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Houghon Mifflin General Interest Spring 2007 Catalog Prices subject to change. Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Houghton Mifflin Spring 2007 Catalog This page has been left blank for reading purposes. Prices subject to change. Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Contents • Spring 2007 Recent Awards . 3 Recent Highlights . 4 Houghton Mifflin Books . 6 Reference . 68 Effective January 1, 2007, the Library of Congress will begin using 13-digit ISBNs (same as the EAN), phasing out the use of Houghton Mifflin Children’s Books . 80 10-digit ISBNs. As the publishing industry makes this transition, both the ISBN-10 Mariner Books . 85 and the ISBN-13/EAN will be included in Houghton Mifflin books and catalogs. The Old Farmer’s Almanac . 124 Cookbook Backlist Titles . 128 © 2007 Houghton Mifflin Company 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 J.R.R. Tolkien Backlist Titles . 132 Cover design by Stephanie Torta Reference Backlist Titles . 136 Larousse and Chambers Titles . 138 Peterson Field Guides® . 142 Kaufman Field Guides . 146 Taylor’s Guides® . 147 Rights Information . 149 Index of New Titles . 153 Bookstore Sales Representatives . 157 Ordering, Subsidiary Rights, and Publicity Information . 158 International Information . 159 Prices and terms: Resellers are free to charge any price they wish for the books listed in this catalog. All prices and discounts are subject to change without notice. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN / WWW.HOUGHTONMIFFLINBOOKS.COM 1 Prices subject to change. Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com sqges Houghton Mifflin offers a wide variety of resources online for readers, teachers, tyuiy booksellers, librarians, media, and more. isit our image database for jackets, author photos, and Vinterior images that are easy to download and send in pasd multiple formats. Print press releases, discussion guides, fghjk and catalogs too! What’s new at bnm,./ www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com s Podcasts, including a new series, the Poetic Voice, which offers poetry lovers an opportunity to hear celebrated poets reading and talking about their works. s Videos for reading groups and fans, featuring best-selling authors [ ]\f Richard Dawkins and Jhumpa Lahiri. s More than 100 Reader’s Guides, including fiction, nonfiction, and young adult titles. This season features reading group favorite Elinor Lipman, as well as classics from Carson McCullers and others. s Discussion forums for readers and authors to connect. s E-mail newsletters for the latest on children’s books, J.R.R. Tolkien, nature, eReference, book groups, and more. s Authorless event kits, including activities and handouts for kids, asi cookbook event ideas, spelling bee guidelines, and more. s Backlist promotion guidelines for booksellers with suggested display themes by month and holiday. sq s And for booksellers, it’s easier than ever to check your order status through eCOMS. 2 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN / WWW.HOUGHTONMIFFLINBOOKS.COM Prices subject to change. Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. RECENT AWARDS • RECENT AWARDS • RECENT AWARDS [ [ Donald Hall Named Poet Laureate of the United States Outdoor Writers Association of America’s Excellence in Craft Award American Dietetic Association’s Media The Grail Bird, by Tim Gallagher [ Excellence Award [ Anne Fletcher PEN Center USA Literary Award in Creative Nonfiction Rebuilt, by Michael Chorost [ California Book Awards Gold Medal for Nonfiction [ Bury the Chains, by Adam Hochschild PEN Center USA Literary Award in Research Nonfiction Bury the Chains, by Adam Hochschild Francis Parkman Prize [ The Peabody Sisters, by Megan Marshall PEN/Nabokov Award [ Philip Roth Great Lakes Book Award for Fiction: Finalists [ Gatsby’s Girl, by Caroline Preston Pulitzer Prize: Finalist [ Torch, by Cheryl Strayed The Peabody Sisters, by Megan Marshall Kiriyama Prize Quill Award: Nominee, Best Graphic Novel [ The Reindeer People, by Piers Vitebsky Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel [ Lambda Literary Award Robert F. 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Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. RECENT HIGHLIGHTS • HOUGHTON MIFFLIN • RECENT HIGHLIGHTS • HOUGHTON MIFFLIN • RECENT HIGHLIGHTS • HOUGHTON Michael Patrick MacDonald EASTER RISING AN IRISH AMERICAN COMING UP FROM UNDER A coming-of-age memoir by the author of the national bestseller All Souls, “a well-wrought tale of personal transformation, Easter Rising hits all the right notes.” —Clint Conley, Mission of Burma ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-618-47025-9 • ISBN-10: 0-618-47025-5 • $24.00 Ward Just FORGETFULNESS An absorbing novel about revenge and terrorism from the author of Pulitzer Prize–nominated An Unfinished Season, “superb—as suspense, as theater, as psychological warfare . [Just] is as seductive a raconteur as ever: companionable and worldly in an unaffected way . 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TOLKIEN COMPANION AND GUIDE CHRONOLOGY, VOL. 1 / READER'S GUIDE, VOL. 2 The most comprehensive, in-depth reference to Tolkien’s life and works ever published includes synopses of all his writings, a Tolkien A–Z, a who’s who, and a chronology. Boxed Set: ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-618-39113-4 • ISBN-10: 0-618-39113-4 • $100.00 Chronology, Vol. 1: ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-618-39101-1 • ISBN-10: 0-618-39101-0 • $50.00 Reader’s Guide, Vol. 2: ISBN-13/EAN: 978-0-618-39102-8 • ISBN-10: 0-618-39102-9 • $50.00 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN / WWW.HOUGHTONMIFFLINBOOKS.COM 5 Prices subject to change. Copyright © 2006 Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 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