About The Western Lit Survival Kit: An Irreverent Guide to the Classics, from Homer to Faulkner Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Gotham (January 3, 2012) A side-splitting tour that makes it a blast to read the Western literary canon, from the ancient Greeks to the Modernists. To many, the Great Books evoke angst: the complicated Renaissance dramas we […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 17th – 21st
Holy Ghost Girl by Donna Johnson Monday, October 17th: Raging Bibliomania Tuesday, October 18th: Amused by Books Wednesday, October 19th: Book Addiction Thursday, October 20th: Books Like Breathing . Fathermucker by Greg Olear Monday, October 17th: Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile Tuesday, October 18th: Sara’s Organized Chaos Wednesday, October 19th: Colloquium Thursday, October 20th: Amusing Reviews . […]
Anna Lefler, author of The CHICKtionary, on tour November/December 2011
About The CHICKtionary: from A-line to Z-snap, the Words Every Woman Should Know: Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Adams Media (October 19, 2011) Your bestie, biffle, and GMF rolled into one! You’re all over the definitions of “low lights,” “ruching,” and a “tankini.” But can you spot a “Mrs. Potato Head” when you see one? […]
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 […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 10th – 14th
. Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane Monday, October 10th: Good Girl Gone Redneck Tuesday, October 11th: Sara’s Organized Chaos Wednesday, October 12th: Presenting Lenore Thursday, October 13th: Jenn’s Bookshelves Friday, October 14th: Wordsmithonia Situations Matter by Sam Sommers Monday, October 10th: arriving at your own door Tuesday, October 11th: Book Club Classics! Wednesday, October 12th: The Parm Farm Thursday, October 13th: Wandering […]
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 […]
Ann Weisgarber, author of The Personal History of Rachel DuPree, on tour November 2011
About The Personal History of Rachel DuPree • Paperback: 336 pages • Publisher: Penguin (July 26, 2011) Just optioned for film by Viola Davis, star of The Help; winner of the Langum Prize in American Historical Fiction and the Texas Institute of Letters’ Steven Turner Award for Best Work of First Fiction, longlisted for the Orange […]
Maud Hart Lovelace, author of The Betsy-Tacy Treasury, on tour October/November 2011
About The Betsy-Tacy Treasury • Paperback: 736 pages • Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (November 8, 2011) There are lots of children on Hill Street, but no little girls Betsy’s age. So when a new family moves into the house across the street, Betsy hopes they will have a little girl she can play with. Sure enough, […]
TLC Book Tours TOUR STOPS for October 3rd – 7th
Willpower by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney Monday, October 3rd: A Frugal Life . . . Wings: A Novel of World War II Flygirls by Karl Friedrich Monday, October 3rd: A Bookish Libraria Tuesday, October 4th: Life in Review Wednesday, October 5th: Acting Balanced . Super Immunity by Joel Fuhrman, M.D. Monday, October 3rd: girlichef […]