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Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of wine-tasting events to raise funds for clean-water projects and to bring awareness to the world’s freshwater crisis. He planned to donate the proceeds through traditional channels, but instead found himself traveling to one of the world’s most dangerous hot spots: Darfur, Sudan.

There, Doc witnessed a government-sponsored genocide where the number-one weapon wasn’t bullets-it was water. The Janjaweed terrorists had figured out that shooting up a bladder containing 10,000 liters of water, or dumping rotting corpses into a primary water source is remarkably efficient for the purposes of mass extermination. With limited funds, Doc realized that he couldn’t build new wells costing $10,000 a pop, but he could hire local workers to restore a damaged well for a mere $50 each. He’d found his mission. Today, Doc and Wine to Water continue to help stricken peoples repair and maintain water- containment systems in places like Darfur, Cambodia, Uganda, and Haiti.

Doc is a regular, rough-and-tumble guy who loves booze, music, and his Harley- but he also wanted to help. Wine to Water is a gripping story about braving tribal warfare and natural disasters and encountering fascinating characters in far-flung regions of the world. It is also an authoritative account of a global crisis and an inspirational tale that proves how ordinary people can improve the world.

About Doc Hendley

Doc is the Founder and President of Wine To Water, a non-profit aid organization founded in 2007 focused on providing clean water to people in need around the world. Hendley was a top-10 finalist for CNN’s 2009 Hero of the Year and was featured on AC 360 with Anderson Cooper during the Haiti earthquake coverage as he was in Port-au-Prince providing and installing clean water filters for Haitian orphanages. He is an avid public speaker with many major speaking engagements lined up for the coming year.

Doc lives in Boone, NC with his wife and two children. Balancing family life and the demands of building Wine To Water, Doc Hendley continues to travel to underdeveloped, war-ridden nations, working in the field bringing clean water to those in need and also traveling and speaking around the country to raise awareness and advocacy for the worlds water crisis.

Connect with Doc on the Wine to Water website, winetowater.org, the Wine to Water Facebook page, and on Twitter @DocHendley or @winetowater.

Doc Hendley’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, January 2nd: Deb’s Book Bag

Wednesday, January 4th: Laura’s Reviews

Thursday, January 5th: Joyfully Retired

Monday, January 9th: DBC Reads

Tuesday, January 10th: Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms

Monday, January 16th: Chaotic Compendiums

Tuesday, January 17th: Man of La Book

Wednesday, January 18th: Book Journey

Thursday, January 19th: Almost All the Truth

Friday, January 20th: Green Upgrader

Monday, January 23rd: Book Addiction

Tuesday, January 24th: The Things We Read

Wednesday, January 25th: Books and Boston

Thursday, January 26th: Helen’s Book Blog

Friday, January 27th: The Green Geek

Monday, January 30th: Broken Teepee

TBD: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – author Q&A

Sandra Newman, author of The Western Lit Survival Kit, on tour January 2012

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About The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner

Paperback: 304 pages

Publisher: Gotham (January 3, 2012)

A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists.

To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we bluffed our way through in college, the dusty Everyman’s Library editions that look classy on the shelf but make us feel guilty because they’ve never been opened. On a mission to restore the West’s great works to their rightful place (they were intended to be entertaining!), Sandra Newman has produced a reading guide like no other. Beginning with Greek and Roman literature, she takes readers through hilarious detours and captivating historical tidbits on the road to Modernism. Along the way, we find parallels between Rabelais and South Park, Jane Austen and Sex and the City, Jonathan Swift and Jon Stewart, uncovering the original humor and riskiness that propelled great authors to celebrity.

Packed with pop culture gems, stories of literary hoaxes, ironic day jobs for authors, bad reviews of books that would later become classics, and more.

About Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman is the author of the novels Cake and The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done, and a memoir, Changeling. She is the co-author of How Not to Write a Novel and Read This Next. Newman lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Sandra Newman’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, January 2nd: Sophisticated Dorkiness

Tuesday, January 3rd: Chaotic Compendiums

Wednesday, January 4th: DBC Reads

Thursday, January 5th: Book Hooked Blog

Friday, January 6th: Bibliophiliac

Monday, January 9th: Bibliosue

Tuesday, January 10th: Unabridged Chick

Wednesday, January 11th: The 3 R’s Blog

Thursday, January 12th: Library of Clean Reads

Friday, January 13th: Books Distilled

Monday, January 16th: Lit and Life

Tuesday, January 17th: Shooting Stars Mag

Wednesday, January 18th: Luxury Reading

Thursday, January 19th: Joyfully Retired

Friday, January 20th: Book Snob

Monday, January 23rd: Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms

Tuesday, January 24th: Sarah Reads Too Much

Wednesday, January 25th: Literary Musings

Thursday, January 26th: Between the Covers

Anna Lefler, author of The CHICKtionary, on tour November/December 2011

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About The CHICKtionary: from A-line to Z-snap, the Words Every Woman Should Know:

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Adams Media (October 19, 2011)

Your bestie, biffle, and GMF rolled into one!

You’re all over the definitions of “low lights,” “ruching,” and a “tankini.” But can you spot a “Mrs. Potato Head” when you see one?

That’s where The CHICKtionary comes in. The CHICKtionary is a humorous dictionary of the words and phrases women use—and what they really mean when they use them. The book corrals more than 450 terms, including some you know (uterus) and some you might not (flexting), and defines each from the perspective of a typical contemporary woman—a woman who avoids accidental pageant hair, is frenemies with her robotic vacuum and only occasionally relies on her high-waisted jeans to hold up her strapless bra.

I have to tell you that Anna Lefler’s CHICKtionary is pure genius. I always knew she was funny but the definitions you will find in this must-read guide to the way women speak are sure to make you laugh until you pee. ~ Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, comedian and author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay: And Other Things I Had to Learn as a New Mom

Before reading Anna Lefler’s book, I had no idea that the word “herpes-ish” even existed. Now I can’t stop using it. This book is guaranteed to be passed around to all your friends. It’s totally herpes-ish. But in a good way. ~ Jenny Lawson, The Bloggess and author of the forthcoming Let’s Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir from Amy Einhorn Books

Anna Lefler is an American original. She isn’t merely blazingly smart and achingly funny. She’s also so utterly sympatico with what women think and how women talk that years from now sociologists will be consulting CHICKtionary as the only true and tested source on the challenging but wholly worthy subject. The English language has a true friend in Anna. So, of course, do women. ~ Beth Kephart, National Book Award Finalist and author of thirteen books, both fiction and non-fiction including, most recently, YOU ARE MY ONLY.

About Anna Lefler

Anna Lefler is an award-winning writer and humorist whose work has appeared online at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The Big Jewel, Funny Not Slutty, and My Pheme, among others, while her essays on modern motherhood have been nationally syndicated. She is the author of the comic novel ACT BUSY and recently completed her second, DOING TIME IN THE GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.

Anna has performed standup comedy in Los Angeles clubs including the Hollywood Improv, the Comedy Store, Room 5 Lounge, and M Bar. She has presented her humorous essays at Women Who Write in Los Angeles and has appeared in the “Listen to Your Mother” show in the Los Angeles cast of its national program. Anna’s fiction has been presented onstage by WordTheatre Los Angeles.

Anna writes a popular humor blog called Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder, where she ponders what a Jedi smells like and wonders why more men don’t wear urban sport kilts. She has twice been asked to speak on the topic of comedy-writing at BlogHer, the world’s largest conference for women in social media.

She lives in Santa Monica, California with her husband, their son and daughter, and some judgmental dogs.

Connect with Anna on her website and her blog, Life Just Keeps Getting Weirder.

