Harper imprint: 2546 books
Brave New Weed
Adventures into the Uncharted World of Cannabis
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The former editor-in-chief of Details and Star adventures into the fascinating "brave new world" of cannabis, tracing its history and possible future as he investigates the social, medical, legal, and cultural ramifications of this surprisingly versatile plant.
Pot. Weed. Grass. Mary...
The Boys in the Bunkhouse
Servitude and Salvation in the Heartland
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
With this Dickensian tale from America’s heartland, New York Times writer and columnist Dan Barry tells the harrowing yet uplifting story of the exploitation and abuse of a resilient group of men with intellectual disability, and the heroic efforts of those who helped them to find justice and reclaim...
Safari
A Memoir of a Worldwide Travel Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
"It's here, in nature, that we are completely unified with all of life."
Geoffrey Kent had nothing but an East African shilling and an old Land Rover when he launched a safari business in 1962 with his parents in Nairobi. Today he is the chairman and CEO of Abercrombie & Kent,...
Mothers Who Can't Love
A Healing Guide for Daughters
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
With Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters—and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy.
In...
That's What She Said
Wise Words from Influential Women
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
An artist and activist committed to the empowerment of women and girls has created a gorgeous illustrated volume, blending watercolor and short biography to showcase the contributions of more than fifty influential female leaders whose words and actions are a passionate call to arms.
Distraught...
The Friedkin Connection
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The long-awaited memoir from the Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The French Connection, The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA, The Friedkin Connection takes readers from the streets of Chicago to the suites of Hollywood and from the sixties to today, with autobiographical...
The Cabala and The Woman of Andros
Two Novels
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
“For much of the twentieth century, these remarkable early novels were hidden in the great shadow of The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Now we can examine them in the spotlight for the gifts that they are—memorable monuments to style and keys to understanding Wilder’s genius.” – Penelope Niven,...
Dorothy and Otis
Designing the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
A lavish, gorgeously designed full-color collection that showcases the designs of Dorothy and Otis Shepard, two groundbreaking giants of early twentieth-century American advertising.
Dorothy and Otis Shepard are the unsung heroes of early twentieth-century North American visual culture. Together,...
by Maira Kalman
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
From Maira Kalman, the author of the bestsellers The Principles of Uncertainty and The Elements of Style, comes this beautiful pictorial and narrative exploration of the significance of objects in our lives, drawn from her personal artifacts, recollections, and selections from the collection of the...
The Sunrise
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
From the internationally bestselling author of The Island comes a stirring novel about loyalty, love, and resilience in the face of tremendous upheaval—a saga of survival set during the 1974 Cypriot coup d’état that tells the intersecting stories of three families whose lives are decimated when...
Forgotten
The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
The injustices of 1940s Jim Crow America are brought to life in this extraordinary blend of military and social history—a story that pays tribute to the valor of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognized to this day.
In the early hours of June 6, 1944,...
The Magnificent Medills
America's Royal Family of Journalism During a Century of Turbulent Splendor
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2011
The riveting story of the country’s first media dynasty, the Medills of Chicago, whose power and influence shaped the story of America and American journalism for four generations
When thirty-two-year-old former lawyer Joseph Medill bought a controlling stake in the bankrupt Chicago Daily...
Prague Winter
A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Drawing on her own memory, her parents’ written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly-available documents, former US Secretary of State and New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring.
Before she turned twelve,...
Under An Afghan Sky
A Memoir of Captivity
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
In October 2008, Mellissa Fung, a long-time reporter for CBC’s The National, was leaving a refugee camp outside of Kabul. Suddenly, she was grabbed by armed men claiming to be Taliban, stabbed, stuffed into the back of a car and driven off into the desert. When the group finally reached a village...