Holt Paperbacks imprint: 250 books
Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day
A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
Expert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer's Home Companion
Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their struggles aren't unique. Joan Bolker, midwife to more than one hundred dissertations and co-founder...
by Dana Desonie
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
Cosmic collisions have forever shaped the planets in our solar system, sculpting Earth and our Moon. They are still happening right in our neighborhood, as we saw in July 1994 when comet fragments bombarded the surface of Jupiter. What if a collision of that magnitude were to occur on Earth? Would...
History Wars
The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1996
From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers,...
by Peter Fritzsche, Karen Hewitt
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Berlin is a city that visionary architects, city planners, social revolutionaries, and ruling kaisers have all tried to reshape. As a result, it is sheathed in layers of modern history, each providing a chapter in the city's story of constant change. Its rich atmosphere of energy made it the intellectual...
Pariswalks
Seven Intimate Walking Tours of Paris's Most Historic and Enchanting Quarters
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The perfect walking guide to Paris and its history, now in a thoroughly updated sixth edition
Full of architectural detail, unique advice, and historical anecdotes, Pariswalks allows the reader to do as the Parisians do--take to the streets on foot to discover the secret splendors of one of...
Londonwalks
Four Intimate Walking Tours of London's Most Historic and Enchanting Areas
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
London, a huge,sprawling metropolis, does not reveal itself to the casual visitor. To discover its diffuse wonders you must investigate its streets and squares on foot. Shunning major sights and typical tourist attractions, Londonwalks guides you through four of the most historic areas of the city's...
by John Green
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
In The New Age of Communications, author John Green outlines how computers and the World Wide Web are revolutionizing our lives in the new global community. Originally published in 1997.
A Scientific American Focus book.
Romewalks
Four Intimate Walking Tours of Rome's Most Historic and Enchanting Neighborhoods
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
The secret of all cities is to be found in their streets and neighborhoods. This is especially true of Rome. What distinguishes this guidebook to Rome from so many others is that it explores neighborhoods instead of merely describing monuments. By taking the reader on walks through the streets around...
Frugal Indulgents
How to Cultivate Decadence When Your Age and Salary Are Under 30
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Frugal Indulgents offers clever, real-life advice on how to enjoy life on a low budget. Packed with quizzes, profiles, lists, and a glossary of cunning lingo, the book reveals how to score a low-rent apartment, buy elegant threads on a shoestring budget, perfect the art of country home crashing for...
The Bear-Proof Investor
Prospering Safely in Any Market
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Proven strategies for keeping your money safe and your investments growing no matter which direction the market is heading
After so many years of booming bull markets, the recent downturn has thrown a scare into millions of Americans. Novice investors are watching the news from Wall Street...
Celebrating Interfaith Marriages
Creating Your Jewish/Christian Ceremony
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The first comprehensive wedding guide specifically for the Jewish/Christian couple who wants to honor both religious traditions in their service, vows, and readings.
Saying "I do" is one of the happiest moments in a couple's life together--but planning that trip to the altar can be...
Recovering From Rape
Practical Advice on Overcoming the Trauma and Coping with Police, Hospitals, and the Courts - for the Survivors of Sexual Assault and their Families, Lovers and Friends
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
From clinical psychologist Linda E. Ledray, Recovering from Rape is a comprehensive handbook offering emotional support and practical guidance to survivors and their loved ones in coping and overcoming the trauma of rape.
If you have been sexually assaulted, you are probably experiencing a...
South of Haunted Dreams
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
For black Americans from the north, a crossing into the South has always been a meaningful transition, a journey weighted with the burdens of history and oppression. Writing with real emotion and a twist of irony, Eddy L. Harris combines the lively detail of travel writing with a brilliant exploration of race in America in South of Haunted Dreams: A Memoir.
Area 51
The Dreamland Chronicles
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Area 51, Dreamland, Groom Lake, Paradise Ranch, Watertown Strip, the Box: all refer to the top-secret research installation, located a hundred miles north of Las Vegas, which, for many, has come to stand for all that is shadowy and nefarious about the military-industrial-intelligence complex. Built...