Anna Lefler’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, November 14th: Life in Review

Tuesday, November 15th: Amused by Books

Thursday, November 17th: Reviews from the Heart

Friday, November 18th: Chick Lit Reviews

Monday, November 21st: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer – author Q&A

Wednesday, November 23rd: The Betty and Boo Chronicles

Friday, November 25th: Melody & Words

Monday, November 28th: Silver and Grace

Thursday, December 1st: Chick Lit is Not Dead

Friday, December 2nd: Overstuffed

Monday, December 5th: Silver and Grace – author guest post

Monday, December 5th: A Musing Reviews

Tuesday, December 6th: Peeking Between the Pages

Wednesday, December 7th: Peeking Between the Pages - author guest post

Thursday, December 8th: Sara’s Organized Chaos

Monday, December 12th: Write Meg!

Tuesday, December 13th: Suko’s Notebook

Wednesday, December 14th: She is Too Fond of Books - Spotlight on Bookstores

Thursday, December 15th: Life… with Books

Friday, December 16th: Colloquium - author guest post

Monday, December 19th: A Chick Who Reads

Tuesday, December 20th: 2 Kids and Tired

Christine W. Hartmann, author of So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love, on tour November/December 2011

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About So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (November 15, 2011)

Christine Hartmann’s mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the date on which to end her life. And her next step was to tell her daughter all about it. For twenty years, Irmgard maintained an unwavering goal, to commit suicide at age seventy. She managed her chronic hypertension, stayed healthy and active, and lived life to the fullest. Meanwhile, Christine fought desperately against the decision. When Irmgard wouldn’t listen, the only way to remain part of her life was for Christine to swallow her mother’s plans–hook, line, and sinker.

Christine’s father, as it turned out, prepared too slowly for old age. Before he had made any decision, fate disabled him through a series of strokes. Confined to a nursing home, severely impaired by dementia and frustrated by his circumstances, his life epitomized the predicament her mother wanted to avoid.

So Far Away gives us an intimate view of a person interacting with and reacting to her parents at the end of their lives. In a richly detailed, poignant story of family members’ separate yet interwoven journeys, it underscores the complexities and opportunities that life presents each one of us.

“Grief is an individual process and dependent on situations, personalities, and relationships, but Hartmann offers personal discoveries that feel universal. Many readers will find familiar themes and emotions. Her book is a gift.”– ForeWord Book Reviews (read the full review HERE)

About Christine W. Hartmann

Christine W. Hartmann is a researcher in the Veterans Health Administration and an assistant professor at Boston University. She received her PhD at the Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research. She has published numerous articles on healthcare quality improvement, focusing particularly on long-term care. To learn more about Ms. Hartmann and her work, please visit her website at www.chartmannbooks.com.

Christine W. Hartmann’s TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS:

Monday, November 21st: Peeking Between the Pages

Wednesday, November 23rd: I Am A Reader, Not A Writer - author Q&A

Thursday, November 24th: Life in Review

Monday, November 28th: Boarding in My Forties

Tuesday, November 29th: Book Hounds

Thursday, December 1st: Acting Balanced

Monday, December 5th: The Lost Entwife

Tuesday, December 6th: Colloquium

Wednesday, December 7th: Patricia’s Wisdom

Monday, December 12th: Book Dilettante

Tuesday, December 13th: Luxury Reading

Wednesday, December 14th: She Treads Softly

TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for September 12th-18th

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The Legacy by Katherine Webb

Monday, September 12th: Amusing Reviews

Tuesday, September 13th: Reviews from the Heart

Wednesday, September 14th: Colloqium

Thursday, September 15th: The Lost Entwife

Friday, September 16th: Jenn’s Bookshelves

The Grief of Others by Leah Hager Cohen

Monday, September 12th: Rundpinne

Tuesday, September 13th: Jenn’s Bookshelves

Wednesday, September 14th: Book Addiction

Thursday, September 15th: BookNAround

Friday, September 16th: Colloquium

Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Monday, September 12th: Laura’s Reviews

Tuesday, September 13th: Life In Review

Wednesday, September 14th: Tina’s Book Reviews

Thursday, September 15th: Peeking Between the Pages

Friday, September 16th: Books Like Breathing

Wherever You Go by Joan Leegant

Monday, September 12th: In the Next Room

Wednesday, September 14th: Wordsmithonia

Thursday, September 15th: Life in the Thumb

Friday, September 16th: Jenny Loves to Read

Ivan and Misha by Michael Alenyikov

Monday, September 12th: Lit Endeavors

Tuesday, September 13th: Stuff as Dreams are Made On

Wednesday, September 14th: Literature and a Lens

Thursday, September 15th: The Reading LIfe

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson

Monday, September 12th: Elle Lit.

