Henry Pollack, MD, author of A World Without Ice, on tour November 2009

| September 20, 2009

About A World Without Ice THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT ICE AND PEOPLE — the role ice has played in the development of Earth’s landscape, climate, and human civilization, and the reciprocal impact of people on the planet’s ice. Geophysicist Henry Pollack paints a compelling portrait of the delicate geological balance between ice and climate, [...]

TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for the week of Sept. 21st – Sept. 25th

| September 20, 2009

Betsy-Tacy Monday, September 21st: 5 Little Monkeys Tuesday, September 22nd: Six Boxes of Books Wednesday, September 23rd: Here in the Bonny Glen . The Purloined Boy by Mortimus Clay Monday, September 21st: Books and Movies Thursday, September 24th: Brimful Curiosities . . House and Home by Kathleen McCleary Monday, September 21st:  Stephanie’s Written Word Tuesday, [...]

Dr. Irene M. Pepperberg, author of Alex & Me, on tour November 2009

| September 17, 2009

About Dr. Irene Pepperberg Irene M. Pepperberg is an associate research professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts and teaches animal cognition at Harvard University. She is head of the Alex Foundation and author of The Alex Studies: Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots. Don’t miss the website for the Alex Foundation! About Alex & [...]

Jess Walter, author of The Financial Lives of the Poets, on tour October 2009

| September 17, 2009

About Jess Jess Walter is the author of five novels, including The Zero, a finalist for the 2006 National Book Award and Citizen Vince, winner of the 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best novel. He has been a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize and the PEN USA Literary Prize in both fiction [...]

John Grogan, author of The Longest Trip Home, on tour October/November 2009

| September 15, 2009

About John I was born in Motor City, Detroit, Michigan, on March 20, 1957. My very Catholic parents were hoping for a St. Patrick’s Day baby. Then for a St. Joseph’s Day baby. I was having no part of it. Instead, I arrived on the first day of spring, the youngest of four. Not long after, [...]