Houghton Mifflin Harcourt imprint: 893 books
Chickens May Not Cross the Road and Other Crazy(But True) Laws
and Other Crazy But True Laws
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2007
It is against the law in Brooklyn, New York, for donkeys to sleep in bathtubs. In Idaho you are not allowed to fish while sitting on a giraffe. In California you must not keep slugs as pets. Yes, it’s the law-says so right on the state or city books. Some of the most ludicrous laws in the history...
by Peggy Perry Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2006
Old Blue is Chuck’s truck. When Chuck gets ready to go to town, his barnyard friends gather around. Into the truck climb the duck Luck, dogs Nip and Tuck, the burro Buck, workhorse Huck, the chicken that goes cluck,” Sue and Lou, and the goat Flo, too. So come along, jump in Old Blue-there’s still some room just for you!
Dead Man's Hand
Crime Fiction at the Poker Table
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2007
Hit the jackpot with stories from Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Walter Mosley, Alexander McCall Smith, and more superstars of mystery.
In “One Dollar Jackpot,” Michael Connelly’s curmudgeonly Harry Bosch finds himself going toe-to-toe with a professional poker player. Jeffery Deaver...
Capital Punishment
A Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The “crackerjack” first thriller in the London-set series featuring kidnap consultant Charles Boxer (*TheWall Street Journal*).**
When the twenty-five-year-old daughter of Indian billionaire Frank D’Cruz is kidnapped, former cop turned private security professional Charles Boxer is charged...
The Gates of Ivory
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A woman tries to uncover the mysterious fate of a friend in Cambodia in this “very smart” and suspenseful novel (The New York Times Book Review).
Liz Headleand is one of London’s best-known and most prominent psychiatrists. One day she arrives at work to find a mysterious package, postmarked...
by Allan Guthrie
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
A Scottish prison guard is pushed to the brink in this suspenseful tale with “more plot twists . . . than a Vegas card shark” (Kirkus Reviews).
New guard Nicholas Glass has fallen in with the wrong crowd at “The Hilton,” a Scottish prison for violent offenders. The problem is, there’s...
Warburg in Rome
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
In post-WWII Italy, an American uncovers a Vatican scandal in a “thriller with deeply serious historical undertones” by a National Book Award winner (Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered).
David Warburg, newly minted director of the US War Refugee Board, arrives in Rome at war’s end, determined...
by Louis Auchincloss
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 1980
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 1980
Tales that take you behind the scenes of a powerful New York law firm, from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Partners.
Ambition, jealousy, desire, hatred, deceit—they’re all there inside the Wall Street law offices of Tower, Tilney & Webb, the setting for these interwoven...
Love, Fiercely
A Gilded Age Romance
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The true story of the New York society couple portrayed in the John Singer Sargent painting—an architect and an heiress who became passionate reformers.
Contemporaries of the Astors and Vanderbilts, they grew up together along the shores of bucolic Staten Island, linked by privilege—her...
Chasing Aphrodite
The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
A “thrilling, well-researched” account of years of scandal at the prestigious Getty Museum (Ulrich Boser, author of The Gardner Heist).
In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy...
Vegan on the Cheap
Great Recipes and Simple Strategies That Save You Time and Money
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2010
You don't have to blow your budget to eat great meatless and dairy-free meals every day.
With Vegan on the Cheap, you can enjoy delicious vegan meals every day of the week. Veteran food writer and vegan authority Robin Robertson provides 150 mouth-watering, exciting recipes that cost just 50...
Tacos, Tortas, and Tamales
Flavors from the Griddles, Pots, and Streetside Kitchens of Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Discover the flavors of Mexican street food in your own kitchen
Americans are having a love affair with the taco. What began as affection for the fast-food version—that hard yellow shell filled with ground beef and mysterious yellow cheese—has blossomed into an all-out obsession for the...
The Barque of Saviors
Eagle's Passage from the Nazi Navy to the U.S. Coast Guard
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2001
The “remarkable story” of a tall ship’s history in WWII and beyond—and the sailors who have inhabited it, both German and American (Booklist).
Hamburg, 1936: A splendid three-masted sailing ship is christened Horst Wessel in the presence of Adolf Hitler and thousands of cheering Nazis....
The Flavor Matrix
The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
A revolutionary new guide to pairing ingredients, based on a famous chef's groundbreaking research into the chemical basis of flavor
As an instructor at one of the world’s top culinary schools, James Briscione thought he knew how to mix and match ingredients. Then he met IBM Watson. Working...