Houghton imprint: 895 books
by Michael Ryan
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
“Unlike too many poets who tumble into print at the first twitch of feeling, Michael Ryan takes time to listen to himself, and such listening contributes immeasurably to the subtlety of his address to the reader . . . [He] reminds us on every page that poems can be about lives, and about them in...
The People's Team
An Illustrated History of the Green Bay Packers
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2019
The definitive, lavishly illustrated history of the Green Bay Packers, commemorating the team's 100-year anniversary
Not only are the Packers the only fan-owned team in any of North America’s major pro sports leagues, but Green Bay — population 104,057 — is also the smallest city with...
Tilting at Mills
Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2003
It is New York City in 1992. Unaware of the heartbreak he will encounter, the veteran environmentalist Allen Hershkowitz proposes developing a major recycled-paper mill in the city. He's tired of being outgunned too often by industry lobbyists in legislative battles and wants to develop an environmentally...
The Man Who Climbs Trees
The Lofty Adventures of a Wildlife Cameraman
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
**“A vertiginous, white-knuckled adventure through some of the most spectacular forests in the world.” —Washington Post
Meet the man who climbs trees for a living. In this adventure memoir, Aldred carries us with him across the globe and up to the top of these towering forest titans as...
by Andrzej Stasiuk
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
Pawel, a young businessman in debt to loan sharks, wakes up one April morning in a sea of debris, broken glass, ripped upholstery, and clothes spilling out of the wardrobe. He turns to two friends for help: Bolek, a former coal miner, now a drug dealer who lives in tasteless luxury; and Jacek, an...
The Grace of Everyday Saints
How a Band of Believers Lost Their Church and Found Their Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
St. Brigid Church was one of San Francisco’s great landmarks in the early 1990s. The church itself had weathered depressions and natural disasters, epic earthquakes and a massive fire. Its loyal congregation was active, vibrant, and growing. But in 1993, without warning, the Catholic archdiocese...
Searching for America's Heart
RFK and the Renewal of Hope
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2001
Peter Edelman has worked as an aide to Robert F. Kennedy, a lawyer, a children's advocate, and a policymaker. He has devoted his life to the cause of justice and to ending inequality. But in 1996, while serving in the Clinton administration as an expert on welfare policy and children, he found himself...
The Red Rooster Cookbook
The Story of Food and Hustle in Harlem
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Southern comfort food and multicultural recipes from the New York Times best-selling superstar chef Marcus Samuelsson’s iconic Harlem restaurant.
When the James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson opened Red Rooster on Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem, he envisioned more than a restaurant....
Divided by a Common Language
A Guide to British and American English
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Puzzled by signs warning you to “mind the gap” in the London Underground? Wondering what will be on your plate if you order “toad in the hole” in a London café? In Divided by a Common Language, Christopher Davies explains these expressions and discusses the many differences in pronunciation,...
Clean
Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's Greatest Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
A myth-shattering look at drug abuse and addiction treatment, based on cutting-edge research
Addiction is a preventable, treatable disease, not a moral failing. As with other illnesses, the approaches most likely to work are based on science — not on faith, tradition, contrition, or wishful...
The Galloping Ghost
Red Grange, an American Football Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
In the 1920s four athletes defined American sports: Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, and Red Grange. They were the country's first athletic pantheon, its Mount Rushmore, and for a few brief years Red Grange outshone them all. The Galloping Ghost tells the remarkable untold story of this fleet-footed...
Beat This! Cookbook
Absolutely Unbeatable Knock-'em-Dead Recipes for the Very Best Dishes
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2011
Do you think you have the absolute best recipe for apple pie? Maybe your neighbor claims to make the best meatloaf around. Did your Italian grandmother serve the best spaghetti sauce this side of the Atlantic? Well, unless you or that neighbor or your grandmother is Ann Hodgman, you’re wrong!
The...
Liquid Rules
The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
**“Entertaining...From the physics of ballpoint pens to the origin of jet-aircraft contrails, the book rewards the reader with fascinating facts and insights. Every day, millions of people travel on an airplane. Fortunately, Mark Miodownik was recently one of them.” —Wall Street Journal
Sometimes...
War Play
Video Games and the Future of Armed Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
A behind-the-scenes look at how the military uses video game technology to train soldiers, treat veterans, and entice new recruits.
How does the U.S. military train its soldiers for new forms of armed conflict, all within the constraints of diminished defense budgets? Increasingly, the answer...