About Brave New Weed • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (October 4, 2016) The former editor-in-chief of Details and Star adventures into the fascinating “brave new world” of cannabis, tracing its history and possible future as he investigates the social, medical, legal, and cultural ramifications of this surprisingly versatile plant. Pot. Weed. Grass. […]
Joann S. Lublin, author of Earning It, on tour October/November 2016
About Earning It • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: HarperBusiness (October 18, 2016) More than fifty trailblazing executive women who broke the corporate glass ceiling offer inspiring and surprising insights and lessons in this essential, in-the-trenches career guide from Joann S. Lublin, a Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and management news editor for The Wall Street Journal. Among […]
Jonathan F. P. Rose, author of The Well-Tempered City, on tour September 2016
About The Well-Tempered City • Hardcover: 480 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (September 13, 2016) In the vein of Jane Jacobs’s The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Edward Glaeser’s Triumph of the City, Jonathan F. P. Rose—a visionary in urban development and renewal—champions the role of cities in addressing the environmental, economic, […]
Rebecca Pacheco, author of Do Your Om Thing, on tour September 2016
About Do Your Om Thing • Paperback: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper Wave (September 6, 2016) Sometimes an hour-long yoga class is the only chance we get to connect meaningfully with our bodies and our minds during an otherwise hectic week. For a brief moment we’re able to let our worries melt away and feel […]
Bromleigh McCleneghan, author of Good Christian Sex, on tour September 2016
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 […]