Henry Holt And Co : 2157 books
by Dan Gemeinhart
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
"Sometimes a story comes along that just plain makes you want to hug the world. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise is Dan Gemeinhart’s finest book yet — and that’s saying something. Your heart needs this joyful miracle of a book." — Katherine Applegate, acclaimed author of...
Nine Hills to Nambonkaha
Two Years in the Heart of an African Village
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
A portrait of a resilient African village, ruled until recently by magic and tradition, now facing modern problems and responding, often triumphantly, to change
When Sarah Erdman, a Peace Corps volunteer, arrived in Nambonkaha, she became the first Caucasian to venture there since the French...
Mothers and Daughters
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
A rich and luminous novel about three generations of women in one family: the love they share, the dreams they refuse to surrender, and the secrets they hold
Samantha is lost in the joys of new motherhood—the softness of her eight-month-old daughter's skin, the lovely weight of her child...
The Last Barbarians
The Discovery Of The Source Of The Mekong In Tibet
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
More than thirty years ago, Michael Peisel's classic, Mustang: A Lost Tibetan Kingdom, introduced the world to a region more isolated than the deepest Amazon. Against the odds--and in the tradition of the nineteenth-century explorers of whom he is a direct descendant--Peissel has combed Tibet for...
Hello to All That
A Memoir of War, Zoloft, and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
An off-the-wall, heartbreaking, and often hilarious memoir of a correspondent reporting from the front lines while also battling his lifelong nemesis-chronic depression
His own chemistry was his worst enemy, and it took John Falk to some very strange places-from Garden City, Long Island, to...
The River Queen
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2013
This story of a middle-aged woman's odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a life
In fall 2005 acclaimed travel writer Mary Morris set off down the Mississippi in a battered old houseboat called the River Queen, with...
Thin Ice
Unlocking the Secrets of Climate in the World's Highest Mountains
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2006
"One of the best books yet published on climate change . . . The best compact history of the science of global warming I have read."—Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books
The world's premier climatologist, Lonnie Thompson has been risking his career and life on the highest...
Satisfaction
Sensation Seeking, Novelty, and the Science of Finding True Fulfillment
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
"A discussion that is meaty, contemporary and expansive . . . Berns artfully blends social critique with technical expertise."- The Washington Post Book World
In a riveting narrative look at the brain and the power of novelty to satisfy it, Dr. Gregory Berns explores fields as diverse...
by Katie Speck, Paul Rátz de Tagyos
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Maybelle the cockroach loves tasty crumbs and scrumptious sprinkles, but she is tired of braving the dangers of Mr. and Mrs. Peabody's kitchen: the flattening feet, the bright light, and especially the cat, Ramona.
Enter Bernice. She's an ant with a head cold who can't find her way back to...
The Variations
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
A compelling sympathy of the faiths that fill the gap between who we set out to be and who we ultimately become
A powerful debut novel about a priest who has lost his church, his mentor, and, most upsetting, his ability to pray. How can Father Dominic protect or guide his parish when everything...
Ordinary Life
A Memoir Of Illness
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1996
This book is a striking departure from the literature of illness as well as a remarkable literary work in its own right. The stories we typically hear about people coping with serious illness are set up as heroic tales that emphasize the victim's triumph over adversity or even portray the experience...
Onward to Victory
The Creation of Modern College Sports
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
From the acclaimed author of Shake Down the Thunder.
With the 1940 release of the classic film Knute Rockne, All American, the myth of the hero scholar-athlete was born, and with it came the age of big-time college sports in America. Drawing on a wide variety of sources, including press accounts,...
by Jeremy A. Sabloff
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1994
Nowadays, archaeological investigators don't just dig up the past
They use high-tech equipment, chemical analyses, sampling strategies, and other modern means to gain a better understanding of why and how cultures change. Using the study of the Maya as a test case, Jeremy Sabloff shows how the exciting transformation of archaeology is shedding new light on past civilizations.
The Lady Tasting Tea
How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
At a summer tea party in Cambridge, England, a lady states that tea poured into milk tastes differently than that of milk poured into tea. Her notion is shouted down by the scientific minds of the group. But one guest, by the name Ronald Aylmer Fisher, proposes to scientifically test the lady's hypothesis....