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BC, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS027110, HIS036040, HIS036060, Trade PB
1812
Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; unified the United States with a renewed sense…
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BC, Harper Perennial
A Changed Man
“Francine Prose has a knack for getting to the heart of human nature. . . . We are allowed to enter the moral dilemmas of fascinating characters whose emotional lives…
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BC, FIC000000, fic019000, FIC029000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, Trade PB
A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies
These vivid and compelling tales, many set in Africa and Asia, are about immigrants and others facing change and dislocation. The science is never pedantic; indeed the language of biology…
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BC, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS027110, HIS036000, HIS036030, Trade PB
A People’s History of the American Revolution
A sweeping narrative of the wartime experience, A People’s History of the American Revolution is the first book to view the revolution through the eyes of common folk. Their stories…
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ART051000, BC, DES013000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, SCI013000, Trade PB
A Perfect Red
In the sixteenth century, one of the world’s most precious commodities was cochineal, a legendary red dye treasured by the ancient Mexicans and sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where…
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BC, BIO023000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS001000, Trade PB, TRV002000
A Sense of the World
He was known simply as the Blind Traveler. A solitary, sightless adventurer, James Holman (1786-1857) fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants…
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BC, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS000000, TEC056000, Trade PB
A Thread Across the Ocean
Today, in a world in which news flashes around the globe in an instant, time lags are inconceivable. In the mid-nineteenth century, communication between the United States and Europe –…
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BC, FIC009000, fic019000, FIC061000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, Trade PB
A Time of Angels
Primo Verona is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he is able to predict his own mother’s death while still in her womb. Brought up on a…
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BC, FIC044000, FIC045000, FIC051000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, Trade PB
A Woman Is No Man
The New York Times bestseller and Read with Jenna TODAY SHOW Book Club pick telling the story of three generations of Palestinian-American women struggling to express their individual desires within the confines of their Arab…
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BC, BIO007000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS015030, HIS037020, Trade PB
A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare
What accounts for Shakespeare’s transformation from talented poet and playwright to one of the greatest writers who ever lived? In this gripping account, James Shapiro sets out to answer this question, “succeed[ing]…
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BC, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, HIS036000, HIS036050, Trade PB
A Year in the South: 1865
A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new…
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BC, FAM041000, Harper Perennial, HarperCollins, REL006700, SOC028000, Trade PB
About My Sisters
On the heels of her poignant and critically acclaimed memoirs, Waiting and Raising Blaze, Debra Ginsberg explores the unique connection she shares with her three sisters.In About My Sisters, Ginsberg…