Mariner Books
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Mariner Books, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, was established in 1997 as a publisher of fiction, non fiction, and poetry in paperback
. Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest imprint backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
. Mariner is also the publisher of the Harvest imprint backlist, formerly published by Harcourt Brace/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Harcourt (publisher)
Harcourt was a United States publishing firm with a long history of publishing fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. The company was based in San Diego, California, with an Editorial / Sales / Marketing / Rights offices in New York City and Orlando, Florida.In 2007, the U.S...
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Publisher bibliography
- The Blue Flower, by Penelope FitzgeraldPenelope FitzgeraldPenelope Fitzgerald was a Booker Prize-winning English novelist, poet, essayist and biographer. In 2008, The Times included her in a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".-Early life:...
(1997) - 101 Things You Don't Know About Science and No one Else Does Either by James TrefilJames TrefilJames S. Trefil is an American physicist and author of more than thirty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. Dr...
(1997) ISBN 0-395-87740-7 - Suspicious River, Laura KasischkeLaura KasischkeLaura Kasischke is an American fiction writer and American poet with poetry awards and multiple well reviewed works of fiction. Her work has received the Juniper Prize, the Alice Fay di Castagnola Award from the Poetry Society of America, the Pushcart Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for...
(1997) (adapted into a film of the same nameSuspicious RiverSuspicious River is a Canadian dramatic film, released in 2000. The film was directed by Lynne Stopkewich, based on a novel by Laura Kasischke...
) - Fasting, FeastingFasting, FeastingFasting, Feasting is a novel by Indian writer Anita Desai. It was Shortlisted, Booker Prize for Fiction in 1999.-Plot summary:Uma is a spinster who lives with her overbearing parents. They confine her at home, smothering her aspirations of independence...
by Anita DesaiAnita DesaiAnita Mazumdar Desai is an Indian novelist and Emeritus John E. Burchard Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
(1999) ISBN 0-618-06582-2 - Becoming Madame MaoBecoming Madame MaoBecoming Madame Mao is a historical novel by Anchee Min detailing the life of Jiang Qing. She became Madame Mao after her marriage to Mao Zedong...
, Anchee MinAnchee MinAnchee Min is a Chinese-American painter, photographer, musician, and author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai...
(2001) - The NamesakeThe NamesakeThe Namesake is the second book by author Jhumpa Lahiri. It was originally a novella published in The New Yorker and was later expanded to a full length novel. It explores many of the same emotional and cultural themes as her Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection Interpreter of Maladies...
by Jhumpa LahiriJhumpa LahiriJhumpa Lahiri is a Bengali American author. Lahiri's debut short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies , won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her first novel, The Namesake , was adapted into the popular film of the same name. She was born Nilanjana Sudeshna, which she says are both...
ISBN (2003) 0-618-48522-8 - The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon by Donald HallDonald HallDonald Hall is an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 2006.-Personal life:...
(2005) ISBN 0-618-77362-2 - The Every Boy by Dana Adam ShapiroDana Adam ShapiroDana Adam Shapiro is an American film director, best known for his directorial work on the 2006 Academy Award nominated documentary Murderball.-Career:...
(2005) ISBN 0-618-77340-1 - The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic by Edward Beauclerk Maurice (2005) ISBN 0-618-77358-4
- Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies by Greg CritserGreg CritserGreg Critser is an award-winning writer about medicine, science, food and health. His work has appeared in periodicals ranging from the New York Times to the Times of London, and from Harper's to the New Yorker...
{2005) ISBN 0-618-77356-8 - The Declaration of Independent Filmmaking: An Insider's Guide to Making Movies Outside of HollywoodThe Declaration of Independent FilmmakingThe Declaration of Independent Filmmaking is a 2005 non-fiction book by Mark Polish, Michael Polish, and Jonathan Sheldon...
, The Polish brothersThe Polish brothersThe Polish brothers are twin filmmakers named Mark Polish and Michael Polish. They began their film career with the 1999 Sundance debut of their first feature, Twin Falls Idaho....
and Jonathan Sheldon. (2005) ISBN 978-0156029520 - Afterlands: A Novel by Steven HeightonSteven HeightonSteven Heighton is a Canadian novelist, short story writer and poet. He is the author of ten books, including two short story collections, three novels, and five poetry collections...
(2006) ISBN 0-618-13934-6 - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison BechdelAlison BechdelAlison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.-Early life:...
(2006) ISBN 0-618-87171-3 - My Latest Grievance by Elinor LipmanElinor LipmanElinor Lipman is an American novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Lipman graduated from Simmons College where she studied journalism. She lives in western Massachusetts and Manhattan, and received the New England Book award for fiction in 2001...
(2006) ISBN 0-618-87235-3 - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust BowlThe Worst Hard TimeThe Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, a non-fiction book by New York Times journalist Timothy Egan, tells the story of those who lived through The Great Depression's Dust Bowl...
by Timothy EganTimothy EganTimothy Egan is a Pulitzer Prize winning author who resides in Seattle. He currently contributes opinion columns to The New York Times as the paper's Pacific Northwest correspondent...
(2006) ISBN 0-618-77347-9 - The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of ScienceThe Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of ScienceThe Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science is a book written by American science author Natalie Angier.-Overview:The Canon presents a summary of some of the different areas of science, as well as extensive descriptions of, and interviews with, contemporary scientists who work in...
by Natalie AngierNatalie AngierNatalie Angier is a nonfiction writer and a science journalist for the New York Times.- Life :...
(2007) ISBN 0-547-05346-0 - Just a Couple of DaysJust a Couple of DaysJust a Couple of Days is the debut novel by author Tony Vigorito. Initially published by a small press in 2001, it has since achieved significant underground success and won Independent Publisher's Best Visionary Fiction Award. It was re-released by Harcourt / Harvest Books in April 2007...
by Tony VigoritoTony VigoritoTony Vigorito is an American author. His published books include Just a Couple of Days and Nine Kinds of Naked.-Published books:*Just a Couple of Days ISBN 0156031221...
(2007) ISBN 0-15-603122-1 - Lately by Sara Pritchard (2007) ISBN 0-618-61004-9