Broadway Books, an imprint of the

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, a Division of Random House, Inc., released its first list in Fall, 1996. Broadway was founded in 1995 as a unit of Bantam Doubleday Dell a unit of Bertelsmann. Bertelsmann acquired

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in 1998 and merged Broadway into a combined group with Doubleday the next year. Random House reorganized again in 2008, with Doubleday moving to

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and Broadway moving to its current home at

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. Broadway's general-interest publishing was combined with Crown in 2010. Broadway became the paperback publishing for the Crown imprint in 2010. Broadway Books has published many ''New York Times'' bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, including

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’ memoir ''Resilience'', Bill O’Reilly’s memoir '' A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity'', '' Decision Points'' by George W. Bush, '' Liberal Fascism'' by

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, and ''A Lion Called Christian'' by Ace Bourke and John Rendall. Broadway Books publishes a paperback list, in categories including narrative nonfiction, memoir, health and wellness, diet and fitness, inspiration, history, travel and adventure narrative, pop culture, politics, personal finance, popular reference, humor and contemporary fiction. Travel writers in their “Broadway Abroad” category were Frances Mayes (''Under the Tuscan Sun''),

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(''A Walk in the Woods'') and Martin Troost (''Lost on Planet China'' and ''Getting Stoned With the Savages''). Notable memoirs include Eric Clapton’s ''Clapton'', the bestselling rock autobiography of all time, the ''New York Times'' bestsellers ''Escape'' by Carolyn Jessop and ''No Shortcuts to the Top'' by climber

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, as well as ''Tuesdays With Morrie'' by Mitch Albom and Tim O’Brien’s ''The Things They Carried''. In the field of personal finance, Broadway's titles include David Bach's ''The Automatic Millionaire'' and ''Smart Women Finish Rich''. Broadway's books that have been made into films include Kurt Eichenwald’s bestselling ''The Informant'' and C. D. Payne ’s cult classic ''Youth In Revolt''. In diet, health and fitness titles include Lou Arrone’s ''The Skinny'', ''Are You Ready!'' from television's Biggest Loser’s Bob Harper. Broadway Books' cookbook backlist includes

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guru Deborah Madison.

Authors

* David Bach *

* Christine Coppa *

* Frances Mayes *

Carolyn Jessop Carolyn Jessop (born January 1, 1968) is an American author and former Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints member who wrote ''Escape (Carolyn Jessop and Laura Palmer book), Escape'', an autobiographical account of her upbri ...

* Bill O'Reilly * Rebecca Skloot * Chérie Carter-Scott, Ph.D., MCC

Works published

* The Concise Guide To Sounding Smart At Parties

References

External links

Official website
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