Skyhorse Publishing: 874 books
Operation Valuable Fiend
The CIA's First Paramilitary Strike Against the Iron Curtain
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Based on previously classified documents, the true account of a top-secret Cold War operation: the CIA’s failed attempt to spark rebellion in Albania.
In 1949, a newly minted branch of the CIA (the precursor of today’s National Clandestine Service) hatched an elaborate plan to roll back the...
Reluctant Genius
Alexander Graham Bell and the Passion for Invention
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
A “splendid” new portrait of the man who invented the telephone, from an award-winning, national bestselling author (The Washington Times).
The popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the...
Bosnian Chronicle
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
The Nobel Prize–winning author’s sweeping historical novel of Bosnia is “rich with humanity and the humor that comes with wisdom” (Library Journal).
Set in the town of Travnik, Bosnian Chronicle presents the struggle for supremacy in a region that stubbornly refuses to submit to any outsider....
Hitler's Gift
The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
The accomplishments of the Jewish scientists who were forced to flee Nazi Germany—including the research that turned the tide of World War II.
Between 1901 and 1932, Germany won a third of all the Nobel Prizes for science. But with Hitler’s rise to power, and the introduction of racial...
by E. M. Cioran
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
“A collection of literary portraits intermingled with aphorisms and random thoughts . . . Brilliant and delightfully opinionated” (Kirkus Reviews).
In this collection of essays and epigrams, Romanian-born French philosopher E.M. Cioran gives us portraits and evaluations—which he calls...
Bell of the Desert
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
This historical novel offers an “imaginative chronicle of an extraordinary woman” whose exploits across the Middle East helped create modern-day Iraq (Kirkus Reviews).
A brilliant academic, mountaineer, explorer, linguist, politician, and towering literary figure, Gertrude Bell is the most...
The Cinema of Cruelty
From Buñuel to Hitchcock
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
“There is no denying his importance in the development of film theory. As an introduction to Bazin’s views, The Cinema of Cruelty is excellent” (Columbia Spectator).
Perhaps the single most important voice of cinema in the twentieth century, André Bazin profoundly influenced the development...
1969 and Then Some
A Memoir of Romance, Motorcycles, and Lingering Flashbacks of a Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
“A true story of unfettered freedom and adventure, speed, sex, fun and drugs” by the Pulitzer Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award nominee (Columbia County Observer).
For anyone who’s heard about the 1960s, for those who remember it, and for those who can’t, this is Robert Wintner’s touching...
Milena
The Tragic Story of Kafka's Great Love
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Rebel journalist. Political prisoner. Franz Kafka’s mistress. “A remarkable story of courage and survival” in Nazi Germany (Los Angeles Times Book Review).
In 1919, Czech translator, the married Milena Jesenská, asked Franz Kafka for permission to translate one his stories. Thus began an...
Bookless in Baghdad
Reflections on Writing and Writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
“This amalgam of essay, literary criticism, and memoir blends into a tribute to the world of books,” from the acclaimed Indian writer (Chicago Tribune).
Born in London, and raised in Bombay and Calcutta, Shashi Tharoor was eleven years old when “an otherwise detestable teacher” dictated...
The Pretender's Lady
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
The acclaimed historical novelist brings to life “a heroine for all ages”—Flora MacDonald, who saved Bonnie Prince Charlie and became his secret love (Bryce Courtenay).
The Pretender’s Lady, Alan Gold’s meticulously researched novel, vibrantly portrays the life of Flora MacDonald, the...
For All the Obvious Reasons
And Other Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Short fiction about the drama that lurks under the surface of our lives, by “a gifted writer” (The New York Times Book Review).
These nine distinctive tales explore the passions and emotions that we struggle with as we try to navigate our way through challenging realities. A woman living a...
Hurtling Toward Happiness
A Mother and Teenage Son’s Road Trip from Blues to Bonding In a Really Small Car
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“Highly recommended for all parents . . . This memoir will alternately cause readers to smile and tear up . . . Filled with warmth, affection, and good humor” (Library Journal).
When Claudia’s sixteen-year-old son, Ross, announces he’s quitting high school and leaving home a year...
The City and the House
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
A novel revolving around a house in Rome and its various inhabitants, from “a glowing light of modern Italian literature” (The New York Times Book Review).
Le Margherite is a house in Rome that has seen many comings and goings. Among them is Lucrezia, mother of five and lover of many. Among...