Houghton imprint: 895 books
by Candice Olson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Popular TV star Candice Olson shows you how to create your dream family room
Everybody wants their home's main living space to meet the needs of the whole family—and look great doing it. HGTV star Candice Olson is an expert in showing clients how a room can have many functions while still...
Unruly Places
Lost Spaces, Secret Cities, and Other Inscrutable Geographies
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
A tour of the world’s hidden geographies—from disappearing islands to forbidden deserts—and a stunning testament to how mysterious the world remains today
At a time when Google Maps Street View can take you on a virtual tour of Yosemite’s remotest trails and cell phones double as navigational...
Tools of Titans
The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek**.**
From the author:
“For the last two years, I’ve interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super...
Destined for War
Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR | SHORT-LISTED FOR THE 2018 LIONEL GELBER PRIZE | NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: FINANCIAL TIMES * THE TIMES (LONDON) * AMAZON
“Allison is one of the keenest observers of international affairs around.”— JOE BIDEN, former vice president of the...
by Amy Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Trailblazing Constance’s hard-won job as deputy sheriff is on the line in Miss Kopp Just Won’t Quit, the fourth installment of Amy Stewart’s Kopp Sisters series.
After a year on the job, New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff has collared criminals, demanded justice for wronged women,...
China's Great Wall of Debt
Shadow Banks, Ghost Cities, Massive Loans, and the End of the Chinese Miracle
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
A stunning inside look at how and why the foundations upon which China has built the world’s second largest economy, have started to crumble.
Over the course of a decade spent reporting on the ground in China as a financial journalist, Dinny McMahon gradually came to the conclusion that the...
Homeplace
A Southern Town, a Country Legend, and the Last Days of a Mountaintop Honky-Tonk
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
An intimate account of country music, social change, and a vanishing way of life as a Shenandoah town collides with the twenty-first century
Winchester, Virginia is an emblematic American town. When John Lingan first traveled there, it was to seek out Jim McCoy: local honky-tonk owner and the...
by Thomas M. Menino, Jack Beatty
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
Boston’s late, revered mayor explains the power behind the city’s dramatic success — and its lessons for Washington power brokers.
When Thomas Menino stepped down from office as one of the longest-serving major-city mayors in the nation’s history, he was among the most popular politicians...
Secrets of the Southern Table
A Food Lover's Tour of the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Recipes and stories of the modern South
In Secrets of the Southern Table, award-winning chef and cookbook author Virginia Willis takes you on a tour of today's South—a region rich in history and cultural diversity. With her signature charm and wit, Virginia shares many well-known Southern...
It Takes Two
Our Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
A New York Times bestseller!
Jonathan and Drew Scott, known for their wildly popular HGTV shows including Property Brothers and Brother vs Brother, follow up their New York Times bestseller, Dream Home, with a highly anticipated memoir. It Takes Two: Our Story shares never-before-revealed tales...
Rocket Billionaires
Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the New Space Race
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Featured on NPR and PBS’s SciTech Now**, and in** Fast Company**,** Forbes**, and the** Wall Street Journal
The inside story of the new race to conquer space
For the outsize personalities staking their fortunes on spaceships, the new race to explore space could be a dead end, a lucrative...
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
New York Times Bestseller
“A good introduction to LOTR fans nervous about taking on The Silmarillion, and also gives longtime fans a fascinating look at the Tolkiens’ myth-making process.”—EntertainmentWeekly.com
“A beautiful book.”—San Antonio Express-News
“With...
The Pan-Industrial Revolution
How New Manufacturing Titans Will Transform the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
A stunning look at what will happen to global industry as 3-D printing quickly becomes a worldwide phenomenon–and how this will influence our economic and geopolitical landscape.
Best‑selling author Richard D’Aveni contends that the advent of massive, industrial‑scale 3‑D printing...
The Guide to Walden Pond
An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America's Most Iconic Places
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
An exploration of the history, nature, landscape, and literature of one of America’s most iconic places
This is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau’s most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America's environmental consciousness.
Using...