Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 979 books
by Chris Van Allsburg
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
1986 Caldecott Medal Winner
A young boy, lying awake one Christmas Eve, is welcomed aboard a magical trip to the North Pole . . .
Through dark forests, over tall mountains, and across a desert of ice, the Polar Express makes its way to the city atop the world, where the boy will...
Mythmaker
The Life of J.R.R. Tolkien, Creator of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
“Long before Harry Potter and J. K. Rowling, there were Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and J. R. R. Tolkien . . . This will bring the creator to vivid life” (Booklist).
A philologist of world renown, a professor at Oxford, and the author of academic treatises, J.R.R. Tolkien was far more than...
by David Macaulay
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2008
From the award-winning author of The Way Things Work, a remarkable look at how a sixteenth-century mosque would have been built, in words and pictures.
“Gorgeously illustrated . . . Macaulay is renowned for spectacular children’s books with an architectural flavor . . . Mosque is a superbly...
by H. A. Rey
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
With the help of the man with the yellow hat, Curious George plants and grows carrots in a little garden plot of his own. When his carrots are finally ready to be pulled from the ground, George decides that his prize carrot is too perfect to eat. But when George stumbles upon his friend Bill's pet...
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The first four books featuring the world’s most beloved nanny, plus delightful bonus features!
Since the 1934 publication of Mary Poppins, stories of this magical nanny have delighted children and adults for generations. This collection includes the first four tales by P. L. Travers, illustrated...
Team Moon
How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2006
“This behind-the-scenes look at the first Apollo moon landing has the feel of a public television documentary in its breadth and detail” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Here is a rare perspective on a story we only thought we knew. For Apollo 11, the first moon landing, is a story...
Learning to Kill
Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2007
A “gripping” collection of crime stories from the author of the acclaimed 87th Precinct novels (People).
Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct is “perhaps the finest police procedural series of all time” (Publishers Weekly). But before he turned to novels, McBain wrote short crime fiction under various...
Fiddlers
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
A police detective hunts for a pattern in a puzzling murder spree in this mystery by “a master” (Time).
A blind violinist taking a smoke break. A cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen. A college professor trudging home from class. A priest contemplating retirement in the...
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2004
“A taut, elegant mystery” set against the historical backdrop of nineteenth-century Madrid (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
It is 1868; Spain teeters on the brink of revolution. Jaime Astarloa is a master fencer of the old school, priding himself on the precision, dignity, and honor of his ancient...
The Great Stink
A Novel of Corruption and Murder Beneath the Streets of Victorian London
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2006
A mystery that offers “a gripping and richly atmospheric glimpse into the literal underworld of Victorian England—the labyrinthine London sewer system” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Clare Clark’s critically acclaimed The Great Stink “reeks of talent” as it vividly brings...
The Ignorance of Blood
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2010
A Russian gangster’s death draws a Spanish police detective into danger in this “exciting, morally complex series” by the author of A Small Death in Lisbon (The Washington Post).
As a sweltering Seville recovers from the shock of a terrorist attack, Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón is struggling...
The Blind Man of Seville
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2004
A Spanish detective investigates a series of grisly killings in a crime thriller that maintains “an almost unbearable pitch of excitement” (Booklist).
Called to a gruesome crime scene, Inspector Javier Falcón is shocked and sickened by what he finds there. Strewn like flower petals on...
The Return of Captain John Emmett
A Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
A man investigates the deaths of his fellow veterans in this “haunting and beautifully written” novel of post–World War I England (C. S. Harris, author of the Sebastian St. Cyr Mysteries).
London, 1920. In the aftermath of the Great War and a devastating family tragedy, Laurence Bartram...
Broken
A Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
An inventively twisted psychological thriller from “a master of the slow build, the controlled burn” (Chicago Tribune).
In the middle of the night, a man breaks into a woman’s house, finds her bedroom, and wakes her up. She’s the author who could save his soul by telling his story....