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Books published by publisher Harcourt, 1989

  • All the King's Men

    Robert Penn Warren

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Nov. 20, 1990)
    Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this classic book is generally regarded as the finest novel ever written on american politics. It describes the career of Willie Stark, a back-country lawyer whose idealism is overcome by his lust for power. New Foreword by Joseph Blotner for this fiftieth anniversary edition.
  • Last Man Out: The Story of the Springhill Mine Disaster

    Melissa Fay Greene

    Hardcover (Harcourt, April 1, 2003)
    The deepest coal mine in North America was notoriously unpredictable. One late October evening in 1958, it "bumped" - its rock floors heaving up and smashing into rock ceilings. A few miners staggered out, most of the 174 on shift did not.Nineteen men were trapped, plunged into darkness, hunger, thirst, and hallucination. As days and nights passed, the survivors began to hope for death by gas rather than from thirst. Above ground, journalists and families stood in despairing vigil, as rescuers brought out scores of the dead. The hope of finding life undergound faded and families made funeral preparations. Then, a miracle: Rescuers stumbled across a broken pipe leading to a cave of survivors, then a second group was discovered. A media circus followed. Ed Sullivan, then the state of Georgia, invited survivors to visit. Publicity, politics, and segregation sorted the men differently than they had ordered themselves. Underground, the one black survivor nursed a dying man; in Atlanta, Governor Marvin Griffin said: "I will not shake hands with a Negro."If every great writer has one tale of peril, heroism, and survival, Last Man Out is Melissa Fay Greene's. Using long-lost stories and interviews with survivors, Greene has reconstructed the drama of their struggle to stay alive
  • Troy

    Adèle Geras

    Paperback (Harcourt, Sept. 1, 2002)
    The siege of Troy has lasted almost ten years. Inside the walled city, food is scarce and death is common. From the heights of Mount Olympus, the Gods keep watch. But Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, is bored with the endless, dreary war. Aided by Eros's bow, the goddess sends two sisters down a bloody path to an awful truth: In the fury of war, love strikes the deadliest blows. Heralded by fans and critics alike, Adèle Geras breathes personality, heartbreak, and humor into this classic story.
  • There's an Alligator Under My bed

    Mercer Mayer

    Paperback (Harcourt, June 18, 2009)
    The nightmare's gone, but what about that alligator? You have to be so careful getting in and out of bed! Maybe a midnight snack to lure him into the garage will do the trick. In this funny and beloved follow-up, Mercer Mayer faces another nighttime fear head-on.
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  • When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey

    J. Robert Kerrey

    Hardcover (Harcourt, June 6, 2002)
    Bob Kerrey grew up outside Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1950s, and in his trademark style-serious, sometimes wry-he tells of his journey from that heartland to the dangers of Vietnam, to the hospitals where he recovered from his grievous injuries, and finally to the Nixon White House where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Inspired by the stories of biblical heroes and thrilled by the cowboy serials he saw at the movies on Saturday afternoons, Kerrey grew up in a world as safe and quiet as anywhere you could find on Earth. When he went off to college he knew or cared little about what lay beyond Nebraska, though soon his life would be changed forever. Bob Kerrey comes from a family of soldiers, and so, when the Vietnam draft loomed, he volunteered for the elite Navy SEALS, hoping for adventure and the honor of serving his country. After his arrival in Vietnam, he had to face the brutal reality of the war. In his first firefight, women and children died. His second encounter cost him part of his leg. In his year at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, he drew strength from his fellow patients, some more disabled than he, and he learned to walk again. But he had turned against the war and could no longer find solace in his religion. A quest begins and ends this book. When his father was dying, he asked Kerrey to find out how his Uncle John had really died in World War II. It is this quest that inspires Bob Kerrey as he narrates his own personal odyssey in this remarkable and powerful book.
  • Harcourt Horizons

    HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS

    Hardcover (Harcourt, June 1, 2003)
    Like new -but Cover is Upside Down
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  • Collected Stories.

    Katherine Anne Porter

    Hardcover (Harcourt, June 1, 1965)
    495 pages - Including Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; The Leaning Tower, & Four Additional Stories.
  • School of Dreams: Making the Grade at a Top American High School

    Edward Humes

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Sept. 1, 2003)
    Whitney High delivers everything we ask of a school: a love of learning, a sense of mission, and SAT scores to die for. But there are unintended consequences to attending the school of our dreams, as author Edward Humes found during his year inside this world of high achievement and high pressure.
  • Justice and Her Brothers

    Virginia Hamilton

    Paperback (Harcourt, Aug. 1, 1989)
    Three children inexorably linked through their supersensory powers and experiences begin a sequence of adventures and perils
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  • The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

    William Goldman

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Sept. 1, 1973)
    A writer's view on life and art are revealed during his attempts to edit the children's classic that shaped his literary ambitions
  • Tiger's Whisker and Other Tales and Legends from Asia

    Harold Courlander

    Hardcover (Harcourt, Dec. 1, 1959)
    Tiger's Whisker book
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  • Horizons: About my Community

    HARCOURT SCHOOL PUBLISHERS

    Hardcover (Harcourt, June 1, 2003)
    All pages are in great condition. No missing nor damaged pages.
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