Workman Publishing: 463 books
by Brandon W. Jones
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
“A gripping novel” of two North Korean teenage girls, and their harrowing journey as they escape the authoritarian state (O, The Oprah Magazine).
Before she met Il-sun in an orphanage, Gi was a hollow husk of a girl, broken from growing up in one of North Korea’s forced-labor camps. A...
In the Wake of Madness
The Murderous Voyage of the Whaleship Sharon
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2004
The true story of one of history’s most notorious mutinies is revealed in this riveting “nautical murder mystery” (USA Today).
In May 1841, the Massachusetts whaleship Sharon set out for the whaling ground of the northwestern Pacific. A year later, while most of the crew was out hunting,...
Some Survived
An Eyewitness Account of the Bataan Death March and the Men Who Lived through It
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2004
This true account by a WWII veteran taken prisoner by the Japanese “shows that the human spirit can soar like an eagle from the depths of hell on earth” (The Post and Courier, Charleston, South Carolina).
Manny Lawton was a twenty-three-year-old army captain on April 8, 1942, when orders...
Trooper Down!
Life and Death on the Highway Patrol
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
A police reporter offers an up-close look inside the daily lives of North Carolina’s state troopers.
Like most law enforcement, their shifts can be filled with long stretches of tedium. They stay at the roadside, watching vehicles rush by, occasionally handing out a speeding ticket or pulling...
by W. J. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
A military historian’s “eminently readable” look at the strategy and tactics at Bunker Hill, Trenton, and other battles of the American Revolution (George F. Scheer, author of Rebels and Redcoats).
This groundbreaking study argues that the Americans did not simply outlast the British...
Solo
My Adventures in the Air
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2006
A “spellbinding” memoir about the author’s passion for flying, including his stint as a combat pilot in Vietnam (Tim O’Brien, bestselling author of The Things They Carried).
When Clyde Edgerton was four years old, his mother took him to the local airport to see the planes. For the boy,...
Nothing Left to Burn
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
A “painful and poignant” memoir of the author’s father, a heroic firefighter—and his grandfather, a serial arsonist (USA Today).
When Jay Varner, fresh out of college, returns home to central Pennsylvania to work for the local newspaper, he knows he will have to deal with the memories of...
The Beggar King and the Secret of Happiness
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2005
This inspiring memoir by a storyteller who lost his voice, and gained some unexpected wisdom, is “nothing less than a spiritual odyssey” (San Francisco Chronicle).
“Heartwarming and smart and wonderfully written,” this is that rare, magical book—a book that tells a good story, but...
The School of Beauty and Charm
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2001
A “tragically funny debut novel” about a Southern girl’s reckless rebellion (Library Journal).
Henry and Florida Peppers of Counterpoint, Georgia, are upstanding Baptist parents whose dearest wishes are to keep their asthmatic son, Roderick, alive—and keep their smart-ass daughter,...
by Satish Kumar
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
A Buddhist parable on confronting violence offers “a profound message about hope in the midst of seemingly hopeless terrors” (Robert Thurman, author of Man of Peace).
In this timely retelling of an ancient Buddhist parable, peace activist Satish Kumar has created a small book with a powerful...
The Boy Who Loved Tornadoes
A Mother's Story
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
“A heartbreaking, disturbing, and truly courageous story of one mother’s fight to save her son” (Alice Hoffman, New York Times–bestselling author).
Randi Davenport’s young son, Chase, kept having problems, but a diagnosis proved elusive. Some said it was autism, others, ADHD—but...
The Accidental Buddhist
Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 1997
A journey through the diverse landscape of American Buddhism, written with a “blessedly down-to-earth sense of humor” (Rodger Kamenetz, author of The Jew in the Lotus).
In an era when many of us yearn for an escape from a culture of noise and narcissism, this book takes us into the physical...
How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm
And Other Adventures in Parenting (from Argentina to Tanzania and Everywhere in Between)
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
A “breezy and entertaining” tour of parenting practices around the world that shows there’s more than one way to diaper a baby (The Boston Globe).
Mei-Ling Hopgood, a first-time mom from suburban Michigan—now living in Buenos Aires—was shocked that Argentine parents allowed their...
Girl Meets God
On the Path to a Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2002
“A passionate and thoroughly engaging account of a continuing spiritual journey within two profoundly different faiths” (The New York Times Book Review).
The child of a Reform Jewish father and a lapsed Southern Baptist mother, Lauren Winner eventually chose to become an Orthodox Jew—but...