Author: Anita Silvey
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: creators, books, children, guide, essential
Number of Pages: 560
Published: 2002-09-26
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 061819083X
ISBN-13: 9780618190836

Upon publication, Children"s Books and Their Creators, Anita Silvey"s comprehensive survey of contemporary children"s literature, was called "an invaluable reference . . . [and] a wonderful resource" (Christian Science Monitor) and garnered unanimous praise from librarians, educators, and specialists interested in the world of writing for children. Now The Essential Guide to Children"s Books and Their Creators assembles the best of that volume in one handy, affordable reference, geared specifically to parents, educators, and students. This new volume introduces readers to the wealth of childre

Author: Nancy Baggett
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: book, cookie, american
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2001-11-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0395915376
ISBN-13: 9780395915370

For this trailblazing collection of America"s favorite cookies, Nancy Baggett crisscrossed the nation, visiting small-town bakeries, chic urban cookie boutiques, rural inns, bed-and-breakfasts, farmers" markets, and the homes of locally renowned cooks. She combed through community cookbooks and searched out long-lost heirloom recipes, sure-handedly reworking every recipe in her own kitchen. THE ALL-AMERICAN COOKIE BOOK celebrates regional gems from every corner of the country: Pennsylvania Dutch Soft Sugar Cookies, New York Black and Whites, New Mexican Biscochitos, Key Lime Frosties from

Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: part, rings, lord, towers
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1988-03
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0395489334
ISBN-13: 9780395489338

The standard hardcover edition of the second volume of The Lord of the Rings includes a large format fold-out map. Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River And

Author: Christine Ammer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: idioms, dictionary, heritage, american
Number of Pages: 736
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 039572774X
ISBN-13: 9780395727744

"Bite the bullet", " get on the stick", "make no bones about it", " take the cake". The American Heritage(R) Dictionary of Idioms covers almost 10,000 expressions. Its main fare is, of course, idioms - groups of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. In addition, this book discusses verb phrases such as " act up", "freeze out", and " get down", figures of speech such as "dark horse" and "blind as a bat", interjections and formulas like "says who" and " tough beans", common proverbs like a "bird in the hand", and slang terms su

Author: Joseph Epstein
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: version, american, snobbery
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2002-07-09
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0395944171
ISBN-13: 9780395944172

Joseph Epstein’s highly entertaining new book takes up the subject of snobbery in America after the fall of the prominence of the old Wasp culture of prep schools, Ivy League colleges, cotillions, debutante balls, the Social Register, and the rest of it. With ample humor and insight, Epstein uncovers the new outlets upon which the old snobbery has fastened: food and wine, fashion, high-achieving children, schools, politics, health, being with-it, name-dropping, and much else, including the roles of Jews and homosexuals in the development of snobbery. He also raises the question of whethe

Authors:Ruth Reichl, John Willoughby, Zanne Early Stewart,
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: recipes, cookbook, gourmet
Number of Pages: 1040
Published: 2006-09-22
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 061880692X
ISBN-13: 9780618806928

When Gourmet magazine opened shop in 1941, it addressed a small epicurean audience. In those days, fine dining was French, seafood specialties always seemed to include cream and sherry, and game made the meal--or so the magazine preached. The bill of fare has changed since then, and fine dining now includes dishes from the world’s four corners, commanded by a broad, food-aware audience. Over the years, Gourmet has chronicled all this, changing to reflect a wider, more democratized food scene that has also, paradoxically, raised the bar on what’s expected of the average, too-busy co

Authors:Roger Conant, Joseph T. Collins,  Isabelle Hun
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Keywords: field, guide, america, series, north, peterson, eastern, reptiles, amphibians, central
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 1998-05-15
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 0395904528
ISBN-13: 9780395904527

This newly designed field guides features detailed descriptions of 595 species and subspecies. The 656 full-color illustrations and 384 drawings show key details for accurate identification. More than 100 color photographs and 333 color photographs and 333 color distribution maps accompany the species descriptions.