About Instant City • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (October 13, 2011) From the host of NPR’s Morning Edition, a deeply reported portrait of Karachi, Pakistan, a city that illuminates the perils and possibilities of rapidly growing metropolises all around the world. In recent decades, the world has seen an unprecedented shift of people from […]
David McRaney, author of You Are Not So Smart, on tour October/November 2011
About You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Gotham (October 27, 2011) An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise. You believe you are a rational, logical being who sees […]
Joel Brenner, author of America the Vulnerable, on tour October 2011
About America the Vulnerable • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (September 29, 2011) A former top-level National Security Agency insider goes behind the headlines to explore America’s next great battleground: digital security. An urgent wake-up call that identifies our foes; unveils their methods; and charts the dire consequences for government, business, and […]
Sam Sommers, author of Situations Matter, on tour October 2011
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 […]
Jane and Robert Rave, authors of Conversations and Cosmopolitans, on tour November 2011
About Conversations and Cosmopolitans: Awkward Moments, Mixed Drinks, and How a Mother and Son Finally Shared Who They Really Are: Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (November 8, 2011) After moving from the Midwest to New York City at the age of twenty-one, Robert Rave finally found the resolve to mail a letter to his parents informing […]
James Martin, author of Between Heaven and Mirth, on tour October 2011
About Between Heaven and Mirth • Hardcover: 240 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (October 4, 2011) In Between Heaven and Mirth, James Martin, SJ, assures us that God wants us to experience joy, to cultivate a sense of holy humor, and to laugh at life’s absurdities—not to mention our own humanity. Father Martin invites believers to rediscover the importance of […]
Errol Morris, author of Believing is Seeing, on tour September 2011
About Believing is Seeing • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (September 1, 2011) Academy Award-wining filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the hidden truths behind a series of documentary photographs. In Believing Is Seeing Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris turns his eye to the nature of truth in photography. In his inimitable style, Morris untangles […]
Jerome Groopman, MD, and Pamela Hartzband, MD, authors of Your Medical Mind, on tour September/October 2011
About Your Medical Mind • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (September 20, 2011) Making the right medical choices is harder than ever. Whether we’re deciding to take a cholesterol drug or choosing a cancer treatment, we are overwhelmed by information from all sides: our doctors’ recommendations, dissenting expert opinions, confusing statistics, conflicting media reports, […]
Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Super Immunity, on tour September/October 2011
About Super Immunity • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: HarperOne (September 20, 2011) “We have scientific evidence that the right raw materials and nutritional factors can double or triple the protective power of the immune system. It is possible to hardly ever get sick, and boosting your body’s defenses to the level of super immunity […]
Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney, authors of Willpower, on tour September 2011
About Willpower • Hardcover: 304 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (September 1, 2011) “Willpower (the thing) lies at the curious intersection of science and behavior. Willpower (the book) lies at the intersection of Roy Baumeister, an extraordinarily creative scientist, and John Tierney, a phenomenally perceptive journalist. Ignore it at your peril.” – Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor […]