Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 979 books
A Devil's Chaplain
Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2004
Essays on morality, mortality, and much more from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.
This early collection of essays from renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific...
Remarkable Creatures
Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2014
National Book Award Finalist: A biologist’s “thoroughly enjoyable” account of the expeditions that unearthed the history of life on our planet (Publishers Weekly).
Not so long ago, most of our world was an unexplored wilderness. Our sense of its age was vague and vastly off the mark,...
The Dolphin in the Mirror
Exploring Dolphin Minds and Saving Dolphin Lives
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
This scientific memoir by an aquarium researcher “illuminate[s] the world of the dolphin’s amazing intelligence and playfulness.” —Temple Grandin
“One comes away from Reiss’s book agreeing that ‘dolphins are among the smartest creatures on the planet’ and that they merit not...
The Edge of Physics
A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
A tour of the exotic and remote outposts where scientists seek answers to the great mysteries: “A thrilling ride around the globe and around the cosmos.” —Sean Carroll, author of From Eternity to Here
In The Edge of Physics, a science writer journeys to the ends of the Earth—visiting...
Life Everlasting
The Animal Way of Death
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
An enlightening look at animal behavior and the cycle of life and death, from “one of the finest naturalists of our time” (Edward O. Wilson).
When a good friend with a severe illness wrote, asking if he might have his “green burial” at Bernd Heinrich’s hunting camp in Maine, it inspired...
The Homing Instinct
Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
“A noted naturalist explores the centrality of home in the lives of humans and other animals . . . A special treat for readers of natural history” (Kirkus Reviews).
Every year, many species make the journey from one place to another, following the same paths and ending up in the same places....
Coyote
Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2005
A “beautifully written” tribute to this tenacious and much-misunderstood creature of the wild (Bill McKibben).
When Catherine Reid returned to the Berkshires to live after decades away, she became fascinated by another recent arrival: the eastern coyote. This species, which shares some...
Blood Matters
From BRCA1 to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2009
A National Book Award winner’s personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing.
Several years after Masha Gessen’s mother died of breast cancer, she discovered she too had the BRCA1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to...
Health and Healing
The Philosophy of Integrative Medicine and Optimum Health
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
A comprehensive handbook on alternative treatments from the New York Times–bestselling author of Mind Over Meds.
In Health and Healing, Harvard-trained physician Andrew Weil explores the full spectrum of alternative healing practices available today, including holistic medicine, homeopathy,...
by Joseph A. Citro
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1994
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 1994
Take a chilling tour of spooky New England legends . . .
Visit Vermont with this comprehensive collection of tales, legends, folklore, ghost stories, and strange-but-true facts—and enjoy supernatural side trips to the surrounding areas of New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Quebec—with...
Mind Over Matter
Conversations with the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2004
“Ruminations on every scientific subject over the sun—and plenty beyond it”—from the bestselling author of The Universe and the Teacup (The Boston Globe).
A San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
A recipient of the American Institute of Physics Award for Best Science Writer,...
Rational Mysticism
Spirituality Meets Science in the Search for Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2004
The author of The End of Science chronicles the most advanced research into such experiences as prayer, fasting, and trances in this “great read” (The Washington Post).
How do trances, visions, prayer, satori, and other mystical experiences “work”? What induces and defines them? Is...
by Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2002
This diary of a monastic life is “a continuation of The Seven Storey Mountain . . . Astonishing” (Commonweal).
Chronicling six years of Thomas Merton’s life in a Trappist monastery, The Sign of Jonas takes us through his day-to-day experiences at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, where...
The Rise and Fall of the Bible
The Unexpected History of an Accidental Book
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
A professor of religion offers an “engrossing and excellent” look at how the Good Book has changed—and changed the world—through the ages (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
In a lively journey from early Christianity to the present, this book explores how a box of handwritten scrolls...