Skyhorse Publishing: 874 books

A powerful novel of a British family reunited after World War II that has been hailed as “a small classic, deeply touching and true” (Publishers Weekly). In the spring of 1946, Sam Richardson is a returning soldier, back in his hometown of Wigton, England, after serving in the jungles of...

A teenager seeks glory with General Custer but instead finds a dream gone awry in this “American masterwork” set in 1876 Montana Territory (Howard Frank Mosher). Eighteen year-old Allen Winslow is living what should be every young man’s dream. Thanks to his mother’s charming intercession,...

**Shakespeare and Lao Tzu match wits and wisdom in this playful encounter—a new take on the old dialogue between East and West. **   The Tao Te Ching or Book of the Way of Virtue is a touchstone of Eastern philosophy and mysticism. It has been called the wisest book ever written, and its author,...

A first-hand account of one woman’s air force career—the barriers she broke and the challenges she faced in twenty years of military service. When Cheryl Dietrich joined the US Air Force, she began a transformation from overweight introvert and military neophyte into one of the key personnel...

Experience the exciting and suspenseful tale of the man who almost took out one of the greatest villains in history—and lived to never tell the tale.   On November 8, 1939, a nondescript German clockmaker named Georg Elser placed a bomb in a Munich beer hall where Hitler was scheduled to give a...

A spy thriller set along the geopolitical fault lines of South Asia, from an author who “knows how to keep things zipping along and dial up tension” (Kirkus Reviews).   Colonel Imtiaz Afridi, India’s legendary spymaster, has zeroed in on a new threat emanating from the borderlands over which...

This “thrilling . . . mind-bending” novel tells of future America where a dangerous new intelligence threatens the very survival of humanity (Fantascize.com). Life is good in the New Republic of America. In fact, it’s perfect. Thanks to a supercomputer known as the System that controls...

Scotland Yard’s detective duo takes on a puzzling case in the posh world of international architecture: “[An] ever-enjoyable series” (Booklist). Charles Verge, a powerful, cutting-edge architect, has disappeared into the blue, leaving behind his firm; his beloved—and pregnant—daughter;...

A killer resurfaces and a girl goes missing—two cases in one location for Scotland Yard’s David Brock and Kathy Kolla, from the author of Slaughter Park.   When he learns that his longtime nemesis, the amphetamine-juiced killer and thief known as “Upper” North, may have surfaced, Det. David...

“A deeply touching and fascinating novel. This is a must-read for anyone familiar with the game of basketball” (J****ulius Erving, NBA Hall of Famer).   It’s 1989, and Jim Keating has hit absolute rock bottom. He lost his wife to cancer, his house to bankruptcy, and his job as a college basketball...

A mutant virus with catastrophic potential forces a team of scientists into a race against time—and a fight against environmentalists. An airborne sickness is spreading across the globe—a super-strength pathogen that makes the Black Death look like the common cold. There is no vaccine....

A model prisoner’s release into society triggers an inevitable downfall in this novel by an influential twentieth-century German author.   For Willi Kufult, prison life means staying out of trouble, keeping his cell clean, snagging a precious piece of tobacco, and dreaming of the day of his release. Then...

“[A] tour de force . . . As one critic’s demonstration of what he considers the best in art and the best way to write about it, this book sets a high standard” (Roberta Smith).   This brilliant blend of history, biography, and criticism explores the seminal figures of twentieth-century French...

From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature: “There are few studies so good on any artist . . . Deft and dense with intelligence and . . . exciting to read” (The New Republic).   Octavio Paz claims in this essential work that the two painters who had the greatest influence on the twentieth...