blue rider press penguin random house (18 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: New. Various Photographers (illustrator). 1st Edition, 1st Printing. A stock image [photo] is an accurate representation of the listed book's cover design . Complete number line at copyright page. 425 pages including index. Illustrated with color photographs. No remainder marks. After the death of his father, Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy in 2011, Patrick J. Kennedy left Congress to devote his career to mental health advocacy and enforcement of the Federal Parity Law, pursue a healthier lifestyle, and start a family. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have all qualities and/or flaws listed that I can detect. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Shapiro, Walter. Hustling Hitler: the Jewish vaudevillian who fooled the Führer. New York: Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2016, 432pp., very good dust-jacket, very good black and gray hardcover, fresh copy. "From acclaimed journalist Walter Shapiro, the true life story of how his great-uncle - a Jewish vaudeville impresario and exuberant con man - managed to cheat Hitler's agents in the run-up to WWII. Vaudeville manager, boxing promoter, stock swindler, card shark and self-proclaimed 'Jade King of China,' Freeman Bernstein was a master of exuberant excess and no stranger to the hard-hand of the law. But the charges he was arrested for on the evening of February 18, 1937, outside of a Hollywood starlet's home, were more serious than those he had ever encountered before. The most powerful and feared man in the world - Adolf Hitler - claimed that Bernstein had committed fraud against the German government. While living in Shanghai in 1936, Bernstein had been asked to procure a large quantity of nickel for the Germans. Nickel was essential to make stainless steel for armaments, and impossible at that time for Germany to openly buy on the international markets.^, Scope and content: When the shipments arrived from Canada, bearing Bernstein's stamp of approval, the Germans found only huge, useless quantities of scrap metal and tin: a huge blow to their economy and war preparations. All his life, journalist Walter Shapiro assumed that the outlandish stories about his great uncle Freeman were exaggerated pieces of family lore; a cockamamie Jewish revenge fantasy dreamt up to entertain the kids and venerate their larger-than-life relative. But in recent years, Shapiro decided to search for the truth, and in this fascinating exploration of Bernstein's life, he investigates the incredible possibility that a New York Jew - born in 1873 to Polish immigrants - may have been responsible for a critical shortage of Nazi resources in the early years of World War II.". ISBN 9780399161476.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 268 pages; 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "After nearly a lifetime spent in the Industry, author and fashion insider Simon Doonan is ready to let you in on a little secret: his peers in this multibillion-dollar industry are just as nutty as the denizens of your local loony bin. In The Asylum, an unabashedly hilarious collection of autobiographical essays, Doonan, the creative ambassador for Barneys New York, tells the real-life stories of glamorous madness and stylish insanity. Doonan has witnessed models unable to work for fear of ghosts, gone deep-sea fishing with a couturier pal and his jailbird companion, and watched Anna Wintour remain perfectly calm while the ceiling fell--literally--in the middle of Fashion Week. Once you start looking, he says, youll notice telltale signs of lunacy everywhere. Style insiders see patterns and trends in everything; they suffer from outsize personality disorders and delusions of grandeur; and of course, they have a predilection for theatrical makeup and artfully destroyed clothing. No one is more suited to the asylum than the truly die-hard fashionista--after all, eccentricity and extremism are the foundations of great style. With his gimlet eye for the absurd and a love for eccentricity, Doonans personal and professional stories never fail to entertain. 'The David Sedaris of the style universe' (The Boston Globe) gives us the scoop on the kooky, cutthroat--but always fabulous--fashion world, and proves himself one of the sharpest humorists writing today." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 719 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In this funny and honest work, Nicholson Baker writes about his experience as a substitute teacher and provides us with a complex, often touching look at public schooling in America." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. 322 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "In After Andy, writer Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni recounts her experience working in Andy Warhol's studio, and explores Warhol's influence--during his life and forever after--on the art world, pop culture, society, and fashion, and how his iconic status gave rise to some of our most influential tastemakers today. Spanning her own childhood through her late twenties, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni's After Andy is a memoir and social exploration of the influence that artist Andy Warhol exerted throughout his lifetime and beyond. Born and raised in 1960's London, the daughter of a famous politician and equally famous author-mother, Fraser-Cavassoni was one of many children and adolescents who looked toward America for the explosion of art, music and entertainment that was shaping the new culture. A precocious, rambunctious adolescent, Fraser-Cavassoni grew in just a matter of a few teenage years from a punk-rock-loving convent schoolgirl to party-girl socialite to becoming linked in the tabloids to Mick Jagger. In her quest to find a place for herself in the world, Fraser-Cavassoni found herself meeting