About Following Atticus • Paperback: 304 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (August 7, 2012) After a close friend died of cancer, middle-aged, overweight, acrophobic newspaperman Tom Ryan decided to pay tribute to her in a most unorthodox manner. Ryan and his friend, miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch, would attempt to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s […]
Peter and Cheryl Barnes, authors of Woodrow for President, on tour August 2012
About Woodrow for President • Reading level: Ages 5 and up • Hardcover: 32 pages • Publisher: Little Patriot Press (May 21, 2012) Written and illustrated by bestselling authors Peter and Cheryl Barnes, this adorable children’s book explains the presidential election process from start to finish. Woodrow for President is the story of Woodrow G. Washingtail, a little mouse whose parents […]
David Crist, author of The Twilight War, on tour July/August 2012
About The Twilight War • Hardcover:656 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 19, 2012) The dramatic secret history of our undeclared thirty-year conflict with Iran, revealing newsbreaking episodes of covert and deadly operations that brought the two nations to the brink of open war For three decades, the United States and Iran have engaged in […]
Marilyn Wedge, author of Pills Are Not For Preschoolers, on tour August/September 2012
About Pills Are Not For Preschoolers • Paperback: 256 pages • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (August 27, 2012) “[Wedge’s] encouragement to look anew at the ‘problems’ our children have . . . is valuable and expert advice.”—Booklist “Dr. Wedge’s book will help restore sanity to our ways with dealing with children with problems, which means all children.” […]
Kay Larson, author of Where the Heart Beats, on tour July 2012
About Where the Heart Beats • Hardcover:496 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 5, 2012) John Cage, one of the greatest American composers of the twentieth century, created music that defies easy explanation. His unique concerts consisted of notes chosen by chance, randomly tuned radios, and silence. In Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen […]
John Coates, author of The Hour Between Dog And Wolf, on tour June 2012
About The Hour Between Dog And Wolf • Hardcover:352 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 14, 2012) A successful Wall Street trader turned Cambridge neuroscientist reveals the biology of boom and bust and how risk taking transforms our body chemistry, driving us to extremes of euphoria and risky behavior or stress and depression The laws […]
Stephen Prothero, author of The American Bible, on tour June/July 2012
About The American Bible • Hardcover: 544 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (May 29, 2012) Since Thomas Jefferson first recorded those self-evident truths in the Declaration of Independence, America has been a nation that has unfolded as much on the page and the podium as on battlefields or in statehouses. Here Stephen Prothero reveals which texts continue to generate controversy […]
George E. Leary, Jr., author of What’s Wrong With My Kid?, on tour May/June 2012
About What’s Wrong With My Kid? When Drugs or Alcohol Might Be a Problem and What to Do About It Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Hazelden (May 1, 2012) George E. Leary Jr., M.A. was a youth counselor, surrounded by kids all day, and yet he failed to see that his own child was using and abusing drugs. […]
Kevin Roberts, author of Movers, Dreamers and Risk-Takers, on tour June 2012
About Movers, Dreamers and Risk-Takers: Unlocking the Power of ADHD Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Hazelden (June 5, 2012) The negative aspects of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are well known–impulsivity, difficulty paying attention, lacking follow through, procrastination, boredom, anxiety, etc. But what many people don’t know is that when these same traits are put to good use, those […]
Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, Patricia Ryan Lampl, and Tish Rabe, authors of Love for Grown-Ups, on tour May 2012
About Love for Grown-Ups • Paperback: 240 pages • Publisher: Harlequin (July 19, 2011) Ann Blumenthal Jacobs, Patricia Ryan Lampl and Tish Rabe are “The Garter Brides.” Why do they call themselves The Garter Brides? Because they all got married after the age of thirty-five, and each bride wore the same lucky garter at her […]