About The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (July 27, 2010) William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. […]
Sandra Lamb, author of Write the Right Words, on tour August 2010
About Write the Right Words A Warm and Practical Guide to Writing the Perfect Card Message Are you at a complete loss for words when a birthday card or congratulatory card circulates at the office? When was the last time you mailed a “thinking of you” card to a faraway family member, just to say hello? […]
Clay Shirky, author of Cognitive Surplus, on tour June/July 2010
About Cognitive Surplus • Hardcover: 256 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press (June 10, 2010) For decades, technology encouraged people to squander their time and intellect as passive consumers. Today, tech has finally caught up with human potential. In Cognitive Surplus, internet guru Clay Shirky forecasts the thrilling changes we will all enjoy as new digital […]
Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of Losing My Cool, on tour June 2010
About Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture Hardcover: 240 pages Publisher: The Penguin Press HC (April 29, 2010) Like many young men in America, Thomas Chatterton Williams grew up in awe of Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, and the parade of bling-bedecked rap stars he saw on Black Entertainment […]
Emma Larkin, author of Everything is Broken, on tour June 2010
About Everything is Broken • Hardcover: 288 pages • Publisher: The Penguin Press HC On May 2, 2008, an enormous tropical cyclone made landfall in Burma, wreaking untold havoc, and leaving an official toll of 138,300 dead and missing. In the days that followed, the sheer scale of the disaster became apparent as information began […]
Kim West, a.k.a. “The Sleep Lady,” author of The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook, on tour May 2010
About The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Step-by-Step Guide for Tired Parents The perfect combination for guaranteed sleep success. Good Night Sleep Tight Workbook is the essential companion to the best selling book, Good Night, Sleep Tight, by The Sleep Lady, Kim West. The workbook includes a step-by-step guide for parents, […]
Tim Daniel, author of The Pursuit of Nobility, on tour May 2010
About The Pursuit of Nobility: Living a Life That Matters Hardcover: 312 pages Publisher: HCI (May 3, 2010) For centuries, “nobles” were defined by a mistake of birth; the privileged situations they came from. The nobility of today, however, usually come from ordinary backgrounds but have never been ordinary themselves, even as children. Instead members of […]
Eat, Nap, Play by Robin Spizman and Evelyn Sacks on tour April 2010
About Eat, Nap, Play: How to Get Even More Out of Your Child’s Day for Less Rock Your Routine and Be the Happiest Mommy on the Block Moms will concur—routines and creative ideas help your day and save your sanity. And once you’ve established a routine that works, the inclination is to stick with it […]
Gary Zukav, author of Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power, on tour April/May 2010
About Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power Human relationships used to be built around satisfying needs. In Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power (HarperOne: April 27, 2010; $24.99, hardcover), bestselling author Gary Zukav writes “the old type of relationship helped the old humanity survive by focusing the attention of participants outward onto circumstances […]
Stephen Prothero, author of God Is Not One, on tour April/May 2010
About God Is Not One God Is Not One is a major book in the tradition of classics like Karen Armstrong’s A History of God and Jack Miles’s God: A Biography. Author and religion scholar Stephen Prothero’s controversial follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy debunks the popular myth that all religions are […]