Andy Warhol on and off over the years before landing in New York City at Andy Warhol Enterprises, or as she calls it, 'Adventures in Warhol Land.' In her breezy, witty, self-deprecating prose, Fraser-Cavassoni takes the reader deep into the pop artist's world--as well as miles into the stratosphere of the socialites, movie stars, royal figures, and downtown NYC artists who could be found in Warhol's orbit--working and partying closely with Fred Hughes, Ed Hayes, Brigid Berlin, Vincent Fremont, and many others who were part of the Factory clan. Having been the last person hired to work at the Warhol Studio before Warhol's death, Fraser-Cavassoni recounts the end of an era and the establishment of a global icon. From the behind-the-scenes conflict and disagreements over his personal possessions and art inventory, to the record-breaking auction of his belongings and publication of his diaries, Fraser-Cavassoni had a front seat for much of the goings-on. She explores the immediate aftermath of Warhol's death and his ever-growing influence that ranged from New York and Los Angeles and throughout Europe, and his effect on rock music, fashion and other artists, and interviews dozens of the people who knew him well." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 613 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. First printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Archie Rand's career as an artist spans five decades and myriad themes and genres. Among his pioneering explorations, The 613 is surely one of his most ambitious feats yet. Without any idea where the work would be exhibited, Rand began transforming each and every one of the 613 mitzvahs, or commandments, into its own breathtaking painting, a series that took five years to complete. Each of the gorgeous and perplexing panels features a vibrant, unexpected image that brings forth the heart of its law and commands our eyes to linger. Rand is startling and original in his rich color choices, bold characters, and extraordinarily expressive approach. The New York Times describes the paintings as 'rendered in the style of comics and pulp fiction book jackets, a dash of Mad magazine, a spoonful of Tales of the Crypt, some grotesques, some superheroes, always action, emotion, drama.' Whether grotesque or dramatic, each painting provokes a sense of wonder and self-reflection, making The 613 a book to be visited time and time again. Perfect for readers of art, religion, or popular visual culture, The 613 may be the most audacious and distinctive gift book of its kind." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition First Printing. Every life has a soundtrack. Which song is yours?.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition dark gray boards with silver spine lettering, contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Introduction; Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Brian Eno; Acknowledgments and About the Author. "From January 2005 until December 2014 I hosted a late-night show.I found it in turns rewarding, frustrating, difficult, easy, immensely satisfying, soul-crushingly dull, hilarious, and depressing. I don't miss doing the late-night show, but my brain has become used to the format of these monologues/essays.Herein, then, is a collection of recollections and observations.These are stories that I couldn't or wouldn't tell in any other way." - from the rear jacket. "Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he is neither dead nor in a locked facility (at the time of printing) is something of a miracle in itself. In Craig's candid and intimate memoir, readers will get a look into the mind and recollections of the unique and twisted Scottish American who became a national hero for pioneering the world's first TV robot skeleton sidekick and for reviving two dudes in a horse suit dancing as a form of entertainment. In the book, there are some stories that are too graphic for television, too politically incorrect for social media, or too meditative for a stand-up comedy performance. Craig discusses his deep love for his native Scotland, examines his profound psychic change brought on by fatherhood, and reflects on aging and mortality with a perspective that he was incapable of as a younger man. Each story is strung together in a colorful tapestry that ultimately reveals a complicated man who has learned to process and even enjoy the unusual trajectory of his life." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition red boards with gold front cover lettering/gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote by Winston Churchill; Introduction; Acknowledgments; and About the Author. Illustrated with a section of both black-and-white and color photographic plates. "Over the course of a thirty-year career, Eddie Izzard has proved himself to be a creative chameleon, inhabiting the stage and film and television screen with an unbelievable fervor. Born in Yemen and raised in Northern Ireland, Wales, and England, he lost his mother at the age of six - a devastating event that affected the rest of his life. In his teens, he dropped out of university and took to the streets of London as part of a comedy double act. When his partner went on vacation, Izzard kept busy by inventing a one-man escape act, and thus a solo career was ignited. As a stand-up comedian, Izzard has captivated audiences with his surreal, stream-of-consciousness comedy - lines such as "Cake or Death?", "Death Star Canteen," and "Do You Have a Flag?" have the status of great rock lyrics. As a self-proclaimed "action transvestite," Izzard broke a mold performing in makeup and heels, and has become as famous for his "total clothing" rights as he has for his art. In Believe Me, he recounts the dizzying rise he made from the streets of London to West End theaters, to Wembley Arena, Madison Square Garden, and the Hollywood Bowl. Izzard is arguably one of today's top comedians. At the time of publication, he is still performing his Force Majeure show - so far in more than forty countries worldwide and in four languages: English, French, German, and Spanish. With his brand of keenly intelligent humor that ranges from world history to historical politics, sexual politics, mad ancient kings, and chickens with guns, he has built an extraordinary fan base that transcends age, gender, and race. Writing with the same candor and insight evident in his comedy, he reflects on a childhood marked by the loss of his mother, boarding school, and alternative sexuality, as well as a life in comedy, film, politics, running, and philanthropy. Honest and generous, Izzard's Believe Me is an inspired account of a very singular life thus far." