Books published by Houghton Mifflin

Charles M. Blow was the baby of the family, fiercely attached to his "do-right" mother. Until one day that divided his life into Before and After - the day an older cousin took advantage of the young boy. This is the story of how Charles escaped that world to become one of America's most innovative and respected journalists.

In The Sonic Boom, Joel Beckerman provides a new framework for thinking about sound effects on every aspect of our lives. You don't need to be a musician or a composer to harness the power of sound. The key to an effective sonic strategy is the creation of "boom moments" transcendent instants when sound connects with a listener's emotional core.

The Kazdin Method for Parenting the Defiant Child is the gold standard for research-backed advice on being a better parent for difficult children. But what about children who are not "defiant"? In this title, the author addresses how parents can deal with the routine challenges that come with raising a child.

Dear axolotl: Why do you have feathers growing out of your head? Axolotl: They aren't feathers?they're gills! They let me breathe underwater. Let's face it. Even as babies, we humans pay close attention to faces. Observing another person's features and expressions tells us whether they are happy, angry, excited, or sad. And when we look at an animal, it's hard not to imagine that its face is communicating human feelings. This isn't true, of course. Squinty eyes, an upturned mouth, or another odd expression is probably there because, in some way, it helps that animal survive. Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous?and very true?explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world.

Using the dramatic story of one former perpetrator who settled in New Jersey, conned the CIA into hiring him, and begged for the agency's support when his wartime identity emerged, Eric Lichtblau tells the full, shocking story of how America became a refuge for hundreds of postwar Nazis.