Lyons Press: 836 books
Beyond the Bear
How I Learned to Live and Love Again after Being Blinded by a Bear
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
A 25-year-old backcountry wanderer, a man happiest exploring wild places with his dog, Dan Bigley woke up one midsummer morning to a day full of promise. Before it was over, after a stellar day of salmon fishing along Alaska’s Kenai and Russian rivers, a grizzly came tearing around a corner in the...
Covered Waters
Tempests of a Nomadic Trouter
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
An outrageous fishing memoir that spans the globe.
Epidemic
A Collision of Power, Privilege, and Public Health
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The Epidemic tells the story of how a vain and reckless businessman became responsible for
a typhoid epidemic in 1903 that devastated Cornell University and the surrounding town
of Ithaca, New York. Eighty-two people died, including twenty-nine Cornell students. Protected by influential friends, William...
by Walter Boyne, Philip Handleman
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The 25 Most Influential Aircraft of All Time conveys the fascinating progression of flying technology from flimsy wood-and-fabric biplanes to thunderous supersonic wonders. Aviation’s most historically relevant and arguably most influential aircraft – planes like the elliptical-winged Spitfire,...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
"Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life."
--Brooke Shields, during an interview to become a spokesperson for a federal anti-smoking campaign
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
--Mayor Marion Barry,...
Letters from Leaders
Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders from the World's Most Influential People
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Possibly no one on Earth personally knows as many people at the helms of nations, businesses, religions, charitable organizations, and institutes of learning as Henry O. Dormann—founder, chairman, and editor-in-chief of LEADERS magazine, whose circulation is limited to such leading figures. Here,...
by Lisa Duffy-Korpics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The Cold War had recently drawn to a close, and Lisa Duffy-Korpics’s career as a dogcatcher would soon be history, too, but for very different reasons—and, indeed, with infinitely more pleasant memories. In Tales from a Dog Catcher, she brings together these experiences in a magical book that is...
Bacchus & Me
Adventures in the Wine Cellar
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
With acerbic wit, irreverent tone, and bountiful hilarious anecdotes, Jay McInerney writes the first wine book that makes sense to all those dazed by the prevailing, dull technical wine writing. McInerney generously reveals all he's learned on his worldwide journey to understand wine in chapters on...
It's All About the Guest
Exceeding Expectations in Business and in Life, the Davio's Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
When’s the last time you picked up a business book that was so engaging you couldn’t put it down? Steve Difillippo was only 24 when he opened his first Davio’s restaurant. Since then, he’s wowed Julia Child with his pomodoro, overlooked some triple-X rated shenanigans at Table 7, taken on...
Tuff Juice
My Journey from the Streets to the NBA
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
*Two-time All-Star and thirteen-year NBA veteran Caron Butler has an impressive basketball record. He was Big East Co-Player of the Year at UConn, the 10th overall pick of the 2002 NBA Draft and a key player for the Dallas Mavericks in their championship-winning season in 2011.
But before Butler...
by Christopher Parton
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Illustrated wisdom from country stars past and present
Country Music Association estimates 42% of American adults (98 million-plus) are country music fans
From country legends and stars of today—many interviewed by the author
Country-inspired, colorful design with full...
Dandelion Hunter
Foraging the Urban Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
In this engaging and eye-opening read, forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people...
A Celebration of Animation
The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Few morose thoughts permeate the brain when Yosemite Sam calls Bugs Bunny a “long-eared galut” or a frustrated Homer Simpson blurts out his famous catch-word, “D’oh!” A Celebration of Animation explores the best-of-the-best cartoon characters from the 1920s to the 21st century. Casting a...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
A collection of stupid utterances, mostly unintentional--although not always--from politics, show business, sports, and anywhere else people can put their feet in their mouths.
Based on recorded history, it's safe to say that dumb remarks have been with us since the invention of writing. Young...