About The Invisible Line • Hardcover: 416 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (February 17, 2011) A multigenerational saga of three American families crossing the racial divide, written by one of our most accomplished historians of race and the law. In America, race is a riddle. The stories we tell about our past have […]
Jane McGonigal, author of Reality is Broken, on tour January/February 2011
About Reality is Broken • Hardcover: 400 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (January 20, 2011) Visionary game designer Jane McGonigal reveals how we can harness the power of games to solve real-world problems and boost global happiness. More than 174 million Americans are gamers, and the average young person in the United States will […]
Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of the City, on tour February 2011
About Triumph of the City • Hardcover: 352 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (February 3, 2011) A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity’s greatest invention and our best hope for the future. America is an urban nation. More than two thirds of us live on the 3 […]
Daniel Akst, author of We Have Met the Enemy, on tour January/February 2011
About We Have Met the Enemy • Hardcover: 320 pages • Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (January 6, 2011) An intelligent and irreverent investigation into the age-old problem of self-control finds that, in the modern world, solving it is the most important thing we can do. More calories, sex, and intoxicants are more readily and […]