Holt: 945 books
New York City & Washington, D.C. Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2015
New York City is a center for technology, culture, cafes, bars and restaurants, fashion, music and the arts, R&D, finance, and business. It has one of the largest and most famous skylines in the world, dominated by the famous Empire State Building. New York City is the largest city by population...
by Tom Holt
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
When Kayaguchiya Integrated Circuits III, a genie, is released from the aspirin bottle he's been stuck in for 14 years, there's bound to be trouble. Jane had wanted to end her life in peace, but now she's got a genie, things look up - until the apocalypse rears its ugly head.
Education Forward
Moving Schools into the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Too often, we think of school as a fixed-rail path we all have to follow: teachers teach, students learn, exams are taken, futures set. That's how it's been since the introduction of compulsory schooling in the 19th century.
But parents, teachers and corporations around the world are now voicing...
by Maggie Holt
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
A compelling and vivid tale of love, betrayal and duty in the Second World War.
Attractive, clever and wilful, Lily Knowles is desperate to leave home. So at twenty-one she escapes to London to train as a nurse, where she gathers many admirers - none more dashing than RAF officer Sandy Redfern,...
Me and Dad
Reflections on Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2014
Warm...funny...nostalgic...remembering a lovable and wise father, and reflecting on how he taught his children all the important stuff about life, either by example or in the guise of great stories. Every beautifully illustrated chapter is a journey into some corner of the heart, whether you simply wish...
Stages of Struggle and Celebration
A Production History of Black Theatre in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
From plantation performances to minstrel shows of the late nineteenth century, the roots of black theatre in Texas reflect the history of a state where black Texans have continually created powerful cultural emblems that defy the clichés of horses, cattle, and bravado. Drawing on troves of archival...
Highway 6 Runs Both Ways
Recollections of My Four Years in the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
HIGHWAY 6 RUNS BOTH WAYS The years 1962 through 1966 saw major changes occur at Texas A&M. * Mandatory participation in the Corps of Cadets was eliminated * Black students were admitted for the first time * Women were enrolled as full-time co-educational students * The name was changed to Texas...
by Ben Holt
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Swansea Jack, the Labrador who saved more than 25 people from drowning.
Max, the police German shepherd who chased and caught two convicted criminals.
Shadow, the Rottweiler that saved three young children from a pair of hungry wolves.
These are just a few of the inspiring true...
Battle of Big Bethel
Crucial Clash in Early Civil War Virginia
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2013
“A comprehensive study of the Civil War’s first major battle . . . well leavened with strategic and political context” (Robert E. L. Krick, author of Staff Officers in Gray).
Battle of Big Bethel is the first full-length treatment of the small but consequential June 1861 Virginia battle...
The Treasures of Alexander the Great
How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
War, the most profitable economic activity in the ancient world, transferred wealth from the vanquished to the victor. Invasions, sieges, massacres, annexations, and mass deportations all redistributed property with dramatic consequences for kings and commoners alike. No conqueror ever captured more...
Ancient Literacies
The Culture of Reading in Greece and Rome
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
Classicists have been slow to take advantage of the important advances in the way that literacy is viewed in other disciplines (including in particular cognitive psychology, socio-linguistics, and socio-anthropology). On the other hand, historians of literacy continue to rely on outdated work by classicists...
by Kate McCormick, Kris Holt
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
In 1924, Edward Lilo Crain platted Southside Place, a 329-lot subdivision on the soggy prairie just west of bustling downtown Houston. Ahead of his time, Crain combined the roles of real estate investor, developer, and builder, establishing Southside Place with prefabricated catalog homes. The neighborhood�s...
by Emily Sarah Holt
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Fancy Dresses Described
A Glossary of Victorian Costumes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
The Victorians adored fancy-dress parties: what better way to escape the rigidity of social conventions than to spend a festive evening disguised as Cleopatra, a Swiss milkmaid, or Alice in Wonderland? Well-to-do party-goers of the era consulted Fancy Dresses Described, an elaborate guide to hundreds...