“Lucky Billy is a fascinating and engrossing novel, as good as anything by Cormac McCarthy or Ron Hansen. It’s an original tale and richly written in an authentic, tough, and wild language evocative of the times. This is not a ‘western’; it’s not just another peg in the legend of Billy the Kid; it’s a [...]
Archive of posts tagged Fall 2008
Kennedy, Frances — American Indian Places
AMERICAN INDIAN PLACES A HISTORICAL GUIDEBOOK by Frances Kennedy “This will become an indispensable guide to those special places that remind us that every place we think we ‘discovered’ was already someone else’s home.” –Ken Burns, filmmaker As the first-ever all-in-one guidebook to Indian sites throughout the United States, AMERICAN INDIAN PLACES (Houghton Mifflin, September [...]
Groopman, Jerome — The Best American Science & Nature Writing 2008
THE BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE AND NATURE WRITING 2008 Jerome Groopman, M.D., Editor Tim Folger, Series Editor Since 2000, The Best American Science and Nature Writing has brought readers the very finest of the past year’s scientific writing, with sources ranging from Scientific American and Popular Science to National Geographic and The Atlantic. In his introduction, [...]
Pepin, Jacques — Jacques Pepin More Fast Food My Way
JACQUES PÉPIN MORE FAST FOOD MY WAY Surprising Recipes and Techniques from a Master The new companion cookbook to an all-new 26-part PBS series “It amazes many cooks that a few simple and uncomplicated steps can produce such great dishes, and they often say, ‘That’s it? That’s all there is to it?’” [...]
Orwell, George — All Art is Propaganda and Facing Unpleasant Facts
“What is most astonishing about these essays are their continuing freshness and relevancy more than half a century after Orwell’s death. Orwell’s crisp and clear journalistic writing style remains highly accessible to 21st-century readers.” —Library Journal “These in-your-face writings showcase the power of this literary form…” —Facing Unpleasant Facts, STARRED Publishers Weekly “[ALL [...]
American Heritage Dictionary — 100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces
100 Words Almost Everyone Mispronounces By the Editors of the American Heritage (R) Dictionaries Have you ever been told that a certain word you have been using is correctly pronounced in a different way? And what about those words with more than one pronunciation—does it matter which one you use? No one wants to sound [...]
Clarke, Oz — Oz Clarke's Pocket Wine Guide 2009
CONTACT: Anna Crowe, Senior Publicist 212-592-1147 or anna.crowe@hmhpub.com Praise for Oz Clarke’s Pocket Wine Guides: “Reliable Source, Solid Advice: His ‘top value wines’ and ‘best look-alikes to the classics’ repay the cost [of the book].” –The New York Times “For an omnibus guide to wine, the competition comes down to Clarke and Hugh Johnson. Clarke [...]
Donoghue, Emma — The Sealed Letter
CONTACT: Anna Crowe, Senior Publicist (212) 592-1147 or anna.crowe@hmhpub.com Advance Praise for THE SEALED LETTER: “Donoghue’s elegantly styled, richly woven tale absorbs the everyday lives of Victorian women (rich, poor, working, home-bound, feminist, adulteress) and men (officer, lawyer, minister, adulterer, even an amateur detective) in a colorful tapestry of spiraling intrigue, innuendo, speculation and mystery. [...]
Yehoshua, A.B. — Friendly Fire
Contact: Anna Crowe, Senior Publicist 212-592-1147 or anna.crowe@hmhpub.com Advance Praise for FRIENDLY FIRE “Another tour de force by Yehoshua.” –Library Journal “Yehoshua’s descriptions of life in Israel are full and revelatory, and his despairing view of entrenched resentments becomes a stirring plea for empathy and rationality.” –Publishers Weekly “The author’s ability to capture the ordinary [...]
