of Leland Gregory's sharp offering, Hey Idiot! Gregory, a former Saturday Night Live writer, is the smart cookie who's previously...
by Gregory Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
Take a journey into a part of London that you never knew existed. Explore the city’s many Art Deco office buildings in a profusely illustrated two part ebook by award winning author Gregory Edwards. In amongst the great jumble of styles present in Central London you will find the Art Deco offices...
50 Things Not to Do after 50
From Naming Your Pets after Tolkien Characters to Signaling "Peace Out" to Your Friends
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
The rules change at 50! The New York Times–bestselling author and former SNL writer offers advice on living this stage of life with your dignity intact.
If you or someone you know has just turned fifty, it’s time to accept that the rules of life have changed, and that fifty is not the new...
Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing
The inside story from the birth of modern motor sport
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2012
Reproduced for the first time in over 50 years, the classic tale from the birth of modern motor sport
Behind the Scenes of Motor Racing is a tale of sporting chivalry, heroism and humour — but also one of tragedy through the loss of so many of the author’s friends and colleagues among...
by Sandra Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Forget You Had a Daughter is the extraordinary story of an ordinary British woman who made a mistake that changed the rest of her life. Sandra Gregory seemed to have the perfect life in Bangkok—until illness, unemployment and political unrest turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home by...