Tuesday, September 13th: Amused By Books

Wednesday, September 14th: Iwriteinbooks’s blog

Thursday, September 15th: Alison’s Book Marks

Swing Low: A Life by Miriam Toews

Monday, September 12th: Life is Short. Read Fast.

Tuesday, September 13th: A Bookish Way of Life

Wednesday, September 14th: Bookstack

Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney

Monday, September 12th: Today’s Path

Tuesday, September 13th: Inventing My Life

Wednesday, September 14th: 2 Kids and Tire Book Reviews

Me Again by Keith Cronin

Monday, September 12th: girlichef

Tuesday, September 13th: Bibliophiliac

Thursday, September 15th: Stephanie’s Written Word

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Monday, September 12th: Wandering Thoughts of a Scientific Housewife

Wednesday, September 14th: Caribousmom

.Believing is Seeing by Errol Morris

Monday, September 12th: The Road to Here

Tuesday, September 13th: Sergio Alvarez

Friday, September 16th: Feature Shoot

Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley

Monday, September 12th: Book Dilettante

Tuesday, September 13th: Life In Review

Just My Type by Simon Garfield

Monday, September 12th: Lit and Life

Wednesday, September 14th: In the Pages

Remember Me by Cheryl Robinson

Monday, September 12th: Knowing the Difference

Thursday, September 15th: Well Read Wife

Will There Be Faith by Thomas H. Groome

Monday, September 12th: My Heart’s Desire

Friday, September 16th: Raising Little Saints

Shut Your Eyes Tight by John Verdon

Monday, September 12th: Rough Edges

Reign of Madness by Lynne Cullen

Monday, Spetember 12th: Starting Fresh

Irma Voth by Miriam Toews

Tuesday, September 13th: Stiletto Storytime

Wednesday, September 14th: Lit Endeavors

Thursday, September 15th: Broken Teepee

Friday, September 16th: Chick Lit Reviews .com

The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas

Tuesday, September 13th: Raging Bibliomania

Wednesday, September 14th: JenandthePen

Thursday, September 15th: Café of Dreams

Friday, September 16th: Bookfoolery and Babble

A First-Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi

Tuesday, September 13th: Deep Muck Big Rake

Thursday, September 15th: Everyone Needs Therapy

How to Love an American Man by Kristine Gasbarre

Wednesday, September 14th: Peeking Between the Pages

Wendy and the Lost Boys by Judy Salamon

Wednesday, September 14th: Sidewalk Shoes

Little Black Dress by Susan McBride

Saturday, September 18th: Stephanie’s Written Word

TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for August 29th – September 2nd

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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat by Hal Herzog

Monday, August 29th: girlichef

Tuesday, August 30th: Free Range Living

Wednesday, August 31st: meandering eats

Thursday, September 1st: Eco-Friendly and Frugal

Friday, September 2nd: 4 The Love of Animals

Will There Be Faith by Thomas H. Groome

Monday, August 29th: A Catholic Mom Climbing the Pillars

Tuesday, August 30th: Raising Little Saints

Wednesday, August 31st: JonathanFSullivan.com

Thursday, September 1st: Catechesis in the Third Millenium

Friday, September 2nd: Mom’s Mustard Seeds

Little Black Dress by Susan McBride

Monday, August 29th: Life In Review

Tuesday, August 30th: A Cozy Reader’s Corner

Wednesday, August 31st: The Lost Entwife

Thursday, September 1st: Library of Clean Reads

Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller

Monday, August 29th: An English Major’s Junk Food

Tuesday, August 30th: Unabridged Chick

Wednesday, August 31st: BookNAround

Thursday, September 1st: red headed book child

The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson

(blogs with asterisks will do a review comparing The Lantern to Rebecca)

Monday, August 29th: Raging Bibliomania

Tuesday, August 30th: Colloquium

Wednesday, August 31st: JenandthePen *

Thursday, September 1st: Book-a-rama

How to Love an American Man by Kristine Gasbarre

Monday, August 29th: Crazy for Books

Tuesday, August 30th: StephTheBookworm

Wednesday, August 31st: Books Like Breathing

Thursday, September 1st: Peeking Between the Pages

Wherever You Go by Joan Leegant

Monday, August 29th: Life is Short. Read Fast.

