Grove Press imprint: 1036 books
by Steve Almond
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From the New York Times–bestselling author and Dear Sugars columnist, an arousing story collection exploring modern love in the age of hook-up culture.
Steve Almond’s My Life in Heavy Metal presents twelve passion-fueled stories—including his Pushcart Prize-winning story “The Pass”—that...
An Honorable Profession
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A New York Times Notable Book of a young teacher and the scandal that could destroy him. “A combination interior odyssey and intense thriller” (Publishers Weekly).
John L’Heureux is one of our most authoritative and compelling novelists, and An Honorable Profession is a “splendid novel”...
by Mark Billingham
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
“A British police procedural as good as those produced by crime queens Elizabeth George and Ruth Rendell.” —USA Today
His first three victims ended up dead. His fourth was not so fortunate . . .
Alison Willetts is unlucky to be alive. She has survived a stroke, deliberately induced...
by Mark Billingham
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Now, killing is a team sport.
It was a vicious, calculated murder. The killer selected his victim at London's Euston station, followed her home on the tube, strangled her to death in front of her child. At the same time, killed in the same way, a second body is discovered at the back of King’s...
by Cathy Coote
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Written when Cathy Coote was nineteen, Innocents is a taut, wickedly clever descent into the anatomy of an obsession, the debut of a precociously assured and provocative young literary voice. Forcing someone vulnerable and naive into a sexual relationship to satisfy a twisted desire is perverted, even...
by Lyle Kessler
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2013
Now a Broadway production directed by Daniel Sullivan and starring Alec Baldwin, Ben Foster, and Tom SturridgeI have dreamed, for a long time, of doing this play with this director.”-Alec BaldwinIn a run-down house in North Philadelphia live two orphan brothers: the reclusive, sensitive Philip, sealed...
The Book of Gin
A Spirited History from Alchemists' Stills and Colonial Outposts to Gin Palaces, Bathtub Gin, and Artisanal Cocktails
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
“An absorbing popular history of one of history’s most popular drinks.” —Booklist
Gin has been a drink of kings infused with crushed pearls and rose petals, and a drink of the poor flavored with turpentine and sulfuric acid. Born in alchemists’ stills and monastery kitchens, its earliest...
Vanilla
Travels in Search of the Ice Cream Orchid
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
From Papantla in Mexico—“the city that perfumed the world”—to the Indian Ocean islands, Vanilla traces the story of the vanilla plant and its secretive trade.
From the golden cups of Aztec emperors to the ice cream dishes of US presidents, vanilla has mystified and tantalized man for...
Olga
Revolutionary and Martyr
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Olga Benario, German and Jewish, was one of the most remarkable Communist activists of the twentieth century. Blessed with a genius for organization and an unwavering devotion, the beautiful, willful daughter of a liberal Munich lawyer crisscrossed the globe educating and activating legions to combat...
Naked at Lunch
A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
“A delightful and informative look at nudism throughout history and around the world.” —The Seattle Times
People have been getting naked in public for reasons other than sex for centuries. But as Mark Haskell Smith reveals, being a nudist is more complicated than simply dropping trou. “Nonsexual...
by Belinda Bauer
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
A spine-tingling, edge-of-your-seat thriller about an alarming killing spree in southwest England from the CWA Gold Dagger Award–winning author.
The eight-year-old boy had vanished from the car and—as if by slick, sick magic—had been replaced by a note on the steering wheel: “You don’t...
On Love
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
On Love is globally bestselling novelist-philosopher Alain De Botton’s iconic debut-the novel that launched his decorated literary career; and a funny, profound, and searingly true-to-life exploration of love.
A man and a woman meet over casual conversation on a flight from Paris to London,...
Global Village Idiot
Dubya, Dunces, and One Last Word Before You Vote
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
In this collection of acid-tongued essays, “the U.K.’s answer to Dave Barry” skewers his American cousins (Publishers Weekly).
Winner of the Best Columnist of the Year at the British Liars’ Awards and Britain’s finest satirist, John O’Farrell takes dead aim at cell phones, awards ceremonies,...
A Symphony in the Brain
The Evolution of the New Brain Wave Biofeedback
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
A “fascinating overview” of neurofeedback and its potential benefits for treating depression, autism, epilepsy, and other conditions (Discover).
Since A Symphony in the Brain was first published, the scientific understanding of our bodies, brains, and minds has taken remarkable leaps. From...