About Unfinished Business: One Man’s Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (May 24, 2011) After losing his job, Lee Kravitz – a man who had always worked too hard, too long, and too intensely – took stock of his life and realized just how disconnected he […]
John McWhorter, author of What Language Is, on tour August 2011
About What Language Is (And What It Isn’t and What It Could Be) Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: Gotham (August 4, 2011) New York Times bestselling author and renowned linguist, John McWhorter, explores the complicated and fascinating world of languages. From Standard English to Black English; obscure tongues only spoken by a few thousand people in […]
Joseph Braude, author of The Honored Dead, on tour June/July 2011
About The Honored Dead: A Story of Friendship, Murder, and the Search for Truth in the Arab World Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (June 14, 2011) The Arab Islamic world is known for religious extremism, ethnic conflicts, and, now, the overthrow of seemingly unshakable regimes—but if anything has become clear, it’s that our […]
Craig Robinson, author of A Game of Character, on tour May/June 2011
About A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago’s Southside to the Ivy League and Beyond Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Gotham (May 3, 2011) This inspirational memoir by Craig Robinson pays tribute to his parents, his coaches, and the lessons his experiences have taught him. Foreword by Marian Robinson When he stepped into history’s […]
Simon Pegg, author of Nerd Do Well, on tour June 2011
About Nerd Do Well The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Star Trek. Zombies in North London, death cults in the West Country, the engineering deck of the Enterprise: actor, comedian, writer and self-proclaimed supergeek Simon Pegg has been ploughing […]
Molly Peacock, author of The Paper Garden, on tour May 2011
About The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72 Hardcover: 416 pages (includes 35 color illustrations) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA (March 29, 2011) An inspirational tour de force that proves it’s never too late to be who you might have been. Mary Delany was seventy-two years old when she noticed a petal drop […]
Melody Beattie, author of the Codependent No More Workbook, on tour April/May 2011
About the Codependent No More Workbook: Exercises for Learning to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself: Publisher: Hazelden Publishing Date: April 01, 2011 The Codependent No More Workbook was designed for Beattie fans spanning the generations, as well as for those who may not yet even understand the meaning and impact of their codependency. […]
Marshall Ulrich, author of Running on Empty, on tour April/May 2011
About Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner’s Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across America Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Avery (April 14, 2011) The ultimate endurance athlete, Marshall Ulrich has run more than 100 foot races averaging over 100 miles each, completed 12 expedition-length adventure races, and ascended the Seven Summits – including Mount […]
Oscar Hijuelos, author of Thoughts Without Cigarettes, on tour June 2011
About Thoughts Without Cigarettes Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Gotham (June 2, 2011) Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos has won multiple awards for his novels that feature locales as exotic as beautiful Havana and subjects as universal as family, dreams, love, and music. For his latest project, he writes from the heart about the people and […]
John Pollack, author of The Pun Also Rises, on tour April/May 2011
About The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Gotham (April 14, 2011) The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. […]