About Little Princes Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (December 27, 2011) An astonishing testament to true courage, the transformative power of love, and the ability of one man to make a real difference. In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan embarked on a yearlong journey around the globe, beginning with a three-month stint […]
Sam Sommers, author of Situations Matter, on tour January 2012
About Situations Matter • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover (December 29, 2011) An “entertaining and engaging” exploration of the invisible forces influencing your life-and how understanding them can improve everything you do. The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your innermost instincts and your most private thoughts. And you don’t even realize it. Every […]
Winifred Gallagher, author of New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change, on tour January 2012
About New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (December 29, 2011) Exploring our unique human genius for responding to the new with curiosity and creativity, the bestselling author of Rapt shows us how to embrace our changing world while living a fuller, saner life. In […]
Dr. Nina Shapiro, author of Take a Deep Breath, on tour January 2012
About Take a Deep Breath Paperback: 260 pages Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company (January 5, 2012) Take a Deep Breath is a comprehensive, accessible, and indispensible guide for parents, caregivers, teachers, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers on the subject of children s breathing issues. The book provides a thorough review of breathing issues, differentiating the […]
Kate Ascher, author of The Heights, on tour November 2011
About The Heights • Hardcover: 208 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (November 10, 2011) From the author of The Works: Anatomy of a City comes a gorgeous graphic tour through the inner workings of skyscrapers. The skyscraper is perhaps the most recognizable icon of the modern urban landscape. Providing offices, homes, restaurants, and shopping to thousands of inhabitants, […]
Erin Blakemore, author of The Heroine’s Bookshelf, on tour November/December 2011
About The Heroine’s Bookshelf • Paperback: 224 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (November 15, 2011) Jo March, Scarlett O’Hara, Scout Finch—the literary canon is brimming with intelligent, feisty, never-say-die heroines and celebrated female authors. They placed a premium on personality, spirituality, career, sisterhood, and family, not unlike women of today. When they were up against […]
Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules, and illustrator Maira Kalman, on tour November 2011
About Food Rules • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (November 1, 2011) Michael Pollan and Maira Kalman come together to create an enhanced Food Rules for hardcover, now beautifully illustrated and with even more food wisdom. Michael Pollan’s definitive compendium, Food Rules, is here brought to colorful life with the addition of Maira Kalman’s […]
Christine W. Hartmann, author of So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love, on tour November/December 2011
About So Far Away: A Daughter’s Memoir of Life, Loss, and Love Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press (November 15, 2011) Christine Hartmann’s mother valued control above all else, yet one event appeared beyond her command: the timing of her own death. Not to be denied there either, two decades in advance Irmgard Hartmann chose the […]
James A. Roberts, author of Shiny Objects, on tour November 2011
About Shiny Objects • Hardcover: 368 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (November 8, 2011) In Shiny Objects: Why We Spend Money We Don’t Have in Search of Happiness We Can’t Buy, James A. Roberts, a leading researcher and expert on consumer behavior, exposes the hidden motivations and erroneous assumptions behind our spending habits. He also reveals the key to reversing […]
Caroline Moorehead, author of A Train in Winter, on tour November 2011
About A Train in Winter • Hardcover: 384 pages • Publisher: Harper (November 8, 2011) They were teachers, students, chemists, writers, and housewives; a singer at the Paris Opera, a midwife, a dental surgeon. They distributed anti-Nazi leaflets, printed subversive newpapers, hid resisters, secreted Jews to safety, transported weapons, and conveyed clandestine messages. The youngest […]