Villard (imprint)

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[edit]

1985

• The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Bill James, ISBN 0-394-53713-0

1987

• Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women, Ricky Jay
• Pattern Crimes, William Bayer

1988

• All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum, ISBN 0-394-57102-9

1989

• Jacob the Baker: Gentle Wisdom for a Complicated World, Noah benShea,^[4][5] ISBN 0-394-57925-9

1990

• Latin for All Occasions, Henry Beard, ISBN 0-394-58660-3

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

• Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer, ISBN 0-679-42850-X
• The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell

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

2004

• Counterculture Through the Ages: From Abraham to Acid House, Ken Goffman, ISBN 0-375-50758-2.

2005

• What We Do Is Secret, Thorn Kief Hillsbery
• Zanesville, Kris Saknussemm

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[edit]

• Villard - publisher's website

References[edit]

1. ^ "About Us". Random House. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
2. ^ [1] Archived March 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
3. ^ "The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction | Ryan Doherty Editor | Villard Books | Random House". Thepickupartistbook.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
4. ^ "Noah benShea's The Journey to Greatness". Thejourneytogreatness.com. Retrieved 2014-01-28. 
5. ^ "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. 
6. ^ 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
7. ^ $80,000 for Pastafarian Bible AngsumanNovember 14th, 2005 (2005-11-14). "$80,000 for Pastafarian Bible". Angsuman.taragana.net. Retrieved 2014-01-28. CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

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