Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Silent Spring

BOOK ADDED: Wed, 02/07/2008 - 12:19pm by Karen Chisholm

It is rare that a single book actually changes the course of history. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson, did exactly that. It spurred revolutionary changes in government policy toward the environment and was instrumental in launching the environmental movement that has made "ecology...Read more

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BOOK ADDED: Thu, 22/12/2011 - 12:00am by Karen Chisholm

In Hollywood, Cary Grant has grown weary of cinema's constant glamour, but Her Majesty's Secret Service will break his malaise with a bizarre diplomatic mission. In Naples, Lucky Luciano fixes horse races and launches the global heroin trade. And in Bologna, a bartender searches for true...Read more