Houghton imprint: 895 books
Meathead
The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2016
The first book to apply the latest scientific research to America’s favorite form of cooking, by the curator of the highly successful website Amazingribs.com, with 175 sure-fire recipes
Tribe of Mentors
Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, shares the ultimate choose-your-own-adventure book—a compilation of tools, tactics, and habits from 130+ of the world's top performers. From iconic entrepreneurs to elite athletes, from artists to billionaire investors,...
by Stan Katz M.D., Aimee Liu
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 1988
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 1988
The quest for true love appeals to us all — and yet the real thing is painfully elusive. According to Dr. Stan Katz, men and women today don't really know what to look for in a mate, or even how to love once we find one. No one teaches us. What's more, the images of love we absorb from society,...
The Whole30
The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
**Over 1 million copies sold!
Millions of people visit Whole30.com every month and share their dramatic life-changing testimonials. Get started on your Whole30 transformation with the #1 New York Times best-selling The Whole30.**
Since 2009, Melissa Hartwig’s critically-acclaimed Whole30...
As Always, Julia
The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
With her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we really know of the inner Julia?
Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced...
by V. James Bamford
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
It is the most secret agency within the United States Government. For many years, the government denied that it even existed (and, according to a Washington joke, the initials NSA stood for “No Such Agency”). It was established not by law but by a top secret presidential memorandum that has been...
The Martha Manual
How to Do (Almost) Everything
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert—together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations
Martha Stewart is America’s go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many...
Riding the Rails with Paul Theroux
The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Riding the Rails with Paul Theroux
Three quintessential works from the legendary Paul Theroux are collected here for the first time.
Let the master take you by train through Asia in 1975’s The Great Railway Bazaar, then cross the Americas in 1979’s The Old Patagonian Express, and round...
Infinite Powers
How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Marvelous . . . an array of witty and astonishing stories . . . to illuminate how calculus has helped bring into being our contemporary world.”—The Washington Post
From preeminent math personality and author of The Joy of x, a brilliant and endlessly...
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
As forest fires continue to ravage communities, this bestselling author and firefighter explores what causes them, and captures the danger and heroism of those who fight them
In Megafire, a world-renowned journalist and forest fire expert travels to the most dangerous and remote wildernesses,...
The Joy of x
A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
“Delightful . . . easily digestible chapters include plenty of helpful examples and illustrations. You'll never forget the Pythagorean theorem again!”—Scientific American
Many people take math in high school and promptly forget much of it. But math plays a part in all of our lives all...
Who Gets What — and Why
The New Economics of Matchmaking and Market Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
**“In his fluent and accessible book, Mr. Roth vividly describes the successes of market design.” — Economist.com
“In this fascinating, often surprising book, Alvin Roth guides us through the jungles of modern life, pointing to the many markets that are hidden in plain view all around...
This Is Your Brain on Parasites
How Tiny Creatures Manipulate Our Behavior and Shape Society
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
**“Engrossing … [An] expedition through the hidden and sometimes horrifying microbial domain.” —Wall Street Journal
“Fascinating—and full of the kind of factoids you can't wait to share.” —Scientific American**
Parasites can live only inside another animal and, as Kathleen...
Antarctica
An Intimate Portrait of a Mysterious Continent
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Antarctica is the most alien place on the planet, the only part of the earth where humans could never survive unaided. Out of our fascination with it have come many books, most of which focus on only one aspect of its unique strangeness. None has managed to capture the whole story—until now.
Drawing...