Hartnett: 78 books

This first comprehensive biography of Jewish American writer and humorist Harry Golden (1903-1981)--author of the 1958 national best-seller Only in America--illuminates a remarkable life intertwined with the rise of the civil rights movement, Jewish popular culture, and the sometimes precarious position...

Although it isn't the official national anthem, America may be the most important and interesting patriotic song in our national repertoire. Sweet Freedom's Song: "My Country 'Tis of Thee" and Democracy in America is a celebration and critical exploration of the complicated musical, cultural...

With masterful nuance and vividly drawn characters, Sonya Hartnett’s novel visits a suburban neighborhood where psychological menace lurks below the surface. Colt Jenson and his younger brother, Bastian, have moved to a new, working-class suburb. The Jensons are different. Their father, Rex,...

The sampler includes chapters from three Michael L. Printz Honor Books: Sally Gardner’s Maggot Moon, Adam Rapp’s Punkzilla, and Sonya Hartnett’s Surrender.Maggot MoonIn Sally Gardner’s stunning novel, set in a ruthless regime, an unlikely teenager risks all to expose the truth about a heralded...

"A startling coming-of-age story. . . . Through Harper, Hartnett captures the humanity of her spirited, slightly eccentric, and then nearly broken characters." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig,...

Award-winning Sonya Hartnett spins a tale for younger readers about mischief, siblings, and taking matters into your own hands. Sadie and Ratz are the names of Hannah’s hands. They aren’t animals, but they behave like wild beasts, says Dad. For one thing, they’re always after four-year-old...

Every day Roman urbanites took to the street for myriad tasks, from hawking vegetables and worshipping local deities to simply loitering and socializing. Hartnett takes readers into this thicket of activity as he repopulates Roman streets with their full range of sensations, participants, and events...

Martha Kennedy Hartnett is the mother of a child with Asperger's Syndrome who made the courageous choice to homeschool. Emerging from the author's personal experience, this book is a step by step account of successful home education. Choosing Home will take you into the homes of Asperger families...

Kate Doucette’s trying to get her life together. She’s working full time at Mike MacNab’s bar, going to school, and she just kicked out her Do-Nothing boyfriend. Things are looking up, but with the construction going on in the bar, her money troubles looming over her, and her personal life in...

Jamison Shahady, a top CIA agent, specialized in psychological operations. His fluency in Arabic, French, Hebrew and Pashto, made him a much sought after Middle East operative. Now, he has been given an assignment to work for Uri Lazar, a high level Mossad operative, to psychologically induce Jamal...

A murder in a Denver hotel seems to be an openandshut case of selfdefense. A kidnapped boy was just escaping from his captors. But is it really so simple? Detective Caleb Matthews quickly finds out that this is part of a case that his old Interpol friend, Siobhan Callahan, is working on. They discuss...

Angie Anderson was the happiest she had ever been, married to the love of her life, Jerome “Andy” Anderson, a world renown genetic researcher at Stanford University. Angie was a tenured professor there. They were discussing having a child. Suddenly, all hell broke loose. Andy didn’t come...

Dr. Jennifer O’Connor has always dreamed of communicating with humpback whale. Gathering experts in computer programming, linguistics, ophthalmology and a world renown neurologist, she has succeeded in making this life-long dream a reality. Her program S.I.V.A. converts the language of humpback...

Award-winning novelist, Sonya Hartnett, weaves a truly magic spell of words, emotion and imagination that is un-put-downable. Excellent writing for 15+ readership. � In this epic tale of desire and devastation, of enemies and strong friendships, of bloody revenge and lasting love, Sonya Hartnett...