About Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 5, 2013) Damon Weber is a brilliant kid – a top student, skilled actor and a natural leader at school. Born with a congenital heart defect corrected by surgery when he was an infant, Damon lives a big life with spirit […]
Megan Marshall, author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, on tour April/May 2013
About Margaret Fuller: A New American Life Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (March 12, 2013) From an early age, Margaret Fuller dazzled New England’s intelligent elite. Her famous Conversations changed women’s sense of how they could think and live; her editorship of the Dial shaped American Romanticism. Now, Megan Marshall, whose acclaimed The […]
Glennon Doyle Melton, author of Carry On, Warrior, on tour April 2013
About Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Scribner (April 2, 2013) An inspirational, sidesplittingly funny exploration of the power of living with love, forgiveness, and honesty. In Carry On, Warrior, Glennon Doyle Melton shares new stories and the best-loved material from Momastery.com. She recounts her mistakes and triumphs with candor and humor, and gives […]
Betsy Prioleau, author of Swoon, on tour March/April 2013
About Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (February 4, 2013) Casanovas: where are those great romancers of women? In Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them (W. W. Norton), Betsy Prioleau gives us a smart, entertaining study of the ladies’ man, demystifying his character, seductive […]
Donna Richardson Joyner, author of Witness to Fitness, on tour January/February 2013
About Witness to Fitness: Pumped Up! Powered Up! All Things Are Possible! Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: HarperOne (December 26, 2012) In WITNESS TO FITNESS, Donna Richardson Joyner brings together faith, food, and fitness in a way no one else has done before. She inspires the reader to follow her on a journey to good health and a […]
L. Todd Rose and Katherine Ellison, authors of Square Peg, on tour March 2013
About Square Peg: My Story and What it Means for Raising Innovators, Visionaries, & Out-of-the-Box Thinkers Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Hyperion (March 5, 2013) From high school dropout to Harvard— scientist, educator, and thought-leader Todd Rose’s learning curve was complex. After being labeled “gifted but quirky” and belatedly diagnosed with ADHD, Todd Rose fought an uphill battle to […]
Mary DeMuth, author of Everything, on tour October/November 2012
About Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 16, 2012) Readers discover exactly what it takes to grow in Christ and become like Him. You don’t need a plan, and you don’t need a program. To experience the abundant Christian life, you only need Jesus. […]
George E. Leary, Jr., author of What’s Wrong With My Kid?, on tour May/June 2012
About What’s Wrong With My Kid? When Drugs or Alcohol Might Be a Problem and What to Do About It Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Hazelden (May 1, 2012) George E. Leary Jr., M.A. was a youth counselor, surrounded by kids all day, and yet he failed to see that his own child was using and abusing drugs. […]
Kevin Roberts, author of Movers, Dreamers and Risk-Takers, on tour June 2012
About Movers, Dreamers and Risk-Takers: Unlocking the Power of ADHD Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Hazelden (June 5, 2012) The negative aspects of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are well known–impulsivity, difficulty paying attention, lacking follow through, procrastination, boredom, anxiety, etc. But what many people don’t know is that when these same traits are put to good use, those […]
Saima Wahab, author of In My Father’s Country, on tour April/May 2012
About In My Father’s Country: An Afghan Woman Defies Her Fate Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Crown (April 24, 2012) In Afghanistan, there is a Pashtun saying known by every woman and by every girl: “A woman should leave her house only twice in her life: once as a bride to go to her husband’s house, and once […]