Houghton: 1009 books
Of a Feather
A Brief History of American Birding
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2008
Beyond Audubon: A quirky, “lively and illuminating” account of bird-watching’s history, including “rivalries, controversies, [and] bad behavior” (The Washington Post Book World).
From the moment Europeans arrived in North America, they were awestruck by a continent awash with birds—great...
I'm Feeling Lucky
The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
A marketing director’s story of working at a startup called Google in the early days of the tech boom: “Vivid inside stories . . . Engrossing” (Ken Auletta).
Douglas Edwards wasn’t an engineer or a twentysomething fresh out of school when he received a job offer from a small but growing...
After Birth
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
A fierce novel about the postpartum experience filled with “dark humor and brutal honesty” (People).
A year has passed since Ari gave birth to Walker, though it went so badly awry she has trouble calling it “birth” and she still can’t locate herself in her altered universe. Amid the...
Jumping Fire
A Smokejumper's Memoir of Fighting Wildfire
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
This “terrifying, grimly funny” memoir about fighting forest fires in Alaska offers “an affectionate portrait of a fraternity of daredevils” (The New Yorker).
A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year
Fighting fires since 1965, legendary smokejumper Murry A. Taylor finally hung...
God in a Cup
The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Coffee
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Follow the ultimate coffee geeks on their worldwide hunt for the best beans.
Can a cup of coffee reveal the face of God? Can it become the holy grail of modern-day knights errant who brave hardship and peril in a relentless quest for perfection? Can it change the world? These questions are...
Fast Forward
How Women Can Achieve Power and Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
This book, based on interviews with the world’s most inspiring women, “shows every woman how she can empower herself and her community” (Madeleine Albright).
Important conversations about leaning in, work/life balance, and empowering females around the world have energized a generation...
A Peaceful Retirement
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2007
“If you’ve ever enjoyed a visit to Mitford, you’ll relish a visit to Fairacre.” —Jan Karon
After many years of teaching in the charming English village of Fairacre, Miss Read settles down to what she hopes will be a relaxing retirement. But, of course, it is not entirely so. Having...
Flying Cars
The True Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
**Stories of inventors who have aimed for the sky: “Start your engines and get ready to take off for an amazing read” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Humans have always wanted to fly—and as soon as there were planes and cars, many people saw a combination of the two as the next step for...
Inventing the Truth
The Art and Craft of Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 1998
The author of On Writing Well presents stories and advice on the writing process from Frank McCourt, Annie Dillard, and many more.
For anyone who enjoys reading memoirs—or is thinking about writing one—this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors: Russell Baker, Jill...
Why Save the Bankers?
And Other Essays on Our Economic and Political Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Reflections on politics, the economy, and the modern world by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
Thomas Piketty’s work has proved that unfettered markets lead to increasing inequality, and that without meaningful regulation, capitalist economies...
Generation Rx
How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2005
This in-depth look at the rise of Big Pharma and pill marketing is “a page-turner” (Booklist, starred review).
A finalist for a PEN America Literary Award for Research Nonfiction, this book takes a deep look at how the pharmaceutical industry—with some help from the medical and insurance...
Merchants of Immortality
Chasing the Dream of Human Life Extension
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2003
A Discover Best Science Book of the Year: “A fascinating, accurate and accessible account of some of [the] contemporary efforts to combat aging” (The New York Times).
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
Named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times, San Jose Mercury News, and Library...
Half the Way Home
A Memoir of Father and Son
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2005
A New York Times Notable Book: “An extraordinarily moving portrait of the complexities and confusions of familial love” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times).
From the author of King Leopold’s Ghost, Half the Way Home is a compelling memoir about a complicated father-son relationship.
Adam...
by Vladimir Nabokov
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
“Wonderful, compulsively readable, delicious” personal correspondences, spanning decades in the life and literary career of the author of Lolita (The Washington Post Book World).
An icon of twentieth-century literature, Vladimir Nabokov was a novelist, poet, and playwright, whose personal...