Villard imprint: 271 books
Bury Me in My Jersey
A Memoir of My Father, Football, and Philly
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Born and raised in Eagles country, Tom McAllister learns from his father and brother the rules of being a football fan. Spending Sundays in the infamous 700 level of Veterans Stadium, or sitting in front of the TV with his father in a nearby recliner, Tom sees both the ugly and beautiful sides of...
Hard Courts
Real Life on the Professional Tennis Tours
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
The new edition of this bestseller in hardcover features never-before-published, all-new inside info on the money, personalities and politics of pro-tennis: Jimmy, Monica, Boris, Martina, et al. Now in paper.
A Season Inside
One Year in College Basketball
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Feinstein takes readers inside the locker rooms, the grueling practices, the late-night strategy sessions. They get a close-up look at recruiting, referees, injuries, winning, losing, and the private lives of the game's biggest stars.
by John Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
The coaches and players of Duke University's 1977-78 team, who ended an otherwise successful season with their NCAA championship loss to Kentucky, are traced from their time on the squad to their present occupations.
Standard Deviations
Growing Up and Coming Down in the New Asia
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
“I was twenty-three and I had set off for Asia to become a writer, intrigued by lurid tales of booms, busts, drugs, sex, violence, magic. There was a wicked sorcery in Asia, in the economic profligacy of the early nineties, in the way financiers and businessmen took a rapidly wiring and developing...
by Tim Cahill
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
In Hold the Enlightenment, America’s favorite and funniest adventure writer returns with his most entertaining collection of essays yet, as he travels the globe and faces down challenges that are animal, topographical—and human.
Hold the Enlightenment takes Tim Cahill to sites as far-flung...
by Pamela Paul
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2002
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony is a pioneering study of first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, and of the changing face of matrimony in America.
According to the brilliant trend analyst and journalist Pamela Paul, “It’s easy to conclude...
Does This Make Me Look Fat?
The Definitive Rules for Dressing Thin for Every Height, Size, and Shape
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
"There are really only two kinds of clothes in the world—those that make you look fat and those that don't. All the rest is just details," writes style maven Leah Feldon. "If you really want the answer to 'Does this make me look fat?' this is where you'll get it—whether you're an ultra-size diva...
Here Speeching American
A Very Strange Guide to English as It Is Garbled Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
THE STRANGEST (AND FUNNIEST) TRAVEL GUIDE YOU’LL EVER READ
The celebrated authors of the perennial bestseller The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said set the typical travel guide squarely on its head–taking you from the airport to the hotel, from sightseeing to dining out–by using 100 percent...
Rabid Nun Infects Entire Convent
And Other Sensational Stories from a Tabloid Writer
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2005
CONFESSIONS OF A TABLOID WRITER WHO DOVE INTO THE CESSPOOL OF HIS OWN MIND AND CAME UP WITH INCREDIBLE TABLOID STORIES
“Some people aspire to greatness. A combination of bad parenting and coming of age in Baltimore, Maryland, at the same time as John Waters pushed me in a different direction,”...
A Homeopathic Handbook of Natural Remedies
Safe and Effective Treatment of Common Ailments and Injuries
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
A Homeopathic Handbook of Natural Remedies offers the most succinct and up-to-date information available on homeopathy, a method of healing that works by stimulating the body’s natural defenses. Laura Josephson provides an overview of the healing principles and history of homeopathy, clear guidelines...
Terry:
My Daughter's Life-and-Death Struggle with Alcoholism
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Raw and riveting . . . A compassionate reminder that every alcoholic was once somebody’s baby.”—USA Today
Just before Christmas 1994 Terry McGovern was found frozen to death in a snowbank in Madison, Wisconsin, where she had stumbled out of a bar and fallen...
The Travel Detective
How to Get the Best Service and the Best Deals from Airlines, Hotels, Cruise Ships, and Car Rental Agencies
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2005
Renowned travel authority and NBC Today show travel editor Peter Greenberg shares his insider secrets.
Americans now travel more than ever before. Yet as our traveling has increased, the service we receive from airlines, hotels, and other agencies has deteriorated dramatically. Industry surveys...
Finding Mr. Write
A New Slant on Selecting the Perfect Mate
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
Would you buy a house without seeing the inside? Would you buy a car without checking under the hood and taking it for a spin? Probably not. Then why is it that you will choose a mate without knowing what's going on inside him? Most of you would agree that love letters are a great way into your heart....