Harpercollins E Books: 5637 books
What Makes Flamingos Pink?
A Colorful Collection of Q & A's for the Unquenchably Curious
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Do spiders sleep? Why are barns red? Why is there a crescent moon on outhouse doors? Are zebras white with black stripes or black with white stripes?
As the Xerox Corporation's official webmaster, Bill McLain often fielded as many as 1,000 questions a day on just about everything under the...
Sandra Day O'Connor
How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Sandra Day O'Connor, America's first woman justice, became the axis on which the Supreme Court turned. She was called the most powerful woman in America, and it was often said that to gauge the direction of American law, one need look only to O'Connor's vote. Then, just one year short of a quarter...
by Sonny Barger
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Ralph "Sonny" Barger first gained the attention of the book world with his bestselling memoir Hell's Angel. Now he uses what he’s learned from a life insidea subculture few will ever know to create his no-holds-barred first novel, giving readers a taste of thecamaraderie, the pain, and...
The Highly Selective Dictionary of Golden Adjectives
For the Extraordinarily Literate
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
Adjectives have long suffered from bad press. For many years, English teachers have been fond of telling students that "adjectives are the enemy of nouns, and adverbs are the enemy of everything else."
While it's still advisable to heed your English teacher's advice on most other...
Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes
A Companion to Wheelock's Latin and Other Introductory Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
From one of the country’s leading Latinists, this all new reader is the perfect complement to any Latin program, and the first collection of entirely authentic, unadapted classical Latin texts that beginning students, from the very first day of their introduction to Latin, can read, enjoy, and profit from.
Ridin' High, Livin' Free
Hell-Raising Motorcycle Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
An angel spreads his wings. . . .
Sonny Barger is the number-one spokesman for the motorcycle experience. His New York Times bestseller, Hell's Angel, was an exhilarating history of his adventures with the world's most notorious motorcycle club. Now he brings us rousing, moving, and wildly entertaining...
by Barbara Ann Kipfer, Robert L. Chapman
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
We all know language changes rapidly, but to follow along requires an historical view. Chapman's Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition, provides just what is needed to trace the language of today back to its American roots.
And make no mistake––this is a dictionary that is purely...
by Lawrence Block
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Characters refusing to talk? Plot plodding along? Where do good ideas come from anyway? In this wonderfully practical volume, two-time Edgar Award-winning novelist Lawrence Block takes an inside look at writing as a craft and as a career.
From studying the market, to mastering self-discipline...
Sailors to the End
The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction...
Gothic Charm School
An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living
There's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview? Is there such a thing as growing too...
by Frederic M. Wheelock, Richard A. LaFleur
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
The classic, single–volume introductory Latin textbook, introduced in 1956 and still the bestselling and most highly regarded textbook of its kind.
Wheelock's Latin, sixth edition, revised, has all the features that have made it the best–selling single–volume beginning Latin textbook,...
The Field
The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this groundbreaking classic, investigative journalist Lynne McTaggart reveals a radical new paradigm—that the human mind and body are not separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea, and that consciousness may be central in...
Creativity
Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The classic study of the creative process from the bestselling author of Flow
Creativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living. Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (“The leading researcher into ‘flow states.’” — Newsweek) reveals what leads to these...
The Beekeeper's Lament
How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
“You’llnever think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again.” —Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of Lobsters
Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the remarkable story of John Miller, one of America’s foremost migratory beekeepers,...