Harper Perennial: 508 books
Hilda and Pearl
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
To Frances, an only child living in McCarthy-era Brooklyn, her mother, Hilda, and her aunt Pearl seem as if they have always been friends. Frances does not question the love between the two women until her father's job as a teacher is threatened by anti-Communism, just as Frances begins to learn about...
A Loss for Words
The Story of Deafness in a Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2011
From the time she was a toddler, Lou Ann Walker was the ears and voice for her deaf parents. Their family life was warm and loving, but outside the home, they faced a world that misunderstood and often rejected them.
I Take You
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
From internationally bestselling author Nikki Gemmell comes a tantalizing story of love within marriage—and alongside it.
Under her Chanel suit and designer lingerie, Connie Carven is no longer the typical banker's wife. When Cliff's horrible skiing accident shifts the balance of their relationship,...
Anyone
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2019
Charles Soule brings his signature knowledge—and wariness**—**of technology to his sophomore novel set in a realistic future about a brilliant female scientist who creates a technology that allows for the transfer of human consciousness between bodies, and the transformations this process wreaks...
The Physics of Baseball
Third Edition, Revised, Updated, and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Blending scientific fact and sports trivia, Robert Adair examines what a baseball or player in motion does-and why. How fast can a batted ball go? What effect do stitch patterns have on wind resistance? How far does a curve ball break? Who reaches first base faster after a bunt, a right- or left-handed...
Congratulations, Who Are You Again?
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
A Good Housekeeping Book of the Month
This funny and wise new memoir from Harrison Scott Key, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will inspire laughter and hope for anyone who’s ever been possessed by a dream of what they want to be when they grow up.
Little-known author...
by Pat Frank
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
From the author of the classic Alas Babylon comes this riveting story of a Marine captain and his soldiers and their arduous, difficult retreat from Changjin Reservoir to Hungnam during the Korean War—a stirring portrait of courage and sacrifice, now back in print.
*“*These are not stragglers,...
The Slippage
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The Slippage is a wry, wistful tale of marriage, lust, and disconnection from Ben Greenman, the critically acclaimed author of What He’s Poised to Do.
William Day must confront some uncomfortable truths about his life and his future when his wife Louisa asks him to build her house. The take-it-or-leave-it...
The Golems of Gotham
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Many years have passed since Oliver Levin -- a bestselling mystery writer and a lifetime sufferer from blocked emotions -- has given any thought to his parents, Holocaust survivors who committed suicide. But now, after years of uninterrupted literary output, Oliver Levin finds himself blocked as a...
Oh the Moon
Stories from the Tortured Mind of Charlyne Yi
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
From actress, comedian, musician, and writer Charlyne Yi comes this collection of illustrated, interconnected short stories and anecdotes that blends comedy, fantastic adventures, and a storm of feelings that will make you want to laugh and cry at the same time—reminiscent of the works of Demetri...
Time Warped
Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond explores the mysteries of our perception of time in her book Time Warped.
Why does life seem to speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head move at a...
Male and Female
A Study of the Sexes in a Changing World
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyzes the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "male" and "female" in modern American society. On its publication in 1949, the New York Times declared, "Dr. Mead's book has come to grips with the cold...
Sex and Temperament
In Three Primitive Societies
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
First published in 1935, Sex & Temperament is a fascinating and brilliant anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. Focusing on the gentle, mountain-dwelling Arapesh, the fierce, cannibalistic Mundugumor, and the graceful headhunters of Tchambuli...
New Lives for Old
Cultural Transformation--Manus, 1928-1953
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
When Margaret Mead first studied the Manus Islanders of New Guinea in 1928, they were living with a Stone Age technology. Economically vulnerable and burdened by a complex moral code, the Manus seemed ill-equipped to handle the massive impact that World War II had on their secluded world. But a unique...