About Super Immunity • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (September 20, 2011) “We have scientific evidence that the right raw materials and nutritional factors can double or triple the protective power of the immune system. It is possible to hardly ever get sick, and boosting your body’s defenses to the level of super immunity […]
Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney, authors of Willpower, on tour September 2011
About Willpower • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (September 1, 2011) “Willpower (the thing) lies at the curious intersection of science and behavior. Willpower (the book) lies at the intersection of Roy Baumeister, an extraordinarily creative scientist, and John Tierney, a phenomenally perceptive journalist. Ignore it at your peril.” – Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor […]
Michael Stanley, author of Death of the Mantis, on tour September 2011
About Death of the Mantis • Paperback: 448 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Original edition (September 6, 2011) In the southern Kalahari area of Botswana—an arid landscape of legends that speak of lost cities, hidden wealth, and ancient gods—a fractious ranger named Monzo is found dying in a dry ravine from a severe head wound. […]
Miriam Toews, author of Swing Low: A Life, on tour September 2011
About Swing Low: A Life Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial (September 6, 2011) One morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat, walked out of town, and took his own life. A loving husband and father, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and an immensely popular schoolteacher, Mel was a pillar of […]
Miriam Toews, author of Irma Voth, on tour September 2011
About Irma Voth • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: Harper (September 6, 2011) “The nicely drawn contrast between what Irma knows and suspects and what the reader understands about her world gives Irma Voth a suspenseful charge from the first pages.” —Jane Smiley, Globe and Mail (Toronto) That rare coming-of-age story able to blend the […]
Michael David Lukas, author of The Oracle of Stamboul, on tour September 2011
About The Oracle of Stamboul • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 30, 2011) An elegantly crafted, utterly enchanting debut novel set in a mystical, exotic world, in which a gifted young girl charms a sultan and changes the course of an empire’s history Late in the summer of 1877, a flock of […]
Thomas H. Groome, author of Will There Be Faith?, on tour August/September 2011
About Will There Be Faith? • Paperback: 384 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (August 23, 2011) A Modern Manual for Sharing a Relevant, Vibrant, Enduring Faith In the face of mounting obstacles, parents and educators find themselves increasingly challenged by the task of leading people toward lives of faith. Now Thomas Groome, a world-renowned authority on religious education, […]
Sam Wasson, author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M., on tour September 2011
About Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. • Paperback: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 30, 2011) Audrey Hepburn is an icon like no other, yet the image many of us have of Hepburn—dainty, immaculate—is anything but true to life. Here, for the first time, Sam Wasson presents the woman behind the little black dress that rocked the […]
Katherine Webb, author of The Legacy, on tour September 2011
About The Legacy • Paperback: 496 pages • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 30, 2011) When they were children, Erica Calcott and her sister, Beth, spent their summer holidays at Storton Manor. Now, following the death of their grandmother, they have returned to the grand, imposing house in Wiltshire, England. Unable to stem the tide of childhood memories […]
Susan Elizabeth Phillips, author of Call Me Irresistible, on tour August/September 2011
About Call Me Irresistible • Paperback: 416 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 30, 2011) R.S.V.P. to the most riotous wedding of the year! Lucy Jorik’s the daughter of a former U.S. president. Meg Koranda’s the offspring of legends. One of them is about to marry Mr. Irresistible—Ted Beaudine—the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. The other […]