About Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (August 23, 2011) In this sequel to Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller returns to Africa and the story of her unforgettable family. In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller braids a […]
Nassir Ghaemi, author of A First-Rate Madness, on tour August/September 2011
About A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness • Hardcover: 352 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (August 4, 2011) An investigation into the surprisingly deep correlation between mental illness and successful leadership, as seen through some of history’s greatest politicians, generals, and businesspeople. What makes a leader succeed in critical […]
Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, on tour August 2011
About Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat • Paperback: 368 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial (August 9, 2011) Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life—–the chicken destined for your dinner plate or […]
David Matthews, author of Kicking Ass and Saving Souls, on tour July/August 2011
About Kicking Ass and Saving Souls • Hardcover: 336 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 21, 2011) The story of a boy from Baltimore who evolves from a safecracking, jewel-heisting, deep-sea diving, ultimate-fighting, international playboy into a globetrotting humanitarian. Stefan Templeton was born a child of extremes. The son of Ebba, an aristocratic Norwegian […]
Donna M. Johnson, author of Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir, on tour October 2011
About Holy Ghost Girl: A Memoir Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (October 13, 2011) Donna Johnson’s remarkable story of being raised under the biggest gospel tent in the world, by David Terrell, one of the most famous evangelical ministers of the 1960s and 70s. Holy Ghost Girl is a compassionate, humorous exploration of faith, betrayal, […]
Simon Garfield, author of Just My Type: A Book About Fonts, on tour August/September 2011
About Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Gotham (September 1, 2011) A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just […]
Jason Zinoman, author of Shock Value, on tour July 2011
About Shock Value • Hardcover: 272 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (July 7, 2011) An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre. Much has been written about the […]
Ned Zeman, author of The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness, on tour August 2011
About The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (August 4, 2011) A journalist faces his toughest assignment yet: profiling himself. Zeman recounts his struggle with clinical depression in this high- octane, brutally funny memoir about mood disorders, memory, shock treatment therapy and the quest to get back […]
Bruce Feiler, author of The Council of Dads, on tour May/June 2011
About The Council of Dads Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) The inspiring story that touched people all over the world, The Council of Dads is the life-changing portrait of a group of friends who offer wisdom, humor, and guidance for how to live our lives with meaning and joy. […]
Susan Newman, P.h.D., author of The Case for the Only Child, on tour June 2011
About The Case for the Only Child: Your Essential Guide Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: HCI (June 1, 2011) What’s really wrong with having one child? Is one enough for you? For your partner? What constitutes a complete, happy family? Will your only child be lonely, spoiled, bossy, selfish? Read this book and find out. Despite […]