Skyhorse Publishing: 874 books
Cats Miscellany
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2011
A fun collection of feline facts, quotations about cats, and amazing tales . . .
What happened when Charles Dickens discovered that his cat William was really a Williamina? How do you tell if your cat is truly fat? How long did it take one Florida housecat to track down his owners after they...
The Dollar Bill Origami Book
30 Designs That Turn Money into Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Transform everyday money into gorgeous art with these original origami designs.
Take your origami hobby to the next level with dollar bill origami—the art of folding beautiful designs with the humble dollar bill. The unique size, shape, texture, and pattern of dollar bills provide a world...
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A moving memoir by the “Dog Man” of Australia that offers “rare insight into the workings of the canine mind” (Malachy McCourt).
When Martin McKenna was growing up in Garryowen, Ireland, in the 1970s, he was bullied, shamed, and badly misunderstood by his family and teachers. He finally...
by Nick Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The twentieth anniversary edition of the acclaimed memoirist’s masterpiece of Montana fly fishing with a new preface by the author—“I love Nick Lyons’s books” (Ted Hughes).
The Spring Creek river in central Montana is where you’ll find trout as long as your arm—trout that are...
Murderers, Robbers, & Highwaymen
True Tales of Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A compendium of horrific crimes and bloody punishments in Georgian England from the editor of the New York Times bestseller, Outlaws and Peace Officers.
Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown...
A Day in Prison
An Insider's Guide to Life Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
A rare glimpse at twenty-four hours in the life of an inmate—from doing laundry in “the hole” to surviving a fight—by an ex-con and professional prison coach.
No one is prepared for the reality of incarceration. In this fascinating and utterly candid guide, prison coach John “Doc”...
Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City
Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Urban legends, unsolved murders, and historical oddities from the five boroughs . . .
Even many native New Yorkers don’t know all the secrets of their city. This book takes you on a tour, uptown, downtown, and below ground, with fascinating stories that range from a cross-dressing governor...
Words Gone Wild
Fun and Games for Language Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A treasury for anyone who enjoys puns, puzzles, palindromes, and all kinds of wordplay!
This enlightening and entertaining guide to humorous language is chock-full of comical spoonerisms, droll malapropisms, witty anagrams, limericks, tongue-twisters, and more. It also provides a bit of historical...
by Woody Allen, Martin Amis, Maya Angelou
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This “uniquely valuable reference” filled with over five hundred quotations is a bibliophile’s delight (Library Journal).
A room without books is like a body without a soul. —Cicero
This collection of quotations about books captures the wisdom and wit of such legendary figures as: Aeschylus,...
Words from the Wise
Over 6,000 of the Smartest Things Ever Said
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2007
A compendium of quotes for every occasion—from love to dogs to politics—by the finest wits of history and the modern day.
In Words from the Wise, Rosemarie Jarski has collected six thousand quotes that offer sage advice—or at least a good laugh—on a wide range of subjects. Whether you...
Maybe We'll Have You Back
The Life of a Perennial TV Guest Star
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A veteran comic actor shares his adventures on and off the sets of sitcoms, from Seinfeld to Everybody Loves Raymond.
“If you want an inside, funny, real look at the life of a working actor, Fred Stoller is the perfect person to tell that story.” —from the foreword by Ray Romano
Fred...
A Freudian Slip Is When You Say One Thing but Mean Your Mother
879 Funny, Funky, Hip, and Hilarious Puns
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
From the author of Does the Name Pavlov Ring a Bell?: Nothing but puns—from the old to the newsworthy and everything in between.
All puns intended in this book guaranteed to add some laughs into your life. You can count on the so-called “lowest form of humor” to raise your mood, even...
Bon Mots, Wisecracks, and Gags
The Wit of Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and the Algonquin Round Table
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
A hilarious and witty collection of quotes from twentieth century literary icons.
“Stop looking at the world through rose-colored bifocals.” “His mind is so open, the wind whistles through it.” “You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.” Ever wonder where these sayings came from?...
Grace
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Movie star. Princess. Philanthropist. Icon. The compassionate, revealing, and surprising biography of one of the most admired women in Hollywood history.
She was in and out of Hollywood in six years, making only eleven feature films, but to this day Oscar Award–winning actress Grace Kelly remains...