Avery imprint: 686 books
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News,in Politics, and in L ife
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2008
The Strunk and White of statistics team up to help the average person navigate the numbers in the news
Drawing on their hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show More or Less, journalist Michael Blastland and internationally known economist Andrew Dilnot delight, amuse, and convert American mathphobes...
Poseidon's Steed
The Story of Seahorses, From Myth to Reality
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2009
A fascinating journey with the sea creature that has captured human imagination for thousands of years
Poseidon's Steed trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a kaleidoscopic history that mirrors man's centuries-old fascination with the animal, sweeping from the reefs...
by James Kakalios
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2005
James Kakalios explores the scientific plausibility of the powers and feats of the most famous superheroes — and discovers that in many cases the comic writers got their science surprisingly right. Along the way he provides an engaging and witty commentary while introducing the lay reader to both...
Billion-Dollar Kiss
The Kiss That Saved Dawson's Creek, and Other Adventures inTV Writing
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
When Jeffrey Stepakoff was graduating with an MFA in playwriting, he imagined a life in the New York theater, wearing a beret and smoking clove cigarettes. Writing for the "boob tube" didn’t even cross his mind. But he ended up in L.A. in the late 80’s, when television writers were experiencing...
The Girls from Ames
A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
The instant New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy bestseller The Last Lecture
As children, they formed a special bond, growing up in the...
The Conversation
How Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
In his first book for adults, New York Times bestselling author Hill Harper invites you to join the Conversation: an honest dialogue about the breakdown of African-American relationships. For generations African Americans have turned to their families in times of need – but now, this proud and strong...
Letters to a Young Brother
MANifest Your Destiny
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2006
Most people associate Hill Harper with Hollywood, as he’s appeared in dozens of films and television shows. But he is just as comfortable in a school auditorium, rousing groups of students with his unique style of real-life wisdom. Having addressed thousands of high-school and middle- school students...
Unconscious Putting
Dave Stockton's Guide to Unlocking Your Signature Stroke
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
"The Pro Tours' Hottest Coach" (Golf Digest) reveals the secrets that helped Phil Mickelson win the 2010 Masters and can utterly transform every player's game.
When a resurgent Phil Mickelson won the Tour Championship in September 2009, he was quick to credit a series of simple putting...
The Ones Who Hit the Hardest
The Steelers, the Cowboys, the '70s, and the Fight for America's Soul
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2010
A stirring portrait of the decade when the Steelers became the greatest team in NFL history, even as Pittsburgh was crumbling around them.
In the 1970s, the city of Pittsburgh was in need of heroes. In that decade the steel industry, long the lifeblood of the city, went into massive decline,...
A Course Called Ireland
A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
An epic Celtic sojourn in search of ancestors, nostalgia, and the world?s greatest round of golf
In his thirties, married, and staring down impending fatherhood, Tom Coyne was well familiar with the last refuge of the adult male: the golfing trip. Intent on designing a golf trip to end all...
Death to the BCS
The Definitive Case Against the Bowl Championship Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
A team of award-winning sports reporters takes down the Great Satan of college sports: the Bowl Championship Series.
Every college sport picks its champion by a postseason tournament, except for one: Division I-A football. Instead of a tournament, fans are subjected to the Bowl Championship...
Baseball as a Road to God
Seeing Beyond the Game
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The president of New York University offers a love letter to America’s most beloved sport and a tribute to its underlying spirituality.
For more than a decade, John Sexton has taught a wildly popular New York University course about two seemingly very different things: religion and baseball....
The Miracle of St. Anthony
A Season with Coach Bob Hurley and Basketball's Most Improbable Dynasty
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2006
In a city mired in endless decay, where the youth suffer through all the horrors of urban blight, hope comes in a most unassuming form: a tiny brick schoolhouse run by two Felician nuns where a singular basketball genius takes teenagers from the mean streets of Jersey City and turns them into champions...
Fit to Fight
An Insanely Effective Strength and Conditioning Program for the Ultimate MMA Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2008
The ultimate strength and conditioning book for ultimate fighters.
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is America's fastest-growing combat sport, with millions signing up for MMA classes and many more tuning in to "pay-per-view" to watch events with names like "Cage Rage" and "No...