Harper Perennial imprint: 588 books
Bad Kid
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
Discovering George Michael's Faith confirmed for David Crabb what every bully already knew: he was gay. What saved him from high school was finding a group of outlandish friends who reveled in being outsiders. David found himself enmeshed with misfits: wearing black, cutting class, staying out all...
On My Knees
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
On My Knees is Periel Aschenbrand’s seriously funny follow-up to her debut memoir The Only Bush I Trust Is My Own.
At the beginning of On My Knees, we find Periel chain-smoking her days away on a plastic-covered couch, watching reruns of Law & Order while she squats in her deceased grandmother’s...
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on how to begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process and work towards recovery and happiness.
Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong...
by Thomas Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
The Classic Bestseller That has Changed the Lives of Millions
"Extraordinary. Harris has helped millions find the freedom to change, liberate their adult effectiveness, and achieve joyful intimacy with others." --Los Angeles Times
Transactional analysis delineates three ego-states...
That's Not What I Meant!
How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
At home, on the job, in a personal relationship, it's often not what you say but how you say it that counts.
Deborah Tannen revolutionized our thinking about relationships between women and men in her #1 bestseller You Just Don't Understand. In That's Not What I Meant!, the internationally...
Sex at Dawn
How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
“Sex at Dawn challenges conventional wisdom about sex in a big way. By examining the prehistoric origins of human sexual behavior the authors are able to expose the fallacies and weaknesses of standard theories proposed by most experts. This is a provocative, entertaining, and pioneering book. I...
The Erotic Mind
Unlocking the Inner Sources of Passion and Fulfillment
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Challenging accepted theories about what makes for terrific sex, The Erotic Mind is a breakthrough exploration of the least understood dimensions of human sexuality—the psychology of desire, arousal, and fulfillment. Nationally known sex therapist Dr. Jack Morin offers a bold new perspective that...
This Will Make You Smarter
150 New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Edge.org presents brilliant, accessible, cutting-edge ideas to improve our decision-making skills and improve our cognitive toolkits, with contributions by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Richard Dawkins, Brian Eno, Steven Pinker, and more. Featuring a foreword by New York Times columnist David Brooks and...
Lady Killers
Deadly Women Throughout History
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper,...
by Howard Zinn
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
"A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be ready by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." --Howard Fast
With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller...
Stasiland
Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
“Stasiland demonstrates that great, originalreporting is still possible. . . . A heartbreaking, beautifully written book. Aclassic.” —Claire Tomalin, Guardian “Books ofthe Year”
AnnaFunder delivers a prize-winning and powerfully rendered account of theresistance against East Germany’s...
Jungleland
A Mysterious Lost City and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
"I began to daydream about the jungle...."
On April 6, 1940, explorer and future World War II spy Theodore Morde (who would one day attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler), anxious about the perilous journey that lay ahead of him, struggled to fall asleep at the Paris Hotel in La Ceiba,...
How Not to Write a Novel
200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them--A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
"What do you think of my fiction book writing?" the aspiring novelist extorted.
"Darn," the editor hectored, in turn. "I can not publish your novel! It is full of what we in the business call 'really awful writing.'"
"But how shall I absolve this dilemma?...
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition
An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write...