Harper Perennial

The Other Civil War offers historian and activist Howard Zinn's view of the social and civil background of the American Civil War?a view that is rarely provided in standard historical texts. Drawn...

An original collection of incandescent cultural criticism, both experimental and personal, full of pragmatic advice for how to live a considered, joyful existence in our era of screen living and...

The autobiographical story of a British Zionist in her 50s who moves to Israel and - amazed by her Jewish compatriots' ignorance of their Arab neighbours - chooses to live among 25,000 Muslims in the...

The Overspent American explores why so many of us feel materially dissatisfied, why we work staggeringly long hours and yet walk around with ever-present mental "wish lists" of things to buy or get,...

The Paris Model: A NovelAuthor: Alexandra JoelPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Sep 01, 2020Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0063031965ISBN-13:...

In this provocative and illuminating account, Richard McGregor offers a captivating portrait of China?s Communist Party, its grip on power and control over China, and its future. China?s political...

Winner of the Windham Campbell Prize ? A Washington Post Best Book of the Year ? A Time Best Book of the Year ? A San Francisco Chronicle Top 10 Book of the Year ? A Huffington Post Best Fiction Book...

The Perfect Machine: Building The Palomar TelescopeAuthor: Ronald FlorencePublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Aug 04, 1995Number of Pages: 451 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

IACP Cookbook Award Winner (Culinary Travel) John Baxter's The Perfect Meal is part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, taking readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the...

The revered New York Times bestselling author traces the development of technology from the Industrial Age to the Digital Age to explore the single component crucial to advancement?precision?in a...

The Physics Of Baseball (3Rd Edition)Author: Robert K. AdairPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: May 07, 2002Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

The Pious Ones: The World Of Hasidim And Their Battles With AmericaAuthor: Joseph BergerPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Sep 09, 2014Number of Pages: 384 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

These critically hailed translations of The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Three Sisters and the other Chekhov plays are the only ones in English by a Russian-language scholar who is also a veteran...

From award-winning writer and poet Brian Sonia-Wallace comes this heartrending collection of literary essays that explore America's crumbling institutions and ultimately reveal the humanity that...

There are approximately six thousand languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over...

In recent years, numerous studies have shown that bright, charming, seemingly confident and socially skilled teenagers from affluent, loving families are experiencing epidemic rates of depression,...

Barcelona, 1957. It is Christmas, and Daniel Sempere and his wife, Bea, have much to celebrate. They have a beautiful new baby son named Julián, and their close friend Fermín Romero de Torres is...

The Proper Care & Feeding Of MarriageAuthor: Dr. Laura SchlessingerPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Dec 26, 2007Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

In her most provocative book yet, Dr. Laura urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they yearn for in marriage. Women...

The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of GoldAuthor: Frank T. KryzaPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: December 26, 2006Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

For two hundred years the pessimists have dominated public discourse, insisting that things will soon be getting much worse. But in fact, life is getting better?and at an accelerating rate. Food...

For fans of The Little Paris Bookshop and The 100 Year-Old-Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared comes a heartwarming debut about 96-year-old Doris, who writes down the memories of her...

The Red Queen: Sex And The Evolution Of Human NatureAuthor: Matt RidleyPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Apr 29, 2003Number of Pages: 416 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This powerful and provocative new installment of poetry is a recipient of the 2014 National Poetry Series Prize, as chosen by Campbell McGrath. The National Poetry Series?s long tradition of...

The Return: A NovelAuthor: Victoria HislopPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Oct 06, 2009Number of Pages: 404 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0061715417ISBN-13:...

The Revivalists is a thrilling, terrifying, surprising, and tender debut, written in such exquisitely precise prose that I felt singed by its imaginary fires and warmed by its beating heart. Chris...

Author: Jeff PearlmanPublisher: Harper PerennialPublication Date: Mar 16, 2010Number of Pages: 368 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 0061724823ISBN-13: 9780061724824

Washington Post Best Book of the Year New York Times Notable Book One Sunday in the spring of 1988, a woman living on a reservation in North Dakota is attacked. The details of the crime are slow to...

A Masterpiece.?The New York Times Book Review (editor's choice) ?In The Ruined House a ?small harmless modicum of vanity? turns into an apocalyptic bonfire. Shot through with humor and mystery and...

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth...