books by Harcourt     books:     Harcourt      How I Became a Pirate Melinda Long Harcourt, Inc., 2003 A pirate's life for me! I laugh out loud every time I so much as look at this book! These are some amazing illustrations from David Shannon, and Ms. Long tells a riveting story about a normal soccer-playing boy who up and joins a pirate crew in the most nonchalant manner imaginable. It is ...             Life of Pi: Deluxe Illustrated Edition Yann Martel Harcourt, 2007 A Mirror Held Up to the Reader Life of Pi was a fairly engaging story in terms of plot and character, but what made it such a memorable book, for me at least, was its thematic concerns. Basically, this is one of the most thematically interesting and thought-provoking books I've read in a while. Is ...             Animal Farm and 1984 George Orwell Harcourt, 2003 Boy, this cover is attractive. So you could go borrow the book at the library or buy the paperback, get the content down, and be done with it. But for same reason people buy very expensive European cars, there is something attractive to looks of a exterior that makes the consumer want to own, not ...             Lady of the Snakes Rachel Pastan Harcourt, 2008 Snake charmer -- Pastan's novel captivates head and heart Usually I tear into a book but this time I felt like "Lady of the Snakes" devoured me and left me an extremely satisfied reader. As a motherhood writer myself, I've read hundreds of books about the tradeoffs between work and family that all mothers have to face. ...             Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog Ted Kerasote Harcourt, 2007 The best of a thousand I've read a thousand books, and most I'd consider good as I try to be discriminating with my reading. By good, I mean in the sense that I've been delighted, enriched, made to laugh out loud, and shown countless insights into living and this life we share. With no ...             Lavinia Ursula K. Le Guin Harcourt, 2008 Le Guin's best book yet By turns lambent and stark, no-nonsense and achingly lyrical, Le Guin's Lavinia is a finely-crafted gem of a novel. Neither historical fiction nor fantasy, it occupies the fascinating intersection of the imaginary (numinous landscapes and time-traveling ghosts), the ...             The Battle for Wine and Love: or How I Saved the World from Parkerization Alice Feiring Harcourt, 2008 Things I'll say on my date with Alice Feiring Presumably, you are reading this review to decide whether you should buy the book. Yes, you should! I read it on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, sitting outside on a sunny, but chilly Vermont day with enough a breeze to keep the black flies at bay and the scent of ...             Fidelity Thomas Perry Harcourt, 2008 Fidelity by Thomas Perry Great read from Perry. This novel grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn't let go. I don't want to give anything away but there was one surprising twist after another. Highly recommended.             Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire Alex Abella Harcourt, 2008 "Rational choice?" Think again! Do you remember Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove? Way too crazy to be real, right? Well, in fact, no: the famous Peter Sellers character was based on a real person, and that person, a mad genius by the name of Herman Kahn, is one of the key characters in this ...             William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner William Hague Harcourt, 2008 From William Hague comes a major biography of abolitionist William Wilberforce, the man who fought for twenty years to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. Wilberforce, born to a prosperous family, chose a life of public service and adherence to Evangelical values over the comfortable merchant existence that was laid out for him. Of a conservative ...             Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson Harcourt, 2007 I wanted to stand up and applaud this book If there was ever a book that cuts to the heart of some of the major issues that confront our world this is it. It speaks to the individual & the marital couple, it speaks to the psychotherapy community, the judicial system, the healthcare system & goes on, I dare ...             Rivals: How the Power Struggle Between China, India and Japan Will Shape Our Next Decade Bill Emmott Harcourt, 2008 Strategic primer on Asian diplomacy Bill Emmott's thesis is, as the title makes plain, that Asia's three great powers are competing against each other rather than conspiring against the West. He shows this by always returning to the national interests that drive each country's progress and by explaining ...          products you might be interested in search for books anti-slave, corporation, freethinking, illustrated, parkerization, wilberforce randomly chosen book: Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an ...