Harper imprint: 2546 books
Soul Train
The Music, Dance, and Style of a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
From Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson of the award-winning hip-hop group the Roots, comes this vibrant book commemorating the legacy of Soul Train—the cultural phenomenon that launched the careers of artists such as Tina Turner, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5, Whitney Houston, Lenny Kravitz, LL...
The State of Affairs
Rethinking Infidelity
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Iconic couples’ therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity Esther Perel returns with a provocative look at relationships through the lens of infidelity.
An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common...
The Explosive Child
A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
A groundbreaking approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other intractable behaviors, from a distinguished clinician and pioneer in this field.
What’s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration—crying,...
Little Soldiers
An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2017
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice; Real Simple Best of the Month; Library Journal Editors’ Pick
In the spirit of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Bringing up Bébé, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a hard-hitting exploration of China’s widely acclaimed yet insular education...
Lost Girls
An Unsolved American Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Award-winning investigative reporter Robert Kolker delivers a haunting and humanizing account of the true-life search for a serial killer still at large on Long Island, in a compelling tale of unsolved murder and Internet prostitution.
One late spring evening in 2010, Shannan Gilbert, after...
The Grief Recovery Handbook, 20th Anniversary Expanded Edition
The Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses including Health, Career, and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
Updated to commemorate its 20th anniversary, this classic resource further explores the effects of grief and sheds new light on how to begin to take effective actions to complete the grieving process and work towards recovery and happiness.
Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong...
Whipping Boy
The Forty-Year Search for My Twelve-Year-Old Bully
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Winner of the Edgar® Award for Best Fact Crime
The true account of one boy’s lifelong search for his boarding-school bully.
Equal parts childhood memoir and literary thriller, Whipping Boy chronicles prize-winning author Allen Kurzweil’s search for his twelve-year-old nemesis, a...
by Thomas Harris
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
The Classic Bestseller That has Changed the Lives of Millions
"Extraordinary. Harris has helped millions find the freedom to change, liberate their adult effectiveness, and achieve joyful intimacy with others." --Los Angeles Times
Transactional analysis delineates three ego-states...
Girls & Sex
Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A generation gap has emerged between parents and their girls. The mothers and fathers of tomorrow’s women have little idea what their daughters are up to sexually or how they feel about it. Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy young women and a wide range of psychologists, academics,...
Beer Money
A Memoir of Privilege and Loss
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
In the tradition of Rich Cohen’s Sweet and Low and Sean Wilsey’s Oh the Glory of it All, a memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline, and the story of a young artist’s struggle to find her way out of the ruins.
Frances Stroh’s earliest memories are ones of great privilege:...
The Teenage Brain
A Neuroscientist's Survival Guide to Raising Adolescents and Young Adults
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
A New York Times Bestseller
Renowned neurologist Dr. Frances E. Jensen offers a revolutionary look at the brains of teenagers, dispelling myths and offering practical advice for teens, parents and teachers.
Dr. Frances E. Jensen is chair of the department of neurology in the Perelman...
by Brad Meltzer
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
In this companion to his acclaimed and inspirational bestseller, Heroes for My Son, national bestselling novelist Brad Meltzer brings together the stories of fifty-five remarkable individuals, from intellectual explorers such as Marie Curie, Sally Ride, and Jane Goodall to cultural champions like...
Like a Mother
A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood
Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast...
The Big Disconnect
Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Clinical psychologist Catherine Steiner-Adair takes an in-depth look at how the Internet and the digital revolution are profoundly changing childhood and family dynamics, and offers solutions parents can use to successfully shepherd their children through the technological wilderness.
As the...