Harper imprint: 2546 books
Charles Darwin
Victorian Mythmaker
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life.
With the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin—hailed as the man who "discovered evolution"—was propelled into the pantheon of great scientific thinkers, alongside Galileo,...
Do You Believe in Magic?
The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
In Do You Believe in Magic?, medical expert Paul A. Offit, M.D., offers a scathing exposé of the alternative medicine industry, revealing how even though some popular therapies are remarkably helpful due to the placebo response, many of them are ineffective, expensive, and even deadly.
Dr....
Something to Hide
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
“Classic Moggach: readable, memorable . . . an unashamedly colorful journey across continents, with clothes, food, landscapes brought joyously to life.” —The Times (London)
“Nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that I’ve ruined Bev’s life, and she’s ruined mine.”
Petra’s...
Writing to Learn
How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
This is an essential book for everyone who wants to write clearly about any subject and use writing as a means of learning.
Wonders of Life
Exploring the Most Extraordinary Phenomenon in the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
In Wonders of Life: Exploring the Most Extraordinary Force in the Universe, the definitive companion to the Discovery Science Channel series, Professor Brian Cox takes us on an incredible journey to discover the most complex, diverse, and unique force in the universe: life itself.
Through his...
Unrequited
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Romantic Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Blending memoir, literary exposition, and revealing case studies, Unrequited is a powerful, surprising, and empathetic cultural and psychological exploration of one-sided romantic obsession.
The summer Lisa A. Phillips turned thirty, she fell in love with someone who didn’t return her feelings....
After Daniel
A Suicide Survivor's Tale
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Moira Farr discovered Daniel Jones’ body on Valentine’s Day, 1994. Struggling with deep depression, he had killed himself using a method clearly outlined in the bestselling book, Final Exit. Six years later, in an account both deeply personal and thoughtfully political, Farr reflects on Daniel’s...
Owls
A Guide to Every Species in the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Discover the fascinating and mysterious world of owls with this stunning full-color, encyclopedic visual guide that explores all 225 known species, packed with maps, photographs, illustrations, informative scientific details, and a bonus 35½" x 12" accordion poster illustrated with the true-to-size...
Apologies to My Censor
The High and Low Adventures of a Foreigner in China
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2013
The story of a young man's outrageous adventures in China and his search for identity in the most unexpected of places.
Mitch Moxley came to Beijing in the spring of 2007 to take a job as a writer and editor for China Daily, the country's only English-language national newspaper. The Chinese...
Permission to Parent
How to Raise Your Child with Love and Limits
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
After being bombarded by parenting fad after parenting fad, moms and dads finally have a friendly, commonsense guide to raising thriving children.
Today, many parents have rejected the dictatorships they resented from their own childhoods. But they overcorrected by turning into child-pleasers....
The Myth of Moral Justice
Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What's Right
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2011
We are obsessed with watching television shows and feature films about lawyers, reading legal thrillers, and following real-life trials. Yet, at the same time, most of us don't trust lawyers and hold them and the legal system in very low esteem.
In The Myth of Moral Justice, law professor and...
Hummingbirds
A Guide to Every Species
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Hummingbirds have always held popular appeal, with their visual brilliance, extraordinary flight dexterity, jewel-like color, and remarkably small size.
This is the first book to profile all 338 known species, from the Saw-billed Hermit to the Scintillant Hummingbird.
Every bird is shown...
by Aldous Huxley
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
When the novel Brave New World first appeared in 1932, its shocking analysis of a scientific dictatorship seemed a projection into the remote future. Here, in one of the most important and fascinating books of his career, Aldous Huxley uses his tremendous knowledge of human relations to compare the...
The Mirage
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
A mind-bending novel in which an alternate history of 9/11 and its aftermath uncovers startling truths about America and the Middle East
11/9/2001: Christian fundamentalists hijack four jetliners. They fly two into the Tigris & Euphrates World Trade Towers in Baghdad, and a third into the...