Between Heaven and Mirth by James Martin, SJ Monday, October 31st: Why I Am Catholic . . . Falling For Me by Anna David Monday, October 31st: The Book Chick . . . Don’t Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani Monday, October 31st: Redlady’s Reading Room Tuesday, November 1st: Chocolate & Croissants . . […]
Archives for October 2011
Daphne du Maurier, author of The Doll, on tour November/December
About The Doll • Paperback: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (November 22, 2011) The lost stories of Daphne du Maurier, collected in one volume for the first time. Before she wrote Rebecca, the novel that would cement her reputation as a twentieth-century literary giant, a young Daphne du Maurier penned short fiction in which she […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 24th – 28th
. Don’t Sing at the Table by Adriana Trigiani Monday, October 24th: Alison’s Book Marks Tuesday, October 25th: StephTheBookworm Wednesday, October 26th: The Road to Here Thursday, October 27th: Amusing Reviews Friday, October 28th: 2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews . Beyond All Measure by Dorothy Love Monday, October 24th: Reviews from the Heart Tuesday, October 25th: All Grown Up? […]
Kate Ascher, author of The Heights, on tour November 2011
About The Heights • Hardcover: 208 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (November 10, 2011) From the author of The Works: Anatomy of a City comes a gorgeous graphic tour through the inner workings of skyscrapers. The skyscraper is perhaps the most recognizable icon of the modern urban landscape. Providing offices, homes, restaurants, and shopping to thousands of inhabitants, […]
Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, on tour November/December 2011
About The Heroine’s Bookshelf • Paperback: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (November 15, 2011) Jo March, Scarlett O’Hara, Scout Finch—the literary canon is brimming with intelligent, feisty, never-say-die heroines and celebrated female authors. They placed a premium on personality, spirituality, career, sisterhood, and family, not unlike women of today. When they were up against […]
Doc Hendley, author of Wine to Water, on tour January 2012
About Wine to Water: A Bartender’s Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Avery (January 5, 2012) The captivating story of an ordinary bartender who’s changing the world through clean water. Doc Hendley never set out to be a hero. In 2004, Hendley-a small- town bartender- launched a series of wine-tasting events […]
Sandra Newman, author of The Western Lit Survival Kit, on tour January 2012
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 […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 17th – 21st
Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson Monday, October 17th: Raging Bibliomania Tuesday, October 18th: Amused by Books Wednesday, October 19th: Book Addiction Thursday, October 20th: Books Like Breathing . Fathermucker by Greg Olear Monday, October 17th: Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile Tuesday, October 18th: Sara’s Organized Chaos Wednesday, October 19th: Colloquium Thursday, October 20th: Amusing Reviews . […]
Anna Lefler, author of The CHICKtionary, on tour November/December 2011
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? […]
Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules, and illustrator Maira Kalman, on tour November 2011
About Food Rules • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (November 1, 2011) Michael Pollan and Maira Kalman come together to create an enhanced Food Rules for hardcover, now beautifully illustrated and with even more food wisdom. Michael Pollan’s definitive compendium, Food Rules, is here brought to colorful life with the addition of Maira Kalman’s […]