Mariner Books

Argues that reading aloud to children is a vital part of their educational development, exploring how and where to read to achieve the best effects.Author: Mem FoxPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication...

A companion volume to Illuminations, the first collection of Walter Benjamin's writings, Reflections presents a further sampling of his wide-ranging work. Here Benjamin evolves a theory of language...

A science-fiction classic, Rendezvous with Rama is one of Arthur C. Clarke's best novels and a winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.Author: Arthur C. ClarkePublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date:...

The remarkable story of Fred Mayer, a German-born Jew who escaped Nazi Germany only to return as an American commando on a secret mission behind enemy lines Growing up in Germany, Freddy Mayer...

The Acclaimed International Bestseller "It is impossible to do justice to the beauty of Returning Light. The whole book is a poem." -- New York Times Book Review By the lighthouse keeper on the...

Two novels and a collection of poetry offer a sixties counterculture look at AmericaAuthor: Richard BrautiganPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: March 01, 1989Number of Pages: 400...

The author of The Great Railway Bazaar recounts his experiences while traveling throughout Communist China by train, offering observations on the scenery and recalling conversations with Chinese...

Rites Of Spring: The Great War And The Birth Of The Modern AgeAuthor: Modris EksteinsPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: Sep 14, 2000Number of Pages: 416 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Describes the author's perilous 2,400-mile journey down the Lena River, from Lake Baikal above the Arctic Circle through the heart of Siberia, re-creating an odyssey first made by the Cossacks more...

Private papers, letters, and journals shed new light on Kennedy family relationships and underlie an account of Robert Kennedy's private and public lives, the forces that shaped him, and his impact...

The inside story of the new race to conquer space, as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos spend billions of their own money to explore the final frontier. For the outsize personalities staking their fortunes on...

The revelatory, poignantstory of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire...

An introduction to the sound, rhyme, meter, and scansion of metrical poetry with examples from the Elizabethan Age to Elizabeth BishopAuthor: Mary OliverPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: July...

Author: L. Jon WertheimPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: Oct 03, 2008Number of Pages: 288 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0547086121ISBN-13: 9780547086125

A meek, slightly pompous, middle-aged scientist working at London's National Centre for Fisheries Excellence, Dr. Alfred Jones takes on the outlandish--and ill-fated--task of introducing the sport of...

?Amy Fusselman writes with a unique depth of feeling, and Savage Park is a fascinating and daresay essential meditation on childhood, parenthood, and the importance of wild spaces for those wild...

Saving Bravo: The Greatest Rescue Mission In Navy Seal HistoryAuthor: Stephan TaltyPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: Oct 29, 2019Number of Pages: 336 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

In the fictional village of Tel Ilan, where citizens live at a crossroads between modernity, war-torn buildings, and abandoned farms, a man hears mysterious digging sounds under his house at night...

Three young women meet while living at the Barbizon Hotel in 1955 New York, one trying to make it in the publishing field, another who dreams of singing at the Stork Club and the third who is...

The first prescriptive, innovative guide to seeing inflection points before they happen--and how to harness these disruptive influences to give your company a strategic advantage Featuring a foreword...

Seven And A Half Lessons About The BrainAuthor: Lisa Feldman BarrettPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: Oct 26, 2021Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

One of the most beautiful novels I have ever read. --New York Times Book Review A stunning, powerful novel about a couple that pushes against traditional expectations, moving with their dogs to the...

A modern but classically styled spy novel in the spirit of John le Carré and Chris Pavone, A Shadow Intelligence follows a mercurial MI6 agent, Elliot Kane, as he goes off script to find his lover,...

Recounts the pioneering photographer's life-risking effort to document the disappearing North American Indian nation, offering insight into the danger and resolve behind his venture, his elevation to...

Shrinking The Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About GenesAuthor: Sue HubbellPublisher: Mariner BooksPublication Date: Dec 12, 2002Number of Pages: 175 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

A leading voice in public health policy and top environmental medicine scientist reveals the alarming truth about how hormone-disrupting chemicals are affecting our daily lives--and what we can do to...

A groundbreaking exploration of the ?science of enlightenment,? told through the lens of the journey of Siddhartha (better known as Buddha), by Guardian science editor James Kingsland. In a lush...

A collection of three medieval English poems translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, containing romance, tragedy, love, sex, and honor, with...

A collection of five lectures Italo Calvino was preparing to deliver at the time of his death, setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in...

A previously unpublished novel by a literary master, Skylight tells the intertwined stories of the residents of a faded apartment building in 1940s Lisbon. Silvestre and Mariana, a happily married...