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New condition white boards/white spine/black spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped dust jacket. Includes Foreword: Redemptions by John Carter Cash; Introduction by Paul Muldoon; Acknowledgments; and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. "Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash was an icon in the music world. In this collection of poems and song lyrics that have never been published before, we see the world through his eyes and view his reflection on his own interior reality, his frailties and his strengths alike. In his hallmark voice, he pens verses about love, pain, freedom, and mortality, and expresses insights on culture, his family, his fame, even Christmas. Forever Words confirms Johnny Cash as a brilliant and singular American literary figure. His music is a part of our collective history, and here the depth of his artistry and talent become even more evident." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards/black spine/silver spine lettering contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Preliminary Page Quote; Postscript: The Black Tongue of the North End; Acknowledgments; and Photograph Credits. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and photographic front and rear endpapers. The upper right jacket front has a light scuffing and some upper spine edge is lightly rubbed; the jacket is otherwise in new condition (see photographs). "Born Declan Patrick MacManus, Elvis Costello was raised in London and Liverpool, grandson of a trumpet player on the White Star Line and son of a jazz musician who became a successful radio dance-band vocalist. Costello went into the family business and before he was twenty-four took the popular music world by storm. Costello continues to add to one of the most intriguing and extensive songbooks of our day. His performances have taken him from strumming a cardboard guitar in his parents' front room to fronting a rock and roll band on our television screens and pereforming in the world's greatest concert halls in a wild variety of comapny. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink describes how Costello's career has endured for almost four decades through a combination of dumb luck and animal cunning, even managing the occasional absurd episode of pop stardom. This memoir, written entirely by Costello, offers his unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations of some of his best-known songs and the hits of tomorrow. It features many stories and observations about his renowned co-writers and co-conspirators, though Costello also pauses along the way for considerations of the less appealing side of fame. The idiosyncratic memoir of a singular man, Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink is destined to be a classic." - from the inner front jacket flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition stated first printing of a fine hardcover in aa fine dustjacket. The 10th novel in the Bob Lee Swagger thriller series, an ex-marine, Vietnam veteran, and master sniper, operating wherever the job takes him.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New condition green boards/yellow spine/blind-stamped front cover lettering with white spine lettering contained in a new condition non price-clipped color illustrated and photographic dust jacket. Includes Author Dedication; Epilogue: Chasing the Sun; Acknowledgments; Index; and Credits. Illustrated with a section of both black-and-white and color photographic plates. "A a founding member of the Beach Boys, Mike Love has spent an extraordinary fifty-five years and counting as the group's lead singer and one of its principal lyricists. The Beach Boys, from their California roots to their international fame, are a uniqe American story -- one of overnight success and age-defying longevity; of musical genius and reckless self-destruction; of spirituality, betrayal, and forgiveness -- and Love is the only band member to be part of it each and every step of the way. His own story has never been fully told, and it's the story of how a sheet-metal apprentice became the quintessential front man for America's most successful rock band, singing in more than 5,600 concerts in twenty-six countries. Love describes the stories behind his lyrics for pop classics such as "Good VIbrations," "California Girls," "Surfin" USA," and "Kokomo," while providing vivid portraits of the turbulent lives of his three gifted cousins, Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson. Love's partnership with Brian has few equals in American pop music, though Mike has carved out a legacy of his own -- he co-wrote the lyrics to eleven of the twelve original Beach Boy songs that were Top 10 hits while providing the lead vocals on ten of them. The band's unprecedented duratbility also provides a glimpse into America's changing cultural mores over the past half century, while Love himself has experienced both the diabolical and the divine -- from Charles Manson's "family" threatening his life to Maharishi instilling it with peace. A husband, a father, and an avid environmentalist, Love has written a book that is as rich and layered as the Beach Boy harmonies themselves.