Tuesday, August 30th: Rundpinne

Wednesday, August 31st: Among Stories

Thursday, September 1st: Iwriteinbooks

The Good Daughters by Joyce Maynard

Monday, August 29th: Rundpinne

Tuesday, August 30th: Book Hooked Blog

Wednesday, August 31st: Teresa’s Reading Corner

Thursday, September 1st: Colloqium

Q: A Novel by Evan Mandery

Monday, August 29th: Amusing Reviews

Tuesday, August 30th: Life In Review

Wednesday, August 31st: The Bodacious Pen

Thursday, September 1st: The Scarlet Letter

The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald

Monday, August 29th: Book Club Classics

Tuesday, August 30th: Knowing the Difference

Wednesday, August 31st: Write Meg!

Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman

Monday, August 29: A Bookish Way of Life

Tuesday, August 30: My Life in Not So Many Words

Thursday, September 1: That’s What She Read

The Rules of the Tunnel by Ned Zeman

Monday, August 29th: Life in Review

Tuesday, August 30th: Raging Bibliomania

Wednesday, August 31st: My Book Retreat

Just My Type by Simon Garfield

Monday, August 29th: Unabridged Chick

Wednesday, August 31st: Simply Stacie

Thursday, September 1st: BookNAround

A First-Rate Madness by Nassir Ghaemi

Monday, August 29th: What Would the Founders Think?

Tuesday, August 30th: Lit Endeavors

Becoming Marie Antoinette by Juliet Grey

Monday, August 29th: Book Reviews by Molly

Wednesday, August 31st: So Many Precious Books, So Little Time

What Language Is by John McWhorter

Monday, August 29th: Overstuffed

Wednesday, August 24th: SMS Book Reviews

Two for Sorrow by Nicola Upson

Monday, August 29th: Life with Karen

Before Ever After by Samantha Sotto

Monday, August 29th: Colloquium

Remember Me by Cheryl Robinson

Monday, August 29th: Book Addiction

Displaced Persons by Ghita Schwarz

Tuesday, August 30th: The House of the Seven Tails

Wednesday, August 31st: Rundpinne

Thursday, September 1st: Man of La Book

Friday, September 2nd: Diary of an Eccentric

The Oracle of Stamboul by Michael David Lukas

Tuesday, August 30th: The Lost Entwife

Wednesday, August 31st: Books Like Breathing

Thursday, September 1st: Jenny Loves to Read

Friday, September 2nd: Wordsmithonia

Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson

Tuesday, August 30th: Wandering Thoughts of a Scientific Housewife

Wednesday, August 31st: The Road to Here

Thursday, September 1st: Reviews from the Heart

Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips

Tuesday, August 30th: As I turn the pages

Wednesday, August 31st: Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

Thursday, September 1st: Seaside Book Nook

Believing is Seeing by Errol Morris

Tuesday, August 30th: Reviews from the Heart

Wednesday, August 31st: Wordsmithonia

Thursday, September 1st: Life in Review

The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss

Tuesday, August 30th: A Buckeye Girl Reads

Wednesday, August 31st: A Musing Reviews

Wendy and the Lost Boys by Julie Salamon

Tuesday, August 30th: Theater Advisor

Thursday, September 1st: Bamboo Nation

The Legacy by Katherine Webb

Tuesday, August 30th: Books Like Breathing

Thursday, September 1st: Unabridged Chick

Let’s Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell

Tuesday, August 30th- Starting Fresh

Kicking Ass and Saving Souls by David Matthews

Tuesday, August 30: Wait…What?