Harper Paperbacks: 151 books
Civilization of the Middle Ages
Completely Revised and Expanded Edition, A
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Now revised and expanded, this edition of the splendidly detailed and lively history of the Middle Ages contains more than 30 percent new material.
Speaking of Journalism
Twelve Writers and Editors Talk About Their Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Veteran journalist and writing teacher William Zinsser, whose books on writing have sold more than 700,000 copies, presents 11 of his most successful students discussing what it is like to work as a journalist in the 1990s.
by Lynda La Plante
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
An international bestseller, Lynda La Plante’s thrilling detective novel Prime Suspect introduced readers around the world to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, a gritty investigator locked in a tooth-and-nail struggle to claim the authority, acceptance, and respect she deserves from Scotland...
300 Days of Sun
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Combining the atmosphere of Jess Walters’ Beautiful Ruins with the intriguing historical backstory of Christina Baker Kline’s The Orphan Train, Deborah Lawrenson’s mesmerizing novel transports readers to a sunny Portuguese town with a shadowy past—where two women, decades apart, are drawn...
In the Skin of a Jihadist
A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
A young French journalist’s riveting and unprecedented look at how today’s most ruthless terrorists use social media and technology to reach disaffected youth—witnessed through the undercover investigation that led to her deep involvement with a key member of ISIS.
On Facebook, “Melodie”—a...
The Seventeen Solutions
New Ideas for Our American Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Consumer advocate, activist, humanitarian, and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader is arguably the most provocative and important progressive voice in America today—a fearless reformer whom The Atlantic named one of the 100 most influential figures in American history. In these troubling times...
Something to Hide
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
“Classic Moggach: readable, memorable . . . an unashamedly colorful journey across continents, with clothes, food, landscapes brought joyously to life.” —The Times (London)
“Nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that I’ve ruined Bev’s life, and she’s ruined mine.”
Petra’s...
Writing to Learn
How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
Your Struggling Child
A Guide to Diagnosing, Understanding, and Advocating for Your Child with Learning, Behavior, or Emotional Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Here is a practical, compassionate book parents can turn to when they first recognize that their child has a "problem" –– but aren't sure what it is or where to seek help.
At this very moment, millions of children across the U.S. are falling behind in school, acting out impulsively...
Unlatched
The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
From an environmental journalist and mother of two young breast-fed children comes this searing, insightful look into the breastfeeding controversy and puts “common knowledge” about this most natural of processes to the test by breaking down the complex cultural, corporate, political, and technological...
Antiquity
From the Birth of Sumerian Civilization to the Fall of the Roman Empire
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
Bestselling author Norman Cantor delivers this compact but magisterial survey of the ancient world—from the birth of Sumerian civilization around 3500 B.C. in the Tigris-Euphrates valley (present-day Iraq) to the fall of the Roman Empire in A.D. 476. In Antiquity, Cantor covers such subjects as...
Medieval Lives
Eight Charismatic Men and Women of the Middle Ages
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
A fascinating look at life in the Middle Ages that focuses on eight extraordinary medieval men and women through realistically invented conversations between them and their counterparts.
The Hollow Man
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
“A twisting spiral of lies and corruption, a pitch-perfect portrait of contemporary London, and a beguiling bastard of a hero—what a recipe for a great read.”
—Val McDermid, author of The Mermaids Singing
Describing London police detective Nick Belsey, hero of The Hollow Man, an enthrallingly...
by Plum Sykes
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
For readers who adore Candace Bushnell, Tinsely Mortimer, and Lauren Weisberger comes New York Times bestselling author Plum Sykes’s sly and amusing satire—now back in print for its 10th anniversary in a gorgeous, eye-catching package, with a new foreword by the author.
Bergdorf Blondes...