Holt Paperbacks imprint: 250 books
"N" is for Noose
A Kinsey Millhone Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
"SMART AND SASSY" (New York Times) P.I. Kinsey Millhone is at it again in "N" is for Noose—another thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton
Kinsey Millhone should have done something else--she should have turned the car in the direction...
by Sue Grafton
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
The Sue Grafton Collection: The Kinsey Millhone Novels (Books A-O in the Alphabet mystery series)
The first 15 books in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone mysteries are now available in one collection! From the sensational blockbuster A is for Alibi to the thrilling case in O is for Outlaw, you won't want...
"E" is for Evidence
A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1988
No one writes a thriller like #1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton. In E is for Evidence*, PI Kinsey Millhone becomes the victim of a nasty frame-up…*
E IS FOR EX
It was the silly season and a Monday at that, and Kinsey Millhone was bogged down in a preliminary report on...
Creating Unforgettable Characters
A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels & Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
In this book, Linda Seger shows how to create strong, multidimensional characters in fiction, covering everything from research to character block. Interviews with today's top writers complete this essential volume.
by Patrick F. McManus
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1982
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1982
With tongue pressed firmly in cheek and a gentle but penetrating eye for human foibles, Patrick F. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be found in the recreations of camping, hunting, and fishing in his hilarious collection They Shoot Canoes,...
by Patrick F. McManus
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1981
“A hilarious compilation” (Los Angeles Times), A Fine and Pleasant Misery gathers twenty-seven witty, cautionary tales of the outdoor life from beloved humorist Patrick F. McManus in a collection edited and introduced by Jack Samson, long-time editor-in-chief of Field & Stream.
The...
The Making of a Chef
Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
"Well reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman communicates the passion that draws the acolyte to this precise and frantic profession."—The New York Times Book Review
Just over a decade ago, journalist Michael Ruhlman donned a chef's jacket and houndstooth-check pants to join the students...
Waste and Want
A Social History of Trash
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
An unprecedented look at that most commonplace act of everyday life--throwing things out--and how it has transformed American society.
Susan Strasser's pathbreaking histories of housework and the rise of the mass market have become classics in the literature of consumer culture. Here she turns...
A Rumor of War
The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick—with a new foreword by Kevin Powers
In March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to...
Why People Believe Weird Things
Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Revised and Expanded Edition.
In this age of supposed scientific enlightenment, many people still believe in mind reading, past-life regression theory, New Age hokum, and alien abduction. A no-holds-barred assault on popular superstitions and prejudices, with more than 80,000 copies in print,...
Eight Men Out
The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as "the most gigantic sporting swindle in the history of America!" First published in 1963, Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic. Eliot Asinof has reconstructed the entire scene-by-scene story of the...
by Patrick F. McManus
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1988
America's favorite outdoor humorist is back with an outrageously fresh collection of stories. He introduces a variety of friends old and new, and takes readers to many exotic locales outdoors and indoors.
by Patrick F. McManus
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1984
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1984
More humorous observations and insights into the agonies and ecstacies of hunting, fishing, and camping by the author of *They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?*and other celebrations of life in the wild.
Smile When You're Lying
Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
From Bangkok to Bogotá, a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows the truth about travel
Travel writer, editor, and photographer Chuck Thompson has spent more than a decade traipsing through thirty-five...