Holt Paperbacks imprint: 250 books
by Nicholas Kilmer
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
In 1920, Nicholas Kilmer's grandfather Frederick Frieseke, one of the preeminent American impressionists, purchased a farmhouse in Mesnil, a Norman town almost completely (to quote a local taxi driver) sunken away dans la nature. Until his death in 1939 he lived and painted there in the company of...
Kosher Chinese
Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
An irreverent tale of an American Jew serving in the Peace Corps in rural China, which reveals the absurdities, joys, and pathos of a traditional society in flux
In September of 2005, the Peace Corps sent Michael Levy to teach English in the heart of China's heartland. His hosts in the city...
The Outermost House
A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2013
The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, "written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty" (New York Herald Tribune)
A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature...
by Pauline Kael
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The intelligent person's guide to the movies, with more than 2,800 reviews
Look up a movie in this guide, and chances are you'll find yourself reading on about the next movie and the next. Pauline Kael's reviews aren't just provocative---they're addictive.
These brief, informative reviews,...
Literary Brooklyn
The Writers of Brooklyn and the Story of American City Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
For the first time, here is Brooklyn's story through the eyes of its greatest storytellers.
Like Paris in the twenties or postwar Greenwich Village, Brooklyn today is experiencing an extraordinary cultural boom. In recent years, writers of all stripes—from Jhumpa Lahiri, Jennifer Egan, and...
Complete Job-Search Handbook
Everything You Need To Know To Get The Job You Really Want
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Now in its third edition, Howard Figler's classic job-search handbook puts you in the driver's seat, on the road to where the jobs really are. Figler's unique program has been revised and updated to let you not only decide what your ideal job may be, but also discover exactly where that job is. The...
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2004
Renowned primatologist Robert Sapolsky offers a completely revised and updated edition of his most popular work, with over 225,000 copies in print
Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep...
A Life Wild and Perilous
Mountain Men and the Paths to the Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Early in the nineteenth century, the mountain men emerged as a small but distinctive group whose knowledge and experience of the trans-Mississippi West extended the national consciousness to continental dimensions. Though Lewis and Clark blazed a narrow corridor of geographical reality, the West remained...
Living, Studying, and Working in Italy
Everything You Need to Know to Live La Dolce Vita
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
All the information you could possibly need for your time in Italy, whether a week or a decade, in a completely updated and revised edition
So, you want to move to Italy for six months but you don't speak the language well. How do you look for a job? Your heart is set on buying a farmhouse in Tuscany....
Living, Studying, and Working in France
Everything You Need To Know To Fulfill Your Dreams of Living Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
The essential book on how to make a life in France.
More than 90,000 Americans live abroad in France, making it home to one of the largest expatriate communities in the world. This is a savvy and insightful book full of hard-earned advice on how to make the most of your overseas experience...
A Peace to End All Peace
The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
Published with a new afterword from the author—the classic, bestselling account of how the modern Middle East was created
The Middle East has long been a region of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and ambitions. All of these conflicts—including the hostilities between Arabs and...
The Writer's Book of Hope
Getting from Frustration to Publication
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
In 1889, the editor of the San Francisco Examiner, having accepted an article from Rudyard Kipling, informed the author that he should not bother to submit any more. "This isn't a kindergarten for amateur writers," the editor wrote. "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how...
The Interior Design Handbook
The essential planning guide to creating your perfect living space
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Whether you are moving into a new home or renovating and redecorating an existing one, The Interior Design Handbook is the perfect first step to creating an intimate and unique space that is a joy to live in and simple to maintain. With thought-provoking exercises and tips and helpful checklists full...
Secrets of the Zona Rosa
How Writing (and Sisterhood) Can Change Women's Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
An inspiring guide featuring the wit, wisdom, and stories of Zona Rosa, the writing-and-sisterhood workshop that has empowered thousands of women
For more than twenty years, Rosemary Daniell—Southern belle, successful writer, and tireless champion of female empowerment—has led Zona Rosa,...