Villard (imprint)
| Parent company | Ballantine Books Random House |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1983 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City, New York |
| Publication types | Books |
| Official website | ballantine |
Villard, also known as Villard Books, is a publishing imprint of Random House, one of the largest publishing companies in the world. It was founded in 1983.[1] Villard began as an independent imprint of Random House and is currently a sub-imprint of Ballantine Books, itself an imprint of Random House.[2] It was named after a Stanford White brownstone mansion on Madison Avenue that was the home of Random House for twenty years.[3]
Books
1985
1987
- Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, Ricky Jay
- Pattern Crimes, William Bayer
1988
1989
- Jacob the Baker: Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World, Noah benShea,[4][5] ISBN 0-394-57925-9
1990
1991
- Kiss the Hand You Cannot Bite: Rise and Fall of the Ceauşescus, Edward Behr
1992
- Let Me Take You Down: Inside the Mind of Mark David Chapman, the Man Who Shot John Lennon, Jack Jones, ISBN 0-8129-9170-2[6]
- The Official Politically Correct Dictionary and Handbook, Henry Beard and Christopher Cerf, ISBN 0-586-21726-6
1993
- Different Loving: the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission, Gloria Brame
- Hate on Trial: The Case Against America's Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi, Morris Dees & Steve Fiffer
- The Fifties, David Halberstam
- Primal Fear, William Diehl, ISBN 0-679-40211-X
1994
- Behind the Times: Inside the New New York Times, Edwin Diamond.
- Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe, John Boswell, ISBN 0-679-43228-0
- Saved by the Light: The True Story of a Man who Died Twice and the Profound Revelations He Received, Dannion Brinkley and Paul Perry, ISBN 0-679-43176-4
- Mary Cassatt: A Life, Nancy Mowll Mathews, ISBN 0-394-58497-X
- The Official NBA Basketball Encyclopedia, ISBN 0-679-43293-0
1995
- Bone in the Throat, Anthony Bourdain ISBN 0-679-43552-2.
- The Grand Ole Opry: History of Country Music. 70 Years of the Songs, the Stars and the Stories, Paul Kingsbury
- Wonder Boys, Michael Chabon, ISBN 0-679-41588-2
1996
1997
- Gone Bamboo, Anthony Bourdain, ISBN 0-679-44880-2.
- Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, Jon Krakauer, ISBN 0-679-45752-6
1998
- Children of God, Mary Doria Russell
2000
- The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip, written by George Saunders, illustrated by Lane Smith
- Anthropology: And a Hundred Other Stories, Dan Rhodes
2001
- Necessary Targets, Eve Ensler
2003
- Vagabonding: An uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel, Rolf Potts, ISBN 978-0-8129-9218-2
- A Round-Heeled Woman: My Late-Life Adventures in Sex and Romance, Jane Juska
2004
- Counterculture Through the Ages: From Abraham to Acid House, Ken Goffman, ISBN 0-375-50758-2.
2005
2006
- The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Bobby Henderson[7]
2007
- Macedonia, written by Harvey Pekar and Heather Roberson, with illustrations by Ed Piskor
- Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies, Brian Coleman, ISBN 978-0-8129-7775-2
2008
- Nose Down, Eyes Up, Merrill Markoe
- The Big Skinny, Carol Lay
- How Can I Keep From Singing (revised edition), biography of Pete Seeger, by David Dunaway
2009
- Farewell, My Subaru, Doug Fine ISBN 0-8129-7789-0
2010
- I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, Eve Ensler
External links
- Villard - publisher's website
References
- ^ "About Us". Random House. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ [1] Archived March 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction | Ryan Doherty Editor | Villard Books | Random House". Thepickupartistbook.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "Noah benShea's The Journey to Greatness". Thejourneytogreatness.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
- ^ "AUTHOR, AUTHOR, AUTHOR : Bagels : Noah benShea writes about the person he aspires to be. In 'Jacob's Journey,' that man sets out to reconcile his route to reality". Los Angeles Times. October 17, 1991.
- ^ http://www.classicbands.com/JackJonesInterview.html Interview with investigative reporter Jack Jones about Let Me Take You Down - Inside The Mind of Mark David Chapman
- ^ $80,000 for Pastafarian Bible AngsumanNovember 14th, 2005 (2005-11-14). "$80,000 for Pastafarian Bible". Angsuman.taragana.net. Retrieved 2014-01-28.
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