About Good Christian Sex • Paperback: 256 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (July 5, 2016) Many Christians in this country hear a singular ethic from their faith communities – absolute abstinence outside of marriage, and no exceptions regarding abortion, birth control, and being gay. As a result of this inflexible approach, many simply disengage, disconnecting their sex lives from […]
Margot Lee Shetterly, author of Hidden Figures, on tour September 2016
About Hidden Figures • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (September 6, 2016) The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin […]
Phyllis Korkki, author of The Big Thing, on tour August 2016
About The Big Thing • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: Harper (August 9, 2016) A New York Times business journalist explains why it’s important for people to pursue big creative projects, and identifies both the obstacles and the productive habits that emerge on the path to completion—including her own experience writing this book. Whether it’s […]
Daniel Kunitz, author of Lift, on tour July 2016
About Lift • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (July 5, 2016) A riveting cultural history of fitness, from Greek antiquity to the era of the “big-box gym” and beyond, exploring the ways in which human exercise and physical ideals have changed over time—and what we can learn from our past. How did treadmills […]
Emeran Mayer, MD, author of The Mind-Gut Connection, on tour July 2016
About The Mind-Gut Connection • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (July 5, 2016) Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with the latest discoveries on the human microbiome, a practical guide in the tradition of The Second Brain, and The Good Gut that conclusively demonstrates the inextricable, biological link between mind and the digestive system. We have […]
Becky Wade, author of Run the World, on tour July 2016
About Run the World • Paperback: 288 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (July 5, 2016) From elite marathoner and Olympic hopeful Becky Wade comes the story of her year-long exploration of diverse global running communities from England to Ethiopia—9 countries, 72 host families, and over 3,500 miles of running—investigating unique cultural approaches to the […]
Lyle Slovick, author of Trials and Triumphs of Golf’s Greatest Champions, on tour July 2016
About Trials and Triumphs of Golf’s Greatest Champions • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (May 16, 2016) Golf can be a vexing and cruel game, and teaches us much about ourselves. It has been described as “a contest calling for courage, skill, strategy and self-control. It is a test of temper, […]
Katherine Ozment, author of Grace Without God, on tour June/July 2016
About Grace Without God • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (June 21, 2016) Meet “the Nones”—In this thought-provoking exploration of secular America, celebrated journalist Katherine Ozment takes readers on a quest to understand the trends and ramifications of a nation in flight from organized religion. Studies show that religion makes us happier, healthier […]
Todd G. Buchholz, author of The Price of Prosperity, on tour July 2016
About The Price of Prosperity • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 7, 2016) In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength—and the foundation […]
Christine Hale, author of A PIECE OF SKY, A GRAIN OF RICE, on tour August 2016
About A Piece of Sky, A Grain of Rice: A Memoir in Four Meditations Paperback: 274 pages Publisher: Apprentice House (July 1, 2016) Christine Hale grew up amid abuse, depression, dysfunction, alienation and isolation—her mother’s, but also, because her view was the lens that controlled the family—her own, her father’s and her two sisters’. She became a […]