About Unfinished Business: One Man’s Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (May 24, 2011) After losing his job, Lee Kravitz – a man who had always worked too hard, too long, and too intensely – took stock of his life and realized just how disconnected he […]
John McWhorter, author of What Language Is, on tour August 2011
About What Language Is (And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be) Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Gotham (August 4, 2011) New York Times bestselling author and renowned linguist, John McWhorter, explores the complicated and fascinating world of languages. From Standard English to Black English; obscure tongues only spoken by a few thousand people in […]
Sarah Sentilles, author of Breaking Up with God: A Love Story, on tour May/June 2011
About Breaking Up with God: A Love Story Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: HarperOne (June 7, 2011) In the tradition of Barbara Brown Taylor and Sue Monk Kidd, Sarah Sentilles offers a poignant, beautifully wrought memoir of her personal crisis of faith. Sentilles was on the way to becoming a priest when she ultimately faced the truth: […]
Joseph Braude, author of The Honored Dead, on tour June/July 2011
About The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (June 14, 2011) The Arab Islamic world is known for religious extremism, ethnic conflicts, and, now, the overthrow of seemingly unshakable regimes—but if anything has become clear, it’s that our […]
Craig Robinson, author of A Game of Character, on tour May/June 2011
About A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago’s Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (May 3, 2011) This inspirational memoir by Craig Robinson pays tribute to his parents, his coaches, and the lessons his experiences have taught him. Foreword by Marian Robinson When he stepped into history’s […]
Colleen Morton Busch, author of Fire Monks, on tour July 2011
About Fire Monks • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara by Colleen Morton Busch pivots on the kind of moment some seek and some run from, when life and death hang in simultaneous view. When a massive wildfire surrounded […]
You Are Not Your Brain by Jeffrey Schwartz, MD and Rebecca Gladding, MD on tour June 2011
About You Are Not Your Brain: The 4 Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life: Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Avery (June 9, 2011) Two neuroscience experts explain how their 4-Step Method can help break destructive thoughts and actions and change bad habits for good. A leading neuroplasticity […]
Jennifer Baggett, Amanda Pressner, and Holly C. Corbett, author of The Lost Girls, on tour April/May 2011
About The Lost Girls Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (April 26, 2011) With their thirtieth birthdays looming, Jen, Holly, and Amanda are feeling the pressure to hit certain milestones—score the big promotion, find a soul mate, have 2.2 kids. Instead, they make a pact to quit their jobs, leave behind everything familiar, […]
Norris Chumley, author of Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer, on tour April 2011
About Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer • Hardcover: 208 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (April 5, 2011) “Norris Chumley traverses a spiritual landscape unfamiliar to most Westerners. . . . Take this book and read. Even better, read this book and accept its invitation to pray.” —Diana Butler Bass, author of A People’s History of Christianity Norris Chumley presents a […]
Mark Macdonald, author of Body Confidence, on tour April 2011
About Body Confidence • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (April 5, 2011) At last, there’s a nutrition and fitness program that doesn’t require you to develop superhuman willpower, shun entire food groups, or devote your every waking moment to the treadmill. Body Confidence is a revolutionary approach based on three key nutrition factors that […]