Houghton imprint: 895 books
The Lord of the Rings
One Volume
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his...
A Carnival of Losses
Notes Nearing Ninety
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Former poet laureate of the United States Donald Hall’s final collection of essays, from the vantage point of very old age, once again “alternately lyrical and laugh‑out‑loud funny.”*
*(New York Times)
“Why should a nonagenarian hold anything back?” Donald Hall answers his own...
Improv Nation
How We Made a Great American Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
A finalist for the 2017 George Freedley Memorial Award
“A compelling, absolutely unputdownable story . . . And, in case you’re wondering, yes, the book is funny. In places, very funny. A remarkable story, magnificently told.” — Booklist
In this richly reported, scene-driven narrative,...
Tango Lessons
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
From a dazzling new literary voice, a debut memoir about a young woman learning to dance tango, becoming comfortable in her own skin and in the arms of others
Tango was an unlikely choice for Meghan Flaherty. A young woman living with the scars of past trauma, she was terrified of being touched...
Harvey Penick
The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
The first-ever biography of the iconic and beloved golf coach who caddied for Francis Ouimet, played with Ben Hogan, competed against Bobby Jones, shaped Ben Crenshaw, and distilled his golf wisdom into the Little Red Book, granting simplicity to a vexing yet beloved sport
Millions of people...
Where We Stand
30 Reasons for Loving Our Country
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002
In these 30 essays, Roger Rosenblatt draws on his 27 years of reporting and commenting on America to reaffirm the core values of our complex and wonderful country. Famous for his ability to put wise and important ideas into witty and instructive prose, the prize-winning journalist and commentator...
by Ron Slate
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2009
In his acclaimed debut collection The Incentive of the Maggot, Ron Slate delivered an ingenious and enigmatic account of the intersections of global, family and personal histories. Now, in The Great Wave, a more personal tone asserts itself as Slate fashions poignant and haunting poems that shock...
American Indian Places
A Historical Guidebook
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
This historical guidebook includes 366 places that are significant to American Indians and open to the public. The book is organized geographically and includes location information, maps, and color photographs as well as suggestions for further reading about the sites and an extensive bibliography.
Among...
The American Resting Place
400 Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
A sweeping history of America as seen through its gravestones, graveyards, and burial practices, stunningly illustrated with eighty black-and-white photographs
Cemeteries and burial grounds, as illuminated by an acclaimed cultural historian, are unique windows onto our religious, ethnic, and...
by T. S. Eliot
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
A motley play of family mysteries, The Confidential Clerk follows Sir Claude and Lady Elizabeth as they reconnect with their long-lost illegitimate children—even though they aren’t quite certain whose child is whose. "Extraordinarily good fun," this is one of Eliot’s greatest comedies,...
The Princess Bride
An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Here William Goldman’s beloved story of Buttercup, Westley, and their fellow adventurers finally receives a beautiful illustrated treatment.
A tale of true love and high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts—The Princess Bride...
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2018
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only...
by Arnold Steinhardt
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
“A rapturous, witty, and passionate memoir ... Violin Dreams is not only the story of a man becoming an artist, it’s a history of twentieth-century music.” — John Guare, Tony Award–winning playwright
Arnold Steinhardt, for more than forty years an international soloist and the first...
by Tim O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Best-selling author Tim O’Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons.
“We are all writing our maybe books full of maybe tomorrows, and each maybe tomorrow brings another maybe tomorrow, and then another,...