About Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within Softcover, 240 pp. Publisher: Hazelden Published Year: 2014 Americans have become immune to the terms, drugs, and behaviors associated with depression even as its reputation has grown as a debilitating and sometimes fatal mental illness. But in India and elsewhere the stigma associated with […]
Phoebe Baker Hyde, author of The Beauty Experiment, on tour January/February 2014
About The Beauty Experiment • Paperback: 248 pages • Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books; 1 edition (December 23, 2012) The Beauty Experiment: How I Skipped Lipstick, Ditched Fashion, Faced the World Without Concealer and Learned to Love the Real Me is a funny, controversial, and painfully honest coming–of-age memoir set vividly in Hong Kong and the U.S. At the […]
Regina Calcaterra, author of Etched in Sand, on tour August 2013
About Etched in Sand • Paperback: 320 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (August 6, 2013) In this story of perseverance in the face of adversity, Regina Calcaterra recounts her childhood in foster care and on the streets—and how she and her savvy crew of homeless siblings managed to survive years of homelessness, abandonment, and […]
Patrick Bishop, author of The Hunt for Hitler’s Warship, on tour July 2013
About The Hunt for Hitler’s Warship • Hardcover: 416 pages • Publisher: Regnery History; Reprint edition (April 8, 2013) Winston Churchill called “the Beast.” It was said to be unsinkable. More than thirty military operations failed to destroy it. Eliminating the Tirpitz, Hitler’s mightiest warship, a 52,000-ton behemoth, became an Allied obsession. In The Hunt for Hitler’s Warship, Patrick Bishop […]
Darlene Barnes, author of Hungry, on tour August 2013
About Hungry: What Eighty Ravenous Guys Taught Me about Life, Love & the Power of Good Food Publisher: Hyperion (August 6, 2013) Pages: 272 “Few sane cooks would take on the trials of cooking five days a week for a fraternity house…. Unique, funny, touching.” —Booklist Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad […]
Bear Grylls, author of A Survival Guide for Life, on tour July 2013
About A Survival Guide for Life • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: William Morrow (July 2, 2013) From the world-famous survival expert, learn how to make every day an unforgettable adventure Life in the outdoors teaches us invaluable lessons. Encountering the wild forces us to plan and execute goals, face danger, push our “limits,” and sharpen our instincts. But our […]
Shohreh Aghdashloo, author of The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines, on tour June 2013
About The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: Harper (June 4, 2013) Oscar nominee and Emmy Award–winning actress Shohreh Aghdashloo shares her remarkable personal journey—from a childhood in the Shah’s Iran to the red carpets of Hollywood—in this dazzling memoir of family, faith, revolution, and hope. Enchanted by the movies she watched while […]
Darya Pino Rose, author of Foodist, on tour May 2013
About Foodist • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (May 7, 2013) Darya Pino Rose, a neuroscientist and the creator of the popular blog SummerTomato.com, offers a first-of-its-kind “Healthstyle” book showing readers how to ditch the diets in order to achieve lasting weight loss, simply through the love of food. In Foodist: Using Real Food and Real […]
Aimee Molloy, author of However Long the Night, on tour May 2013
About However Long the Night • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (April 30, 2013) The story of how one of the “most powerful women in women’s rights” (Forbes)is paving the way to a world with human dignity for all. However Long the Night is the extraordinary story of one woman’s determination to create a movement toward change, and a […]
Kim Wong Keltner, author of Tiger Babies Strike Back, on tour May 2013
About Tiger Babies Strike Back • Paperback: 272 pages • Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (April 30, 2013) Kim Wong Keltner is a Tiger Baby all grown up with a daughter of her own . . . but is she a Tiger Mother? Heck, no. This book describes—in hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking, detail—exactly why not. A battle […]