Holt Paperbacks
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Are You Somebody?
$19.00 Add to cartYou don’t want the book to end; it glows with compassion and you want more, more because you know this is a fine wine of a life, richer as it ages.–Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes
One of nine- Author: O’Faolain, Nuala
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 17 2009
- ISBN10: 080508987X
- Language: English
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Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
$32.99 Add to cartGregg Herken’s Brotherhood of the Bomb is the fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time
The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the pow- Author: Herken, Gregg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 080506589X
- Language: English
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The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America’s Great White Sharks
$22.99 Add to cartJournalist Susan Casey joins a strange band of surfer-scientists on a remote island off the California coast for some close encounters with the jaws of the world’s most mysterious and fearsome predato
- Author: Casey, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 30 2006
- ISBN10: 0805080112
- Language: English
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Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
$20.99 Add to cartExpert writing advice from the editor of the Boston Globe best-seller, The Writer’s Home Companion
Dissertation writers need strong, practical advice, as well as someone to assure them that their stru- Author: Bolker, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 15 1998
- ISBN10: 080504891X
- Language: English
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They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They?
$18.99 Add to cartWith tongue pressed firmly in cheek and a gentle but penetrating eye for human foibles, Patrick F. McManus celebrates the hidden pleasures, unappreciated lore, and opportunities for disaster to be fou
- Series: Owlet Book
- Author: McManus, Patrick F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 15 1982
- ISBN10: 0805000305
- Language: English
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Misfits: A Personal Manifesto
$12.99 Add to cartFrom the brilliant mind of Michaela Coel, creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum, comes a passionate and inspired declaration against fitting in.
When invited to deliver the MacTaggart- Author: Coel, Michaela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 125084343X
- Language: English
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Firestorm at Peshtigo: A Town, Its People, and the Deadliest Fire in American History
$20.99 Add to cart“Novelist Denise Gess and historian William Lutz brilliantly restore the event to its rightful place in the forefront of American historical imagination.” —Chicago Sun-Times
On October 8, 1871–the s- Series: Wisconsin
- Author: Lutz, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0805072934
- Language: English
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Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness
$20.99 Add to cartFor nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear’s
- Author: Peacock, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 15 1996
- ISBN10: 0805045430
- Language: English
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Promises of Gold
$19.99 Add to cart“How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love–but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along–cheering for us and reminding us that love i
- Author: Olivarez, José
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1250878470
- Language: English
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Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays
$18.99 Add to cart“I had a real romance with this book.” –Miranda July
A highly anticipated collection, from the writer Maggie Nelson has called, “bracingly good…refreshing and welcome,” that explores the myriad ways- Author: Hodson, Chelsea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1250170192
- Language: English
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The First World War: A Complete History: A Complete History
$33.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed British historian offers a majestic, single-volume work incorporating all major fronts-domestic, diplomatic, military-for “a stunning achievement of research and storytelling” (Publisher
- Author: Gilbert, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0805076174
- Language: English
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Eating Instinct
$21.99 Add to cartAn exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today’s toxic food culture.
Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us. Eating well, any doctor will tell you, is the best- Author: Sole-Smith, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1250234557
- Language: English
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Sitting Bull: The Life and Times of an American Patriot
$25.00 Add to cartThe definitive, New York Times Notable Book and Spur Award-winning biography of the legendary chief and his dramatic role in the history of westward expansion
Reviled by the United States government a- Author: Utley, Robert M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 080508830X
- Language: English
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Grasshopper Trap
$18.99 Add to cartPatrick F. McManus, the “funniest guy in the Outdoor Life and Field & Stream gang…offers another bag of whimsy in the Great Outdoors”* with The Grasshopper Trap.
In this collection of thirty zany s- Author: McManus, Patrick F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 15 1986
- ISBN10: 0805001115
- Language: English
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Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
$36.99 Add to cartCompiled by poets who have been at the center of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, Aloud showcases the work of the most innovative and accomplished word artists from around America.
- Author: Algarin, Miguel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 15 1994
- ISBN10: 0805032576
- Language: English
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What to Do When Someone You Love Is Depressed: A Practical, Compassionate, and Helpful Guide
$19.99 Add to cartA clinical psychologist and expert on depression updates the book that has helped thousands with its combination of professional advice and comfort
There are few circumstances in life as hard and at t- Author: Golant, Mitch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: August 07 2007
- ISBN10: 0805082778
- Language: English
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If I Get to Five: What Children Can Teach Us about Courage and Character
$20.00 Add to cartThis book is a testament to the extraordinary depth, powers, and resiliency of children’s spirits. –Marion Wright Edelman, president, Children’s Defense Fund
If I Get to Five is a one-of-a-kind book- Series: Living Planet Book
- Author: Epstein, Fred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: May 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0805075178
- Language: English
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Wild Ride: The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America’s Premier Racing Dynasty
$26.99 Add to cartA Gritty Chronicle of the Horse Racing Empire
With an exploration of the tumultuous world of thoroughbred horse racing, Wild Ride presents an unforgettable narrative that’s as thrilling as the sport i- Author: Auerbach, Ann Hagedorn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: December 15 1995
- ISBN10: 0805042423
- Language: English
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How I Got This Way
$19.99 Add to cartPatrick McManus, the bestselling author of such hilarious books as A Fine and Pleasant Misery and Never Sniff a Gift Fish, now offers readers solid thoughts on the qualities that define leadership, be
- Author: McManus, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 15 1995
- ISBN10: 080503482X
- Language: English
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Please Report Your Bug Here
$17.99 Add to cart“An unexpected, inventive, heartfelt riff on the workplace novel–startup realism with a multiverse twist.” –Anna Wiener, author of Uncanny Valley
An adrenaline-packed debut novel about a dating app- Author: Riedel, Josh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1250861586
- Language: English
