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Books published by publisher Harcourt, 1989

  • Delta Force

    Charlie A. Beckwith, Donald Knox

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Oct. 1, 1983)
    Chronicles the history of America's secret counterterrorist unit, tells how members are recruited and trained, and explains its key role in the Iran hostage rescue mission
  • Black Cowboy Wild Horses: A True Story

    Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney

    Paperback (Harcourt, Jan. 1, 2001)
    This is a true story based on the life of a black cowboy named Bob Lemmons.
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  • From Anne to Zach

    Mary Jane Martin, Michael Grejniec

    Paperback (Harcourt, Jan. 1, 2000)
    FROM ANNE TO ZACH by Mary Jane Martin, illustrated by Michael Grejniec 1996 Softcover 9 3/4 x 8 inches 39 pages Harcourt Publishing
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  • A Friend is Someone Who Likes You

    Joan Walsh Anglund

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Aug. 15, 1958)
    For half a century, Joan Walsh Anglund has been creating books that touch the hearts of children and adults worldwide. A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You was the book that launched her illustrious career, and to this day it remains a favorite gift between friends of any age. With a lovely new jacket and its original intimate trim size, Joan Walsh Anglund's classic remains the perfect token-on a holiday, a birthday, or just a hard day-to share your love with a friend.
  • Hsp Math

    HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Jan. 1, 2009)
    Pages are bound. Corners are worn and showing.
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  • The Name of the Rose

    Umberto Eco, William Weaver

    Hardcover (Harcourt, June 9, 1983)
    It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskerville’s investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
  • Among Angels: Poems

    Nancy Willard, Jane Yolen, S. Saelig Gallagher

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Nov. 1, 1995)
    Poems celebrate the presence of angels from the Christian and Hebrew traditions, from the angel that appeared to the mystic Jacob Boehme asking for shoes to Gabriel fresh from the Annunciation
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  • The Lone Hunt

    William O. Steele, Paul Galdone

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Oct. 15, 1956)
    A young Tennessee boy in the early 1800's goes on a buffalo hunt to prove his manhood.
  • Elephas Maximus: A Portrait of the Indian Elephant

    Stephen Alter

    Hardcover (Harcourt, May 3, 2004)
    Revered in Indian religion and culture, coveted for its ivory tusks, the majestic Asian elephant has captured the fascination of humans for more than four thousand years. In an effort to shed light on this regal animal and its unique relationship with humankind, author Stephen Alter traveled around the world to explore its natural home and its place in history and myth. Alter's search takes him from the depths of wildlife preserves, to a tempting elephant auction, to a dazzling festival dedicated to Ganesha the elephant-headed god. Elephas maximus is as important to modern India as it was centuries ago. Yet conservationists are fighting to preserve its endangered habitat as settlements expand, and ivory poaching has threatened generations of elephants until tuskless males may be all that survive. Charting the elephant in history, art, religion, and folklore, Alter draws a vivid, gorgeously written portrait of its past and its troubled present while offering hope for its future.
  • How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry

    Edward Hirsch

    Hardcover (Harcourt, March 22, 1999)
    Read a poem to yourself in the middle of the night. Turn on a single lamp and read it while you're alone in an otherwise dark room or while someone sleeps next to you. Say it over to yourself in a place where silence reigns and the din of culture-the constant buzzing noise that surrounds you-has momentarily stopped. This poem has come from a great distance to find you." So begins this astonishing book by one of our leading poets and critics. In an unprecedented exploration of the genre, Hirsch writes about what poetry is, why it matters, and how we can open up our imaginations so that its message-which is of vital importance in day-to-day life-can reach us and make a difference. For Hirsch, poetry is not just a part of life, it is life, and expresses like no other art our most sublime emotions. In a marvelous reading of world poetry, including verse by such poets as Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop, Pablo Neruda, William Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath, Charles Baudelaire, and many more, Hirsch discovers the meaning of their words and ideas and brings their sublime message home into our hearts. A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives but don't know how to read it.
  • Language Handbook, Grade 6

    Harcourt

    Paperback (HARCOURT, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Trophies is a research-based, developmental reading/language arts program. Explicit phonics instruction; direct reading instruction; guided reading strategies; phonemic awareness instruction; systematic, intervention strategies; integrated language arts components; and state-of-the-art assessment tools ensure every student successfully learns to read.
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  • The Great Stink

    Clare Clark

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Oct. 3, 2005)
    It is 1855, and engineer William May has returned home to his beloved wife from the battlefields of the Crimea. He secures a job transforming London's sewer system and begins to lay his ghosts to rest. Above ground, his work is increasingly compromised by corruption, and cholera epidemics threaten the city. But it is only when the peace of the tunnels is shattered by murder that William loses his tenuous hold on sanity. Implicated in the crime, plagued by visions and nightmares, even he is not sure of his innocence. Long Arm Tom, who scavenges for valuables in the subterranean world of the sewers and cares for nothing and no one but his dog, Lady, is William's only hope of salvation. Will he bring the truth to light? With extraordinarily vivid characters and unflinching prose that recall Year of Wonders and The Dress Lodger, The Great Stink marks the debut of an outstandingly talented writer in the tradition of the best historical novelists.