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edited and introduced by Paul Muldoon. Foreword by John Carter Cash. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Printing [Stated]. [14], 176, [2] pages. Illustrations. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Signed by author on title page. Barry Svrluga is the national baseball writer for The Washington Post, and the Washington Post website. He was previously the beat reporter for the Washington Nationals and later covered the Washington Redskins. While on the Nationals beat, he blogged at the Nationals Journal. The blog dissects and analyzes all things Nationals several times daily. AT 162 GAMES, baseball has the sports world's longest season. Grueling. Thrilling. Routine. Lonely. Exhilarating. Major league ballplayers even have a name for this relentless, unmatchable rhythm: The Grind. In The Grind, Barry Svrluga, The Washington Post's national baseball correspondent, zooms in on the 2014 Washington Nationals, reporting not just on the roster's star players, but also on the typically invisible supporting cast who each have their own sacrifices to make and schedules to keep. There's The Wife, who acts as a full-time mom, part-time real estate agent, occasional father, and all-hours dog walker; The 26th Man, a minor leaguer on the cusp of job security who gets called up to the majors only to be sent back down the very next week; The Reliever, one of the most mentally taxing, precarious, and terribly exposed positions on any pro squad. These and many more players, scouts, equipment managers, and even travel schedulers create the fabric of Svrluga's intimate and unusual book. In The Grind, Barry Svrluga has given us an unforgettably raw, inside look at the wear and tear, the glory and impermanence, of America's pastime.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Praise for Becoming Grandma; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Notes and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A New York Times Bestseller. #1 Boston Globe Bestseller. #1 San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller. Signed only by the author with thick black Sharpie on the full title page. "From one of the country's most recognizable journalists, how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life. After four decades as a reporter, the most vivid and important experience of Lesley Stahl's life was not covering the White House or any of her stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to "investigate" it. In Becoming Grandma, she interviews friends and colleagues such as Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Sawyer, and Tom Brokaw and shares personal stories about her granddaughters, Jordan and Chloe. Stahl also speaks with doctors and psychiatrists about the physiological and emotional changes experienced by women when they have grandchildren. In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, this is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship." - from the rear outer cover. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Praise for Becoming Grandma; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Notes and About the Author. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. A New York Times Bestseller. #1 Boston Globe Bestseller. #1 San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller. Signed and inscribed by the author with thick black Sharpie on the full title page. "From one of the country's most recognizable journalists, how becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life. After four decades as a reporter, the most vivid and important experience of Lesley Stahl's life was not covering the White House or any of her stories at 60 Minutes. It was becoming a grandmother. She was hit with a jolt of joy so intense and unexpected, she wanted to "investigate" it. In Becoming Grandma, she interviews friends and colleagues such as Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Sawyer, and Tom Brokaw and shares personal stories about her granddaughters, Jordan and Chloe. Stahl also speaks with doctors and psychiatrists about the physiological and emotional changes experienced by women when they have grandchildren. In an era when baby boomers are becoming grandparents in droves and when young parents need all the help they can get raising their children, this is a timely and affecting read that redefines a cherished relationship." - from the rear outer cover. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Jacket by Rachel Willey (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED, DATED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLACK PEN, ON TITLE PAGE 'To Cynthia, Thanks for the good chat! And congrats on finishing a draft of your Novel! Nick White 6-21-17'. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped ($26.00), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 341pp. A debut novel about a gay conversion camp in Mississippi, and a man's reckoning with the trauma he faced there as a teen. Camp Levi, a retreat nestled in the Mississippi countryside, is designed to 'cure' young teenage boys of their budding homosexuality. Will Dillard, a Midwestern graduate student, spent a summer at Levi as a teenager, and has since tried to erase that experience from his mind. But when a fellow student alerts him that a slasher movie based on the camp is being released, he is forced to confront his troubled history and possible culpability in the death of a fellow camper. As past and present are woven together, Will recounts his 'rehabilitation,' eventually returning to the abandoned campgrounds to solve the mysteries of that pivotal summer and to reclaim his story from those who have stolen it. With a masterful confluence of sensibility and place 'How To Survive A Summer' introduces an exciting new literary voice. Very scarce signed. Signed by Author(s).