Free Press
| Parent company |
Simon & Schuster |
| Status |
Active |
| Founded |
1947 |
| Founder |
Jeremiah Kaplan and Charles Liebman |
| Country of origin |
United States |
| Headquarters location |
New York |
| Key people |
Martha K. Levin, publisher |
| Official website |
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Free Press is a book publishing imprint of Simon and Schuster. It was founded by Jeremiah Kaplan (1926–1993) and Charles Liebman in 1947 and was devoted to sociology and religion titles. It was headquartered in Glencoe, Illinois, where it was known as The Free Press of Glencoe. The Free Press was sold in 1960 and was then merged into the Macmillan Publishing Company.
One of the best-known imprints specializing in serious nonfiction, Free Press has been led by publisher Martha Levin since 2001.[1] In 2003, two of the five finalists for the 2003 National Book Award in the non-fiction category were Free Press titles, including the winner, Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire.[2] In 2008, Free Press published The White Tiger, Indian author Aravind Adiga's debut novel, which won the Man Booker Prize.[3]
[edit] Notable books
- Covey, Stephen R. (1989). The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0743269519. OCLC 56413718.
- Fukuyama, Francis (1992). The End of History and the Last Man. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0029109752. OCLC 231335005.
- Herrnstein, Richard J. & Murray, Charles A. (1994). The Bell Curve: intelligence and class structure in American life. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0029146739. OCLC 30913157.
- Behe, Michael J. (1996). Darwin's Black Box: the biochemical challenge to evolution. New York: The Free Press. ISBN 0684827549. OCLC 34150540.
- Lind, Michael (1996). The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution. New York: Free Press Paperbacks. ISBN 0684825031. OCLC 34078354.
- Harris, Judith Rich (1998). The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0-684-84409-5. OCLC 39368588.
- Mezrich, Ben (2003). Bringing Down the House. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0743249992. OCLC 53220540.
- Ali, Ayaan Hirsi (2007). Infidel. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0743289684. OCLC 72701599.
- Draper, Robert (2007). Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. New York: Free Press. ISBN 0743277287. OCLC 145379548.
- Adiga, Aravind (2008). The White Tiger. New York: Free Press.
- Eire, Carlos (2008). Waiting for Snow in Havana. New York: Free Press.
- ^ [1] A Publisher is Appointed at the Free Press
- ^ [2] 2003 National Book Award Winner: Nonfiction
- ^ [3] 'White Tiger' cub Aravind Adiga roars to Booker Prize win
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